1976 Austrian motorcycle Grand Prix

1976 Austrian Grand Prix
Race details
Race 2 of 12 races in the; 1976 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	2 May 1976
Official name	Austrian Grand Prix/Grosser Preis von Österreich
Location	Salzburgring
Course	Permanent racing facility; 4.241 km (2.635 mi);
500cc
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Barry Sheene
Time	1:23.380
Fastest lap
Rider	Barry Sheene
Time	1:23.930
Podium
First	Barry Sheene
Second	Marco Lucchinelli
Third	Phil Read
350cc
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Johnny Cecotto
Time	1:26.310
Fastest lap
Rider	Walter Villa
Time	1:26.660
Podium
First	Johnny Cecotto
Second	Walter Villa
Third	John Dodds
125cc
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Pierpaolo Bianchi
Time	1:35.570
Fastest lap
Rider	Pierpaolo Bianchi
Time	1:35.010
Podium
First	Pierpaolo Bianchi
Second	Paolo Pileri
Third	Otello Buscherini
Sidecar (B2A)
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Rolf Biland
Time	1:34.240
Fastest lap
Rider	Rolf Steinhausen
Time	1:35.120
Podium
First	Rolf Steinhausen
Second	Werner Schwärzel
Third	Siegfried Schauzu

The 1976 Austrian motorcycle Grand Prix was the second round of the 1976 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 2 May 1976 at the Salzburgring circuit.

500cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Points
1	7	Barry Sheene	Texaco Heron Team Suzuki	Suzuki	1:01'21.760	15
2	40	Marco Lucchinelli	Gallina Corse	Suzuki	+13.400	12
3	2	Phil Read	Team Life International	Suzuki	+19.310	10
4	20	Michel Rougerie		Suzuki	+1'05.060	8
5	47	Stuart Avant	Colemans	Suzuki	+1'13.880	6
6	11	Giacomo Agostini	Team API Marlboro	MV Agusta	+1'15.190	5
7	33	Víctor Palomo	Swaep Motor Racing	Yamaha	+1 lap	4
8	10	Jack Findlay	Jack Findlay Racing	Suzuki	+1 lap	3
9	12	Karl Auer	Racing Team NO	Yamaha	+1 lap	2
10	8	Alex George	Hermetite Racing International	Yamaha	+2 laps	1
11	39	Helmut Kassner		Suzuki	+2 laps
12	23	Tom Herron		Yamaha	+2 laps
13	43	Boet van Dulmen	Laponder Racing	Yamaha	+2 laps
14	24	Hans Stadelmann		Yamaha	+2 laps
15	14	Dieter Braun		Suzuki	+2 laps
16	28	Max Wiener	Racing Team NO	Yamaha	+2 laps
17	26	Børge Nielsen		Yamaha	+3 laps
18	18	Olivier Chevallier		Yamaha	+3 laps
19	31	Michael Schmid	Racing Team Albatros	Yamaha	+3 laps
20	36	Peter Balaz		Yamaha	+4 laps
21	30	Siegfried Mayr		Yamaha	+4 laps
22	37	Philippe Chaltin		Yamaha	+7 laps
Ret	11	Chas Mortimer	Takazumi Katayama Sarome Team	Yamaha	Retired
Ret	??	Patrick Pons	Team Sonauto Gauloises	Yamaha	Retired
Ret	??	Gerard Choukroun	Team Sonauto Gauloises	Yamaha	Retired
Ret	??	Pentti Korhonen		Yamaha	Retired
Ret	55	Johnny Cecotto	Team Venemotos	Yamaha	Accident
Ret	??	John Dodds	Mitsui Racing Team	Yamaha	Retired
Ret	??	Wil Hartog	Riemersma Racing	Suzuki	Retired
Ret	??	Philippe Coulon		Suzuki	Retired
Ret	??	John Williams	Texaco Heron Team Suzuki	Suzuki	Accident
Ret	??	Armando Toracca	Gallina Corse	Suzuki	Retired
Ret	??	Pat Hennen	Colemans	Suzuki	Retired
DSQ ^{[N 1]}	??	Teuvo Länsivuori	Life Racing Team	Suzuki	Disqualified
WD ^{[N 2]}	??	Takazumi Katayama	Takazumi Katayama Sarome Team	Yamaha	Withdrew
DNS	??	Bruno Kneubühler		Yamaha	Did not start
Sources: ^[5]^[6]^[7]

Footnotes

^ Länsivuori was disqualified for not stopping his engine during a refuelling stop.^[4]
^ After the race, it was discovered that Katayama used a 350 cc Yamaha instead of the 370 cc Yamaha he had used in practice. Katayama then withdrew from the official results.^[4]

350 cc classification

Pos	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	1	Johnny Cecotto	Yamaha	35	51:18.83	1	15
2	24	Walter Villa	Harley Davidson	35	+8.15	2	12
3	22	John Dodds	Yamaha	35	+37.31	8	10
4	28	Leif Gustafsson	Yamaha	35	+46.61	5	8
5	4	Dieter Braun	Morbidelli	35	+51.97	9	6
6	9	Tom Herron	Yamaha	35	+56.56	4	5
7	16	Olivier Chevallier	Yamaha	30	+56.80	7	4
8	6	Chas Mortimer	Yamaha	35	+1:06.67	16	3
9	5	Patrick Pons	Yamaha	35	+1:06.98	15	2
10	26	Gianfranco Bonera	Harley Davidson	35	+1:13.80	17	1
11	18	Bruno Kneubühler	Yamaha	35	+1:16.91	10
12	53	Paolo Tordi	Yamaha	35	+1:21.87
13	10	Víctor Palomo	Yamaha	35	+1:27.32
14	51	Franco Uncini	Yamaha	35	+1:28.65	19
15	55	Jean-François Baldé	Yamaha	34	+1 lap	11
16	12	Philippe Coulon	Yamaha	34	+1 lap
17	23	Jack Findlay	Yamaha	34	+1 lap
18	30	Hans Müller	Tschannen	34	+1 lap
19	29	Børge Nielsen	Yamaha	34	+1 lap
20	15	Hans Stadelmann	Yamaha	34	+1 lap
21	34	Philippe Chaltin	Yamaha	34	+1 lap
22	25	Max Wiener	Yamaha	33	+2 laps
Ret		Takazumi Katayama	Yamaha			3
Ret		Giacomo Agostini	MV Agusta			6
Ret		Tapio Virtanen	MZ			12
Ret		Gérard Choukron	Yamaha			13
Ret		Alex George	Yamaha			18
Ret		Pentti Korhonen	Yamaha			20
36 starters in total
^[7]

125 cc classification

Pos	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	2	Pierpaolo Bianchi	Morbidelli	30	48:11.98	1	15
2	1	Paolo Pileri	Morbidelli	30	+36.69	2	12
3	5	Otello Buscherini	Malanca	30	+1:08.04	3	10
4	18	Ángel Nieto	Bultaco	29	+1 lap	4	8
5	41	Xaver Tschannen	Maico	28	+2 laps	6	6
6	8	Hans Zemsauer	Rotax	28	+2 laps	7	5
7	16	Hans Hummel	Yamaha	27	+3 laps	11	4
8	10	Hans Müller	Yamaha	27	+3 laps	15	3
9	12	Peter Frohnmeyer	Nava	27	+3 laps	9	2
10	21	Werner Schmied	Rotax	27	+3 laps	14	1
11	17	Ulrich Graf	Yamaha	27	+3 laps	17
12	46	Hans Prähauser	Yamaha	26	+4 laps
13	32	Peter Szabo	MZ	26	+4 laps
14	33	János Reisz	Yamaha	25	+5 laps
Ret		Eugenio Lazzarini	Morbidelli			5
Ret		Cees van Dongen	Morbidelli			8
Ret		Matti Matikainen	Maico			10
Ret		Auno Hakala	Yamaha			12
Ret		Hans Hallberg	Yamaha			13
Ret		Anton Mang	Morbidelli			16
Ret		Heinz Pristavnik	Yamaha			18
Ret		Michael Fahrmeier	Yamaha			19
Ret		Franz Leitner	Yamaha			20
25 starters in total
^[7]

Sidecar classification

Pos	No.	Rider	Passenger	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	1	Rolf Steinhausen	Sepp Huber	Busch-König	30	48:26.29	3	15
2	2	Werner Schwärzel	Andreas Huber	König	30	+9.45	2	12
3	19	Siegfried Schauzu	A. Lorentz	Aro	30	+1:21.76	5	10
4	7	Hermann Schmid	Jean-Pierre Martial	Yamaha	29	+1 lap	6	8
5	32	Gerry Boret	Nick Boret	Yamaha	29	+1 lap		6
6	31	Alain Michel	Bernard Garcia	Yamaha	29	+1 lap	10	5
7	29	Ted Janssen	Eric Schmitz	Heukerott	29	+1 lap		4
8	21	Hanspeter Hubacher	Kurt Huber	Yamaha	29	+1 lap	8	3
9	16	Dick Greasley	Cliff Holland	Chell Yamaha	29	+1 lap		2
10	9	Amedeo Zini	Andrea Fornaro	König	28	+2 laps		1
Ret		Rolf Biland	Ken Williams	Seymaz-Yamaha			1
Ret		Helmut Schilling	Rainer Gundel	Aro			4
Ret		George O'Dell	Alan Gosling	May Yamaha			7
Ret		Hans Prugl	Horst Kussberger	König			9
20 starters in total
^[7]

References

^ "Grand Prix uitslagen en bijzonderheden 1976 - heden". Archived from the original on 2015-07-25. Retrieved 2019-07-25.
^ "1976 500cc Class (FIM Grand Prix World Championship) Programmes | The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". www.progcovers.com.
^ "Salzburgring | The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". www.progcovers.com.
^ ^a ^b Carter, Chris (ed.). Motocourse 1976-1977. Hazleton Securities Ltd. p. 56. ISBN 0-905138-02-3.
^ "1976 Austrian MotoGP | Motor Sport Magazine Database". Motor Sport Magazine. April 3, 2018.
^ "motogp.com · AUSTRIAN GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1976". www.motogp.com.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Carter, Chris (ed.). Motocourse 1976-1977. Hazleton Securities Ltd. p. 61. ISBN 0-905138-02-3.

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[5] Länsivuori was disqualified for not stopping his engine during a refuelling stop.^[4]

[6] After the race, it was discovered that Katayama used a 350 cc Yamaha instead of the 370 cc Yamaha he had used in practice. Katayama then withdrew from the official results.^[4]

[1] "Grand Prix uitslagen en bijzonderheden 1976 - heden". Archived from the original on 2015-07-25. Retrieved 2019-07-25.

[2] "1976 500cc Class (FIM Grand Prix World Championship) Programmes | The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". www.progcovers.com.

[3] "Salzburgring | The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". www.progcovers.com.

[motocourse2-4] Carter, Chris (ed.). Motocourse 1976-1977. Hazleton Securities Ltd. p. 56. ISBN 0-905138-02-3.

[7] "1976 Austrian MotoGP | Motor Sport Magazine Database". Motor Sport Magazine. April 3, 2018.

[8] "motogp.com · AUSTRIAN GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1976". www.motogp.com.

[motocourse-9] Carter, Chris (ed.). Motocourse 1976-1977. Hazleton Securities Ltd. p. 61. ISBN 0-905138-02-3.

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