1976 Finnish motorcycle Grand Prix

  1976 Finnish Grand Prix

Race details
Race 9 of 12 races in the 1976 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	1 August 1976
Location	Imatra
Course	Permanent racing facility 6.030 km (3.747 mi)
500 cc
Pole position
Rider	Giacomo Agostini	Suzuki
Time	2:19.5
Fastest lap
Rider	John Newbold	Suzuki
Time	2:15.2
Podium
First	Pat Hennen	Suzuki
Second	Teuvo Länsivuori	Suzuki
Third	Philippe Coulon	Suzuki
350 cc
Pole position
Rider	Walter Villa	Harley-Davidson
Time	2:21.6
Fastest lap
Rider	John Dodds	Yamaha
Time	2:19.7
Podium
First	Walter Villa	Harley-Davidson
Second	Dieter Braun	Yamaha
Third	Tom Herron	Yamaha
250 cc
Pole position
Rider	Walter Villa	Harley-Davidson
Time	2:24.7
Fastest lap
Rider	Gianfranco Bonera	Harley-Davidson
Time	2:24.3
Podium
First	Walter Villa	Harley-Davidson
Second	Takazumi Katayama	Yamaha
Third	Gianfranco Bonera	Harley-Davidson
125 cc
Pole position
Rider	Pierpaolo Bianchi	Morbidelli
Time	2:32.8
Fastest lap
Rider	Pierpaolo Bianchi	Morbidelli
Time	2:32.2
Podium
First	Pierpaolo Bianchi	Morbidelli
Second	Gert Bender	Bender
Third	Henk van Kessel	AGV Condor
50 cc
Pole position
Rider	Ángel Nieto	Bultaco
Time	2:52.7
Fastest lap
Rider	Julien van Zeebroeck	Kreidler
Time	2:59.9
Podium
First	Julien van Zeebroeck	Kreidler
Second	Ulrich Graf	Kreidler
Third	Eugenio Lazzarini	Morbidelli

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.^[1]

500 cc classification

Pos	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	28	Pat Hennen	Suzuki	21	48:27.0		15
2	2	Teuvo Länsivuori	Suzuki	21	+23.0	3	12
3	22	Philippe Coulon	Suzuki	21	+33.4	2	10
4	6	John Newbold	Suzuki	21	+33.8		8
5	30	Marco Lucchinelli	Suzuki	21	+34.5		6
6	10	Dieter Braun	Suzuki	21	+50.8		5
7	5	Jack Findlay	Suzuki	21	+1:13.5		4
8	21	Christian Estrosi	Suzuki	21	+1:58.6		3
9	18	Pekka Nurmi	Yamaha	20	+1 lap		2
10	9	Karl Auer	Yamaha	20	+1 lap		1
11	16	Bernard Fau	Yamaha	20	+1 lap
12	41	Rob Bron	Yamaha	20	+1 lap
13	31	Børge Nielsen	Yamaha	20	+1 lap
14	36	Kimmo Kopra	Yamaha	19	+2 laps
15	44	Bo Granath	Yamaha	20	+11 laps
Ret		Giacomo Agostini	Suzuki			1
Ret		Chas Mortimer	Suzuki			4
Ret		Virginio Ferrari	Suzuki			5
Ret		Marcel Ankoné	Suzuki			6
21 starters in total
[2]

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
[2]

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 Balaz	Yamaha	18	+1 lap
Ret		Leif Gustafsson	Yamaha			6
21 starters in total
[2]

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
[2]

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
[2]

References

1. "Pat Hennen at the AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame". motorcyclemuseum.org. Retrieved 2 December 2011.
2. Carter, Chris (ed.). Motocourse 1976-1977. Hazleton Securities Ltd. p. 113. ISBN 0-905138-02-3.