# 1976 Nations motorcycle Grand Prix

The 1976 Nations motorcycle Grand Prix was the third round of the 1976 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 16 May 1976 at the Mugello circuit. Otello Buscherini suffered a fatal accident on lap 6 of the 250cc race and was killed.

## 500cc classification

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Time/Retired | Points |
| 1 | 7 | Barry Sheene | Texaco Heron Team Suzuki | Suzuki | 1:02'35.500 | 15 |
| 2 | 2 | Phil Read | Team Life International | Suzuki | +0.100 | 12 |
| 3 | 28 | Virginio Ferrari | Gallina Corse | Suzuki | +53.000 | 10 |
| 4 | 4 | Teuvo Länsivuori | Life Racing Team | Suzuki | +53.500 | 8 |
| 5 | 54 | Pat Hennen | Colemans | Suzuki | +1'39.300 | 6 |
| 6 | 27 | Marcel Ankoné | Nimag Suzuki | Suzuki | +1'45.300 | 5 |
| 7 | 32 | Stuart Avant | Colemans | Suzuki | +1'50.700 | 4 |
| 8 | 40 | Philippe Coulon | | Suzuki | +1 lap | 3 |
| 9 | 30 | Dieter Braun | | Suzuki | +1 lap | 2 |
| 10 | 41 | Børge Nielsen | | Yamaha | +1 laps | 1 |
| 11 | 57 | Max Wiener | Racing Team NO | Yamaha | +2 laps | |
| Ret | 11 | Giacomo Agostini | Team API Marlboro | Suzuki | Retired | |
| Ret | 10 | Jack Findlay | Jack Findlay Racing | Suzuki | Accident | |
| Ret | 12 | Karl Auer | Racing Team NO | Yamaha | Retired | |
| Ret | 20 | Michel Rougerie | | Suzuki | Accident | |
| Ret | 25 | Gilles Husson | | Yamaha | Retired | |
| Ret | ?? | Mario Necchi | | Suzuki | Retired | |
| Ret | ?? | John Newbold | Texaco Heron Team Suzuki | Suzuki | Retired | |
| Ret | ?? | Germano Paganini | | Suzuki | Retired | |
| Ret | ?? | Vanes Francini | | Yamaha | Retired | |
| Ret | ?? | Giorgio Avveduti | | Suzuki | Retired | |
| Ret | ?? | Vanes Francini | | Yamaha | Retired | |
| Ret | 33 | Víctor Palomo | Swaep Motor Racing | Yamaha | Retired | |
| Ret | ?? | Nico Cereghini | Life Racing Team | Suzuki | Retired | |
| Ret | 51 | Boet van Dulmen | Laponder Racing | Yamaha | Retired | |
| Ret | 55 | Johnny Cecotto | Team Venemotos | Yamaha | Retired | |
| Ret | ?? | Mario Fiorentino | | Suzuki | Retired | |
| Ret | ?? | Vittorio Gornati | | Suzuki | Retired | |
| Ret | ?? | Carlo Piazza | | Suzuki | Retired | |
| Ret | ?? | Victor Soussan | | Yamaha | Retired | |
| Ret | 44 | Edmar Ferreira | Goias Swaep Motor | Yamaha | Retired | |
| DNS | ?? | Eduardo Elias | | Harley-Davidson | Did not start | |
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## 350 cc classification

| Pos | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 1 | Johnny Cecotto | Yamaha | 25 | 55:01.8 | 8 | 15 |
| 2 | 14 | Franco Uncini | Yamaha | 25 | +30.5 | 3 | 12 |
| 3 | 65 | John Dodds | Yamaha | 25 | +33.4 | 1 | 10 |
| 4 | 3 | Pentti Korhonen | Yamaha | 25 | +36.2 | 9 | 8 |
| 5 | 9 | Tom Herron | Yamaha | 25 | +37.0 | 11 | 6 |
| 6 | 77 | Kork Ballington | Yamaha | 25 | +37.5 | 17 | 5 |
| 7 | 73 | Walter Villa | Harley-Davidson | 25 | +37.7 | 2 | 4 |
| 8 | 76 | Boet van Dulmen | Yamaha | 25 | +1:00.6 | 19 | 3 |
| 9 | 23 | Philippe Bouzanne | Yamaha | 25 | +1:06.3 | 10 | 2 |
| 10 | 70 | Takazumi Katayama | Yamaha | 25 | +1:11.3 | | 1 |
| 11 | 35 | Francini Vanes | Yamaha | 25 | +1:19.2 | | |
| 12 | 24 | Jean-François Baldé | Yamaha | 25 | +1:21.2 | 13 | |
| 13 | 59 | Alan North | Yamaha | 25 | +1:39.3 | | |
| 14 | 21 | Christian Huguet | Yamaha | 25 | +2:10.3 | | |
| 15 | 34 | Fosco Giansanti | Yamaha | 24 | +1 lap | 12 | |
| Ret | | Giacomo Agostini | MV Agusta | | | 4 | |
| Ret | | Paolo Tordi | Yamaha | 1 | Fatal accident | 5 | |
| Ret | | Patrick Pons | Yamaha | | | 6 | |
| Ret | | Víctor Palomo | Yamaha | | | 7 | |
| Ret | | Bruno Kneubühler | Yamaha | | | 14 | |
| Ret | | Giuseppe Consalvi | Yamaha | | | 15 | |
| Ret | | Eduardo Elias | Yamaha | | | 16 | |
| Ret | | Gérard Choukroun | Yamaha | | | 18 | |
| Ret | | Chas Mortimer | Yamaha | | | 20 | |
| 29 starters in total ||||||||

### Footnotes

* ↑ Tordi crashed on the second lap and died from chest injuries.

## 250 cc classification

| Pos | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 1 | Walter Villa | Harley-Davidson | 23 | 51:43.3 | 1 | 15 |
| 2 | 25 | Takazumi Katayama | Yamaha | 23 | +21.8 | 13 | 12 |
| 3 | 19 | Pentti Korhonen | Yamaha | 23 | +37.9 | 3 | 10 |
| 4 | 6 | Chas Mortimer | Yamaha | 23 | +1:00.1 | 10 | 8 |
| 5 | 48 | Jean-François Baldé | Yamaha | 23 | +1:01.4 | 9 | 6 |
| 6 | 9 | Bruno Kneubühler | Yamaha | 23 | +1:15.8 | | 5 |
| 7 | 23 | Tom Herron | Yamaha | 23 | +1:21.9 | | 4 |
| 8 | 36 | Philippe Bouzanne | Yamaha | 23 | +1:28.3 | | 3 |
| 9 | 11 | Olivier Chevallier | Yamaha | 23 | +1:40.9 | 16 | 2 |
| 10 | 66 | Eero Hyvarinen | Yamaha | 23 | +1:41.2 | | 1 |
| 11 | 35 | Mario Lega | Yamaha | 23 | +1:44.1 | 15 | |
| 12 | 32 | Denis Boulom | Yamaha | 23 | +1:46.1 | 18 | |
| 13 | 45 | Hans Stadelmann | Yamaha | 23 | +1:59.7 | 2 | |
| 14 | 15 | Christian Sarron | Yamaha | 22 | +1 lap | | |
| 15 | 29 | Erick Andersson | Yamaha | 22 | +1 lap | | |
| 16 | 52 | Alfio Micheli | Harley-Davidson | 22 | +1 lap | | |
| 17 | 50 | Rudolf Weiss | Yamaha | 22 | +1 lap | | |
| Ret | | Patrick Pons | Yamaha | | | 4 | |
| Ret | | Paolo Pileri | Morbidelli | | | 5 | |
| Ret | | Virginio Ferrari | Harley-Davidson | | | 6 | |
| Ret | | Michel Rougerie | Yamaha | | | 7 | |
| Ret | | Kork Ballington | Yamaha | | | 8 | |
| Ret | | Paolo Tordi | Yamaha | | | 11 | |
| Ret | | Leif Gustafsson | Yamaha | | | 12 | |
| Ret | | John Dodds | Yamaha | | | 14 | |
| Ret | | Gérard Choukron | Yamaha | | | 17 | |
| Ret | | Otello Buscherini | Yamaha | 6 | Fatal accident | 19 | |
| Ret | | Gianfranco Bonera | Harley Davidson | | | 20 | |
| 30 starters in total ||||||||

### Footnotes

* ↑ Buscherini crashed on the seventh lap and died from stomach injuries.

## 125 cc classification

| Pos | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 21 | Pierpaolo Bianchi | Morbidelli | 20 | 46:54.2 | 1 | 15 |
| 2 | 22 | Paolo Pileri | Morbidelli | 20 | +24.7 | 2 | 12 |
| 3 | 12 | Ángel Nieto | Bultaco | 20 | +1:05.3 | 12 | 10 |
| 4 | 33 | Henk van Kessel | Condor | 19 | +1 lap | 10 | 8 |
| 5 | 34 | Eugenio Lazzarini | Morbidelli | 19 | +1 lap | 7 | 6 |
| 6 | 39 | Enrico Cereda | Morbidelli | 19 | +1 lap | 11 | 5 |
| 7 | 23 | Luciano Richetti | Harley-Davidson | 19 | +1 lap | 15 | 4 |
| 8 | 28 | Pierluigi Conforti | Yamaha Italjet | 19 | +1 lap | 13 | 3 |
| 9 | 10 | Auno Hakala | Yamaha | 19 | +1 lap | | 2 |
| 10 | 18 | Matti Kinnunen | Maico | 19 | +1 lap | | 1 |
| 11 | 20 | Hans Müller | Yamaha | 18 | +2 laps | | |
| Ret | | Otello Buscherini | Malanca | | | 3 | |
| Ret | | Xaver Tschannen | Maico | | | 4 | |
| Ret | | Ermanno Giuliano | Malanca | | | 5 | |
| Ret | | Stefan Dörflinger | Malanca | | | 6 | |
| Ret | | Harald Bartol | Morbidelli | | | 8 | |
| Ret | | Pentti Salonen | Yamaha | | | 9 | |
| Ret | | Peter Frohnmeyer | DRS | | | 14 | |
| 30 starters in total ||||||||

## 50 cc classification

| Pos | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 1 | Ángel Nieto | Bultaco | 12 | 30:49.9 | 1 | 15 |
| 2 | 2 | Eugenio Lazzarini | UFO | 12 | +24.9 | 2 | 12 |
| 3 | 4 | Rudolf Kunz | Kreidler | 12 | +32.8 | 4 | 10 |
| 4 | 14 | Ulrich Graf | Kreidler | 12 | +40.7 | 3 | 8 |
| 5 | 6 | Stefan Dörflinger | Kreidler | 12 | +56.9 | 5 | 6 |
| 6 | 23 | Rolf Blatter | Kreidler | 12 | +1:25.1 | | 5 |
| 7 | 34 | Ezio Mischiati | Derbi MGM | 12 | +1:34.6 | | 4 |
| 8 | 11 | Ramon Gali | Derbi | 12 | +1:38.5 | | 3 |
| 9 | 42 | Pierre Audry | ABF | 12 | +1:39.5 | 6 | 2 |
| 10 | 12 | Aldo Pero | Kreidler | 12 | +1:43.9 | | 1 |
| 11 | 16 | Cees van Dongen | Kreidler | 12 | +1:44.1 | | |
| 12 | 8 | Wolfgang Müller | Kreidler | 12 | +1:45.0 | 10 | |
| 13 | 29 | Giovanni Ziggiotto | MTK | 12 | +1:45.1 | 7 | |
| 14 | 36 | Günter Schirnhöfer | Kreidler | 12 | +2:33.9 | 15 | |
| 15 | 41 | Patrick de Wulf | Kreidler | 11 | +1 lap | 9 | |
| 16 | 33 | Carlo Guerrini | Ringhini | 11 | +1 lap | | |
| 17 | 38 | Joaquin Gali | Derbi | 11 | +1 lap | | |
| 18 | 32 | Luigi Rinaudo | Tomos | 11 | +1 lap | | |
| 19 | 26 | Hans Kroismayer | Kreidler | 11 | +1 lap | | |
| 20 | 43 | Giorgio di Nunzio | Derbi | 11 | +1 lap | | |
| Ret | | Nico Polane | Kreidler | | | 8 | |
| Ret | | Sergio Zattoni | Derbi | | | 11 | |
| Ret | | Claudio Lusuardi | Villa | | | 12 | |
| Ret | | Hans Hummel | Kreidler | | | 13 | |
| Ret | | Ermanno Giuliano | Kreidler | | | 14 | |
| 29 starters in total ||||||||