The 1976 Belgian motorcycle Grand Prix was the seventh round of the 1976 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 4 July 1976 at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps.
500cc classification Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Time/Retired Points 1 5 John Williams Texaco Heron Team Suzuki Suzuki 39'22.800 15 2 7 Barry Sheene Texaco Heron Team Suzuki Suzuki +7.400 12 3 28 Marcel Ankoné Nimag Suzuki Suzuki +17.000 10 4 20 Michel Rougerie Suzuki +28.600 8 5 4 Teuvo Länsivuori Life Racing Team Suzuki +38.600 6 6 14 Dieter Braun Suzuki +41.100 5 7 11 Chas Mortimer Suzuki +56.500 4 8 40 Pat Hennen Colemans Suzuki +57.700 3 9 8 John Newbold Texaco Heron Team Suzuki Suzuki +59.900 2 10 44 Helmut Kassner Suzuki +1'03.900 1 11 6 Alex George Hermetite Racing International Yamaha 12 19 Tom Herron Suzuki 13 27 Boet van Dulmen Laponder Racing Suzuki 14 36 Jean-Pierre Orban Yamaha 15 29 Philippe Chaltin Yamaha 16 15 Kees van der Kruys Yamaha 17 3 Etienne Geeraerd Yamaha Ret 11 Giacomo Agostini Team API Marlboro Suzuki Retired Ret 6 Jack Findlay Jack Findlay Racing Suzuki Retired Ret 12 Karl Auer Racing Team NO Yamaha Retired 4 17 Takazumi Katayama Takazumi Katayama Sarome Team Suzuki Retired Ret ?? Nico Cereghini Life Racing Team Suzuki Retired WD 2 Phil Read Team Life International Suzuki Withdrawn Ret ?? Bruno Kneubühler Yamaha Retired Ret 33 Víctor Palomo Swaep Motor Racing Yamaha Retired Ret 18 Olivier Chevallier Yamaha Retired Ret 36 Alain Nies Suzuki Retired Ret ?? Philippe Coulon Suzuki Retired Ret 13 Bernard Fau Yamaha Retired DNS ?? Patrick Pons Team Sonauto Gauloises Yamaha Did not start DNS 47 Stuart Avant Colemans Suzuki Did not start Sources:
250 cc classification Pos No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Grid Points 1 8 Walter Villa Harley-Davidson 11 45:51.9 1 15 2 20 Paolo Pileri Morbidelli 11 +48.6 5 12 3 7 Takazumi Katayama Yamaha 11 +57.3 3 10 4 37 John Dodds Yamaha 11 +57.5 8 8 5 6 Gianfranco Bonera Harley-Davidson 11 +57.9 7 6 6 17 Víctor Palomo Yamaha 11 +58.3 6 5 7 5 Dieter Braun Yamaha 11 +58.9 4 8 35 Pentti Korhonen Yamaha 11 +1:08.4 9 3 9 24 Patrick Fernandez Yamaha 11 +1:21.0 14 2 10 9 Tom Herron Yamaha 11 +1:21.2 1 11 47 Victor Soussan Yamaha 12 33 Henk van Kessel Yamaha 11 13 45 Philippe Bouzanne Yamaha 14 27 Boet van Dulmen Yamaha 12 15 22 M. Arias Yamaha 16 16 Jean-François Baldé Yamaha 17 32 Ken Nemoto Yamaha 18 34 Franco Uncini Yamaha 19 39 R. Hubin Yamaha 10 Ret Bruno Kneubühler Yamaha 2 Ret Leif Gustafsson Yamaha 4 Ret Pekka Nurmi Yamaha 13 Ret Mati Reinup MZ 15
125 cc classification Pos No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Grid Points 1 26 Ángel Nieto Bultaco 10 44:47.1 1 15 2 3 Paolo Pileri Morbidelli 10 +4.8 3 12 3 6 Eugenio Lazzarini Morbidelli 10 +56.7 8 10 4 28 Gert Bender Bender 10 +1:07.0 5 8 5 2 Harald Bartol Morbidelli 10 +1:17.9 7 6 6 24 Patrick Plisson Morbidelli 10 +2:35.6 4 5 7 7 Stefan Dörflinger Morbidelli 10 +2:36.5 13 4 8 33 Julien van Zeebroeck Morbidelli 10 +2:46.1 12 3 9 1 Leif Gustafsson Yamaha 10 +3:15.1 2 10 16 Cees van Dongen Morbidelli 10 +3:33.2 14 1 11 29 Horst Seel Seel EB 15 12 15 Hans Müller Yamaha 13 42 Anton Mang Morbidelli 6 14 36 Piet van Niel Yamaha Ret Pierpaolo Bianchi Morbidelli 2 Ret Henk van Kessel AGV Condor 9 Ret Claudio Lusuardi Malamaz 10 Ret Jean-Louis Guignabodet Morbidelli 11
50 cc classification Pos No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Grid Points 1 14 Herbert Rittberger Kreidler 6 31:20.7 2 15 2 10 Ángel Nieto Bultaco 6 +20.1 1 12 3 7 Ulrich Graf Kreidler 6 +37.7 3 12 4 15 Eugenio Lazzarini UFO 6 +1:07.6 6 8 5 18 Benjamin Laurent ABF 6 +1:09.8 6 6 40 Engelbert Kip Kreidler 9 5 7 12 Rudolf Kunz Kreidler 7 4 8 16 Cees van Dongen Kreidler 11 3 9 3 Hans Hummel Kreidler 5 2 10 1 Stefan Dörflinger Kreidler 8 1 11 30 Ramon Gali Derbi 12 37 R. Dumont Kreidler 13 19 Ingo Emmerich Kreidler 14 29 Rolf Blatter Kreidler 15 21 W. Golembeck Kreidler 16 26 Guido de Lys Kreidler 17 27 Jaap Bosman Kreidler 18 5 Theo Timmer Kreidler 19 39 G. Muyters Kreidler Ret Pierre Audry ABF 4 Ret Joaquin Gali Derbi 10 Ret C. Dumont Kreidler 12
Sidecar classification Pos No. Rider Passenger Manufacturer Laps Time Grid Points 1 1 Rolf Steinhausen Sepp Huber Busch-König 9 39:56.5 2 15 2 2 Werner Schwärzel Andreas Huber König 9 +0.3 3 12 3 11 Helmut Schilling Rainer Gundel Aro 9 +2.7 4 10 4 28 Siegfried Schauzu Wolfgang Kalauch Aro 9 +38.9 1 8 5 22 Rudi Kurth Dane Rowe Yamaha 9 +1:24.3 '6 6 12 George O'Dell Kenny Arthur Yamaha 9 +1:53.9 5'' |- ! 7 | 10 | Otto Haller| Erich Haselbeck| BMW| 9 | +1:58.8 | | 4|- ! 8 | 21 | Ted Janssen| Erich Schmitz| Yamaha| 9 | +2:17.7 | | 3|- ! 9 | 5 | Mac Hobson| John Inchcliff| Yamaha| 9 | +2:26.8 | | 2|- ! 10 | 19 | Alain Michel| Bernard Garcia| Yamaha| 9 | +2:44.9 | | 1''' 11 16 Dick Greasley Cliff Holland Chell Yamaha 9 12 30 Bruno Holzer Charly Meierhans Chell Yamaha 9 13 15 Heinz Luthringshauser Lorenzo Puzo BMW 9 14 17 Heinz Thevissen Juppi Esch HTS 9 15 24 Mark Alexandre Paul Gerard König 9 16 7 Hermann Schmid Jean-Pierre Martial Yamaha 8 +1 lap Ret Rolf Biland Ken Williams Yamaha 6 Ret Walter Ohrmann Bernd Grube Yamaha 7 Ret Gustav Pape Franz Kallenberg König 8 Ret Martin Kooy Rob Vader König 9 Ret Amedeo Zini Andrea Fornaro König 10
References