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1977 Dutch TT

Field	Value
Grand Prix	Dutch
GP_suffix	TT
flag	Netherlands
Official_Name	Dutch TT 1977 Assen
Location	Circuit van Drenthe
Course_mi	4.796
Course_km	7.718
Race_No	8
Season_No	13
Date	25 June
Year	1977
Pole_Rider_500	Barry Sheene
Pole_Rider_500_Country	UK
Pole_Time_500	2:57.400
Fast_Rider_500	Barry Sheene
Fast_Rider_500_Country	UK
Fast_Time_500	3:03.700
First_Rider_500	Wil Hartog
First_Rider_500_Country	NED
Second_Rider_500	Barry Sheene
Second_Rider_500_Country	UK
Third_Rider_500	Pat Hennen
Third_Rider_500_Country	USA
Pole_Rider_350	Patrick Fernandez
Pole_Rider_350_Country	FRA
Pole_Time_350	3:04.500
Fast_Rider_350	Patrick Fernandez
Fast_Rider_350_Country	FRA
Fast_Time_350	3:02.500
First_Rider_350	Kork Ballington
First_Rider_350_Country	RSA
First_Rider_350_Country_flag_suffix	1928
Second_Rider_350	Michel Rougerie
Second_Rider_350_Country	FRA
Third_Rider_350	Patrick Fernandez
Third_Rider_350_Country	FRA
Pole_Rider_250	Alan North
Pole_Rider_250_Country	RSA
Pole_Rider_250_Country_flag_suffix	1928
Pole_Time_250	3:08.400
Fast_Rider_250	Franco Uncini
Fast_Rider_250_Country	ITA
Fast_Time_250	3:06.000
First_Rider_250	Mick Grant
First_Rider_250_Country	UK
Second_Rider_250	Franco Uncini
Second_Rider_250_Country	ITA
Third_Rider_250	Barry Ditchburn
Third_Rider_250_Country	UK
Pole_Rider_125	Pierpaolo Bianchi
Pole_Rider_125_Country	ITA
Pole_Time_125	3:16.500
Fast_Rider_125	Ángel Nieto
Fast_Rider_125_Country	SPA
Fast_Rider_125_Country_flag_suffix	1945
Fast_Time_125	3:16.400
First_Rider_125	Ángel Nieto
First_Rider_125_Country	SPA
First_Rider_125_Country_flag_suffix	1945
Second_Rider_125	Harald Bartol
Second_Rider_125_Country	AUT
Third_Rider_125	Gert Bender
Third_Rider_125_Country	BRD
Pole_Rider_50	Eugenio Lazzarini
Pole_Rider_50_Country	ITA
Pole_Time_50	3:34.900
Fast_Rider_50	Eugenio Lazzarini
Fast_Rider_50_Country	ITA
Fast_Time_50	3:33.500
First_Rider_50	Ángel Nieto
First_Rider_50_Country	SPA
First_Rider_50_Country_flag_suffix	1945
Second_Rider_50	Ricardo Tormo
Second_Rider_50_Country	SPA
Second_Rider_50_Country_flag_suffix	1945
Third_Rider_50	Herbert Rittberger
Third_Rider_50_Country	BRD
Pole_Rider_Sidecar	Rolf Biland
Pole_Rider_Sidecar_Country	SUI
Pole_Passenger_Sidecar	Kenny Williams
Pole_Passenger_Sidecar_Country	UK
Pole_Time_Sidecar	3:09.200
Fast_Rider_Sidecar	Rolf Biland
Fast_Rider_Sidecar_Country	SUI
Fast_Passenger_Sidecar	Kenny Williams
Fast_Passenger_Sidecar_Country	UK
Fast_Time_Sidecar	3:10.500
First_Rider_Sidecar	Rolf Biland
First_Rider_Sidecar_Country	SUI
First_Passenger_Sidecar	Kenny Williams
First_Passenger_Sidecar_Country	UK
Second_Rider_Sidecar	Alain Michel
Second_Rider_Sidecar_Country	FRA
Second_Passenger_Sidecar	Gérard Lecorre
Second_Passenger_Sidecar_Country	FRA
Third_Rider_Sidecar	Werner Schwärzel
Third_Rider_Sidecar_Country	BRD
Third_Passenger_Sidecar	Andreas Huber
Third_Passenger_Sidecar_Country	BRD

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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.

Race winner Wil Hartog, carrying second placed Barry Sheene on his shoulders on the podium of the 500cc race.

500cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Time/Retired
30	NLD Wil Hartog	Riemersma Racing	Suzuki	52'35.400	15
7	GBR Barry Sheene	Texaco Heron Team Suzuki	Suzuki	+5.900	12
3	USA Pat Hennen	Texaco Heron Team Suzuki	Suzuki	+10.500	10
5	CHE Philippe Coulon	Marlboro Masche Total	Suzuki	+10.900	8
32	USA Steve Baker	Yamaha Motor Company	Yamaha	+11.600	6
4	ITA Marco Lucchinelli	Life Racing Team	Suzuki	+12.100	5
2	FIN Teuvo Länsivuori	Life Racing Team	Suzuki	+18.200	4
21	FRA Michel Rougerie		Suzuki	+20.300	3
17	ITA Armando Toracca	MC della Robbia	Suzuki	+21.700	2
18	ITA Virginio Ferrari	Team Nava Olio Fiat	Suzuki	+36.200	1
31	NLD Jack Middelburg	Haags Motocentrum Team	Suzuki	+55.400
6	GBR John Newbold	Maurice Newbold	Suzuki	+1'21.700
20	ITA Giovanni Rolando		Suzuki	+1'46.800
24	AUS Warren Willing		Yamaha	+2'34.900
37	ZAF Leslie van Breda		Suzuki	+3'02.800
25	BEL Jean-Philippe Orban	Jean-Philippe Orban Racing Team	Suzuki	+1 lap
27	AUT Max Wiener	MSC Rottenberg	Suzuki	+1 lap
36	NLD Piet van der Wal		Yamaha	+1 lap
42	NZL Stuart Avant	Sid Griffiths Racing	Suzuki	Retired
??	NED Willem Zoet		Suzuki	Accident
12	GBR Steve Parrish	Texaco Heron Team Suzuki	Suzuki	Retired
15	FRA Christian Estrosi	Marlboro Masche Total	Suzuki	Accident
11	ITA Giacomo Agostini	Team API Marlboro	Yamaha	Retired
??	BRD Franz Rau		Suzuki	Retired
??	DEN Børge Nielsen		Suzuki	Retired
17	ITA Gianfranco Bonera	Team Nava Olio Fiat	Suzuki	Accident
??	GBR Dave Potter	Ted Broad	Suzuki	Retired
43	BRD Helmut Kassner	Boeri Giudici Racing Team	Suzuki	Retired
??	NED Dick Alblas		König	Retired
9	GBR John Williams	Team Appleby Glade	Suzuki	Retired
??	AUT Karl Auer	MSC Rottenberg	Yamaha	Did not start

350 cc classification

Pos	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid
11	ZAF Kork Ballington	Yamaha	16	49:25.3	5	15
15	FRA Michel Rougerie	Yamaha	16	+1.2	7	12
16	FRA Patrick Fernandez	Yamaha	16	+1.7	1	10
4	GBR Tom Herron	Yamaha	16	+3.7	9	8
10	ITA Franco Uncini	Harley-Davidson	16	+39.1	6	6
24	ZAF Jon Ekerold	Yamaha	16	+1:00.4	4	5
9	FRA Olivier Chevallier	Yamaha	16	+1:07.7	10	4
1	ITA Walter Villa	Harley-Davidson	16	+1:10.9		3
23	ZAF Alan North	Yamaha	16	+1:21.2	8	2
13	FRA Patrick Pons	Yamaha	16	+1:22.1		1
35	NLD Jack Middelburg	Yamaha	16	+1:27.9
3	GBR Chas Mortimer	Yamaha	16	+1:31.2
17	DEU Helmut Kassner	Yamaha	16	+1:32.5
40	FRA Jean-François Baldé	Yamaha	16	+1:32.6
27	GBR Eddie Roberts	Yamaha	16	+1:48.1
	ITA Mario Lega	Morbidelli			2
	AUS Vic Soussan	Yamaha			3
	FRA Christian Sarron	Yamaha			11
	FRA Bernard Fau	Yamaha			12
30 starters in total, 19 finishers

250 cc classification

Pos	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid
20	GBR Mick Grant	Kawasaki	15	47:46.8	3	15
16	ITA Franco Uncini	Harley-Davidson	15	+8.6	4	12
21	GBR Barry Ditchburn	Kawasaki	15	+13.2	2	10
1	ITA Walter Villa	Harley-Davidson	15	+17.8	5	8
14	ITA Mario Lega	Morbidelli	15	+19.2	6	6
2	JPN Takazumi Katayama	Yamaha	15	+25.5		5
12	ZAF Jon Ekerold	Yamaha	15	+37.5	7	4
3	FIN Pentti Korhonen	Yamaha	15	+45.3		3
40	FRA Philippe Bouzanne	Yamaha	15	+1:09.6		2
4	GBR Tom Herron	Yamaha	15	+1:21.2	8	1
7	FRA Olivier Chevallier	Yamaha	15	+1:24.4
18	FRA Patrick Pons	Yamaha	15	+1:28.3
22	FIN Pekka Nurmi	Yamaha	15	+1:31.7
38	VEN Aldo Nannini	Yamaha	15	+1:46.2
26	JPN Masahiro Wada	Kawasaki	15	+1:46.5	10
	ZAF Alan North	Yamaha			1
	ZAF Kork Ballington	Yamaha			9
	FRA Jean-François Baldé	Yamaha			11
	AUS Vic Soussan	Yamaha			12
30 starters in total, 20 finishers

125 cc classification

Pos	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid
2	ESP Ángel Nieto	Bultaco	14	46:29.1	2	15
25	AUT Harald Bartol	Morbidelli	14	+51.8	4	12
7	DEU Gert Bender	Bender	14	+1:03.6	5	10
4	DEU Anton Mang	Morbidelli	14	+1:04.0	6	8
5	FRA Jean-Louis Guignabodet	Morbidelli	14	+1:17.2	9	6
8	CHE Stefan Dörflinger	Morbidelli	14	+1:24.1	8	5
13	DEU Horst Seel	Seel	14	+1:26.0	7	4
9	BEL Julien van Zeebroeck	Morbidelli	14	+2:00.1		3
1	ITA Pierpaolo Bianchi	Morbidelli	14	+2:01.6	1	2
28	FIN Matti Kinnunen	Morbidelli	14	+2:02.0		1
27	CHE Hans Müller	Morbidelli	14	+2:03.2	12
11	DEU Walter Koschine	Morbidelli	14	+2:08.4	11
12	NLD Cees van Dongen	Morbidelli	14	+2:31.3
29	NLD Theo van Geffen	Morbidelli	14	+2:40.9
38	AUT Johann Parzer	Morbidelli	14	+2:44.5
	ITA Eugenio Lazzarini	Morbidelli			3
	FRA Thierry Noblesse	Morbidelli			10
30 starters in total, 23 finishers

50 cc classification

Pos	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid
1	ESP Ángel Nieto	Bultaco	9	32:29.8	2	15
26	ESP Ricardo Tormo	Bultaco	9	+26.9	3	12
2	DEU Herbert Rittberger	Kreidler	9	+48.9	4	10
4	ITA Eugenio Lazzarini	Kreidler	9	+56.4	1	8
7	CHE Stefan Dörflinger	Kreidler	9	+58.6	7	6
9	FRA Patrick Plisson	ABF	9	+1:19.7	6	5
16	DEU Wolfgang Müller	Kreidler	9	+1:51.0	11	4
18	DEU Hagen Klein	Kreidler	9	+1:51.1	9	3
8	AUT Hans Hummel	Kreidler	9	+2:21.4		2
32	NLD Peter Looyestein	Kreidler	9	+2:21.5		1
17	DEU Ingo Emmerich	Kreidler	9	+2:28.7
29	NLD Ton Koojiman	Hemeyla	9	+2:40.9	10
31	NLD Theo van Geffen	VGS	9	+2:51.0
15	DEU Günter Schirnhofer	Kreidler	9	+3:01.2
36	BEL Pierre Dumont	Kreidler	9	+3:02.2
	NLD Jaap Bosman	Kreidler			5
	NLD Engelbert Kip	Kreidler			8
	CHE Rudolf Kunz	Kreidler			12
29 starters in total, 16 finishers

Sidecar classification

Pos	No.	Rider	Passenger	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid
4	CHE Rolf Biland	GBR Kenny Williams	Schmid-Yamaha	14	45:12.4	1	15
8	FRA Alain Michel	FRA Gérard Lecorre	Yamaha	14	+14.5	2	12
2	DEU Werner Schwärzel	DEU Andreas Huber	Aro	14	+1:00.6	3	10
19	SWE Göte Brodin	SWE Eric Wickström	Windle-Yamaha	14	+1:22.2	8	8
10	CHE Bruno Holzer	CHE Charly Meierhans	LCR-Yamaha	14	+1:23.7	7	6
6	GBR Dick Greasley	GBR Mick Skeels	Chell-Yamaha	14	+1:41.7	10	5
3	CHE Hermann Schmid	CHE Jean-Petit Matille	Schmid-Yamaha	14	+1:58.8	6	4
23	NLD Cees Smit	NLD Jan Smit	König	14	+2:09.0	5	3
5	DEU Helmut Schilling	DEU Rainer Gundel	Aro	14	+2:19.0	9	2
15	GBR Mac Hobson	GBR Stu Collins	Yamaha	14	+2:46.0		1
17	DEU Siegfried Schauzu	DEU Lorenzo Puzo	Yamaha	14	+3:04.3
25	DEU Max Venus	DEU Norman Bittermann	König	14	+3:12.4
	GBR George O'Dell	GBR Cliff Holland	Seymaz-Yamaha			4
25 starters in total, 14 finishers

References

| Previous_year's_race = 1976 Dutch TT | Next_year's_race = 1978 Dutch TT

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".
"TT Circuit Assen - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project".
"MotoGP Preview: The 76th Dutch TT".
"Motocourse 1977-1978". Hazleton Securities Ltd.
(3 April 2018). "1977 Dutch TT MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database".
"DUTCH TT · 500cc Race Classification 1977".

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