The 1976 Finnish motorcycle Grand Prix was the ninth round of the 1976 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 1 August 1976 at the Imatra circuit. Pat Hennen won the race to become the first American to win a motorcycle Grand Prix.
500cc classification Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Time/Retired Points 1 28 Pat Hennen Colemans Suzuki 48'27.000 15 2 2 Teuvo Länsivuori Life Racing Team Suzuki +23.000 12 3 22 Philippe Coulon Suzuki +33.400 10 4 6 John Newbold Texaco Heron Team Suzuki Suzuki +33.800 8 5 30 Marco Lucchinelli Gallina Corse Suzuki +34.500 6 6 10 Dieter Braun Suzuki +50.800 5 7 5 Jack Findlay Jack Findlay Racing Suzuki +1'13.500 4 8 21 Christian Estrosi Suzuki +1'58.600 3 9 18 Pekka Nurmi Yamaha +1 lap 2 10 9 Karl Auer Racing Team NO Yamaha +1 lap 1 11 16 Bernard Fau Yamaha +1 lap 12 41 Rob Bron Yamaha +1 lap 13 31 Børge Nielsen Yamaha +1 lap 14 36 Kimmo Kopra Yamaha +2 laps 15 44 Bo Granath Yamaha +11 laps Ret 11 Giacomo Agostini Team API Marlboro Suzuki Brakes Ret 11 Wilf Herron Suzuki Retired Ret ?? Johnny Bengtsson Stigefetts Motor Suzuki Retired Ret ?? Etienne Geeraerd Yamaha Retired Ret ?? Risto Makinen Yamaha Retired Ret ?? Johnny Bengtsson Stigefetts Motor Suzuki Retired Ret 28 Virginio Ferrari Gallina Corse Suzuki Retired Ret 32 Stuart Avant Colemans Suzuki Accident Ret 8 Alex George Hermetite Racing International Yamaha Accident Ret 43 Boet van Dulmen Laponder Racing Yamaha Retired Ret 27 Marcel Ankoné Nimag Suzuki Suzuki Brakes Ret 11 Chas Mortimer Suzuki Retired Ret ?? Ari Heikkila Yamaha Retired Ret 44 Edmar Ferreira Goias Swaep Motor Yamaha Retired Ret 11 Charlie Dobson Yamaha Retired Ret 17 Takazumi Katayama Takazumi Katayama Sarome Team Yamaha Retired Sources:
350 cc classification Pos No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Grid Points 1 19 Walter Villa Harley-Davidson 20 47:49.1 1 15 2 4 Dieter Braun Morbidelli 20 +26.2 2 12 3 8 Tom Herron Yamaha 20 +27.0 6 10 4 6 Chas Mortimer Yamaha 20 +29.6 3 8 5 16 Bruno Kneubühler Yamaha 20 +39.0 6 6 7 Gérard Choukroun Yamaha 20 +39.8 5 7 31 Jon Ekerold Yamaha 20 +42.0 4 8 9 Víctor Palomo Yamaha 20 +43.4 3 9 21 John Dodds Yamaha 20 +43.8 2 10 27 Patrick Fernandez Yamaha 20 +57.7 1 11 17 Jean-François Baldé Yamaha 20 +1:01.5 12 14 Olivier Chevallier Yamaha 20 +1:13.6 13 29 Marcel Ankoné Yamaha 20 +1:16.9 14 15 Karl Auer Yamaha 20 +1:34.4 15 33 Pekka Nurmi Yamaha 20 +1:43.3 16 37 Timo Marala Yamaha 19 +1 lap Ret Gianfranco Bonera Harley-Davidson 4 Ret Pentti Korhonen Yamaha 5 21 starters in total
250 cc classification Pos No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Grid Points 1 1 Walter Villa Harley-Davidson 19 46:45.4 1 15 2 25 Takazumi Katayama Yamaha 19 +33.9 4 12 3 21 Gianfranco Bonera Harley-Davidson 19 +43.8 2 10 4 14 Pentti Korhonen Yamaha 19 +44.2 3 8 5 10 Tom Herron Yamaha 19 +49.1 6 6 2 Dieter Braun Yamaha 19 +51.5 5 5 7 12 John Dodds Yamaha 19 +1:21.8 4 8 27 Patrick Fernandez Yamaha 19 +1:35.5 3 9 32 Jean-François Baldé Yamaha 19 +1:43.3 2 10 19 Henk van Kessel Yamaha 19 +1:55.5 1 11 17 Olivier Chevallier Yamaha 19 +1:55.8 12 41 Etienne Geeraerd Yamaha 19 +2:19.6 13 28 Ken Nemoto Yamaha 18 +1 lap 14 40 Jon Ekerold Yamaha 18 +1 lap 15 29 Peter Baláž Yamaha 18 +1 lap Ret Leif Gustafsson Yamaha 6 21 starters in total
125 cc classification Pos No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Grid Points 1 2 Pierpaolo Bianchi Morbidelli 18 46:27.8 1 15 2 14 Gert Bender Bender 18 +53.5 4 12 3 4 Henk van Kessel AGV Condor 18 +54.5 10 4 29 Jean-Louis Guignabodet Morbidelli 18 +1:11.3 5 8 5 1 Paolo Pileri Morbidelli 18 +1:17.7 3 6 6 22 Stefan Dörflinger Morbidelli 18 +1:44.8 6 5 7 26 Anton Mang Morbidelli 18 +1:47.7 4 8 18 Per-Edward Carlson Morbidelli 18 +2:14.2 3 9 11 Matti Kinnunen Morbidelli 18 +2:15.7 2 10 3 Eugenio Lazzarini Morbidelli 18 +2:36.9 1 11 21 Julien van Zeebroeck Morbidelli 18 +2:37.3 12 12 Hans Hallberg Yamaha 17 +1 lap 13 16 Xaver Tschannen Maico 17 +1 lap 14 7 Hans Müller Yamaha 17 +1 lap 15 19 Hans Hummel Yamaha 17 +1 lap 16 31 Per Zachrisson Yamaha 17 +1 lap 17 35 Matti Mäkilä Yamaha 17 +1 lap 18 37 Jaakko Koskinen Yamaha 17 +1 lap 19 9 Peter Frohnmeyer DRS 16 +2 laps Ret Ángel Nieto Bultaco 2 20 starters in total
50 cc classification Pos No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Grid Points 1 3 Julien van Zeebroeck Kreidler 11 33:44.2 3 15 2 12 Ulrich Graf Kreidler 11 +6.7 4 12 3 2 Eugenio Lazzarini Morbidelli 11 +32.8 2 10 4 5 Herbert Rittberger Kreidler 11 +1:00.7 6 8 5 8 Hans Hummel Kreidler 11 +1:30.2 6 6 10 Theo Timmer Kreidler 11 +1:33.3 5 7 17 Rolf Blatter Kreidler 11 +1:34.9 4 8 15 Cees van Dongen Kreidler 11 +2:09.6 3 9 14 Gerrit Strikker Kreidler 11 +2:14.9 2 10 20 Günter Schirnhofer Kreidler 11 +2:17.8 1 11 16 Juup Bosman Kreidler 11 +2:30.4 1 12 11 Aldo Pero Kreidler 11 +2:36.5 13 12 Jean-Louis Guignabodet ABF 11 +2:39.5 14 19 Ingo Emmerich Kreidler 11 +3:03.0 15 18 Robert Laver Kreidler 10 +1 lap 16 29 Pierre Audry ABF 10 +1 lap 17 27 Oscar Ekstrand Delta 10 +1 lap Ret Ángel Nieto Bultaco 1 Ret Stefan Dörflinger Kreidler 5 21 starters in total
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