1978 Finnish motorcycle Grand Prix
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Race 9 of 13 races in the 1978 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date | 30 July 1978 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Official name | Imatranajo[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Location | Imatra Circuit | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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350 cc | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1978 Finnish motorcycle Grand Prix was the ninth round of the 1978 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 30 July 1978 at the Imatra circuit.
500cc classification[]
Pos. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Time/Retired | Points | |||
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1 | Wil Hartog | Riemersma Racing | Suzuki | 45'44.100 | 15 | |||
2 | Takazumi Katayama | Sarome & Motul Team | Yamaha | +4.800 | 12 | |||
3 | Johnny Cecotto | Yamaha Motor Company | Yamaha | +11.400 | 10 | |||
4 | Tepi Länsivuori | Suzuki | +43.700 | 8 | ||||
5 | Steve Parrish | Suzuki | +58.400 | 6 | ||||
6 | Steve Baker | Team Gallina Nava Olio Fiat | Suzuki | +1'04.700 | 5 | |||
7 | Boet van Dulmen | Suzuki | +1'11.700 | 4 | ||||
8 | Caramba Racing Team Bohme | Suzuki | +1'23.300 | 4 | ||||
9 | Graziano Rossi | Team Gallina Nava Olio Fiat | Suzuki | +2'27.100 | 2 | |||
10 | Bruno Kneubühler | RSS Racing Team | Suzuki | +1 lap | 1 | |||
11 | Suzuki | +1 lap | ||||||
12 | Suzuki | +1 lap | ||||||
13 | Suzuki | +1 lap | ||||||
14 | Gerhard Vogt | Bill Smith Racing | Suzuki | +1 lap | ||||
15 | Suzuki | +1 lap | ||||||
16 | Yamaha | +2 laps | ||||||
Ret | Marco Lucchinelli | Cagiva Corse | Suzuki | Retired | ||||
Ret | Barry Sheene | Texaco Heron Team Suzuki | Suzuki | Retired | ||||
Ret | Yamaha | Retired | ||||||
Ret | Alex George | Suzuki | Retired | |||||
Ret | Bo Granath | Suzuki | Retired | |||||
Ret | Dennis Ireland | Suzuki | Retired | |||||
Ret | Kazenmaier Autovermietung | Suzuki | Retired | |||||
Ret | Manila Disco Racing | Suzuki | Retired | |||||
Ret | Sid Griffiths Racing | Suzuki | Retired | |||||
Ret | Kenny Roberts | Yamaha Motor Company | Yamaha | Retired | ||||
Ret | Yamaha | Retired | ||||||
Ret | Suzuki | Retired | ||||||
Ret | Suzuki | Retired | ||||||
Ret | Michel Rougerie | Suzuki | Accident | |||||
Ret | Yamaha | Accident | ||||||
Ret | Virginio Ferrari | Team Gallina Nava Olio Fiat | Suzuki | Retired | ||||
Sources: [2][3][4] |
350 cc classification[]
Pos | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Grid | Points |
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1 | Kork Ballington | Kawasaki | 20 | 45:33.2 | 1 | 15 |
2 | Takazumi Katayama | Yamaha | 20 | +3.2 | 9 | 12 |
3 | Tom Herron | Yamaha | 20 | +35.8 | 19 | 10 |
4 | Vic Soussan | Yamaha | 20 | +36.9 | 6 | 8 |
5 | Jon Ekerold | Yamaha | 20 | +44.7 | 5 | 6 |
6 | Guy Bertin | Yamaha | 20 | +49.0 | 7 | 5 |
7 | Michel Rougerie | Yamaha | 20 | +50.7 | 2 | 4 |
8 | Olivier Chevallier | Yamaha | 20 | +1:10.4 | 10 | 3 |
9 | Paolo Pileri | Morbidelli | 20 | +1:10.8 | 8 | 2 |
10 | Yamaha | 20 | +1:12.2 | 1 | ||
11 | Bruno Kneubühler | Yamaha | 20 | +1:35.8 | ||
12 | Michel Frutschi | Yamaha | 20 | +1:45.8 | 12 | |
13 | Yamaha | 20 | +2:09.8 | |||
14 | Yamaha | 20 | +2:22.4 | |||
15 | Yamaha | 19 | +1 lap | |||
Gregg Hansford | Kawasaki | 3 | ||||
Anton Mang | Kawasaki | 4 | ||||
Marco Lucchinelli | Harley-Davidson | 11 | ||||
Mick Grant | Kawasaki | 13 | ||||
Leif Gustafsson | Yamaha | 14 | ||||
Chas Mortimer | Yamaha | 15 | ||||
Patrick Fernandez | Yamaha | 16 | ||||
Christian Sarron | Yamaha | 17 | ||||
Patrick Pons | Yamaha | 18 | ||||
Pentti Korhonen | Yamaha | 20 | ||||
35 starters in total | ||||||
[2] |
250 cc classification[]
Pos | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Grid | Points |
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1 | Kork Ballington | Kawasaki | 19 | 43:56.5 | 2 | 15 |
2 | Gregg Hansford | Kawasaki | 19 | +29.2 | 1 | 12 |
3 | Mario Lega | Morbidelli | 19 | +33.4 | 3 | 10 |
4 | Anton Mang | Kawasaki | 19 | +42.5 | 7 | 8 |
5 | Paolo Pileri | Morbidelli | 19 | +51.2 | 6 | 6 |
6 | Jean-François Baldé | Kawasaki | 19 | +51.5 | 12 | 5 |
7 | Mick Grant | Kawasaki | 19 | +1:03.7 | 10 | 4 |
8 | Tom Herron | Yamaha | 19 | +1:04.1 | 5 | 3 |
9 | John Dodds | Yamaha | 19 | +1:10.3 | 16 | 2 |
10 | Jon Ekerold | Morbidelli | 19 | +1:30.4 | 11 | 1 |
11 | Olivier Chevallier | Yamaha | 19 | +1:30.7 | 8 | |
12 | Pentti Korhonen | Yamaha | 19 | +1:55.3 | ||
13 | Leif Gustafsson | Yamaha | 19 | +2:04.1 | 13 | |
14 | Yamaha | 18 | +1 lap | |||
15 | Yamaha | 18 | +1 lap | |||
16 | Roland Freymond | Yamaha | 18 | +1 lap | ||
17 | Yamaha | 18 | +1 lap | |||
18 | S. Torvinen | Yamaha | 18 | +1 lap | ||
Kenny Roberts | Yamaha | 4 | ||||
Patrick Fernandez | Yamaha | 9 | ||||
Chas Mortimer | Yamaha | 14 | ||||
Walter Villa | MBA | 15 | ||||
Vic Soussan | Yamaha | 17 | ||||
Yamaha | 18 | |||||
Harald Bartol | Yamaha | 19 | ||||
Raymond Roche | Yamaha | 20 | ||||
36 starters in total | ||||||
[2] |
125 cc classification[]
Pos | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Grid | Points |
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1 | Ángel Nieto | Minarelli | 18 | 43:55.6 | 4 | 15 |
2 | Eugenio Lazzarini | MBA | 18 | +0.9 | 1 | 12 |
3 | Harald Bartol | Morbidelli | 18 | +56.8 | 6 | 10 |
4 | Jean-Louis Guignabodet | Morbidelli | 18 | +1:14.3 | 14 | 8 |
5 | Stefan Dörflinger | Morbidelli | 18 | +1:19.0 | 7 | 6 |
6 | Hans Müller | Morbidelli | 18 | +1:22.9 | 5 | 5 |
7 | Thierry Espié | Motobécane | 18 | +1:23.1 | 3 | 4 |
8 | Per-Edward Carlson | Morbidelli | 18 | +1:23.6 | 10 | 3 |
9 | Bender | 18 | +1:39.3 | 16 | 2 | |
10 | Morbidelli | 18 | +2:01.3 | 17 | 1 | |
11 | Patrick Plisson | Morbidelli | 18 | +2:04.5 | 8 | |
12 | Morbidelli | 18 | +2:32.3 | 13 | ||
13 | P. Herouard | Morbidelli | 18 | +3:13.1 | ||
14 | Morbidelli | 17 | +1 lap | 20 | ||
15 | Morbidelli | 17 | +1 lap | |||
16 | Morbidelli | 17 | +1 lap | |||
17 | Starol | 17 | +1 lap | |||
18 | J. Valaskari | Yamaha | 15 | +3 laps | ||
Pierpaolo Bianchi | Minarelli | 2 | ||||
Morbidelli | 9 | |||||
Maurizio Massimiani | Morbidelli | 11 | ||||
Morbidelli | 12 | |||||
Morbidelli | 15 | |||||
August Auinger | Morbidelli | 18 | ||||
Morbidelli | 19 | |||||
32 starters in total | ||||||
[2] |
References[]
- ^ "Grand Prix uitslagen en bijzonderheden 1978". Archive.li. 25 July 2015. Archived from the original on 25 July 2015. Retrieved 8 December 2018.
- ^ a b c d Coleman, Barry (ed.). Motocourse 1978-1979. Hazleton Securities Ltd. p. 111. ISBN 0-905138-06-6.
- ^ "1978 Finnish MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". Motor Sport Magazine. 1 February 2018. Retrieved 8 December 2018.
- ^ "FINLAND GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1978". Motogp.com. Retrieved 8 December 2018.
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