1977 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix

1977 Spanish Grand Prix
Race details
Race 5 of 13 races in the; 1977 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	22 May 1977
Official name	Gran Premio de España
Location	Circuito Permanente del Jarama
Course	Permanent racing facility; 3.404 km (2.115 mi);
350cc
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Alan North
Time	1:38.7
Fastest lap
Rider	Michel Rougerie
Time	1:39.9
Podium
First	Michel Rougerie
Second	Christian Sarron
Third	Takazumi Katayama
250cc
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Ken Nemoto
Time	1:40.2
Fastest lap
Rider	Takazumi Katayama
Time	1:39.9
Podium
First	Takazumi Katayama
Second	Alan North
Third	Olivier Chevallier
125cc
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Pierpaolo Bianchi
Time	1:43.6
Fastest lap
Rider	Pierpaolo Bianchi
Time	1:44.5
Podium
First	Pierpaolo Bianchi
Second	Eugenio Lazzarini
Third	Jean-Louis Guignabodet
50cc
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Ángel Nieto
Time	1:53.0
Fastest lap
Rider	Eugenio Lazzarini
Time	1:50.3
Podium
First	Ángel Nieto
Second	Eugenio Lazzarini
Third	Ricardo Tormo

Date22 May 1977

Official nameGran Premio de España^[1]

Course

The 1977 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix was the fifth round of the 1977 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 22 May 1977 at the Circuito Permanente del Jarama.

Pos	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	43	Michel Rougerie	Yamaha	38	1:05:18.9	2	15
2	19	Christian Sarron	Yamaha	38	+22.6	8	12
3	7	Takazumi Katayama	Yamaha	38	+31.5	12	10
4	42	Bruno Kneubühler	Yamaha	38	+52.5	3	8
5	37	Patrick Pons	Yamaha	38	+59.7	10	6
6	36	Jon Ekerold	Yamaha	38	+1:04.2	9	5
7	33	Pekka Nurmi	Yamaha	38	+1:21.3	13	4
8	41	Tapio Virtanen	Yamaha	38	+1:30.3	17	3
9	21	Vic Soussan	Yamaha	37	+1 lap	16	2
10	40	Jean-Claude Hogrel	Yamaha	37	+1 lap		1
11	32	Markku Matikainen	Yamaha	37	+1 lap	15
12	27	Alex George	Yamaha	37	+1 lap
13	18	Ken Nemoto	Yamaha	36	+2 laps
14	3	Chas Mortimer	Yamaha	36	+2 laps	11
		Alan North	Yamaha			1
		Olivier Chevallier	Yamaha			4
		Benjamin Grau	Yamaha			5
		Tom Herron	Yamaha			6
		Kork Ballington	Yamaha			7
		John Dodds	Yamaha			14
		Philippe Bouzanne	Yamaha			18
		Giacomo Agostini	Yamaha			19
		Pentti Korhonen	Yamaha			20
30 starters in total
^[2]

Pos	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	2	Takazumi Katayama	Yamaha	35	59:10.6	6	15
2	8	Alan North	Yamaha	35	+25.9	3	12
3	9	Olivier Chevallier	Yamaha	35	+32.4	10	10
4	27	Christian Sarron	Yamaha	35	+39.8	9	8
5	50	Mario Lega	Morbidelli	35	+50.7		6
6	58	Michel Rougerie	Yamaha	35	+55.3		5
7	4	Tom Herron	Yamaha	35	+1:02.2	19	4
8	35	Barry Ditchburn	Kawasaki	35	+1:04.6	2	3
9	36	Akihiko Kiyohara	Kawasaki	35	+1:09.0		2
10	57	Bruno Kneubühler	Yamaha	35	+1:36.5	14	1
11	32	Kork Ballington	Yamaha	35	+1:39.0	13
12	30	Vic Soussan	Yamaha	34	+1 lap
13	23	Franco Uncini	Harley-Davidson	34	+1 lap	12
14	55	Jean-Claude Hogrel	Harley-Davidson	34	+1 lap
15	41	Michel Frutschi	Yamaha	34	+1 lap
16	19	Sauro Pazzaglia	Yamaha	34	+1 lap
17	18	Ken Nemoto	Yamaha	34	+1 lap	1
18	11	Andrés Pérez Rubio	Yamaha	34	+1 lap
19	17	Carlos de San Antonio	Yamaha	33	+2 laps
20	15	Pekka Nurmi	Yamaha	29	+6 laps	16
		Benjamin Grau	Yamaha			4
		Guy Bertin	Yamaha			5
		Aldo Nannini	Yamaha			7
		Anton Mang	Yamaha			8
		Vinicio Salmi	Yamaha			11
		Chas Mortimer	Yamaha			15
		Jon Ekerold	Yamaha			17
		Jean-François Baldé	Kawasaki			18
		Leif Gustafsson	Yamaha			20
29 starters in total
^[2]

Pos	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	1	Pierpaolo Bianchi	Morbidelli	30	53:52.4	1	15
2	28	Eugenio Lazzarini	Morbidelli	30	+1:04.5	3	12
3	5	Jean-Louis Guignabodet	Morbidelli	30	+1:40.6	13	10
4	45	Giovanni Ziggiotto	Morbidelli	30	+1:48.9	7	8
5	27	Julien van Zeebroeck	Morbidelli	30	+1:54.5	9	6
6	40	Per-Edward Carlsson	Morbidelli	29	+1 lap	12	5
7	32	Johann Parzer	Morbidelli	28	+2 laps	10	4
8	31	Werner Schmied	Rotax	28	+2 laps		3
9	20	Guillermo Pérez	Yamaha	26	+4 laps	18	2
10	18	Jorge Navarrete	Ringhini	25	+5 laps		1
		Ángel Nieto	Bultaco			2
		Gert Bender	Bender			4
		Sauro Pazzaglia	Morbidelli			5
		Anton Mang	Morbidelli			6
		Stefan Dörflinger	Morbidelli			8
		Patrick Plisson	Morbidelli			11
		Harald Bartol	Morbidelli			14
		Miguel Cortes	Ringhini			15
		Agustin Pérez Calafat	Morbidelli			16
		Matti Kinnunen	Morbidelli			17
		François Granon	Maico			19
		Jacques Hutteau	Morbidelli			20
20 starters in total
^[2]

Pos	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	1	Ángel Nieto	Bultaco	18	33:39.3	1	15
2	4	Eugenio Lazzarini	Kreidler	18	+9.7	2	12
3	16	Ricardo Tormo	Bultaco	18	+17.4	3	10
4	2	Herbert Rittberger	Kreidler	18	+1:43.2	7	8
5	34	Stefan Dörflinger	Kreidler	17	+1 lap	4	6
6	9	Jean-Louis Guignabodet	Morbidelli	17	+1 lap	9	5
7	3	Ulrich Graf	Kreidler	17	+1 lap	6	4
8	28	Ramón Gali	Derbi	16	+2 laps	19	3
9	15	Günter Schirnhofer	Kreidler	16	+2 laps	18	2
10	18	Jorge Navarrete	Derbi	16	+2 laps	13	1
11	6	Artur Benitah	Kreidler	16	+2 laps	11
12	7	Daniel Corvi	Kreidler	16	+2 laps	17
13	17	Rudolf Kunz	Kreidler	16	+2 laps	8
NC	22	Aldo Pero	Kreidler	13	+5 laps	15
		Patrick Plisson	ABF			5
		Ingo Emmerich	Kreidler			10
		Wolfgang Müller	Kreidler			12
		Gaspar Legaz	Kreidler			14
		Jacques Hutteau	ABF			16
		Joaquin Gali	Bultaco			20
25 starters in total
^[2]

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250 cc classification