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1977 British motorcycle Grand Prix

Field	Value
Grand Prix	British
flag	United Kingdom
Official_Name	John Player British Grand Prix
Location	Silverstone Circuit
Image	Silverstone Circuit 1952 to 1974.png
Course_mi	2.927
Course_km	4.711
Race_No	13
Season_No	13
Date	13–14 August
Year	1977
Pole_Rider_500	Barry Sheene
Pole_Rider_500_Country	UK
Pole_Time_500	1:32.990
Fast_Rider_500	Steve Parrish
Fast_Rider_500_Country	UK
Fast_Time_500	1:34.270
First_Rider_500	Pat Hennen
First_Rider_500_Country	USA
Second_Rider_500	Steve Baker
Second_Rider_500_Country	USA
Third_Rider_500	Teuvo Länsivuori
Third_Rider_500_Country	FIN
Pole_Rider_350	Kork Ballington
Pole_Rider_350_Country	RSA
Pole_Rider_350_Country_flag_suffix	1928
Pole_Time_350	1:35.770
Fast_Rider_350	Kork Ballington
Fast_Rider_350_Country	RSA
Fast_Rider_350_Country_flag_suffix	1928
Fast_Time_350	1:36.060
First_Rider_350	Kork Ballington
First_Rider_350_Country	RSA
First_Rider_350_Country_flag_suffix	1928
Second_Rider_350	Olivier Chevallier
Second_Rider_350_Country	FRA
Third_Rider_350	John Williams
Third_Rider_350_Country	UK
Pole_Rider_250	Takazumi Katayama
Pole_Rider_250_Country	JPN
Pole_Time_250	1:38.290
Fast_Rider_250	Eric Saul
Fast_Rider_250_Country	FRA
Fast_Time_250	1:38.270
First_Rider_250	Kork Ballington
First_Rider_250_Country	RSA
First_Rider_250_Country_flag_suffix	1928
Second_Rider_250	Aldo Nannini
Second_Rider_250_Country	VEN
Second_Rider_250_Country_flag_suffix	1930
Third_Rider_250	Eric Saul
Third_Rider_250_Country	FRA
Pole_Rider_125	Harald Bartol
Pole_Rider_125_Country	AUT
Pole_Time_125	1:45.650
Fast_Rider_125	Eugenio Lazzarini
Fast_Rider_125_Country	ITA
Fast_Time_125	1:44.780
First_Rider_125	Pierluigi Conforti
First_Rider_125_Country	ITA
Second_Rider_125	Eugenio Lazzarini
Second_Rider_125_Country	ITA
Third_Rider_125	Jean-Louis Guignabodet
Third_Rider_125_Country	FRA
Pole_Rider_Sidecar	Rolf Biland
Pole_Rider_Sidecar_Country	SUI
Pole_Passenger_Sidecar	Kenny Williams
Pole_Passenger_Sidecar_Country	UK
Pole_Time_Sidecar	1:39.860
Fast_Rider_Sidecar	Werner Schwärzel
Fast_Rider_Sidecar_Country	BRD
Fast_Passenger_Sidecar	Andreas Huber
Fast_Passenger_Sidecar_Country	BRD
Fast_Time_Sidecar	1:57.180
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 British motorcycle Grand Prix was the thirteenth and final round of the 1977 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 13–14 August 1977 at Silverstone Circuit.

1977 marked the beginning of a new era, as it was the first time the event was held on the British mainland after the Isle of Man TT had represented the United Kingdom on the FIM Grand Prix calendar for the previous 28 years since the championship's inception in 1949. Once the most prestigious race of the year, the Isle of Man TT had been increasingly boycotted by the top riders, and finally succumbed to pressure for increased safety in racing events. It was also the final grand prix for 15-time world champion Giacomo Agostini.

Steve Parrish retired from the lead after his teammate and close friend Barry Sheene famously wrote "gas it wanker" on a pitboard.

500cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Time/Retired
3	USA Pat Hennen	Texaco Heron Team Suzuki	Suzuki	45'31.960	15
32	USA Steve Baker	Yamaha Motor Company	Yamaha	+41.590	12
2	FIN Teuvo Länsivuori	Life Racing Team	Suzuki	+1'02.790	10
13	ITA Gianfranco Bonera	Team Nava Olio Fiat	Suzuki	+1'22.960	8
35	GBR Steve Wright		Suzuki	+1 lap	6
24	GBR Alex George	Hermetite Racing International	Suzuki	+1 lap	5
28	GBR Derek Chatterton		Suzuki	+1 lap	4
46	AUT Max Wiener	MSC Rottenberg	Suzuki	+1 lap	3
10	ITA Giacomo Agostini	Team API Marlboro	Yamaha	+1 lap	2
31	GBR Kevin Wrettom		Suzuki	+1 lap	1
37	BRD Helmut Kassner	Boeri Giudici Racing Team	Suzuki	+2 laps
42	BRD Franz Meier		Yamaha	+2 laps
43	NOR Odd Arne Lände		Suzuki	+2 laps
9	GBR John Williams	Team Appleby Glade	Suzuki	Accident
24	GBR Steve Parrish	Texaco Heron Team Suzuki	Suzuki	Accident
41	NLD Wil Hartog	Riemersma Racing	Suzuki	Retired
7	GBR Barry Sheene	Texaco Heron Team Suzuki	Suzuki	Retired
??	BEL Hervé Regout	Hervé Regout	Suzuki	Retired
15	FRA Christian Estrosi	Marlboro Masche Total	Suzuki	Accident
42	NZL Stuart Avant	Sid Griffiths Racing	Suzuki	Retired
49	FRA Michel Rougerie		Suzuki	Retired
??	FRA Jean-Paul Boinet		Suzuki	Retired
11	VEN Johnny Cecotto	Team Venemotos	Yamaha	Retired
18	NLD Boet van Dulmen	Pullshaw	Suzuki	Retired
20	NZL John Woodley		Suzuki	Retired
11	AUS Warren Willing		Yamaha	Retired
??	GBR George Fogarty		Suzuki	Retired
34	ZAF Leslie van Breda		Suzuki	Accident
??	GBR John Weeden		Suzuki	Retired
??	GBR Steve Manship		Suzuki	Retired
20	DNK Børge Nielsen		Yamaha	Retired
??	DEN Kaj Jensen		Yamaha	Retired
43	BRD Franz Rau		Suzuki	Retired
??	NED Kees van der Kruijs		Yamaha	Retired
6	GBR John Newbold	Maurice Newbold	Suzuki	Retired
8	AUS Jack Findlay	Hermetite Racing International	Suzuki	Retired
??	GBR Ron Haslam		Suzuki	Accident

350 cc classification

Pos	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid
11	ZAF Kork Ballington	Yamaha	28	45:32.10	1	15
9	FRA Olivier Chevallier	Yamaha	28	+16.31	9	12
32	GBR John Williams	Yamaha	28	+16.42	10	10
34	GBR Eddie Roberts	Yamaha	28	+24.52	2	8
42	GBR Alan Stewart	Yamaha	28	+29.55		6
28	FIN Pekka Nurmi	Yamaha	28	+38.19	8	5
29	CHE Michel Frutschi	Yamaha	28	+54.84		4
44	DEU Helmut Kassner	Yamaha	28	+1:03.90		3
49	FIN Eero Hyvärinen	Yamaha	28	+1:08.19		2
33	GBR Austin Hockley	Yamaha	28	+1:23.29		1
47	FRA Alain Terras	Yamaha	27	+1 lap
5	AUS John Dodds	Yamaha	27	+1 lap	14
24	ZAF Les van Breda	Yamaha	27	+1 lap
46	GBR Graham Hobbs	Yamaha	27	+1 lap
12	FIN Reino Eskelinen	Yamaha	27	+1 lap
40	DNK Kaj Jensen	Yamaha	26	+2 laps
	VEN Johnny Cecotto	Yamaha			3
	GBR Tom Herron	Yamaha			4
	FRA Christian Sarron	Yamaha			5
	ZAF Jon Ekerold	Yamaha			6
	ZAF Alan North	Yamaha			7
	AUS Vic Soussan	Yamaha			11
	FRA Patrick Pons	Yamaha			12
	FRA Michel Rougerie	Yamaha			13
	FRA Patrick Fernandez	Yamaha			15
	ITA Giacomo Agostini	Yamaha			16
	FRA Bernard Fau	Yamaha			17
	ESP Víctor Palomo	Yamaha			18
	GBR Chas Mortimer	Yamaha			19
	JPN Ken Nemoto	Yamaha			20
46 starters in total

250 cc classification

Pos	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid
20	ZAF Kork Ballington	Yamaha	26	43:37.08	17	15
47	VEN Aldo Nannini	Yamaha	26	+2.47	5	12
25	FRA Eric Saul	Yamaha	26	+4.85	8	10
13	ITA Franco Uncini	Harley-Davidson	26	+13.66	4	8
8	FRA Olivier Chevallier	Yamaha	26	+13.66	7	6
21	AUS Vic Soussan	Yamaha	26	+13.81	11	5
22	FRA Guy Bertin	Yamaha	26	+22.20	12	4
36	FIN Pekka Nurmi	Yamaha	26	+24.42		3
1	ITA Walter Villa	Harley-Davidson	26	+26.32	15	2
23	FRA Patrick Pons	Yamaha	26	+34.56	19	1
19	GBR Eddie Roberts	Yamaha	26	+34.66
27	CHE Michel Frutschi	Yamaha	26	+1:03.64
41	GBR Alan Stewart	Yamaha	26	+1:03.82
16	FRA Jean-Claude Meilland	Yamaha	26	+1:16.74
26	FRA Denis Boulom	Yamaha	26	+1:37.21
34	FIN Seppo Rossi	Yamaha	26	+1:37.21
39	GBR John Weeden	Yamaha	26	+1:37.86
28	GBR Ian Richards	Yamaha	25	+1 lap
45	GBR Graham Hobbs	Yamaha	25	+1 lap
38	AUS Warren Willing	Yamaha	25	+1 lap
4	CAN Ron Kirkham	Yamaha	24	+2 laps
	JPN Takazumi Katayama	Yamaha			1
	GBR Tom Herron	Yamaha			2
	GBR Mick Grant	Kawasaki			3
	ZAF Alan North	Yamaha			6
	ZAF Jon Ekerold	Yamaha			9
	CHE Hans Müller	Yamaha			10
	FRA Christian Sarron	Yamaha			13
	FRA Bernard Fau	Yamaha			14
	FRA Patrick Fernandez	Yamaha			16
	GBR Barry Ditchburn	Kawasaki			18
48 starters in total

125 cc classification

Pos	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid
12	ITA Pierluigi Conforti	Morbidelli	24	42:46.53	7	15
7	ITA Eugenio Lazzarini	Morbidelli	24	+2.02	2	12
6	FRA Jean-Louis Guignabodet	Morbidelli	24	+16.01	6	10
16	CHE Hans Müller	Morbidelli	24	+28.89	4	8
8	DEU Gert Bender	Bender	24	+33.46	11	6
9	CHE Stefan Dörflinger	Morbidelli	24	+41.63	3	5
28	FRA Thierry Noblesse	Morbidelli	24	+42.22	9	4
5	DEU Anton Mang	Morbidelli	24	+42.58	12	3
34	SWE Bengt Johansson	Morbidelli	24	+57.98	17	2
10	BEL Julien van Zeebroeck	Motobécane	24	+1:00.76	13	1
15	ITA Ermanno Giuliano	Morbidelli	24	+1:01.42	10
50	FRA Patrick Plisson	Morbidelli	24	+1:08.48	8
17	SWE Per-Edward Carlson	Morbidelli	24	+1:18.78	19
20	FRA Laurent Gomis	Morbidelli	24	+1:32.59	16
26	ITA Maurizio Massimiani	Morbidelli	24	+1:33.38	15
33	ITA Enrico Cereda	Morbidelli	24	+1:40.19	18
3	GBR Clive Horton	Maico	24	+1:40.40
18	FIN Matti Kinnunen	Morbidelli	24	+1:41.46	20
32	FRA Claude Wilette	Morbidelli	24	+1:41.93
38	DEU Alfred Schmid	Morbidelli	24	+1:44.74
	AUT Harald Bartol	Morbidelli			1
	FRA Thierry Espié	Motobécane			5
	ITA Sauro Pazzaglia	Morbidelli			14
41 starters in total, 28 finishers

Sidecar classification

Pos	No.	Rider	Passenger	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid
2	DEU Werner Schwärzel	DEU Andreas Huber	Aro	27	53:53.94	2	15
1	DEU Rolf Steinhausen	DEU Wolfgang Kalauch	Busch-Yamaha	27	+39.90	10	12
8	GBR George O'Dell	GBR Cliff Holland	Windle-Yamaha	27	+1:25.25	3	10
17	SWE Göte Brodin	SWE Bengt Forsberg	Windle-Yamaha	27	+1:35.09	5	8
19	CHE Jean-François Monnin	CHE Edouard Weber	Seymaz-Yamaha	27	+1:51.05	11	6
18	DEU Walter Ohrmann	DEU Bernd Grube	Yamaha	26	+1 lap		5
33	GBR Mick Boddice	GBR Chas Birks	Yamaha	26	+1 lap		4
4	CHE Rolf Biland	GBR Kenny Williams	Schmid-Yamaha	26	+1 lap	1	3
6	DEU Helmut Schilling	DEU Rainer Gundel	Aro	26	+1 lap	9	2
27	FRA Yvan Trolliet	FRA Pierre Muller	Yamaha	26	+1 lap	12	1
11	CHE Bruno Holzer	GBR Don Williams	LCR-Yamaha	26	+1 lap	13
5	DEU Siegfried Schauzu	DEU Lorenzo Puzo	Yamaha	26	+1 lap	15
12	GBR Mac Hobson	GBR Stu Collins	Suzuki	25	+2 laps	8
20	GBR Jeff Gawley	GBR Ken Birch	Fowler-Yamaha	25	+2 laps
7	GBR Dick Greasley	GBR Mick Skeels	Chell-Yamaha	24	+3 laps	6
	CHE Hermann Schmid	GBR Kenny Arthur	Schmid-Yamaha			4
	FRA Alain Michel	FRA Gérard Lecorre	Yamaha			7
	NLD Cees Smit	NLD Jan Smit	König			14
31 starters in total, 31 finishers

References

| Previous_year's_race = 1976 Isle of Man TT | Next_year's_race = 1978 British Grand Prix

References

"Alle Grand-Prix uitslagen en bijzonderheden, van 1973 (het jaar dat Jack begon met racen) tot heden.".
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(1999). "Motocourse: 50 Years Of Moto Grand Prix". Hazleton Publishing Ltd.
(2017-05-15). "Ten fascinating facts you didn't know about Barry Sheene".
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