1976 German motorcycle Grand Prix

  1976 German Grand Prix

Race details
Race 11 of 12 races in the 1976 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	29 August 1976
Official name	Grosser Preis von Deutschland
Location	Nürburgring
Course	Permanent racing facility 22.835 km (14.189 mi)
500 cc
Fastest lap
Rider	Marcel Ankoné	Suzuki
Time	8:59.9
Podium
First	Giacomo Agostini	MV Agusta
Second	Marco Lucchinelli	Suzuki
Third	Pat Hennen	Suzuki
350 cc
Fastest lap
Rider	Johnny Cecotto	Yamaha
Time	8:57.3
Podium
First	Walter Villa	Harley-Davidson
Second	Johnny Cecotto	Yamaha
Third	Gianfranco Bonera	Harley-Davidson
250 cc
Fastest lap
Rider	Walter Villa	Harley-Davidson
Time	9:03.2
Podium
First	Walter Villa	Harley-Davidson
Second	Kork Ballington	Yamaha
Third	Jon Ekerold	Yamaha
125 cc
Fastest lap
Rider	Anton Mang	Morbidelli
Time	10:12.2
Podium
First	Anton Mang	Morbidelli
Second	Walter Koschine	Maico
Third	Julien van Zeebroeck	Morbidelli
50 cc
Fastest lap
Rider	Ángel Nieto	Bultaco
Time	10:26.9
Podium
First	Ángel Nieto	Bultaco
Second	Herbert Rittberger	Kreidler
Third	Ulrich Graf	Kreidler
Sidecars
Fastest lap
Rider	Werner Schwärzel	König
Passenger	Andreas Huber
Time	11:02.1
Podium
First	Werner Schwärzel	König
	Andreas Huber
Second	Rolf Steinhausen	Busch-König
	Sepp Huber
Third	George O'Dell	Yamaha
	Kenny Arthur

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	MV Agusta	7	1:06:21.4	15
2	32	Marco Lucchinelli	Suzuki	7	+52.1	12
3	66	Pat Hennen	Suzuki	7	+1:09.3	10
4	8	John Newbold	Suzuki	7	+1:12.3	8
5	28	Marcel Ankoné	Suzuki	7	+1:20.8	6
6	29	Boet van Dulmen	Suzuki	7	+2:41.6	5
7	70	Alan North	Suzuki	7	+2:56.6	4
8	34	Christian Bourgeois	Yamaha	7	+2:56.8	3
9	11	Chas Mortimer	Suzuki	7	+4:14.2	2
10	59	Egid Schwemmer	Nava	7	+4:18.1	1
11	69	Peter Baláz	Yamaha	7	+4:35.6
12	27	Max Wiener	Yamaha	7	+4:43.0
13	25	John Cowie	Yamaha	7	+5:10.5
14	17	Hans Braumandl	Suzuki	7	+7:54.0
15	53	Franz Rau	Yamaha	7	+7:58.5
16	52	Walter Hoffmann	Suzuki	7	+8:45.6
17	68	Michael Schmid	Yamaha	7	+9:46.0
18	37	Alan Rogers	Yamaha	7	+9:51.4
19	30	Jan van Disseldorp	Yamaha	7	+10:51.5
20	48	Charles Dobson	Yamaha	7	+10:51.7
53 starters in total, 24 finishers

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

File:Villa, Walter auf Harley 250 cm³ 1976-08-28.jpg

Walter Villa, the eventual winner of the 250 cc race.

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

File:Kreidler, Bedrich Fendrich, CSSR - 1976-08-28.jpg

Czech rider Bedrich Fendrich.

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

File:1976-08-28 Rolf Steinhausen - Sepp Huber -Busch König BSA 2.jpg

Rolf Steinhausen and Sepp Huber.

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

References

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