1977 Venezuelan motorcycle Grand Prix

  1977 Venezuelan Grand Prix

Race details
Race 1 of 13 races in the 1977 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	20 March 1977
Official name	Gran Premio de Venezuela
Location	Autodromo Internacional de San Carlos
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.135 km (2.569 mi)
500 cc
Pole position
Rider	Johnny Cecotto	Yamaha
Time	1:36.1
Fastest lap
Rider	Barry Sheene Steve Baker	Suzuki Yamaha
Time	1:35.8
Podium
First	Barry Sheene	Suzuki
Second	Steve Baker	Yamaha
Third	Pat Hennen	Suzuki
350 cc
Pole position
Rider	Johnny Cecotto	Yamaha
Time	1:39.0
Fastest lap
Rider	Johnny Cecotto	Yamaha
Time	1:38.2
Podium
First	Johnny Cecotto	Yamaha
Second	Victor Palomo	Yamaha
Third	Patrick Fernandez	Yamaha
250 cc
Pole position
Rider	Franco Uncini	Harley-Davidson
Time	1:40.8
Fastest lap
Rider	Walter Villa	Harley-Davidson
Time	1:40.8
Podium
First	Walter Villa	Harley Davidson
Second	Patrick Fernandez	Yamaha
Third	Victor Palomo	Yamaha
125 cc
Pole position
Rider	Ángel Nieto	Bultaco
Time	1:47.3
Fastest lap
Rider	Ángel Nieto	Bultaco
Time	1:47.0
Podium
First	Ángel Nieto	Bultaco
Second	Anton Mang	Morbidelli
Third	Iván Palazzese	Morbidelli

The 1977 Venezuelan motorcycle Grand Prix was the first round of the 1977 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 20 March 1977 at the San Carlos Circuit.

500 cc classification

Pos	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	7	Barry Sheene	Suzuki	30	48:56.9	2	15
2	32	Steve Baker	Yamaha	30	+3.3	3	12
3	3	Pat Hennen	Suzuki	30	+39.0	4	10
4	20	Johnny Cecotto	Yamaha	30	+42.6	1	8
5	16	Philippe Coulon	Suzuki	30	+58.1	6	6
6	12	Virginio Ferrari	Suzuki	30	+1:25.0	10	5
7	19	Marco Lucchinelli	Suzuki	30	+1:31.3	7	4
8	4	Christian Estrosi	Suzuki	29	+1 lap	9	3
9	8	Steve Parrish	Suzuki	29	+1 lap	12	2
10	29	Alan North	Suzuki	28	+2 laps	11	1
		Teuvo Länsivuori	Suzuki			5
		Gianfranco Bonera	Suzuki			8
		Marcel Ankoné	Suzuki			13
		Giovanni Rolando	Suzuki			14
14 starters in total
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350 cc classification

Pos	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	2	Johnny Cecotto	Yamaha	29	48:20.1	1	15
2	31	Víctor Palomo	Yamaha	29	+29.6	2	12
3	16	Patrick Fernandez	Yamaha	29	+38.5	7	10
4	21	Pentti Korhonen	Yamaha	29	+1:10.3	4	8
5	17	Tom Herron	Yamaha	28	+1 lap	14	6
6	29	Alan North	Yamaha	28	+1 lap	12	5
7	3	Pedro Mezerhane	Yamaha	28	+1 lap	16	4
8	37	Carlos Bellón	Yamaha	28	+1 lap	17	3
9	36	Eduardo Aleman	Yamaha	28	+1 lap		2
10	44	Raoul Tausani	Yamaha	28	+1 lap		1
11	46	C. Haleby	Yamaha	28	+1 lap	19
12	25	V. Cascino	Harley-Davidson	27	+2 laps
13	45	C. Cortes	Harley-Davidson	26	+3 laps
		Jose Cecotto	Yamaha			3
		Kork Ballington	Yamaha			5
		Walter Villa	Harley-Davidson			6
		R. Cardozo	Yamaha			8
		Franco Uncini	Harley-Davidson			9
		F. Dalle	Yamaha			10
		Olivier Chevallier	Yamaha			11
		Chas Mortimer	Yamaha			13
		M. Luger	Yamaha			15
		Roland Freymond	Yamaha			18
		U. Rioss	Yamaha			20
27 starters in total
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250 cc classification

Pos	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	1	Walter Villa	Harley-Davidson	28	47:56.1	2	15
2	16	Patrick Fernandez	Yamaha	28	+20.5	3	12
3	20	Víctor Palomo	Yamaha	28	+35.7	7	10
4	9	Pentti Korhonen	Yamaha	28	+56.1	12	8
5	8	Kork Ballington	Yamaha	28	+1:11.1	9	6
6	17	Tom Herron	Yamaha	28	+1:19.4	10	5
7	3	Aldo Nannini	Yamaha	28	+1:29.5	14	4
8	21	Olivier Chevallier	Yamaha	28	+1:30.4	5	3
9	13	Mario Lega	Morbidelli	27	+1 lap	8	2
10	14	Mauro Corradini	Yamaha	26	+2 laps	17	1
11	30	J. Canache	Yamaha	26	+2 laps	16
12	25	V. Cascino	Harley-Davidson	26	+2 laps
13	26	M. F. Mojica	Yamaha	26	+2 laps	19
14	28	A. Mireles	Yamaha	25	+3 laps	20
		Franco Uncini	Harley-Davidson			1
		Paolo Pileri	Morbidelli			4
		R. Cardozo	Yamaha			6
		Ángel Nieto	Yamaha			11
		G. Laya	Yamaha			13
		E. Alemán	Yamaha			15
		O. Echevarria	Yamaha			18
22 starters in total
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125 cc classification

Pos	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	2	Ángel Nieto	Bultaco	27	50:22.4	1	15
2	19	Anton Mang	Morbidelli	27	+2.5	3	12
3	5	Iván Palazzese	Morbidelli	27	+1:05.6	7	10
4	34	Rino Pretelli	Morbidelli	27	+1:48.2	9	8
5	32	Julien van Zeebroeck	Morbidelli	27	+1:48.7	11	6
6	18	Guillermo Pérez	Yamaha	24	+3 laps	15	5
7	12	Rafael Olavarria	Yamaha	24	+3 laps	18	4
		Pierpaolo Bianchi	Morbidelli			2
		Maurizio Massinani	Morbidelli			4
		Aldo Nannini	Yamaha			5
		Germano Zanetti	Morbidelli			6
		Henk van Kessel	Condor			8
		V. Minguzzi	Yamaha			10
		P. Catania	Morbidelli			12
		J. Vignetti	Morbidelli			13
		F. González	Morbidelli			14
		R. Morantes	Yamaha			16
		B. Orioli	Yamaha			17
16 starters in total
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References

1. Carter, Chris (ed.). Motocourse 1977-1978. Hazleton Securities Ltd. p. 55. ISBN 0-905138-04-X.