1978 Belgian motorcycle Grand Prix

1978 Belgian Grand Prix
Race details
Race 7 of 13 races in the; 1978 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	2 July 1978
Official name	Grand Prix Belgique / Grote Prijs België
Location	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps
Course	Permanent racing facility; 14.120 km (8.774 mi);
500 cc
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Johnny Cecotto
Time	3:48.600
Fastest lap
Rider	Michel Rougerie
Time	3:51.700
Podium
First	Wil Hartog
Second	Kenny Roberts
Third	Barry Sheene
250 cc
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Kork Ballington
Time	4:08.000
Fastest lap
Rider	Walter Villa
Time	4:22.400
Podium
First	Paolo Pileri
Second	Franco Uncini
Third	Walter Villa
125 cc
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Ángel Nieto
Time	4:23.200
Fastest lap
Rider	Pierpaolo Bianchi; Ángel Nieto
Time	4:42.700
Podium
First	Pierpaolo Bianchi
Second	Ángel Nieto
Third	Maurizio Massimiani
50 cc
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Ricardo Tormo
Time	5:12.500
Fastest lap
Rider	Ricardo Tormo
Time	5:16.100
Podium
First	Ricardo Tormo
Second	Eugenio Lazzarini
Third	Stefan Dörflinger
Sidecar (B2A)
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Rolf Steinhausen
Time	4:15.400
Fastest lap
Rider	Alain Michel
Time	5:03.700
Podium
First
Second	Alain Michel
Third	Rolf Biland

The 1978 Belgian motorcycle Grand Prix was the seventh round of the 1978 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 2 July 1978 at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps. These races, along with the Spa 24 Hours touring car race 3 weeks later were the last international major events held on the old 14 kilometer Spa-Francorchamps circuit.

500 cc classification[]

Pos.	No.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Points
1	15	Wil Hartog	Riemersma Racing	Suzuki	39'50.400	15
2	2	Kenny Roberts	Yamaha Motor Company	Yamaha	+15.800	12
3	7	Barry Sheene	Texaco Heron Team Suzuki	Suzuki	+18.600	10
4	30	Michel Rougerie		Suzuki	+21.300	8
5	21	Tepi Länsivuori		Suzuki	+1'18.900	6
6	8	Takazumi Katayama	Sarome & Motul Team	Yamaha	+1 lap	5
7	22	Marco Lucchinelli	Cagiva Corse	Suzuki	+1 lap	4
8	9	Alex George		Suzuki	+1 lap	3
9	17	Tom Herron		Suzuki	+1 lap	2
10	46	Dennis Ireland		Suzuki	+1 lap	1
11	39		Sid Griffiths Racing	Suzuki	+1 lap
12	38	John Williams	Team Appleby Glade	Suzuki	+1 lap
13	41	Bo Granath		Suzuki	+1 lap
14	29	Graziano Rossi	Team Gallina Nava Olio Fiat	Suzuki	+1 lap
15	14	Jack Findlay		Suzuki	+1 lap
16	48			Suzuki	+1 lap
17	45	Hervé Regout		Yamaha	+1 lap
18	37			Suzuki	+1 lap
19	33			Suzuki	+1 lap
20	36	Gerhard Vogt	Bill Smith Racing	Suzuki	+1 lap
21	??			Suzuki	+1 lap
22	??		Buton		+1 lap
Ret		Johnny Cecotto	Yamaha Motor Company	Yamaha	Retired
Ret		Philippe Coulon	Marlboro Nava Total	Suzuki	Retired
Ret		Boet van Dulmen		Suzuki	Retired
Ret		Virginio Ferrari	Team Gallina Nava Olio Fiat	Suzuki	Retired
Ret		Steve Baker	Team Gallina Nava Olio Fiat	Suzuki	Retired
Ret		Bruno Kneubühler	RSS Racing Team	Suzuki	Retired
Ret		John Newbold	Ray Hamblin Motorcycles	Suzuki	Retired
Ret				Suzuki	Retired
Ret		Jon Ekerold	Suzuki Deutschland	Yamaha	Retired
Ret				Suzuki	Retired
Ret			Caramba Racing Team Bohme	Suzuki	Retired
Ret			Kazenmaier Autovermietung	Suzuki	Retired
Ret				Suzuki	Retired
Ret		Steve Parrish		Suzuki	Retired
Sources:^[4]^[5]^[6]

250 cc classification[]

Pos	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	31	Paolo Pileri	Morbidelli	9	40:35.0		15
2	56	Franco Uncini	Yamaha	9	+23.1	4	12
3	37	Walter Villa	Harley-Davidson	9	+37.6	2	10
4	9	Patrick Fernandez	Yamaha	9	+37.8	8	8
5	1	Kork Ballington	Kawasaki	9	+1:07.0	1	6
6	21	Mario Lega	Morbidelli	9	+1:07.2	3	5
7	22	Anton Mang	Kawasaki	9			4
8	36	Vic Soussan	Yamaha	9			3
9	20	Pentti Korhonen	Yamaha	9		6	2
10	12	Leif Gustafsson	Yamaha	9		9	1
11	7	Jon Ekerold	Yamaha	9		10
12	48		Yamaha	9
13	43		Yamaha	9
14	14		Japol	9
15	29		Yamaha	9		12
16	62		Yamaha	9
17	45		Yamaha	9
18	17		Yamaha	9
19	63		Yamaha	9
20	3		Yamaha	9
		John Dodds	Yamaha			5
		Kenny Roberts	Yamaha			7
		Gregg Hansford	Kawasaki			11
38 starters in total, 24 finishers
^[4]

125 cc classification[]

Pos	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	3	Pierpaolo Bianchi	Minarelli	8	38:12.2	3	15
2	32	Ángel Nieto	Minarelli	8	+3.3	1	12
3	30	Maurizio Massimiani	Morbidelli	8	+11.1	10	10
4	1	August Auinger	Morbidelli	8	+1:29.3	9	8
5	37	Patrick Plisson	Morbidelli	8	+1:34.5	7	6
6	26	Eugenio Lazzarini	MBA	8		6	5
7	31	Hans Müller	Morbidelli	8		5	4
8	4	Rolf Blatter	Morbidelli	8			3
9	45	Cees van Dongen	Morbidelli	8			2
10	21		Morbidelli	8			1
11	47		Morbidelli	8
12	41		Morbidelli	8
13	24		Bender	8		12
14	17		Morbidelli	8
15	6		Morbidelli	8
16	22		Morbidelli	8
17	10		Morbidelli	8
18	18	Jan Huberts	Morbidelli	7
19	40		Bender	7
20	43		Buton	7
		Harald Bartol	Morbidelli			2
		Thierry Espié	Motobécane			4
		Stefan Dörflinger	Morbidelli			8
		Jean-Louis Guignabodet	Morbidelli			11
38 starters in total, 20 finishers
^[4]

50 cc classification[]

Pos	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	36	Ricardo Tormo	Bultaco	6	31:52.3	1	15
2	19	Eugenio Lazzarini	Kreidler	6	+56.1	3	12
3	48	Stefan Dörflinger	Kreidler	6	+2:23.2	2	10
4	23	Claudio Lusuardi	Bultaco	6	+2:24.6		8
5	21		Kreidler	6	+2:32.9	11	6
6	42		Kreidler	6	+2:48.7	7	5
7	15		Kreidler	6		12	4
8	28	Patrick Plisson	ABF	6		8	3
9	38	Cees van Dongen	Kreidler	6			2
10	35	Theo Timmer	Bultaco	6		10	1
11	14		ABF	6
12	26		Kreidler	6		4
13	9		Bultaco	6
14	10		Bultaco	6
15	32		Kreidler	6
16	4		Kreidler	6
17	40		Kreidler	5
18	46		Kreidler	5
19	5		Scrab	5
20	47		Kreidler	5
			Kreidler			5
			Kreidler			6
			Kreidler			9
40 starters in total, 24 finishers
^[4]

Sidecar classification[]

Pos	No.	Rider	Passenger	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	12		Karl Meierhans	LCR-Yamaha	9	47:50.0	7	15
2	18	Alain Michel	Stu Collins	Seymaz-Yamaha	9	+22.7	5	12
3	4	Rolf Biland	Kenny Williams	TTM-Yamaha	9	+28.3	3	10
4	32	Rolf Steinhausen	Wolfgang Kalauch	Seymaz-Yamaha	9	+2:22.2	1	8
5	11		John Parkins	Windle-Yamaha	9	+3:01.0		6
6	44	Jock Taylor	James Neil	Windle-Yamaha	9			5
7	30		Jan Smit	Seymaz-Yamaha	9			4
8	8		Roland Gabriel	Schmid-Yamaha	9		9	3
9	10		Gordon Russell	Busch-Yamaha	9		6	2
10	26		Lorenzo Puzo	Busch-Yamaha	9		8	1
11	16		Micha Stockel	Gespann-Yamaha	9
12	35		Lothar Klein	HTS-Yamaha	8	+1 lap
13	37		Norbert Bitterman	CAT-Yamaha	8	+1 lap
14	7		Jan Oostwouder	Coan-Yamaha	8	+1 lap
			Andreas Huber	Fath			2
			Per-Erik Wickström	Yamaha			4
			Kenny Arthur	Schmid-Yamaha			10
30 starters in total, 14 finishers
^[4]

References[]

^ "Alle Grand-Prix uitslagen en bijzonderheden, van 1973 (het jaar dat Jack begon met racen) tot heden". Archive.li. Archived from the original on 25 July 2015. Retrieved 1 November 2018.
^ Mitchell, Malcolm. "1978 500cc Class (FIM Grand Prix World Championship) Programmes - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com. Retrieved 30 November 2018.
^ Mitchell, Malcolm. "Spa-Francorchamps - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com. Retrieved 30 November 2018.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Coleman, Barry (ed.). Motocourse 1978-1979. Hazleton Securities Ltd. p. 103. ISBN 0-905138-06-6.
^ "1978 Belgian MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". Motorsportmagazine.com. 1 February 2018. Retrieved 30 November 2018.
^ "BELGIUM GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1978". Motogp.com. Retrieved 30 November 2018.

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[1] "Alle Grand-Prix uitslagen en bijzonderheden, van 1973 (het jaar dat Jack begon met racen) tot heden". Archive.li. Archived from the original on 25 July 2015. Retrieved 1 November 2018.

[2] Mitchell, Malcolm. "1978 500cc Class (FIM Grand Prix World Championship) Programmes - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com. Retrieved 30 November 2018.

[3] Mitchell, Malcolm. "Spa-Francorchamps - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com. Retrieved 30 November 2018.

[motocourse-4] Coleman, Barry (ed.). Motocourse 1978-1979. Hazleton Securities Ltd. p. 103. ISBN 0-905138-06-6.

[5] "1978 Belgian MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". Motorsportmagazine.com. 1 February 2018. Retrieved 30 November 2018.

[6] "BELGIUM GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1978". Motogp.com. Retrieved 30 November 2018.

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