1977 Dutch TT
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The 1977 Dutch TT was the eighth round of the 1977 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 25 June 1977 at the Circuit van Drenthe Assen. Wil Hartog became the first Dutchman to win a 500cc Grand Prix when he claimed the victory.
500cc classification
| Pos. | No. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Time/Retired | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 30 | Netherlands Wil Hartog | Riemersma Racing | Suzuki | 52'35.400 | 15 |
| 2 | 7 | United Kingdom Barry Sheene | Texaco Heron Team Suzuki | Suzuki | +5.900 | 12 |
| 3 | 3 | United States Pat Hennen | Texaco Heron Team Suzuki | Suzuki | +10.500 | 10 |
| 4 | 5 | Switzerland Philippe Coulon | Marlboro Masche Total | Suzuki | +10.900 | 8 |
| 5 | 32 | United States Steve Baker | Yamaha Motor Company | Yamaha | +11.600 | 6 |
| 6 | 4 | Italy Marco Lucchinelli | Life Racing Team | Suzuki | +12.100 | 5 |
| 7 | 2 | Finland Teuvo Länsivuori | Life Racing Team | Suzuki | +18.200 | 4 |
| 8 | 21 | France Michel Rougerie | Suzuki | +20.300 | 3 | |
| 9 | 17 | Italy Armando Toracca | MC della Robbia | Suzuki | +21.700 | 2 |
| 10 | 18 | Italy Virginio Ferrari | Team Nava Olio Fiat | Suzuki | +36.200 | 1 |
| 11 | 31 | Netherlands Jack Middelburg | Haags Motocentrum Team | Suzuki | +55.400 | |
| 12 | 6 | United Kingdom John Newbold | Maurice Newbold | Suzuki | +1'21.700 | |
| 13 | 20 | Italy Giovanni Rolando | Suzuki | +1'46.800 | ||
| 14 | 24 | Australia Warren Willing | Yamaha | +2'34.900 | ||
| 15 | 37 | South Africa Leslie van Breda | Suzuki | +3'02.800 | ||
| 16 | 25 | Belgium Jean-Philippe Orban | Jean-Philippe Orban Racing Team | Suzuki | +1 lap | |
| 17 | 27 | Austria Max Wiener | MSC Rottenberg | Suzuki | +1 lap | |
| 18 | 36 | Netherlands Piet van der Wal | Yamaha | +1 lap | ||
| Ret | 42 | New Zealand Stuart Avant | Sid Griffiths Racing | Suzuki | Retired | |
| Ret | ?? | Netherlands Willem Zoet | Suzuki | Accident | ||
| Ret | 12 | United Kingdom Steve Parrish | Texaco Heron Team Suzuki | Suzuki | Retired | |
| Ret | 15 | France Christian Estrosi | Marlboro Masche Total | Suzuki | Accident | |
| Ret | 11 | Italy Giacomo Agostini | Team API Marlboro | Yamaha | Retired | |
| Ret | ?? | West Germany Franz Rau | Suzuki | Retired | ||
| Ret | ?? | Denmark Børge Nielsen | Suzuki | Retired | ||
| Ret | 17 | Italy Gianfranco Bonera | Team Nava Olio Fiat | Suzuki | Accident | |
| Ret | ?? | United Kingdom Dave Potter | Ted Broad | Suzuki | Retired | |
| Ret | 43 | West Germany Helmut Kassner | Boeri Giudici Racing Team | Suzuki | Retired | |
| Ret | ?? | Netherlands Dick Alblas | König | Retired | ||
| Ret | 9 | United Kingdom John Williams | Team Appleby Glade | Suzuki | Retired | |
| DNS | ?? | Austria Karl Auer | MSC Rottenberg | Yamaha | Did not start | |
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350 cc classification
| Pos | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Grid | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 11 | South Africa Kork Ballington | Yamaha | 16 | 49:25.3 | 5 | 15 |
| 2 | 15 | France Michel Rougerie | Yamaha | 16 | +1.2 | 7 | 12 |
| 3 | 16 | France Patrick Fernandez | Yamaha | 16 | +1.7 | 1 | 10 |
| 4 | 4 | United Kingdom Tom Herron | Yamaha | 16 | +3.7 | 9 | 8 |
| 5 | 10 | Italy Franco Uncini | Harley-Davidson | 16 | +39.1 | 6 | 6 |
| 6 | 24 | South Africa Jon Ekerold | Yamaha | 16 | +1:00.4 | 4 | 5 |
| 7 | 9 | France Olivier Chevallier | Yamaha | 16 | +1:07.7 | 10 | 4 |
| 8 | 1 | Italy Walter Villa | Harley-Davidson | 16 | +1:10.9 | 3 | |
| 9 | 23 | South Africa Alan North | Yamaha | 16 | +1:21.2 | 8 | 2 |
| 10 | 13 | France Patrick Pons | Yamaha | 16 | +1:22.1 | 1 | |
| 11 | 35 | Netherlands Jack Middelburg | Yamaha | 16 | +1:27.9 | ||
| 12 | 3 | United Kingdom Chas Mortimer | Yamaha | 16 | +1:31.2 | ||
| 13 | 17 | Germany Helmut Kassner | Yamaha | 16 | +1:32.5 | ||
| 14 | 40 | France Jean-François Baldé | Yamaha | 16 | +1:32.6 | ||
| 15 | 27 | United Kingdom Eddie Roberts | Yamaha | 16 | +1:48.1 | ||
| Italy Mario Lega | Morbidelli | 2 | |||||
| Australia Vic Soussan | Yamaha | 3 | |||||
| France Christian Sarron | Yamaha | 11 | |||||
| France Bernard Fau | Yamaha | 12 | |||||
| 30 starters in total, 19 finishers | |||||||
250 cc classification
| Pos | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Grid | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 20 | United Kingdom Mick Grant | Kawasaki | 15 | 47:46.8 | 3 | 15 |
| 2 | 16 | Italy Franco Uncini | Harley-Davidson | 15 | +8.6 | 4 | 12 |
| 3 | 21 | United Kingdom Barry Ditchburn | Kawasaki | 15 | +13.2 | 2 | 10 |
| 4 | 1 | Italy Walter Villa | Harley-Davidson | 15 | +17.8 | 5 | 8 |
| 5 | 14 | Italy Mario Lega | Morbidelli | 15 | +19.2 | 6 | 6 |
| 6 | 2 | Japan Takazumi Katayama | Yamaha | 15 | +25.5 | 5 | |
| 7 | 12 | South Africa Jon Ekerold | Yamaha | 15 | +37.5 | 7 | 4 |
| 8 | 3 | Finland Pentti Korhonen | Yamaha | 15 | +45.3 | 3 | |
| 9 | 40 | France Philippe Bouzanne | Yamaha | 15 | +1:09.6 | 2 | |
| 10 | 4 | United Kingdom Tom Herron | Yamaha | 15 | +1:21.2 | 8 | 1 |
| 11 | 7 | France Olivier Chevallier | Yamaha | 15 | +1:24.4 | ||
| 12 | 18 | France Patrick Pons | Yamaha | 15 | +1:28.3 | ||
| 13 | 22 | Finland Pekka Nurmi | Yamaha | 15 | +1:31.7 | ||
| 14 | 38 | Venezuela Aldo Nannini | Yamaha | 15 | +1:46.2 | ||
| 15 | 26 | Japan Masahiro Wada | Kawasaki | 15 | +1:46.5 | 10 | |
| South Africa Alan North | Yamaha | 1 | |||||
| South Africa Kork Ballington | Yamaha | 9 | |||||
| France Jean-François Baldé | Yamaha | 11 | |||||
| Australia Vic Soussan | Yamaha | 12 | |||||
| 30 starters in total, 20 finishers | |||||||
125 cc classification
| Pos | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Grid | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | Spain Ángel Nieto | Bultaco | 14 | 46:29.1 | 2 | 15 |
| 2 | 25 | Austria Harald Bartol | Morbidelli | 14 | +51.8 | 4 | 12 |
| 3 | 7 | Germany Gert Bender | Bender | 14 | +1:03.6 | 5 | 10 |
| 4 | 4 | Germany Anton Mang | Morbidelli | 14 | +1:04.0 | 6 | 8 |
| 5 | 5 | France Jean-Louis Guignabodet | Morbidelli | 14 | +1:17.2 | 9 | 6 |
| 6 | 8 | Switzerland Stefan Dörflinger | Morbidelli | 14 | +1:24.1 | 8 | 5 |
| 7 | 13 | Germany Horst Seel | Seel | 14 | +1:26.0 | 7 | 4 |
| 8 | 9 | Belgium Julien van Zeebroeck | Morbidelli | 14 | +2:00.1 | 3 | |
| 9 | 1 | Italy Pierpaolo Bianchi | Morbidelli | 14 | +2:01.6 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | 28 | Finland Matti Kinnunen | Morbidelli | 14 | +2:02.0 | 1 | |
| 11 | 27 | Switzerland Hans Müller | Morbidelli | 14 | +2:03.2 | 12 | |
| 12 | 11 | Germany Walter Koschine | Morbidelli | 14 | +2:08.4 | 11 | |
| 13 | 12 | Netherlands Cees van Dongen | Morbidelli | 14 | +2:31.3 | ||
| 14 | 29 | Netherlands Theo van Geffen | Morbidelli | 14 | +2:40.9 | ||
| 15 | 38 | Austria Johann Parzer | Morbidelli | 14 | +2:44.5 | ||
| Italy Eugenio Lazzarini | Morbidelli | 3 | |||||
| France Thierry Noblesse | Morbidelli | 10 | |||||
| 30 starters in total, 23 finishers | |||||||
50 cc classification
| Pos | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Grid | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Spain Ángel Nieto | Bultaco | 9 | 32:29.8 | 2 | 15 |
| 2 | 26 | Spain Ricardo Tormo | Bultaco | 9 | +26.9 | 3 | 12 |
| 3 | 2 | Germany Herbert Rittberger | Kreidler | 9 | +48.9 | 4 | 10 |
| 4 | 4 | Italy Eugenio Lazzarini | Kreidler | 9 | +56.4 | 1 | 8 |
| 5 | 7 | Switzerland Stefan Dörflinger | Kreidler | 9 | +58.6 | 7 | 6 |
| 6 | 9 | France Patrick Plisson | ABF | 9 | +1:19.7 | 6 | 5 |
| 7 | 16 | Germany Wolfgang Müller | Kreidler | 9 | +1:51.0 | 11 | 4 |
| 8 | 18 | Germany Hagen Klein | Kreidler | 9 | +1:51.1 | 9 | 3 |
| 9 | 8 | Austria Hans Hummel | Kreidler | 9 | +2:21.4 | 2 | |
| 10 | 32 | Netherlands Peter Looyestein | Kreidler | 9 | +2:21.5 | 1 | |
| 11 | 17 | Germany Ingo Emmerich | Kreidler | 9 | +2:28.7 | ||
| 12 | 29 | Netherlands Ton Koojiman | Hemeyla | 9 | +2:40.9 | 10 | |
| 13 | 31 | Netherlands Theo van Geffen | VGS | 9 | +2:51.0 | ||
| 14 | 15 | Germany Günter Schirnhofer | Kreidler | 9 | +3:01.2 | ||
| 15 | 36 | Belgium Pierre Dumont | Kreidler | 9 | +3:02.2 | ||
| Netherlands Jaap Bosman | Kreidler | 5 | |||||
| Netherlands Engelbert Kip | Kreidler | 8 | |||||
| Switzerland Rudolf Kunz | Kreidler | 12 | |||||
| 29 starters in total, 16 finishers | |||||||
Sidecar classification
| Pos | No. | Rider | Passenger | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Grid | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | Switzerland Rolf Biland | United Kingdom Kenny Williams | Schmid-Yamaha | 14 | 45:12.4 | 1 | 15 |
| 2 | 8 | France Alain Michel | France Gérard Lecorre | Yamaha | 14 | +14.5 | 2 | 12 |
| 3 | 2 | Germany Werner Schwärzel | Germany Andreas Huber | Aro | 14 | +1:00.6 | 3 | 10 |
| 4 | 19 | Sweden Göte Brodin | Sweden Eric Wickström | Windle-Yamaha | 14 | +1:22.2 | 8 | 8 |
| 5 | 10 | Switzerland Bruno Holzer | Switzerland Charly Meierhans | LCR-Yamaha | 14 | +1:23.7 | 7 | 6 |
| 6 | 6 | United Kingdom Dick Greasley | United Kingdom Mick Skeels | Chell-Yamaha | 14 | +1:41.7 | 10 | 5 |
| 7 | 3 | Switzerland Hermann Schmid | Switzerland Jean-Petit Matille | Schmid-Yamaha | 14 | +1:58.8 | 6 | 4 |
| 8 | 23 | Netherlands Cees Smit | Netherlands Jan Smit | König | 14 | +2:09.0 | 5 | 3 |
| 9 | 5 | Germany Helmut Schilling | Germany Rainer Gundel | Aro | 14 | +2:19.0 | 9 | 2 |
| 10 | 15 | United Kingdom Mac Hobson | United Kingdom Stu Collins | Yamaha | 14 | +2:46.0 | 1 | |
| 11 | 17 | Germany Siegfried Schauzu | Germany Lorenzo Puzo | Yamaha | 14 | +3:04.3 | ||
| 12 | 25 | Germany Max Venus | Germany Norman Bittermann | König | 14 | +3:12.4 | ||
| United Kingdom George O'Dell | United Kingdom Cliff Holland | Seymaz-Yamaha | 4 | |||||
| 25 starters in total, 14 finishers | ||||||||
| Previousrace: 1977 Yugoslavian Grand Prix | FIM Grand Prix World Championship 1977 season | Nextrace: 1977 Belgian Grand Prix |
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