title: 1976 Austrian motorcycle Grand Prix
text: # 1976 Austrian motorcycle Grand Prix
  
  The 1976 Austrian motorcycle Grand Prix was the second round of the 1976 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 2 May 1976 at the Salzburgring circuit.
  
  ## 500cc classification
  
  | Pos. | No. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Time/Retired | Points |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 7 | Barry Sheene | Texaco Heron Team Suzuki | Suzuki | 1:01'21.760 | 15 |
  | 2 | 40 | Marco Lucchinelli | Gallina Corse | Suzuki | +13.400 | 12 |
  | 3 | 2 | Phil Read | Team Life International | Suzuki | +19.310 | 10 |
  | 4 | 20 | Michel Rougerie | | Suzuki | +1'05.060 | 8 |
  | 5 | 47 | Stuart Avant | Colemans | Suzuki | +1'13.880 | 6 |
  | 6 | 11 | Giacomo Agostini | Team API Marlboro | MV Agusta | +1'15.190 | 5 |
  | 7 | 33 | Víctor Palomo | Swaep Motor Racing | Yamaha | +1 lap | 4 |
  | 8 | 10 | Jack Findlay | Jack Findlay Racing | Suzuki | +1 lap | 3 |
  | 9 | 12 | Karl Auer | Racing Team NO | Yamaha | +1 lap | 2 |
  | 10 | 8 | Alex George | Hermetite Racing International | Yamaha | +2 laps | 1 |
  | 11 | 39 | Helmut Kassner | | Suzuki | +2 laps | |
  | 12 | 23 | Tom Herron | | Yamaha | +2 laps | |
  | 13 | 43 | Boet van Dulmen | Laponder Racing | Yamaha | +2 laps | |
  | 14 | 24 | Hans Stadelmann | | Yamaha | +2 laps | |
  | 15 | 14 | Dieter Braun | | Suzuki | +2 laps | |
  | 16 | 28 | Max Wiener | Racing Team NO | Yamaha | +2 laps | |
  | 17 | 26 | Børge Nielsen | | Yamaha | +3 laps | |
  | 18 | 18 | Olivier Chevallier | | Yamaha | +3 laps | |
  | 19 | 31 | Michael Schmid | Racing Team Albatros | Yamaha | +3 laps | |
  | 20 | 36 | Peter Balaz | | Yamaha | +4 laps | |
  | 21 | 30 | Siegfried Mayr | | Yamaha | +4 laps | |
  | 22 | 37 | Philippe Chaltin | | Yamaha | +7 laps | |
  | Ret | 11 | Chas Mortimer | Takazumi Katayama Sarome Team | Yamaha | Retired | |
  | Ret | ?? | Patrick Pons | Team Sonauto Gauloises | Yamaha | Retired | |
  | Ret | ?? | Gerard Choukroun | Team Sonauto Gauloises | Yamaha | Retired | |
  | Ret | ?? | Pentti Korhonen | | Yamaha | Retired | |
  | Ret | 55 | Johnny Cecotto | Team Venemotos | Yamaha | Accident | |
  | Ret | ?? | John Dodds | Mitsui Racing Team | Yamaha | Retired | |
  | Ret | ?? | Wil Hartog | Riemersma Racing | Suzuki | Retired | |
  | Ret | ?? | Philippe Coulon | | Suzuki | Retired | |
  | Ret | ?? | John Williams | Texaco Heron Team Suzuki | Suzuki | Accident | |
  | Ret | ?? | Armando Toracca | Gallina Corse | Suzuki | Retired | |
  | Ret | ?? | Pat Hennen | Colemans | Suzuki | Retired | |
  | DSQ | ?? | Teuvo Länsivuori | Life Racing Team | Suzuki | Disqualified | |
  | WD | ?? | Takazumi Katayama | Takazumi Katayama Sarome Team | Yamaha | Withdrew | |
  | DNS | ?? | Bruno Kneubühler | | Yamaha | Did not start | |
  | Sources: |||||||
  
  ### Footnotes
  
  * ↑ Länsivuori was disqualified for not stopping his engine during a refuelling stop.
  * ↑ After the race, it was discovered that Katayama used a 350 cc Yamaha instead of the 370 cc Yamaha he had used in practice. Katayama then withdrew from the official results.
  
  ## 350 cc classification
  
  | Pos | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Grid | Points |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 1 | Johnny Cecotto | Yamaha | 35 | 51:18.83 | 1 | 15 |
  | 2 | 24 | Walter Villa | Harley Davidson | 35 | +8.15 | 2 | 12 |
  | 3 | 22 | John Dodds | Yamaha | 35 | +37.31 | 8 | 10 |
  | 4 | 28 | Leif Gustafsson | Yamaha | 35 | +46.61 | 5 | 8 |
  | 5 | 4 | Dieter Braun | Morbidelli | 35 | +51.97 | 9 | 6 |
  | 6 | 9 | Tom Herron | Yamaha | 35 | +56.56 | 4 | 5 |
  | 7 | 16 | Olivier Chevallier | Yamaha | 30 | +56.80 | 7 | 4 |
  | 8 | 6 | Chas Mortimer | Yamaha | 35 | +1:06.67 | 16 | 3 |
  | 9 | 5 | Patrick Pons | Yamaha | 35 | +1:06.98 | 15 | 2 |
  | 10 | 26 | Gianfranco Bonera | Harley Davidson | 35 | +1:13.80 | 17 | 1 |
  | 11 | 18 | Bruno Kneubühler | Yamaha | 35 | +1:16.91 | 10 | |
  | 12 | 53 | Paolo Tordi | Yamaha | 35 | +1:21.87 | | |
  | 13 | 10 | Víctor Palomo | Yamaha | 35 | +1:27.32 | | |
  | 14 | 51 | Franco Uncini | Yamaha | 35 | +1:28.65 | 19 | |
  | 15 | 55 | Jean-François Baldé | Yamaha | 34 | +1 lap | 11 | |
  | 16 | 12 | Philippe Coulon | Yamaha | 34 | +1 lap | | |
  | 17 | 23 | Jack Findlay | Yamaha | 34 | +1 lap | | |
  | 18 | 30 | Hans Müller | Tschannen | 34 | +1 lap | | |
  | 19 | 29 | Børge Nielsen | Yamaha | 34 | +1 lap | | |
  | 20 | 15 | Hans Stadelmann | Yamaha | 34 | +1 lap | | |
  | 21 | 34 | Philippe Chaltin | Yamaha | 34 | +1 lap | | |
  | 22 | 25 | Max Wiener | Yamaha | 33 | +2 laps | | |
  | Ret | | Takazumi Katayama | Yamaha | | | 3 | |
  | Ret | | Giacomo Agostini | MV Agusta | | | 6 | |
  | Ret | | Tapio Virtanen | MZ | | | 12 | |
  | Ret | | Gérard Choukron | Yamaha | | | 13 | |
  | Ret | | Alex George | Yamaha | | | 18 | |
  | Ret | | Pentti Korhonen | Yamaha | | | 20 | |
  | 36 starters in total ||||||||
  
  ## 125 cc classification
  
  | Pos | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Grid | Points |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 2 | Pierpaolo Bianchi | Morbidelli | 30 | 48:11.98 | 1 | 15 |
  | 2 | 1 | Paolo Pileri | Morbidelli | 30 | +36.69 | 2 | 12 |
  | 3 | 5 | Otello Buscherini | Malanca | 30 | +1:08.04 | 3 | 10 |
  | 4 | 18 | Ángel Nieto | Bultaco | 29 | +1 lap | 4 | 8 |
  | 5 | 41 | Xaver Tschannen | Maico | 28 | +2 laps | 6 | 6 |
  | 6 | 8 | Hans Zemsauer | Rotax | 28 | +2 laps | 7 | 5 |
  | 7 | 16 | Hans Hummel | Yamaha | 27 | +3 laps | 11 | 4 |
  | 8 | 10 | Hans Müller | Yamaha | 27 | +3 laps | 15 | 3 |
  | 9 | 12 | Peter Frohnmeyer | Nava | 27 | +3 laps | 9 | 2 |
  | 10 | 21 | Werner Schmied | Rotax | 27 | +3 laps | 14 | 1 |
  | 11 | 17 | Ulrich Graf | Yamaha | 27 | +3 laps | 17 | |
  | 12 | 46 | Hans Prähauser | Yamaha | 26 | +4 laps | | |
  | 13 | 32 | Peter Szabo | MZ | 26 | +4 laps | | |
  | 14 | 33 | János Reisz | Yamaha | 25 | +5 laps | | |
  | Ret | | Eugenio Lazzarini | Morbidelli | | | 5 | |
  | Ret | | Cees van Dongen | Morbidelli | | | 8 | |
  | Ret | | Matti Matikainen | Maico | | | 10 | |
  | Ret | | Auno Hakala | Yamaha | | | 12 | |
  | Ret | | Hans Hallberg | Yamaha | | | 13 | |
  | Ret | | Anton Mang | Morbidelli | | | 16 | |
  | Ret | | Heinz Pristavnik | Yamaha | | | 18 | |
  | Ret | | Michael Fahrmeier | Yamaha | | | 19 | |
  | Ret | | Franz Leitner | Yamaha | | | 20 | |
  | 25 starters in total ||||||||
  
  ## Sidecar classification
  
  | Pos | No. | Rider | Passenger | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Grid | Points |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 1 | Rolf Steinhausen | Sepp Huber | Busch-König | 30 | 48:26.29 | 3 | 15 |
  | 2 | 2 | Werner Schwärzel | Andreas Huber | König | 30 | +9.45 | 2 | 12 |
  | 3 | 19 | Siegfried Schauzu | A. Lorentz | Aro | 30 | +1:21.76 | 5 | 10 |
  | 4 | 7 | Hermann Schmid | Jean-Pierre Martial | Yamaha | 29 | +1 lap | 6 | 8 |
  | 5 | 32 | Gerry Boret | Nick Boret | Yamaha | 29 | +1 lap | | 6 |
  | 6 | 31 | Alain Michel | Bernard Garcia | Yamaha | 29 | +1 lap | 10 | 5 |
  | 7 | 29 | Ted Janssen | Eric Schmitz | Heukerott | 29 | +1 lap | | 4 |
  | 8 | 21 | Hanspeter Hubacher | Kurt Huber | Yamaha | 29 | +1 lap | 8 | 3 |
  | 9 | 16 | Dick Greasley | Cliff Holland | Chell Yamaha | 29 | +1 lap | | 2 |
  | 10 | 9 | Amedeo Zini | Andrea Fornaro | König | 28 | +2 laps | | 1 |
  | Ret | | Rolf Biland | Ken Williams | Seymaz-Yamaha | | | 1 | |
  | Ret | | Helmut Schilling | Rainer Gundel | Aro | | | 4 | |
  | Ret | | George O'Dell | Alan Gosling | May Yamaha | | | 7 | |
  | Ret | | Hans Prugl | Horst Kussberger | König | | | 9 | |
  | 20 starters in total |||||||||
  