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1976 Belgian motorcycle Grand Prix

Field	Value
Grand Prix	Belgian
flag	Belgium
Official_Name	Grand Prix Belgique/Grote Prijs Belgie
Location	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps
Image	Spa_1950.jpg
Course_mi	8.761
Course_km	14.10
Race_No	7
Season_No	12
Date	4 July
Year	1976
Pole_Rider_500	Barry Sheene
Pole_Rider_500_Country	UK
Pole_Rider_500_Bike	Suzuki
Pole_Time_500	3:52.700
Fast_Rider_500	John Williams
Fast_Rider_500_Country	UK
Fast_Rider_500_Bike	Suzuki
Fast_Time_500	3:52.600
First_Rider_500	John Williams
First_Rider_500_Country	UK
First_Rider_500_Bike	Suzuki
Second_Rider_500	Barry Sheene
Second_Rider_500_Country	UK
Second_Rider_500_Bike	Suzuki
Third_Rider_500	Marcel Ankoné
Third_Rider_500_Country	NED
Third_Rider_500_Bike	Suzuki
Pole_Rider_250	Walter Villa
Pole_Rider_250_Country	ITA
Pole_Rider_250_Bike	Harley-Davidson
Pole_Time_250	4:05.400
Fast_Rider_250	Walter Villa
Fast_Rider_250_Country	ITA
Fast_Rider_250_Bike	Harley-Davidson
Fast_Time_250	4:06.900
First_Rider_250	Walter Villa
First_Rider_250_Country	ITA
First_Rider_250_Bike	Harley-Davidson
Second_Rider_250	Paolo Pileri
Second_Rider_250_Country	ITA
Second_Rider_250_Bike	Morbidelli
Third_Rider_250	Takazumi Katayama
Third_Rider_250_Country	JPN
Third_Rider_250_Bike	Yamaha
Pole_Rider_125	Ángel Nieto
Pole_Rider_125_Country	SPA
Pole_Rider_125_Country_flag_suffix	1945
Pole_Rider_125_Bike	Bultaco
Pole_Time_125	4:25.700
Fast_Rider_125	Pierpaolo Bianchi
Fast_Rider_125_Country	ITA
Fast_Rider_125_Bike	Morbidelli
Fast_Time_125	4:22.700
First_Rider_125	Ángel Nieto
First_Rider_125_Country	SPA
First_Rider_125_Country_flag_suffix	1945
First_Rider_125_Bike	Bultaco
Second_Rider_125	Paolo Pileri
Second_Rider_125_Country	ITA
Second_Rider_125_Bike	Morbidelli
Third_Rider_125	Gert Bender
Third_Rider_125_Country	NED
Third_Rider_125_Bike	Bender
Pole_Rider_50	Ángel Nieto
Pole_Rider_50_Country	SPA
Pole_Rider_50_Country_flag_suffix	1945
Pole_Rider_50_Bike	Bultaco
Pole_Time_50	5:07.400
Fast_Rider_50	Herbert Rittberger
Fast_Rider_50_Country	BRD
Fast_Rider_50_Bike	Kreidler
Fast_Time_50	5:08.300
First_Rider_50	Herbert Rittberger
First_Rider_50_Country	BRD
First_Rider_50_Bike	Kreidler
Second_Rider_50	Ángel Nieto
Second_Rider_50_Country	SPA
Second_Rider_50_Country_flag_suffix	1945
Second_Rider_50_Bike	Bultaco
Third_Rider_50	Ulrich Graf
Third_Rider_50_Country	Switzerland
Third_Rider_50_Bike	Kreidler
Pole_Rider_Sidecar	Siegfried Schauzu
Pole_Rider_Sidecar_Country	BRD
Pole_Rider_Sidecar_Bike	Aro
Pole_Passenger_Sidecar	Wolfgang Kalauch
Pole_Passenger_Sidecar_Country	BRD
Pole_Time_Sidecar	4:11.900
Fast_Rider_Sidecar	Helmut Schilling
Fast_Rider_Sidecar_Country	BRD
Fast_Rider_Sidecar_Bike	Aro
Fast_Passenger_Sidecar	Rainer Gundel
Fast_Passenger_Sidecar_Country	BRD
Fast_Time_Sidecar	4:22.900
First_Rider_Sidecar	Rolf Steinhausen
First_Rider_Sidecar_Country	BRD
First_Passenger_Sidecar	Sepp Huber
First_Passenger_Sidecar_Country	BRD
First_Rider_Sidecar_Bike	Busch König
Second_Rider_Sidecar	Werner Schwärzel
Second_Rider_Sidecar_Country	BRD
Second_Passenger_Sidecar	Andreas Huber
Second_Passenger_Sidecar_Country	BRD
Second_Rider_Sidecar_Bike	König
Third_Rider_Sidecar	Helmut Schilling
Third_Rider_Sidecar_Country	BRD
Third_Passenger_Sidecar	Rainer Gundel
Third_Passenger_Sidecar_Country	BRD
Third_Rider_Sidecar_Bike	Aro

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The 1976 Belgian motorcycle Grand Prix was the seventh round of the 1976 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 4 July 1976 at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps.

500cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Time/Retired
5	GBR John Williams	Texaco Heron Team Suzuki	Suzuki	39'22.800	15
7	GBR Barry Sheene	Texaco Heron Team Suzuki	Suzuki	+7.400	12
28	NLD Marcel Ankoné	Nimag Suzuki	Suzuki	+17.000	10
20	FRA Michel Rougerie		Suzuki	+28.600	8
4	FIN Teuvo Länsivuori	Life Racing Team	Suzuki	+38.600	6
14	BRD Dieter Braun		Suzuki	+41.100	5
11	GBR Chas Mortimer		Suzuki	+56.500	4
40	USA Pat Hennen	Colemans	Suzuki	+57.700	3
8	GBR John Newbold	Texaco Heron Team Suzuki	Suzuki	+59.900	2
44	BRD Helmut Kassner		Suzuki	+1'03.900	1
6	GBR Alex George	Hermetite Racing International	Yamaha
19	GBR Tom Herron		Suzuki
27	NLD Boet van Dulmen	Laponder Racing	Suzuki
36	BEL Jean-Pierre Orban		Yamaha
29	BEL Philippe Chaltin		Yamaha
15	NLD Kees van der Kruys		Yamaha
3	BEL Etienne Geeraerd		Yamaha
11	ITA Giacomo Agostini	Team API Marlboro	Suzuki	Retired
6	AUS Jack Findlay	Jack Findlay Racing	Suzuki	Retired
12	AUT Karl Auer	Racing Team NO	Yamaha	Retired
17	JPN Takazumi Katayama	Takazumi Katayama Sarome Team	Suzuki	Retired
??	ITA Nico Cereghini	Life Racing Team	Suzuki	Retired
2	GBR Phil Read	Team Life International	Suzuki	Withdrawn
??	CHE Bruno Kneubühler		Yamaha	Retired
33	ESP Víctor Palomo	Swaep Motor Racing	Yamaha	Retired
18	FRA Olivier Chevallier		Yamaha	Retired
36	BEL Alain Nies		Suzuki	Retired
??	CHE Philippe Coulon		Suzuki	Retired
13	FRA Bernard Fau		Yamaha	Retired
??	FRA Patrick Pons	Team Sonauto Gauloises	Yamaha	Did not start
47	NZL Stuart Avant	Colemans	Suzuki	Did not start

250 cc classification

Pos	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid
8	ITA Walter Villa	Harley-Davidson	11	45:51.9	1	15
20	ITA Paolo Pileri	Morbidelli	11	+48.6	5	12
7	JPN Takazumi Katayama	Yamaha	11	+57.3	3	10
37	AUS John Dodds	Yamaha	11	+57.5	8	8
6	ITA Gianfranco Bonera	Harley-Davidson	11	+57.9	7	6
17	ESP Víctor Palomo	Yamaha	11	+58.3	6	5
5	DEU Dieter Braun	Yamaha	11	+58.9		4
35	FIN Pentti Korhonen	Yamaha	11	+1:08.4	9	3
24	FRA Patrick Fernandez	Yamaha	11	+1:21.0	14	2
9	GBR Tom Herron	Yamaha	11	+1:21.2		1
47	AUS Victor Soussan	Yamaha
33	NLD Henk van Kessel	Yamaha			11
45	FRA Philippe Bouzanne	Yamaha
27	NLD Boet van Dulmen	Yamaha			12
22	CSK M. Arias	Yamaha
16	FRA Jean-François Baldé	Yamaha
32	JPN Ken Nemoto	Yamaha
34	ITA Franco Uncini	Yamaha
39	BEL R. Hubin	Yamaha			10
	CHE Bruno Kneubühler	Yamaha			2
	SWE Leif Gustafsson	Yamaha			4
	FIN Pekka Nurmi	Yamaha			13
	SUN Mati Reinup	MZ			15

125 cc classification

Pos	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid
26	ESP Ángel Nieto	Bultaco	10	44:47.1	1	15
3	ITA Paolo Pileri	Morbidelli	10	+4.8	3	12
6	ITA Eugenio Lazzarini	Morbidelli	10	+56.7	8	10
28	DEU Gert Bender	Bender	10	+1:07.0	5	8
2	AUT Harald Bartol	Morbidelli	10	+1:17.9	7	6
24	FRA Patrick Plisson	Morbidelli	10	+2:35.6	4	5
7	CHE Stefan Dörflinger	Morbidelli	10	+2:36.5	13	4
33	BEL Julien van Zeebroeck	Morbidelli	10	+2:46.1	12	3
1	SWE Leif Gustafsson	Yamaha	10	+3:15.1		2
16	NLD Cees van Dongen	Morbidelli	10	+3:33.2	14	1
29	DEU Horst Seel	Seel EB			15
15	CHE Hans Müller	Yamaha
42	DEU Anton Mang	Morbidelli			6
36	NLD Piet van Niel	Yamaha
	ITA Pierpaolo Bianchi	Morbidelli			2
	NLD Henk van Kessel	AGV Condor			9
	ITA Claudio Lusuardi	Malamaz			10
	FRA Jean-Louis Guignabodet	Morbidelli			11

50 cc classification

Pos	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid
14	DEU Herbert Rittberger	Kreidler	6	31:20.7	2	15
10	ESP Ángel Nieto	Bultaco	6	+20.1	1	12
7	CHE Ulrich Graf	Kreidler	6	+37.7	3	12
15	ITA Eugenio Lazzarini	UFO	6	+1:07.6	6	8
18	FRA Benjamin Laurent	ABF	6	+1:09.8		6
40	NLD Engelbert Kip	Kreidler			9	5
12	DEU Rudolf Kunz	Kreidler			7	4
16	NLD Cees van Dongen	Kreidler			11	3
3	AUT Hans Hummel	Kreidler			5	2
1	CHE Stefan Dörflinger	Kreidler			8	1
30	ESP Ramon Gali	Derbi
37	BEL R. Dumont	Kreidler
19	DEU Ingo Emmerich	Kreidler
29	CHE Rolf Blatter	Kreidler
21	DEU W. Golembeck	Kreidler
26	BEL Guido de Lys	Kreidler
27	NLD Jaap Bosman	Kreidler
5	NLD Theo Timmer	Kreidler
39	BEL G. Muyters	Kreidler
	FRA Pierre Audry	ABF			4
	ESP Joaquin Gali	Derbi			10
	BEL C. Dumont	Kreidler			12

Sidecar classification

Pos	No.	Rider	Passenger	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid
1	DEU Rolf Steinhausen	DEU Sepp Huber	Busch-König	9	39:56.5	2	15
2	DEU Werner Schwärzel	DEU Andreas Huber	König	9	+0.3	3	12
11	DEU Helmut Schilling	DEU Rainer Gundel	Aro	9	+2.7	4	10
28	DEU Siegfried Schauzu	DEU Wolfgang Kalauch	Aro	9	+38.9	1	8
22	CHE Rudi Kurth	GBR Dane Rowe	Yamaha	9	+1:24.3		'6
12	GBR George O'Dell	GBR Kenny Arthur	Yamaha	9	+1:53.9		'5
10	DEU Otto Haller	DEU Erich Haselbeck	BMW	9	+1:58.8		4
21	DEU Ted Janssen	DEU Erich Schmitz	Yamaha	9	+2:17.7		3
5	GBR Mac Hobson	GBR John Inchcliff	Yamaha	9	+2:26.8		2
19	FRA Alain Michel	FRA Bernard Garcia	Yamaha	9	+2:44.9		1
16	GBR Dick Greasley	GBR Cliff Holland	Chell Yamaha	9
30	CHE Bruno Holzer	CHE Charly Meierhans	Chell Yamaha	9
15	DEU Heinz Luthringshauser	DEU Lorenzo Puzo	BMW	9
17	DEU Heinz Thevissen	DEU Juppi Esch	HTS	9
24	BEL Mark Alexandre	BEL Paul Gerard	König	9
7	CHE Hermann Schmid	CHE Jean-Pierre Martial	Yamaha	8	+1 lap
	CHE Rolf Biland	GBR Ken Williams	Yamaha			6
	DEU Walter Ohrmann	DEU Bernd Grube	Yamaha			7
	DEU Gustav Pape	DEU Franz Kallenberg	König			8
	NLD Martin Kooy	NLD Rob Vader	König			9
	ITA Amedeo Zini	ITA Andrea Fornaro	König			10

References

| Previous_year's_race = 1975 Belgian Grand Prix | Next_year's_race = 1977 Belgian Grand Prix

References

"Grand Prix uitslagen en bijzonderheden 1976 - heden".
"1976 500cc Class (FIM Grand Prix World Championship) Programmes | The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project".
"Spa-Francorchamps | The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project".
"1976 Belgian MotoGP | Motorsport Database".
(April 3, 2018). "1976 Belgian MotoGP | Motor Sport Magazine Database".
"motogp.com · BELGIUM GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1976".
"Motocourse 1976-1977". Hazleton Securities Ltd..

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