# 1976 Belgian motorcycle Grand Prix

The 1976 Belgian motorcycle Grand Prix was the seventh round of the 1976 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 4 July 1976 at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps.

## 500cc classification

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Time/Retired | Points |
| 1 | 5 | John Williams | Texaco Heron Team Suzuki | Suzuki | 39'22.800 | 15 |
| 2 | 7 | Barry Sheene | Texaco Heron Team Suzuki | Suzuki | +7.400 | 12 |
| 3 | 28 | Marcel Ankoné | Nimag Suzuki | Suzuki | +17.000 | 10 |
| 4 | 20 | Michel Rougerie | | Suzuki | +28.600 | 8 |
| 5 | 4 | Teuvo Länsivuori | Life Racing Team | Suzuki | +38.600 | 6 |
| 6 | 14 | Dieter Braun | | Suzuki | +41.100 | 5 |
| 7 | 11 | Chas Mortimer | | Suzuki | +56.500 | 4 |
| 8 | 40 | Pat Hennen | Colemans | Suzuki | +57.700 | 3 |
| 9 | 8 | John Newbold | Texaco Heron Team Suzuki | Suzuki | +59.900 | 2 |
| 10 | 44 | Helmut Kassner | | Suzuki | +1'03.900 | 1 |
| 11 | 6 | Alex George | Hermetite Racing International | Yamaha | | |
| 12 | 19 | Tom Herron | | Suzuki | | |
| 13 | 27 | Boet van Dulmen | Laponder Racing | Suzuki | | |
| 14 | 36 | Jean-Pierre Orban | | Yamaha | | |
| 15 | 29 | Philippe Chaltin | | Yamaha | | |
| 16 | 15 | Kees van der Kruys | | Yamaha | | |
| 17 | 3 | Etienne Geeraerd | | Yamaha | | |
| Ret | 11 | Giacomo Agostini | Team API Marlboro | Suzuki | Retired | |
| Ret | 6 | Jack Findlay | Jack Findlay Racing | Suzuki | Retired | |
| Ret | 12 | Karl Auer | Racing Team NO | Yamaha | Retired | |
| 4 | 17 | Takazumi Katayama | Takazumi Katayama Sarome Team | Suzuki | Retired | |
| Ret | ?? | Nico Cereghini | Life Racing Team | Suzuki | Retired | |
| WD | 2 | Phil Read | Team Life International | Suzuki | Withdrawn | |
| Ret | ?? | Bruno Kneubühler | | Yamaha | Retired | |
| Ret | 33 | Víctor Palomo | Swaep Motor Racing | Yamaha | Retired | |
| Ret | 18 | Olivier Chevallier | | Yamaha | Retired | |
| Ret | 36 | Alain Nies | | Suzuki | Retired | |
| Ret | ?? | Philippe Coulon | | Suzuki | Retired | |
| Ret | 13 | Bernard Fau | | Yamaha | Retired | |
| DNS | ?? | Patrick Pons | Team Sonauto Gauloises | Yamaha | Did not start | |
| DNS | 47 | Stuart Avant | Colemans | Suzuki | Did not start | |
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## 250 cc classification

| Pos | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 8 | Walter Villa | Harley-Davidson | 11 | 45:51.9 | 1 | 15 |
| 2 | 20 | Paolo Pileri | Morbidelli | 11 | +48.6 | 5 | 12 |
| 3 | 7 | Takazumi Katayama | Yamaha | 11 | +57.3 | 3 | 10 |
| 4 | 37 | John Dodds | Yamaha | 11 | +57.5 | 8 | 8 |
| 5 | 6 | Gianfranco Bonera | Harley-Davidson | 11 | +57.9 | 7 | 6 |
| 6 | 17 | Víctor Palomo | Yamaha | 11 | +58.3 | 6 | 5 |
| 7 | 5 | Dieter Braun | Yamaha | 11 | +58.9 | | 4 |
| 8 | 35 | Pentti Korhonen | Yamaha | 11 | +1:08.4 | 9 | 3 |
| 9 | 24 | Patrick Fernandez | Yamaha | 11 | +1:21.0 | 14 | 2 |
| 10 | 9 | Tom Herron | Yamaha | 11 | +1:21.2 | | 1 |
| 11 | 47 | Victor Soussan | Yamaha | | | | |
| 12 | 33 | Henk van Kessel | Yamaha | | | 11 | |
| 13 | 45 | Philippe Bouzanne | Yamaha | | | | |
| 14 | 27 | Boet van Dulmen | Yamaha | | | 12 | |
| 15 | 22 | M. Arias | Yamaha | | | | |
| 16 | 16 | Jean-François Baldé | Yamaha | | | | |
| 17 | 32 | Ken Nemoto | Yamaha | | | | |
| 18 | 34 | Franco Uncini | Yamaha | | | | |
| 19 | 39 | R. Hubin | Yamaha | | | 10 | |
| Ret | | Bruno Kneubühler | Yamaha | | | 2 | |
| Ret | | Leif Gustafsson | Yamaha | | | 4 | |
| Ret | | Pekka Nurmi | Yamaha | | | 13 | |
| Ret | | Mati Reinup | MZ | | | 15 | |

## 125 cc classification

| Pos | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 26 | Ángel Nieto | Bultaco | 10 | 44:47.1 | 1 | 15 |
| 2 | 3 | Paolo Pileri | Morbidelli | 10 | +4.8 | 3 | 12 |
| 3 | 6 | Eugenio Lazzarini | Morbidelli | 10 | +56.7 | 8 | 10 |
| 4 | 28 | Gert Bender | Bender | 10 | +1:07.0 | 5 | 8 |
| 5 | 2 | Harald Bartol | Morbidelli | 10 | +1:17.9 | 7 | 6 |
| 6 | 24 | Patrick Plisson | Morbidelli | 10 | +2:35.6 | 4 | 5 |
| 7 | 7 | Stefan Dörflinger | Morbidelli | 10 | +2:36.5 | 13 | 4 |
| 8 | 33 | Julien van Zeebroeck | Morbidelli | 10 | +2:46.1 | 12 | 3 |
| 9 | 1 | Leif Gustafsson | Yamaha | 10 | +3:15.1 | | 2 |
| 10 | 16 | Cees van Dongen | Morbidelli | 10 | +3:33.2 | 14 | 1 |
| 11 | 29 | Horst Seel | Seel EB | | | 15 | |
| 12 | 15 | Hans Müller | Yamaha | | | | |
| 13 | 42 | Anton Mang | Morbidelli | | | 6 | |
| 14 | 36 | Piet van Niel | Yamaha | | | | |
| Ret | | Pierpaolo Bianchi | Morbidelli | | | 2 | |
| Ret | | Henk van Kessel | AGV Condor | | | 9 | |
| Ret | | Claudio Lusuardi | Malamaz | | | 10 | |
| Ret | | Jean-Louis Guignabodet | Morbidelli | | | 11 | |

## 50 cc classification

| Pos | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 14 | Herbert Rittberger | Kreidler | 6 | 31:20.7 | 2 | 15 |
| 2 | 10 | Ángel Nieto | Bultaco | 6 | +20.1 | 1 | 12 |
| 3 | 7 | Ulrich Graf | Kreidler | 6 | +37.7 | 3 | 12 |
| 4 | 15 | Eugenio Lazzarini | UFO | 6 | +1:07.6 | 6 | 8 |
| 5 | 18 | Benjamin Laurent | ABF | 6 | +1:09.8 | | 6 |
| 6 | 40 | Engelbert Kip | Kreidler | | | 9 | 5 |
| 7 | 12 | Rudolf Kunz | Kreidler | | | 7 | 4 |
| 8 | 16 | Cees van Dongen | Kreidler | | | 11 | 3 |
| 9 | 3 | Hans Hummel | Kreidler | | | 5 | 2 |
| 10 | 1 | Stefan Dörflinger | Kreidler | | | 8 | 1 |
| 11 | 30 | Ramon Gali | Derbi | | | | |
| 12 | 37 | R. Dumont | Kreidler | | | | |
| 13 | 19 | Ingo Emmerich | Kreidler | | | | |
| 14 | 29 | Rolf Blatter | Kreidler | | | | |
| 15 | 21 | W. Golembeck | Kreidler | | | | |
| 16 | 26 | Guido de Lys | Kreidler | | | | |
| 17 | 27 | Jaap Bosman | Kreidler | | | | |
| 18 | 5 | Theo Timmer | Kreidler | | | | |
| 19 | 39 | G. Muyters | Kreidler | | | | |
| Ret | | Pierre Audry | ABF | | | 4 | |
| Ret | | Joaquin Gali | Derbi | | | 10 | |
| Ret | | C. Dumont | Kreidler | | | 12 | |

## Sidecar classification

| Pos | No. | Rider | Passenger | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 1 | Rolf Steinhausen | Sepp Huber | Busch-König | 9 | 39:56.5 | 2 | 15 |
| 2 | 2 | Werner Schwärzel | Andreas Huber | König | 9 | +0.3 | 3 | 12 |
| 3 | 11 | Helmut Schilling | Rainer Gundel | Aro | 9 | +2.7 | 4 | 10 |
| 4 | 28 | Siegfried Schauzu | Wolfgang Kalauch | Aro | 9 | +38.9 | 1 | 8 |
| 5 | 22 | Rudi Kurth | Dane Rowe | Yamaha | 9 | +1:24.3 | | '6 |
| 6 | 12 | George O'Dell | Kenny Arthur | Yamaha | 9 | +1:53.9 | | '5 |
| 7 | 10 | Otto Haller | Erich Haselbeck | BMW | 9 | +1:58.8 | | 4 |
| 8 | 21 | Ted Janssen | Erich Schmitz | Yamaha | 9 | +2:17.7 | | 3 |
| 9 | 5 | Mac Hobson | John Inchcliff | Yamaha | 9 | +2:26.8 | | 2 |
| 10 | 19 | Alain Michel | Bernard Garcia | Yamaha | 9 | +2:44.9 | | 1 |
| 11 | 16 | Dick Greasley | Cliff Holland | Chell Yamaha | 9 | | | |
| 12 | 30 | Bruno Holzer | Charly Meierhans | Chell Yamaha | 9 | | | |
| 13 | 15 | Heinz Luthringshauser | Lorenzo Puzo | BMW | 9 | | | |
| 14 | 17 | Heinz Thevissen | Juppi Esch | HTS | 9 | | | |
| 15 | 24 | Mark Alexandre | Paul Gerard | König | 9 | | | |
| 16 | 7 | Hermann Schmid | Jean-Pierre Martial | Yamaha | 8 | +1 lap | | |
| Ret | | Rolf Biland | Ken Williams | Yamaha | | | 6 | |
| Ret | | Walter Ohrmann | Bernd Grube | Yamaha | | | 7 | |
| Ret | | Gustav Pape | Franz Kallenberg | König | | | 8 | |
| Ret | | Martin Kooy | Rob Vader | König | | | 9 | |
| Ret | | Amedeo Zini | Andrea Fornaro | König | | | 10 | |