1977 Belgian motorcycle Grand Prix

  1977 Belgian Grand Prix

Race details
Race 9 of 13 races in the 1977 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	3 July 1977
Official name	Grand Prix de Belgique
Location	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps
Course	Permanent racing facility 14.120 km (8.774 mi)
500 cc
Pole position
Rider	Philippe Coulon	Suzuki
Time	3:50.9
Fastest lap
Rider	Barry Sheene	Suzuki
Time	3:50.3
Podium
First	Barry Sheene	Suzuki
Second	Steve Baker	Yamaha
Third	Pat Hennen	Suzuki
250 cc
Pole position
Rider	Walter Villa	Harley-Davidson
Time	4:09.9
Fastest lap
Rider	Walter Villa	Harley-Davidson
Time	4:05.4
Podium
First	Walter Villa	Harley-Davidson
Second	Takazumi Katayama	Yamaha
Third	Mario Lega	Morbidelli
125 cc
Pole position
Rider	Pierpaolo Bianchi	Morbidelli
Time	4:24.1
Fastest lap
Rider	Ángel Nieto	Bultaco
Time	4:22.2
Podium
First	Pierpaolo Bianchi	Morbidelli
Second	Ángel Nieto	Bultaco
Third	Anton Mang	Morbidelli
50 cc
Pole position
Rider	Ángel Nieto	Bultaco
Time	5:07.6
Fastest lap
Rider	Eugenio Lazzarini	Kreidler
Time	5:07.4
Podium
First	Eugenio Lazzarini	Kreidler
Second	Herbert Rittberger	Kreidler
Third	Ángel Nieto	Bultaco
Sidecars
Pole position
Rider	Werner Schwärzel	Aro
Passenger	Andreas Huber
Time	4:14.3
Fastest lap
Rider	Rolf Steinhausen	Busch-Yamaha
Passenger	Wolfgang Kalauch
Time	4:13.5
Podium
First	Werner Schwärzel	König
	Andreas Huber
Second	Rolf Steinhausen	Busch-Yamaha
	Wolfgang Kalauch
Third	George O'Dell	Windle-Yamaha
	Cliff Holland

The 1977 Belgian motorcycle Grand Prix was the ninth round of the 1977 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 3 July 1977 at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps.

500 cc classification

Pos	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	7	Barry Sheene	Suzuki	10	38:58.5	2	15
2	2	Steve Baker	Yamaha	10	+11.3	8	12
3	3	Pat Hennen	Suzuki	10	+14.6	11	10
4	41	Teuvo Länsivuori	Suzuki	10	+15.6	10	8
5	11	Steve Parrish	Suzuki	10	+17.5	9	6
6	27	Philippe Coulon	Suzuki	10	+25.8	1	5
7	19	Wil Hartog	Suzuki	10	+33.0	13	4
8	1	Giacomo Agostini	Yamaha	10	+36.8	7	3
9	26	Jack Findlay	Suzuki	10	+1:23.5	12	2
10	14	John Williams	Suzuki	10	+1:23.7		1
11	24	Armando Toracca	Suzuki	10	+1:32.0
12	17	Max Wiener	Suzuki	10	+1:44.7
13	12	Dave Potter	Suzuki	10	+2:11.7
14	34	Les van Breda	Suzuki	10	+2:24.8
15	39	Harald Merkl	Yamaha	10	+2:27.0
16	35	Hans-Otto Buteneth	Yamaha	10	+3:06.4
17	53	Børge Nielsen	Suzuki	10	+3:13.4
18	6	Bo Granath	Suzuki	10	+3:31.8
19	54	Willem Zoet	Suzuki	10	+3:32.9
20	37	Franz Heller	Suzuki	10	+3:42.7
		Michel Rougerie	Suzuki			3
		Alan North	Suzuki			4
		John Newbold	Suzuki			5
		Gianfranco Bonera	Suzuki			6
		Marco Lucchinelli	Suzuki			14
		Virginio Ferrari	Suzuki			15
36 starters in total, 25 finishers
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250 cc classification

Pos	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	10	Walter Villa	Harley-Davidson	10	41:24.9	1	15
2	32	Takazumi Katayama	Yamaha	10	+19.2	8	12
3	66	Mario Lega	Morbidelli	10	+27.2	3	10
4	34	Masahiro Wada	Kawasaki	10	+39.2	10	8
5	35	Vic Soussan	Yamaha	10	+43.3	4	6
6	1	Kork Ballington	Yamaha	10	+55.0		5
7	9	Franco Uncini	Harley-Davidson	10	+58.0	2	4
8	22	Patrick Fernandez	Yamaha	10	+1:04.5		3
9	6	Tom Herron	Yamaha	10	+1:12.2		2
10	4	Jon Ekerold	Yamaha	10	+1:12.7		1
11	3	Barry Ditchburn	Kawasaki	10	+1:12.9
12	74	Jean-Claude Meilland	Yamaha	10	+1:13.1
13	7	Chas Mortimer	Yamaha	10	+1:22.3
14	5	Mick Grant	Kawasaki	10	+1:41.3	7
15	21	Bernard Fau	Yamaha	10	+1:45.6
16	69	Pierluigi Conforti	Yamaha	10	+1:46.4
17	58	Walter Hoffmann	Yamaha	10	+1:54.7
18	20	Olivier Chevallier	Yamaha	10	+1:57.5
19	60	O. Liegeois	Yamaha	10	+1:57.7
20	11	Svend Andersson	Yamaha	10	+1:58.3
		Paolo Pileri	Morbidelli			5
		Alan North	Yamaha			6
		Pentti Korhonen	Yamaha			9
36 starters in total, 25 finishers
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125 cc classification

Pos	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	1	Pierpaolo Bianchi	Morbidelli	10	44:22.9	1	15
2	6	Ángel Nieto	Bultaco	10	+13.6	3	12
3	20	Anton Mang	Morbidelli	10	+26.7	4	10
4	4	Eugenio Lazzarini	Morbidelli	10	+33.7	6	8
5	3	Pierluigi Conforti	Morbidelli	10	+1:11.3	9	6
6	45	Ermanno Giuliano	Morbidelli	10	+1:18.2		5
7	32	Stefan Dörflinger	Morbidelli	10	+1:25.5	7	4
8	16	Gert Bender	Bender	10	+1:25.9	5	3
9	25	Cees van Dongen	Morbidelli	10	+1:37.4		2
10	8	Jean-Louis Guignabodet	Morbidelli	10	+1:38.6		1
11	41	Julien van Zeebroeck	Morbidelli	10	+1:39.5	8
12	35	Hans Müller	Morbidelli	10	+1:40.1
13	28	Per-Edward Carlson	Morbidelli	10	+2:05.7
14	17	Peter Frohnmeyer	DRS	10	+2:06.3
15	12	Patrick Plisson	Morbidelli	10	+2:17.3
16	27	Peter van Niel	Morbidelli	10	+2:55.5
17	2	Enrico Cereda	Morbidelli	10	+3:01.9
18	30	Bengt Johansson	Morbidelli	10	+3:02.2
19	44	Maurizio Massimiani	Morbidelli	10	+3:11.2	10
20	21	Alfred Schmid	Morbidelli	10	+3:16.8
		Harald Bartol	Morbidelli			2
36 starters in total, 25 finishers
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50 cc classification

Pos	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	6	Eugenio Lazzarini	Kreidler	6	31:12.2	3	15
2	21	Herbert Rittberger	Kreidler	6	+0.5	4	12
3	1	Ángel Nieto	Bultaco	6	+10.4	1	10
4	5	Ricardo Tormo	Bultaco	6	+30.8	2	8
5	52	Julien van Zeebroeck	Kreidler	6	+54.8	5	6
6	19	Rudolf Kunz	Kreidler	6	+1:19.0	8	5
7	28	Patrick Plisson	ABF	6	+1:38.5		4
8	3	Ramon Gali	Derbi	6	+1:38.7		3
9	41	Pierre Dumont	Kreidler	6	+1:49.9		2
10	18	Hagen Klein	Kreidler	6	+1:51.0		1
11	33	Otto Machinek	Kreidler	6	+1:52.8
12	16	Cees van Dongen	Kreidler	6	+1:53.3
13	11	Jaap Bosman	Kreidler	6	+1:53.8	9
14	15	Günter Schirnhofer	Kreidler	6	+2:07.1
15	32	Hans Hummel	Kreidler	6	+2:11.5	10
16	55	Ingo Emmerich	Kreidler	6	+2:29.0
17	12	Engelbert Kip	Kreidler	6	+2:40.3
18	17	Wolfgang Golembeck	Kreidler	6	+2:40.7
19	37	Guido Delys	Kreidler	6	+2:55.4
20	46	G. Muyters	Kreidler	6	+3:14.0
		Theo Timmer	Kreidler			6
		Stefan Dörflinger	Kreidler			7
36 starters in total, 27 finishers
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Sidecar classification

Pos	No.	Rider	Passenger	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	23	Werner Schwärzel	Andreas Huber	Aro	10	42:52.0	1	15
2	24	Rolf Steinhausen	Wolfgang Kalauch	Busch-Yamaha	10	+21.5	3	12
3	8	George O'Dell	Cliff Holland	Windle-Yamaha	10	+58.8	7	10
4	31	Göte Brodin	Bengt Forsberg	Windle-Yamaha	10	+1:05.0	9	8
5	9	Dick Greasley	Mick Skeels	Chell-Yamaha	10	+1:26.0	6	6
6	21	Helmut Schilling	Rainer Gundel	Aro	10	+1:27.7	5	5
7	30	Cees Smit	Jan Smit	König	10	+1:57.5		4
8	10	Mac Hobson	Stu Collins	Suzuki	10	+2:54.6		3
9	19	Walter Ohrmann	Bernd Grube	Yamaha	10	+3:19.1		2
10	15	Ted Janssen	Erich Schmitz	Colyam	10	+3:20.1		1
11	34	Marc Alexandre	Paul Gerard	Kova-König	10	+3:46.6
12	5	Jean-François Monnin	Edouard Weber	Seymaz-Yamaha	10	+4:13.8
13	18	Heinz Luthringshauser	Helmut Hahn	MKM	10	+4:21.5
14	17	Gustav Pape	Franz Kellenberg	König	10	+4:37.2
15	28	Jaap Geerts	Jan van Veen	König	9	+1 lap
		Rolf Biland	Kenny Williams	Schmid-Yamaha			2
		Bruno Holzer	Charly Meierhans	LCR-Yamaha			4
		Siegfried Schauzu	Lorenzo Puzo	Yamaha			8
		Alain Michel	Gérard Lecorre	Yamaha			10
30 starters in total, 18 finishers
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