1977 Austrian motorcycle Grand Prix
The 1977 Austrian motorcycle Grand Prix was the second round of the 1977 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 1 May 1977 at the Salzburgring circuit.
The opening race was for the 350 cc category. This race was abandoned after eight laps following an accident which led to the death of Hans Stadelmann from head injuries, and seriously injured Johnny Cecotto, Patrick Fernandez, Dieter Braun and Franco Uncini.[1][2] The 125 cc race was due to run after the 350 cc race, but the 125 cc riders staged a sitdown strike and there was a delay before their race took place.[1] Riders in the 500 cc category organised a boycott of their race which led to only 14 competitors taking part.[3] The FIM, motorcycle racing's governing body, initially issued formal warnings to Barry Sheene and Ángel Nieto but later in the year the punishments were retracted.[3]
500 cc classification
| Pos | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Grid | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8 |  Jack Findlay |
Suzuki | 35 | 51:19.26 | 13 | 15 |
| 2 | 24 |  Max Wiener |
Suzuki | 35 | +15.40 | 12 | |
| 3 | 29 |  Alex George |
Suzuki | 35 | +15.91 | 20 | 10 |
| 4 | 20 |  Helmut Kassner |
Suzuki | 35 | +25.36 | 19 | 8 |
| 5 | 48 | Franz Heller |
Suzuki | 34 | +1 lap | 6 | |
| 6 | 33 | Michael Schmid |
Suzuki | 32 | +3 laps | 5 | |
| NC | 10 |  Marcel Ankoné |
Suzuki | 19 | +16 laps | 18 | |
| Barry Sheene |
Suzuki | 1 | |||||
 Steve Baker |
Yamaha | 2 | |||||
 Johnny Cecotto |
Yamaha | 3 | |||||
| Pat Hennen |
Suzuki | 4 | |||||
 Philippe Coulon |
Suzuki | 5 | |||||
 Giacomo Agostini |
Yamaha | 6 | |||||
 Christian Estrosi |
Suzuki | 7 | |||||
| Marco Lucchinelli |
Suzuki | 8 | |||||
| Virginio Ferrari |
Suzuki | 9 | |||||
| Steve Parrish |
Suzuki | 10 | |||||
 Stu Avant |
Suzuki | 11 | |||||
| Gianfranco Bonera |
Suzuki | 12 | |||||
| Tom Herron |
Suzuki | 14 | |||||
| Wil Hartog |
Suzuki | 15 | |||||
| John Williams |
Suzuki | 16 | |||||
| Armando Toracca |
Suzuki | 17 | |||||
| 14 starters in total | |||||||
| [4] | |||||||
125 cc classification
| Pos | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Grid | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7 | Eugenio Lazzarini |
Morbidelli | 30 | 48:14.90 | 3 | 15 |
| 2 | 1 | Pierpaolo Bianchi |
Morbidelli | 30 | +49.98 | 2 | 12 |
| 3 | 17 | Harald Bartol |
Morbidelli | 30 | +58.97 | 4 | 10 |
| 4 | 44 | Pierluigi Conforti |
Morbidelli | 30 | +1:08.28 | 6 | 8 |
| 5 | 9 | Stefan Dörflinger |
Morbidelli | 30 | +1:26.66 | 5 | 6 |
| 6 | 16 | Hans Müller |
Morbidelli | 30 | +1:26.73 | 7 | 5 |
| 7 | 25 |  János Drapál |
Morbidelli | 29 | +1 lap | 13 | 4 |
| 8 | 46 |  Per-Edward Carlsson |
Morbidelli | 29 | +1 lap | 18 | 3 |
| 9 | 22 | Rolf Blatter |
Morbidelli | 29 | +1 lap | 10 | 2 |
| 10 | 31 | Johann Parzer |
Morbidelli | 29 | +1 lap | 20 | 1 |
| 11 | 21 |  Matti Kinnunen |
Morbidelli | 29 | +1 lap | 16 | |
| 12 | 24 | Hans Hallberg |
Morbidelli | 29 | +1 lap | ||
| 13 | 37 | Thierry Noblesse |
Morbidelli | 29 | +1 lap | 17 | |
| 14 | 15 | Hans Hummel |
Morbidelli | 29 | +1 lap | 19 | |
| 15 | 20 | Hans Zemsauer |
Morbidelli | 29 | +1 lap | 11 | |
| 16 | 26 | August Auinger |
Morbidelli | 29 | +1 lap | ||
| 17 | 14 | Cees van Dongen |
Morbidelli | 28 | +2 laps | ||
| 18 | 45 | Jan Ubels |
Morbidelli | 28 | +2 laps | ||
| 19 | 41 | Alfred Schmid |
Morbidelli | 28 | +2 laps | ||
| 20 | 5 | Anton Mang |
Morbidelli | 28 | +2 laps | 9 | |
| 21 | 12 | Walter Koschine |
Morbidelli | 27 | +3 laps | ||
| 22 | 33 | Marc Constantin |
Morbidelli | 27 | +3 laps | ||
| 23x15px Ángel Nieto | Bultaco | 1 | |||||
| Gert Bender |
Bender | 8 | |||||
| Xaver Tschannen |
Bender | 12 | |||||
| Ernst Fagerer |
Morbidelli | 14 | |||||
| Jean-Louis Guignabodet |
Morbidelli | 15 | |||||
| 36 starters in total | |||||||
| [4] | |||||||
Sidecar classification
| Pos | No. | Rider | Passenger | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Grid | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | Rolf Biland |
Kenny Williams |
Schmid-Yamaha | 30 | 47:01.41 | 1 | 15 |
| 2 | 8 | George O'Dell |
Kenny Arthur |
Windle-Yamaha | 30 | +23.33 | 5 | 12 |
| 3 | 32 | Alain Michel |
Gérard Lecorre |
Yamaha | 30 | +48.65 | 3 | 10 |
| 4 | 4 | Göte Brodin |
Bengt Forsberg |
Windle-Yamaha | 30 | +1:13.74 | 7 | 8 |
| 5 | 2 | Werner Schwärzel |
Andreas Huber |
Aro | 30 | +1:22.31 | 8 | 6 |
| 6 | 7 | Dick Greasley |
Mick Skeels |
Chell-Yamaha | 29 | +1 lap | 9 | 5 |
| 7 | 10 | Bruno Holzer |
Charly Meierhans |
LCR-Yamaha | 29 | +1 lap | 13 | 4 |
| 8 | 18 | Heinz Luthringshauser |
Helmut Hahn |
MKM | 28 | +2 laps | 3 | |
| 9 | 33 | Amedeo Zini |
Andreas Fornaro |
König | 28 | +2 laps | 2 | |
| 10 | 22 | Herbert Prügl |
Hans Kussberger |
Rotax | 28 | +2 laps | 10 | 1 |
| 11 | 19 |  Marc Alexandre |
Paul Gerard |
Kova-König | 28 | +2 laps | ||
| NC | 6 | Helmut Schilling |
Rainer Gundel |
Aro | 26 | +4 laps | 11 | |
| NC | 17 | Rüdi Kurth |
Dane Rowe |
Yamaha | 26 | +4 laps | 2 | |
| NC | 5 | Siegfried Schauzu |
"Wohlfart" |
Yamaha | 25 | +5 laps | 15 | |
| NC | 12 | Ted Janssen |
Erich Schmitz |
Colyam | 23 | +7 laps | ||
| Jean-François Monnin |
Edouard Weber |
Seymaz-Yamaha | 4 | |||||
| Rolf Steinhausen |
Sepp Huber |
Busch-König | 6 | |||||
| Max Venus |
Norman Bittermann |
König | 12 | |||||
| Hermann Schmid |
Jean-Petit Matille |
Schmid-Yamaha | 14 | |||||
| 22 starters in total | ||||||||
| [4] | ||||||||
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