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1977 Belgian motorcycle Grand Prix

Field	Value
Grand Prix	Belgian
flag	Belgium
Official_Name	Grand Prix Belgique/Grote Prijs Belgie
Location	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps
Course_mi	8.761
Course_km	14.100
Race_No	9
Season_No	13
Date	3 July
Year	1977
Image	Spa 1950.jpg
Pole_Rider_500	Philippe Coulon
Pole_Rider_500_Country	SUI
Pole_Time_500	3:50.900
Fast_Rider_500	Barry Sheene
Fast_Rider_500_Country	UK
Fast_Time_500	3:50.300
First_Rider_500	Barry Sheene
First_Rider_500_Country	UK
Second_Rider_500	Steve Baker
Second_Rider_500_Country	USA
Third_Rider_500	Pat Hennen
Third_Rider_500_Country	USA
Pole_Rider_250	Walter Villa
Pole_Rider_250_Country	ITA
Pole_Time_250	4:09.900
Fast_Rider_250	Walter Villa
Fast_Rider_250_Country	ITA
Fast_Time_250	4:05.400
First_Rider_250	Walter Villa
First_Rider_250_Country	ITA
Second_Rider_250	Takazumi Katayama
Second_Rider_250_Country	JPN
Third_Rider_250	Mario Lega
Third_Rider_250_Country	ITA
Pole_Rider_125	Pierpaolo Bianchi
Pole_Rider_125_Country	ITA
Pole_Rider_125_Bike	Morbidelli
Pole_Time_125	4:24.100
Fast_Rider_125	Ángel Nieto
Fast_Rider_125_Country	SPA
Fast_Rider_125_Country_flag_suffix	1945
Fast_Time_125	4:22.200
First_Rider_125	Pierpaolo Bianchi
First_Rider_125_Country	ITA
Second_Rider_125	Ángel Nieto
Second_Rider_125_Country	SPA
Second_Rider_125_Country_flag_suffix	1945
Third_Rider_125	Anton Mang
Third_Rider_125_Country	BRD
Pole_Rider_50	Ángel Nieto
Pole_Rider_50_Country	SPA
Pole_Rider_50_Country_flag_suffix	1945
Pole_Time_50	5:07.600
Fast_Rider_50	Eugenio Lazzarini
Fast_Rider_50_Country	ITA
Fast_Time_50	5:07.400
First_Rider_50	Eugenio Lazzarini
First_Rider_50_Country	ITA
Second_Rider_50	Herbert Rittberger
Second_Rider_50_Country	BRD
Third_Rider_50	Ángel Nieto
Third_Rider_50_Country	SPA
Third_Rider_50_Country_flag_suffix	1945
Pole_Rider_Sidecar	Werner Schwärzel
Pole_Rider_Sidecar_Country	BRD
Pole_Passenger_Sidecar	Andreas Huber
Pole_Passenger_Sidecar_Country	BRD
Pole_Time_Sidecar	4:14.300
Fast_Rider_Sidecar	Rolf Steinhausen
Fast_Rider_Sidecar_Country	BRD
Fast_Passenger_Sidecar	Wolfgang Kalauch
Fast_Passenger_Sidecar_Country	BRD
Fast_Time_Sidecar	4:13.500
First_Rider_Sidecar	Werner Schwärzel
First_Rider_Sidecar_Country	BRD
First_Passenger_Sidecar	Andreas Huber
First_Passenger_Sidecar_Country	BRD
Second_Rider_Sidecar	Rolf Steinhausen
Second_Rider_Sidecar_Country	BRD
Second_Passenger_Sidecar	Wolfgang Kalauch
Second_Passenger_Sidecar_Country	BRD
Third_Rider_Sidecar	George O'Dell
Third_Rider_Sidecar_Country	UK
Third_Passenger_Sidecar	Cliff Holland
Third_Passenger_Sidecar_Country	UK

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The 1977 Belgian motorcycle Grand Prix was the ninth round of the 1977 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 3 July 1977 at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps. Barry Sheene won the race with an average speed of 135.0 mph making it the fastest motorcycle Grand Prix in history.

500cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Time/Retired
7	GBR Barry Sheene	Texaco Heron Team Suzuki	Suzuki	38'58.500	15
2	USA Steve Baker	Yamaha Motor Company	Yamaha	+11.300	12
3	USA Pat Hennen	Texaco Heron Team Suzuki	Suzuki	+14.600	10
41	FIN Teuvo Länsivuori	Life Racing Team	Suzuki	+15.600	8
11	GBR Steve Parrish	Texaco Heron Team Suzuki	Suzuki	+17.500	6
27	CHE Philippe Coulon	Marlboro Masche Total	Suzuki	+25.800	5
19	NLD Wil Hartog	Riemersma Racing	Suzuki	+33.000	4
1	ITA Giacomo Agostini	Team API Marlboro	Yamaha	+36.800	3
26	AUS Jack Findlay	Hermetite Racing International	Suzuki	+1'23.500	2
14	GBR John Williams	Team Appleby Glade	Suzuki	+1'23.700	1
24	ITA Armando Toracca	MC della Robbia	Suzuki	+1'32.000
17	AUT Max Wiener	MSC Rottenberg	Suzuki	+1'44.700
12	GBR Dave Potter	Ted Broad	Suzuki	+2'11.700
34	ZAF Leslie van Breda		Suzuki	+2'24.800
39	BRD Harald Merkl	Nava Kucera Racing Team	Yamaha	+2'27.000
35	BRD Hans-Otto Buteneth		Yamaha	+3'06.400
53	DNK Børge Nielsen		Suzuki	+3'13.400
6	SWE Bo Granath		Suzuki	+3'31.800
54	NLD Willem Zoet		Suzuki	+3'32.900
37	BRD Franz Heller	Bromme GMHH Suzuki Racing	Suzuki	+3'42.800
35	FIN Markku Matikainen	Länsivuori Team	Suzuki	+1 lap
77	BEL Jean-Philippe Orban	Jean-Philippe Orban Racing Team	Suzuki	+2 laps
21	FRA Michel Rougerie		Suzuki	+2 laps
20	NZL John Woodley		Suzuki	+3 laps
23	ZAF Alan North	Wilddam Konserven Holland	Suzuki	+3 laps
18	ITA Virginio Ferrari	Team Nava Olio Fiat	Suzuki	Retired
17	ITA Gianfranco Bonera	Team Nava Olio Fiat	Suzuki	Retired
??	ITA Giovanni Rolando		Suzuki	Retired
??	AUT Karl Auer	MSC Rottenberg	Suzuki	Retired
4	ITA Marco Lucchinelli	Life Racing Team	Suzuki	Retired
??	FRA Jean-Francois Baldé		Yamaha	Retired
6	GBR John Newbold	Maurice Newbold	Suzuki	Retired
??	NED Kees van der Kruijs		Yamaha	Retired
43	BRD Helmut Kassner	Boeri Giudici Racing Team	Suzuki	Retired
??	JPN Takazumi Katayama	Takazumi Katayama Sarome Team	Yamaha	Retired
??	BEL Hervé Regout	Hervé Regout	Yamaha	Retired

250 cc classification

Pos	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid
10	ITA Walter Villa	Harley-Davidson	10	41:24.9	1	15
32	JPN Takazumi Katayama	Yamaha	10	+19.2	8	12
66	ITA Mario Lega	Morbidelli	10	+27.2	3	10
34	JPN Masahiro Wada	Kawasaki	10	+39.2	10	8
35	AUS Vic Soussan	Yamaha	10	+43.3	4	6
1	ZAF Kork Ballington	Yamaha	10	+55.0		5
9	ITA Franco Uncini	Harley-Davidson	10	+58.0	2	4
22	FRA Patrick Fernandez	Yamaha	10	+1:04.5		3
6	GBR Tom Herron	Yamaha	10	+1:12.2		2
4	ZAF Jon Ekerold	Yamaha	10	+1:12.7		1
3	GBR Barry Ditchburn	Kawasaki	10	+1:12.9
74	FRA Jean-Claude Meilland	Yamaha	10	+1:13.1
7	GBR Chas Mortimer	Yamaha	10	+1:22.3
5	GBR Mick Grant	Kawasaki	10	+1:41.3	7
21	FRA Bernard Fau	Yamaha	10	+1:45.6
69	ITA Pierluigi Conforti	Yamaha	10	+1:46.4
58	DEU Walter Hoffmann	Yamaha	10	+1:54.7
20	FRA Olivier Chevallier	Yamaha	10	+1:57.5
60	BEL O. Liegeois	Yamaha	10	+1:57.7
11	DNK Svend Andersson	Yamaha	10	+1:58.3
	ITA Paolo Pileri	Morbidelli			5
	ZAF Alan North	Yamaha			6
	FIN Pentti Korhonen	Yamaha			9
36 starters in total, 25 finishers

125 cc classification

Pos	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid
1	ITA Pierpaolo Bianchi	Morbidelli	10	44:22.9	1	15
6	ESP Ángel Nieto	Bultaco	10	+13.6	3	12
20	DEU Anton Mang	Morbidelli	10	+26.7	4	10
4	ITA Eugenio Lazzarini	Morbidelli	10	+33.7	6	8
3	ITA Pierluigi Conforti	Morbidelli	10	+1:11.3	9	6
45	ITA Ermanno Giuliano	Morbidelli	10	+1:18.2		5
32	CHE Stefan Dörflinger	Morbidelli	10	+1:25.5	7	4
16	DEU Gert Bender	Bender	10	+1:25.9	5	3
25	NLD Cees van Dongen	Morbidelli	10	+1:37.4		2
8	FRA Jean-Louis Guignabodet	Morbidelli	10	+1:38.6		1
41	BEL Julien van Zeebroeck	Morbidelli	10	+1:39.5	8
35	CHE Hans Müller	Morbidelli	10	+1:40.1
28	SWE Per-Edward Carlson	Morbidelli	10	+2:05.7
17	DEU Peter Frohnmeyer	DRS	10	+2:06.3
12	FRA Patrick Plisson	Morbidelli	10	+2:17.3
27	NLD Peter van Niel	Morbidelli	10	+2:55.5
2	ITA Enrico Cereda	Morbidelli	10	+3:01.9
30	SWE Bengt Johansson	Morbidelli	10	+3:02.2
44	ITA Maurizio Massimiani	Morbidelli	10	+3:11.2	10
21	DEU Alfred Schmid	Morbidelli	10	+3:16.8
	AUT Harald Bartol	Morbidelli			2
36 starters in total, 25 finishers

50 cc classification

Pos	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid
6	ITA Eugenio Lazzarini	Kreidler	6	31:12.2	3	15
21	DEU Herbert Rittberger	Kreidler	6	+0.5	4	12
1	ESP Ángel Nieto	Bultaco	6	+10.4	1	10
5	ESP Ricardo Tormo	Bultaco	6	+30.8	2	8
52	BEL Julien van Zeebroeck	Kreidler	6	+54.8	5	6
19	CHE Rudolf Kunz	Kreidler	6	+1:19.0	8	5
28	FRA Patrick Plisson	ABF	6	+1:38.5		4
3	ESP Ramon Gali	Derbi	6	+1:38.7		3
41	BEL Pierre Dumont	Kreidler	6	+1:49.9		2
18	DEU Hagen Klein	Kreidler	6	+1:51.0		1
33	AUT Otto Machinek	Kreidler	6	+1:52.8
16	NLD Cees van Dongen	Kreidler	6	+1:53.3
11	NLD Jaap Bosman	Kreidler	6	+1:53.8	9
15	DEU Günter Schirnhofer	Kreidler	6	+2:07.1
32	AUT Hans Hummel	Kreidler	6	+2:11.5	10
55	DEU Ingo Emmerich	Kreidler	6	+2:29.0
12	NLD Engelbert Kip	Kreidler	6	+2:40.3
17	DEU Wolfgang Golembeck	Kreidler	6	+2:40.7
37	BEL Guido Delys	Kreidler	6	+2:55.4
46	BEL G. Muyters	Kreidler	6	+3:14.0
	NLD Theo Timmer	Kreidler			6
	CHE Stefan Dörflinger	Kreidler			7
36 starters in total, 27 finishers

Sidecar classification

Pos	No.	Rider	Passenger	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid
23	DEU Werner Schwärzel	DEU Andreas Huber	Aro	10	42:52.0	1	15
24	DEU Rolf Steinhausen	DEU Wolfgang Kalauch	Busch-Yamaha	10	+21.5	3	12
8	GBR George O'Dell	GBR Cliff Holland	Windle-Yamaha	10	+58.8	7	10
31	SWE Göte Brodin	SWE Bengt Forsberg	Windle-Yamaha	10	+1:05.0	9	8
9	GBR Dick Greasley	GBR Mick Skeels	Chell-Yamaha	10	+1:26.0	6	6
21	DEU Helmut Schilling	DEU Rainer Gundel	Aro	10	+1:27.7	5	5
30	NLD Cees Smit	NLD Jan Smit	König	10	+1:57.5		4
10	GBR Mac Hobson	GBR Stu Collins	Suzuki	10	+2:54.6		3
19	DEU Walter Ohrmann	DEU Bernd Grube	Yamaha	10	+3:19.1		2
15	DEU Ted Janssen	DEU Erich Schmitz	Colyam	10	+3:20.1		1
34	BEL Marc Alexandre	BEL Paul Gerard	Kova-König	10	+3:46.6
5	CHE Jean-François Monnin	CHE Edouard Weber	Seymaz-Yamaha	10	+4:13.8
18	DEU Heinz Luthringshauser	DEU Helmut Hahn	MKM	10	+4:21.5
17	DEU Gustav Pape	DEU Franz Kellenberg	König	10	+4:37.2
28	NLD Jaap Geerts	NLD Jan van Veen	König	9	+1 lap
	CHE Rolf Biland	GBR Kenny Williams	Schmid-Yamaha			2
	CHE Bruno Holzer	CHE Charly Meierhans	LCR-Yamaha			4
	DEU Siegfried Schauzu	DEU Lorenzo Puzo	Yamaha			8
	FRA Alain Michel	FRA Gérard Lecorre	Yamaha			10
30 starters in total, 18 finishers

References

| Previous_year's_race = 1976 Belgian Grand Prix | Next_year's_race = 1978 Belgian Grand Prix

References

"Alle Grand-Prix uitslagen en bijzonderheden, van 1973 (het jaar dat Jack begon met racen) tot heden.".
"1977 500cc Class (FIM Grand Prix World Championship) Programmes - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project".
"Spa-Francorchamps - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project".
"1977 Belgian MotoGP | Motorsport Database".
(2017). "Superstars of Speed". Bauer Consumer Media Ltd.
"Motocourse 1977-1978". Hazleton Securities Ltd.
(3 April 2018). "1977 Belgian MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database".
"BELGIUM GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1977".

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