# 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.

## 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 | |
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## 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 ||||||||