Motorcycle World Championship 1976
500 cm³ world champion | |
Driver: | Barry Sheene |
Constructor: | Suzuki |
350 cm³ world champion | |
Driver: | Walter Villa |
Constructor: | Harley-Davidson |
250 cc world champion | |
Driver: | Walter Villa |
Constructor: | Harley-Davidson |
125 cc world champion | |
Driver: | Pier Paolo Bianchi |
Constructor: | Morbidelli |
50 cm³ world champion | |
Driver: | Ángel Nieto |
Constructor: | Bultaco |
Team (500 cm³) world champions | |
Driver: |
Rolf Steinhausen Josef Huber |
Constructor: | Bush King |
<1975 season |
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The 1976 motorcycle world championship was the 28th in the history of the FIM - motorcycle road world championship .
Ten races were held in the classes up to 500 cm³ and up to 350 cm³, eleven in the class up to 250 cm³, nine in the classes up to 125 cm³ and up to 50 cm³ and seven races for the teams .
Distribution of points
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space | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4th | 5 | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9 | 10 |
Points | 15th | 12 | 10 | 8th | 6th | 5 | 4th | 3 | 2 | 1 |
The three best results achieved in each half of the season were considered.
useful information
- For the first time in the history of the motorcycle world championship, there were no works teams at the start in the 500 cm³ class.
- The German Grand Prix was originally supposed to be held on the Südschleife , as it was last in 1968 . Since the necessary work to improve the track was not carried out, the race took place again on the Nordschleife , which was considered dangerous , but which, unlike the Südschleife, had been rebuilt in 1970/71. The foreign motorcycle world championship pilots had already boycotted the Nordschleife Grand Prix in 1974 because of adapting the route safety to Eifelrennen automobile races , and four weeks earlier the Austrian Niki Lauda had had a serious accident in the Formula 1 GP.
- Giacomo Agostini achieved his 122nd and last victory in the motorcycle world championship in the 500 cc class on the Nürburgring - Nordschleife , the location of his first Grand Prix victory (although at that time on the Südschleife ) . This mark is unmatched to this day. Only Valentino Rossi and Agostini managed to break the magical limit of 100 Grand Prix victories and is currently holding 106 victories. The victory is also the last of a four-stroke engine in the 500 cc class held until 2002 .
Deaths
- The two local drivers Paolo Tordi and Otello Buscherini were killed at the Nations Grand Prix on the race track in Mugello, which is on the calendar for the first time . Tordi fell in the 350 cc run, Buscherini in the 250 cc race, both died on the way to the hospital.
- The Isle of Man TT also claimed two lives that year. Walter Wörner, Siegfried Maier's passenger in the sidecar class and the Australian Les Kenny , in the lightweight TT race , were killed.
500 cc class
Race results
Driver ranking
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(Points in brackets including deletion results )
Constructors' championship
The design engineer title was awarded to Suzuki .
350 cm³ class
Race results
Driver ranking
Constructors' championship
The design engineer title was awarded to Harley-Davidson .
250 cc class
Race results
date | run | route | 1st place | place 2 | place 3 | Pole position | Nice Race lap | |
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1 | 04/25 | French GP | Le Mans | Walter Villa | Gianfranco Bonera | Pentti Korhonen | Walter Villa | Walter Villa |
2 | 16.05. | 54th Nations Grand Prix | Mugello | Walter Villa | Takazumi Katayama | Pentti Korhonen | Walter Villa | Walter Villa |
3 | 05/23 | GP of Yugoslavia | Opatija | Dieter Braun | Tom Herron | Olivier Chevallier | Takazumi Katayama | Gianfranco Bonera |
4th | June 7-11 | 58th Isle of Man TT | Mountain Course | Tom Herron | Takazumi Katayama | Chas Mortimer | Tom Herron | Tom Herron |
5 | 26.06. | 46. Dutch TT | Aces | Walter Villa | Takazumi Katayama | John Dodds | Walter Villa | Walter Villa |
6th | 04.07. | 49th Belgian GP | Spa Francorchamps | Walter Villa | Paolo Pileri | Takazumi Katayama | Walter Villa | Walter Villa |
7th | 25.07. | Swedish GP | Anderstorp | Takazumi Katayama | Dieter Braun | Gianfranco Bonera | Pentti Korhonen | Dieter Braun |
8th | 08/01 | GP of Finland | Imatra | Walter Villa | Takazumi Katayama | Gianfranco Bonera | Walter Villa | Gianfranco Bonera |
9 | 08/22 | Czechoslovakian GP | Masaryk ring | Walter Villa | Gianfranco Bonera | Takazumi Katayama | Walter Villa | Walter Villa |
10 | 08/29 | 40th GP of Germany |
Nürburgring - Nordschleife |
Walter Villa | Cork Ballington | Jon Ekerold | Walter Villa | Walter Villa |
11 | 19.09. | GP of Spain | Montjuïc | Gianfranco Bonera | Walter Villa | Alan North | Alan North | Walter Villa |
Driver ranking
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Constructors' championship
The design engineer title was awarded to Harley-Davidson .
125 cc class
Race results
date | run | route | 1st place | place 2 | place 3 | Pole position | Nice Race lap | |
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1 | 02.05. | Austrian GP | Salzburgring | Pier Paolo Bianchi | Paolo Pileri | Otello Buscherini | Pier Paolo Bianchi | Pier Paolo Bianchi |
2 | 16.05. | 54th Nations Grand Prix | Mugello | Pier Paolo Bianchi | Paolo Pileri | Ángel Nieto | Pier Paolo Bianchi | Otello Buscherini |
3 | 05/23 | GP of Yugoslavia | Opatija | Pier Paolo Bianchi | Henk van Kessel | Paolo Pileri | Ángel Nieto | Ángel Nieto |
4th | 26.06. | 46. Dutch TT | Aces | Pier Paolo Bianchi | Paolo Pileri | Ángel Nieto | Pier Paolo Bianchi | Pier Paolo Bianchi |
5 | 04.07. | 49th Belgian GP | Spa Francorchamps | Ángel Nieto | Paolo Pileri | Eugenio Lazzarini | Ángel Nieto | Pier Paolo Bianchi |
6th | 25.07. | Swedish GP | Anderstorp | Pier Paolo Bianchi | Ángel Nieto | Paolo Pileri | Pier Paolo Bianchi | Pier Paolo Bianchi |
7th | 08/01 | GP of Finland | Imatra | Pier Paolo Bianchi | Gerd Bender | Henk van Kessel | Pier Paolo Bianchi | Pier Paolo Bianchi |
8th | 08/29 | 40th GP of Germany |
Nürburgring - Nordschleife |
Toni Mang | Walter Koschine | Julien van Zeebroeck | Pier Paolo Bianchi | Toni Mang |
9 | 19.09. | GP of Spain | Montjuïc | Pier Paolo Bianchi | Ángel Nieto | Henk van Kessel | Ángel Nieto | Pier Paolo Bianchi |
Driver ranking
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Constructors' championship
The design engineer title was awarded to Morbidelli .
50 cm³ class
Race results
date | run | route | 1st place | place 2 | place 3 | Pole position | Nice Race lap | |
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1 | 04/25 | French GP | Le Mans | Herbert Rittberger | Rudolf Kunz | Stefan Dörflinger | Ángel Nieto | Rudolf Kunz |
2 | 16.05. | 54th Nations Grand Prix | Mugello | Ángel Nieto | Eugenio Lazzarini | Rudolf Kunz | Ángel Nieto | Ángel Nieto |
3 | 05/23 | GP of Yugoslavia | Opatija | Ulrich Graf | Herbert Rittberger | Ángel Nieto | Ángel Nieto | Herbert Rittberger |
4th | 26.06. | 46. Dutch TT | Aces | Ángel Nieto | Ulrich Graf | Herbert Rittberger | Ángel Nieto | Ulrich Graf |
5 | 04.07. | 49th Belgian GP | Spa Francorchamps | Herbert Rittberger | Ángel Nieto | Ulrich Graf | Ángel Nieto | Herbert Rittberger |
6th | 25.07. | Swedish GP | Anderstorp | Ángel Nieto | Ulrich Graf | Eugenio Lazzarini | Ángel Nieto | Ángel Nieto |
7th | 08/01 | GP of Finland | Imatra | Julien van Zeebroeck | Ulrich Graf | Eugenio Lazzarini | Ángel Nieto | Ulrich Graf |
8th | 08/29 | 40th GP of Germany |
Nürburgring - Nordschleife |
Ángel Nieto | Herbert Rittberger | Ulrich Graf | Ulrich Graf | Ángel Nieto |
9 | 19.09. | GP of Spain | Montjuïc | Ángel Nieto | Herbert Rittberger | Eugenio Lazzarini | Ángel Nieto | Ángel Nieto |
Driver ranking
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Constructors' championship
The design engineer title was awarded to Bultaco .
Carriages (500 cm³)
Race results
date | run | route | 1st place | place 2 | place 3 | Pole position | Nice Race lap | |
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1 | 04/25 | French GP | Le Mans |
Rolf Biland / Kenneth Williams |
Alain Michel / Bernard Garcia |
Helmut Schilling / Rainer Gundel |
Werner Schwärzel / Andreas Huber |
Rolf Biland / Kenneth Williams |
2 | 02.05. | Austrian GP | Salzburgring |
Rolf Steinhausen / Josef Huber |
Werner Schwärzel / Andreas Huber |
Siegfried Schauzu / Clifton Lorentz |
Rolf Biland / Kenneth Williams |
Rolf Steinhausen / Josef Huber |
3 | June 7-11 | 58th Isle of Man TT | Mountain Course |
Rolf Steinhausen / Josef Huber |
Dick Greasley / Cliff Holland |
Malcolm Hobson / Mick Burns |
George O'Dell / Alan Gosling |
Siegfried Schauzu / Wolfgang Kalauch |
4th | 26.06. | 46. Dutch TT | Aces |
Hermann Schmid / Martial Jean-Petit-Matile |
Martin Kooy / Rob Vader |
Gustav Pape / Franz Kallenberg |
Rolf Biland / Kenneth Williams |
Werner Schwärzel / Andreas Huber |
5 | 04.07. | 49th Belgian GP | Spa Francorchamps |
Rolf Steinhausen / Josef Huber |
Werner Schwärzel / Andreas Huber |
Helmut Schilling / Rainer Gundel |
Siegfried Schauzu / Wolfgang Kalauch |
Helmut Schilling / Rainer Gundel |
6th | 08/22 | Czechoslovakian GP | Masaryk ring |
Hermann Schmid / Martial Jean-Petit-Matile |
Werner Schwärzel / Andreas Huber |
Rolf Biland / Kenneth Williams |
Rolf Steinhausen / Josef Huber |
Rolf Biland / Kenneth Williams |
7th | 08/29 | 40th GP of Germany |
Nürburgring - Nordschleife |
Werner Schwärzel / Andreas Huber |
Rolf Steinhausen / Josef Huber |
George O'Dell / Kenny Arthur |
Rolf Biland / Kenneth Williams |
Werner Schwärzel / Andreas Huber |
Driver ranking
1 | Rolf Steinhausen | Josef Huber | Bush King | 65 (68) |
2 | Werner Schwärzel | Andreas Huber | king | 51 (59) |
3 | Hermann Schmid | Martial Jean-Petit-Matile | Schmid- Yamaha | 38 |
4th | Rolf Biland | Kenneth Williams | Seymaz -Yamaha | 33 |
5 | Siegfried Schauzu |
Clifton Lorentz and Wolfgang Kalauch |
ARO-Fath | 32 |
6th | Helmut Schilling | Rainer Gundel | ARO-Fath | 30th |
7th | Dick Greasley | Cliff Holland | Chell-Yamaha | 24 |
8th | George O'Dell |
Alan Gosling or Kenny Arthur |
May-Yamaha | 21st |
9 | Alain Michel | Bernard Garcia | GEP-Yamaha | 20th |
10 | Martin Kooy | Rob Vader | Kova king | 17th |
11 | Bruno Holzer | Karl Meierhans | LCR -Yamaha | 14th |
12 | Malcolm Hobson |
Mick Burns and John Inchliff |
Yamaha | 12 |
13 | Ted Jansen | Erich Schmitz | Yamaha | 11 |
14th | Gustav Pape | Franz Kallenberg | king | 10 |
15th | Otto Haller | Erich Haselbeck | Kraus- BMW | 9 |
16 | Amedeo Zini | Andrea Fornaro | king | 8th |
17th | Hanspeter Hubacher | Kurt Huber | Yamaha | 8th |
18th | Walter Ohrmann | Bernd Grube | Yamaha | 8th |
19th | Gerry Boret | Nick Boret | Yamaha | 6th |
Jeff Gawley | Kenny Birch | king | 6th | |
Rudi Kurth | Dane Rowe | CAT Yamaha | 6th | |
22nd | Graham Milton | John Brushwood | Magnum | 5 |
Hermann Huber | Hans Seib | king | 5 | |
24 | Ernst Trachsel | Benedikt Stähli | Yamaha | 4th |
25th | Peter Campbell | Russell Campbell | Yamaha | 3 |
26th | Jaap Geerts | Jan van Veen | king | 2 |
27 | Heinz Luthringshauser | Lorenzo Puzo | BMW | 1 |
Tony Wakefield | Colin Newbold | Magnum | 1 | |
Kurt Jelonek | Volker Riess | king | 1 |
Constructors' championship
The design engineer title was awarded to Busch- König .