The 1976 German motorcycle Grand Prix was the eleventh round of the 1976 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 29 August 1976 at the Nürburgring circuit. The 500cc race was known for being the distinguished Giacomo Agostini's 122nd and final victory in Grand Prix motorcycle competition, a record that still stands today.

500 cc classification Pos No. Rider Team Manufacturer Time Points 1 1 Giacomo Agostini Team API Marlboro MV Agusta 1:06'21.400 15 2 32 Marco Lucchinelli Gallina Corse Suzuki +52.100 12 3 66 Pat Hennen Colemans Suzuki +1'09.300 10 4 8 John Newbold Texaco Heron Team Suzuki Suzuki +1'12.300 8 5 28 Marcel Ankoné Nimag Suzuki Suzuki +1'20.800 6 6 29 Boet van Dulmen Laponder Racing Yamaha +2'41.600 5 7 70 Alan North Suzuki +2'56.600 4 8 34 Christian Bourgeois Yamaha +2'56.800 3 9 11 Chas Mortimer Suzuki +4'14.200 2 10 59 Egid Schwemmer Nava +4'18.100 1 11 69 Peter Baláz Yamaha +4'35.600 12 27 Max Wiener Racing Team NO Yamaha +4'48.000 13 25 John Cowie Yamaha +5'10.500 14 17 Hans Braumandl MSC Rottenberg Suzuki +7'54.000 15 53 Franz Rau Yamaha +7'58.500 16 52 Walter Hoffmann Suzuki +8'45.600 17 68 Michael Schmid Racing Team Albatros Yamaha +9'46.000 18 37 Alan Rogers Yamaha +9'51.400 19 30 Jan van Disseldorp Yamaha +10'51.500 20 48 Charles Dobson Yamaha +10'51.700 21 ?? Jürgen Zeddel Yamaha +11'31.500 22 19 Lars Johansson Yamaha +11'35.400 23 ?? Adolf Schneider Yamaha +11'36.900 24 ?? Hans-Otto Butenuth Yamaha +1 lap Ret 6 Jack Findlay Jack Findlay Racing Suzuki Retired Ret 12 Karl Auer Racing Team NO Yamaha Retired Ret 14 Dieter Braun Suzuki Accident Ret ?? Dick Alblas König Retired Ret ?? Michel Renson Suzuki Retired Ret ?? Hans Stadelmann Suzuki Retired Ret ?? Børge Nielsen Yamaha Retired Ret 28 Virginio Ferrari Gallina Corse Suzuki Retired Ret ?? Jean-Philippe Orban Yamaha Accident Ret ?? Victor Soussan Yamaha Retired Ret ?? Gerhard Vogt Yamaha Accident Ret ?? Franz Heller Suzuki Accident Ret ?? Teuvo Länsivuori Life Racing Team Suzuki Retired Ret ?? Johannes Klement Yamaha Retired Ret ?? Ulrich Eickmeyer König Retired Ret ?? Hans-Gunter Schöne Yamaha Retired Ret ?? Louis With Yamaha Retired Ret ?? Peter Schrötges Yamaha Retired Ret ?? Horst Lotz Suzuki Retired Ret ?? Arndt Hährle Yamaha Retired Ret ?? Norbert Schüller König Retired Ret ?? Ron Robinson Suzuki Retired Ret ?? Horst Lahfeld König Retired Ret 44 Helmut Kassner Suzuki Retired Ret ?? Volker Begert König Retired Ret ?? Erich Brandstetter Yamaha Accident Ret 6 Alex George Hermetite Racing International Suzuki Retired Ret ?? Philippe Coulon Suzuki Retired Ret ?? Bernd Tüngethal Yamaha Retired DNS 55 Johnny Cecotto Team Venemotos Yamaha Did not start DNS ?? Horst Pleyer Yamaha Did not start Ret ?? Kees van der Kruijs Yamaha Did not start Sources:

350 cc classification Pos No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Points 1 42 Walter Villa Harley-Davidson 7 1:04:03.9 15 2 1 Johnny Cecotto Yamaha 7 +9.6 12 3 41 Gianfranco Bonera Harley-Davidson 7 +13.4 10 4 32 Takazumi Katayama Yamaha 7 +21.6 8 5 18 Alan North Yamaha 7 +21.9 6 6 11 Víctor Palomo Yamaha 7 +22.3 5 7 5 Christian Sarron Yamaha 7 +28.9 4 8 4 Dieter Braun Morbidelli 7 +31.6 3 9 68 Bruno Kneubühler Yamaha 7 +49.9 2 10 43 Olivier Chevallier Yamaha 7 +1:03.9 1 11 45 Patrick Fernandez Yamaha 7 +1:44.5 12 17 Kork Ballington Yamaha 7 +2:09.5 13 63 Anton Mang Yamaha 7 +2:20.7 14 49 Jon Ekerold Yamaha 7 +2:42.7 15 26 John Cowie Yamaha 7 +2:52.8 16 20 Max Wiener Yamaha 7 +3:29.3 17 12 Alex George Yamaha 7 +3:30.2 18 52 Jaime Samaranch Yamaha 7 +3:53.8 19 53 Horst Pleyer Yamaha 7 +4:58.1 20 39 Bo Granath Yamaha 7 +5:20.0 54 starters in total, 29 finishers

250 cc classification

Pos No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Points 1 1 Walter Villa Harley-Davidson 6 55:34.8 15 2 25 Kork Ballington Yamaha 6 +1:08.3 12 3 47 Jon Ekerold Yamaha 6 +1:09.4 10 4 8 Dieter Braun Yamaha 6 +1:10.5 8 5 9 Bruno Kneubühler Yamaha 6 +1:10.8 6 6 37 Olivier Chevallier Yamaha 6 +1:21.1 5 7 29 Takazumi Katayama Yamaha 6 +1:33.9 4 8 11 Víctor Palomo Yamaha 6 +1:49.8 3 9 44 Pentti Korhonen Yamaha 6 +1:55.2 2 10 6 Chas Mortimer Yamaha 6 +2:08.8 1 11 66 Bernd Tügenthal Yamaha 6 +2:09.0 12 73 Gilbert Lavelle Yamaha 6 +2:10.9 13 23 Franz Kunz Yamaha 6 +2:16.7 14 13 Tom Herron Yamaha 6 +3:01.2 15 45 Henk van Kessel Yamaha 6 +3:02.8 16 4 Leif Gustafsson Yamaha 6 +3:43.3 17 52 John Dodds Yamaha 6 +3:43.5 18 33 Bo Granath Yamaha 6 +3:54.1 19 12 Harald Bartol Yamaha 6 +4:16.1 20 34 Ken Nemoto Yamaha 6 +4:19.7 55 starters in total, 33 finishers

125 cc classification Pos No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Points 1 52 Anton Mang Morbidelli 5 52:43.4 15 2 55 Walter Koschine Maico 5 +1:39.9 12 3 42 Julien van Zeebroeck Morbidelli 5 +1:44.7 10 4 49 Horst Seel Eigenbau 5 +1:48.7 8 5 23 Lennart Lundgren Yamaha 5 +2:28.2 6 6 41 Jean-Louis Guignabodet Morbidelli 5 +2:31.9 5 7 12 Hans Müller Yamaha 5 +2:37.6 4 8 8 Harald Bartol Morbidelli 5 +3:29.0 4 9 30 Enrico Cereda Morbidelli 5 +3:45.5 4 10 33 Hans Hallberg Yamaha 5 +4:16.0 1 11 27 Werner Schmied Rotax 5 +4:17.7 12 16 Ernst Stammbach Yamaha 5 +4:29.0 13 31 Pentti Salonen Yamaha 5 +5:08.5 14 56 Wolfgang Rubel Maico 5 +5:17.5 15 58 Rolf Minhoff Maico 5 +5:51.9 16 53 Bernhard Otto Maico 5 +6:19.2 17 46 Benjamin Laurent Morbidelli 5 +7:06.4 18 63 Hans Knemeyer Maico 5 +8:39.3 19 67 Zbynek Havrda Maico 4 +1 lap 28 starters in total, 19 finishers

50 cc classification

Pos No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Points 1 1 Ángel Nieto Bultaco 3 31:42.4 15 2 5 Herbert Rittberger Kreidler 3 +14.0 12 3 14 Ulrich Graf Kreidler 3 +51.3 10 4 9 Hans Hummel Kreidler 3 +1:31.7 8 5 34 Rolf Blatter Kreidler 3 +1:32.3 6 6 3 Julien van Zeebroeck Kreidler 3 +1:32.9 5 7 48 Wolfgang Müller Kreidler 3 +1:50.7 4 8 46 Bruno Stopp Kreidler 3 +2:04.9 3 9 4 Rudolf Kunz Kreidler 3 +2:14.6 2 10 27 Ermanno Giuliano LGM 3 +2:53.3 1 11 40 Günter Schirnhofer Kreidler 3 +3:05.0 12 36 Wolfgang Golembeck Kreidler 3 +3:05.2 13 44 Hagen Klein Kreidler 3 +3:32.0 14 35 Benjamin Laurent Kreidler 3 +3:35.8 15 13 Aldo Pero Kreidler 3 +3:36.2 16 25 Jacques Hutteau Morbidelli 3 +3:55.6 17 43 Waller Däuwel Kreidler 3 +3:57.7 18 51 Roland Schuster Kreidler 3 +3:58.0 19 11 Theo Timmer Kreidler 3 +3:58.3 20 23 Engelbert Kip Kreidler 3 +4:21.8 42 starters in total, 30 finishers

Sidecar classification

Pos No. Rider Passenger Manufacturer Laps Time Points 1 2 Werner Schwärzel Andreas Huber König 5 55:53.3 15 2 1 Rolf Steinhausen Sepp Huber Busch-König 5 +1:54.8 12 3 12 George O'Dell Kenny Arthur Yamaha 5 +2:26.7 10 4 3 Rolf Biland Ken Williams Yamaha 5 +2:58.3 8 5 20 Bruno Holzer Charly Meierhans Yamaha 5 +3:28.7 6 6 36 Hermann Huber Hans Seib König 5 +3:34.7 5 7 21 Ernst Trachsel Benedikt Stahli Yamaha 5 +3:53.6 4 8 34 Walter Ohrmann Bernd Grube Yamaha 5 +3:58.4 3 9 30 Siegfried Schauzu Wolfgang Kalauch Aro 5 +4:58.2 2 10 43 Kurt Jelonek Volker Riess König 5 +5:00.5 1 11 31 Max Venus Norbert Bittermann König 5 +5:00.9 12 18 Tony Wakefield Keith Brown British Magnum 5 +5:03.1 13 14 Heinz Luthringhauser Lorenzo Puzo BMW 5 +5:04.6 14 40 Rudolf Reinhard Karin Sterzenbach Yamaha 5 +5:11.8 15 7 Hermann Schmid Jean-Pierre Martial Yamaha 5 +5:31.5 40 starters in total, 27 finishers

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