The 1977 Formula 750 season was the fifth season of the FIM Formula 750 World Championship and the first season to have full world championship status. Steve Baker was crowned champion, winning five races on aggregate.

Calendar

1977 Calendar
Round		Race Title	Circuit	Date	Heat 1 Winner	Heat 2 Winner	Overall Winner
1		36th Daytona 200	Daytona International Speedway	March 13	Steve Baker	Not run 1	Steve Baker
2		Imola 200	Autodromo Dino Ferrari	April 3	Kenny Roberts	Kenny Roberts	Kenny Roberts
3		32° Premio Internacional de Madrid	Circuito Permanente del Jarama	April 24	Steve Baker
4		Championnat du Monde 750	Circuit de Dijon-Prenois	June 5	Christian Estrosi	Christian Estrosi	Christian Estrosi
5		FIM 750 World Championship Race	Brands Hatch Grand Prix Circuit	July 10	Steve Baker	Steve Baker	Steve Baker
6		Preis von Salzburg	Salzburgring	August 21	Steve Baker	Abandoned 2	Steve Baker
7		Championnat du Monde 750	Omloop Terlaemen Zolder	August 28	Steve Baker	Steve Baker	Steve Baker
8		Champion Spark Plug Classic	Circuit van Drenthe	September 4	Steve Baker	Marco Lucchinelli	Marco Lucchinelli
9		Champion Spark Plug Classic	Laguna Seca Raceway	September 11	Skip Aksland	Steve Baker	Skip Aksland
10		World Championship Race	Mosport Park	September 18	Gregg Hansford	Gregg Hansford	Gregg Hansford
11		Weltmeisterschaftslauf	Hockenheimring	September 25	Giacomo Agostini	Giacomo Agostini	Giacomo Agostini

Notes:

1.^ - Heat two of the Daytona 200 was not run due to rain.^[1]

2.^ – Heat two of the Preis von Salzburg was abandoned due to rain.^[2]

Championship standings

Pos Rider Bike DAY IMO JAR DIJ BRA SAL ZOL ASS LAG MOS HOC Pts 1 Steve Baker Yamaha 1 2 1 3 1 1 1 2 2 3 131 2 Christian Sarron Yamaha 7 4 2 3 3 8 4 55 3 Giacomo Agostini Yamaha 3 2 4 1 45 4 Marco Lucchinelli Yamaha 21 6 4 2 1 40 5 Takazumi Katayama Yamaha 3 6 3 2 37 6 Hubert Rigal Yamaha 8 3 9 4 5 8 7 36 7 Gregg Hansford Kawasaki 4 3 1 33 8 Boet van Dulmen Yamaha 9 5 6 5 5 7 29 9 Kenny Roberts Yamaha 2 1 27 10 Philippe Coulon Yamaha 15 7 4 2 24 11 Warren Willing Yamaha 6 7 5 10 16 12 Christian Estrosi Yamaha 14 1 15 = Skip Aksland Yamaha 1 15 = Patrick Pons Yamaha 6 7 5 15 15 Gene Romero Yamaha 5 4 14 16 Ron Haslam Yamaha 13 13 2 12 = Yvon Duhamel Kawasaki 2 12 18 Armando Toracca Yamaha 10 3 11 = Bernard Fau Yamaha 4 14 8 11 = Mike Baldwin Yamaha 19 6 5 11 = Teuvo Länsivuori Yamaha 8 4 11 22 John Newbold Yamaha/Suzuki 12 3 10 23 Johnny Cecotto Yamaha 4 8 = Alex George Yamaha 5 12 11 9 8 = Víctor Palomo Yamaha 14 10 9 6 8 26 Christian Leliard Yamaha 8 7 7 = Kork Ballington Yamaha 9 11 6 7 28 Michel Rougerie Yamaha 12 5 6 = Dave Aldana Yamaha 5 6 30 Marcel Ankoné Yamaha 6 5 = Gilles Husson Yamaha 7 10 13 11 5 = Jean-Philippe Orban Yamaha 27 12 6 5 = Ikajiro Takai Yamaha 6 5 34 Jean-Paul Boinet Yamaha 16 7 15 4 = Piers Forrester Yamaha 38 8 15 10 4 = Alan North Yamaha 7 4 = John Long Yamaha 30 10 8 4 = Sadao Asami Yamaha 9 9 4 = Jimmy Morales Yamaha 7 4 40 Julian Soper Yamaha 8 3 = Pat Evans Yamaha 8 3 = Jack Findlay Yamaha 11 20 8 3 43 Gerhard Vogt Yamaha 9 16 12 18 14 13 2 = Clive Offer Yamaha 9 2 = Max Wiener Yamaha 9 2 = Neil Tuxworth Yamaha 9 2 47 Randy Cleek Yamaha 10 15 1 = Mike Trimby Yamaha 39 10 1 = Jim Allen Yamaha 10 1 = Jack Middelburg Yamaha 10 1 — Harry Cone Yamaha 11 0 — Dale Singleton Yamaha 17 0 — Wil Hartog Suzuki 18 0 — James Allen Yamaha 20 0 — Phil McDonald Yamaha 22 0 — Murray Sayle Kawasaki 23 0 — Mike Kidd Yamaha 24 0 — Bob Rectenwald Yamaha 25 0 — Paul McLachlin Yamaha 26 0 — Tommy Byars Yamaha 28 0 — Virginio Ferrari Yamaha 29 0 — Bob Wakefield Yamaha 31 0 — Rob Bron Yamaha 32 0 — Doug Libby Yamaha 33 0 — Wes Cooley Yamaha 34 0 — John Dodds Yamaha 35 0 — Harald Merkl Yamaha 36 0 — Larry Bleil Yamaha 37 0 — Bruce Lind Yamaha 40 0 — Roger Ruiz Yamaha 14 0 — Dominique Pernet Yamaha 11 0 — Markku Matikainen Yamaha 13 12 0 — Hervé Moineau Yamaha 15 13 0 — Terry Hutton Yamaha 11 16 0 — Chas Mortimer Yamaha 15 0 — Karl Zach Yamaha 17 0 — Peter Sjoström Yamaha 19 0 — Gérard Melly Yamaha 21 14 0 — Fritz Kerschbaumer Yamaha 22 0 — Johann Parzer Yamaha 23 0 — Dave Potter Yamaha 12 0 — Oronzo Memola Yamaha 14 0 — Hans-Otto Butenuth Yamaha 13 12 0 — Pascal Mottier Yamaha 11 0 Pos Rider Bike DAY IMO JAR DIJ BRA SAL ZOL ASS LAG MOS HOC Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Did not arrive (DNA) Excluded (EX)

References

See also

• 1977 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season