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1977 Finnish motorcycle Grand Prix

Finnish Automobile Racing

Field	Value
Grand Prix	Finnish
flag	Finland
Official_Name	Imatranajo Suomen Grand Prix/Finnish Grand Prix
Location	Imatra Circuit
Image	File:Imatra circuit map.png
Course_mi	3.747
Course_km	6.030
Race_No	11
Season_No	13
Date	31 July
Year	1977
Pole_Rider_500	Barry Sheene
Pole_Rider_500_Country	UK
Pole_Time_500	2:06.700
Fast_Rider_500	Johnny Cecotto
Fast_Rider_500_Country	VEN
Fast_Rider_500_Country_flag_suffix	1930
Fast_Time_500	2:05.900
First_Rider_500	Johnny Cecotto
First_Rider_500_Country	VEN
First_Rider_500_Country_flag_suffix	1930
Second_Rider_500	Marco Lucchinelli
Second_Rider_500_Country	ITA
Third_Rider_500	Gianfranco Bonera
Third_Rider_500_Country	ITA
Pole_Rider_350	Johnny Cecotto
Pole_Rider_350_Country	VEN
Pole_Rider_350_Country_flag_suffix	1930
Pole_Time_350	2:13.200
Fast_Rider_350	Jon Ekerold
GBR Tom Herron
Fast_Rider_350_Country	RSA
Fast_Rider_350_Country_flag_suffix	1928
Fast_Time_350	2:14.400
First_Rider_350	Takazumi Katayama
First_Rider_350_Country	JPN
Second_Rider_350	Christian Sarron
Second_Rider_350_Country	FRA
Third_Rider_350	Jon Ekerold
Third_Rider_350_Country	RSA
Third_Rider_350_Country_flag_suffix	1928
Pole_Rider_250	Alan North
Pole_Rider_250_Country	RSA
Pole_Rider_250_Country_flag_suffix	1928
Pole_Time_250	2:18.900
Fast_Rider_250	Walter Villa
Fast_Rider_250_Country	ITA
Fast_Time_250	2:16.600
First_Rider_250	Walter Villa
First_Rider_250_Country	ITA
Second_Rider_250	Mick Grant
Second_Rider_250_Country	UK
Third_Rider_250	Kork Ballington
Third_Rider_250_Country	RSA
Third_Rider_250_Country_flag_suffix	1928
Pole_Rider_125	Pierpaolo Bianchi
Pole_Rider_125_Country	ITA
Pole_Time_125	2:23.700
Fast_Rider_125	Pierpaolo Bianchi
Fast_Rider_125_Country	ITA
Fast_Time_125	2:23.500
First_Rider_125	Pierpaolo Bianchi
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

GBR Tom Herron |}}

The 1977 Finnish motorcycle Grand Prix was the eleventh round of the 1977 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 31 July 1977 at the Imatra circuit.

500cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Time/Retired
14	VEN Johnny Cecotto	Team Venemotos	Yamaha	46'50.000	15
4	ITA Marco Lucchinelli	Life Racing Team	Suzuki	+43.000	12
22	ITA Gianfranco Bonera	Team Nava Olio Fiat	Suzuki	+51.600	10
12	FRA Michel Rougerie	Elf	Suzuki	+1'04.700	8
21	GBR Steve Parrish	Texaco Heron Team Suzuki	Suzuki	+1'17.200	6
7	GBR Barry Sheene	Texaco Heron Team Suzuki	Suzuki	+1'18.700	5
2	FIN Teuvo Länsivuori	Life Racing Team	Suzuki	+1'56.500	4
26	ITA Armando Toracca	MC della Robbia	Suzuki	+1 lap	3
30	BEL Jean-Philippe Orban	Jean-Philippe Orban Racing Team	Suzuki	+1 lap	2
11	AUT Karl Auer	MSC Rottenberg	Yamaha	+1 lap	1
20	DNK Børge Nielsen		Suzuki	+1 lap
25	USA Steve Baker	Yamaha Motor Company	Yamaha	+1 lap
17	GBR Alex George	Hermetite Racing International	Suzuki	+1 lap
27	SWE Bo Granath		Suzuki	+1 lap
34	FIN Markku Matikainen	Länsivuori Team	Suzuki	+2 laps
23	CAN Ron Kirkham		Yamaha	+2 laps
39	BEL Jean-Marc Toffolo		Yamaha	+2 laps
36	FIN Ossi Nikkinen		Yamaha	+3 laps
35	FIN Pentti Lehtelä		Yamaha	Retired
3	USA Pat Hennen	Texaco Heron Team Suzuki	Suzuki	Retired
42	NZL Stuart Avant	Sid Griffiths Racing	Suzuki	Retired
9	GBR John Williams	Team Appleby Glade	Suzuki	Retired
37	FRA Christian Estrosi	Marlboro Masche Total	Suzuki	Retired
1	ITA Giacomo Agostini	Team API Marlboro	Yamaha	Retired
29	FRA Jean-Claude Hogrel		Yamaha	Retired
10	FIN Kimmo Kopra		Suzuki	Retired
8	AUS Jack Findlay	Hermetite Racing International	Suzuki	Retired
16	ITA Virginio Ferrari	Team Nava Olio Fiat	Suzuki	Accident
24	ITA Giovanni Rolando		Suzuki	Accident
15	NLD Wil Hartog	Riemersma Racing	Suzuki	Retired
??	FIN Teuvo Laakso		Suzuki	Did not start
??	FRA Bernard Regoni		Suzuki	Did not start
??	USA Kenny Roberts		Yamaha	Did not start

350 cc classification

Pos	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid
8	JPN Takazumi Katayama	Yamaha	21	48:14.9	10	15
18	FRA Christian Sarron	Yamaha	21	+3.3	4	12
19	ZAF Jon Ekerold	Yamaha	21	+5.3	15	10
4	GBR Tom Herron	Yamaha	21	+16.0	2	8
12	FRA Patrick Pons	Yamaha	21	+42.3	19	6
7	FRA Olivier Chevallier	Yamaha	21	+1:21.6	9	5
38	FIN Seppo Rossi	Yamaha	21	+1:32.1		4
1	ITA Walter Villa	Harley-Davidson	21	+1:35.3	18	3
36	FIN Eero Hyvärinen	Yamaha	21	+1:35.5	20	2
21	AUT Karl Auer	Yamaha	21	+1:41.9		1
30	CHE Michel Frutschi	Yamaha	21	+1:49.5
3	GBR Chas Mortimer	Yamaha	21	+2:07.1	19
10	ZAF Kork Ballington	Yamaha	21	+3:44.6	16
28	GBR Alex George	Yamaha	20	+1 lap
37	FIN Reino Eskelinen	Yamaha	20	+1 lap
	VEN Johnny Cecotto	Yamaha			1
	FRA Patrick Fernandez	Yamaha			3
	ITA Giacomo Agostini	Yamaha			5
	ITA Mario Lega	Morbidelli			6
	ZAF Alan North	Yamaha			7
	FIN Pentti Korhonen	Yamaha			8
	FRA Jean-François Baldé	Yamaha			11
	BEL Etienne Geeraerd	Yamaha			12
	AUS John Dodds	Yamaha			13
	FRA Michel Rougerie	Yamaha			14
	FIN Pekka Nurmi	Yamaha			17
30 starters in total

250 cc classification

Pos	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid
1	ITA Walter Villa	Harley-Davidson	20	46:15.3	3	15
26	GBR Mick Grant	Kawasaki	20	+0.3		12
11	ZAF Kork Ballington	Yamaha	20	+24.3	6	10
18	ITA Franco Uncini	Harley-Davidson	20	+26.5	7	8
4	GBR Tom Herron	Yamaha	20	+28.2	2	6
9	FRA Patrick Fernandez	Yamaha	20	+34.7	8	5
24	ITA Mario Lega	Morbidelli	20	+37.9	10	4
27	GBR Barry Ditchburn	Kawasaki	20	+38.4	9	3
10	ITA Paolo Pileri	Morbidelli	20	+38.6	11	2
6	FRA Olivier Chevallier	Yamaha	20	+38.9	14	1
30	CHE Hans Müller	Yamaha	20	+54.8	16
12	ZAF Jon Ekerold	Yamaha	20	+1:11.2	17
39	VEN Aldo Nannini	Yamaha	20	+1:14.3	19
32	AUS Vic Soussan	Yamaha	20	+1:25.2	15
5	GBR Chas Mortimer	Yamaha	20	+1:33.5	18
23	FIN Eero Hyvärinen	Yamaha	20	+1:52.2
38	FIN Seppo Rossi	Yamaha	20	+2:00.8	20
8	AUS John Dodds	Yamaha	20	+2:09.3
40	JPN Ken Nemoto	Yamaha	19	+1 lap
	ZAF Alan North	Yamaha			1
	JPN Takazumi Katayama	Yamaha			4
	FIN Pekka Nurmi	Yamaha			5
	FIN Pentti Korhonen	Yamaha			12
	FRA Jean-François Baldé	Yamaha			13
31 starters in total

125 cc classification

Pos	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid
1	ITA Pierpaolo Bianchi	Morbidelli	19	46:09.6	1	15
6	ITA Eugenio Lazzarini	Morbidelli	19	+9.6	2	12
5	FRA Jean-Louis Guignabodet	Morbidelli	19	+1:16.4	7	10
12	CHE Hans Müller	Morbidelli	19	+1:32.7	8	8
8	CHE Stefan Dörflinger	Morbidelli	19	+1:45.8	9	6
16	SWE Per-Edward Carlson	Morbidelli	19	+2:20.0	16	5
36	FRA Thierry Espié	Motobécane	19	+2:23.2	13	4
33	SWE Bengt Johansson	Morbidelli	19	+2:23.4	15	3
17	FRA Patrick Plisson	Morbidelli	19	+2:34.8	17	2
15	ITA Enrico Cereda	Morbidelli	18	+1 lap	12
18	FIN Matti Kinnunen	Morbidelli	18	+1 lap	14
19	AUT Hans Hummel	Morbidelli	18	+1 lap	20
10	NLD Cees van Dongen	Morbidelli	18	+1 lap	19
35	DEU Bernd Schneider	Bender	18	+1 lap
28	FRA Jacques Hutteau	Morbidelli	18	+1 lap
27	ITA Luigi Rinaudo	Morbidelli	18	+1 lap
29	DEU Alfred Schmid	Morbidelli	18	+1 lap
25	ARG Guillermo Pérez	Morbidelli	18	+1 lap
	ESP Ricardo Tormo	Bultaco			3
	ESP Ángel Nieto	Bultaco			4
	AUT Harald Bartol	Morbidelli			5
	DEU Gert Bender	Bender			6
	BEL Julien van Zeebroeck	Motobécane			10
	FRA Thierry Noblesse	Morbidelli			11
	DEU Anton Mang	Morbidelli			18
30 starters in total

References

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

References

"Alle Grand-Prix uitslagen en bijzonderheden, van 1973 (het jaar dat Jack begon met racen) tot heden.".
"Motocourse 1977-1978". Hazleton Securities Ltd.
(3 April 2018). "1977 Finnish MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database".
"FINLAND GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1977".

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