1976 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix

1976 Spanish Grand Prix
Race details
Race 12 of 12 races in the; 1976 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	19 September 1976
Official name	Gran Premio de España
Location	Circuito del Montjuïc
Course	Public roads; 3.791 km (2.356 mi);
350 cc
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Walter Villa
Time	1:42.41
Fastest lap
Rider	Franco Uncini
Time	1:42.3
Podium
First	Kork Ballington
Second	Víctor Palomo
Third	Franco Uncini
250 cc
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Alan North
Time	1:46.13
Fastest lap
Rider	Walter Villa
Time	1:43.0
Podium
First	Gianfranco Bonera
Second	Walter Villa
Third	Alan North
125 cc
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Ángel Nieto
Time	1:49.81
Fastest lap
Rider	Pierpaolo Bianchi
Time	1:48.8
Podium
First	Pierpaolo Bianchi
Second	Ángel Nieto
Third	Henk van Kessel
50 cc
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Ángel Nieto
Time	1:57.27
Fastest lap
Rider	Ángel Nieto
Time	1:57.0
Podium
First	Ángel Nieto
Second	Herbert Rittberger
Third	Eugenio Lazzarini

The 1976 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix was the twelfth and final round of the 1976 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 19 September 1976 at the Circuito del Montjuïc.

350 cc classification edit

Pos	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	7	Kork Ballington	Yamaha	30	52:17.43	10	15
2	8	Víctor Palomo	Yamaha	30	+1.71	4	12
3	23	Franco Uncini	Yamaha	30	+2.53	2	10
4	1	Johnny Cecotto	Yamaha	30	+19.78	3	8
5	15	Bruno Kneubühler	Yamaha	30	+23.42	8	6
6	9	Walter Villa	Harley-Davidson	30	+36.63	1	5
7	10	Alan North	Yamaha	30	+54.50	6	4
8	39	Boet van Dulmen	Yamaha	30	+54.64	11	3
9	4	Tom Herron	Yamaha	30	+1:35.95	16	2
10	5	Olivier Chevallier	Yamaha	30	+1:37.39	14	1
11	25	Roland Freymond	Yamaha	29	+1 lap	17
12	32	Anton Mang	Yamaha	29	+1 lap
13	27	Rogelio Cardozo	Yamaha	29	+1 lap	20
14	30	George Fogarty	Yamaha	29	+1 lap
15	28	Markku Matikainen	Yamaha	29	+1 lap
16	18	Bernd Tügenthal	Yamaha	29	+1 lap
17	24	Francini Vanes	Yamaha	29	+1 lap
18	17	Franz Meier	Yamaha	29	+1 lap	18
19	22	Edmar Ferreira	Yamaha	28	+2 laps
Ret		Chas Mortimer	Yamaha			5
Ret		Patrick Fernandez	Yamaha			7
Ret		Pentti Korhonen	Yamaha			9
Ret		Gianfranco Bonera	Harley-Davidson			12
Ret		Jaime Samaranch	Yamaha			13
Ret		Franz Kunz	Yamaha			15
Ret		John Dodds	Yamaha			19
29 starters in total
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Pos	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	16	Gianfranco Bonera	Harley-Davidson	30	53:25.99	2	15
2	1	Walter Villa	Harley-Davidson	30	+0.19	4	12
3	32	Alan North	Yamaha	30	+14.52	1	10
4	31	Pentti Korhonen	Yamaha	13	+17.04	6	8
5	9	Víctor Palomo	Yamaha	30	+25.50	5	6
6	24	Franco Uncini	Yamaha	30	+40.98	3	5
7	44	Boet van Dulmen	Yamaha	30	+46.56	9	4
8	22	Kork Ballington	Yamaha	30	+1:06.52	10	3
9	15	Patrick Fernandez	Yamaha	30	+1:06.68	8	2
10	14	Henk van Kessel	Yamaha	30	+1:12.89	14	1
11	7	Bruno Kneubühler	Yamaha	30	+1:14.73	7
12	43	Chas Mortimer	Yamaha	30	+1:22.09	11
13	3	Tom Herron	Yamaha	30	+1:39.40	15
14	18	John Dodds	Yamaha	30	+1:45.19
15	12	Pierpaolo Bianchi	Morbidelli	30	+1:59.18	16
16	35	Franz Kunz	Yamaha	29	+1 lap
17	10	Harald Bartol	Yamaha	29	+1 lap
18	30	Rogelio Cardozo	Yamaha	29	+1 lap	19
19	2	Bernd Tügenthal	Yamaha	29	+1 lap
20	19	Franz Meier	Yamaha	28	+2 laps
21	27	Juan Bardons	Yamaha	28	+2 laps
22	33	Hans Stadelmann	Yamaha	28	+2 laps
Ret		Olivier Chevallier	Yamaha			12
Ret		Jaime Samaranch	Yamaha			13
Ret		Mauricio Aschl	Yamaha			17
Ret		Pierluigi Conforti	Morbidelli			18
Ret		Leif Gustafsson	Yamaha			20
28 starters in total
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Pos	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	2	Pierpaolo Bianchi	Morbidelli	27	49:56.04	2	15
2	4	Ángel Nieto	Bultaco	27	+25.54	1	12
3	5	Henk van Kessel	AGV Condor	27	+1:03.20	4	10
4	26	Anton Mang	Morbidelli	27	+1:03.82	6	8
5	35	Jean-Louis Guignabodet	Morbidelli	26	+1 lap	7	6
6	18	Julien van Zeebroeck	Morbidelli	26	+1 lap	8	5
7	8	Pierluigi Conforti	Morbidelli	26	+1 lap	13	4
8	3	Eugenio Lazzarini	Morbidelli	26	+1 lap	11	3
9	16	Ermanno Giuliano	LGM-Daspa	26	+1 lap	15	2
10	15	Cees van Dongen	Morbidelli	26	+1 lap	16	1
11	9	Hans Müller	Yamaha	25	+2 laps	17
12	17	Ulrich Graf	Yamaha	25	+2 laps	20
13	36	Enrico Cereda	Morbidelli	25	+2 laps
14	25	Pentti Salonen	Yamaha	24	+3 laps
Ret		Claudio Lusuardi	Bridgestone			3
Ret		Gert Bender	Bender			5
Ret		Harald Bartol	Morbidelli			9
Ret		Peter Frohnmeyer	DRS			10
Ret		Patrick Plisson	Morbidelli			12
Ret		Per-Edward Carlson	Morbidelli			14
Ret		Ernst Stammbach	Malanca			18
Ret		Rolf Blatter	Maico			19
27 starters in total
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Pos	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	1	Ángel Nieto	Bultaco	17	34:01.51	1	15
2	5	Herbert Rittberger	Kreidler	17	+12.97	2	12
3	2	Eugenio Lazzarini	Kreidler	17	+28.49	4	10
4	16	Rolf Blatter	Kreidler	17	+40.93	5	8
5	3	Julien van Zeebroeck	Kreidler	17	+56.72		6
6	37	Ricardo Tormo	Kreidler	17	+57.26	9	5
7	10	Claudio Lusuardi	Villa	17	+58.75	11	4
8	19	Günter Schirnhofer	Kreidler	17	+1:19.38	7	3
9	11	Aldo Pero	Kreidler	17	+1:26.09	15	2
10	9	Hans Hummel	Kreidler	17	+1:39.58	14	1
11	29	Joaquin Gali	Derbi	17	+2:07.02	16
12	15	Ramon Gali	Derbi	16	+1 lap	19
13	32	Arthur Benitah	Scrab	16	+1 lap	20
14	27	Jorge Navarrete	Derbi	16	+1 lap
15	31	Ernst Stammbach	Kreidler	16	+1 lap
16	30	Kai Lindstrom	Tunturi-Puch	15	+2 laps
17	38	Hans Hofer	Hosta	14	+3 laps
18	36	Engelbert Kip	Kreidler	13	+4 laps	13
19	22	Javier Mira	Derbi	11	+6 laps
Ret		Ulrich Graf	Kreidler			3
Ret		Ermanno Giuliano	LGM Daspa			6
Ret		Theo Timmer	Kreidler			8
Ret		Nico Polane	Kreidler			10
Ret		Cees van Dongen	Kreidler			12
Ret		Patrick de Wulf	Kreidler			17
Ret		Benjamin Laurent	Kreidler			18
29 starters in total
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^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Carter, Chris (ed.). Motocourse 1976-1977. Hazleton Securities Ltd. p. 133. ISBN 0-905138-02-3.

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