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1977 German motorcycle Grand Prix

Field	Value
Grand Prix	German
flag	West Germany
Official_Name	Großer Preis von Deutschland
Location	Hockenheimring
Course_mi	4.219
Course_km	6.789
Race_No	3
Season_No	13
Date	8 May
Year	1977
Image	Hockenheimring (pre-2002) moto.svg
Pole_Rider_500	Barry Sheene
Pole_Rider_500_Country	UK
Pole_Time_500	2:14.200
Fast_Rider_500	Barry Sheene
Fast_Rider_500_Country	UK
Fast_Time_500	2:14.400
First_Rider_500	Barry Sheene
First_Rider_500_Country	UK
Second_Rider_500	Pat Hennen
Second_Rider_500_Country	USA
Third_Rider_500	Steve Baker
Third_Rider_500_Country	USA
Pole_Rider_350	Alan North
Pole_Rider_350_Country	RSA
Pole_Rider_350_Country_flag_suffix	1928
Pole_Time_350	2:16.200
Fast_Rider_350	Giacomo Agostini
Fast_Rider_350_Country	ITA
Fast_Time_350	2:21.800
First_Rider_350	Takazumi Katayama
First_Rider_350_Country	JPN
Second_Rider_350	Giacomo Agostini
Second_Rider_350_Country	ITA
Third_Rider_350	Olivier Chevallier
Third_Rider_350_Country	FRA
Pole_Rider_250	Akihiro Kiyohara
Pole_Rider_250_Country	JPN
Pole_Time_250	2:26.9
Fast_Rider_250	Akihiro Kiyohara
Fast_Rider_250_Country	JPN
Fast_Time_250	2:28.000
First_Rider_250	Christian Sarron
First_Rider_250_Country	FRA
Second_Rider_250	Akihiro Kiyohara
Second_Rider_250_Country	JPN
Third_Rider_250	Franco Uncini
Third_Rider_250_Country	ITA
Pole_Rider_125	Eugenio Lazzarini
Pole_Rider_125_Country	ITA
Pole_Time_125	2:33.000
Fast_Rider_125	Pierpaolo Bianchi
Fast_Rider_125_Country	ITA
Fast_Time_125	2:45.400
First_Rider_125	Pierpaolo Bianchi
First_Rider_125_Country	ITA
Second_Rider_125	Eugenio Lazzarini
Second_Rider_125_Country	ITA
Third_Rider_125	Anton Mang
Third_Rider_125_Country	BRD
Pole_Rider_Sidecar	Rolf Biland
Pole_Rider_Sidecar_Country	SUI
Pole_Passenger_Sidecar	Ken Williams
Pole_Passenger_Sidecar_Country	UK
Pole_Time_Sidecar	2:27.000
Fast_Rider_Sidecar	Rolf Biland
Fast_Rider_Sidecar_Country	SUI
Fast_Passenger_Sidecar	Ken Williams
Fast_Passenger_Sidecar_Country	UK
Fast_Time_Sidecar	2:36.300
First_Rider_Sidecar	Rolf Biland
First_Rider_Sidecar_Country	SUI
First_Passenger_Sidecar	Ken Williams
First_Passenger_Sidecar_Country	UK
Second_Rider_Sidecar	Max Venus
Second_Rider_Sidecar_Country	BRD
Second_Passenger_Sidecar	Norman Bittermann
Second_Passenger_Sidecar_Country	BRD
Third_Rider_Sidecar	George O'Dell
Third_Rider_Sidecar_Country	UK
Third_Passenger_Sidecar	Kenny Arthur
Third_Passenger_Sidecar_Country	UK

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The 1977 German motorcycle Grand Prix was the third round of the 1977 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 8 May 1977 at the Hockenheimring circuit.

500cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Time/Retired
7	GBR Barry Sheene	Texaco Heron Team Suzuki	Suzuki	45'36.100	15
3	USA Pat Hennen	Texaco Heron Team Suzuki	Suzuki	+9.600	12
2	USA Steve Baker	Yamaha Motor Company	Yamaha	+18.200	10
16	GBR Steve Parrish	Texaco Heron Team Suzuki	Suzuki	+27.400	8
6	CHE Philippe Coulon	Marlboro Masche Total	Suzuki	+27.900	6
45	NLD Wil Hartog	Riemersma Racing	Suzuki	+48.400	5
4	ITA Marco Lucchinelli	Life Racing Team	Suzuki	+51.400	4
49	FRG Anton Mang	Valvoline Racing Hamburg	Suzuki	+1'10.300	3
28	AUT Max Wiener	MSC Rottenberg	Yamaha	+1'13.200	2
58	NLD Boet van Dulmen	Pullshaw	Suzuki	+1'14.300	1
42	NZL Stuart Avant	Sid Griffiths Racing	Suzuki	+1'14.600
32	ITA Gianfranco Bonera	Team Nava Olio Fiat	Suzuki	+1'38.400
8	AUS Jack Findlay	Hermetite Racing International	Suzuki	+1'50.000
10	GBR Alex George	Hermetite Racing International	Suzuki	+1'55.900
5	GBR John Newbold	Maurice Newbold	Suzuki	+2'43.500
20	BRD Helmut Kassner	Boeri Giudici Racing Team	Suzuki	+1 lap
??	DEN Børge Nielsen		Suzuki	+1 lap
??	BRD Franz Rau		Suzuki	+1 lap
48	BRD Franz Heller	Bromme GMHH Suzuki Racing	Suzuki	+1 lap
48	BRD Harald Merkl	Nava Kucera Racing Team	Suzuki	+1 lap
??	BEL Jean-Philippe Orban	Jean-Philippe Orban Racing Team	Suzuki	+1 lap
??	GBR John Weeden	Jean-Philippe Orban Racing Team	Yamaha	+1 lap
??	DEN Kaj Jensen		Yamaha	+1 lap
??	BRD Johannes Klement		Yamaha	+1 lap
??	SWE Bo Granath		Suzuki	+1 lap
??	SWE Lars Johansson		Yamaha	+2 laps
??	BEL Hervé Regout	Hervé Regout	Suzuki	+2 laps
??	AUT Hans Braumandl	Team Nava Olio Fiat	Suzuki	+2 laps
??	AUT Peter Sjöström		Yamaha	+2 laps
12	ITA Virginio Ferrari	Team Nava Olio Fiat	Suzuki	+2 laps
??	FIN Teuvo Länsivuori	Life Racing Team	Suzuki	Retired
??	RSA Leslie van Breda		Suzuki	Retired
??	ITA Giacomo Agostini	Team API Marlboro	Yamaha	Retired
??	FRA Michel Rougerie		Suzuki	Retired
??	FRA Christian Estrosi	Marlboro Masche Total	Suzuki	Retired
??	GBR John Williams	Team Appleby Glade	Suzuki	Retired
??	ITA Nico Cereghini	Life Racing Team	Suzuki	Retired
??	ITA Armando Toracca	MC della Robbia	Suzuki	Retired
??	FRA Bernard Fau		Suzuki	Did not start
??	BRD Arndt Härle		Yamaha	Did not start
??	AUT Karl Auer	MSC Rottenberg	Yamaha	Did not start
??	BRD Hans-Günter Schöne		Yamaha	Did not start
??	BRD Horst Lahfeld		König	Did not start
10	NLD Marcel Ankoné	Pullshaw	Suzuki	Did not start
10	ITA Carlo Perugini	Life Racing Team	Suzuki	Did not start

350 cc classification

Pos	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid
8	JPN Takazumi Katayama	Yamaha	20	48:28.8		15
9	ITA Giacomo Agostini	Yamaha	20	+15.1		12
10	FRA Olivier Chevallier	Yamaha	20	+15.5		10
56	ZAF Alan North	Yamaha	20	+18.9	1	8
51	CHE Philippe Bouzanne	Yamaha	20	+35.5		6
4	GBR Tom Herron	Yamaha	20	+42.8	6	5
1	ITA Walter Villa	Harley-Davidson	20	+47.0	4	4
54	FRA Christian Sarron	Yamaha	20	+52.9		3
17	FRA Michel Rougerie	Yamaha	20	+57.4	5	2
46	FIN Pekka Nurmi	Yamaha	20	+1:00.7	7	1
24	FRG Helmut Kassner	Yamaha	20	+1:10.2
7	CHE Bruno Kneubühler	Yamaha	20	+1:10.5	10
27	GBR Ian Richards	Yamaha	20	+1:18.1
47	GBR John Newbold	Yamaha	20	+1:18.6
57	AUT Edi Stöllinger	Yamaha	20	+1:29.7
	ITA Giuseppe Consalvi	Yamaha			2
	ZAF Jon Ekerold	Yamaha			3
	AUS John Dodds	Yamaha			8
	ITA Franco Uncini	Harley-Davidson			9
45 starters in total, 30 finishers

250 cc classification

Pos	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid
62	FRA Christian Sarron	Yamaha	19	49:33.0		15
54	JPN Akihiko Kiyohara	Kawasaki	19	+0.1	1	12
69	ITA Franco Uncini	Harley-Davidson	19	+45.3	6	10
70	ITA Vinicio Salmi	Yamaha	19	+1:00.5		8
36	FIN Pekka Nurmi	Yamaha	19	+1:02.5		6
59	ZAF Kork Ballington	Yamaha	19	+1:02.7		5
5	GBR Tom Herron	Yamaha	19	+1:02.9	4	4
51	VEN Aldo Nannini	Yamaha	19	+1:07.1	8	3
71	ZAF Alan North	Yamaha	19	+1:27.2		2
53	GBR Barry Ditchburn	Kawasaki	19	+1:43.5	3	1
34	CHE Michel Frutschi	Yamaha	19	+1:46.8
63	AUT Edi Stöllinger	Yamaha	19	+1:56.5
64	AUS Vic Soussan	Yamaha	19	+2:07.5
46	FRG Harald Merkl	Yamaha	19	+2:31.5
50	FRG Egid Schwemmer	Yamaha	18	+1 lap
	ITA Walter Villa	Harley-Davidson			2
	CHE Hans Müller	Yamaha			5
	SWE Leif Gustafsson	Yamaha			7
	FRG Hans Schweiger	Kawasaki			9
	DNK Svend Andersson	Yamaha			10
45 starters in total, 27 finishers

125 cc classification

Pos	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid
1	ITA Pierpaolo Bianchi	Morbidelli	17	48:41.1	2	15
42	ITA Eugenio Lazzarini	Morbidelli	17	+16.6	1	12
2	FRG Anton Mang	Morbidelli	17	+51.5	5	10
52	ITA Giovanni Ziggliotto	Morbidelli	17	+51.8		8
4	FRG Gert Bender	Bender	17	+1:22.1	4	6
55	ESP Ángel Nieto	Bultaco	17	+1:22.8	3	5
38	CHE Hans Müller	Morbidelli	17	+1:30.2	7	4
32	CHE Rolf Blatter	Morbidelli	17	+2:02.5		3
48	NLD Jan Huberts	Morbidelli	17	+2:03.4		2
35	FIN Matti Kinnunen	Morbidelli	17	+2:06.1		1
36	SWE Hans Hallberg	Morbidelli	17	+2:09.7
6	CHE Xaver Tschannen	Bender	17	+2:45.6
8	FRG Manfred Kugler	Morbidelli	17	+2:47.2
29	AUT Ernst Fagerer	Morbidelli	17	+2:50.8
53	FRA Patrick Plisson	Morbidelli	17	+4:00.0
	AUT Harald Bartol	Morbidelli			6
	ITA Pierluigi Conforti	Morbidelli			8
	HUN János Drapál	Morbidelli			9
	CHE Stefan Dörflinger	Morbidelli			10
46 starters in total, 26 finishers

50 cc classification

Pos	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid
2	FRG Herbert Rittberger	Kreidler	11	35:16.7	4	15
45	ITA Eugenio Lazzarini	Kreidler	11	+4.3	2	12
1	ESP Ángel Nieto	Bultaco	11	+42.3	1	10
8	AUT Hans Hummel	Kreidler	11	+1:17.8	8	8
10	ITA Aldo Pero	Kreidler	11	+1:53.5		6
16	FRG Hagen Klein	Kreidler	11	+2:10.2		5
52	FRA Patrick Plisson	ABF	11	+2:33.7	9	4
48	NLD Engelbert Kip	Kreidler	11	+2:42.4		3
12	FRG Ingo Emmerich	Kreidler	11	+3:01.0	10	2
30	FRA Jacques Hutteau	ABF	11	+3:13.1		1
54	ESP Ricardo Tormo	Bultaco	10	+1 lap	3
33	SWE Lennart Lundgren	Kreidler	10	+1 lap
35	FRG Klaus Hilbk	Kreidler	10	+1 lap
42	FRA Bruno de Carlo	Kreidler	10	+1 lap
17	FRG Kasim Rapczynski	Kreidler	10	+1 lap
	CHE Ulrich Graf	Kreidler			5
	CHE Stefan Dörflinger	Kreidler			6
	CHE Hans Müller	Kreidler			7
46 starters in total, 26 finishers

Sidecar classification

Pos	No.	Rider	Passenger	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid
4	CHE Rolf Biland	GBR Kenny Williams	Schmid-Yamaha	18	52:34.5	1	15
22	FRG Max Venus	FRG Norman Bittermann	König	18	+28.4	10	12
8	GBR George O'Dell	GBR Kenny Arthur	Windle-Yamaha	18	+43.1	4	10
29	CHE Bruno Holzer	CHE Charly Meierhans	LCR-Yamaha	18	+58.2	5	8
6	FRG Helmut Schilling	FRG Rainer Gundel	Aro	18	+59.7	7	6
1	FRG Rolf Steinhausen	FRG Sepp Huber	Busch-König	18	+1:16.8	8	5
9	FRA Alain Michel	FRA Gérard Lecorre	Yamaha	18	+1:48.3	2	4
5	FRG Siegfried Schauzu	FRG "Schimanski"	Yamaha	18	+1:54.6		3
11	FRG Ted Janssen	FRG Erich Schmitz	Colyam	18	+2:06.2		2
39	FRG Kurt Jelonek	FRG Volker Riess	König	17	+1 lap		1
	CHE Hermann Schmid	CHE Jean-Petit Matille	Schmid-Yamaha			3
	FRG Werner Schwärzel	FRG Andreas Huber	Aro			6
	GBR Dick Greasley	GBR Mick Skeels	Chell-Yamaha			9
30 starters in total, 15 finishers

References

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

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".
"Hockenheimring - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project".
"Motocourse 1977-1978". Hazleton Securities Ltd.
(3 April 2018). "1977 German MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database".
"WEST GERMANY GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1977".

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