1977 Formula 750 season

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The 1977 Formula 750 season was the fifth in the history of the Formula 750 championship and was held for the first time by the FIM as the official world championship.

Twenty races were held at eleven events.

Distribution of points

Scoring
space 1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th 8th 9 10
Points 15th 12 10 8th 6th 5 4th 3 2 1

The five best results achieved were included in the evaluation. If several runs were held at an event, the points were obtained by adding the times of both runs.

Race results

date run route 1st place place 2 place 3
1 13.03. United StatesUnited States Daytona 200 Daytona Steve Baker Kenny Roberts sr. Takazumi Katayama
Canceled due to heavy rain.
1 04/03 ItalyItaly 200 miles from Imola Imola Kenny Roberts sr. Steve Baker Christian Sarron
Kenny Roberts sr. Steve Baker Giacomo Agostini
3 07/24 Spain 1977Spain Spain Jarama Steve Baker Christian Sarron Hubert Rigal
4th 05.06. FranceFrance France Dijon Prenois Christian Estrosi Philippe Coulon Steve Baker
Christian Estrosi Philippe Coulon Steve Baker
5 07/10 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Great Britain Brands Hatch Steve Baker Mick Grant Christian Sarron
Steve Baker Ron Haslam Barry Ditchburn
6th 00.08. AustriaAustria Austria Salzburgring Steve Baker Giacomo Agostini Christian Sarron
Canceled due to heavy rain.
7th 08/28 BelgiumBelgium Belgium Zolder Steve Baker Marco Lucchinelli Takazumi Katayama
Steve Baker Marco Lucchinelli Takazumi Katayama
8th 04.09. NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands Aces Steve Baker Marco Lucchinelli Christian Sarron
Marco Lucchinelli Steve Baker Christian Sarron
9 11.09. United StatesUnited States United States Laguna Seca Skip Aksland Gregg Hansford Steve Baker
Steve Baker Skip Aksland Gregg Hansford
10 18.09. CanadaCanada Canada Mosport Gregg Hansford Steve Baker Yvon Duhamel
Gregg Hansford Yvon Duhamel Steve Baker
11 25.09. GermanyGermany Germany Hockenheim Giacomo Agostini Takazumi Katayama Armando Toracca
Giacomo Agostini Takazumi Katayama Teuvo Länsivuori

Driver ranking

1 United StatesUnited States Steve Baker Yamaha TZ 750 131
2 FranceFrance Christian Sarron Yamaha 53
3 ItalyItaly Giacomo Agostini Yamaha 45
4th ItalyItaly Marco Lucchinelli Yamaha 40
5 JapanJapan Takazumi Katayama Yamaha 37
6th MonacoMonaco Hubert Rigal Yamaha 37
7th AustraliaAustralia Gregg Hansford Kawasaki KR 750 33
8th NetherlandsNetherlands Boet van Dulmen Yamaha 29
9 United StatesUnited States Kenny Roberts sr. Yamaha 27
10 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Philippe Coulon Yamaha 24
11 AustraliaAustralia Warren Willing Yamaha 16
12 FranceFrance Christian Estrosi Yamaha 15th
United StatesUnited States Skip Aksland Yamaha 15th
14th FranceFrance Patrick Pons Yamaha 15th
15th United StatesUnited States Gene Romero Yamaha 14th
16 United StatesUnited States Mike Baldwin Yamaha 13
17th United KingdomUnited Kingdom Ron Haslam Yamaha 12
CanadaCanada Yvon Duhamel Kawasaki 12
19th ItalyItaly Armando Toracca Yamaha 11
20th FranceFrance Bernard Fau Yamaha 11
FinlandFinland Teuvo Länsivuori Yamaha 11
22nd United KingdomUnited Kingdom John Newbold Suzuki 10
23 Venezuela 1954Venezuela Johnny Cecotto Yamaha 8th
24 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Alex George Yamaha 8th
25th Spain 1945Spain Víctor Palomo Yamaha 4th
26th South Africa 1961South Africa Cork Ballington Yamaha 7th
27 FranceFrance Christian Le Liard Yamaha 7th
28 FranceFrance Michel Rougerie Yamaha 6th
United StatesUnited States Dave Aldana Yamaha 6th
30th NetherlandsNetherlands Marcel Ankoné Yamaha 5
BelgiumBelgium Jean-Philippe Orban Yamaha 5
32 FranceFrance Gilles Husson Yamaha 5
33 FranceFrance Jean-Paul Boinet Yamaha 4th
South Africa 1961South Africa Alan North Yamaha 4th
MexicoMexico Jimmy Morales Yamaha 4th
JapanJapan Ikujiro Takaï Yamaha 4th
37 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Piers Forester (†) Yamaha 4th
United StatesUnited States John Long Yamaha 4th
39 JapanJapan Sadao Asami Yamaha 4th
40 United StatesUnited States Pat Evans (†) Yamaha 3
United KingdomUnited Kingdom Julian Soper Yamaha 3
AustraliaAustralia Jack Findlay Yamaha 3
43 GermanyGermany Gerhard Vogt Yamaha 2
United KingdomUnited Kingdom Clive Offer Yamaha 2
AustriaAustria Max Wiener Yamaha 2
United KingdomUnited Kingdom Neil Tuxworth Yamaha 2
47 United StatesUnited States Randy Cleek (†) Yamaha 1
United KingdomUnited Kingdom Mike Trimby Yamaha 1
NetherlandsNetherlands Jack Middelburg Yamaha 1
United StatesUnited States Jim Allen Yamaha 1

Constructors' championship

1 JapanJapan Yamaha 160
2 JapanJapan Kawasaki 33
3 JapanJapan Suzuki 10

References

literature

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