1977 Nations motorcycle Grand Prix
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The 1977 Nations motorcycle Grand Prix was the fourth round of the 1977 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
1977 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
The 1977 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season was the 29th F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship season.-Season summary:Suzuki saw off a strong challenge from Yamaha to take their second consecutive 500cc crown. Angel Nieto made it three 50cc titles in a row on a Bultaco while Morbidelli would win...

. It took place on May 15, 1977 at the Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari
Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari
The Autodromo Internazionale Enzo e Dino Ferrari is an auto racing circuit near the Italian town of Imola, east of Bologna and east of the Ferrari factory in Maranello....

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500 cc classification

Pos No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Grid Points
1 7 Barry Sheene
Barry Sheene
Barry Stephen Frank Sheene MBE was a British World Champion Grand Prix motorcycle road racer.-Early life:...

Suzuki
Suzuki
is a Japanese multinational corporation headquartered in Hamamatsu, Japan that specializes in manufacturing compact automobiles and 4x4 vehicles, a full range of motorcycles, all-terrain vehicles , outboard marine engines, wheelchairs and a variety of other small internal combustion engines...

30 59:52.0 1 15
2 22   Virginio Ferrari
Virginio Ferrari
Virginio Ferrari is a former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer. His best season was in the 1979 500cc world championship, when he finished second to Kenny Roberts....

Suzuki
Suzuki
is a Japanese multinational corporation headquartered in Hamamatsu, Japan that specializes in manufacturing compact automobiles and 4x4 vehicles, a full range of motorcycles, all-terrain vehicles , outboard marine engines, wheelchairs and a variety of other small internal combustion engines...

30 +1.3 10 12
3 46   Armando Toracca Suzuki
Suzuki
is a Japanese multinational corporation headquartered in Hamamatsu, Japan that specializes in manufacturing compact automobiles and 4x4 vehicles, a full range of motorcycles, all-terrain vehicles , outboard marine engines, wheelchairs and a variety of other small internal combustion engines...

30 +2.6 6 10
4 32   Steve Baker
Steve Baker (motorcyclist)
Steve Baker is an American former Grand Prix motorcycle roadracer. He was the first American to win a road racing world championship when he won the 1977 Formula 750 title....

Yamaha
Yamaha Motor Company
, is a Japanese motorized vehicle-producing company. Yamaha Motor is part of Yamaha Corporation and its headquarter is located in Iwata, Shizuoka. Along with expanding Yamaha Corporation into the world's biggest piano maker, then Yamaha CEO Genichi Kawakami took Yamaha into the field of motorized...

30 +28.6 4 8
5 1   Giacomo Agostini
Giacomo Agostini
-Non-riding career:Like John Surtees and Mike Hailwood before him, Agostini raced in Formula One cars. He competed in non-championship Formula One races in 1978. He competed in the European Formula 2 series in a Chevron B42-BMW and British Aurora Formula 1 with his own team and a Williams FW06...

Yamaha
Yamaha Motor Company
, is a Japanese motorized vehicle-producing company. Yamaha Motor is part of Yamaha Corporation and its headquarter is located in Iwata, Shizuoka. Along with expanding Yamaha Corporation into the world's biggest piano maker, then Yamaha CEO Genichi Kawakami took Yamaha into the field of motorized...

30 +35.8 7 6
6 6   Philippe Coulon
Philippe Coulon
Philippe Coulon was a Grand Prix motorcycle road racer from Switzerland. His best year was in 1976 when he finished in sixth place in the 500cc world championship.- References :...

Suzuki
Suzuki
is a Japanese multinational corporation headquartered in Hamamatsu, Japan that specializes in manufacturing compact automobiles and 4x4 vehicles, a full range of motorcycles, all-terrain vehicles , outboard marine engines, wheelchairs and a variety of other small internal combustion engines...

30 +36.9 9 5
7 5 John Newbold
John Newbold
John Newbold was a former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer. His best season was in 1976 when he finished in fifth place in the 500cc world championship riding a Suzuki motorcycle. Newbold won his only world championship race in 1976 at the 500cc Czechoslovakian Grand Prix. He won the 1978 North...

Suzuki
Suzuki
is a Japanese multinational corporation headquartered in Hamamatsu, Japan that specializes in manufacturing compact automobiles and 4x4 vehicles, a full range of motorcycles, all-terrain vehicles , outboard marine engines, wheelchairs and a variety of other small internal combustion engines...

30 +1:10.5 17 4
8 20   Christian Estrosi
Christian Estrosi
Christian Estrosi is a French politician of Italian origin, member of the French Parliament , mayor of Nice since 2008. He is a supporter of Nicolas Sarkozy....

Suzuki
Suzuki
is a Japanese multinational corporation headquartered in Hamamatsu, Japan that specializes in manufacturing compact automobiles and 4x4 vehicles, a full range of motorcycles, all-terrain vehicles , outboard marine engines, wheelchairs and a variety of other small internal combustion engines...

30 +1:14.5 11 3
9 24   Boet van Dulmen
Boet van Dulmen
Boet van Dulmen is a former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer. Together with Wil Hartog and Jack Middelburg, he was part of a contingent of Dutch riders who competed at the highest levels of Grand Prix racing in the late 1970s. Van Dulmen was known for his skill of riding in wet weather...

Suzuki
Suzuki
is a Japanese multinational corporation headquartered in Hamamatsu, Japan that specializes in manufacturing compact automobiles and 4x4 vehicles, a full range of motorcycles, all-terrain vehicles , outboard marine engines, wheelchairs and a variety of other small internal combustion engines...

30 +1:16.4 12 2
10 26   Anton Mang
Anton Mang
Anton Mang is a former five-time world champion in Grand Prix motorcycle racing from Germany.-Early life:...

Suzuki
Suzuki
is a Japanese multinational corporation headquartered in Hamamatsu, Japan that specializes in manufacturing compact automobiles and 4x4 vehicles, a full range of motorcycles, all-terrain vehicles , outboard marine engines, wheelchairs and a variety of other small internal combustion engines...

30 +1:22.3 15 1
11 19 Steve Parrish
Steve Parrish
Steve Parrish is a former motorcycle and truck racer, who now commentates for various British television channels on motorsport.-Racing career:...

Suzuki
Suzuki
is a Japanese multinational corporation headquartered in Hamamatsu, Japan that specializes in manufacturing compact automobiles and 4x4 vehicles, a full range of motorcycles, all-terrain vehicles , outboard marine engines, wheelchairs and a variety of other small internal combustion engines...

30 +1:39.7
12 2   Teuvo Länsivuori
Teuvo Länsivuori
Teuvo Pentti "Tepi" Länsivuori is a former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer. He had his most successful years in 1973 when he finished in second place behind Giacomo Agostini in the 350cc World Championship, second in the 250 championship to Dieter Braun, and in 1976 when he finished second to his...

Suzuki
Suzuki
is a Japanese multinational corporation headquartered in Hamamatsu, Japan that specializes in manufacturing compact automobiles and 4x4 vehicles, a full range of motorcycles, all-terrain vehicles , outboard marine engines, wheelchairs and a variety of other small internal combustion engines...

30 +1:40.4
13 36   Graziano Rossi
Graziano Rossi
Graziano Rossi is an Italian former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer. He is the father of motorcycle World Champion Valentino Rossi.He began racing in the World Championship in 1977 riding a Suzuki in the 500cc class...

Suzuki
Suzuki
is a Japanese multinational corporation headquartered in Hamamatsu, Japan that specializes in manufacturing compact automobiles and 4x4 vehicles, a full range of motorcycles, all-terrain vehicles , outboard marine engines, wheelchairs and a variety of other small internal combustion engines...

30 +1:45.7 20
14 4   Max Wiener Suzuki
Suzuki
is a Japanese multinational corporation headquartered in Hamamatsu, Japan that specializes in manufacturing compact automobiles and 4x4 vehicles, a full range of motorcycles, all-terrain vehicles , outboard marine engines, wheelchairs and a variety of other small internal combustion engines...

30 +1:45.7 16
15 23 Alex George
Alex George (motorcyclist)
Alex George is a former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer from Scotland. His best year was in 1975 when he finished in seventh place in the 500cc Grand Prix world championship. He was tenth in the 500 class in 1973...

Suzuki
Suzuki
is a Japanese multinational corporation headquartered in Hamamatsu, Japan that specializes in manufacturing compact automobiles and 4x4 vehicles, a full range of motorcycles, all-terrain vehicles , outboard marine engines, wheelchairs and a variety of other small internal combustion engines...

29 +1 lap 18
16 9 John Williams
John Williams (motorcyclist)
John Williams was a Grand Prix motorcycle road racer. His best season was in 1975 when he finished in fifth place in the 500 cc world championship on a Yamaha motorcycle. Williams won his only world championship race in 1976 at the 500 cc Belgian Grand Prix...

Suzuki
Suzuki
is a Japanese multinational corporation headquartered in Hamamatsu, Japan that specializes in manufacturing compact automobiles and 4x4 vehicles, a full range of motorcycles, all-terrain vehicles , outboard marine engines, wheelchairs and a variety of other small internal combustion engines...

29 +1 lap
17 18   Jean-Philippe Orban Suzuki
Suzuki
is a Japanese multinational corporation headquartered in Hamamatsu, Japan that specializes in manufacturing compact automobiles and 4x4 vehicles, a full range of motorcycles, all-terrain vehicles , outboard marine engines, wheelchairs and a variety of other small internal combustion engines...

28 +2 laps
18 41   Mario Necchi Suzuki
Suzuki
is a Japanese multinational corporation headquartered in Hamamatsu, Japan that specializes in manufacturing compact automobiles and 4x4 vehicles, a full range of motorcycles, all-terrain vehicles , outboard marine engines, wheelchairs and a variety of other small internal combustion engines...

28 +2 laps
  Marco Lucchinelli
Marco Lucchinelli
Marco Lucchinelli is a former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer. In 1981 he won the FIM 500cc World Championship.Lucchinelli began his road racing career in 1975 on a Laverda in endurance racing...

Suzuki
Suzuki
is a Japanese multinational corporation headquartered in Hamamatsu, Japan that specializes in manufacturing compact automobiles and 4x4 vehicles, a full range of motorcycles, all-terrain vehicles , outboard marine engines, wheelchairs and a variety of other small internal combustion engines...

2
  Gianfranco Bonera Suzuki
Suzuki
is a Japanese multinational corporation headquartered in Hamamatsu, Japan that specializes in manufacturing compact automobiles and 4x4 vehicles, a full range of motorcycles, all-terrain vehicles , outboard marine engines, wheelchairs and a variety of other small internal combustion engines...

3
  Michel Rougerie
Michel Rougerie
Michel Rougerie was a Grand Prix motorcycle road racer from France. His best year was in 1975 when he won the two races and finished in second place in the 250cc world championship behind his Harley Davidson team-mate Walter Villa...

Suzuki
Suzuki
is a Japanese multinational corporation headquartered in Hamamatsu, Japan that specializes in manufacturing compact automobiles and 4x4 vehicles, a full range of motorcycles, all-terrain vehicles , outboard marine engines, wheelchairs and a variety of other small internal combustion engines...

5
  Pat Hennen
Pat Hennen
Pat Hennen is an American former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer. He is remembered for being the first American to win a 500cc Grand Prix motorcycle road race when he won the 1976 Finnish Grand Prix....

Suzuki
Suzuki
is a Japanese multinational corporation headquartered in Hamamatsu, Japan that specializes in manufacturing compact automobiles and 4x4 vehicles, a full range of motorcycles, all-terrain vehicles , outboard marine engines, wheelchairs and a variety of other small internal combustion engines...

8
  Nico Cereghini Suzuki
Suzuki
is a Japanese multinational corporation headquartered in Hamamatsu, Japan that specializes in manufacturing compact automobiles and 4x4 vehicles, a full range of motorcycles, all-terrain vehicles , outboard marine engines, wheelchairs and a variety of other small internal combustion engines...

13
  Jack Findlay
Jack Findlay
Cyril John Findlay was an Australian former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer. He is noted for having one of the longest racing careers in Grand Prix history spanning 20 years...

Suzuki
Suzuki
is a Japanese multinational corporation headquartered in Hamamatsu, Japan that specializes in manufacturing compact automobiles and 4x4 vehicles, a full range of motorcycles, all-terrain vehicles , outboard marine engines, wheelchairs and a variety of other small internal combustion engines...

14
  Giovanni Rolando Suzuki
Suzuki
is a Japanese multinational corporation headquartered in Hamamatsu, Japan that specializes in manufacturing compact automobiles and 4x4 vehicles, a full range of motorcycles, all-terrain vehicles , outboard marine engines, wheelchairs and a variety of other small internal combustion engines...

19
30 starters in total

350 cc classification

Pos No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Grid Points
1 30   Alan North
Alan North (motorcyclist)
Alan North is a former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer. His best year was in 1982 when he finished the season in sixth place in the 350cc world championship. He won his only Grand Prix race in 1977 when he claimed the 350cc Nations Grand Prix at Imola.- References :...

Yamaha
Yamaha Motor Company
, is a Japanese motorized vehicle-producing company. Yamaha Motor is part of Yamaha Corporation and its headquarter is located in Iwata, Shizuoka. Along with expanding Yamaha Corporation into the world's biggest piano maker, then Yamaha CEO Genichi Kawakami took Yamaha into the field of motorized...

26 53:12.2 1 15
2 51   Mario Lega
Mario Lega
Mario Lega was a Grand Prix motorcycle road racing World Champion. He won the FIM 250cc world championship in 1977 as a member of the Morbidelli factory racing team.- Grand Prix motorcycle racing results :...

Morbidelli
Morbidelli
Morbidelli was an Italian motorcycle manufacturer founded by Giancarlo Morbidelli in Pesaro, whose 125 cc racing motorcycles were particularly successful from 1975 to 1980. The team was 125 cc world champion in years 1976, 1977 and 1978, and 250 cc champion in 1977...

26 +1.7 2 12
3 8   Takazumi Katayama
Takazumi Katayama
Takazumi Katayama is a former Grand Prix motorcycle road racing World Champion. He was the first Japan-based Korean rider to win a motorcycle road racing world championship when he claimed the 1977 350cc title aboard a Yamaha. In 1979 he accepted an offer from Honda to develop their exotic...

Yamaha
Yamaha Motor Company
, is a Japanese motorized vehicle-producing company. Yamaha Motor is part of Yamaha Corporation and its headquarter is located in Iwata, Shizuoka. Along with expanding Yamaha Corporation into the world's biggest piano maker, then Yamaha CEO Genichi Kawakami took Yamaha into the field of motorized...

26 +23.7 4 10
4 34   Michel Rougerie
Michel Rougerie
Michel Rougerie was a Grand Prix motorcycle road racer from France. His best year was in 1975 when he won the two races and finished in second place in the 250cc world championship behind his Harley Davidson team-mate Walter Villa...

Yamaha
Yamaha Motor Company
, is a Japanese motorized vehicle-producing company. Yamaha Motor is part of Yamaha Corporation and its headquarter is located in Iwata, Shizuoka. Along with expanding Yamaha Corporation into the world's biggest piano maker, then Yamaha CEO Genichi Kawakami took Yamaha into the field of motorized...

26 +24.6 5 8
5 7   Bruno Kneubühler
Bruno Kneubühler
Bruno Kneubühler is a Swiss former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer.During his career, he competed in every Grand Prix class from 50 cc to 500cc. In his first Grand Prix season in 1972, Kneubühler finished the 500cc season in third place behind the dominant MV Agusta factory racing team of Giacomo...

Yamaha
Yamaha Motor Company
, is a Japanese motorized vehicle-producing company. Yamaha Motor is part of Yamaha Corporation and its headquarter is located in Iwata, Shizuoka. Along with expanding Yamaha Corporation into the world's biggest piano maker, then Yamaha CEO Genichi Kawakami took Yamaha into the field of motorized...

26 +1:07.1 6 6
6 10   Franco Uncini
Franco Uncini
Franco Uncini is an Italian former Grand Prix motorcycle road racing World Champion.-Career:Uncini was born at Recanati, province of Macerata....

Harley-Davidson
Harley-Davidson
Harley-Davidson , often abbreviated H-D or Harley, is an American motorcycle manufacturer. Founded in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, during the first decade of the 20th century, it was one of two major American motorcycle manufacturers to survive the Great Depression...

26 +1:15.2 17 5
7 1   Walter Villa
Walter Villa
Walter Villa was a four-time Grand Prix motorcycle road racing World Champion. He was known for his quiet, unassuming nature off the bike who became a ruthless competitor once the races began....

Harley-Davidson
Harley-Davidson
Harley-Davidson , often abbreviated H-D or Harley, is an American motorcycle manufacturer. Founded in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, during the first decade of the 20th century, it was one of two major American motorcycle manufacturers to survive the Great Depression...

26 +1:15.7 15 4
8 46   Felice Agostini Yamaha
Yamaha Motor Company
, is a Japanese motorized vehicle-producing company. Yamaha Motor is part of Yamaha Corporation and its headquarter is located in Iwata, Shizuoka. Along with expanding Yamaha Corporation into the world's biggest piano maker, then Yamaha CEO Genichi Kawakami took Yamaha into the field of motorized...

26 +1:29.9 12 3
9 14   Denis Boulom Yamaha
Yamaha Motor Company
, is a Japanese motorized vehicle-producing company. Yamaha Motor is part of Yamaha Corporation and its headquarter is located in Iwata, Shizuoka. Along with expanding Yamaha Corporation into the world's biggest piano maker, then Yamaha CEO Genichi Kawakami took Yamaha into the field of motorized...

26 +1:41.8 16 2
10 3 Chas Mortimer
Chas Mortimer
Charles 'Chas' Mortimer is an English Grand Prix motorcycle road racer who competed as a works Yamaha rider with 8 wins at the Isle of Man TT races in his career. In 1972 he gave Yamaha its first ever victory in the premier class at the Spanish Grand Prix, albeiit using an over-bored 350cc twin...

Yamaha
Yamaha Motor Company
, is a Japanese motorized vehicle-producing company. Yamaha Motor is part of Yamaha Corporation and its headquarter is located in Iwata, Shizuoka. Along with expanding Yamaha Corporation into the world's biggest piano maker, then Yamaha CEO Genichi Kawakami took Yamaha into the field of motorized...

26 +1:48.2 1
11 63   Michel Frutschi
Michel Frutschi
Michel Frutschi was a Grand Prix motorcycle road racer from Switzerland. His best year was in 1979 when he finished in fifth place in the 350cc world championship. Frutschi was killed while competing in the 1983 500cc French Grand Prix at Le Mans.- References :...

Yamaha
Yamaha Motor Company
, is a Japanese motorized vehicle-producing company. Yamaha Motor is part of Yamaha Corporation and its headquarter is located in Iwata, Shizuoka. Along with expanding Yamaha Corporation into the world's biggest piano maker, then Yamaha CEO Genichi Kawakami took Yamaha into the field of motorized...

26 +1:50.3
12 9   Olivier Chevallier
Olivier Chevallier
Olivier Chevallier was a former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer from France. His best year was in 1977 when he finished in sixth place in the 350cc world championship. His only Grand Prix victory came at the 1976 350cc Yugoslavian Grand Prix at Opatija. He was killed while competing at the Grand...

Yamaha
Yamaha Motor Company
, is a Japanese motorized vehicle-producing company. Yamaha Motor is part of Yamaha Corporation and its headquarter is located in Iwata, Shizuoka. Along with expanding Yamaha Corporation into the world's biggest piano maker, then Yamaha CEO Genichi Kawakami took Yamaha into the field of motorized...

25 +1 lap 13
13 44   Ken Nemoto Yamaha
Yamaha Motor Company
, is a Japanese motorized vehicle-producing company. Yamaha Motor is part of Yamaha Corporation and its headquarter is located in Iwata, Shizuoka. Along with expanding Yamaha Corporation into the world's biggest piano maker, then Yamaha CEO Genichi Kawakami took Yamaha into the field of motorized...

25 +1 lap
14 58   Giorgio Avveduti Yamaha
Yamaha Motor Company
, is a Japanese motorized vehicle-producing company. Yamaha Motor is part of Yamaha Corporation and its headquarter is located in Iwata, Shizuoka. Along with expanding Yamaha Corporation into the world's biggest piano maker, then Yamaha CEO Genichi Kawakami took Yamaha into the field of motorized...

25 +1 lap
15 15   Peter Baláz
Peter Baláž
Peter Baláž is a retired male boxer from Slovakia, who competed for his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. There he was stopped in the first round of the men's light flyweight division by Indonesia's La Paene Masara.-References:*...

Yamaha
Yamaha Motor Company
, is a Japanese motorized vehicle-producing company. Yamaha Motor is part of Yamaha Corporation and its headquarter is located in Iwata, Shizuoka. Along with expanding Yamaha Corporation into the world's biggest piano maker, then Yamaha CEO Genichi Kawakami took Yamaha into the field of motorized...

23 +3 laps
  Kork Ballington
Kork Ballington
Hugh Neville "Kork" Ballington is a Rhodesian-born South African four-time Grand Prix motorcycle road racing World Champion....

Yamaha
Yamaha Motor Company
, is a Japanese motorized vehicle-producing company. Yamaha Motor is part of Yamaha Corporation and its headquarter is located in Iwata, Shizuoka. Along with expanding Yamaha Corporation into the world's biggest piano maker, then Yamaha CEO Genichi Kawakami took Yamaha into the field of motorized...

3
  Giacomo Agostini
Giacomo Agostini
-Non-riding career:Like John Surtees and Mike Hailwood before him, Agostini raced in Formula One cars. He competed in non-championship Formula One races in 1978. He competed in the European Formula 2 series in a Chevron B42-BMW and British Aurora Formula 1 with his own team and a Williams FW06...

Yamaha
Yamaha Motor Company
, is a Japanese motorized vehicle-producing company. Yamaha Motor is part of Yamaha Corporation and its headquarter is located in Iwata, Shizuoka. Along with expanding Yamaha Corporation into the world's biggest piano maker, then Yamaha CEO Genichi Kawakami took Yamaha into the field of motorized...

7
Tom Herron
Tom Herron
Tom Herron was a Grand Prix motorcycle road racer from Lisburn, County Antrim in Northern Ireland. He specialized in road circuits such as the Isle of Man TT and the North West 200.-The beginning:...

Yamaha
Yamaha Motor Company
, is a Japanese motorized vehicle-producing company. Yamaha Motor is part of Yamaha Corporation and its headquarter is located in Iwata, Shizuoka. Along with expanding Yamaha Corporation into the world's biggest piano maker, then Yamaha CEO Genichi Kawakami took Yamaha into the field of motorized...

8
  Pekka Nurmi Yamaha
Yamaha Motor Company
, is a Japanese motorized vehicle-producing company. Yamaha Motor is part of Yamaha Corporation and its headquarter is located in Iwata, Shizuoka. Along with expanding Yamaha Corporation into the world's biggest piano maker, then Yamaha CEO Genichi Kawakami took Yamaha into the field of motorized...

9
  Giovanni Pelletier Bimota
Bimota
Bimota is a small, Italian manufacturer of custom and production motorcycles. It was founded in 1973 in Rimini, Italy by Bianchi, Morri and Tamburini. The company name is a portmanteau derived from the first two letters of each of the three founders' surnames, i.e...

10
  Christian Sarron
Christian Sarron
Christian Sarron is a former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer.He began his career on a Kawasaki when he met French Grand Prix racer Patrick Pons. Pons helped him get his start in the international racing circuit. His first victory came in the rain in the 1977 German Grand Prix...

Yamaha
Yamaha Motor Company
, is a Japanese motorized vehicle-producing company. Yamaha Motor is part of Yamaha Corporation and its headquarter is located in Iwata, Shizuoka. Along with expanding Yamaha Corporation into the world's biggest piano maker, then Yamaha CEO Genichi Kawakami took Yamaha into the field of motorized...

11
  Raffaele Palatiello Bimota
Bimota
Bimota is a small, Italian manufacturer of custom and production motorcycles. It was founded in 1973 in Rimini, Italy by Bianchi, Morri and Tamburini. The company name is a portmanteau derived from the first two letters of each of the three founders' surnames, i.e...

14
  Vanes Francini Yamaha
Yamaha Motor Company
, is a Japanese motorized vehicle-producing company. Yamaha Motor is part of Yamaha Corporation and its headquarter is located in Iwata, Shizuoka. Along with expanding Yamaha Corporation into the world's biggest piano maker, then Yamaha CEO Genichi Kawakami took Yamaha into the field of motorized...

18
  Alfio Micheli Yamaha
Yamaha Motor Company
, is a Japanese motorized vehicle-producing company. Yamaha Motor is part of Yamaha Corporation and its headquarter is located in Iwata, Shizuoka. Along with expanding Yamaha Corporation into the world's biggest piano maker, then Yamaha CEO Genichi Kawakami took Yamaha into the field of motorized...

19
  Massimo Matteoni Bimota
Bimota
Bimota is a small, Italian manufacturer of custom and production motorcycles. It was founded in 1973 in Rimini, Italy by Bianchi, Morri and Tamburini. The company name is a portmanteau derived from the first two letters of each of the three founders' surnames, i.e...

20
30 starters in total

250 cc classification

Pos No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Grid Points
1 24   Franco Uncini
Franco Uncini
Franco Uncini is an Italian former Grand Prix motorcycle road racing World Champion.-Career:Uncini was born at Recanati, province of Macerata....

Harley-Davidson
Harley-Davidson
Harley-Davidson , often abbreviated H-D or Harley, is an American motorcycle manufacturer. Founded in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, during the first decade of the 20th century, it was one of two major American motorcycle manufacturers to survive the Great Depression...

24 50:12.7 1 15
2 6   Mario Lega
Mario Lega
Mario Lega was a Grand Prix motorcycle road racing World Champion. He won the FIM 250cc world championship in 1977 as a member of the Morbidelli factory racing team.- Grand Prix motorcycle racing results :...

Morbidelli
Morbidelli
Morbidelli was an Italian motorcycle manufacturer founded by Giancarlo Morbidelli in Pesaro, whose 125 cc racing motorcycles were particularly successful from 1975 to 1980. The team was 125 cc world champion in years 1976, 1977 and 1978, and 250 cc champion in 1977...

24 +9.1 10 12
3 27 Barry Ditchburn
Barry Ditchburn
Barry Ditchburn was a British Grand Prix motorcycle road racer. His best year was in 1977 when he finished in 11th place in the 250cc world championship as a team-mate to Kork Ballington and Mick Grant on the Kawasaki factory racing team....

Kawasaki
Kawasaki Heavy Industries
is an international corporation based in Japan. It has headquarters in both Chūō-ku, Kobe and Minato, Tokyo.The company is named after its founder Shōzō Kawasaki and has no connection with the city of Kawasaki, Kanagawa....

24 +30.7 7 10
4 5 Tom Herron
Tom Herron
Tom Herron was a Grand Prix motorcycle road racer from Lisburn, County Antrim in Northern Ireland. He specialized in road circuits such as the Isle of Man TT and the North West 200.-The beginning:...

Yamaha
Yamaha Motor Company
, is a Japanese motorized vehicle-producing company. Yamaha Motor is part of Yamaha Corporation and its headquarter is located in Iwata, Shizuoka. Along with expanding Yamaha Corporation into the world's biggest piano maker, then Yamaha CEO Genichi Kawakami took Yamaha into the field of motorized...

24 +39.0 13 8
5 44   Alan North
Alan North (motorcyclist)
Alan North is a former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer. His best year was in 1982 when he finished the season in sixth place in the 350cc world championship. He won his only Grand Prix race in 1977 when he claimed the 350cc Nations Grand Prix at Imola.- References :...

Yamaha
Yamaha Motor Company
, is a Japanese motorized vehicle-producing company. Yamaha Motor is part of Yamaha Corporation and its headquarter is located in Iwata, Shizuoka. Along with expanding Yamaha Corporation into the world's biggest piano maker, then Yamaha CEO Genichi Kawakami took Yamaha into the field of motorized...

24 +50.9 5 6
6 16   Jon Ekerold
Jon Ekerold
Jon Ekerold is a former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer. He is one of the few racers in the modern era to have won a world championship as a privateer without the benefit of a motorcycle manufacturer's support when he defeated Kawasaki factory racing team rider Anton Mang for the 1980 350cc...

Yamaha
Yamaha Motor Company
, is a Japanese motorized vehicle-producing company. Yamaha Motor is part of Yamaha Corporation and its headquarter is located in Iwata, Shizuoka. Along with expanding Yamaha Corporation into the world's biggest piano maker, then Yamaha CEO Genichi Kawakami took Yamaha into the field of motorized...

24 +55.3 16 5
7 18   Jean-François Baldé
Jean-François Baldé
Jean-François Baldé is a former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer from France. His best year was in 1981 when he won the Argentine Grand Prix and finished in second place in the 250cc world championship behind Anton Mang. He won three races in 1982 riding for Kawasaki and ended the season ranked...

Kawasaki
Kawasaki Heavy Industries
is an international corporation based in Japan. It has headquarters in both Chūō-ku, Kobe and Minato, Tokyo.The company is named after its founder Shōzō Kawasaki and has no connection with the city of Kawasaki, Kanagawa....

24 +58.8 9 5
8 2   Takazumi Katayama
Takazumi Katayama
Takazumi Katayama is a former Grand Prix motorcycle road racing World Champion. He was the first Japan-based Korean rider to win a motorcycle road racing world championship when he claimed the 1977 350cc title aboard a Yamaha. In 1979 he accepted an offer from Honda to develop their exotic...

Yamaha
Yamaha Motor Company
, is a Japanese motorized vehicle-producing company. Yamaha Motor is part of Yamaha Corporation and its headquarter is located in Iwata, Shizuoka. Along with expanding Yamaha Corporation into the world's biggest piano maker, then Yamaha CEO Genichi Kawakami took Yamaha into the field of motorized...

24 +1:19.2 4
9 68   Vic Soussan Yamaha
Yamaha Motor Company
, is a Japanese motorized vehicle-producing company. Yamaha Motor is part of Yamaha Corporation and its headquarter is located in Iwata, Shizuoka. Along with expanding Yamaha Corporation into the world's biggest piano maker, then Yamaha CEO Genichi Kawakami took Yamaha into the field of motorized...

24 +1:28.2 18 2
10 49   Vanes Francini Yamaha
Yamaha Motor Company
, is a Japanese motorized vehicle-producing company. Yamaha Motor is part of Yamaha Corporation and its headquarter is located in Iwata, Shizuoka. Along with expanding Yamaha Corporation into the world's biggest piano maker, then Yamaha CEO Genichi Kawakami took Yamaha into the field of motorized...

24 +1:29.2 17 1
11 58   Sauro Pazzaglia Yamaha
Yamaha Motor Company
, is a Japanese motorized vehicle-producing company. Yamaha Motor is part of Yamaha Corporation and its headquarter is located in Iwata, Shizuoka. Along with expanding Yamaha Corporation into the world's biggest piano maker, then Yamaha CEO Genichi Kawakami took Yamaha into the field of motorized...

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12 34   Franco Solaroli Harley-Davidson
Harley-Davidson
Harley-Davidson , often abbreviated H-D or Harley, is an American motorcycle manufacturer. Founded in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, during the first decade of the 20th century, it was one of two major American motorcycle manufacturers to survive the Great Depression...

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13 64   Michel Frutschi
Michel Frutschi
Michel Frutschi was a Grand Prix motorcycle road racer from Switzerland. His best year was in 1979 when he finished in fifth place in the 350cc world championship. Frutschi was killed while competing in the 1983 500cc French Grand Prix at Le Mans.- References :...

Yamaha
Yamaha Motor Company
, is a Japanese motorized vehicle-producing company. Yamaha Motor is part of Yamaha Corporation and its headquarter is located in Iwata, Shizuoka. Along with expanding Yamaha Corporation into the world's biggest piano maker, then Yamaha CEO Genichi Kawakami took Yamaha into the field of motorized...

24 +1:52.0 14
14 26   Pekka Nurmi Yamaha
Yamaha Motor Company
, is a Japanese motorized vehicle-producing company. Yamaha Motor is part of Yamaha Corporation and its headquarter is located in Iwata, Shizuoka. Along with expanding Yamaha Corporation into the world's biggest piano maker, then Yamaha CEO Genichi Kawakami took Yamaha into the field of motorized...

24 +1:54.5 12
15 47   Pierluigi Conforti
Pierluigi Conforti
Pierluigi Conforti was an Italian Grand Prix motorcycle road racer. His best year was in 1977 when he won the 125cc British Grand Prix and finished in tenth place in the 125cc world championship.-Reference:...

Yamaha
Yamaha Motor Company
, is a Japanese motorized vehicle-producing company. Yamaha Motor is part of Yamaha Corporation and its headquarter is located in Iwata, Shizuoka. Along with expanding Yamaha Corporation into the world's biggest piano maker, then Yamaha CEO Genichi Kawakami took Yamaha into the field of motorized...

24 +1:58.8
16 20   Philippe Bouzanne Yamaha
Yamaha Motor Company
, is a Japanese motorized vehicle-producing company. Yamaha Motor is part of Yamaha Corporation and its headquarter is located in Iwata, Shizuoka. Along with expanding Yamaha Corporation into the world's biggest piano maker, then Yamaha CEO Genichi Kawakami took Yamaha into the field of motorized...

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17 30   Leif Gustafsson
Leif Gustafsson
Leif Gustafsson was a former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer from Sweden. His best year was in 1975, when he won the Czechoslovakian Grand Prix, and finished fourth in the 125cc world championship.- References :...

Yamaha
Yamaha Motor Company
, is a Japanese motorized vehicle-producing company. Yamaha Motor is part of Yamaha Corporation and its headquarter is located in Iwata, Shizuoka. Along with expanding Yamaha Corporation into the world's biggest piano maker, then Yamaha CEO Genichi Kawakami took Yamaha into the field of motorized...

23 +1 lap
18 11   John Dodds
John Dodds
John Dodds is an Australian former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer. He competed on the Grand Prix circuit from 1966 to 1978. His best finish was a third place behind Dieter Braun and Teuvo Länsivuori in the 1973 250cc world championship...

Yamaha
Yamaha Motor Company
, is a Japanese motorized vehicle-producing company. Yamaha Motor is part of Yamaha Corporation and its headquarter is located in Iwata, Shizuoka. Along with expanding Yamaha Corporation into the world's biggest piano maker, then Yamaha CEO Genichi Kawakami took Yamaha into the field of motorized...

23 +1 lap
  Walter Villa
Walter Villa
Walter Villa was a four-time Grand Prix motorcycle road racing World Champion. He was known for his quiet, unassuming nature off the bike who became a ruthless competitor once the races began....

Harley-Davidson
Harley-Davidson
Harley-Davidson , often abbreviated H-D or Harley, is an American motorcycle manufacturer. Founded in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, during the first decade of the 20th century, it was one of two major American motorcycle manufacturers to survive the Great Depression...

2
  Christian Sarron
Christian Sarron
Christian Sarron is a former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer.He began his career on a Kawasaki when he met French Grand Prix racer Patrick Pons. Pons helped him get his start in the international racing circuit. His first victory came in the rain in the 1977 German Grand Prix...

Yamaha
Yamaha Motor Company
, is a Japanese motorized vehicle-producing company. Yamaha Motor is part of Yamaha Corporation and its headquarter is located in Iwata, Shizuoka. Along with expanding Yamaha Corporation into the world's biggest piano maker, then Yamaha CEO Genichi Kawakami took Yamaha into the field of motorized...

3
  Hans Müller
Hans Müller (motorcyclist)
Hans Müller is a former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer from Switzerland. His best year was in 1979 when he finished in third place in the 125cc world championship.-References:*...

Yamaha
Yamaha Motor Company
, is a Japanese motorized vehicle-producing company. Yamaha Motor is part of Yamaha Corporation and its headquarter is located in Iwata, Shizuoka. Along with expanding Yamaha Corporation into the world's biggest piano maker, then Yamaha CEO Genichi Kawakami took Yamaha into the field of motorized...

4
  Akihiro Kiyohara Kawasaki
Kawasaki Heavy Industries
is an international corporation based in Japan. It has headquarters in both Chūō-ku, Kobe and Minato, Tokyo.The company is named after its founder Shōzō Kawasaki and has no connection with the city of Kawasaki, Kanagawa....

6
  Bruno Kneubühler
Bruno Kneubühler
Bruno Kneubühler is a Swiss former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer.During his career, he competed in every Grand Prix class from 50 cc to 500cc. In his first Grand Prix season in 1972, Kneubühler finished the 500cc season in third place behind the dominant MV Agusta factory racing team of Giacomo...

Yamaha
Yamaha Motor Company
, is a Japanese motorized vehicle-producing company. Yamaha Motor is part of Yamaha Corporation and its headquarter is located in Iwata, Shizuoka. Along with expanding Yamaha Corporation into the world's biggest piano maker, then Yamaha CEO Genichi Kawakami took Yamaha into the field of motorized...

8
  Aldo Nannini
Aldo Nannini
Aldo Nannini was a Grand Prix motorcycle road racer from Venezuela who competed in the 1977 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. His best finish was a second place at the 1977 250cc British Grand Prix behind Kork Ballington...

Yamaha
Yamaha Motor Company
, is a Japanese motorized vehicle-producing company. Yamaha Motor is part of Yamaha Corporation and its headquarter is located in Iwata, Shizuoka. Along with expanding Yamaha Corporation into the world's biggest piano maker, then Yamaha CEO Genichi Kawakami took Yamaha into the field of motorized...

11
  Giovanni Pelletier Bimota
Bimota
Bimota is a small, Italian manufacturer of custom and production motorcycles. It was founded in 1973 in Rimini, Italy by Bianchi, Morri and Tamburini. The company name is a portmanteau derived from the first two letters of each of the three founders' surnames, i.e...

15
  Vinicio Salmi
Vinicio Salmi
Vinicio Salmi is a former Italian racing driver from Genoa. He competed in the FIA European Formula Three Championship part-time from 1979 to 1981 and Italian Formula Three in 1981. He raced motorcycles from 1982 until 1988. In 1989 he returned to professional racing in the American Racing Series...

Yamaha
Yamaha Motor Company
, is a Japanese motorized vehicle-producing company. Yamaha Motor is part of Yamaha Corporation and its headquarter is located in Iwata, Shizuoka. Along with expanding Yamaha Corporation into the world's biggest piano maker, then Yamaha CEO Genichi Kawakami took Yamaha into the field of motorized...

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125 cc classification

Pos No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Grid Points
1 1   Pierpaolo Bianchi Morbidelli
Morbidelli
Morbidelli was an Italian motorcycle manufacturer founded by Giancarlo Morbidelli in Pesaro, whose 125 cc racing motorcycles were particularly successful from 1975 to 1980. The team was 125 cc world champion in years 1976, 1977 and 1978, and 250 cc champion in 1977...

21 45:58.7 1 15
2 7   Eugenio Lazzarini
Eugenio Lazzarini
Eugenio Lazzarini is an Italian former Grand Prix motorcycle road racing World Champion.Lazzarini began his Grand Prix career in 1969 in the 250 class on a Benelli. He won his first Grand Prix at the 1973 Dutch TT on a Maico. He captured the FIM 1978 125cc world championship riding an MBA...

Morbidelli
Morbidelli
Morbidelli was an Italian motorcycle manufacturer founded by Giancarlo Morbidelli in Pesaro, whose 125 cc racing motorcycles were particularly successful from 1975 to 1980. The team was 125 cc world champion in years 1976, 1977 and 1978, and 250 cc champion in 1977...

21 +55.8 3 12
3 32   Maurizio Massimiani
Maurizio Massimiani
Maurizio Massimiani was an Italian Grand Prix motorcycle road racer. His best year was in 1979 when he finished second in the 125cc world championship.- References :...

Morbidelli
Morbidelli
Morbidelli was an Italian motorcycle manufacturer founded by Giancarlo Morbidelli in Pesaro, whose 125 cc racing motorcycles were particularly successful from 1975 to 1980. The team was 125 cc world champion in years 1976, 1977 and 1978, and 250 cc champion in 1977...

21 +1:13.5 6 10
4 5   Anton Mang
Anton Mang
Anton Mang is a former five-time world champion in Grand Prix motorcycle racing from Germany.-Early life:...

Morbidelli
Morbidelli
Morbidelli was an Italian motorcycle manufacturer founded by Giancarlo Morbidelli in Pesaro, whose 125 cc racing motorcycles were particularly successful from 1975 to 1980. The team was 125 cc world champion in years 1976, 1977 and 1978, and 250 cc champion in 1977...

21 +1:16.3 5 8
5 2   Ángel Nieto
Angel Nieto
Ángel Nieto Roldán born January 25, 1947 in Zamora, was a multi-time Grand Prix motorcycle roadracing World Champion. He is one of the most successful motorcycle racers of all time, with 13 Grand Prix World Championships to his name....

Bultaco
Bultaco
Bultaco was a Spanish manufacturer of two-stroke motorcycles from 1958 to 1983.-Origins:The origin of the Bultaco motorcycle company dates back to May 1958. Francisco "Paco" Bultó was a director of the Montesa motorcycle company founded in 1944. After several years of steady growth and road racing...

21 +1:28.2 2 6
6 27   Sauro Pazzaglia Morbidelli
Morbidelli
Morbidelli was an Italian motorcycle manufacturer founded by Giancarlo Morbidelli in Pesaro, whose 125 cc racing motorcycles were particularly successful from 1975 to 1980. The team was 125 cc world champion in years 1976, 1977 and 1978, and 250 cc champion in 1977...

21 +1:41.2 7 5
7 18   Hans Müller
Hans Müller (motorcyclist)
Hans Müller is a former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer from Switzerland. His best year was in 1979 when he finished in third place in the 125cc world championship.-References:*...

Morbidelli
Morbidelli
Morbidelli was an Italian motorcycle manufacturer founded by Giancarlo Morbidelli in Pesaro, whose 125 cc racing motorcycles were particularly successful from 1975 to 1980. The team was 125 cc world champion in years 1976, 1977 and 1978, and 250 cc champion in 1977...

21 +1:46.6 8 4
8 6   Jean-Louis Guignabodet
Jean-Louis Guignabodet
Jean-Louis Guignabodet is a former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer from France. His best year was in 1977 when he finished the in fourth place in the 125cc world championship riding for the Morbidelli factory.-References:...

Morbidelli
Morbidelli
Morbidelli was an Italian motorcycle manufacturer founded by Giancarlo Morbidelli in Pesaro, whose 125 cc racing motorcycles were particularly successful from 1975 to 1980. The team was 125 cc world champion in years 1976, 1977 and 1978, and 250 cc champion in 1977...

21 +1:48.9 20 3
9 9   Stefan Dörflinger
Stefan Dörflinger
Stefan Dörflinger is a Swiss former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer.Dörflinger won four consecutive FIM road racing world championships. In 1982 and 1983, he was the 50 cc world champion. In 1984, the FIM increased the displacement capacity to 80 cc and Dörflinger would become the first ever 80...

Morbidelli
Morbidelli
Morbidelli was an Italian motorcycle manufacturer founded by Giancarlo Morbidelli in Pesaro, whose 125 cc racing motorcycles were particularly successful from 1975 to 1980. The team was 125 cc world champion in years 1976, 1977 and 1978, and 250 cc champion in 1977...

21 +1:51.5 9 2
10 40   Pieraldo Cipriani Morbidelli
Morbidelli
Morbidelli was an Italian motorcycle manufacturer founded by Giancarlo Morbidelli in Pesaro, whose 125 cc racing motorcycles were particularly successful from 1975 to 1980. The team was 125 cc world champion in years 1976, 1977 and 1978, and 250 cc champion in 1977...

21 +2:06.9 12 1
11 35   Luciano Ricchetti Morbidelli
Morbidelli
Morbidelli was an Italian motorcycle manufacturer founded by Giancarlo Morbidelli in Pesaro, whose 125 cc racing motorcycles were particularly successful from 1975 to 1980. The team was 125 cc world champion in years 1976, 1977 and 1978, and 250 cc champion in 1977...

21 +2:13.8
12 8   Gert Bender
Gert Bender
Gert Bender was a former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer from Germany. His best year was in 1979 when he finished the season in fifth place in the 125cc world championship.- References :...

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13 29   Guido Mancini Morbidelli
Morbidelli
Morbidelli was an Italian motorcycle manufacturer founded by Giancarlo Morbidelli in Pesaro, whose 125 cc racing motorcycles were particularly successful from 1975 to 1980. The team was 125 cc world champion in years 1976, 1977 and 1978, and 250 cc champion in 1977...

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14 41   F. Pellegrino Morbidelli
Morbidelli
Morbidelli was an Italian motorcycle manufacturer founded by Giancarlo Morbidelli in Pesaro, whose 125 cc racing motorcycles were particularly successful from 1975 to 1980. The team was 125 cc world champion in years 1976, 1977 and 1978, and 250 cc champion in 1977...

20 +1 lap
15 52   Patrick Plisson
Patrick Plisson
Patrick Plisson was a former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer from France. His best years were in 1978 and 1979 when he finished in third place in the 50cc world championship.- References :...

Morbidelli
Morbidelli
Morbidelli was an Italian motorcycle manufacturer founded by Giancarlo Morbidelli in Pesaro, whose 125 cc racing motorcycles were particularly successful from 1975 to 1980. The team was 125 cc world champion in years 1976, 1977 and 1978, and 250 cc champion in 1977...

20 +1 lap
16 24   Enrico Cereda Morbidelli
Morbidelli
Morbidelli was an Italian motorcycle manufacturer founded by Giancarlo Morbidelli in Pesaro, whose 125 cc racing motorcycles were particularly successful from 1975 to 1980. The team was 125 cc world champion in years 1976, 1977 and 1978, and 250 cc champion in 1977...

20 +1 lap
17 27   R. Brazzi Morbidelli
Morbidelli
Morbidelli was an Italian motorcycle manufacturer founded by Giancarlo Morbidelli in Pesaro, whose 125 cc racing motorcycles were particularly successful from 1975 to 1980. The team was 125 cc world champion in years 1976, 1977 and 1978, and 250 cc champion in 1977...

20 +1 lap
18 44   Luigi Rinaudo Morbidelli
Morbidelli
Morbidelli was an Italian motorcycle manufacturer founded by Giancarlo Morbidelli in Pesaro, whose 125 cc racing motorcycles were particularly successful from 1975 to 1980. The team was 125 cc world champion in years 1976, 1977 and 1978, and 250 cc champion in 1977...

18 +3 laps
  Giovanni Ziggliotto Morbidelli
Morbidelli
Morbidelli was an Italian motorcycle manufacturer founded by Giancarlo Morbidelli in Pesaro, whose 125 cc racing motorcycles were particularly successful from 1975 to 1980. The team was 125 cc world champion in years 1976, 1977 and 1978, and 250 cc champion in 1977...

4
  Germano Zanetti Morbidelli
Morbidelli
Morbidelli was an Italian motorcycle manufacturer founded by Giancarlo Morbidelli in Pesaro, whose 125 cc racing motorcycles were particularly successful from 1975 to 1980. The team was 125 cc world champion in years 1976, 1977 and 1978, and 250 cc champion in 1977...

10
  Harald Bartol
Harald Bartol
Harald Bartol is a former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer from Austria. His best year was in 1978 when he rode a Morbidelli to fourth place in the 125cc world championship. His best result was a second place at the 1978 125cc Austrian Grand Prix. After retiring from competition, Bartol became...

Morbidelli
Morbidelli
Morbidelli was an Italian motorcycle manufacturer founded by Giancarlo Morbidelli in Pesaro, whose 125 cc racing motorcycles were particularly successful from 1975 to 1980. The team was 125 cc world champion in years 1976, 1977 and 1978, and 250 cc champion in 1977...

11
  Johann Parzer Morbidelli
Morbidelli
Morbidelli was an Italian motorcycle manufacturer founded by Giancarlo Morbidelli in Pesaro, whose 125 cc racing motorcycles were particularly successful from 1975 to 1980. The team was 125 cc world champion in years 1976, 1977 and 1978, and 250 cc champion in 1977...

13
  Matti Kinnunen Morbidelli
Morbidelli
Morbidelli was an Italian motorcycle manufacturer founded by Giancarlo Morbidelli in Pesaro, whose 125 cc racing motorcycles were particularly successful from 1975 to 1980. The team was 125 cc world champion in years 1976, 1977 and 1978, and 250 cc champion in 1977...

14
  Rolf Blatter
Rolf Blatter
Rolf Blatter was a Grand Prix motorcycle road racer from Switzerland. His best year was in 1979 when he finished in second place in the 50cc world championship.- References :...

Morbidelli
Morbidelli
Morbidelli was an Italian motorcycle manufacturer founded by Giancarlo Morbidelli in Pesaro, whose 125 cc racing motorcycles were particularly successful from 1975 to 1980. The team was 125 cc world champion in years 1976, 1977 and 1978, and 250 cc champion in 1977...

15
  Claudio Lusuardi
Claudio Lusuardi
Claudio Lusuardi was an Italian Grand Prix motorcycle road racer. His best year was in 1982 when he finished in third place in the 50cc world championship, behind Stefan Dörflinger and Eugenio Lazzarini. After retiring from competition, he took on the role of race team manager for Cagiva.-...

Morbidelli
Morbidelli
Morbidelli was an Italian motorcycle manufacturer founded by Giancarlo Morbidelli in Pesaro, whose 125 cc racing motorcycles were particularly successful from 1975 to 1980. The team was 125 cc world champion in years 1976, 1977 and 1978, and 250 cc champion in 1977...

17
  János Drapál
János Drapál
János Drapál was a former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer from Budapest. He had little chance to race in the Grand Prix world championships during the Cold War, but still managed to win four Grand Prix races...

Morbidelli
Morbidelli
Morbidelli was an Italian motorcycle manufacturer founded by Giancarlo Morbidelli in Pesaro, whose 125 cc racing motorcycles were particularly successful from 1975 to 1980. The team was 125 cc world champion in years 1976, 1977 and 1978, and 250 cc champion in 1977...

18
  Carlo Vernocchi Morbidelli
Morbidelli
Morbidelli was an Italian motorcycle manufacturer founded by Giancarlo Morbidelli in Pesaro, whose 125 cc racing motorcycles were particularly successful from 1975 to 1980. The team was 125 cc world champion in years 1976, 1977 and 1978, and 250 cc champion in 1977...

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50 cc classification

Pos No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Grid Points
1 4   Eugenio Lazzarini
Eugenio Lazzarini
Eugenio Lazzarini is an Italian former Grand Prix motorcycle road racing World Champion.Lazzarini began his Grand Prix career in 1969 in the 250 class on a Benelli. He won his first Grand Prix at the 1973 Dutch TT on a Maico. He captured the FIM 1978 125cc world championship riding an MBA...

Kreidler
Kreidler
Kreidler was a German manufacturer of small motorcycles and mopeds, based in Kornwestheim, between Ludwigsburg and Stuttgart. The company was founded in 1903 as "Kreidlers Metall- und Drahtwerke" by Anton Kreidler and started to build motorcycles in 1951. In 1959 one third of all German...

13 31:40.6 1 15
2 19   Ricardo Tormo
Ricardo Tormo
Ricardo Tormo Blaya was a Spanish Grand Prix motorcycle road racer.-Biography:Tormo was born in the Spanish province of Valencia, in Ayacor, which is a region of Canals. When he was 8, his family moved into the center of Canals. Tormo won the FIM 50cc world championship as a member of the...

Bultaco
Bultaco
Bultaco was a Spanish manufacturer of two-stroke motorcycles from 1958 to 1983.-Origins:The origin of the Bultaco motorcycle company dates back to May 1958. Francisco "Paco" Bultó was a director of the Montesa motorcycle company founded in 1944. After several years of steady growth and road racing...

13 +1.4 3 12
3 1   Ángel Nieto
Angel Nieto
Ángel Nieto Roldán born January 25, 1947 in Zamora, was a multi-time Grand Prix motorcycle roadracing World Champion. He is one of the most successful motorcycle racers of all time, with 13 Grand Prix World Championships to his name....

Bultaco
Bultaco
Bultaco was a Spanish manufacturer of two-stroke motorcycles from 1958 to 1983.-Origins:The origin of the Bultaco motorcycle company dates back to May 1958. Francisco "Paco" Bultó was a director of the Montesa motorcycle company founded in 1944. After several years of steady growth and road racing...

13 +12.1 2 10
4 2   Herbert Rittberger
Herbert Rittberger
Herbert Rittberger was a former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer from Germany. His best years were in 1974, when he finished second to Henk van Kessel in the 50cc world championship, and 1976 when he again finished second in the 50cc world championship, this time to Angel Nieto. Rittberger won...

Kreidler
Kreidler
Kreidler was a German manufacturer of small motorcycles and mopeds, based in Kornwestheim, between Ludwigsburg and Stuttgart. The company was founded in 1903 as "Kreidlers Metall- und Drahtwerke" by Anton Kreidler and started to build motorcycles in 1951. In 1959 one third of all German...

13 +1:27.8 5 8
5 7   Rolf Blatter
Rolf Blatter
Rolf Blatter was a Grand Prix motorcycle road racer from Switzerland. His best year was in 1979 when he finished in second place in the 50cc world championship.- References :...

Kreidler
Kreidler
Kreidler was a German manufacturer of small motorcycles and mopeds, based in Kornwestheim, between Ludwigsburg and Stuttgart. The company was founded in 1903 as "Kreidlers Metall- und Drahtwerke" by Anton Kreidler and started to build motorcycles in 1951. In 1959 one third of all German...

13 +1:28.4 9 6
6 3   Ulrich Graf
Ulrich Graf (motorcyclist)
Ulrich Graf was a Grand Prix motorcycle road racer from Switzerland. His best year was in 1976 when he won the 50cc Yugoslavian Grand Prix and finished in third place in the 50cc world championship, behind Angel Nieto and Herbert Rittberger. Graf was killed while competing at the 1977 Yugoslavian...

Kreidler
Kreidler
Kreidler was a German manufacturer of small motorcycles and mopeds, based in Kornwestheim, between Ludwigsburg and Stuttgart. The company was founded in 1903 as "Kreidlers Metall- und Drahtwerke" by Anton Kreidler and started to build motorcycles in 1951. In 1959 one third of all German...

13 +1:36.7 6 5
7 8   Stefan Dörflinger
Stefan Dörflinger
Stefan Dörflinger is a Swiss former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer.Dörflinger won four consecutive FIM road racing world championships. In 1982 and 1983, he was the 50 cc world champion. In 1984, the FIM increased the displacement capacity to 80 cc and Dörflinger would become the first ever 80...

Kreidler
Kreidler
Kreidler was a German manufacturer of small motorcycles and mopeds, based in Kornwestheim, between Ludwigsburg and Stuttgart. The company was founded in 1903 as "Kreidlers Metall- und Drahtwerke" by Anton Kreidler and started to build motorcycles in 1951. In 1959 one third of all German...

13 +1:51.5 4 4
8 45   Patrick Plisson
Patrick Plisson
Patrick Plisson was a former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer from France. His best years were in 1978 and 1979 when he finished in third place in the 50cc world championship.- References :...

ABF 13 +1:55.4 8 3
9 25   Ezio Mischiatti Derbi
Derbi
Derbi is a brand of motorcycles, scooters, and recreational ATVs produced by Nacional Motor S.A.U., a Spanish subsidiary of Piaggio & Co...

13 +1:56.5 10 2
10 11   Aldo Pero Kreidler
Kreidler
Kreidler was a German manufacturer of small motorcycles and mopeds, based in Kornwestheim, between Ludwigsburg and Stuttgart. The company was founded in 1903 as "Kreidlers Metall- und Drahtwerke" by Anton Kreidler and started to build motorcycles in 1951. In 1959 one third of all German...

13 +1:58.7 19 1
11 9   Hans Hummel
Hans Hummel
Hans Hummel is a former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer from Austria. His best year was in 1980 when he finished in third place in the 50cc world championship, behind Eugenio Lazzarini and Stefan Dörflinger.- References :...

Kreidler
Kreidler
Kreidler was a German manufacturer of small motorcycles and mopeds, based in Kornwestheim, between Ludwigsburg and Stuttgart. The company was founded in 1903 as "Kreidlers Metall- und Drahtwerke" by Anton Kreidler and started to build motorcycles in 1951. In 1959 one third of all German...

13 +2:14.3 14
12 29   Guido Mancini Kreidler
Kreidler
Kreidler was a German manufacturer of small motorcycles and mopeds, based in Kornwestheim, between Ludwigsburg and Stuttgart. The company was founded in 1903 as "Kreidlers Metall- und Drahtwerke" by Anton Kreidler and started to build motorcycles in 1951. In 1959 one third of all German...

13 +2:27.3 7
13 5   Rudolf Kunz
Rudolf Kunz
Rudolf Kunz was a former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer from Germany. His best year was in 1970 when he finished the season in third place in the 50cc world championship.- References :...

Kreidler
Kreidler
Kreidler was a German manufacturer of small motorcycles and mopeds, based in Kornwestheim, between Ludwigsburg and Stuttgart. The company was founded in 1903 as "Kreidlers Metall- und Drahtwerke" by Anton Kreidler and started to build motorcycles in 1951. In 1959 one third of all German...

12 +1 lap
14 35   Engelbert Kip Kreidler
Kreidler
Kreidler was a German manufacturer of small motorcycles and mopeds, based in Kornwestheim, between Ludwigsburg and Stuttgart. The company was founded in 1903 as "Kreidlers Metall- und Drahtwerke" by Anton Kreidler and started to build motorcycles in 1951. In 1959 one third of all German...

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15 30   Giorgio Paci Derbi
Derbi
Derbi is a brand of motorcycles, scooters, and recreational ATVs produced by Nacional Motor S.A.U., a Spanish subsidiary of Piaggio & Co...

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16 16   Ramón Gali Derbi
Derbi
Derbi is a brand of motorcycles, scooters, and recreational ATVs produced by Nacional Motor S.A.U., a Spanish subsidiary of Piaggio & Co...

12 +1 lap
17 44   Claudio Granata Derbi
Derbi
Derbi is a brand of motorcycles, scooters, and recreational ATVs produced by Nacional Motor S.A.U., a Spanish subsidiary of Piaggio & Co...

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18 37   Günter Schirnhofer Kreidler
Kreidler
Kreidler was a German manufacturer of small motorcycles and mopeds, based in Kornwestheim, between Ludwigsburg and Stuttgart. The company was founded in 1903 as "Kreidlers Metall- und Drahtwerke" by Anton Kreidler and started to build motorcycles in 1951. In 1959 one third of all German...

12 +1 lap
19 33   Giuliano Tabanelli Silvestri 12 +1 lap 20
20 22   Giovanni Lucarini UFO 12 +1 lap
NC 23   Giorgio Macchiavelli UFO 7 +6 laps
  Alberto Ieva Ringhini 11
  Hagen Klein Kreidler
Kreidler
Kreidler was a German manufacturer of small motorcycles and mopeds, based in Kornwestheim, between Ludwigsburg and Stuttgart. The company was founded in 1903 as "Kreidlers Metall- und Drahtwerke" by Anton Kreidler and started to build motorcycles in 1951. In 1959 one third of all German...

12
  Claudio Lusuardi
Claudio Lusuardi
Claudio Lusuardi was an Italian Grand Prix motorcycle road racer. His best year was in 1982 when he finished in third place in the 50cc world championship, behind Stefan Dörflinger and Eugenio Lazzarini. After retiring from competition, he took on the role of race team manager for Cagiva.-...

Lusuardi 13
  Jean-Louis Guignabodet
Jean-Louis Guignabodet
Jean-Louis Guignabodet is a former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer from France. His best year was in 1977 when he finished the in fourth place in the 125cc world championship riding for the Morbidelli factory.-References:...

Morbidelli
Morbidelli
Morbidelli was an Italian motorcycle manufacturer founded by Giancarlo Morbidelli in Pesaro, whose 125 cc racing motorcycles were particularly successful from 1975 to 1980. The team was 125 cc world champion in years 1976, 1977 and 1978, and 250 cc champion in 1977...

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