# 1977 British motorcycle Grand Prix

The 1977 British motorcycle Grand Prix was the thirteenth and final round of the 1977 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 13–14 August 1977 at Silverstone Circuit.
1977 marked the beginning of a new era, as it was the first time the event was held on the British mainland after the Isle of Man TT had represented the United Kingdom on the FIM Grand Prix calendar for the previous 28 years since the championship's inception in 1949. Once the most prestigious race of the year, the Isle of Man TT had been increasingly boycotted by the top riders, and finally succumbed to pressure for increased safety in racing events. It was also the final grand prix for 15-time world champion Giacomo Agostini.
Steve Parrish retired from the lead after his teammate and close friend Barry Sheene famously wrote "gas it wanker" on a pitboard.

## 500cc classification

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Time/Retired | Points |
| 1 | 3 | Pat Hennen | Texaco Heron Team Suzuki | Suzuki | 45'31.960 | 15 |
| 2 | 32 | Steve Baker | Yamaha Motor Company | Yamaha | +41.590 | 12 |
| 3 | 2 | Teuvo Länsivuori | Life Racing Team | Suzuki | +1'02.790 | 10 |
| 4 | 13 | Gianfranco Bonera | Team Nava Olio Fiat | Suzuki | +1'22.960 | 8 |
| 5 | 35 | Steve Wright | | Suzuki | +1 lap | 6 |
| 6 | 24 | Alex George | Hermetite Racing International | Suzuki | +1 lap | 5 |
| 7 | 28 | Derek Chatterton | | Suzuki | +1 lap | 4 |
| 8 | 46 | Max Wiener | MSC Rottenberg | Suzuki | +1 lap | 3 |
| 9 | 10 | Giacomo Agostini | Team API Marlboro | Yamaha | +1 lap | 2 |
| 10 | 31 | Kevin Wrettom | | Suzuki | +1 lap | 1 |
| 11 | 37 | Helmut Kassner | Boeri Giudici Racing Team | Suzuki | +2 laps | |
| 12 | 42 | Franz Meier | | Yamaha | +2 laps | |
| 13 | 43 | Odd Arne Lände | | Suzuki | +2 laps | |
| Ret | 9 | John Williams | Team Appleby Glade | Suzuki | Accident | |
| Ret | 24 | Steve Parrish | Texaco Heron Team Suzuki | Suzuki | Accident | |
| Ret | 41 | Wil Hartog | Riemersma Racing | Suzuki | Retired | |
| Ret | 7 | Barry Sheene | Texaco Heron Team Suzuki | Suzuki | Retired | |
| Ret | ?? | Hervé Regout | Hervé Regout | Suzuki | Retired | |
| Ret | 15 | Christian Estrosi | Marlboro Masche Total | Suzuki | Accident | |
| Ret | 42 | Stuart Avant | Sid Griffiths Racing | Suzuki | Retired | |
| Ret | 49 | Michel Rougerie | | Suzuki | Retired | |
| Ret | ?? | Jean-Paul Boinet | | Suzuki | Retired | |
| Ret | 11 | Johnny Cecotto | Team Venemotos | Yamaha | Retired | |
| Ret | 18 | Boet van Dulmen | Pullshaw | Suzuki | Retired | |
| Ret | 20 | John Woodley | | Suzuki | Retired | |
| Ret | 11 | Warren Willing | | Yamaha | Retired | |
| Ret | ?? | George Fogarty | | Suzuki | Retired | |
| Ret | 34 | Leslie van Breda | | Suzuki | Accident | |
| Ret | ?? | John Weeden | | Suzuki | Retired | |
| Ret | ?? | Steve Manship | | Suzuki | Retired | |
| Ret | 20 | Børge Nielsen | | Yamaha | Retired | |
| Ret | ?? | Kaj Jensen | | Yamaha | Retired | |
| Ret | 43 | Franz Rau | | Suzuki | Retired | |
| Ret | ?? | Kees van der Kruijs | | Yamaha | Retired | |
| Ret | 6 | John Newbold | Maurice Newbold | Suzuki | Retired | |
| Ret | 8 | Jack Findlay | Hermetite Racing International | Suzuki | Retired | |
| Ret | ?? | Ron Haslam | | Suzuki | Accident | |
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## 350 cc classification

| Pos | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 11 | Kork Ballington | Yamaha | 28 | 45:32.10 | 1 | 15 |
| 2 | 9 | Olivier Chevallier | Yamaha | 28 | +16.31 | 9 | 12 |
| 3 | 32 | John Williams | Yamaha | 28 | +16.42 | 10 | 10 |
| 4 | 34 | Eddie Roberts | Yamaha | 28 | +24.52 | 2 | 8 |
| 5 | 42 | Alan Stewart | Yamaha | 28 | +29.55 | | 6 |
| 6 | 28 | Pekka Nurmi | Yamaha | 28 | +38.19 | 8 | 5 |
| 7 | 29 | Michel Frutschi | Yamaha | 28 | +54.84 | | 4 |
| 8 | 44 | Helmut Kassner | Yamaha | 28 | +1:03.90 | | 3 |
| 9 | 49 | Eero Hyvärinen | Yamaha | 28 | +1:08.19 | | 2 |
| 10 | 33 | Austin Hockley | Yamaha | 28 | +1:23.29 | | 1 |
| 11 | 47 | Alain Terras | Yamaha | 27 | +1 lap | | |
| 12 | 5 | John Dodds | Yamaha | 27 | +1 lap | 14 | |
| 13 | 24 | Les van Breda | Yamaha | 27 | +1 lap | | |
| 14 | 46 | Graham Hobbs | Yamaha | 27 | +1 lap | | |
| 15 | 12 | Reino Eskelinen | Yamaha | 27 | +1 lap | | |
| 16 | 40 | Kaj Jensen | Yamaha | 26 | +2 laps | | |
| | | Johnny Cecotto | Yamaha | | | 3 | |
| | | Tom Herron | Yamaha | | | 4 | |
| | | Christian Sarron | Yamaha | | | 5 | |
| | | Jon Ekerold | Yamaha | | | 6 | |
| | | Alan North | Yamaha | | | 7 | |
| | | Vic Soussan | Yamaha | | | 11 | |
| | | Patrick Pons | Yamaha | | | 12 | |
| | | Michel Rougerie | Yamaha | | | 13 | |
| | | Patrick Fernandez | Yamaha | | | 15 | |
| | | Giacomo Agostini | Yamaha | | | 16 | |
| | | Bernard Fau | Yamaha | | | 17 | |
| | | Víctor Palomo | Yamaha | | | 18 | |
| | | Chas Mortimer | Yamaha | | | 19 | |
| | | Ken Nemoto | Yamaha | | | 20 | |
| 46 starters in total ||||||||

## 250 cc classification

| Pos | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 20 | Kork Ballington | Yamaha | 26 | 43:37.08 | 17 | 15 |
| 2 | 47 | Aldo Nannini | Yamaha | 26 | +2.47 | 5 | 12 |
| 3 | 25 | Eric Saul | Yamaha | 26 | +4.85 | 8 | 10 |
| 4 | 13 | Franco Uncini | Harley-Davidson | 26 | +13.66 | 4 | 8 |
| 5 | 8 | Olivier Chevallier | Yamaha | 26 | +13.66 | 7 | 6 |
| 6 | 21 | Vic Soussan | Yamaha | 26 | +13.81 | 11 | 5 |
| 7 | 22 | Guy Bertin | Yamaha | 26 | +22.20 | 12 | 4 |
| 8 | 36 | Pekka Nurmi | Yamaha | 26 | +24.42 | | 3 |
| 9 | 1 | Walter Villa | Harley-Davidson | 26 | +26.32 | 15 | 2 |
| 10 | 23 | Patrick Pons | Yamaha | 26 | +34.56 | 19 | 1 |
| 11 | 19 | Eddie Roberts | Yamaha | 26 | +34.66 | | |
| 12 | 27 | Michel Frutschi | Yamaha | 26 | +1:03.64 | | |
| 13 | 41 | Alan Stewart | Yamaha | 26 | +1:03.82 | | |
| 14 | 16 | Jean-Claude Meilland | Yamaha | 26 | +1:16.74 | | |
| 15 | 26 | Denis Boulom | Yamaha | 26 | +1:37.21 | | |
| 16 | 34 | Seppo Rossi | Yamaha | 26 | +1:37.21 | | |
| 17 | 39 | John Weeden | Yamaha | 26 | +1:37.86 | | |
| 18 | 28 | Ian Richards | Yamaha | 25 | +1 lap | | |
| 19 | 45 | Graham Hobbs | Yamaha | 25 | +1 lap | | |
| 20 | 38 | Warren Willing | Yamaha | 25 | +1 lap | | |
| 21 | 4 | Ron Kirkham | Yamaha | 24 | +2 laps | | |
| | | Takazumi Katayama | Yamaha | | | 1 | |
| | | Tom Herron | Yamaha | | | 2 | |
| | | Mick Grant | Kawasaki | | | 3 | |
| | | Alan North | Yamaha | | | 6 | |
| | | Jon Ekerold | Yamaha | | | 9 | |
| | | Hans Müller | Yamaha | | | 10 | |
| | | Christian Sarron | Yamaha | | | 13 | |
| | | Bernard Fau | Yamaha | | | 14 | |
| | | Patrick Fernandez | Yamaha | | | 16 | |
| | | Barry Ditchburn | Kawasaki | | | 18 | |
| 48 starters in total ||||||||

## 125 cc classification

| Pos | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 12 | Pierluigi Conforti | Morbidelli | 24 | 42:46.53 | 7 | 15 |
| 2 | 7 | Eugenio Lazzarini | Morbidelli | 24 | +2.02 | 2 | 12 |
| 3 | 6 | Jean-Louis Guignabodet | Morbidelli | 24 | +16.01 | 6 | 10 |
| 4 | 16 | Hans Müller | Morbidelli | 24 | +28.89 | 4 | 8 |
| 5 | 8 | Gert Bender | Bender | 24 | +33.46 | 11 | 6 |
| 6 | 9 | Stefan Dörflinger | Morbidelli | 24 | +41.63 | 3 | 5 |
| 7 | 28 | Thierry Noblesse | Morbidelli | 24 | +42.22 | 9 | 4 |
| 8 | 5 | Anton Mang | Morbidelli | 24 | +42.58 | 12 | 3 |
| 9 | 34 | Bengt Johansson | Morbidelli | 24 | +57.98 | 17 | 2 |
| 10 | 10 | Julien van Zeebroeck | Motobécane | 24 | +1:00.76 | 13 | 1 |
| 11 | 15 | Ermanno Giuliano | Morbidelli | 24 | +1:01.42 | 10 | |
| 12 | 50 | Patrick Plisson | Morbidelli | 24 | +1:08.48 | 8 | |
| 13 | 17 | Per-Edward Carlson | Morbidelli | 24 | +1:18.78 | 19 | |
| 14 | 20 | Laurent Gomis | Morbidelli | 24 | +1:32.59 | 16 | |
| 15 | 26 | Maurizio Massimiani | Morbidelli | 24 | +1:33.38 | 15 | |
| 16 | 33 | Enrico Cereda | Morbidelli | 24 | +1:40.19 | 18 | |
| 17 | 3 | Clive Horton | Maico | 24 | +1:40.40 | | |
| 18 | 18 | Matti Kinnunen | Morbidelli | 24 | +1:41.46 | 20 | |
| 19 | 32 | Claude Wilette | Morbidelli | 24 | +1:41.93 | | |
| 20 | 38 | Alfred Schmid | Morbidelli | 24 | +1:44.74 | | |
| | | Harald Bartol | Morbidelli | | | 1 | |
| | | Thierry Espié | Motobécane | | | 5 | |
| | | Sauro Pazzaglia | Morbidelli | | | 14 | |
| 41 starters in total, 28 finishers ||||||||

## Sidecar classification

| Pos | No. | Rider | Passenger | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 2 | Werner Schwärzel | Andreas Huber | Aro | 27 | 53:53.94 | 2 | 15 |
| 2 | 1 | Rolf Steinhausen | Wolfgang Kalauch | Busch-Yamaha | 27 | +39.90 | 10 | 12 |
| 3 | 8 | George O'Dell | Cliff Holland | Windle-Yamaha | 27 | +1:25.25 | 3 | 10 |
| 4 | 17 | Göte Brodin | Bengt Forsberg | Windle-Yamaha | 27 | +1:35.09 | 5 | 8 |
| 5 | 19 | Jean-François Monnin | Edouard Weber | Seymaz-Yamaha | 27 | +1:51.05 | 11 | 6 |
| 6 | 18 | Walter Ohrmann | Bernd Grube | Yamaha | 26 | +1 lap | | 5 |
| 7 | 33 | Mick Boddice | Chas Birks | Yamaha | 26 | +1 lap | | 4 |
| 8 | 4 | Rolf Biland | Kenny Williams | Schmid-Yamaha | 26 | +1 lap | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | 6 | Helmut Schilling | Rainer Gundel | Aro | 26 | +1 lap | 9 | 2 |
| 10 | 27 | Yvan Trolliet | Pierre Muller | Yamaha | 26 | +1 lap | 12 | 1 |
| 11 | 11 | Bruno Holzer | Don Williams | LCR-Yamaha | 26 | +1 lap | 13 | |
| 12 | 5 | Siegfried Schauzu | Lorenzo Puzo | Yamaha | 26 | +1 lap | 15 | |
| 13 | 12 | Mac Hobson | Stu Collins | Suzuki | 25 | +2 laps | 8 | |
| 14 | 20 | Jeff Gawley | Ken Birch | Fowler-Yamaha | 25 | +2 laps | | |
| 15 | 7 | Dick Greasley | Mick Skeels | Chell-Yamaha | 24 | +3 laps | 6 | |
| | | Hermann Schmid | Kenny Arthur | Schmid-Yamaha | | | 4 | |
| | | Alain Michel | Gérard Lecorre | Yamaha | | | 7 | |
| | | Cees Smit | Jan Smit | König | | | 14 | |
| 31 starters in total, 31 finishers |||||||||