1977 Finnish motorcycle Grand Prix

  1977 Finnish Grand Prix

Race details
Race 11 of 13 races in the 1977 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	31 July 1977
Location	Imatra
Course	Permanent racing facility 6.030 km (3.747 mi)
500 cc
Pole position
Rider	Barry Sheene	Suzuki
Time	2:06.7
Fastest lap
Rider	Johnny Cecotto	Yamaha
Time	2:05.9
Podium
First	Johnny Cecotto	Yamaha
Second	Marco Lucchinelli	Suzuki
Third	Gianfranco Bonera	Suzuki
350 cc
Pole position
Rider	Johnny Cecotto	Yamaha
Time	2:13.2
Fastest lap
Rider	Jon Ekerold Tom Herron	Yamaha Yamaha
Time	2:14.4
Podium
First	Takazumi Katayama	Yamaha
Second	Christian Sarron	Yamaha
Third	Jon Ekerold	Yamaha
250 cc
Pole position
Rider	Alan North	Yamaha
Time	2:18.9
Fastest lap
Rider	Walter Villa	Harley-Davidson
Time	2:16.6
Podium
First	Walter Villa	Harley-Davidson
Second	Mick Grant	Kawasaki
Third	Kork Ballington	Yamaha
125 cc
Pole position
Rider	Pierpaolo Bianchi	Morbidelli
Time	2:23.7
Fastest lap
Rider	Pierpaolo Bianchi	Morbidelli
Time	2:23.5
Podium
First	Pierpaolo Bianchi	Morbidelli
Second	Eugenio Lazzarini	Morbidelli
Third	Jean-Louis Guignabodet	Morbidelli

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.

500 cc classification

Pos	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	14	Johnny Cecotto	Yamaha	22	46:50.0	2	15
2	4	Marco Lucchinelli	Suzuki	22	+43.0	5	12
3	22	Gianfranco Bonera	Suzuki	22	+51.6	8	10
4	12	Michel Rougerie	Suzuki	22	+1:04.7	7	8
5	21	Steve Parrish	Suzuki	22	+1:17.2	13	6
6	7	Barry Sheene	Suzuki	22	+1:18.7	1	5
7	2	Teuvo Länsivuori	Suzuki	22	+1:56.5	9	4
8	26	Armando Toracca	Suzuki	21	+1 lap	14	3
9	30	Jean-Philippe Orban	Suzuki	21	+1 lap	18	2
10	11	Karl Auer	Yamaha	21	+1 lap	19	1
11	20	Børge Nielsen	Suzuki	21	+1 lap
12	25	Steve Baker	Yamaha	21	+1 lap	11
13	17	Alex George	Suzuki	21	+1 lap	20
14	27	Bo Granath	Suzuki	21	+1 lap
15	34	Markku Matikainen	Suzuki	20	+2 laps
16	23	Ron Kirkham	Yamaha	20	+2 laps
17	39	Jean-Marc Toffolo	Yamaha	20	+2 laps
18	36	Ossi Nikkinen	Yamaha	19	+3 laps
		Pat Hennen	Suzuki			3
		Giacomo Agostini	Yamaha			4
		Virginio Ferrari	Suzuki			6
		Wil Hartog	Suzuki			10
		John Williams	Suzuki			12
		Stu Avant	Suzuki			15
		Giovanni Rolando	Suzuki			16
		Christian Estrosi	Suzuki			17
30 starters in total
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350 cc classification

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

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

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

1. Carter, Chris (ed.). Motocourse 1977-1978. Hazleton Securities Ltd. p. 111. ISBN 0-905138-04-X.