1976 Austrian motorcycle Grand Prix

**1976 Austrian Grand Prix**
Race details
Race 2 of 12 races in the 1976 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season

Date	May 2, 1976
Official Name	Grosser Preis von Österreich
Location	Salzburgring
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.241 km (2.635 mi)
500 cc
Pole position
Rider	Barry Sheene	Suzuki
Time	1:23.38
Fastest lap
Rider	Barry Sheene	Suzuki
Time	1:23.93
Podium
First	Barry Sheene	Suzuki
Second	Marco Lucchinelli	Suzuki
Third	Phil Read	Suzuki
350 cc
Pole position
Rider	Johnny Cecotto	Yamaha
Time	1:26.31
Fastest lap
Rider	Walter Villa	Harley-Davidson
Time	1:26.66
Podium
First	Johnny Cecotto	Yamaha
Second	Walter Villa	Harley-Davidson
Third	John Dodds	Yamaha
125 cc
Pole position
Rider	Pierpaolo Bianchi	Morbidelli
Time	1:35.57
Fastest lap
Rider	Pierpaolo Bianchi	Morbidelli
Time	1:35.01
Podium
First	Pierpaolo Bianchi	Morbidelli
Second	Paolo Pileri	Morbidelli
Third	Otello Buscherini	Malanca
Sidecars
Pole position
Rider	Rolf Biland	Seymaz-Yamaha
Passenger	Ken Williams	Seymaz-Yamaha
Time	1:34.24
Fastest lap
Rider	Rolf Steinhausen	Busch-König
Passenger	Sepp Huber	Busch-König
Time	1:35.12
Podium
First	Rolf Steinhausen	Busch-König
First	Sepp Huber	Busch-König
Second	Werner Schwärzel	König
Second	Andreas Huber	König
Third	Siegfried Schauzu	Aro
Third	A. Lorentz	Aro

The 1976 Austrian motorcycle Grand Prix was the second round of the 1976 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on May 2, 1976 at the Salzburgring circuit.

500 cc classification

Pos	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	7	Barry Sheene	Suzuki	43	1:01:21.76	1	15
2	40	Marco Lucchinelli	Suzuki	43	+13.40	3	12
3	2	Phil Read	Suzuki	43	+19.31	4	10
4	20	Michel Rougerie	Suzuki	43	+1:05.06	6	8
5	47	Stu Avant	Suzuki	43	+1:13.88	11	6
6	11	Giacomo Agostini	MV Agusta	43	+1:15.19	10	5
7	33	Víctor Palomo	Yamaha	42	+1 lap	14	4
8	10	Jack Findlay	Suzuki	42	+1 lap	19	3
9	12	Karl Auer	Yamaha	42	+1 lap	12	2
10	8	Alex George	Yamaha	41	+2 laps		1
11	39	Helmut Kassner	Suzuki	41	+2 laps	16
12	23	Tom Herron	Yamaha	41	+2 laps
13	43	Boet van Dulmen	Yamaha	41	+2 laps
14	24	Hans Stadelmann	Yamaha	41	+2 laps
15	14	Dieter Braun	Suzuki	41	+2 laps	7
16	28	Max Wiener	Yamaha	41	+2 laps
17	26	Børge Nielsen	Yamaha	40	+3 laps
18	18	Olivier Chevallier	Yamaha	40	+3 laps
19	31	Michael Schmid	Yamaha	40	+3 laps
20	36	Peter Balaz	Yamaha	39	+4 laps
21	30	Siegfried Mayr	Yamaha	39	+4 laps
22	37	Philippe Chaltin	Yamaha	36	+7 laps
Ret		Johnny Cecotto	Yamaha			2
Ret		Pat Hennen	Suzuki			8
Ret		John Williams	Suzuki			9
Ret		Philippe Coulon	Suzuki			13
Ret		Wil Hartog	Suzuki			15
Ret		John Dodds	Yamaha			17
Ret		Bruno Kneubühler	Yamaha			18
Ret		Armando Toracca	Suzuki			20
WD ^{[N 1]}		Takazumi Katayama	Yamaha
DSQ ^{[N 2]}		Teuvo Länsivuori	Suzuki			5
36 starters in total
^[2]

^ After the race, it was discovered that Katayama used a 350 cc Yamaha instead of the 370 cc Yamaha he had used in practice. Katayama then withdrew from the official results.^[1]
^ Länsivuori was disqualified for not stopping his engine during a refuelling stop.^[1]

Pos	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	1	Johnny Cecotto	Yamaha	35	51:18.83	1	15
2	24	Walter Villa	Harley Davidson	35	+8.15	2	12
3	22	John Dodds	Yamaha	35	+37.31	8	10
4	28	Leif Gustafsson	Yamaha	35	+46.61	5	8
5	4	Dieter Braun	Morbidelli	35	+51.97	9	6
6	9	Tom Herron	Yamaha	35	+56.56	4	5
7	16	Olivier Chevallier	Yamaha	30	+56.80	7	4
8	6	Chas Mortimer	Yamaha	35	+1:06.67	16	3
9	5	Patrick Pons	Yamaha	35	+1:06.98	15	2
10	26	Gianfranco Bonera	Harley Davidson	35	+1:13.80	17	1
11	18	Bruno Kneubühler	Yamaha	35	+1:16.91	10
12	53	Paolo Tordi	Yamaha	35	+1:21.87
13	10	Víctor Palomo	Yamaha	35	+1:27.32
14	51	Franco Uncini	Yamaha	35	+1:28.65	19
15	55	Jean-François Baldé	Yamaha	34	+1 lap	11
16	12	Philippe Coulon	Yamaha	34	+1 lap
17	23	Jack Findlay	Yamaha	34	+1 lap
18	30	Hans Müller	Tschannen	34	+1 lap
19	29	Børge Nielsen	Yamaha	34	+1 lap
20	15	Hans Stadelmann	Yamaha	34	+1 lap
21	34	Philippe Chaltin	Yamaha	34	+1 lap
22	25	Max Wiener	Yamaha	33	+2 laps
Ret		Takazumi Katayama	Yamaha			3
Ret		Giacomo Agostini	MV Agusta			6
Ret		Tapio Virtanen	MZ			12
Ret		Gérard Choukron	Yamaha			13
Ret		Alex George	Yamaha			18
Ret		Pentti Korhonen	Yamaha			20
36 starters in total
^[2]

Pos	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	2	Pierpaolo Bianchi	Morbidelli	30	48:11.98	1	15
2	1	Paolo Pileri	Morbidelli	30	+36.69	2	12
3	5	Otello Buscherini	Malanca	30	+1:08.04	3	10
4	18	Ángel Nieto	Bultaco	29	+1 lap	4	8
5	41	Xaver Tschannen	Maico	28	+2 laps	6	6
6	8	Hans Zemsauer	Rotax	28	+2 laps	7	5
7	16	Hans Hummel	Yamaha	27	+3 laps	11	4
8	10	Hans Müller	Yamaha	27	+3 laps	15	3
9	12	Peter Frohnmeyer	Nava	27	+3 laps	9	2
10	21	Werner Schmied	Rotax	27	+3 laps	14	1
11	17	Ulrich Graf	Yamaha	27	+3 laps	17
12	46	Hans Prähauser	Yamaha	26	+4 laps
13	32	Peter Szabo	MZ	26	+4 laps
14	33	János Reisz	Yamaha	25	+5 laps
Ret		Eugenio Lazzarini	Morbidelli			5
Ret		Cees van Dongen	Morbidelli			8
Ret		Matti Matikainen	Maico			10
Ret		Auno Hakala	Yamaha			12
Ret		Hans Hallberg	Yamaha			13
Ret		Anton Mang	Morbidelli			16
Ret		Heinz Pristavnik	Yamaha			18
Ret		Michael Fahrmeier	Yamaha			19
Ret		Franz Leitner	Yamaha			20
25 starters in total
^[2]

Pos	No.	Rider	Passenger	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	1	Rolf Steinhausen	Sepp Huber	Busch-König	30	48:26.29	3	15
2	2	Werner Schwärzel	Andreas Huber	König	30	+9.45	2	12
3	19	Siegfried Schauzu	A. Lorentz	Aro	30	+1:21.76	5	10
4	7	Hermann Schmid	Jean-Pierre Martial	Yamaha	29	+1 lap	6	8
5	32	Gerry Boret	Nick Boret	Yamaha	29	+1 lap		6
6	31	Alain Michel	Bernard Garcia	Yamaha	29	+1 lap	10	5
7	29	Ted Janssen	Eric Schmitz	Heukerott	29	+1 lap		4
8	21	Hanspeter Hubacher	Kurt Huber	Yamaha	29	+1 lap	8	3
9	16	Dick Greasley	Cliff Holland	Chell Yamaha	29	+1 lap		2
10	9	Amedeo Zini	Andrea Fornaro	König	28	+2 laps		1
Ret		Rolf Biland	Ken Williams	Seymaz-Yamaha			1
Ret		Helmut Schilling	Rainer Gundel	Aro			4
Ret		George O'Dell	Alan Gosling	May Yamaha			7
Ret		Hans Prugl	Horst Kussberger	König			9
20 starters in total
^[2]

^ ^a ^b Carter, Chris, ed. Motocourse 1976-1977. Hazleton Securities Ltd.. pp. 56. ISBN 0905138023.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Carter, Chris, ed. Motocourse 1976-1977. Hazleton Securities Ltd.. pp. 61. ISBN 0905138023.

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