1977 British motorcycle Grand Prix

  1977 British Grand Prix

Race details
Race 13 of 13 races in the 1977 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	13–14 August 1977
Official name	John Player British Grand Prix
Location	Silverstone Circuit
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.711 km (2.927 mi)
500 cc
Pole position
Rider	Barry Sheene	Suzuki
Time	1:32.99
Fastest lap
Rider	Steve Parrish	Suzuki
Time	1:34.27
Podium
First	Pat Hennen	Suzuki
Second	Steve Baker	Yamaha
Third	Teuvo Länsivuori	Suzuki
350 cc
Pole position
Rider	Kork Ballington	Yamaha
Time	1:35.77
Fastest lap
Rider	Kork Ballington	Yamaha
Time	1:36.06
Podium
First	Kork Ballington	Yamaha
Second	Olivier Chevallier	Yamaha
Third	John Williams	Yamaha
250 cc
Pole position
Rider	Takazumi Katayama	Yamaha
Time	1:38.29
Fastest lap
Rider	Eric Saul	Yamaha
Time	1:38.27
Podium
First	Kork Ballington	Yamaha
Second	Aldo Nannini	Yamaha
Third	Eric Saul	Yamaha
125 cc
Pole position
Rider	Harald Bartol	Morbidelli
Time	1:45.65
Fastest lap
Rider	Eugenio Lazzarini	Morbidelli
Time	1:44.78
Podium
First	Pierluigi Conforti	Morbidelli
Second	Eugenio Lazzarini	Morbidelli
Third	Jean-Louis Guignabodet	Morbidelli
Sidecars
Pole position
Rider	Rolf Biland	Schmid-Yamaha
Passenger	Kenny Williams
Time	1:39.86
Fastest lap
Rider	Werner Schwärzel	Aro
Passenger	Andreas Huber
Time	1:57.18
Podium
First	Werner Schwärzel	Aro
	Andreas Huber
Second	Rolf Steinhausen	Busch-Yamaha
	Wolfgang Kalauch
Third	George O'Dell	Windle-Yamaha
	Cliff Holland

The 1977 British motorcycle Grand Prix was the thirteenth and final round of the 1977 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 13–14 August 1977 at Silverstone Circuit. 1977 marked the beginning of a new era as, it was the first time the event was held on the British mainland after the Isle of Man TT had represented the United Kingdom on the FIM Grand Prix calendar for the previous 28 years since the championship's inception in 1949.^[1] Once the most prestigious race of the year, the Isle of Man TT had been increasingly boycotted by the top riders, and finally succumbed to pressure for increased safety in racing events.^[1] It was also the final grand prix race for Giacomo Agostini.

500 cc classification

Pos	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	3	Pat Hennen	Suzuki	28	45:31.96	5	15
2	32	Steve Baker	Yamaha	28	+41.59	4	12
3	2	Teuvo Länsivuori	Suzuki	28	+1:02.79	9	10
4	13	Gianfranco Bonera	Suzuki	28	+1:22.96	11	8
5	35	Steve Wright	Suzuki	27	+1 lap		6
6	24	Alex George	Suzuki	27	+1 lap	19	5
7	28	Derek Chatterton	Suzuki	27	+1 lap		4
8	46	Max Wiener	Suzuki	27	+1 lap		3
9	10	Giacomo Agostini	Yamaha	27	+1 lap	7	2
10	31	Kevin Wrettom	Suzuki	27	+1 lap		1
11	37	Helmut Kassner	Suzuki	26	+2 laps
12	42	Franz Meier	Yamaha	26	+2 laps
13	43	Odd Arne Lande	Suzuki	26	+2 laps
		Barry Sheene	Suzuki			1
		Johnny Cecotto	Yamaha			2
		Steve Parrish	Suzuki			3
		John Williams	Suzuki			6
		Michel Rougerie	Suzuki			8
		John Newbold	Suzuki			10
		Wil Hartog	Suzuki			12
		John Woodley	Suzuki			13
		Stu Avant	Suzuki			14
		Jack Findlay	Suzuki			15
		Jean-Paul Boinet	Suzuki			16
		Christian Estrosi	Suzuki			17
		Les van Breda	Suzuki			18
		Ron Haslam	Suzuki			20
36 starters in total
[2]

350 cc classification

Pos	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	11	Kork Ballington	Yamaha	28	45:32.10	1	15
2	9	Olivier Chevallier	Yamaha	28	+16.31	9	12
3	32	John Williams	Yamaha	28	+16.42	10	10
4	34	Eddie Roberts	Yamaha	28	+24.52	2	8
5	42	Alan Stewart	Yamaha	28	+29.55		6
6	28	Pekka Nurmi	Yamaha	28	+38.19	8	5
7	29	Michel Frutschi	Yamaha	28	+54.84		4
8	44	Helmut Kassner	Yamaha	28	+1:03.90		3
9	49	Eero Hyvärinen	Yamaha	28	+1:08.19		2
10	33	Austin Hockley	Yamaha	28	+1:23.29		1
11	47	Alain Terras	Yamaha	27	+1 lap
12	5	John Dodds	Yamaha	27	+1 lap	14
13	24	Les van Breda	Yamaha	27	+1 lap
14	46	Graham Hobbs	Yamaha	27	+1 lap
15	12	Reino Eskelinen	Yamaha	27	+1 lap
16	40	Kaj Jensen	Yamaha	26	+2 laps
		Johnny Cecotto	Yamaha			3
		Tom Herron	Yamaha			4
		Christian Sarron	Yamaha			5
		Jon Ekerold	Yamaha			6
		Alan North	Yamaha			7
		Vic Soussan	Yamaha			11
		Patrick Pons	Yamaha			12
		Michel Rougerie	Yamaha			13
		Patrick Fernandez	Yamaha			15
		Giacomo Agostini	Yamaha			16
		Bernard Fau	Yamaha			17
		Víctor Palomo	Yamaha			18
		Chas Mortimer	Yamaha			19
		Ken Nemoto	Yamaha			20
46 starters in total
[2]

250 cc classification

Pos	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	20	Kork Ballington	Yamaha	26	43:37.08	17	15
2	47	Aldo Nannini	Yamaha	26	+2.47	5	12
3	25	Eric Saul	Yamaha	26	+4.85	8	10
4	13	Franco Uncini	Harley-Davidson	26	+13.66	4	8
5	8	Olivier Chevallier	Yamaha	26	+13.66	7	6
6	21	Vic Soussan	Yamaha	26	+13.81	11	5
7	22	Guy Bertin	Yamaha	26	+22.20	12	4
8	36	Pekka Nurmi	Yamaha	26	+24.42		3
9	1	Walter Villa	Harley-Davidson	26	+26.32	15	2
10	23	Patrick Pons	Yamaha	26	+34.56	19	1
11	19	Eddie Roberts	Yamaha	26	+34.66
12	27	Michel Frutschi	Yamaha	26	+1:03.64
13	41	Alan Stewart	Yamaha	26	+1:03.82
14	16	Jean-Claude Meilland	Yamaha	26	+1:16.74
15	26	Denis Boulom	Yamaha	26	+1:37.21
16	34	Seppo Rossi	Yamaha	26	+1:37.21
17	39	John Weeden	Yamaha	26	+1:37.86
18	28	Ian Richards	Yamaha	25	+1 lap
19	45	Graham Hobbs	Yamaha	25	+1 lap
20	38	Warren Willing	Yamaha	25	+1 lap
21	4	Ron Kirkham	Yamaha	24	+2 laps
		Takazumi Katayama	Yamaha			1
		Tom Herron	Yamaha			2
		Mick Grant	Kawasaki			3
		Alan North	Yamaha			6
		Jon Ekerold	Yamaha			9
		Hans Müller	Yamaha			10
		Christian Sarron	Yamaha			13
		Bernard Fau	Yamaha			14
		Patrick Fernandez	Yamaha			16
		Barry Ditchburn	Kawasaki			18
48 starters in total
[2]

125 cc classification

Pos	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	12	Pierluigi Conforti	Morbidelli	24	42:46.53	7	15
2	7	Eugenio Lazzarini	Morbidelli	24	+2.02	2	12
3	6	Jean-Louis Guignabodet	Morbidelli	24	+16.01	6	10
4	16	Hans Müller	Morbidelli	24	+28.89	4	8
5	8	Gert Bender	Bender	24	+33.46	11	6
6	9	Stefan Dörflinger	Morbidelli	24	+41.63	3	5
7	28	Thierry Noblesse	Morbidelli	24	+42.22	9	4
8	5	Anton Mang	Morbidelli	24	+42.58	12	3
9	34	Bengt Johansson	Morbidelli	24	+57.98	17	2
10	10	Julien van Zeebroeck	Motobécane	24	+1:00.76	13	1
11	15	Ermanno Giuliano	Morbidelli	24	+1:01.42	10
12	50	Patrick Plisson	Morbidelli	24	+1:08.48	8
13	17	Per-Edward Carlson	Morbidelli	24	+1:18.78	19
14	20	Laurent Gomis	Morbidelli	24	+1:32.59	16
15	26	Maurizio Massimiani	Morbidelli	24	+1:33.38	15
16	33	Enrico Cereda	Morbidelli	24	+1:40.19	18
17	3	Clive Horton	Maico	24	+1:40.40
18	18	Matti Kinnunen	Morbidelli	24	+1:41.46	20
19	32	Claude Wilette	Morbidelli	24	+1:41.93
20	38	Alfred Schmid	Morbidelli	24	+1:44.74
		Harald Bartol	Morbidelli			1
		Thierry Espié	Motobécane			5
		Sauro Pazzaglia	Morbidelli			14
41 starters in total, 28 finishers
[2]

Sidecar classification

Pos	No.	Rider	Passenger	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	2	Werner Schwärzel	Andreas Huber	Aro	27	53:53.94	2	15
2	1	Rolf Steinhausen	Wolfgang Kalauch	Busch-Yamaha	27	+39.90	10	12
3	8	George O'Dell	Cliff Holland	Windle-Yamaha	27	+1:25.25	3	10
4	17	Göte Brodin	Bengt Forsberg	Windle-Yamaha	27	+1:35.09	5	8
5	19	Jean-François Monnin	Edouard Weber	Seymaz-Yamaha	27	+1:51.05	11	6
6	18	Walter Ohrmann	Bernd Grube	Yamaha	26	+1 lap		5
7	33	Mick Boddice	Chas Birks	Yamaha	26	+1 lap		4
8	4	Rolf Biland	Kenny Williams	Schmid-Yamaha	26	+1 lap	1	3
9	6	Helmut Schilling	Rainer Gundel	Aro	26	+1 lap	9	2
10	27	Yvan Trolliet	Pierre Muller	Yamaha	26	+1 lap	12	1
11	11	Bruno Holzer	Don Williams	LCR-Yamaha	26	+1 lap	13
12	5	Siegfried Schauzu	Lorenzo Puzo	Yamaha	26	+1 lap	15
13	12	Mac Hobson	Stu Collins	Suzuki	25	+2 laps	8
14	20	Jeff Gawley	Ken Birch	Fowler-Yamaha	25	+2 laps
15	7	Dick Greasley	Mick Skeels	Chell-Yamaha	24	+3 laps	6
		Hermann Schmid	Kenny Arthur	Schmid-Yamaha			4
		Alain Michel	Gérard Lecorre	Yamaha			7
		Cees Smit	Jan Smit	König			14
31 starters in total, 31 finishers
[2]

References

1. Noyes, Dennis; Scott, Michael (1999), Motocourse: 50 Years Of Moto Grand Prix, Hazleton Publishing Ltd, ISBN 1-874557-83-7
2. Carter, Chris (ed.). Motocourse 1977-1978. Hazleton Securities Ltd. p. 125. ISBN 0-905138-04-X.