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1976 German motorcycle Grand Prix

Field	Value
Grand Prix	German
flag	West Germany
Official_Name	Grosser Preis von Deutschland
Location	Nürburgring
Course_mi	14.189
Course_km	22.835
Race_No	11
Season_No	12
Date	29 August
Year	1976
Image	Circuit Nürburgring-1967-Nordschleife.svg
Fast_Rider_500	Marcel Ankoné
Fast_Rider_500_Country	NED
Fast_Rider_500_Bike	Suzuki
Fast_Time_500	8:59.900
First_Rider_500	Giacomo Agostini
First_Rider_500_Country	ITA
First_Rider_500_Bike	MV Agusta
Second_Rider_500	Marco Lucchinelli
Second_Rider_500_Country	ITA
Second_Rider_500_Bike	Suzuki
Third_Rider_500	Pat Hennen
Third_Rider_500_Country	USA
Third_Rider_500_Bike	Suzuki
Fast_Rider_350	Johnny Cecotto
Fast_Rider_350_Country	VEN
Fast_Rider_350_Country_flag_suffix	1930
Fast_Rider_350_Bike	Yamaha
Fast_Time_350	8:57.300
First_Rider_350	Walter Villa
First_Rider_350_Country	ITA
First_Rider_350_Bike	Harley-Davidson
Second_Rider_350	Johnny Cecotto
Second_Rider_350_Country	VEN
Second_Rider_350_Country_flag_suffix	1930
Second_Rider_350_Bike	Yamaha
Third_Rider_350	Gianfranco Bonera
Third_Rider_350_Country	ITA
Third_Rider_350_Bike	Harley-Davidson
Fast_Rider_250	Walter Villa
Fast_Rider_250_Country	ITA
Fast_Rider_250_Bike	Harley-Davidson
Fast_Time_250	9:03.200
First_Rider_250	Walter Villa
First_Rider_250_Country	ITA
First_Rider_250_Bike	Harley-Davidson
Second_Rider_250	Kork Ballington
Second_Rider_250_Country	RSA
Second_Rider_250_Country_flag_suffix	1928
Second_Rider_250_Bike	Yamaha
Third_Rider_250	Jon Ekerold
Third_Rider_250_Country	RSA
Third_Rider_250_Country_flag_suffix	1928
Third_Rider_250_Bike	Yamaha
Fast_Rider_125	Anton Mang
Fast_Rider_125_Country	BRD
Fast_Rider_125_Bike	Morbidelli
Fast_Time_125	10:12.200
First_Rider_125	Anton Mang
First_Rider_125_Country	BRD
First_Rider_125_Bike	Morbidelli
Second_Rider_125	Walter Koschine
Second_Rider_125_Country	BRD
Second_Rider_125_Bike	Maico
Third_Rider_125	Julien van Zeebroeck
Third_Rider_125_Country	BEL
Third_Rider_125_Bike	Morbidelli
Fast_Rider_50	Ángel Nieto
Fast_Rider_50_Country	SPA
Fast_Rider_50_Country_flag_suffix	1945
Fast_Rider_50_Bike	Bultaco
Fast_Time_50	10:26.900
First_Rider_50	Ángel Nieto
First_Rider_50_Country	SPA
First_Rider_50_Country_flag_suffix	1945
First_Rider_50_Bike	Bultaco
Second_Rider_50	Herbert Rittberger
Second_Rider_50_Country	BRD
Second_Rider_50_Bike	Kreidler
Third_Rider_50	Ulrich Graf
Third_Rider_50_Country	SUI
Third_Rider_50_Bike	Kreidler
Fast_Rider_Sidecar	Werner Schwärzel
Fast_Rider_Sidecar_Country	BRD
Fast_Rider_Sidecar_Bike	König
Fast_Passenger_Sidecar	Andreas Huber
Fast_Passenger_Sidecar_Country	BRD
Fast_Time_Sidecar	11:02.100
First_Rider_Sidecar	Werner Schwärzel
First_Rider_Sidecar_Country	BRD
First_Passenger_Sidecar	Andreas Huber
First_Passenger_Sidecar_Country	BRD
First_Rider_Sidecar_Bike	König
Second_Rider_Sidecar	Rolf Steinhausen
Second_Rider_Sidecar_Country	BRD
Second_Passenger_Sidecar	Sepp Huber
Second_Passenger_Sidecar_Country	BRD
Second_Rider_Sidecar_Bike	Busch-König
Third_Rider_Sidecar	George O'Dell
Third_Rider_Sidecar_Country	UK
Third_Passenger_Sidecar	Kenny Arthur
Third_Passenger_Sidecar_Country	UK
Third_Rider_Sidecar_Bike	Yamaha

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

350 cc classification

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

250 cc classification

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

125 cc classification

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

50 cc classification

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

Sidecar classification

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

References

| Previous_year's_race = 1975 German Grand Prix | Next_year's_race = 1977 German 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".
"Nürburgring | The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project".
(April 3, 2018). "1976 German MotoGP | Motor Sport Magazine Database".
"motogp.com · WEST GERMANY GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1976".
"Motocourse 1976-1977". Hazleton Securities Ltd..

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