1976 Nations motorcycle Grand Prix

The 1976 Nations motorcycle Grand Prix was the third round of the 1976 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 16 May 1976 at the Mugello circuit. Otello Buscherini suffered a fatal accident on lap 6 of the 250cc race and was killed.

  1976 Nations Grand Prix

Race details
Race 3 of 12 races in the 1976 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	16 May 1976
Official name	Gran Premio delle Nazioni[1]
Location	Autodromo Internazionale del Mugello
Course	Permanent racing facility 5.245 km (3.259 mi)
500 cc
Pole position Rider Giacomo Agostini Suzuki Time 2:08.080 Fastest lap Rider Barry Sheene Phil Read Suzuki Suzuki Time 2:07.600 Podium First Barry Sheene Suzuki Second Phil Read Suzuki Third Virginio Ferrari Suzuki
350 cc
Pole position Rider John Dodds Yamaha Time 2:10.670 Fastest lap Rider Johnny Cecotto Yamaha Time 2:10.600 Podium First Johnny Cecotto Yamaha Second Franco Uncini Yamaha Third John Dodds Yamaha
250 cc
Pole position Rider Walter Villa Harley-Davidson Time 2:12.200 Fastest lap Rider Walter Villa Harley-Davidson Time 2:11.800 Podium First Walter Villa Harley-Davidson Second Takazumi Katayama Yamaha Third Pentti Korhonen Yamaha
125 cc
Pole position Rider Pierpaolo Bianchi Morbidelli Time 2:18.640 Fastest lap Rider Otello Buscherini Malanca Time 2:18.300 Podium First Pierpaolo Bianchi Morbidelli Second Paolo Pileri Morbidelli Third Ángel Nieto Bultaco
50 cc
Pole position Rider Ángel Nieto Bultaco Time 2:34.730 Fastest lap Rider Ángel Nieto Bultaco Time 2:32.200 Podium First Ángel Nieto Bultaco Second Eugenio Lazzarini UFO Third Rudolf Kunz Kreidler

500cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Points
1	7	Barry Sheene	Texaco Heron Team Suzuki	Suzuki	1:02'35.500	15
2	2	Phil Read	Team Life International	Suzuki	+0.100	12
3	28	Virginio Ferrari	Gallina Corse	Suzuki	+53.000	10
4	4	Teuvo Länsivuori	Life Racing Team	Suzuki	+53.500	8
5	54	Pat Hennen	Colemans	Suzuki	+1'39.300	6
6	27	Marcel Ankoné	Nimag Suzuki	Suzuki	+1'45.300	5
7	32	Stuart Avant	Colemans	Suzuki	+1'50.700	4
8	40	Philippe Coulon		Suzuki	+1 lap	3
9	30	Dieter Braun		Suzuki	+1 lap	2
10	41	Børge Nielsen		Yamaha	+1 laps	1
11	57	Max Wiener	Racing Team NO	Yamaha	+2 laps
Ret	11	Giacomo Agostini	Team API Marlboro	Suzuki	Retired
Ret	10	Jack Findlay	Jack Findlay Racing	Suzuki	Accident
Ret	12	Karl Auer	Racing Team NO	Yamaha	Retired
Ret	20	Michel Rougerie		Suzuki	Accident
Ret	25	Gilles Husson		Yamaha	Retired
Ret	??	Mario Necchi		Suzuki	Retired
Ret	??	John Newbold	Texaco Heron Team Suzuki	Suzuki	Retired
Ret	??	Germano Paganini		Suzuki	Retired
Ret	??	Vanes Francini		Yamaha	Retired
Ret	??	Giorgio Avveduti		Suzuki	Retired
Ret	??	Vanes Francini		Yamaha	Retired
Ret	33	Víctor Palomo	Swaep Motor Racing	Yamaha	Retired
Ret	??	Nico Cereghini	Life Racing Team	Suzuki	Retired
Ret	51	Boet van Dulmen	Laponder Racing	Yamaha	Retired
Ret	55	Johnny Cecotto	Team Venemotos	Yamaha	Retired
Ret	??	Mario Fiorentino		Suzuki	Retired
Ret	??	Vittorio Gornati		Suzuki	Retired
Ret	??	Carlo Piazza		Suzuki	Retired
Ret	??	Victor Soussan		Yamaha	Retired
Ret	44	Edmar Ferreira	Goias Swaep Motor	Yamaha	Retired
DNS	??	Eduardo Elias		Harley-Davidson	Did not start
Sources: [2][3][4]

350 cc classification

Pos	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	1	Johnny Cecotto	Yamaha	25	55:01.8	8	15
2	14	Franco Uncini	Yamaha	25	+30.5	3	12
3	65	John Dodds	Yamaha	25	+33.4	1	10
4	3	Pentti Korhonen	Yamaha	25	+36.2	9	8
5	9	Tom Herron	Yamaha	25	+37.0	11	6
6	77	Kork Ballington	Yamaha	25	+37.5	17	5
7	73	Walter Villa	Harley-Davidson	25	+37.7	2	4
8	76	Boet van Dulmen	Yamaha	25	+1:00.6	19	3
9	23	Philippe Bouzanne	Yamaha	25	+1:06.3	10	2
10	70	Takazumi Katayama	Yamaha	25	+1:11.3		1
11	35	Francini Vanes	Yamaha	25	+1:19.2
12	24	Jean-François Baldé	Yamaha	25	+1:21.2	13
13	59	Alan North	Yamaha	25	+1:39.3
14	21	Christian Huguet	Yamaha	25	+2:10.3
15	34	Fosco Giansanti	Yamaha	24	+1 lap	12
Ret		Giacomo Agostini	MV Agusta			4
Ret		Paolo Tordi [N 1]	Yamaha	1	Fatal accident	5
Ret		Patrick Pons	Yamaha			6
Ret		Víctor Palomo	Yamaha			7
Ret		Bruno Kneubühler	Yamaha			14
Ret		Giuseppe Consalvi	Yamaha			15
Ret		Eduardo Elias	Yamaha			16
Ret		Gérard Choukroun	Yamaha			18
Ret		Chas Mortimer	Yamaha			20
29 starters in total
[4]

Footnotes

1. Tordi crashed on the second lap and died from chest injuries.[5]

250 cc classification

Pos	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	1	Walter Villa	Harley-Davidson	23	51:43.3	1	15
2	25	Takazumi Katayama	Yamaha	23	+21.8	13	12
3	19	Pentti Korhonen	Yamaha	23	+37.9	3	10
4	6	Chas Mortimer	Yamaha	23	+1:00.1	10	8
5	48	Jean-François Baldé	Yamaha	23	+1:01.4	9	6
6	9	Bruno Kneubühler	Yamaha	23	+1:15.8		5
7	23	Tom Herron	Yamaha	23	+1:21.9		4
8	36	Philippe Bouzanne	Yamaha	23	+1:28.3		3
9	11	Olivier Chevallier	Yamaha	23	+1:40.9	16	2
10	66	Eero Hyvarinen	Yamaha	23	+1:41.2		1
11	35	Mario Lega	Yamaha	23	+1:44.1	15
12	32	Denis Boulom	Yamaha	23	+1:46.1	18
13	45	Hans Stadelmann	Yamaha	23	+1:59.7	2
14	15	Christian Sarron	Yamaha	22	+1 lap
15	29	Erick Andersson	Yamaha	22	+1 lap
16	52	Alfio Micheli	Harley-Davidson	22	+1 lap
17	50	Rudolf Weiss	Yamaha	22	+1 lap
Ret		Patrick Pons	Yamaha			4
Ret		Paolo Pileri	Morbidelli			5
Ret		Virginio Ferrari	Harley-Davidson			6
Ret		Michel Rougerie	Yamaha			7
Ret		Kork Ballington	Yamaha			8
Ret		Paolo Tordi	Yamaha			11
Ret		Leif Gustafsson	Yamaha			12
Ret		John Dodds	Yamaha			14
Ret		Gérard Choukron	Yamaha			17
Ret		Otello Buscherini [N 1]	Yamaha	6	Fatal accident	19
Ret		Gianfranco Bonera	Harley Davidson			20
30 starters in total
[4]

Footnotes

1. Buscherini crashed on the seventh lap and died from stomach injuries.[6]

125 cc classification

Pos	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	21	Pierpaolo Bianchi	Morbidelli	20	46:54.2	1	15
2	22	Paolo Pileri	Morbidelli	20	+24.7	2	12
3	12	Ángel Nieto	Bultaco	20	+1:05.3	12	10
4	33	Henk van Kessel	Condor	19	+1 lap	10	8
5	34	Eugenio Lazzarini	Morbidelli	19	+1 lap	7	6
6	39	Enrico Cereda	Morbidelli	19	+1 lap	11	5
7	23	Luciano Richetti	Harley-Davidson	19	+1 lap	15	4
8	28	Pierluigi Conforti	Yamaha Italjet	19	+1 lap	13	3
9	10	Auno Hakala	Yamaha	19	+1 lap		2
10	18	Matti Kinnunen	Maico	19	+1 lap		1
11	20	Hans Müller	Yamaha	18	+2 laps
Ret		Otello Buscherini	Malanca			3
Ret		Xaver Tschannen	Maico			4
Ret		Ermanno Giuliano	Malanca			5
Ret		Stefan Dörflinger	Malanca			6
Ret		Harald Bartol	Morbidelli			8
Ret		Pentti Salonen	Yamaha			9
Ret		Peter Frohnmeyer	DRS			14
30 starters in total
[4]

50 cc classification

Pos	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	1	Ángel Nieto	Bultaco	12	30:49.9	1	15
2	2	Eugenio Lazzarini	UFO	12	+24.9	2	12
3	4	Rudolf Kunz	Kreidler	12	+32.8	4	10
4	14	Ulrich Graf	Kreidler	12	+40.7	3	8
5	6	Stefan Dörflinger	Kreidler	12	+56.9	5	6
6	23	Rolf Blatter	Kreidler	12	+1:25.1		5
7	34	Ezio Mischiati	Derbi MGM	12	+1:34.6		4
8	11	Ramon Gali	Derbi	12	+1:38.5		3
9	42	Pierre Audry	ABF	12	+1:39.5	6	2
10	12	Aldo Pero	Kreidler	12	+1:43.9		1
11	16	Cees van Dongen	Kreidler	12	+1:44.1
12	8	Wolfgang Müller	Kreidler	12	+1:45.0	10
13	29	Giovanni Ziggiotto	MTK	12	+1:45.1	7
14	36	Günter Schirnhöfer	Kreidler	12	+2:33.9	15
15	41	Patrick de Wulf	Kreidler	11	+1 lap	9
16	33	Carlo Guerrini	Ringhini	11	+1 lap
17	38	Joaquin Gali	Derbi	11	+1 lap
18	32	Luigi Rinaudo	Tomos	11	+1 lap
19	26	Hans Kroismayer	Kreidler	11	+1 lap
20	43	Giorgio di Nunzio	Derbi	11	+1 lap
Ret		Nico Polane	Kreidler			8
Ret		Sergio Zattoni	Derbi			11
Ret		Claudio Lusuardi	Villa			12
Ret		Hans Hummel	Kreidler			13
Ret		Ermanno Giuliano	Kreidler			14
29 starters in total
[4]

References

1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-07-25. Retrieved 2015-07-25.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
2. "1976 Nations MotoGP | Motor Sport Magazine Database". Motorsportmagazine.com. April 3, 2018.
3. "motogp.com · NATIONS GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1976". Motogp.com.
4. Carter, Chris (ed.). Motocourse 1976-1977. Hazleton Securities Ltd. p. 67. ISBN 0-905138-02-3.
5. Carter, Chris (ed.). Motocourse 1976-1977. Hazleton Securities Ltd. p. 65. ISBN 0-905138-02-3.
6. Carter, Chris (ed.). Motocourse 1976-1977. Hazleton Securities Ltd. p. 66. ISBN 0-905138-02-3.