1977 Czechoslovak motorcycle Grand Prix

1977 Czechoslovak Grand Prix
Race details
Race 12 of 13 races in the 1977 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	7 August 1977
Official name	Grand Prix ČSSR
Location	Brno
Course	Permanent racing facility 10.920 km (6.785 mi)
500 cc
Pole position
Rider	Johnny Cecotto	Yamaha
Time	3:29.71
Fastest lap
Rider	Johnny Cecotto	Suzuki
Time	3:29.69
Podium
First	Johnny Cecotto	Yamaha
Second	Giacomo Agostini	Yamaha
Third	Michel Rougerie	Suzuki
350 cc
Pole position
Rider	Johnny Cecotto	Yamaha
Time	3:40.36
Fastest lap
Rider	Johnny Cecotto	Yamaha
Time	3:39.90
Podium
First	Johnny Cecotto	Yamaha
Second	Tom Herron	Yamaha
Third	Christian Sarron	Yamaha
250 cc
Pole position
Rider	Franco Uncini	Harley-Davidson
Time	3:50.97
Fastest lap
Rider	Walter Villa	Harley-Davidson
Time	3:46.89
Podium
First	Franco Uncini	Harley Davidson
Second	Walter Villa	Harley-Davidson
Third	Mario Lega	Morbidelli
Sidecars
Pole position
Rider	Werner Schwärzel	Aro
Passenger	Andreas Huber	Aro
Time	3:51.30
Fastest lap
Rider	Werner Schwärzel	Aro
Passenger	Andreas Huber	Aro
Time	3:50.96
Podium
First	Rolf Steinhausen	Busch-Yamaha
First	Wolfgang Kalauch	Busch-Yamaha
Second	Siegfreid Schauzu	Yamaha
Second	Lorenzo Puzo	Yamaha
Third	George O'Dell	Windle-Yamaha
Third	Cliff Holland	Windle-Yamaha

The 1977 Czechoslovak motorcycle Grand Prix was the twelfth round of the 1977 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 7 August 1977 at the Brno circuit.

500 cc classification

Pos	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	11	Johnny Cecotto	Yamaha	15	53:21.53	1	15
2	1	Giacomo Agostini	Yamaha	15	+25.68	6	12
3	49	Michel Rougerie	Suzuki	15	+47.85	5	10
4	3	Pat Hennen	Suzuki	15	+54.69	2	8
5	26	Gianfranco Bonera	Suzuki	15	+1:34.18	3	6
6	2	Teuvo Länsivuori	Suzuki	15	+1:51.74	4	5
7	24	Steve Parrish	Suzuki	15	+2:03.47	10	4
8	16	Max Wiener	Suzuki	15	+2:37.91	14	3
9	43	Franz Rau	Suzuki	15	+3:11.86	18	2
10	18	Helmut Kassner	Suzuki	15	+3:13.14		1
11	14	Alex George	Suzuki	15	+3:33.16
12	20	Børge Nielsen	Suzuki	15	+3:45.63	19
13	29	Franz Heller	Suzuki	14	+1 lap	15
14	21	Roland Freymond	Yamaha	14	+1 lap
15	17	Jean-Marc Toffolo	Yamaha	14	+1 lap
16	40	Adelio Faccioli	Yamaha	14	+1 lap
17	45	Hans Braumandl	Yamaha	14	+1 lap
18	19	Giorgio Gatti	Yamaha	13	+2 laps
19	28	Michael Schmid	Suzuki	13	+2 laps
		Wil Hartog	Suzuki			7
		Steve Baker	Yamaha			8
		Armando Toracca	Suzuki			9
		John Williams	Suzuki			11
		Marco Lucchinelli	Suzuki			12
		Boet van Dulmen	Suzuki			13
		Karl Auer	Yamaha			16
		Jean-Philippe Orban	Suzuki			17
		Harald Merkl	Suzuki			20
38 starters in total
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Pos	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	2	Johnny Cecotto	Yamaha	14	51:51.38	1	15
2	4	Tom Herron	Yamaha	14	+54.72	4	12
3	22	Christian Sarron	Yamaha	14	+1:05.52	5	10
4	14	Pentti Korhonen	Yamaha	14	+1:10.00	14	8
5	6	Víctor Palomo	Yamaha	14	+1:13.36	11	6
6	32	Vic Soussan	Yamaha	14	+1:13.86	13	5
7	12	Kork Ballington	Yamaha	14	+1:38.32	7	4
8	28	Michel Rougerie	Yamaha	14	+1:41.58	2	3
9	23	Jon Ekerold	Yamaha	14	+1:50.01		2
10	16	Giacomo Agostini	Yamaha	14	+1:53.54	12	1
11	9	Olivier Chevallier	Yamaha	14	+1:57.94	15
12	34	Jean-Claude Hogrel	Yamaha	14	+1:59.51
13	47	Peter Balaz	Yamaha	14	+3:09.06	17
14	46	Alex George	Yamaha	14	+3:10.24
15	33	Børge Nielsen	Yamaha	14	+3:31.89
16	43	Jack Findlay	Yamaha	14	+3:50.54
17	26	Bo Granath	Yamaha	14	+3:51.07
18	36	Grund Hartmann	Yamaha	13	+1 lap
19	11	Franz Rau	Yamaha	13	+1 lap
20	24	Franz Meier	Yamaha	13	+1 lap
21	39	Georg Gatti	Yamaha	13	+1 lap
		Pekka Nurmi	Yamaha			3
		Franco Uncini	Harley-Davidson			6
		Jean-François Baldé	Yamaha			8
		Patrick Fernandez	Yamaha			9
		Patrick Pons	Yamaha			10
		Alan North	Yamaha			16
45 starters in total
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Pos	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	21	Franco Uncini	Harley-Davidson	13	49:58.89	1	15
2	1	Walter Villa	Harley-Davidson	13	+0.41	2	12
3	29	Mario Lega	Morbidelli	13	+23.84	3	10
4	15	Kork Ballington	Yamaha	13	+25.45	4	8
5	5	Tom Herron	Yamaha	13	+25.91	19	6
6	22	Alan North	Yamaha	13	+56.98	7	5
7	16	Jon Ekerold	Yamaha	13	+1:01.50	15	4
8	12	Patrick Fernandez	Yamaha	13	+1:03.46	17	3
9	9	Olivier Chevallier	Yamaha	13	+1:04.12	16	2
10	40	Guy Bertin	Yamaha	13	+1:04.81	12	1
11	41	János Drapál	Yamaha	13	+1:13.22	11
12	34	Aldo Nannini	Yamaha	13	+1:19.57	5
13	11	John Dodds	Yamaha	13	+1:24.75
14	8	Peter Balaz	Jawa	13	+1:30.78	14
15	18	Jean-François Baldé	Yamaha	13	+1:45.99	13
16	33	Ken Nemoto	Yamaha	13	+1:46.63
17	25	Sauro Pazzaglia	Yamaha	13	+3:10.10
18	42	István Holmár	Yamaha	13	+3:10.94
19	43	János Vlaszati	Yamaha	13	+3:19.70
20	28	Edi Stöllinger	Yamaha	13	+3:46.86
21	44	Ryszard Mankiewitz	Yamaha	13	+4:11.19
22	50	Oldrich Kába	Jawa	12	+1 lap
23	45	Ondrej Szymanski	Yamaha	12	+1 lap
		Pentti Korhonen	Yamaha			6
		Vic Soussan	Yamaha			8
		Pekka Nurmi	Yamaha			9
		Mick Grant	Kawasaki			10
		Patrick Pons	Yamaha			18
43 starters in total
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Pos	No.	Rider	Passenger	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	1	Rolf Steinhausen	Wolfgang Kalauch	Busch-Yamaha	12	48:01.58	4	15
2	5	Siegfried Schauzu	Lorenzo Puzo	Yamaha	12	+45.13	5	12
3	8	George O'Dell	Cliff Holland	Windle-Yamaha	12	+46.14	9	10
4	4	Rolf Biland	Kenny Williams	Schmid-Yamaha	12	+1:29.20	7	8
5	12	Mac Hobson	Stu Collins	Suzuki	12	+1:56.57		6
6	7	Dick Greasley	Mick Skeels	Chell-Yamaha	12	+1:56.82	11	5
7	6	Helmut Schilling	Rainer Gundel	Aro	12	+2:46.24	3	4
8	17	Amedeo Zini	Andreas Fornaro	König	12	+3:17.30		3
9	21	Heinz Luthringshauser	Helmut Hahn	MKM	11	+1 lap		2
10	15	Gustav Pape	Franz Kallenberg	König	11	+1 lap		1
11	27	Herbert Prügl	Hans Kussberger	Rotax	11	+1 lap
12	32	Ernst Trachsel	"Agner"	Yamaha	11	+1 lap
13	18	Hans-Peter Hubacher	Pudu Dudach	Yamaha	11	+1 lap
14	33	Heinz Thevissen	Erich Schmitz	König	8	+4 laps
15	3	Hermann Schmid	Kenny Arthur	Schmid-Yamaha	7	+5 laps	2
		Werner Schwärzel	Andreas Huber	Aro			1
		Alain Michel	Gérard Lecorre	Yamaha			6
		Göte Brodin	Bengt Forsberg	Windle-Yamaha			8
		Bruno Holzer	"Tschunko"	LCR-Yamaha			10
		Cees Smit	Jan Smit	König			12
26 starters in total
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1 2 3 4 Carter, Chris (ed.). Motocourse 1977-1978. Hazleton Securities Ltd. p. 117. ISBN 0-905138-04-X.

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