1976 Dutch TT

The 1976 Dutch TT was the sixth round of the 1976 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 27 June 1976 at the Circuit van Drenthe Assen.

  1976 Dutch TT

Race details
Race 6 of 12 races in the 1976 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	27 June 1976
Official name	Dutch TT Assen
Location	Circuit van Drenthe Assen
Course	Permanent racing facility 7.718 km (4.796 mi)
500 cc
Pole position Rider Barry Sheene Suzuki Time 2:57.900 Fastest lap Rider Barry Sheene Suzuki Time 2:59.600 Podium First Barry Sheene Suzuki Second Pat Hennen Suzuki Third Wil Hartog Suzuki
350 cc
Pole position Rider Takazumi Katayama Yamaha Time 3:02.700 Fastest lap Rider Giacomo Agostini MV Agusta Time 3:03.100 Podium First Giacomo Agostini MV Agusta Second Patrick Pons Yamaha Third Chas Mortimer Yamaha
250 cc
Pole position Rider Walter Villa Harley-Davidson Time 3:08.400 Fastest lap Rider Walter Villa Harley-Davidson Time 3:05.900 Podium First Walter Villa Harley-Davidson Second Takazumi Katayama Yamaha Third John Dodds Yamaha
125 cc
Pole position Rider Pierpaolo Bianchi Morbidelli Time 3:17.100 Fastest lap Rider Pierpaolo Bianchi Morbidelli Time 3:13.700 Podium First Pierpaolo Bianchi Morbidelli Second Paolo Pileri Morbidelli Third Ángel Nieto Bultaco
50 cc
Pole position Rider Ángel Nieto Bultaco Time 3:37.700 Fastest lap Rider Eugenio Lazzarini Ulrich Graf Kreidler Kreidler Time 3:38.000 Podium First Ángel Nieto Bultaco Second Ulrich Graf Kreidler Third Herbert Rittberger Kreidler
Sidecar (B2A)
Pole position Rider Rolf Biland Yamaha Time 3:15.900 Fastest lap Rider Werner Schwärzel König Time 3:16.700 Podium First Hermann Schmid Yamaha Second Martin Kooy König Third Gustav Pape König

Barry Sheene and Wil Hartog, celebrating on the podium after finishing first and third at the 500cc race.

500cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Points
1	7	Barry Sheene	Texaco Heron Team Suzuki	Suzuki	48'44.900	15
2	25	Pat Hennen	Colemans	Suzuki	+45.600	12
3	31	Wil Hartog	Riemersma Racing	Suzuki	+1'05.400	10
4	3	Alex George	Hermetite Racing International	Yamaha	+1'13.400	8
5	6	Jack Findlay	Jack Findlay Racing	Suzuki		6
6	30	John Williams	Texaco Heron Team Suzuki	Suzuki		5
7	13	Bernard Fau		Yamaha		4
8	38	Rob Bron		Yamaha		3
9	19	Helmut Kassner		Suzuki		2
10	24	Dave Potter		Yamaha		1
11	34	Piet van der Wal		Yamaha
12	23	Hans Braumandl	MSC Rottenberg	Yamaha
Ret	11	Giacomo Agostini	Team API Marlboro	Suzuki	Retired
Ret	??	Horst Lahfeld		König	Retired
Ret	20	Michel Rougerie		Suzuki	Retired
Ret	??	Christian Estrosi		Suzuki	Dizziness
Ret	??	Jean-Paul Boinet	Ecurie Jean Murit	Suzuki	Retired
Ret	??	Philippe Coulon		Suzuki	Dizziness
Ret	??	Teuvo Länsivuori	Life Racing Team	Suzuki	Retired
Ret	??	Hans-Otto Butenuth		Yamaha	Retired
Ret	32	Stuart Avant	Colemans	Suzuki	Retired
Ret	51	Boet van Dulmen	Laponder Racing	Yamaha	Dizziness
Ret	27	Marcel Ankoné	Nimag Suzuki	Suzuki	Infection
Ret	??	Dick Alblas		König	Spark plugs
Ret	??	Kees van der Kruijs		Yamaha	Infection
Ret	??	Kork Ballington		Yamaha	Retired
Ret	??	John Newbold	Texaco Heron Team Suzuki	Suzuki	Retired
Ret	12	Karl Auer	Racing Team NO	Yamaha	Retired
Ret	2	Phil Read	Team Life International	Suzuki	Infection
Ret	??	Gianfranco Bonera	AMF Harley-Davidson	Harley Davidson	Retired
Ret	??	Jean-Philippe Orban		Yamaha	Retired
Sources:

350 cc classification

Pos	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	2	Giacomo Agostini	MV Agusta	16	49:30.4	6	15
2	5	Patrick Pons	Yamaha	16	+24.1	4	12
3	6	Chas Mortimer	Yamaha	16	+46.3		10
4	19	Bruno Kneubühler	Yamaha	16	+50.7	8	8
5	24	John Dodds	Yamaha			2	6
6	31	Franco Uncini	Yamaha			10	5
7	8	Tom Herron	Yamaha				4
8	1	Johnny Cecotto	Yamaha			9	3
9	4	Dieter Braun	Morbidelli				2
10	38	Philippe Bouzanne	Yamaha				1
11	15	Olivier Chevallier	Yamaha
12	11	Philippe Coulon	Yamaha
13	10	Alex George	Yamaha
14	34	Piet van der Wal	Yamaha
15	36	Bert Struyk	Yamaha
Ret		Takazumi Katayama	Yamaha			1
Ret		Víctor Palomo	Yamaha			3
Ret		Gérard Choukroun	Yamaha			5
Ret		Walter Villa	Harley-Davidson			7
30 starters in total

250 cc classification

Pos	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	1	Walter Villa	Harley-Davidson	15	47:31.4	1	15
2	38	Takazumi Katayama	Yamaha	15	+16.2	2	12
3	13	John Dodds	Yamaha	15	+37.8	7	10
4	20	Gianfranco Bonera	Harley-Davidson	15	+44.2	8	8
5	9	Víctor Palomo	Yamaha			9	6
6	26	Patrick Fernandez	Yamaha				5
7	11	Tom Herron	Yamaha				4
8	7	Bruno Kneubühler	Yamaha			6	3
9	37	Dieter Braun	Yamaha				2
10	42	Franco Uncini	Yamaha			10	1
11	39	Bernard Fau	Yamaha
12	28	Jon Ekerold	Yamaha
13	29	Pekka Nurmi	Yamaha
14	32	Marcel Ankoné	Yamaha
15	17	Olivier Chevallier	Yamaha
16	33	Henk van Kessel	Yamaha
17	14	Rolf Minhoff	Yamaha
18	31	Mati Reinup	MZ
Ret		Paolo Pileri	Morbidelli			3
Ret		Philippe Bouzanne	Yamaha			4
Ret		Patrick Pons	Yamaha			5
30 starters in total

125 cc classification

Pos	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	2	Pierpaolo Bianchi	Morbidelli	14	46:38.0	1	15
2	1	Paolo Pileri	Morbidelli	14	+47.2	2	12
3	21	Ángel Nieto	Bultaco	14	+1:01.3	5	10
4	26	Jean-Louis Guignabodet	Morbidelli			9	8
5	22	Stefan Dörflinger	Morbidelli			7	6
6	37	Anton Mang	Morbidelli				5
7	9	Cees van Dongen	Morbidelli				4
8	4	Eugenio Lazzarini	Morbidelli				3
9	23	Xaver Tschannen	Harley-Davidson				2
10	36	Pierre-Jean Cecchini	Maico				1
11	8	Hans Müller	Yamaha
12	32	Piet van Niel	Yamaha
13	16	Pentti Salonen	Yamaha
14	15	Hans Hallberg	Yamaha
15	34	Bert Klaassens	Yamaha
16	24	Julien van Zeebroeck	Morbidelli
Ret		Claudio Lusuardi	Morbidelli			3
Ret		Henk van Kessel	AGV Condor			4
Ret		Gert Bender	Bender			6
Ret		Horst Seel	Seel EB			8
Ret		Kent Andersson	Yamaha			10
30 starters in total

50 cc classification

Pos	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	1	Ángel Nieto	Bultaco	9	33:10.4	1	15
2	12	Ulrich Graf	Kreidler	9	+18.4	3	12
3	5	Herbert Rittberger	Kreidler	9	+21.3	8	10
4	2	Eugenio Lazzarini	Kreidler			2	8
5	28	Theo van Geffen	Kreidler				6
6	4	Rudolf Kunz	Kreidler			5	5
7	34	Gerrit Strikker	Kreidler			10	4
8	31	Engelbert Kip	Kreidler				3
9	16	Günter Schirnhöfer	Kreidler				2
10	11	Aldo Pero	Kreidler				1
11	10	Theo Timmer	Kreidler
12	32	Ton Kooyman	Hemeyla
13	15	Ingo Emmerich	Kreidler
14	6	Stefan Dörflinger	Kreidler			4
15	3	Julien van Zeebroeck	Kreidler
16	17	Joaquin Gali	Derbi
17	33	Peter Looyesteyn	Kreidler
18	23	Yves le Tourmelin	Scrab-Tyl
19	14	Ramon Gali	Derbi
20	21	Guido de Lys	Kreidler
21	29	Wim van Beek	DRM
22	26	Terence Keane	Kreidler
Ret		Hans Hummel	Kreidler			6
Ret		Bruce Brady	Kreidler			7
Ret		Nico Polane	Kreidler			9
30 starters in total

Sidecar classification

Pos	No.	Rider	Passenger	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	7	Hermann Schmid	Jean-Pierre Martial	Yamaha	14	48:35.8	3	15
2	24	Martin Kooy	Rob Vader	König	14	+2.1	9	12
3	8	Gustav Pape	Franz Kallenberg	König	14	+36.7	10	10
4	2	Werner Schwärzel	Andreas Huber	König			2	8
5	11	Helmut Schilling	Rainer Gundel	Aro			8	6
6	10	Otto Haller	Erich Haselbeck	BMW				5
7	15	Dick Greasley	Cliff Holland	Yamaha				4
8	1	Rolf Steinhausen	Sepp Huber	Busch-König			5	3
9	25	Jaap Geerts	Jan van Veen	König				2
10	19	Siegfried Schauzu	Wolfgang Kalauch	Aro			4	1
11	9	Amedeo Zini	Andrea Fornaro	König
Ret		Rolf Biland	Ken Williams	Yamaha			1
Ret		Cees Smit	Jan Smit	König			6
Ret		Alain Michel	Bernard Garcia	Yamaha			7
18 starters in total