1976 Yugoslavian motorcycle Grand Prix

The 1976 Yugoslavian motorcycle Grand Prix was the fourth round of the 1976 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 23 May 1976 at the Opatija circuit.

  1976 Yugoslavian Grand Prix

Race details
Race 4 of 12 races in the 1976 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	23 May 1976
Official name	Grand Prix de Yougoslavie
Location	Circuit d'Opatija
Course	Permanent racing facility 6.000 km (3.728 mi)
350 cc
Pole position Rider Tom Herron Yamaha Time 2:17.9 Fastest lap Rider Olivier Chevallier Yamaha Time 2:16.3 Podium First Olivier Chevallier Yamaha Second Chas Mortimer Yamaha Third Takazumi Katayama Yamaha
250 cc
Pole position Rider Takazumi Katayama Yamaha Time 2:20.9 Fastest lap Rider Gianfranco Bonera Harley-Davidson Time 2:20.2 Podium First Dieter Braun Yamaha Second Tom Herron Yamaha Third Olivier Chevallier Yamaha
125 cc
Pole position Rider Ángel Nieto Bultaco Time 2:27.4 Fastest lap Rider Ángel Nieto Bultaco Time 2:25.7 Podium First Pierpaolo Bianchi Morbidelli Second Henk van Kessel Yamaha Third Paolo Pileri Morbidelli
50 cc
Pole position Rider Ángel Nieto Bultaco Time 2:43.5 Fastest lap Rider Herbert Rittberger Kreidler Time 2:44.8 Podium First Ulrich Graf Kreidler Second Herbert Rittberger Kreidler Third Ángel Nieto Bultaco

350 cc classification

Pos	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	43	Olivier Chevallier	Yamaha	25	57:52.4	4	15
2	6	Chas Mortimer	Yamaha	25	+10.6	7	12
3	28	Takazumi Katayama	Yamaha	25	+17.0	5	10
4	17	Bruno Kneubühler	Yamaha	25	+1:23.4	15	8
5	9	Tom Herron	Yamaha	25	+1:56.0	1	6
6	7	Gérard Choukroun	Yamaha	25	+2:25.7		5
7	5	Patrick Pons	Yamaha	25	+2:27.2	8	4
8	20	Kjell Solberg	Yamaha	24	+1 lap		3
9	35	Bo Granath	Yamaha	24	+1 lap		2
10	41	Claudio Loigo	Yamaha	24	+1 lap		1
11	51	Victor Soussan	Yamaha	24	+1 lap
12	24	Peter Balaz	Yamaha	21	+4 laps	13
Ret		Giacomo Agostini	MV Agusta			2
Ret		Dieter Braun	Yamaha			3
Ret		Walter Villa	Harley-Davidson			6
Ret		Pentti Korhonen	Yamaha			9
Ret		John Dodds	Yamaha			10
Ret		Johnny Cecotto	Yamaha			11
Ret		Leif Gustafsson	Yamaha			12
Ret		János Drapál	Yamaha			14
Ret		Pekka Nurmi	Yamaha			16
Ret		Franz Kunz	Yamaha			17
Ret		Patrick Fernandez	Yamaha			18
Ret		Philippe Coulon	Yamaha			19
Ret		Børge Nielsen	Yamaha			20
30 starters in total
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250 cc classification

Pos	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	3	Dieter Braun	Yamaha	21	50:19.8	10	15
2	14	Tom Herron	Yamaha	21	+6.7	2	12
3	45	Olivier Chevallier	Yamaha	21	+7.0	12	10
4	51	Patrick Fernandez	Yamaha	21	+14.9	4	8
5	6	Chas Mortimer	Yamaha	21	+16.9	6	6
6	9	Bruno Kneubühler	MZ	21	+28.2	11	5
7	31	Gianfranco Bonera	Harley-Davidson	21	+29.7	3	4
8	16	Pentti Korhonen	Yamaha	21	+35.0	7	3
9	25	János Drapál	Yamaha	21	+37.3	13	2
10	5	Patrick Pons	Yamaha	21	+1:00.0	8	1
11	55	Eero Hyvarinen	Yamaha	21	+1:13.6
12	35	Henk van Kessel	Yamaha	21	+1:34.5	19
13	53	Philippe Bouzanne	Yamaha	21	+1:35.3	18
14	29	Peter Balaz	Jawa	21	+1:41.3
15	23	Børge Nielsen	Yamaha	21	+2:17.0
16	56	Pentti Salonen	Yamaha	20	+1 lap
17	44	Victor Soussan	Yamaha	20	+1 lap
18	15	Hans Müller	Yamaha	20	+1 lap
19	24	Kjell Solberg	Yamaha	20	+1 lap
20	40	Bo Granath	Yamaha	20	+1 lap
21	46	Tatemo Chujero	Yamaha	20	+1 lap	14
Ret		Takazumi Katayama	Yamaha			1
Ret		Walter Villa	Harley-Davidson			5
Ret		Mario Lega	Yamaha			9
Ret		Leif Gustafsson	Yamaha			15
Ret		Pekka Nurmi	Yamaha			16
Ret		Jaime Samaranch	Yamaha			17
Ret		Gérard Choukroun	Yamaha			20
30 starters in total
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125 cc classification

Pos	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	2	Pierpaolo Bianchi	Morbidelli	19	47:23.1	2	15
2	5	Henk van Kessel	Yamaha	19	+7.9	4	12
3	1	Paolo Pileri	Morbidelli	19	+11.2	3	10
4	11	Stefan Dörflinger	Morbidelli	19	+2:38.3	6	8
5	44	Xaver Tschannen	Maico	18	+1 lap	8	6
6	8	Cees van Dongen	Morbidelli	18	+1 lap	11	5
7	42	Rolf Blatter	Maico	18	+1 lap	15	4
8	4	Eugenio Lazzarini	Morbidelli	18	+1 lap	7	3
9	7	Hans Müller	Yamaha	18	+1 lap	9	2
10	9	Peter Frohnmeyer	Nava DRS	18	+1 lap	16	1
11	33	Boris Bajc	Yamaha	17	+2 laps	18
12	18	Fendrich Bedrich	Ravo	17	+2 laps	17
13	21	Peter Szabo	MZ	17	+2 laps
Ret		Ángel Nieto	Bultaco			1
Ret		Edward Stachowski	Yamaha			5
Ret		Pentti Salonen	Yamaha			10
Ret		Germano Zanetti	Morbidelli			12
Ret		Matti Kinnunen	Maico			13
Ret		Janos Reisz	Yamaha			14
Ret		Gabel Karel	Yamaha			19
Ret		Aldo Pero	Morbidelli			20
25 starters in total
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50 cc classification

Pos	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	11	Ulrich Graf	Kreidler	15	42:09.0	2	15
2	5	Herbert Rittberger	Kreidler	15	+7.0	3	12
3	1	Ángel Nieto	Bultaco	15	+21.4	1	10
4	6	Stefan Dörflinger	Kreidler	15	+21.9	4	8
5	4	Rudolf Kunz	Kreidler	15	+1:09.1	7	6
6	39	Pierre Audry	Kreidler	15	+1:30.0	8	5
7	38	Aldo Pero	Morbidelli	15	+2:06.3	12	4
8	14	Cees van Dongen	Kreidler	15	+2:27.4	10	3
9	41	Rolf Blatter	Kreidler	15	+3:02.7	11	2
10	18	Günter Schirnhöfer	Kreidler	14	+1 lap	15	1
11	24	Havrda Zbynek	Kreidler	14	+1 lap	16
12	26	Fendrich Bedrich	Kreidler	14	+1 lap	19
13	37	Nevio Paliska	Tomos	13	+2 laps
14	30	Robert Laver	Kreidler	12	+3 laps	20
15	32	Boris Bajc	Kreidler	12	+3 laps	14
16	33	Boris Maruza	Kreidler	12	+3 laps
17	34	Vilko Sever	Kreidler	12	+3 laps
Ret		Eugenio Lazzarini	UFO			5
Ret		Claudio Lusuardi	Villa			6
Ret		Julien van Zeebroeck	Kreidler			9
Ret		Hans Hummel	Kreidler			13
Ret		Patrick de Wulf	Kreidler			17
Ret		Guido de Lys	Kreidler			18
27 starters in total
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References

1. Carter, Chris (ed.). Motocourse 1976-1977. Hazleton Securities Ltd. p. 73. ISBN 0-905138-02-3.

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