1977 Nations motorcycle Grand Prix
# 1977 Nations motorcycle Grand Prix

The 1977 Nations motorcycle Grand Prix was the fourth round of the 1977 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 15 May 1977 at the Autodromo Dino Ferrari.

## 500cc classification

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Time/Retired | Points |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 7 | Barry Sheene | Texaco Heron Team Suzuki | Suzuki | 59'52.000 | 15 |
| 2 | 22 | Virginio Ferrari | Team Nava Olio Fiat | Suzuki | +1.300 | 12 |
| 3 | 46 | Armando Toracca | MC della Robbia | Suzuki | +2.600 | 10 |
| 4 | 32 | Steve Baker | Yamaha Motor Company | Yamaha | +28.600 | 8 |
| 5 | 1 | Giacomo Agostini | Team API Marlboro | Yamaha | +35.800 | 6 |
| 6 | 6 | Philippe Coulon | Marlboro Masche Total | Suzuki | +36.900 | 5 |
| 7 | 5 | John Newbold | Maurice Newbold | Suzuki | +1'10.500 | 4 |
| 8 | 20 | Christian Estrosi | Marlboro Masche Total | Suzuki | +1'14.500 | 3 |
| 9 | 24 | Boet van Dulmen | Pullshaw | Suzuki | +1'16.400 | 2 |
| 10 | 26 | Anton Mang | Valvoline Racing Hamburg | Suzuki | +1'22.300 | 1 |
| 11 | 19 | Steve Parrish | Texaco Heron Team Suzuki | Suzuki | +1'39.700 | |
| 12 | 2 | Teuvo Länsivuori | Life Racing Team | Suzuki | +1'40.400 | |
| 13 | 36 | Graziano Rossi | | Suzuki | +1'45.700 | |
| 14 | 4 | Max Wiener | MSC Rottenberg | Suzuki | +1'55.600 | |
| 15 | 23 | Alex George | Hermetite Racing International | Suzuki | +1 lap | |
| 16 | 9 | John Williams | Team Appleby Glade | Suzuki | +1 lap | |
| 17 | 18 | Jean-Philippe Orban | Jean-Philippe Orban Racing Team | Suzuki | +2 laps | |
| 18 | 41 | Mario Necchi | | Suzuki | +2 laps | |
| Ret | ?? | Nico Cereghini | Life Racing Team | Suzuki | Accident | |
| Ret | 8 | Jack Findlay | Hermetite Racing International | Suzuki | Accident | |
| Ret | ?? | Giovanni Rolando | | Suzuki | Retired | |
| Ret | ?? | Børge Nielsen | | Suzuki | Retired | |
| Ret | 3 | Pat Hennen | Texaco Heron Team Suzuki | Suzuki | Accident | |
| Ret | ?? | Ricky Romeri | | Yamaha | Retired | |
| Ret | 4 | Marco Lucchinelli | Life Racing Team | Suzuki | Retired | |
| Ret | 32 | Gianfranco Bonera | Team Nava Olio Fiat | Suzuki | Retired | |
| Ret | 42 | Stuart Avant | Sid Griffiths Racing | Suzuki | Retired | |
| DNS | ?? | Michel Rougerie | | Suzuki | Did not start | |
| DNS | ?? | Bernard Fau | | Suzuki | Did not start | |
| DNS | 45 | Wil Hartog | Riemersma Racing | Suzuki | Did not start | |
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## 350 cc classification

| Pos | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Grid | Points |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 30 | Alan North | Yamaha | 26 | 53:12.2 | 1 | 15 |
| 2 | 51 | Mario Lega | Morbidelli | 26 | +1.7 | 2 | 12 |
| 3 | 8 | Takazumi Katayama | Yamaha | 26 | +23.7 | 4 | 10 |
| 4 | 34 | Michel Rougerie | Yamaha | 26 | +24.6 | 5 | 8 |
| 5 | 7 | Bruno Kneubühler | Yamaha | 26 | +1:07.1 | 6 | 6 |
| 6 | 10 | Franco Uncini | Harley-Davidson | 26 | +1:15.2 | 17 | 5 |
| 7 | 1 | Walter Villa | Harley-Davidson | 26 | +1:15.7 | 15 | 4 |
| 8 | 46 | Felice Agostini | Yamaha | 26 | +1:29.9 | 12 | 3 |
| 9 | 14 | Denis Boulom | Yamaha | 26 | +1:41.8 | 16 | 2 |
| 10 | 3 | Chas Mortimer | Yamaha | 26 | +1:48.2 | | 1 |
| 11 | 63 | Michel Frutschi | Yamaha | 26 | +1:50.3 | | |
| 12 | 9 | Olivier Chevallier | Yamaha | 25 | +1 lap | 13 | |
| 13 | 44 | Ken Nemoto | Yamaha | 25 | +1 lap | | |
| 14 | 58 | Giorgio Avveduti | Yamaha | 25 | +1 lap | | |
| 15 | 15 | Peter Baláz | Yamaha | 23 | +3 laps | | |
| | | Kork Ballington | Yamaha | | | 3 | |
| | | Giacomo Agostini | Yamaha | | | 7 | |
| | | Tom Herron | Yamaha | | | 8 | |
| | | Pekka Nurmi | Yamaha | | | 9 | |
| | | Giovanni Pelletier | Bimota | | | 10 | |
| | | Christian Sarron | Yamaha | | | 11 | |
| | | Raffaele Palatiello | Bimota | | | 14 | |
| | | Vanes Francini | Yamaha | | | 18 | |
| | | Alfio Micheli | Yamaha | | | 19 | |
| | | Massimo Matteoni | Bimota | | | 20 | |
| 30 starters in total ||||||||

## 250 cc classification

| Pos | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Grid | Points |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 24 | Franco Uncini | Harley-Davidson | 24 | 50:12.7 | 1 | 15 |
| 2 | 6 | Mario Lega | Morbidelli | 24 | +9.1 | 10 | 12 |
| 3 | 27 | Barry Ditchburn | Kawasaki | 24 | +30.7 | 7 | 10 |
| 4 | 5 | Tom Herron | Yamaha | 24 | +39.0 | 13 | 8 |
| 5 | 44 | Alan North | Yamaha | 24 | +50.9 | 5 | 6 |
| 6 | 16 | Jon Ekerold | Yamaha | 24 | +55.3 | 16 | 5 |
| 7 | 18 | Jean-François Baldé | Kawasaki | 24 | +58.8 | 9 | 5 |
| 8 | 2 | Takazumi Katayama | Yamaha | 24 | +1:19.2 | | 4 |
| 9 | 68 | Vic Soussan | Yamaha | 24 | +1:28.2 | 18 | 2 |
| 10 | 49 | Vanes Francini | Yamaha | 24 | +1:29.2 | 17 | 1 |
| 11 | 58 | Sauro Pazzaglia | Yamaha | 24 | +1:30.1 | 20 | |
| 12 | 34 | Franco Solaroli | Harley-Davidson | 24 | +1:51.9 | | |
| 13 | 64 | Michel Frutschi | Yamaha | 24 | +1:52.0 | 14 | |
| 14 | 26 | Pekka Nurmi | Yamaha | 24 | +1:54.5 | 12 | |
| 15 | 47 | Pierluigi Conforti | Yamaha | 24 | +1:58.8 | | |
| 16 | 20 | Philippe Bouzanne | Yamaha | 23 | +1 lap | | |
| 17 | 30 | Leif Gustafsson | Yamaha | 23 | +1 lap | | |
| 18 | 11 | John Dodds | Yamaha | 23 | +1 lap | | |
| | | Walter Villa | Harley-Davidson | | | 2 | |
| | | Christian Sarron | Yamaha | | | 3 | |
| | | Hans Müller | Yamaha | | | 4 | |
| | | Akihiro Kiyohara | Kawasaki | | | 6 | |
| | | Bruno Kneubühler | Yamaha | | | 8 | |
| | | Aldo Nannini | Yamaha | | | 11 | |
| | | Giovanni Pelletier | Bimota | | | 15 | |
| | | Vinicio Salmi | Yamaha | | | 19 | |
| 30 starters in total ||||||||

## 125 cc classification

| Pos | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Grid | Points |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 1 | Pierpaolo Bianchi | Morbidelli | 21 | 45:58.7 | 1 | 15 |
| 2 | 7 | Eugenio Lazzarini | Morbidelli | 21 | +55.8 | 3 | 12 |
| 3 | 32 | Maurizio Massimiani | Morbidelli | 21 | +1:13.5 | 6 | 10 |
| 4 | 5 | Anton Mang | Morbidelli | 21 | +1:16.3 | 5 | 8 |
| 5 | 2 | Ángel Nieto | Bultaco | 21 | +1:28.2 | 2 | 6 |
| 6 | 27 | Sauro Pazzaglia | Morbidelli | 21 | +1:41.2 | 7 | 5 |
| 7 | 18 | Hans Müller | Morbidelli | 21 | +1:46.6 | 8 | 4 |
| 8 | 6 | Jean-Louis Guignabodet | Morbidelli | 21 | +1:48.9 | 20 | 3 |
| 9 | 9 | Stefan Dörflinger | Morbidelli | 21 | +1:51.5 | 9 | 2 |
| 10 | 40 | Pieraldo Cipriani | Morbidelli | 21 | +2:06.9 | 12 | 1 |
| 11 | 35 | Luciano Richetti | Morbidelli | 21 | +2:13.8 | | |
| 12 | 8 | Gert Bender | Bender | 21 | +2:15.7 | | |
| 13 | 29 | Guido Mancini | Morbidelli | 20 | +1 lap | 16 | |
| 14 | 41 | F. Pellegrino | Morbidelli | 20 | +1 lap | | |
| 15 | 52 | Patrick Plisson | Morbidelli | 20 | +1 lap | | |
| 16 | 24 | Enrico Cereda | Morbidelli | 20 | +1 lap | | |
| 17 | 27 | R. Brazzi | Morbidelli | 20 | +1 lap | | |
| 18 | 44 | Luigi Rinaudo | Morbidelli | 18 | +3 laps | | |
| | | Giovanni Ziggliotto | Morbidelli | | | 4 | |
| | | Germano Zanetti | Morbidelli | | | 10 | |
| | | Harald Bartol | Morbidelli | | | 11 | |
| | | Johann Parzer | Morbidelli | | | 13 | |
| | | Matti Kinnunen | Morbidelli | | | 14 | |
| | | Rolf Blatter | Morbidelli | | | 15 | |
| | | Claudio Lusuardi | Morbidelli | | | 17 | |
| | | János Drapál | Morbidelli | | | 18 | |
| | | Carlo Vernocchi | Morbidelli | | | 19 | |
| 30 starters in total ||||||||

## 50 cc classification

| Pos | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Grid | Points |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 4 | Eugenio Lazzarini | Kreidler | 13 | 31:40.6 | 1 | 15 |
| 2 | 19 | Ricardo Tormo | Bultaco | 13 | +1.4 | 3 | 12 |
| 3 | 1 | Ángel Nieto | Bultaco | 13 | +12.1 | 2 | 10 |
| 4 | 2 | Herbert Rittberger | Kreidler | 13 | +1:27.8 | 5 | 8 |
| 5 | 7 | Rolf Blatter | Kreidler | 13 | +1:28.4 | 9 | 6 |
| 6 | 3 | Ulrich Graf | Kreidler | 13 | +1:36.7 | 6 | 5 |
| 7 | 8 | Stefan Dörflinger | Kreidler | 13 | +1:51.5 | 4 | 4 |
| 8 | 45 | Patrick Plisson | ABF | 13 | +1:55.4 | 8 | 3 |
| 9 | 25 | Ezio Mischiatti | Derbi | 13 | +1:56.5 | 10 | 2 |
| 10 | 11 | Aldo Pero | Kreidler | 13 | +1:58.7 | 19 | 1 |
| 11 | 9 | Hans Hummel | Kreidler | 13 | +2:14.3 | 14 | |
| 12 | 29 | Guido Mancini | Kreidler | 13 | +2:27.3 | 7 | |
| 13 | 5 | Rudolf Kunz | Kreidler | 12 | +1 lap | | |
| 14 | 35 | Engelbert Kip | Kreidler | 12 | +1 lap | 16 | |
| 15 | 30 | Giorgio Paci | Derbi | 12 | +1 lap | 18 | |
| 16 | 16 | Ramón Gali | Derbi | 12 | +1 lap | | |
| 17 | 44 | Claudio Granata | Derbi | 12 | +1 lap | 17 | |
| 18 | 37 | Günter Schirnhofer | Kreidler | 12 | +1 lap | | |
| 19 | 33 | Giuliano Tabanelli | Silvestri | 12 | +1 lap | 20 | |
| 20 | 22 | Giovanni Lucarini | UFO | 12 | +1 lap | | |
| NC | 23 | Giorgio Macchiavelli | UFO | 7 | +6 laps | | |
| | | Alberto Ieva | Ringhini | | | 11 | |
| | | Hagen Klein | Kreidler | | | 12 | |
| | | Claudio Lusuardi | Lusuardi | | | 13 | |
| | | Jean-Louis Guignabodet | Morbidelli | | | 15 | |
| 30 starters in total ||||||||
