1977 Swedish motorcycle Grand Prix

1977 Swedish Grand Prix
Race details
Race 10 of 13 races in the 1977 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season

Date	23–24 July 1977
Official name	Swedish TT
Location	Scandinavian Raceway
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.018 km (2.497 mi)
500 cc
Pole position
Rider	Barry Sheene	Suzuki
Time	1:40.277
Fastest lap
Rider	Barry Sheene	Suzuki
Time	1:39.802
Podium
First	Barry Sheene	Suzuki
Second	Johnny Cecotto	Yamaha
Third	Steve Baker	Yamaha
350 cc
Pole position
Rider	Patrick Fernandez	Yamaha
Time	1:43.248
Fastest lap
Rider	Kork Ballington	Yamaha
Time	1:42.281
Podium
First	Takazumi Katayama	Yamaha
Second	Kork Ballington	Yamaha
Third	Patrick Fernandez	Yamaha
250 cc
Pole position
Rider	Mick Grant	Kawasaki
Time	1:45.804
Fastest lap
Rider	Mick Grant	Kawasaki
Time	1:46.285
Podium
First	Mick Grant	Kawasaki
Second	Mario Lega	Morbidelli
Third	Jon Ekerold	Yamaha
125 cc
Pole position
Rider	Pierpaolo Bianchi	Morbidelli
Time	1:49.691
Fastest lap
Rider	Eugenio Lazzarini	Morbidelli
Time	1:57.787
Podium
First	Ángel Nieto	Bultaco
Second	Pierpaolo Bianchi	Morbidelli
Third	Eugenio Lazzarini	Morbidelli
50 cc
Pole position
Rider	Eugenio Lazzarini	Kreidler
Time	1:57.313
Fastest lap
Rider	Ricardo Tormo	Bultaco
Time	2:15.941
Podium
First	Ricardo Tormo	Bultaco
Second	Ángel Nieto	Kreidler
Third	Eugenio Lazzarini	Kreidler

The 1977 Swedish motorcycle Grand Prix was the tenth round of the 1977 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 23–24 July 1977 at the Scandinavian Raceway.

500 cc classification

Pos	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	7	Barry Sheene	Suzuki	28	47:21.279	1	15
2	25	Johnny Cecotto	Yamaha	28	+2.952	4	12
3	18	Steve Baker	Yamaha	28	+26.740	10	12
4	15	Steve Parrish	Suzuki	28	+28.498	18	8
5	41	Wil Hartog	Suzuki	28	+31.567	15	6
6	26	Gianfranco Bonera	Suzuki	28	+39.219	9	5
7	24	Armando Toracca	Suzuki	28	+1:00.675	2	4
8	9	John Williams	Suzuki	28	+1:02.981	8	3
9	44	Giacomo Agostini	Yamaha	28	+1:10.204	12	2
10	3	Pat Hennen	Suzuki	28	+1:22.289	13	1
11	28	Michel Rougerie	Suzuki	27	+1 lap	6
12	42	Max Wiener	Suzuki	27	+1 lap	19
13	32	Alf Graarud	Suzuki	27	+1 lap
14	8	Jack Findlay	Suzuki	27	+1 lap	17
15	36	Bo Granath	Suzuki	26	+2 laps
16	12	Alex George	Suzuki	26	+2 laps
17	43	Ron Kirkham	Yamaha	25	+3 laps
		Marco Lucchinelli	Suzuki			3
		Christian Estrosi	Suzuki			5
		Virginio Ferrari	Suzuki			7
		Teuvo Länsivuori	Suzuki			11
		Philippe Coulon	Suzuki			14
		John Newbold	Suzuki			16
		Jean-Philippe Orban	Suzuki			20
30 starters in total
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350 cc classification

Pos	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	8	Takazumi Katayama	Yamaha	28	48:23.314	9	15
2	21	Kork Ballington	Yamaha	28	+0.216	3	12
3	18	Patrick Fernandez	Yamaha	28	+22.588	1	10
4	52	Jon Ekerold	Yamaha	28	+37.477	8	8
5	45	Vic Soussan	Yamaha	28	+42.006	2	6
6	4	Tom Herron	Yamaha	28	+48.375	6	5
7	12	Pentti Korhonen	Yamaha	28	+51.089	20	4
8	28	Pekka Nurmi	Yamaha	28	+55.840	7	3
9	14	Patrick Pons	Yamaha	28	+57.303	17	2
10	19	Christian Sarron	Yamaha	28	+1:02.963	12	1
11	34	Mario Lega	Morbidelli	28	+1:07.602	10
12	9	Olivier Chevallier	Yamaha	28	+1:07.741	13
13	11	Giacomo Agostini	Yamaha	28	+1:10.774	11
14	47	Seppo Rossi	Yamaha	28	+1:31.756	18
15	17	Eero Hyvärinen	Yamaha	28	+1:34.545
16	37	Ken Nemoto	Yamaha	27	+1 lap
17	51	Peter Skold	Yamaha	27	+1 lap	5
18	6	Víctor Palomo	Yamaha	27	+1 lap
19	54	Reino Eskelinen	Yamaha	27	+1 lap
20	27	Etienne Geeraerd	Yamaha	27	+1 lap
		Johnny Cecotto	Yamaha			4
		Eddie Roberts	Yamaha			14
		Lennart Baeckstrom	Yamaha			15
		Michel Rougerie	Yamaha			16
		Chas Mortimer	Yamaha			19
30 starters in total
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250 cc classification

Pos	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	54	Mick Grant	Kawasaki	28	50:24.853	1	15
2	21	Mario Lega	Morbidelli	28	+4.951	3	12
3	32	Jon Ekerold	Yamaha	28	+13.192		10
4	2	Takazumi Katayama	Yamaha	28	+16.570	11	8
5	39	Alan North	Yamaha	28	+17.020	2	6
6	7	Chas Mortimer	Yamaha	28	+24.944	16	5
7	5	Tom Herron	Yamaha	28	+25.156	4	4
8	9	Olivier Chevallier	Yamaha	28	+45.029	9	3
9	41	Vic Soussan	Yamaha	28	+45.067	8	2
10	37	Eero Hyvärinen	Yamaha	28	+45.815	14	1
11	38	Paolo Pileri	Morbidelli	28	+55.420	15
12	33	Alain Terras	Yamaha	28	+56.070
13	12	Patrick Pons	Yamaha	28	+56.385
14	43	Christian Sarron	Yamaha	28	+1:15.008	20
15	18	Ken Nemoto	Yamaha	28	+1:15.276
16	46	Lennart Baeckstrom	Yamaha	28	+1:25.152
17	52	Aldo Nannini	Yamaha	28	+1:25.457	6
18	49	Peter Skold	Yamaha	27	+1 lap	17
		Patrick Fernandez	Yamaha			5
		Kork Ballington	Yamaha			7
		Barry Ditchburn	Kawasaki			10
		Hans Müller	Yamaha			12
		Walter Villa	Harley-Davidson			13
		Pekka Nurmi	Yamaha			18
		Franco Uncini	Harley-Davidson			19
30 starters in total
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125 cc classification

Pos	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	2	Ángel Nieto	Bultaco	26	54:57.984	2	15
2	1	Pierpaolo Bianchi	Morbidelli	26	+7.676	1	12
3	7	Eugenio Lazzarini	Morbidelli	26	+8.204	3	10
4	6	Jean-Louis Guignabodet	Morbidelli	26	+24.277	5	8
5	26	Claudio Lusuardi	Morbidelli	26	+31.113	13	6
6	8	Gert Bender	Bender	26	+43.702	4	5
7	9	Stefan Dörflinger	Morbidelli	26	+44.877	8	4
8	32	Hans Müller	Morbidelli	26	+57.261	10	3
9	19	Thierry Noblesse	Morbidelli	25	+1 lap	11	2
10	37	Per-Edward Carlson	Morbidelli	25	+1 lap	7	1
11	21	Hans Hallberg	Morbidelli	25	+1 lap	14
12	33	Hagen Klein	Morbidelli	25	+1 lap
13	10	Julien van Zeebroeck	Motobécane	25	+1 lap	9
14	5	Anton Mang	Morbidelli	25	+1 lap	17
15	41	Jan Baeckstrom	Maico	25	+1 lap
16	38	Johnny Svensson	Bastard	24	+2 laps
17	18	Michel Baloche	Motobécane	22	+4 laps	18
18	40	Christer Eliasson	Morbidelli	21	+5 laps
		Harald Bartol	Morbidelli			6
		Matti Kinnunen	Morbidelli			12
		Horst Seel	Seel			15
		Bengt Johansson	Morbidelli			16
		Jan Ubels	Buton			19
		Lennart Lundgren	Yamaha			20
30 starters in total
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50 cc classification

Pos	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	20	Ricardo Tormo	Bultaco	16	36:48.665	3	15
2	1	Ángel Nieto	Bultaco	16	+39.208	4	12
3	4	Eugenio Lazzarini	Kreidler	16	+45.064	1	10
4	8	Stefan Dörflinger	Kreidler	16	+1:34.630	2	8
5	12	Theo Timmer	Kreidler	16	+1:44.964	8	6
6	11	Claudio Lusuardi	Lusuardi	16	+1:50.228	20	5
7	6	Julien van Zeebroeck	Kreidler	16	+2:00.071	13	4
8	25	Jean-Louis Guignabodet	Morbidelli	16	+2:12.172	10	3
9	28	Lennart Lundgren	Kreidler	15	+1 lap	14	2
10	34	Juup Bosman	Kreidler	15	+1 lap	11	1
11	21	Engelbert Kip	Kreidler	15	+1 lap	9
12	27	Ove Skifjeld	Kreidler	15	+1 lap
		Patrick Plisson	ABF			5
		Herbert Rittberger	Kreidler			6
		Hans Hummel	Kreidler			7
		Wolfgang Müller	Kreidler			12
		Cees van Dongen	Kreidler			15
		Pierre Dumont	Kreidler			16
		Hagen Klein	Kreidler			17
		Oscar Ekstrand	Kreidler			18
		Günter Schirnhofer	Kreidler			19
25 starters in total
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References

1 2 3 4 5 Carter, Chris (ed.). Motocourse 1977-1978. Hazleton Securities Ltd. p. 107. ISBN 0-905138-04-X.

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