1976 Finnish motorcycle Grand Prix

  1976 Finnish Grand Prix
Race details
Race 9 of 12 races in the
1976 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date1 August 1976
Official nameImatranajo
LocationImatra Circuit
Course
  • Permanent racing facility
  • 6.030 km (3.747 mi)
500cc
Pole position
Rider Giacomo Agostini Suzuki
Time 2:19.500
Fastest lap
Rider John Newbold Suzuki
Time 2:15.200
Podium
First Pat Hennen Suzuki
Second Teuvo Länsivuori Suzuki
Third Philippe Coulon Suzuki
350cc
Pole position
Rider Walter Villa Harley-Davidson
Time 2:21.600
Fastest lap
Rider John Dodds Yamaha
Time 2:19.700
Podium
First Walter Villa Harley-Davidson
Second Dieter Braun Yamaha
Third Tom Herron Yamaha
250cc
Pole position
Rider Walter Villa Harley-Davidson
Time 2:24.700
Fastest lap
Rider Gianfranco Bonera Harley-Davidson
Time 2:24.300
Podium
First Walter Villa Harley-Davidson
Second Takazumi Katayama Yamaha
Third Gianfranco Bonera Harley-Davidson
125cc
Pole position
Rider Pierpaolo Bianchi Morbidelli
Time 2:32.800
Fastest lap
Rider Pierpaolo Bianchi Morbidelli
Time 2:32.200
Podium
First Pierpaolo Bianchi Morbidelli
Second Gert Bender Bender
Third Henk van Kessel AGV Condor
50cc
Pole position
Rider Ángel Nieto Bultaco
Time 2:52.700
Fastest lap
Rider Julien van Zeebroeck Kreidler
Time 2:59.900
Podium
First Julien van Zeebroeck Kreidler
Second Ulrich Graf Kreidler
Third Eugenio Lazzarini Morbidelli

The 1976 Finnish motorcycle Grand Prix was the ninth round of the 1976 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 1 August 1976 at the Imatra circuit. Pat Hennen won the race to become the first American to win a motorcycle Grand Prix.

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