1976 FIM Road Racing World Championships

< Round 5 Jun 26 Dutch TT Circuit van Drenthe, Assen, Netherlands
7.718 km road course 		>
Results
P Rider # Bike Entrant Tires Race Result Grid
1 Walter Villa 1 250 AMF Harley AMF Harley-Davidson Michelin 15 47:31.40 1 3:08.40
R Patrick Pons 4 250 Yamaha TZ Team Sonauto Yamaha Michelin Engine 5 3:12.00
R Chas Mortimer 5 250 Maxton-Yamaha TZ Danfay Racing Team Michelin Engine 21
R Leif Gustafsson 6 250 Yamaha TZ Leif Gustafsson Injured 20
8 Bruno Kneubühler 7 250 Yamaha TZ ELF Hostettler Yamaha 6 3:12.00
R Tapio Virtanen 8 250 MZ-RE VEB MZ Accident 17
5 Victor Palomo 9 250 Yamaha TZ Swaep Motor Racing Michelin 9 3:12.40
R Harald Bartol 10 250 Yamaha TZ Memphis Team International Mechanical 26
7 Tom Herron 11 250 Yamaha TZ Tom Herron Dunlop 13
3 John Dodds 13 250 Yamaha TZ Mitsui Racing Team 15 48:09.20 7 3:12.20
17 Rolf Minhoff 14 250 Yamaha TZ 30
R Paolo Pileri 15 250 Morbidelli RS Morbidelli Benelli Armi Michelin Spark plugs 3 3:10.90
NS Gérard Choukroun 16 250 Yamaha TZ Team Sonauto Yamaha Did not start 18
15 Olivier Chevallier 17 250 Yamaha TZ Ecurie Chevallier Michelin 17
R Philippe Bouzanne 18 250 Yamaha TZ Michelin Exhausted 4 3:11.90
R Jean-François Baldé 19 250 Yamaha TZ Ecurie Marnat AGV France Dunlop Injured 22
4 Gianfranco Bonera 20 250 AMF Harley AMF Harley-Davidson Michelin 15 48:15.60 8 3:12.30
R Charlie Williams 24 250 Maxton-Yamaha TZ Danfay Racing Team Michelin Electrics 25
R Pentti Korhonen 25 250 Yamaha TZ Team Arwidson Yamaha Michelin DNF 27
6 Patrick Fernandez 26 250 Yamaha TZ Ecurie Airélec Motul Dunlop 11 3:12.80
NS Hans Stadelmann 27 250 Yamaha TZ Hans Stadelmann Did not start
12 Jon Ekerold 28 250 Padgett-Yamaha TZ Padgetts Racing 16
13 Pekka Nurmi 29 250 Yamaha TZ Silja Line Racing Team 23
18 Mati Rainup 31 250 MZ-RE VEB MZ 24
14 Marcel Ankoné 32 250 Yamaha TZ Team Nimag 14
16 Henk van Kessel 33 250 Yamaha TZ MSC Aldendriel 24
R Jan Hardonk 36 250 AMF Harley Mechanical 28
9 Dieter Braun 37 250 Yamaha TZ Boeri Sport Racing Team Michelin 19
2 Takazumi Katayama 38 250 Yamaha TZ Danfay Racing Team Michelin 15 47:47.60 2 3:10.80
11 Bernard Fau 39 250 Yamaha TZ Ecurie Solamor GPA 12 3:13.10
Q Xaver Tschannen 40 250 Yamaha TZ Did not qualify 32
10 Franco Uncini 42 250 Yamaha TZ Diemme Lugosport 10 3:12.70
NS Christian Estrosi 43 250 Yamaha TZ Ecurie PEM Michelin Did not start 29
Distance 15 laps = 115.8 km Speed 146.2 km/h
PP Walter Villa 3:08.40 - 147.5 km/h FL Walter Villa 3:05.90 - 149.5 km/h
Started 29 Classified 18 DNF 11 DNS 3
Sources Vincent Glon, Werner Haefliger, Moto-Revue #2275, Année Moto #8