title: 1976 Yugoslavian motorcycle Grand Prix
text: # 1976 Yugoslavian motorcycle Grand Prix
  
  The 1976 Yugoslavian motorcycle Grand Prix was the fourth round of the 1976 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 23 May 1976 at the Opatija circuit.
  
  ## 350 cc classification
  
  | Pos | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Grid | Points |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 43 | Olivier Chevallier | Yamaha | 25 | 57:52.4 | 4 | 15 |
  | 2 | 6 | Chas Mortimer | Yamaha | 25 | +10.6 | 7 | 12 |
  | 3 | 28 | Takazumi Katayama | Yamaha | 25 | +17.0 | 5 | 10 |
  | 4 | 17 | Bruno Kneubühler | Yamaha | 25 | +1:23.4 | 15 | 8 |
  | 5 | 9 | Tom Herron | Yamaha | 25 | +1:56.0 | 1 | 6 |
  | 6 | 7 | Gérard Choukroun | Yamaha | 25 | +2:25.7 | | 5 |
  | 7 | 5 | Patrick Pons | Yamaha | 25 | +2:27.2 | 8 | 4 |
  | 8 | 20 | Kjell Solberg | Yamaha | 24 | +1 lap | | 3 |
  | 9 | 35 | Bo Granath | Yamaha | 24 | +1 lap | | 2 |
  | 10 | 41 | Claudio Loigo | Yamaha | 24 | +1 lap | | 1 |
  | 11 | 51 | Victor Soussan | Yamaha | 24 | +1 lap | | |
  | 12 | 24 | Peter Balaz | Yamaha | 21 | +4 laps | 13 | |
  | Ret | | Giacomo Agostini | MV Agusta | | | 2 | |
  | Ret | | Dieter Braun | Yamaha | | | 3 | |
  | Ret | | Walter Villa | Harley-Davidson | | | 6 | |
  | Ret | | Pentti Korhonen | Yamaha | | | 9 | |
  | Ret | | John Dodds | Yamaha | | | 10 | |
  | Ret | | Johnny Cecotto | Yamaha | | | 11 | |
  | Ret | | Leif Gustafsson | Yamaha | | | 12 | |
  | Ret | | János Drapál | Yamaha | | | 14 | |
  | Ret | | Pekka Nurmi | Yamaha | | | 16 | |
  | Ret | | Franz Kunz | Yamaha | | | 17 | |
  | Ret | | Patrick Fernandez | Yamaha | | | 18 | |
  | Ret | | Philippe Coulon | Yamaha | | | 19 | |
  | Ret | | Børge Nielsen | Yamaha | | | 20 | |
  | 30 starters in total ||||||||
  
  ## 250 cc classification
  
  | Pos | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Grid | Points |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 3 | Dieter Braun | Yamaha | 21 | 50:19.8 | 10 | 15 |
  | 2 | 14 | Tom Herron | Yamaha | 21 | +6.7 | 2 | 12 |
  | 3 | 45 | Olivier Chevallier | Yamaha | 21 | +7.0 | 12 | 10 |
  | 4 | 51 | Patrick Fernandez | Yamaha | 21 | +14.9 | 4 | 8 |
  | 5 | 6 | Chas Mortimer | Yamaha | 21 | +16.9 | 6 | 6 |
  | 6 | 9 | Bruno Kneubühler | MZ | 21 | +28.2 | 11 | 5 |
  | 7 | 31 | Gianfranco Bonera | Harley-Davidson | 21 | +29.7 | 3 | 4 |
  | 8 | 16 | Pentti Korhonen | Yamaha | 21 | +35.0 | 7 | 3 |
  | 9 | 25 | János Drapál | Yamaha | 21 | +37.3 | 13 | 2 |
  | 10 | 5 | Patrick Pons | Yamaha | 21 | +1:00.0 | 8 | 1 |
  | 11 | 55 | Eero Hyvarinen | Yamaha | 21 | +1:13.6 | | |
  | 12 | 35 | Henk van Kessel | Yamaha | 21 | +1:34.5 | 19 | |
  | 13 | 53 | Philippe Bouzanne | Yamaha | 21 | +1:35.3 | 18 | |
  | 14 | 29 | Peter Balaz | Jawa | 21 | +1:41.3 | | |
  | 15 | 23 | Børge Nielsen | Yamaha | 21 | +2:17.0 | | |
  | 16 | 56 | Pentti Salonen | Yamaha | 20 | +1 lap | | |
  | 17 | 44 | Victor Soussan | Yamaha | 20 | +1 lap | | |
  | 18 | 15 | Hans Müller | Yamaha | 20 | +1 lap | | |
  | 19 | 24 | Kjell Solberg | Yamaha | 20 | +1 lap | | |
  | 20 | 40 | Bo Granath | Yamaha | 20 | +1 lap | | |
  | 21 | 46 | Tatemo Chujero | Yamaha | 20 | +1 lap | 14 | |
  | Ret | | Takazumi Katayama | Yamaha | | | 1 | |
  | Ret | | Walter Villa | Harley-Davidson | | | 5 | |
  | Ret | | Mario Lega | Yamaha | | | 9 | |
  | Ret | | Leif Gustafsson | Yamaha | | | 15 | |
  | Ret | | Pekka Nurmi | Yamaha | | | 16 | |
  | Ret | | Jaime Samaranch | Yamaha | | | 17 | |
  | Ret | | Gérard Choukroun | Yamaha | | | 20 | |
  | 30 starters in total ||||||||
  
  ## 125 cc classification
  
  | Pos | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Grid | Points |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 2 | Pierpaolo Bianchi | Morbidelli | 19 | 47:23.1 | 2 | 15 |
  | 2 | 5 | Henk van Kessel | Yamaha | 19 | +7.9 | 4 | 12 |
  | 3 | 1 | Paolo Pileri | Morbidelli | 19 | +11.2 | 3 | 10 |
  | 4 | 11 | Stefan Dörflinger | Morbidelli | 19 | +2:38.3 | 6 | 8 |
  | 5 | 44 | Xaver Tschannen | Maico | 18 | +1 lap | 8 | 6 |
  | 6 | 8 | Cees van Dongen | Morbidelli | 18 | +1 lap | 11 | 5 |
  | 7 | 42 | Rolf Blatter | Maico | 18 | +1 lap | 15 | 4 |
  | 8 | 4 | Eugenio Lazzarini | Morbidelli | 18 | +1 lap | 7 | 3 |
  | 9 | 7 | Hans Müller | Yamaha | 18 | +1 lap | 9 | 2 |
  | 10 | 9 | Peter Frohnmeyer | Nava DRS | 18 | +1 lap | 16 | 1 |
  | 11 | 33 | Boris Bajc | Yamaha | 17 | +2 laps | 18 | |
  | 12 | 18 | Fendrich Bedrich | Ravo | 17 | +2 laps | 17 | |
  | 13 | 21 | Peter Szabo | MZ | 17 | +2 laps | | |
  | Ret | | Ángel Nieto | Bultaco | | | 1 | |
  | Ret | | Edward Stachowski | Yamaha | | | 5 | |
  | Ret | | Pentti Salonen | Yamaha | | | 10 | |
  | Ret | | Germano Zanetti | Morbidelli | | | 12 | |
  | Ret | | Matti Kinnunen | Maico | | | 13 | |
  | Ret | | Janos Reisz | Yamaha | | | 14 | |
  | Ret | | Gabel Karel | Yamaha | | | 19 | |
  | Ret | | Aldo Pero | Morbidelli | | | 20 | |
  | 25 starters in total ||||||||
  
  ## 50 cc classification
  
  | Pos | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Grid | Points |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 11 | Ulrich Graf | Kreidler | 15 | 42:09.0 | 2 | 15 |
  | 2 | 5 | Herbert Rittberger | Kreidler | 15 | +7.0 | 3 | 12 |
  | 3 | 1 | Ángel Nieto | Bultaco | 15 | +21.4 | 1 | 10 |
  | 4 | 6 | Stefan Dörflinger | Kreidler | 15 | +21.9 | 4 | 8 |
  | 5 | 4 | Rudolf Kunz | Kreidler | 15 | +1:09.1 | 7 | 6 |
  | 6 | 39 | Pierre Audry | Kreidler | 15 | +1:30.0 | 8 | 5 |
  | 7 | 38 | Aldo Pero | Morbidelli | 15 | +2:06.3 | 12 | 4 |
  | 8 | 14 | Cees van Dongen | Kreidler | 15 | +2:27.4 | 10 | 3 |
  | 9 | 41 | Rolf Blatter | Kreidler | 15 | +3:02.7 | 11 | 2 |
  | 10 | 18 | Günter Schirnhöfer | Kreidler | 14 | +1 lap | 15 | 1 |
  | 11 | 24 | Havrda Zbynek | Kreidler | 14 | +1 lap | 16 | |
  | 12 | 26 | Fendrich Bedrich | Kreidler | 14 | +1 lap | 19 | |
  | 13 | 37 | Nevio Paliska | Tomos | 13 | +2 laps | | |
  | 14 | 30 | Robert Laver | Kreidler | 12 | +3 laps | 20 | |
  | 15 | 32 | Boris Bajc | Kreidler | 12 | +3 laps | 14 | |
  | 16 | 33 | Boris Maruza | Kreidler | 12 | +3 laps | | |
  | 17 | 34 | Vilko Sever | Kreidler | 12 | +3 laps | | |
  | Ret | | Eugenio Lazzarini | UFO | | | 5 | |
  | Ret | | Claudio Lusuardi | Villa | | | 6 | |
  | Ret | | Julien van Zeebroeck | Kreidler | | | 9 | |
  | Ret | | Hans Hummel | Kreidler | | | 13 | |
  | Ret | | Patrick de Wulf | Kreidler | | | 17 | |
  | Ret | | Guido de Lys | Kreidler | | | 18 | |
  | 27 starters in total ||||||||
  