1977 Nations motorcycle Grand Prix explained

The 1977 Nations motorcycle Grand Prix was the fourth round of the 1977 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 15 May 1977 at the Autodromo Dino Ferrari.

500cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Points
1	7	Barry Sheene	Texaco Heron Team Suzuki	Suzuki	59'52.000	15
2	22	Virginio Ferrari	Team Nava Olio Fiat	Suzuki	+1.300	12
3	46	Armando Toracca	MC della Robbia	Suzuki	+2.600	10
4	32	Steve Baker	Yamaha Motor Company	Yamaha	+28.600	8
5	1	Giacomo Agostini	Team API Marlboro	Yamaha	+35.800	6
6	6	Philippe Coulon	Marlboro Masche Total	Suzuki	+36.900	5
7	5	John Newbold	Maurice Newbold	Suzuki	+1'10.500	4
8	20	Christian Estrosi	Marlboro Masche Total	Suzuki	+1'14.500	3
9	24	Boet van Dulmen	Pullshaw	Suzuki	+1'16.400	2
10	26	Anton Mang	Valvoline Racing Hamburg	Suzuki	+1'22.300	1
11	19	Steve Parrish	Texaco Heron Team Suzuki	Suzuki	+1'39.700
12	2	Teuvo Länsivuori	Life Racing Team	Suzuki	+1'40.400
13	36	Graziano Rossi		Suzuki	+1'45.700
14	4	Max Wiener	MSC Rottenberg	Suzuki	+1'55.600
15	23	Alex George	Hermetite Racing International	Suzuki	+1 lap
16	9	John Williams	Team Appleby Glade	Suzuki	+1 lap
17	18	Jean-Philippe Orban	Jean-Philippe Orban Racing Team	Suzuki	+2 laps
18	41	Mario Necchi		Suzuki	+2 laps
Ret	??	Nico Cereghini	Life Racing Team	Suzuki	Accident
Ret	8	Jack Findlay	Hermetite Racing International	Suzuki	Accident
Ret	??	Giovanni Rolando		Suzuki	Retired
Ret	??	Børge Nielsen		Suzuki	Retired
Ret	3	Pat Hennen	Texaco Heron Team Suzuki	Suzuki	Accident
Ret	??	Ricky Romeri		Yamaha	Retired
Ret	4	Marco Lucchinelli	Life Racing Team	Suzuki	Retired
Ret	32	Gianfranco Bonera	Team Nava Olio Fiat	Suzuki	Retired
Ret	42	Stuart Avant	Sid Griffiths Racing	Suzuki	Retired
DNS	??	Michel Rougerie		Suzuki	Did not start
DNS	??	Bernard Fau		Suzuki	Did not start
DNS	45	Wil Hartog	Riemersma Racing	Suzuki	Did not start
Sources: [2] [3] [4]

350 cc classification

Pos	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	30	Alan North	Yamaha	26	53:12.2	1	15
2	51	Mario Lega	Morbidelli	26	+1.7	2	12
3	8	Takazumi Katayama	Yamaha	26	+23.7	4	10
4	34	Michel Rougerie	Yamaha	26	+24.6	5	8
5	7	Bruno Kneubühler	Yamaha	26	+1:07.1	6	6
6	10	Franco Uncini	Harley-Davidson	26	+1:15.2	17	5
7	1	Walter Villa	Harley-Davidson	26	+1:15.7	15	4
8	46	Felice Agostini	Yamaha	26	+1:29.9	12	3
9	14	Denis Boulom	Yamaha	26	+1:41.8	16	2
10	3	Chas Mortimer	Yamaha	26	+1:48.2		1
11	63	Michel Frutschi	Yamaha	26	+1:50.3
12	9	Olivier Chevallier	Yamaha	25	+1 lap	13
13	44	Ken Nemoto	Yamaha	25	+1 lap
14	58	Giorgio Avveduti	Yamaha	25	+1 lap
15	15	Peter Baláz	Yamaha	23	+3 laps
		Kork Ballington	Yamaha			3
		Giacomo Agostini	Yamaha			7
		Tom Herron	Yamaha			8
		Pekka Nurmi	Yamaha			9
		Giovanni Pelletier	Bimota			10
		Christian Sarron	Yamaha			11
		Raffaele Palatiello	Bimota			14
		Vanes Francini	Yamaha			18
		Alfio Micheli	Yamaha			19
		Massimo Matteoni	Bimota			20
30 starters in total

250 cc classification

Pos	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	24	Franco Uncini	Harley-Davidson	24	50:12.7	1	15
2	6	Mario Lega	Morbidelli	24	+9.1	10	12
3	27	Barry Ditchburn	Kawasaki	24	+30.7	7	10
4	5	Tom Herron	Yamaha	24	+39.0	13	8
5	44	Alan North	Yamaha	24	+50.9	5	6
6	16	Jon Ekerold	Yamaha	24	+55.3	16	5
7	18	Jean-François Baldé	Kawasaki	24	+58.8	9	5
8	2	Takazumi Katayama	Yamaha	24	+1:19.2		4
9	68	Vic Soussan	Yamaha	24	+1:28.2	18	2
10	49	Vanes Francini	Yamaha	24	+1:29.2	17	1
11	58	Sauro Pazzaglia	Yamaha	24	+1:30.1	20
12	34	Franco Solaroli	Harley-Davidson	24	+1:51.9
13	64	Michel Frutschi	Yamaha	24	+1:52.0	14
14	26	Pekka Nurmi	Yamaha	24	+1:54.5	12
15	47	Pierluigi Conforti	Yamaha	24	+1:58.8
16	20	Philippe Bouzanne	Yamaha	23	+1 lap
17	30	Leif Gustafsson	Yamaha	23	+1 lap
18	11	John Dodds	Yamaha	23	+1 lap
		Walter Villa	Harley-Davidson			2
		Christian Sarron	Yamaha			3
		Hans Müller	Yamaha			4
		Akihiko Kiyohara	Kawasaki			6
		Bruno Kneubühler	Yamaha			8
		Aldo Nannini	Yamaha			11
		Giovanni Pelletier	Bimota			15
		Vinicio Salmi	Yamaha			19
30 starters in total

125 cc classification

Pos	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	1	Pierpaolo Bianchi	Morbidelli	21	45:58.7	1	15
2	7	Eugenio Lazzarini	Morbidelli	21	+55.8	3	12
3	32	Maurizio Massimiani	Morbidelli	21	+1:13.5	6	10
4	5	Anton Mang	Morbidelli	21	+1:16.3	5	8
5	2	Ángel Nieto	Bultaco	21	+1:28.2	2	6
6	27	Sauro Pazzaglia	Morbidelli	21	+1:41.2	7	5
7	18	Hans Müller	Morbidelli	21	+1:46.6	8	4
8	6	Jean-Louis Guignabodet	Morbidelli	21	+1:48.9	20	3
9	9	Stefan Dörflinger	Morbidelli	21	+1:51.5	9	2
10	40	Pieraldo Cipriani	Morbidelli	21	+2:06.9	12	1
11	35	Luciano Richetti	Morbidelli	21	+2:13.8
12	8	Gert Bender	Bender	21	+2:15.7
13	29	Guido Mancini	Morbidelli	20	+1 lap	16
14	41	F. Pellegrino	Morbidelli	20	+1 lap
15	52	Patrick Plisson	Morbidelli	20	+1 lap
16	24	Enrico Cereda	Morbidelli	20	+1 lap
17	27	R. Brazzi	Morbidelli	20	+1 lap
18	44	Luigi Rinaudo	Morbidelli	18	+3 laps
		Giovanni Ziggliotto	Morbidelli			4
		Germano Zanetti	Morbidelli			10
		Harald Bartol	Morbidelli			11
		Johann Parzer	Morbidelli			13
		Matti Kinnunen	Morbidelli			14
		Rolf Blatter	Morbidelli			15
		Claudio Lusuardi	Morbidelli			17
		János Drapál	Morbidelli			18
		Carlo Vernocchi	Morbidelli			19
30 starters in total

50 cc classification

Pos	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	4	Eugenio Lazzarini	Kreidler	13	31:40.6	1	15
2	19	Ricardo Tormo	Bultaco	13	+1.4	3	12
3	1	Ángel Nieto	Bultaco	13	+12.1	2	10
4	2	Herbert Rittberger	Kreidler	13	+1:27.8	5	8
5	7	Rolf Blatter	Kreidler	13	+1:28.4	9	6
6	3	Ulrich Graf	Kreidler	13	+1:36.7	6	5
7	8	Stefan Dörflinger	Kreidler	13	+1:51.5	4	4
8	45	Patrick Plisson	ABF	13	+1:55.4	8	3
9	25	Ezio Mischiatti	Derbi	13	+1:56.5	10	2
10	11	Aldo Pero	Kreidler	13	+1:58.7	19	1
11	9	Hans Hummel	Kreidler	13	+2:14.3	14
12	29	Guido Mancini	Kreidler	13	+2:27.3	7
13	5	Rudolf Kunz	Kreidler	12	+1 lap
14	35	Engelbert Kip	Kreidler	12	+1 lap	16
15	30	Giorgio Paci	Derbi	12	+1 lap	18
16	16	Ramón Gali	Derbi	12	+1 lap
17	44	Claudio Granata	Derbi	12	+1 lap	17
18	37	Günter Schirnhofer	Kreidler	12	+1 lap
19	33	Giuliano Tabanelli	Silvestri	12	+1 lap	20
20	22	Giovanni Lucarini	UFO	12	+1 lap
NC	23	Giorgio Macchiavelli	UFO	7	+6 laps
		Alberto Ieva	Ringhini			11
		Hagen Klein	Kreidler			12
		Claudio Lusuardi	Lusuardi			13
		Jean-Louis Guignabodet	Morbidelli			15
30 starters in total

Notes and References

1. Web site: Alle Grand-Prix uitslagen en bijzonderheden, van 1973 (het jaar dat Jack begon met racen) tot heden.. https://archive.today/20150725163733/http://www.jumpingjack.nl/GP-races_1977_heden.htm. dead. 25 July 2015. Archive.li. 1 December 2018.
2. Book: Motocourse 1977-1978 . Hazleton Securities Ltd . Carter . Chris . 73 . 0-905138-04-X.
3. Web site: 1977 Nations MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database. 3 April 2018. Motor Sport Magazine. 18 December 2018.
4. Web site: NATIONS GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1977. Motogp.com. 18 December 2018.