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.
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Race 11 of 12 races in the 1976 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date | 29 August 1976 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Official name | Grosser Preis von Deutschland[1][2][3] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Location | Nürburgring | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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350 cc | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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125 cc | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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50 cc | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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500 cc classification
editPos | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Points | ||
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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 | Suzuki | +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: [4][5][6] |
350 cc classification
editPos | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Points |
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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 | ||||||
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250 cc classification
editPos | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Points |
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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 | ||||||
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125 cc classification
editPos | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Points |
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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 | ||||||
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50 cc classification
editPos | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Points |
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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 | ||||||
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Sidecar classification
editPos | No. | Rider | Passenger | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Points |
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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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References
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- ^ "1976 500cc Class (FIM Grand Prix World Championship) Programmes | The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". www.progcovers.com.
- ^ "Nürburgring | The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". www.progcovers.com.
- ^ "1976 German MotoGP | Motor Sport Magazine Database". Motor Sport Magazine. April 3, 2018.
- ^ "motogp.com · WEST GERMANY GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1976". www.motogp.com.
- ^ a b c d e f Carter, Chris (ed.). Motocourse 1976-1977. Hazleton Securities Ltd. p. 127. ISBN 0-905138-02-3.