1976 Belgian motorcycle Grand Prix

**1976 Belgian Grand Prix**
Race details
Race 7 of 12 races in the 1976 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	July 4, 1976
Official Name	Grand Prix de Belgique
Location	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps
Course	Permanent racing facility 14.10 km (8.761 mi)
500 cc
Pole position
Rider	Barry Sheene	Suzuki
Time	3:52.7
Fastest lap
Rider	John Williams	Suzuki
Time	3:52.6
Podium
First	John Williams	Suzuki
Second	Barry Sheene	Suzuki
Third	Marcel Ankoné	Suzuki
250 cc
Pole position
Rider	Walter Villa	Harley-Davidson
Time	4:05.4
Fastest lap
Rider	Walter Villa	Harley-Davidson
Time	4:06.9
Podium
First	Walter Villa	Harley-Davidson
Second	Paolo Pileri	Morbidelli
Third	Takazumi Katayama	Yamaha
125 cc
Pole position
Rider	Ángel Nieto	Bultaco
Time	4:25.7
Fastest lap
Rider	Pierpaolo Bianchi	Morbidelli
Time	4:22.7
Podium
First	Ángel Nieto	Bultaco
Second	Paolo Pileri	Morbidelli
Third	Gert Bender	Bender
50 cc
Pole position
Rider	Ángel Nieto	Bultaco
Time	5:07.4
Fastest lap
Rider	Herbert Rittberger	Kreidler
Time	5:08.3
Podium
First	Herbert Rittberger	Kreidler
Second	Ángel Nieto	Bultaco
Third	Ulrich Graf	Kreidler
Sidecars
Pole position
Rider	Siegfried Schauzu	Aro
Passenger	Wolfgang Kalauch	Aro
Time	4:11.9
Fastest lap
Rider	Helmut Schilling	Aro
Passenger	Rainer Gundel	Aro
Time	4:22.9
Podium
First	Rolf Steinhausen	Busch König
First	Sepp Huber	Busch König
Second	Werner Schwärzel	König
Second	Andreas Huber	König
Third	Helmut Schilling	Aro
Third	Rainer Gundel	Aro

The 1976 Belgian motorcycle Grand Prix was the seventh round of the 1976 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on July 4, 1976 at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps.

500 cc classification

Pos	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	5	John Williams	Suzuki	10	39:22.8	6	15
2	7	Barry Sheene	Suzuki	10	+7.4	1	12
3	28	Marcel Ankoné	Suzuki	10	+17.0	3	10
4	20	Michel Rougerie	Suzuki	10	+28.6	4	8
5	4	Teuvo Länsivuori	Suzuki	10	+38.6	8	6
6	14	Dieter Braun	Suzuki	10	+41.1	9	5
7	11	Chas Mortimer	Suzuki	10	+56.5	14	4
8	40	Pat Hennen	Yamaha	10	+57.7	13	3
9	8	John Newbold	Suzuki	10	+59.9	17	2
10	44	Helmut Kassner	Suzuki	10	+1:03.9		1
11	6	Alex George	Yamaha			12
12	19	Tom Herron	Suzuki			18
13	27	Boet van Dulmen	Suzuki			15
14	36	Jean-Pierre Orban	Yamaha
15	29	Philippe Chaltin	Yamaha
16	15	Kees van der Kruys	Yamaha
17	3	Etienne Geeraerd	Yamaha
Ret		Victor Palomo	Yamaha			2
Ret		Giacomo Agostini	Suzuki			5
Ret		Phil Read	Suzuki			7
Ret		Philippe Coulon	Suzuki			10
Ret		Jack Findlay	Suzuki			11
Ret		Takazumi Katayama	Yamaha			16
Ret		J. Nies	Suzuki			19
Ret		Bernard Fau	Yamaha			20
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Pos	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	8	Walter Villa	Harley-Davidson	11	45:51.9	1	15
2	20	Paolo Pileri	Morbidelli	11	+48.6	5	12
3	7	Takazumi Katayama	Yamaha	11	+57.3	3	10
4	37	John Dodds	Yamaha	11	+57.5	8	8
5	6	Gianfranco Bonera	Harley-Davidson	11	+57.9	7	6
6	17	Víctor Palomo	Yamaha	11	+58.3	6	5
7	5	Dieter Braun	Yamaha	11	+58.9		4
8	35	Pentti Korhonen	Yamaha	11	+1:08.4	9	3
9	24	Patrick Fernandez	Yamaha	11	+1:21.0	14	2
10	9	Tom Herron	Yamaha	11	+1:21.2		1
11	47	Victor Soussan	Yamaha
12	33	Henk van Kessel	Yamaha			11
13	45	Philippe Bouzanne	Yamaha
14	27	Boet van Dulmen	Yamaha			12
15	22	M. Arias	Yamaha
16	16	Jean-François Baldé	Yamaha
17	32	Ken Nemoto	Yamaha
18	34	Franco Uncini	Yamaha
19	39	R. Hubin	Yamaha			10
Ret		Bruno Kneubühler	Yamaha			2
Ret		Leif Gustafsson	Yamaha			4
Ret		Pekka Nurmi	Yamaha			13
Ret		Mati Rainup	MZ			15
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Pos	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	26	Ángel Nieto	Bultaco	10	44:47.1	1	15
2	3	Paolo Pileri	Morbidelli	10	+4.8	3	12
3	6	Eugenio Lazzarini	Morbidelli	10	+56.7	8	10
4	28	Gert Bender	Bender	10	+1:07.0	5	8
5	2	Harald Bartol	Morbidelli	10	+1:17.9	7	6
6	24	Patrick Plisson	Morbidelli	10	+2:35.6	4	5
7	7	Stefan Dörflinger	Morbidelli	10	+2:36.5	13	4
8	33	Julien van Zeebroeck	Morbidelli	10	+2:46.1	12	3
9	1	Leif Gustafsson	Yamaha	10	+3:15.1		2
10	16	Cees van Dongen	Morbidelli	10	+3:33.2	14	1
11	29	Horst Seel	Seel EB			15
12	15	Hans Müller	Yamaha
13	42	Anton Mang	Morbidelli			6
14	36	Piet van Niel	Yamaha
Ret		Pierpaolo Bianchi	Morbidelli			2
Ret		Henk van Kessel	AGV Condor			9
Ret		Claudio Lusuardi	Malamaz			10
Ret		Jean-Louis Guignabodet	Morbidelli			11
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Pos	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	14	Herbert Rittberger	Kreidler	6	31:20.7	2	15
2	10	Ángel Nieto	Bultaco	6	+20.1	1	12
3	7	Ulrich Graf	Kreidler	6	+37.7	3	12
4	15	Eugenio Lazzarini	UFO	6	+1:07.6	6	8
5	18	Benjamin Laurent	ABF	6	+1:09.8		6
6	40	Engelbert Kip	Kreidler			9	5
7	12	Rudolf Kunz	Kreidler			7	4
8	16	Cees van Dongen	Kreidler			11	3
9	3	Hans Hummel	Kreidler			5	2
10	1	Stefan Dörflinger	Kreidler			8	1
11	30	Ramon Gali	Derbi
12	37	R. Dumont	Kreidler
13	19	Ingo Emmerich	Kreidler
14	29	Rolf Blatter	Kreidler
15	21	W. Golembeck	Kreidler
16	26	Guido de Lys	Kreidler
17	27	Jaap Bosman	Kreidler
18	5	Theo Timmer	Kreidler
19	39	G. Muyters	Kreidler
Ret		Pierre Audry	ABF			4
Ret		Joaquin Gali	Derbi			10
Ret		C. Dumont	Kreidler			12
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Pos	No.	Rider	Passenger	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	1	Rolf Steinhausen	Sepp Huber	Busch-König	9	39:56.5	2	15
2	2	Werner Schwärzel	Andreas Huber	König	9	+0.3	3	12
3	11	Helmut Schilling	Rainer Gundel	Aro	9	+2.7	4	10
4	28	Siegfried Schauzu	Wolfgang Kalauch	Aro	9	+38.9	1	8
5	22	Rudi Kurth	Dane Rowe	Yamaha	9	+1:24.3		'6
6	12	George O'Dell	Kenny Arthur	Yamaha	9	+1:53.9		'5
7	10	Otto Haller	Erich Haselbeck	BMW	9	+1:58.8		4
8	21	Ted Janssen	Erich Schmitz	Yamaha	9	+2:17.7		3
9	5	Mac Hobson	John Inchcliff	Yamaha	9	+2:26.8		2
10	19	Alain Michel	Bernard Garcia	Yamaha	9	+2:44.9		1
11	16	Dick Greasley	Cliff Holland	Chell Yamaha	9
12	30	Bruno Holzer	Charly Meierhans	Chell Yamaha	9
13	15	Heinz Luthringshauser	Lorenzo Puzo	BMW	9
14	17	Heinz Thevissen	Juppi Esch	HTS	9
15	24	Mark Alexandre	Paul Gerard	König	9
16	7	Hermann Schmid	Jean-Pierre Martial	Yamaha	8	+1 lap
Ret		Rolf Biland	Ken Williams	Yamaha			6
Ret		Walter Ohrmann	Bernd Grube	Yamaha			7
Ret		Gustav Pape	Franz Kallenberg	König			8
Ret		Martin Kooy	Rob Vader	König			9
Ret		Amedeo Zini	Andrea Fornaro	König			10
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^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Carter, Chris, ed. Motocourse 1976-1977. Hazleton Securities Ltd.. pp. 99. ISBN 0905138023.

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