1976 German motorcycle Grand Prix explained

The 1976 German motorcycle Grand Prix was the eleventh round of the 1976 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 29 August 1976 at the Nürburgring circuit. The 500cc race was known for being the distinguished Giacomo Agostini's 122nd and final victory in Grand Prix motorcycle competition, a record that still stands today.

500 cc classification

Pos	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Points
1	1	Giacomo Agostini	Team API Marlboro	MV Agusta	1:06'21.400	15
2	32	Marco Lucchinelli	Gallina Corse	Suzuki	+52.100	12
3	66	Pat Hennen	Colemans	Suzuki	+1'09.300	10
4	8	John Newbold	Texaco Heron Team Suzuki	Suzuki	+1'12.300	8
5	28	Marcel Ankoné	Nimag Suzuki	Suzuki	+1'20.800	6
6	29	Boet van Dulmen	Laponder Racing	Suzuki	+2'41.600	5
7	70	Alan North		Suzuki	+2'56.600	4
8	34	Christian Bourgeois		Yamaha	+2'56.800	3
9	11	Chas Mortimer		Suzuki	+4'14.200	2
10	59	Egid Schwemmer		Nava	+4'18.100	1
11	69	Peter Baláz		Yamaha	+4'35.600
12	27	Max Wiener	Racing Team NO	Yamaha	+4'48.000
13	25	John Cowie		Yamaha	+5'10.500
14	17	Hans Braumandl	MSC Rottenberg	Suzuki	+7'54.000
15	53	Franz Rau		Yamaha	+7'58.500
16	52	Walter Hoffmann		Suzuki	+8'45.600
17	68	Michael Schmid	Racing Team Albatros	Yamaha	+9'46.000
18	37	Alan Rogers		Yamaha	+9'51.400
19	30	Jan van Disseldorp		Yamaha	+10'51.500
20	48	Charles Dobson		Yamaha	+10'51.700
21	??	Jürgen Zeddel		Yamaha	+11'31.500
22	19	Lars Johansson		Yamaha	+11'35.400
23	??	Adolf Schneider		Yamaha	+11'36.900
24	??	Hans-Otto Butenuth		Yamaha	+1 lap
Ret	6	Jack Findlay	Jack Findlay Racing	Suzuki	Retired
Ret	12	Karl Auer	Racing Team NO	Yamaha	Retired
Ret	14	Dieter Braun		Suzuki	Accident
Ret	??	Dick Alblas		König	Retired
Ret	??	Michel Renson		Suzuki	Retired
Ret	??	Hans Stadelmann		Suzuki	Retired
Ret	??	Børge Nielsen		Yamaha	Retired
Ret	28	Virginio Ferrari	Gallina Corse	Suzuki	Retired
Ret	??	Jean-Philippe Orban		Yamaha	Accident
Ret	??	Victor Soussan		Yamaha	Retired
Ret	??	Gerhard Vogt		Yamaha	Accident
Ret	??	Franz Heller		Suzuki	Accident
Ret	??	Teuvo Länsivuori	Life Racing Team	Suzuki	Retired
Ret	??	Johannes Klement		Yamaha	Retired
Ret	??	Ulrich Eickmeyer		König	Retired
Ret	??	Hans-Gunter Schöne		Yamaha	Retired
Ret	??	Louis With		Yamaha	Retired
Ret	??	Peter Schrötges		Yamaha	Retired
Ret	??	Horst Lotz		Suzuki	Retired
Ret	??	Arndt Hährle		Yamaha	Retired
Ret	??	Norbert Schüller		König	Retired
Ret	??	Ron Robinson		Suzuki	Retired
Ret	??	Horst Lahfeld		König	Retired
Ret	44	Helmut Kassner		Suzuki	Retired
Ret	??	Volker Begert		König	Retired
Ret	??	Erich Brandstetter		Yamaha	Accident
Ret	6	Alex George	Hermetite Racing International	Suzuki	Retired
Ret	??	Philippe Coulon		Suzuki	Retired
Ret	??	Bernd Tüngethal		Yamaha	Retired
DNS	55	Johnny Cecotto	Team Venemotos	Yamaha	Did not start
DNS	??	Horst Pleyer		Yamaha	Did not start
Ret	??	Kees van der Kruijs		Yamaha	Did not start
Sources: [4] [5] [6]

350 cc classification

Pos	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Points
1	42	Walter Villa	Harley-Davidson	7	1:04:03.9	15
2	1	Johnny Cecotto	Yamaha	7	+9.6	12
3	41	Gianfranco Bonera	Harley-Davidson	7	+13.4	10
4	32	Takazumi Katayama	Yamaha	7	+21.6	8
5	18	Alan North	Yamaha	7	+21.9	6
6	11	Víctor Palomo	Yamaha	7	+22.3	5
7	5	Christian Sarron	Yamaha	7	+28.9	4
8	4	Dieter Braun	Morbidelli	7	+31.6	3
9	68	Bruno Kneubühler	Yamaha	7	+49.9	2
10	43	Olivier Chevallier	Yamaha	7	+1:03.9	1
11	45	Patrick Fernandez	Yamaha	7	+1:44.5
12	17	Kork Ballington	Yamaha	7	+2:09.5
13	63	Anton Mang	Yamaha	7	+2:20.7
14	49	Jon Ekerold	Yamaha	7	+2:42.7
15	26	John Cowie	Yamaha	7	+2:52.8
16	20	Max Wiener	Yamaha	7	+3:29.3
17	12	Alex George	Yamaha	7	+3:30.2
18	52	Jaime Samaranch	Yamaha	7	+3:53.8
19	53	Horst Pleyer	Yamaha	7	+4:58.1
20	39	Bo Granath	Yamaha	7	+5:20.0
54 starters in total, 29 finishers

250 cc classification

Pos	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Points
1	1	Walter Villa	Harley-Davidson	6	55:34.8	15
2	25	Kork Ballington	Yamaha	6	+1:08.3	12
3	47	Jon Ekerold	Yamaha	6	+1:09.4	10
4	8	Dieter Braun	Yamaha	6	+1:10.5	8
5	9	Bruno Kneubühler	Yamaha	6	+1:10.8	6
6	37	Olivier Chevallier	Yamaha	6	+1:21.1	5
7	29	Takazumi Katayama	Yamaha	6	+1:33.9	4
8	11	Víctor Palomo	Yamaha	6	+1:49.8	3
9	44	Pentti Korhonen	Yamaha	6	+1:55.2	2
10	6	Chas Mortimer	Yamaha	6	+2:08.8	1
11	66	Bernd Tügenthal	Yamaha	6	+2:09.0
12	73	Gilbert Lavelle	Yamaha	6	+2:10.9
13	23	Franz Kunz	Yamaha	6	+2:16.7
14	13	Tom Herron	Yamaha	6	+3:01.2
15	45	Henk van Kessel	Yamaha	6	+3:02.8
16	4	Leif Gustafsson	Yamaha	6	+3:43.3
17	52	John Dodds	Yamaha	6	+3:43.5
18	33	Bo Granath	Yamaha	6	+3:54.1
19	12	Harald Bartol	Yamaha	6	+4:16.1
20	34	Ken Nemoto	Yamaha	6	+4:19.7
55 starters in total, 33 finishers

125 cc classification

Pos	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Points
1	52	Anton Mang	Morbidelli	5	52:43.4	15
2	55	Walter Koschine	Maico	5	+1:39.9	12
3	42	Julien van Zeebroeck	Morbidelli	5	+1:44.7	10
4	49	Horst Seel	Eigenbau	5	+1:48.7	8
5	23	Lennart Lundgren	Yamaha	5	+2:28.2	6
6	41	Jean-Louis Guignabodet	Morbidelli	5	+2:31.9	5
7	12	Hans Müller	Yamaha	5	+2:37.6	4
8	8	Harald Bartol	Morbidelli	5	+3:29.0	4
9	30	Enrico Cereda	Morbidelli	5	+3:45.5	4
10	33	Hans Hallberg	Yamaha	5	+4:16.0	1
11	27	Werner Schmied	Rotax	5	+4:17.7
12	16	Ernst Stammbach	Yamaha	5	+4:29.0
13	31	Pentti Salonen	Yamaha	5	+5:08.5
14	56	Wolfgang Rubel	Maico	5	+5:17.5
15	58	Rolf Minhoff	Maico	5	+5:51.9
16	53	Bernhard Otto	Maico	5	+6:19.2
17	46	Benjamin Laurent	Morbidelli	5	+7:06.4
18	63	Hans Knemeyer	Maico	5	+8:39.3
19	67	Zbynek Havrda	Maico	4	+1 lap
28 starters in total, 19 finishers

50 cc classification

Pos	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Points
1	1	Ángel Nieto	Bultaco	3	31:42.4	15
2	5	Herbert Rittberger	Kreidler	3	+14.0	12
3	14	Ulrich Graf	Kreidler	3	+51.3	10
4	9	Hans Hummel	Kreidler	3	+1:31.7	8
5	34	Rolf Blatter	Kreidler	3	+1:32.3	6
6	3	Julien van Zeebroeck	Kreidler	3	+1:32.9	5
7	48	Wolfgang Müller	Kreidler	3	+1:50.7	4
8	46	Bruno Stopp	Kreidler	3	+2:04.9	3
9	4	Rudolf Kunz	Kreidler	3	+2:14.6	2
10	27	Ermanno Giuliano	LGM	3	+2:53.3	1
11	40	Günter Schirnhofer	Kreidler	3	+3:05.0
12	36	Wolfgang Golembeck	Kreidler	3	+3:05.2
13	44	Hagen Klein	Kreidler	3	+3:32.0
14	35	Benjamin Laurent	Kreidler	3	+3:35.8
15	13	Aldo Pero	Kreidler	3	+3:36.2
16	25	Jacques Hutteau	Morbidelli	3	+3:55.6
17	43	Waller Däuwel	Kreidler	3	+3:57.7
18	51	Roland Schuster	Kreidler	3	+3:58.0
19	11	Theo Timmer	Kreidler	3	+3:58.3
20	23	Engelbert Kip	Kreidler	3	+4:21.8
42 starters in total, 30 finishers

Sidecar classification

Pos	No.	Rider	Passenger	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Points
1	2	Werner Schwärzel	Andreas Huber	König	5	55:53.3	15
2	1	Rolf Steinhausen	Sepp Huber	Busch-König	5	+1:54.8	12
3	12	George O'Dell	Kenny Arthur	Yamaha	5	+2:26.7	10
4	3	Rolf Biland	Ken Williams	Yamaha	5	+2:58.3	8
5	20	Bruno Holzer	Charly Meierhans	Yamaha	5	+3:28.7	6
6	36	Hermann Huber	Hans Seib	König	5	+3:34.7	5
7	21	Ernst Trachsel	Benedikt Stahli	Yamaha	5	+3:53.6	4
8	34	Walter Ohrmann	Bernd Grube	Yamaha	5	+3:58.4	3
9	30	Siegfried Schauzu	Wolfgang Kalauch	Aro	5	+4:58.2	2
10	43	Kurt Jelonek	Volker Riess	König	5	+5:00.5	1
11	31	Max Venus	Norbert Bittermann	König	5	+5:00.9
12	18	Tony Wakefield	Keith Brown	British Magnum	5	+5:03.1
13	14	Heinz Luthringhauser	Lorenzo Puzo	BMW	5	+5:04.6
14	40	Rudolf Reinhard	Karin Sterzenbach	Yamaha	5	+5:11.8
15	7	Hermann Schmid	Jean-Pierre Martial	Yamaha	5	+5:31.5
40 starters in total, 27 finishers

Notes and References

1. Web site: Grand Prix uitslagen en bijzonderheden 1976 - heden. https://archive.today/20150725162019/http://www.jumpingjack.nl/GP-races_1976_heden.htm. dead. 2015-07-25. 2019-07-26.
2. Web site: 1976 500cc Class (FIM Grand Prix World Championship) Programmes | The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project. www.progcovers.com.
3. Web site: Nürburgring | The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project. www.progcovers.com.
4. Web site: 1976 German MotoGP | Motor Sport Magazine Database. April 3, 2018. Motor Sport Magazine.
5. Web site: motogp.com · WEST GERMANY GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1976. www.motogp.com.
6. Book: Motocourse 1976-1977 . Hazleton Securities Ltd. . Carter . Chris . 127 . 0-905138-02-3.