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1976 Nations motorcycle Grand Prix

Field	Value
Grand Prix	Nations
flag	Italy
Official_Name	Gran Premio delle Nazioni
Location	Autodromo Internazionale del Mugello
Course_mi	3.259
Course_km	5.245
Race_No	3
Season_No	12
Date	16 May
Year	1976
Image	Mugello Racing Circuit track map 15 turns.svg
Pole_Rider_500	Giacomo Agostini
Pole_Rider_500_Country	ITA
Pole_Rider_500_Bike	Suzuki
Pole_Time_500	2:08.080
Fast_Rider_500	Barry Sheene
GBR Phil Read
Fast_Rider_500_Country	UK
Fast_Rider_500_Bike	Suzuki
Suzuki
Fast_Time_500	2:07.600
First_Rider_500	Barry Sheene
First_Rider_500_Country	UK
First_Rider_500_Bike	Suzuki
Second_Rider_500	Phil Read
Second_Rider_500_Country	UK
Second_Rider_500_Bike	Suzuki
Third_Rider_500	Virginio Ferrari
Third_Rider_500_Country	ITA
Third_Rider_500_Bike	Suzuki
Pole_Rider_350	John Dodds
Pole_Rider_350_Country	AUS
Pole_Rider_350_Bike	Yamaha
Pole_Time_350	2:10.670
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	2:10.600
First_Rider_350	Johnny Cecotto
First_Rider_350_Country	VEN
First_Rider_350_Country_flag_suffix	1930
First_Rider_350_Bike	Yamaha
Second_Rider_350	Franco Uncini
Second_Rider_350_Country	ITA
Second_Rider_350_Bike	Yamaha
Third_Rider_350	John Dodds
Third_Rider_350_Country	AUS
Third_Rider_350_Bike	Yamaha
Pole_Rider_250	Walter Villa
Pole_Rider_250_Country	ITA
Pole_Rider_250_Bike	Harley-Davidson
Pole_Time_250	2:12.200
Fast_Rider_250	Walter Villa
Fast_Rider_250_Country	ITA
Fast_Rider_250_Bike	Harley-Davidson
Fast_Time_250	2:11.800
First_Rider_250	Walter Villa
First_Rider_250_Country	ITA
First_Rider_250_Bike	Harley-Davidson
Second_Rider_250	Takazumi Katayama
Second_Rider_250_Country	JPN
Second_Rider_250_Bike	Yamaha
Third_Rider_250	Pentti Korhonen
Third_Rider_250_Country	FIN
Third_Rider_250_Bike	Yamaha
Pole_Rider_125	Pierpaolo Bianchi
Pole_Rider_125_Country	ITA
Pole_Rider_125_Bike	Morbidelli
Pole_Time_125	2:18.640
Fast_Rider_125	Otello Buscherini
Fast_Rider_125_Country	ITA
Fast_Rider_125_Bike	Malanca
Fast_Time_125	2:18.300
First_Rider_125	Pierpaolo Bianchi
First_Rider_125_Country	ITA
First_Rider_125_Bike	Morbidelli
Second_Rider_125	Paolo Pileri
Second_Rider_125_Country	ITA
Second_Rider_125_Bike	Morbidelli
Third_Rider_125	Ángel Nieto
Third_Rider_125_Country	SPA
Third_Rider_125_Country_flag_suffix	1945
Third_Rider_125_Bike	Bultaco
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	2:34.730
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	2:32.200
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	Eugenio Lazzarini
Second_Rider_50_Country	ITA
Second_Rider_50_Bike	UFO
Third_Rider_50	Rudolf Kunz
Third_Rider_50_Country	BRD
Third_Rider_50_Bike	Kreidler

GBR Phil Read Suzuki |}}

The 1976 Nations motorcycle Grand Prix was the third round of the 1976 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 16 May 1976 at the Mugello circuit. Otello Buscherini suffered a fatal accident on lap 6 of the 250cc race and was killed.

500cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Time/Retired
7	GBR Barry Sheene	Texaco Heron Team Suzuki	Suzuki	1:02'35.500	15
2	GBR Phil Read	Team Life International	Suzuki	+0.100	12
28	ITA Virginio Ferrari	Gallina Corse	Suzuki	+53.000	10
4	FIN Teuvo Länsivuori	Life Racing Team	Suzuki	+53.500	8
54	USA Pat Hennen	Colemans	Suzuki	+1'39.300	6
27	NLD Marcel Ankoné	Nimag Suzuki	Suzuki	+1'45.300	5
32	NZL Stuart Avant	Colemans	Suzuki	+1'50.700	4
40	CHE Philippe Coulon		Suzuki	+1 lap	3
30	BRD Dieter Braun		Suzuki	+1 lap	2
41	DNK Børge Nielsen		Yamaha	+1 laps	1
57	AUT Max Wiener	Racing Team NO	Yamaha	+2 laps
11	ITA Giacomo Agostini	Team API Marlboro	Suzuki	Retired
10	AUS Jack Findlay	Jack Findlay Racing	Suzuki	Accident
12	AUT Karl Auer	Racing Team NO	Yamaha	Retired
20	FRA Michel Rougerie		Suzuki	Accident
25	FRA Gilles Husson		Yamaha	Retired
29	ITA Mario Necchi		Suzuki	Retired
3	GBR John Newbold	Texaco Heron Team Suzuki	Suzuki	Retired
31	ITA Germano Paganini		Suzuki	Retired
37	ITA Vanes Francini		Yamaha	Retired
36	ITA Giorgio Avveduti		Suzuki	Retired
37	ITA Vanes Francini		Yamaha	Retired
33	ESP Víctor Palomo	Swaep Motor Racing	Yamaha	Retired
49	ITA Nico Cereghini	Life Racing Team	Suzuki	Retired
51	NLD Boet van Dulmen	Laponder Racing	Yamaha	Retired
55	VEN Johnny Cecotto	Team Venemotos	Yamaha	Retired
??	ITA Mario Fiorentino		Suzuki	Retired
??	ITA Vittorio Gornati		Suzuki	Retired
??	ITA Carlo Piazza		Suzuki	Retired
??	AUS Victor Soussan		Yamaha	Retired
44	BRA Edmar Ferreira	Goias Swaep Motor	Yamaha	Retired
44	ITA Eduardo Elias		Harley-Davidson	Did not start

350 cc classification

Pos	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid
1	VEN Johnny Cecotto	Yamaha	25	55:01.8	8	15
14	ITA Franco Uncini	Yamaha	25	+30.5	3	12
65	AUS John Dodds	Yamaha	25	+33.4	1	10
3	FIN Pentti Korhonen	Yamaha	25	+36.2	9	8
9	GBR Tom Herron	Yamaha	25	+37.0	11	6
77	ZAF Kork Ballington	Yamaha	25	+37.5	17	5
73	ITA Walter Villa	Harley-Davidson	25	+37.7	2	4
76	NLD Boet van Dulmen	Yamaha	25	+1:00.6	19	3
23	FRA Philippe Bouzanne	Yamaha	25	+1:06.3	10	2
70	JPN Takazumi Katayama	Yamaha	25	+1:11.3		1
35	ITA Francini Vanes	Yamaha	25	+1:19.2
24	FRA Jean-François Baldé	Yamaha	25	+1:21.2	13
59	ZAF Alan North	Yamaha	25	+1:39.3
21	FRA Christian Huguet	Yamaha	25	+2:10.3
34	ITA Fosco Giansanti	Yamaha	24	+1 lap	12
2	ITA Giacomo Agostini	MV Agusta			4
49	ITA Paolo Tordi	Yamaha	1	Fatal accident	5
5	FRA Patrick Pons	Yamaha			6
11	ESP Víctor Palomo	Yamaha			7
53	CHE Bruno Kneubühler	Yamaha			14
43	ITA Giuseppe Consalvi	Yamaha			15
55	ITA Eduardo Elias	Yamaha			16
7	FRA Gérard Choukroun	Yamaha			18
	GBR Chas Mortimer	Yamaha			20
29 starters in total

;Footnotes:

250 cc classification

Pos	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid
1	ITA Walter Villa	Harley-Davidson	23	51:43.3	1	15
25	JPN Takazumi Katayama	Yamaha	23	+21.8	13	12
19	FIN Pentti Korhonen	Yamaha	23	+37.9	3	10
6	GBR Chas Mortimer	Yamaha	23	+1:00.1	10	8
48	FRA Jean-François Baldé	Yamaha	23	+1:01.4	9	6
9	CHE Bruno Kneubühler	Yamaha	23	+1:15.8		5
23	GBR Tom Herron	Yamaha	23	+1:21.9		4
36	FRA Philippe Bouzanne	Yamaha	23	+1:28.3		3
11	FRA Olivier Chevallier	Yamaha	23	+1:40.9	16	2
66	FIN Eero Hyvarinen	Yamaha	23	+1:41.2		1
35	ITA Mario Lega	Yamaha	23	+1:44.1	15
32	FRA Denis Boulom	Yamaha	23	+1:46.1	18
45	CHE Hans Stadelmann	Yamaha	23	+1:59.7	2
15	FRA Christian Sarron	Yamaha	22	+1 lap
29	DNK Erick Andersson	Yamaha	22	+1 lap
52	ITA Alfio Micheli	Harley-Davidson	22	+1 lap
50	AUT Rudolf Weiss	Yamaha	22	+1 lap
5	FRA Patrick Pons	Yamaha			4
37	ITA Paolo Pileri	Morbidelli			5
3	ITA Virginio Ferrari	Harley-Davidson			6
2	FRA Michel Rougerie	Yamaha			7
28	ZAF Kork Ballington	Yamaha			8
64	ITA Paolo Tordi	Yamaha			11
8	SWE Leif Gustafsson	Yamaha			12
16	AUS John Dodds	Yamaha			14
18	FRA Gérard Choukron	Yamaha			17
7	ITA Otello Buscherini	Yamaha	6	Fatal accident	19
	ITA Gianfranco Bonera	Harley Davidson			20
30 starters in total

;Footnotes:

125 cc classification

Pos	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid
21	ITA Pierpaolo Bianchi	Morbidelli	20	46:54.2	1	15
22	ITA Paolo Pileri	Morbidelli	20	+24.7	2	12
12	ESP Ángel Nieto	Bultaco	20	+1:05.3	12	10
33	NLD Henk van Kessel	Condor	19	+1 lap	10	8
34	ITA Eugenio Lazzarini	Morbidelli	19	+1 lap	7	6
39	ITA Enrico Cereda	Morbidelli	19	+1 lap	11	5
23	ITA Luciano Richetti	Harley-Davidson	19	+1 lap	15	4
28	ITA Pierluigi Conforti	Yamaha Italjet	19	+1 lap	13	3
10	FIN Auno Hakala	Yamaha	19	+1 lap		2
18	FIN Matti Kinnunen	Maico	19	+1 lap		1
20	CHE Hans Müller	Yamaha	18	+2 laps
	ITA Otello Buscherini	Malanca			3
	CHE Xaver Tschannen	Maico			4
36	ITA Ermanno Giuliano	Malanca			5
6	CHE Stefan Dörflinger	Malanca			6
7	AUT Harald Bartol	Morbidelli			8
4	FIN Pentti Salonen	Yamaha			9
8	DEU Peter Frohnmeyer	DRS			14
30 starters in total

50 cc classification

Pos	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid
1	ESP Ángel Nieto	Bultaco	12	30:49.9	1	15
2	ITA Eugenio Lazzarini	UFO	12	+24.9	2	12
4	DEU Rudolf Kunz	Kreidler	12	+32.8	4	10
14	CHE Ulrich Graf	Kreidler	12	+40.7	3	8
6	CHE Stefan Dörflinger	Kreidler	12	+56.9	5	6
23	CHE Rolf Blatter	Kreidler	12	+1:25.1		5
34	ITA Ezio Mischiati	Derbi MGM	12	+1:34.6		4
11	ESP Ramon Gali	Derbi	12	+1:38.5		3
42	FRA Pierre Audry	ABF	12	+1:39.5	6	2
12	ITA Aldo Pero	Kreidler	12	+1:43.9		1
16	NLD Cees van Dongen	Kreidler	12	+1:44.1
8	DEU Wolfgang Müller	Kreidler	12	+1:45.0	10
29	ITA Giovanni Ziggiotto	MTK	12	+1:45.1	7
36	DEU Günter Schirnhöfer	Kreidler	12	+2:33.9	15
41	BEL Patrick de Wulf	Kreidler	11	+1 lap	9
33	ITA Carlo Guerrini	Ringhini	11	+1 lap
38	ESP Joaquin Gali	Derbi	11	+1 lap
32	ITA Luigi Rinaudo	Tomos	11	+1 lap
26	AUT Hans Kroismayer	Kreidler	11	+1 lap
43	ITA Giorgio di Nunzio	Derbi	11	+1 lap
7	NLD Nico Polane	Kreidler			8
40	ITA Sergio Zattoni	Derbi			11
10	ITA Claudio Lusuardi	Villa			12
9	AUT Hans Hummel	Kreidler			13
27	ITA Ermanno Giuliano	Kreidler			14
29 starters in total

References

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

References

"Grand Prix uitslagen en bijzonderheden 1976 - heden".
(April 3, 2018). "1976 Nations MotoGP | Motor Sport Magazine Database".
"motogp.com · NATIONS GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1976".
"Motocourse 1976-1977". Hazleton Securities Ltd..
(May 25, 2022). "MotoGP : Le Mugello, il y a 46 ans… [Photos]".
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