Race 9 of 12 races in the 1976 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date
1 August 1976
Official name
Imatranajo[1]
Location
Imatra Circuit
Course
Permanent racing facility
6.030 km (3.747 mi)
500 cc
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
350 cc
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
250 cc
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
125 cc
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
50 cc
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.[2]
^"Grand Prix uitslagen en bijzonderheden 1976 - heden". Archived from the original on 2015-07-25. Retrieved 2019-07-25.
^"Pat Hennen at the AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame". motorcyclemuseum.org. Retrieved 2 December 2011.
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