title: 1977 Dutch TT
text: # 1977 Dutch TT
  
  The 1977 Dutch TT was the eighth round of the 1977 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 25 June 1977 at the Circuit van Drenthe Assen. Wil Hartog became the first Dutchman to win a 500cc Grand Prix when he claimed the victory.
  
  ## 500cc classification
  
  | Pos. | No. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Time/Retired | Points |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 30 | Wil Hartog | Riemersma Racing | Suzuki | 52'35.400 | 15 |
  | 2 | 7 | Barry Sheene | Texaco Heron Team Suzuki | Suzuki | +5.900 | 12 |
  | 3 | 3 | Pat Hennen | Texaco Heron Team Suzuki | Suzuki | +10.500 | 10 |
  | 4 | 5 | Philippe Coulon | Marlboro Masche Total | Suzuki | +10.900 | 8 |
  | 5 | 32 | Steve Baker | Yamaha Motor Company | Yamaha | +11.600 | 6 |
  | 6 | 4 | Marco Lucchinelli | Life Racing Team | Suzuki | +12.100 | 5 |
  | 7 | 2 | Teuvo Länsivuori | Life Racing Team | Suzuki | +18.200 | 4 |
  | 8 | 21 | Michel Rougerie | | Suzuki | +20.300 | 3 |
  | 9 | 17 | Armando Toracca | MC della Robbia | Suzuki | +21.700 | 2 |
  | 10 | 18 | Virginio Ferrari | Team Nava Olio Fiat | Suzuki | +36.200 | 1 |
  | 11 | 31 | Jack Middelburg | Haags Motocentrum Team | Suzuki | +55.400 | |
  | 12 | 6 | John Newbold | Maurice Newbold | Suzuki | +1'21.700 | |
  | 13 | 20 | Giovanni Rolando | | Suzuki | +1'46.800 | |
  | 14 | 24 | Warren Willing | | Yamaha | +2'34.900 | |
  | 15 | 37 | Leslie van Breda | | Suzuki | +3'02.800 | |
  | 16 | 25 | Jean-Philippe Orban | Jean-Philippe Orban Racing Team | Suzuki | +1 lap | |
  | 17 | 27 | Max Wiener | MSC Rottenberg | Suzuki | +1 lap | |
  | 18 | 36 | Piet van der Wal | | Yamaha | +1 lap | |
  | Ret | 42 | Stuart Avant | Sid Griffiths Racing | Suzuki | Retired | |
  | Ret | ?? | Willem Zoet | | Suzuki | Accident | |
  | Ret | 12 | Steve Parrish | Texaco Heron Team Suzuki | Suzuki | Retired | |
  | Ret | 15 | Christian Estrosi | Marlboro Masche Total | Suzuki | Accident | |
  | Ret | 11 | Giacomo Agostini | Team API Marlboro | Yamaha | Retired | |
  | Ret | ?? | Franz Rau | | Suzuki | Retired | |
  | Ret | ?? | Børge Nielsen | | Suzuki | Retired | |
  | Ret | 17 | Gianfranco Bonera | Team Nava Olio Fiat | Suzuki | Accident | |
  | Ret | ?? | Dave Potter | Ted Broad | Suzuki | Retired | |
  | Ret | 43 | Helmut Kassner | Boeri Giudici Racing Team | Suzuki | Retired | |
  | Ret | ?? | Dick Alblas | | König | Retired | |
  | Ret | 9 | John Williams | Team Appleby Glade | Suzuki | Retired | |
  | DNS | ?? | Karl Auer | MSC Rottenberg | Yamaha | Did not start | |
  | Sources: |||||||
  
  ## 350 cc classification
  
  | Pos | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Grid | Points |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 11 | Kork Ballington | Yamaha | 16 | 49:25.3 | 5 | 15 |
  | 2 | 15 | Michel Rougerie | Yamaha | 16 | +1.2 | 7 | 12 |
  | 3 | 16 | Patrick Fernandez | Yamaha | 16 | +1.7 | 1 | 10 |
  | 4 | 4 | Tom Herron | Yamaha | 16 | +3.7 | 9 | 8 |
  | 5 | 10 | Franco Uncini | Harley-Davidson | 16 | +39.1 | 6 | 6 |
  | 6 | 24 | Jon Ekerold | Yamaha | 16 | +1:00.4 | 4 | 5 |
  | 7 | 9 | Olivier Chevallier | Yamaha | 16 | +1:07.7 | 10 | 4 |
  | 8 | 1 | Walter Villa | Harley-Davidson | 16 | +1:10.9 | | 3 |
  | 9 | 23 | Alan North | Yamaha | 16 | +1:21.2 | 8 | 2 |
  | 10 | 13 | Patrick Pons | Yamaha | 16 | +1:22.1 | | 1 |
  | 11 | 35 | Jack Middelburg | Yamaha | 16 | +1:27.9 | | |
  | 12 | 3 | Chas Mortimer | Yamaha | 16 | +1:31.2 | | |
  | 13 | 17 | Helmut Kassner | Yamaha | 16 | +1:32.5 | | |
  | 14 | 40 | Jean-François Baldé | Yamaha | 16 | +1:32.6 | | |
  | 15 | 27 | Eddie Roberts | Yamaha | 16 | +1:48.1 | | |
  | | | Mario Lega | Morbidelli | | | 2 | |
  | | | Vic Soussan | Yamaha | | | 3 | |
  | | | Christian Sarron | Yamaha | | | 11 | |
  | | | Bernard Fau | Yamaha | | | 12 | |
  | 30 starters in total, 19 finishers ||||||||
  
  ## 250 cc classification
  
  | Pos | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Grid | Points |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 20 | Mick Grant | Kawasaki | 15 | 47:46.8 | 3 | 15 |
  | 2 | 16 | Franco Uncini | Harley-Davidson | 15 | +8.6 | 4 | 12 |
  | 3 | 21 | Barry Ditchburn | Kawasaki | 15 | +13.2 | 2 | 10 |
  | 4 | 1 | Walter Villa | Harley-Davidson | 15 | +17.8 | 5 | 8 |
  | 5 | 14 | Mario Lega | Morbidelli | 15 | +19.2 | 6 | 6 |
  | 6 | 2 | Takazumi Katayama | Yamaha | 15 | +25.5 | | 5 |
  | 7 | 12 | Jon Ekerold | Yamaha | 15 | +37.5 | 7 | 4 |
  | 8 | 3 | Pentti Korhonen | Yamaha | 15 | +45.3 | | 3 |
  | 9 | 40 | Philippe Bouzanne | Yamaha | 15 | +1:09.6 | | 2 |
  | 10 | 4 | Tom Herron | Yamaha | 15 | +1:21.2 | 8 | 1 |
  | 11 | 7 | Olivier Chevallier | Yamaha | 15 | +1:24.4 | | |
  | 12 | 18 | Patrick Pons | Yamaha | 15 | +1:28.3 | | |
  | 13 | 22 | Pekka Nurmi | Yamaha | 15 | +1:31.7 | | |
  | 14 | 38 | Aldo Nannini | Yamaha | 15 | +1:46.2 | | |
  | 15 | 26 | Masahiro Wada | Kawasaki | 15 | +1:46.5 | 10 | |
  | | | Alan North | Yamaha | | | 1 | |
  | | | Kork Ballington | Yamaha | | | 9 | |
  | | | Jean-François Baldé | Yamaha | | | 11 | |
  | | | Vic Soussan | Yamaha | | | 12 | |
  | 30 starters in total, 20 finishers ||||||||
  
  ## 125 cc classification
  
  | Pos | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Grid | Points |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 2 | Ángel Nieto | Bultaco | 14 | 46:29.1 | 2 | 15 |
  | 2 | 25 | Harald Bartol | Morbidelli | 14 | +51.8 | 4 | 12 |
  | 3 | 7 | Gert Bender | Bender | 14 | +1:03.6 | 5 | 10 |
  | 4 | 4 | Anton Mang | Morbidelli | 14 | +1:04.0 | 6 | 8 |
  | 5 | 5 | Jean-Louis Guignabodet | Morbidelli | 14 | +1:17.2 | 9 | 6 |
  | 6 | 8 | Stefan Dörflinger | Morbidelli | 14 | +1:24.1 | 8 | 5 |
  | 7 | 13 | Horst Seel | Seel | 14 | +1:26.0 | 7 | 4 |
  | 8 | 9 | Julien van Zeebroeck | Morbidelli | 14 | +2:00.1 | | 3 |
  | 9 | 1 | Pierpaolo Bianchi | Morbidelli | 14 | +2:01.6 | 1 | 2 |
  | 10 | 28 | Matti Kinnunen | Morbidelli | 14 | +2:02.0 | | 1 |
  | 11 | 27 | Hans Müller | Morbidelli | 14 | +2:03.2 | 12 | |
  | 12 | 11 | Walter Koschine | Morbidelli | 14 | +2:08.4 | 11 | |
  | 13 | 12 | Cees van Dongen | Morbidelli | 14 | +2:31.3 | | |
  | 14 | 29 | Theo van Geffen | Morbidelli | 14 | +2:40.9 | | |
  | 15 | 38 | Johann Parzer | Morbidelli | 14 | +2:44.5 | | |
  | | | Eugenio Lazzarini | Morbidelli | | | 3 | |
  | | | Thierry Noblesse | Morbidelli | | | 10 | |
  | 30 starters in total, 23 finishers ||||||||
  
  ## 50 cc classification
  
  | Pos | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Grid | Points |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 1 | Ángel Nieto | Bultaco | 9 | 32:29.8 | 2 | 15 |
  | 2 | 26 | Ricardo Tormo | Bultaco | 9 | +26.9 | 3 | 12 |
  | 3 | 2 | Herbert Rittberger | Kreidler | 9 | +48.9 | 4 | 10 |
  | 4 | 4 | Eugenio Lazzarini | Kreidler | 9 | +56.4 | 1 | 8 |
  | 5 | 7 | Stefan Dörflinger | Kreidler | 9 | +58.6 | 7 | 6 |
  | 6 | 9 | Patrick Plisson | ABF | 9 | +1:19.7 | 6 | 5 |
  | 7 | 16 | Wolfgang Müller | Kreidler | 9 | +1:51.0 | 11 | 4 |
  | 8 | 18 | Hagen Klein | Kreidler | 9 | +1:51.1 | 9 | 3 |
  | 9 | 8 | Hans Hummel | Kreidler | 9 | +2:21.4 | | 2 |
  | 10 | 32 | Peter Looyestein | Kreidler | 9 | +2:21.5 | | 1 |
  | 11 | 17 | Ingo Emmerich | Kreidler | 9 | +2:28.7 | | |
  | 12 | 29 | Ton Koojiman | Hemeyla | 9 | +2:40.9 | 10 | |
  | 13 | 31 | Theo van Geffen | VGS | 9 | +2:51.0 | | |
  | 14 | 15 | Günter Schirnhofer | Kreidler | 9 | +3:01.2 | | |
  | 15 | 36 | Pierre Dumont | Kreidler | 9 | +3:02.2 | | |
  | | | Jaap Bosman | Kreidler | | | 5 | |
  | | | Engelbert Kip | Kreidler | | | 8 | |
  | | | Rudolf Kunz | Kreidler | | | 12 | |
  | 29 starters in total, 16 finishers ||||||||
  
  ## Sidecar classification
  
  | Pos | No. | Rider | Passenger | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Grid | Points |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 4 | Rolf Biland | Kenny Williams | Schmid-Yamaha | 14 | 45:12.4 | 1 | 15 |
  | 2 | 8 | Alain Michel | Gérard Lecorre | Yamaha | 14 | +14.5 | 2 | 12 |
  | 3 | 2 | Werner Schwärzel | Andreas Huber | Aro | 14 | +1:00.6 | 3 | 10 |
  | 4 | 19 | Göte Brodin | Eric Wickström | Windle-Yamaha | 14 | +1:22.2 | 8 | 8 |
  | 5 | 10 | Bruno Holzer | Charly Meierhans | LCR-Yamaha | 14 | +1:23.7 | 7 | 6 |
  | 6 | 6 | Dick Greasley | Mick Skeels | Chell-Yamaha | 14 | +1:41.7 | 10 | 5 |
  | 7 | 3 | Hermann Schmid | Jean-Petit Matille | Schmid-Yamaha | 14 | +1:58.8 | 6 | 4 |
  | 8 | 23 | Cees Smit | Jan Smit | König | 14 | +2:09.0 | 5 | 3 |
  | 9 | 5 | Helmut Schilling | Rainer Gundel | Aro | 14 | +2:19.0 | 9 | 2 |
  | 10 | 15 | Mac Hobson | Stu Collins | Yamaha | 14 | +2:46.0 | | 1 |
  | 11 | 17 | Siegfried Schauzu | Lorenzo Puzo | Yamaha | 14 | +3:04.3 | | |
  | 12 | 25 | Max Venus | Norman Bittermann | König | 14 | +3:12.4 | | |
  | | | George O'Dell | Cliff Holland | Seymaz-Yamaha | | | 4 | |
  | 25 starters in total, 14 finishers |||||||||
  