1976 Finnish motorcycle Grand Prix

  1976 Finnish Grand Prix

Race details
Race 9 of 12 races in the 1976 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	1 August 1976
Location	Imatra
Course	Permanent racing facility 6.030 km (3.747 mi)
500 cc
Pole position Rider Giacomo Agostini Suzuki Time 2:19.5 Fastest lap Rider John Newbold Suzuki Time 2:15.2 Podium First Pat Hennen Suzuki Second Teuvo Länsivuori Suzuki Third Philippe Coulon Suzuki
350 cc
Pole position Rider Walter Villa Harley-Davidson Time 2:21.6 Fastest lap Rider John Dodds Yamaha Time 2:19.7 Podium First Walter Villa Harley-Davidson Second Dieter Braun Yamaha Third Tom Herron Yamaha
250 cc
Pole position Rider Walter Villa Harley-Davidson Time 2:24.7 Fastest lap Rider Gianfranco Bonera Harley-Davidson Time 2:24.3 Podium First Walter Villa Harley-Davidson Second Takazumi Katayama Yamaha Third Gianfranco Bonera Harley-Davidson
125 cc
Pole position Rider Pierpaolo Bianchi Morbidelli Time 2:32.8 Fastest lap Rider Pierpaolo Bianchi Morbidelli Time 2:32.2 Podium First Pierpaolo Bianchi Morbidelli Second Gert Bender Bender Third Henk van Kessel AGV Condor
50 cc
Pole position Rider Ángel Nieto Bultaco Time 2:52.7 Fastest lap Rider Julien van Zeebroeck Kreidler Time 2:59.9 Podium First Julien van Zeebroeck Kreidler Second Ulrich Graf Kreidler Third Eugenio Lazzarini Morbidelli

Pole position
Rider	Giacomo Agostini	Suzuki
Time	2:19.5
Fastest lap
Rider	John Newbold	Suzuki
Time	2:15.2
Podium
First	Pat Hennen	Suzuki
Second	Teuvo Länsivuori	Suzuki
Third	Philippe Coulon	Suzuki

Pole position
Rider	Walter Villa	Harley-Davidson
Time	2:21.6
Fastest lap
Rider	John Dodds	Yamaha
Time	2:19.7
Podium
First	Walter Villa	Harley-Davidson
Second	Dieter Braun	Yamaha
Third	Tom Herron	Yamaha

Pole position
Rider	Walter Villa	Harley-Davidson
Time	2:24.7
Fastest lap
Rider	Gianfranco Bonera	Harley-Davidson
Time	2:24.3
Podium
First	Walter Villa	Harley-Davidson
Second	Takazumi Katayama	Yamaha
Third	Gianfranco Bonera	Harley-Davidson

Pole position
Rider	Pierpaolo Bianchi	Morbidelli
Time	2:32.8
Fastest lap
Rider	Pierpaolo Bianchi	Morbidelli
Time	2:32.2
Podium
First	Pierpaolo Bianchi	Morbidelli
Second	Gert Bender	Bender
Third	Henk van Kessel	AGV Condor

Pole position
Rider	Ángel Nieto	Bultaco
Time	2:52.7
Fastest lap
Rider	Julien van Zeebroeck	Kreidler
Time	2:59.9
Podium
First	Julien van Zeebroeck	Kreidler
Second	Ulrich Graf	Kreidler
Third	Eugenio Lazzarini	Morbidelli

The 1976 Finnish motorcycle Grand Prix was the ninth round of the 1976 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 1 August 1976 at the Imatra circuit. Pat Hennen won the race to become the first American to win a motorcycle Grand Prix.

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