1978 Dutch TT
Race details | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Race 6 of 13 races in the 1978 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date | 24 June 1978 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Official name | Dutch TT 1978[1][2][3] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Location | Circuit van Drenthe Assen | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Course |
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
500 cc | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
350 cc | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
250 cc | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
125 cc | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
50 cc | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sidecar (B2A) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
The 1978 Dutch TT was the sixth round of the 1978 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 22–24 June 1978 at the Circuit van Drenthe Assen.
Classification[]
500 cc[]
Pos. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Time/Retired | Points | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Johnny Cecotto | Yamaha Motor Company | Yamaha | 48'17.100 | 15 | |||
2 | Kenny Roberts | Yamaha Motor Company | Yamaha | +0.100 | 12 | |||
3 | Barry Sheene | Texaco Heron Team Suzuki | Suzuki | +3.100 | 10 | |||
4 | Takazumi Katayama | Sarome & Motul Team | Yamaha | +13.200 | 8 | |||
5 | Wil Hartog | Riemersma Racing | Suzuki | +36.100 | 6 | |||
6 | Michel Rougerie | Suzuki | +43.400 | 5 | ||||
7 | John Newbold | Ray Hamblin Motorcycles | Suzuki | +43.600 | 4 | |||
8 | Boet van Dulmen | Suzuki | +45.200 | 3 | ||||
9 | Steve Baker | Team Gallina Nava Olio Fiat | Suzuki | +1 lap | 2 | |||
10 | Steve Parrish | Suzuki | +1 lap | 1 | ||||
11 | Philippe Coulon | Marlboro Nava Total | Suzuki | Retired | ||||
12 | Teuvo Länsivuori | Suzuki | +1 lap | |||||
13 | Franco Bonera | Team Kiwi Yamoto | Suzuki | +1 lap | ||||
14 | Alex George | Suzuki | +1 lap | |||||
15 | Jack Middelburg | Suzuki | +1 lap | |||||
16 | Graziano Rossi | Team Gallina Nava Olio Fiat | Suzuki | +1 lap | ||||
17 | Sid Griffiths Racing | Suzuki | +1 lap | |||||
18 | Suzuki | +1 lap | ||||||
19 | Suzuki | +1 lap | ||||||
20 | Gerhard Vogt | Bill Smith Racing | Yamaha | +1 lap | ||||
20 | Kazenmaier Autovermietung | Suzuki | +1 lap | |||||
21 | Gerhard Vogt | Bill Smith Racing | Suzuki | +1 lap | ||||
22 | Suzuki | +1 lap | ||||||
Ret | Marco Lucchinelli | Cagiva Corse | Suzuki | Retired | ||||
Ret | Suzuki | Retired | ||||||
Ret | Bruno Kneubühler | RSS Racing Team | Suzuki | Retired | ||||
Ret | RSS Racing Team | Yamaha | Retired | |||||
Ret | Team Librenti | Suzuki | Accident | |||||
Ret | Virginio Ferrari | Team Gallina Nava Olio Fiat | Suzuki | Tyre problems | ||||
Ret | John Williams | Team Appleby Glade | Suzuki | Retired | ||||
DNS | Dave Potter | Ted Broad | Suzuki | Did not start | ||||
DNS | Bo Granath | Suzuki | Did not start | |||||
DNQ | Buton | Did not qualify | ||||||
DNQ | Suzuki | Did not qualify | ||||||
DNQ | Suzuki | Did not qualify | ||||||
Sources: [4][5][6] |
350cc[]
Pos | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Grid | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 1 | Kork Ballington | Kawasaki | 16 | 54:32.9 | 3 | 15 |
2 | 27 | Franco Bonera | Yamaha | 16 | +11.6 | 12 | |
3 | 3 | Jon Ekerold | Yamaha | 16 | +23.6 | 7 | 10 |
4 | 12 | Pentti Korhonen | Yamaha | 16 | +29.3 | 8 | |
5 | 7 | Christian Sarron | Yamaha | 16 | +49.2 | 6 | |
6 | 2 | Tom Herron | Yamaha | 16 | +56.4 | 5 | 5 |
7 | 22 | Mick Grant | Kawasaki | 16 | 2 | 4 | |
8 | 6 | Gregg Hansford | Kawasaki | 16 | 3 | ||
9 | 40 | Yamaha | 16 | 2 | |||
10 | 20 | Franco Uncini | Yamaha | 16 | 1 | 1 | |
11 | 11 | Vic Soussan | Yamaha | 16 | 10 | ||
12 | 21 | Yamaha | 16 | ||||
13 | 36 | Jack Middelburg | Yamaha | 16 | |||
14 | 39 | Yamaha | 16 | ||||
15 | 14 | Víctor Palomo | Yamaha | 15 | +1 lap | ||
Takazumi Katayama | Yamaha | 4 | |||||
Michel Rougerie | Yamaha | 6 | |||||
Olivier Chevallier | Yamaha | 8 | |||||
Patrick Fernandez | Yamaha | 9 | |||||
30 starters in total, 16 finishers | |||||||
[6] |
250cc[]
Pos | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Grid | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 7 | Kenny Roberts | Yamaha | 15 | 49:30.4 | 1 | 15 |
2 | 6 | Kork Ballington | Kawasaki | 15 | +9.1 | 4 | 12 |
3 | 4 | Gregg Hansford | Kawasaki | 15 | +37.7 | 3 | 10 |
4 | 2 | Franco Uncini | Yamaha | 15 | +42.8 | 8 | 8 |
5 | 20 | Paolo Pileri | Morbidelli | 15 | +1:12.7 | 6 | |
6 | 12 | Pentti Korhonen | Yamaha | 15 | +1:22.1 | 5 | |
7 | 11 | Vic Soussan | Yamaha | 15 | +1:33.9 | 4 | |
8 | 9 | Patrick Fernandez | Yamaha | 15 | +1:34.2 | 2 | 3 |
9 | 16 | Yamaha | 15 | 2 | |||
10 | 1 | Mario Lega | Morbidelli | 15 | 1 | ||
11 | 17 | Yamaha | 15 | ||||
12 | 36 | Yamaha | 15 | 9 | |||
13 | 14 | Chas Mortimer | Yamaha | 15 | |||
14 | 27 | Jean-François Baldé | Kawasaki | 15 | 10 | ||
15 | 32 | Leif Gustafsson | Yamaha | 15 | |||
Mick Grant | Kawasaki | 5 | |||||
Christian Estrosi | Kawasaki | 6 | |||||
John Dodds | Yamaha | 7 | |||||
30 starters in total, 20 finishers | |||||||
[6] |
125cc[]
Pos | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Grid | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 2 | Eugenio Lazzarini | MBA | 14 | 46:56.7 | 1 | 15 |
2 | 10 | Maurizio Massimiani | Morbidelli | 14 | +33.1 | 4 | 12 |
3 | 6 | Harald Bartol | Morbidelli | 14 | +1:03.2 | 3 | 10 |
4 | 40 | Patrick Plisson | Morbidelli | 14 | +1:28.7 | 10 | 8 |
5 | 4 | Jean-Louis Guignabodet | Morbidelli | 14 | +1:39.3 | 6 | |
6 | 12 | Per-Edward Carlson | Morbidelli | 14 | +1:41.7 | 5 | |
7 | 19 | Cees van Dongen | Morbidelli | 14 | +1:44.0 | 4 | |
8 | 14 | Morbidelli | 14 | 7 | 3 | ||
9 | 34 | Henk van Kessel | Condor | 14 | 2 | ||
10 | 39 | Morbidelli | 14 | 1 | |||
11 | 37 | Theo Timmer | Morbidelli | 14 | |||
12 | 24 | Bender | 14 | ||||
13 | 33 | Morbidelli | 14 | ||||
14 | 23 | Morbidelli | 14 | ||||
15 | 35 | Morbidelli | 13 | +1 lap | |||
Pierpaolo Bianchi | Minarelli | 2 | |||||
Thierry Espié | Motobécane | 5 | |||||
Hans Müller | Morbidelli | 6 | |||||
Ángel Nieto | Bultaco | 8 | |||||
J. Bosman | Morbidelli | 9 | |||||
30 starters in total, 16 finishers | |||||||
[6] |
50cc[]
Pos | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Grid | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 1 | Eugenio Lazzarini | Kreidler | 9 | 32:34.2 | 1 | 15 |
2 | 2 | Ricardo Tormo | Bultaco | 9 | +22.6 | 2 | 12 |
3 | 3 | Patrick Plisson | ABF | 9 | +1:23.4 | 3 | 10 |
4 | 21 | Kreidler | 9 | +1:31.3 | 4 | 8 | |
5 | 16 | Kreidler | 9 | +1:55.7 | 7 | 6 | |
6 | 18 | Kreidler | 9 | +2:07.4 | 9 | 5 | |
7 | 33 | Kreidler | 9 | 4 | |||
8 | 13 | Rolf Blatter | Kreidler | 9 | 3 | ||
9 | 10 | Cees van Dongen | Kreidler | 9 | 2 | ||
10 | 20 | Kreidler | 9 | 1 | |||
11 | 34 | J. Welvaarts | Kreidler | 9 | |||
12 | 8 | Kreidler | 9 | ||||
13 | 22 | Kreidler | 9 | ||||
14 | 23 | Kreidler | 9 | ||||
15 | 15 | Claudio Lusuardi | Bultaco | 9 | |||
Theo Timmer | Bultaco | 5 | |||||
Hans Müller | Kreidler | 6 | |||||
Kreidler | 8 | ||||||
Hemeyla | 10 | ||||||
30 starters in total, 18 finishers | |||||||
[6] |
Sidecar classification[]
Pos | No. | Rider | Passenger | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Grid | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 2 | Andreas Huber | Fath | 14 | 46:12.7 | 2 | 15 | |
2 | 11 | Paul Gerard | Seymaz-Yamaha | 14 | +46.7 | 4 | 12 | |
3 | 6 | Gordon Russell | Busch-Yamaha | 14 | +54.1 | 6 | 10 | |
4 | 8 | Karl Meierhans | LCR-Yamaha | 14 | 3 | 8 | ||
5 | 5 | Per-Erik Wickström | Yamaha | 14 | 7 | 6 | ||
6 | 15 | Pierre Muller | GEP-Yamaha | 14 | 5 | 5 | ||
7 | 10 | Kenny Arthur | Schmid-Yamaha | 14 | 4 | |||
8 | 23 | Jan Oostwouder | Coan-Yamaha | 14 | 3 | |||
9 | 9 | Norbert Bitterman | CAT-Yamaha | 14 | 2 | |||
10 | 16 | John Parkins | Windle-Yamaha | 13 | +1 lap | 1 | ||
Rolf Biland | Kenny Williams | Beo-Yamaha | 1 | |||||
Rolf Steinhausen | Wolfgang Kalauch | Seymaz-Yamaha | 8 | |||||
Andrea Fornero | König | 9 | ||||||
22 starters in total, 11 finishers | ||||||||
[6] |
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 13 April 2013. Retrieved 1 November 2018.
- ^ Mitchell, Malcolm. "1978 500cc Class (FIM Grand Prix World Championship) Programmes - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
- ^ Mitchell, Malcolm. "TT Circuit Assen - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
- ^ "1978 Dutch TT MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". Motorsportmagazine.com. 1 February 2018. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
- ^ "DUTCH TT · 500cc Race Classification 1978". Motogp.com. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
- ^ a b c d e f Coleman, Barry (ed.). Motocourse 1978-1979. Hazleton Securities Ltd. p. 95. ISBN 0-905138-06-6.
Categories:
- Dutch TT
- 1978 MotoGP race reports
- 1978 in Dutch motorsport