1977 Finnish motorcycle Grand Prix

The 1977 Finnish motorcycle Grand Prix was the eleventh round of the 1977 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 31 July 1977 at the Imatra circuit.

  1977 Finnish Grand Prix

Race details
Race 11 of 13 races in the 1977 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	31 July 1977
Official name	Imatranajo Suomen Grand Prix/Finnish Grand Prix
Location	Imatra Circuit
Course	Permanent racing facility 6.030 km (3.747 mi)
500cc
Pole position Rider Barry Sheene Time 2:06.700 Fastest lap Rider Johnny Cecotto Time 2:05.900 Podium First Johnny Cecotto Second Marco Lucchinelli Third Gianfranco Bonera
350cc
Pole position Rider Johnny Cecotto Time 2:13.200 Fastest lap Rider Jon Ekerold Tom Herron Time 2:14.400 Podium First Takazumi Katayama Second Christian Sarron Third Jon Ekerold
250cc
Pole position Rider Alan North Time 2:18.900 Fastest lap Rider Walter Villa Time 2:16.600 Podium First Walter Villa Second Mick Grant Third Kork Ballington
125cc
Pole position Rider Pierpaolo Bianchi Time 2:23.700 Fastest lap Rider Pierpaolo Bianchi Time 2:23.500 Podium First Pierpaolo Bianchi Second Eugenio Lazzarini Third Jean-Louis Guignabodet

500cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Points
1	14	Johnny Cecotto	Team Venemotos	Yamaha	46'50.000	15
2	4	Marco Lucchinelli	Life Racing Team	Suzuki	43.000	12
3	22	Gianfranco Bonera	Team Nava Olio Fiat	Suzuki	51.600	10
4	12	Michel Rougerie	Elf	Suzuki	1'04.700	8
5	21	Steve Parrish	Texaco Heron Team Suzuki	Suzuki	1'17.200	6
6	7	Barry Sheene	Texaco Heron Team Suzuki	Suzuki	1'18.700	5
7	2	Teuvo Länsivuori	Life Racing Team	Suzuki	1'56.500	4
8	26	Armando Toracca	MC della Robbia	Suzuki	1 lap	3
9	30	Jean-Philippe Orban	Jean-Philippe Orban Racing Team	Suzuki	1 lap	2
10	11	Karl Auer	MSC Rottenberg	Yamaha	1 lap	1
11	20	Børge Nielsen		Suzuki	1 lap
12	25	Steve Baker	Yamaha Motor Company	Yamaha	1 lap
13	17	Alex George	Hermetite Racing International	Suzuki	1 lap
14	27	Bo Granath		Suzuki	1 lap
15	34	Markku Matikainen	Länsivuori Team	Suzuki	2 laps
16	23	Ron Kirkham		Yamaha	2 laps
17	39	Jean-Marc Toffolo		Yamaha	2 laps
18	36	Ossi Nikkinen		Yamaha	3 laps
Ret	35	Pentti Lehtelä		Yamaha	Retired
Ret	3	Pat Hennen	Texaco Heron Team Suzuki	Suzuki	Retired
Ret	42	Stuart Avant	Sid Griffiths Racing	Suzuki	Retired
Ret	9	John Williams	Team Appleby Glade	Suzuki	Retired
Ret	37	Christian Estrosi	Marlboro Masche Total	Suzuki	Retired
Ret	1	Giacomo Agostini	Team API Marlboro	Yamaha	Retired
Ret	29	Jean-Claude Hogrel		Yamaha	Retired
Ret	10	Kimmo Kopra		Suzuki	Retired
Ret	8	Jack Findlay	Hermetite Racing International	Suzuki	Retired
Ret	16	Virginio Ferrari	Team Nava Olio Fiat	Suzuki	Accident
Ret	24	Giovanni Rolando		Suzuki	Accident
Ret	15	Wil Hartog	Riemersma Racing	Suzuki	Retired
DNS	??	Teuvo Laakso		Suzuki	Did not start
DNS	??	Bernard Regoni		Suzuki	Did not start
DNS	??	Kenny Roberts		Yamaha	Did not start
Sources:

350 cc classification

Pos	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	8	Takazumi Katayama	Yamaha	21	48:14.9	10	15
2	18	Christian Sarron	Yamaha	21	3.3	4	12
3	19	Jon Ekerold	Yamaha	21	5.3	15	10
4	4	Tom Herron	Yamaha	21	16.0	2	8
5	12	Patrick Pons	Yamaha	21	42.3	19	6
6	7	Olivier Chevallier	Yamaha	21	1:21.6	9	5
7	38	Seppo Rossi	Yamaha	21	1:32.1		4
8	1	Walter Villa	Harley-Davidson	21	1:35.3	18	3
9	36	Eero Hyvärinen	Yamaha	21	1:35.5	20	2
10	21	Karl Auer	Yamaha	21	1:41.9		1
11	30	Michel Frutschi	Yamaha	21	1:49.5
12	3	Chas Mortimer	Yamaha	21	2:07.1	19
13	10	Kork Ballington	Yamaha	21	3:44.6	16
14	28	Alex George	Yamaha	20	1 lap
15	37	Reino Eskelinen	Yamaha	20	1 lap
		Johnny Cecotto	Yamaha			1
		Patrick Fernandez	Yamaha			3
		Giacomo Agostini	Yamaha			5
		Mario Lega	Morbidelli			6
		Alan North	Yamaha			7
		Pentti Korhonen	Yamaha			8
		Jean-François Baldé	Yamaha			11
		Etienne Geeraerd	Yamaha			12
		John Dodds	Yamaha			13
		Michel Rougerie	Yamaha			14
		Pekka Nurmi	Yamaha			17
30 starters in total

250 cc classification

Pos	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	1	Walter Villa	Harley-Davidson	20	46:15.3	3	15
2	26	Mick Grant	Kawasaki	20	0.3		12
3	11	Kork Ballington	Yamaha	20	24.3	6	10
4	18	Franco Uncini	Harley-Davidson	20	26.5	7	8
5	4	Tom Herron	Yamaha	20	28.2	2	6
6	9	Patrick Fernandez	Yamaha	20	34.7	8	5
7	24	Mario Lega	Morbidelli	20	37.9	10	4
8	27	Barry Ditchburn	Kawasaki	20	38.4	9	3
9	10	Paolo Pileri	Morbidelli	20	38.6	11	2
10	6	Olivier Chevallier	Yamaha	20	38.9	14	1
11	30	Hans Müller	Yamaha	20	54.8	16
12	12	Jon Ekerold	Yamaha	20	1:11.2	17
13	39	Aldo Nannini	Yamaha	20	1:14.3	19
14	32	Vic Soussan	Yamaha	20	1:25.2	15
15	5	Chas Mortimer	Yamaha	20	1:33.5	18
16	23	Eero Hyvärinen	Yamaha	20	1:52.2
17	38	Seppo Rossi	Yamaha	20	2:00.8	20
18	8	John Dodds	Yamaha	20	2:09.3
19	40	Ken Nemoto	Yamaha	19	1 lap
		Alan North	Yamaha			1
		Takazumi Katayama	Yamaha			4
		Pekka Nurmi	Yamaha			5
		Pentti Korhonen	Yamaha			12
		Jean-François Baldé	Yamaha			13
31 starters in total

125 cc classification

Pos	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	1	Pierpaolo Bianchi	Morbidelli	19	46:09.6	1	15
2	6	Eugenio Lazzarini	Morbidelli	19	9.6	2	12
3	5	Jean-Louis Guignabodet	Morbidelli	19	1:16.4	7	10
4	12	Hans Müller	Morbidelli	19	1:32.7	8	8
5	8	Stefan Dörflinger	Morbidelli	19	1:45.8	9	6
6	16	Per-Edward Carlson	Morbidelli	19	2:20.0	16	5
7	36	Thierry Espié	Motobécane	19	2:23.2	13	4
8	33	Bengt Johansson	Morbidelli	19	2:23.4	15	3
9	17	Patrick Plisson	Morbidelli	19	2:34.8	17	2
10	15	Enrico Cereda	Morbidelli	18	1 lap	12
11	18	Matti Kinnunen	Morbidelli	18	1 lap	14
12	19	Hans Hummel	Morbidelli	18	1 lap	20
13	10	Cees van Dongen	Morbidelli	18	1 lap	19
14	35	Bernd Schneider	Bender	18	1 lap
15	28	Jacques Hutteau	Morbidelli	18	1 lap
16	27	Luigi Rinaudo	Morbidelli	18	1 lap
17	29	Alfred Schmid	Morbidelli	18	1 lap
18	25	Guillermo Pérez	Morbidelli	18	1 lap
		Ricardo Tormo	Bultaco			3
		Ángel Nieto	Bultaco			4
		Harald Bartol	Morbidelli			5
		Gert Bender	Bender			6
		Julien van Zeebroeck	Motobécane			10
		Thierry Noblesse	Morbidelli			11
		Anton Mang	Morbidelli			18
30 starters in total