1976 Dutch TT

1976 Dutch TT
Race details
Race 6 of 12 races in the 1976 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	27 June 1976
Location	Circuit van Drenthe Assen
Course	Permanent racing facility 7.718 km (4.796 mi)
500 cc
Pole position
Rider	Barry Sheene	Suzuki
Time	2:57.9
Fastest lap
Rider	Barry Sheene	Suzuki
Time	2:59.6
Podium
First	Barry Sheene	Suzuki
Second	Pat Hennen	Suzuki
Third	Wil Hartog	Suzuki
350 cc
Pole position
Rider	Takazumi Katayama	Yamaha
Time	3:02.7
Fastest lap
Rider	Giacomo Agostini	MV Agusta
Time	3:03.1
Podium
First	Giacomo Agostini	MV Agusta
Second	Patrick Pons	Yamaha
Third	Chas Mortimer	Yamaha
250 cc
Pole position
Rider	Walter Villa	Harley-Davidson
Time	3:08.4
Fastest lap
Rider	Walter Villa	Harley-Davidson
Time	3:05.9
Podium
First	Walter Villa	Harley-Davidson
Second	Takazumi Katayama	Yamaha
Third	John Dodds	Yamaha
125 cc
Pole position
Rider	Pierpaolo Bianchi	Morbidelli
Time	3:17.1
Fastest lap
Rider	Pierpaolo Bianchi	Morbidelli
Time	3:13.7
Podium
First	Pierpaolo Bianchi	Morbidelli
Second	Paolo Pileri	Morbidelli
Third	Ángel Nieto	Bultaco
50 cc
Pole position
Rider	Ángel Nieto	Bultaco
Time	3:37.7
Fastest lap
Rider	Eugenio Lazzarini Ulrich Graf	Kreidler Kreidler
Time	3:38.0
Podium
First	Ángel Nieto	Bultaco
Second	Ulrich Graf	Kreidler
Third	Herbert Rittberger	Kreidler
Sidecars
Pole position
Rider	Rolf Biland	Yamaha
Passenger	Ken Williams	Yamaha
Time	3:15.9
Fastest lap
Rider	Werner Schwärzel	König
Passenger	Andreas Huber	König
Time	3:16.7
Podium
First	Hermann Schmid	Yamaha
First	Jean-Pierre Martial	Yamaha
Second	Martin Kooy	König
Second	Rob Vader	König
Third	Gustav Pape	König
Third	Franz Kallenberg	König

The 1976 Dutch TT was the sixth round of the 1976 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 27 June 1976 at the Circuit van Drenthe Assen.

500 cc classification

Pos	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	7	Barry Sheene	Suzuki	16	48:44.9	1	15
2	25	Pat Hennen	Suzuki	16	+45.6	8	12
3	31	Wil Hartog	Suzuki	16	+1:05.4	3	10
4	3	Alex George	Yamaha	16	+1:13.4	10	8
5	6	Jack Findlay	Suzuki			9	6
6	30	John Williams	Suzuki			7	5
7	13	Bernard Fau	Yamaha			12	4
8	38	Rob Bron	Yamaha				3
9	19	Helmut Kassner	Suzuki				2
10	24	Dave Potter	Yamaha				1
11	34	Piet van der Wal	Yamaha
12	23	Hans Braumandl	Yamaha
Ret		Giacomo Agostini	Suzuki			2
Ret		Marcel Ankoné	Suzuki			4
Ret		Teuvo Länsivuori	Suzuki			5
Ret		Philippe Coulon	Suzuki			6
Ret		Phil Read	Suzuki			11
28 starters in total
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350 cc classification

Pos	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	2	Giacomo Agostini	MV Agusta	16	49:30.4	6	15
2	5	Patrick Pons	Yamaha	16	+24.1	4	12
3	6	Chas Mortimer	Yamaha	16	+46.3		10
4	19	Bruno Kneubühler	Yamaha	16	+50.7	8	8
5	24	John Dodds	Yamaha			2	6
6	31	Franco Uncini	Yamaha			10	5
7	8	Tom Herron	Yamaha				4
8	1	Johnny Cecotto	Yamaha			9	3
9	4	Dieter Braun	Morbidelli				2
10	38	Philippe Bouzanne	Yamaha				1
11	15	Olivier Chevallier	Yamaha
12	11	Philippe Coulon	Yamaha
13	10	Alex George	Yamaha
14	34	Piet van der Wal	Yamaha
15	36	Bert Struyk	Yamaha
Ret		Takazumi Katayama	Yamaha			1
Ret		Víctor Palomo	Yamaha			3
Ret		Gérard Choukroun	Yamaha			5
Ret		Walter Villa	Harley-Davidson			7
30 starters in total
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250 cc classification

Pos	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	1	Walter Villa	Harley-Davidson	15	47:31.4	1	15
2	38	Takazumi Katayama	Yamaha	15	+16.2	2	12
3	13	John Dodds	Yamaha	15	+37.8	7	10
4	20	Gianfranco Bonera	Harley-Davidson	15	+44.2	8	8
5	9	Víctor Palomo	Yamaha			9	6
6	26	Patrick Fernandez	Yamaha				5
7	11	Tom Herron	Yamaha				4
8	7	Bruno Kneubühler	Yamaha			6	3
9	37	Dieter Braun	Yamaha				2
10	42	Franco Uncini	Yamaha			10	1
11	39	Bernard Fau	Yamaha
12	28	Jon Ekerold	Yamaha
13	29	Pekka Nurmi	Yamaha
14	32	Marcel Ankoné	Yamaha
15	17	Olivier Chevallier	Yamaha
16	33	Henk van Kessel	Yamaha
17	14	Rolf Minhoff	Yamaha
18	31	Mati Reinup	MZ
Ret		Paolo Pileri	Morbidelli			3
Ret		Philippe Bouzanne	Yamaha			4
Ret		Patrick Pons	Yamaha			5
30 starters in total
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125 cc classification

Pos	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	2	Pierpaolo Bianchi	Morbidelli	14	46:38.0	1	15
2	1	Paolo Pileri	Morbidelli	14	+47.2	2	12
3	21	Ángel Nieto	Bultaco	14	+1:01.3	5	10
4	26	Jean-Louis Guignabodet	Morbidelli			9	8
5	22	Stefan Dörflinger	Morbidelli			7	6
6	37	Anton Mang	Morbidelli				5
7	9	Cees van Dongen	Morbidelli				4
8	4	Eugenio Lazzarini	Morbidelli				3
9	23	Xaver Tschannen	Harley-Davidson				2
10	36	Pierre-Jean Cecchini	Maico				1
11	8	Hans Müller	Yamaha
12	32	Piet van Niel	Yamaha
13	16	Pentti Salonen	Yamaha
14	15	Hans Hallberg	Yamaha
15	34	Bert Klaassens	Yamaha
16	24	Julien van Zeebroeck	Morbidelli
Ret		Claudio Lusuardi	Morbidelli			3
Ret		Henk van Kessel	AGV Condor			4
Ret		Gert Bender	Bender			6
Ret		Horst Seel	Seel EB			8
Ret		Kent Andersson	Yamaha			10
30 starters in total
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50 cc classification

Pos	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	1	Ángel Nieto	Bultaco	9	33:10.4	1	15
2	12	Ulrich Graf	Kreidler	9	+18.4	3	12
3	5	Herbert Rittberger	Kreidler	9	+21.3	8	10
4	2	Eugenio Lazzarini	Kreidler			2	8
5	28	Theo van Geffen	Kreidler				6
6	4	Rudolf Kunz	Kreidler			5	5
7	34	Gerrit Strikker	Kreidler			10	4
8	31	Engelbert Kip	Kreidler				3
9	16	Günter Schirnhöfer	Kreidler				2
10	11	Aldo Pero	Kreidler				1
11	10	Theo Timmer	Kreidler
12	32	Ton Kooyman	Hemeyla
13	15	Ingo Emmerich	Kreidler
14	6	Stefan Dörflinger	Kreidler			4
15	3	Julien van Zeebroeck	Kreidler
16	17	Joaquin Gali	Derbi
17	33	Peter Looyesteyn	Kreidler
18	23	Yves le Tourmelin	Scrab-Tyl
19	14	Ramon Gali	Derbi
20	21	Guido de Lys	Kreidler
21	29	Wim van Beek	DRM
22	26	Terence Keane	Kreidler
Ret		Hans Hummel	Kreidler			6
Ret		Bruce Brady	Kreidler			7
Ret		Nico Polane	Kreidler			9
30 starters in total
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Sidecar classification

Pos	No.	Rider	Passenger	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	7	Hermann Schmid	Jean-Pierre Martial	Yamaha	14	48:35.8	3	15
2	24	Martin Kooy	Rob Vader	König	14	+2.1	9	12
3	8	Gustav Pape	Franz Kallenberg	König	14	+36.7	10	10
4	2	Werner Schwärzel	Andreas Huber	König			2	8
5	11	Helmut Schilling	Rainer Gundel	Aro			8	6
6	10	Otto Haller	Erich Haselbeck	BMW				5
7	15	Dick Greasley	Cliff Holland	Yamaha				4
8	1	Rolf Steinhausen	Sepp Huber	Busch-König			5	3
9	25	Jaap Geerts	Jan van Veen	König				2
10	19	Siegfried Schauzu	Wolfgang Kalauch	Aro			4	1
11	9	Amedeo Zini	Andrea Fornaro	König
Ret		Rolf Biland	Ken Williams	Yamaha			1
Ret		Cees Smit	Jan Smit	König			6
Ret		Alain Michel	Bernard Garcia	Yamaha			7
18 starters in total
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References

1 2 3 4 5 6 Carter, Chris (ed.). Motocourse 1976-1977. Hazleton Securities Ltd. p. 91. ISBN 0-905138-02-3.

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