1978 German motorcycle Grand Prix
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Race 11 of 13 races in the 1978 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date | 20 August 1978 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Official name | Grosser Preis von Deutschland[1][2][3] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Location | Nürburgring | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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350 cc | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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250 cc | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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125 cc | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1978 German motorcycle Grand Prix was the eleventh round of the 1978 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 20 August 1978 at the Nürburgring circuit.
500cc classification[]
Pos. | No. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Time/Retired | Points | ||
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1 | 12 | Virginio Ferrari | Team Gallina Nava Olio Fiat | Suzuki | 51'21.700 | 15 | ||
2 | 4 | Johnny Cecotto | Yamaha Motor Company | Yamaha | +0.700 | 12 | ||
3 | 3 | Kenny Roberts | Yamaha Motor Company | Yamaha | +33.900 | 10 | ||
4 | 7 | Barry Sheene | Texaco Heron Team Suzuki | Suzuki | +36.000 | 8 | ||
5 | 17 | Takazumi Katayama | Sarome & Motul Team | Yamaha | +36.300 | 6 | ||
6 | 13 | Michel Rougerie | Suzuki | +56.000 | 5 | |||
7 | 2 | Steve Baker | Team Gallina Nava Olio Fiat | Suzuki | +57.500 | 4 | ||
8 | 29 | Boet van Dulmen | Suzuki | +1'08.100 | 3 | |||
9 | 9 | Tepi Länsivuori | Suzuki | +1'10.000 | 2 | |||
10 | 59 | Caramba Racing Team Bohme | Suzuki | +2'10.400 | 1 | |||
11 | 26 | Jack Middelburg | Suzuki | +2'11.200 | ||||
12 | 1 | Franco Bonera | Suzuki | +2'15.800 | ||||
13 | 5 | Steve Parrish | Suzuki | +2'16.100 | ||||
14 | 15 | Suzuki | +2'25.700 | |||||
15 | 63 | Alex George | Suzuki | +3'40.700 | ||||
16 | 28 | Gerhard Vogt | Bill Smith Racing | Suzuki | +3'44.100 | |||
17 | ?? | Yamaha | +5'04.900 | |||||
18 | ?? | Jack Findlay | Suzuki | +5'18.400 | ||||
19 | 37 | Suzuki | +5'19.700 | |||||
20 | ?? | Yamaha | +5'42.900 | |||||
21 | ?? | Suzuki | +5'58.500 | |||||
22 | ?? | Suzuki | +6'00.100 | |||||
23 | ?? | Suzuki | +6'00.300 | |||||
24 | ?? | Suzuki | +6'28.700 | |||||
25 | ?? | Philippe Coulon | Marlboro Nava Total | Suzuki | +6'56.400 | |||
26 | ?? | Yamaha | +8'58.600 | |||||
27 | ?? | Yamaha | +8'59.800 | |||||
28 | ?? | Yamaha | +9'50.900 | |||||
29 | ?? | Yamaha | +1 lap | |||||
Ret | ?? | Marco Lucchinelli | Cagiva Corse | Suzuki | Retired | |||
Ret | ?? | Bruno Kneubühler | RSS Racing Team | Suzuki | Retired | |||
Ret | ?? | Kazenmaier Autovermietung | Suzuki | Retired | ||||
Ret | ?? | Yamaha | Retired | |||||
Ret | ?? | Yamaha | Retired | |||||
Ret | ?? | Wil Hartog | Riemersma Racing | Suzuki | Retired | |||
Ret | ?? | Suzuki | Retired | |||||
Ret | ?? | Buton | Retired | |||||
Ret | ?? | Graziano Rossi | Team Gallina Nava Olio Fiat | Suzuki | Retired | |||
Ret | ?? | Suzuki | Retired | |||||
Ret | 38 | Suzuki | Retired | |||||
Ret | ?? | Michel Frutschi | Yamaha | Retired | ||||
Ret | ?? | Suzuki | Retired | |||||
Ret | ?? | Suzuki | Retired | |||||
Ret | 22 | Team Librenti | Suzuki | Retired | ||||
Ret | ?? | Yamaha | Retired | |||||
Ret | ?? | Yamaha | Retired | |||||
Ret | ?? | Yamaha | Retired | |||||
Ret | ?? | Retired | ||||||
DNS | ?? | Did not start | ||||||
Sources: [4][5][6] |
350 cc classification[]
Pos | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Grid | Points |
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1 | 1 | Takazumi Katayama | Yamaha | 6 | 52:27.4 | 6 | 15 |
2 | 5 | Kork Ballington | Kawasaki | 6 | +0.2 | 2 | 12 |
3 | 4 | Michel Rougerie | Yamaha | 6 | +40.8 | 7 | 10 |
4 | 3 | Jon Ekerold | Yamaha | 6 | +42.1 | 8 | 8 |
5 | 2 | Tom Herron | Yamaha | 6 | +43.4 | 4 | 6 |
6 | 63 | Anton Mang | Kawasaki | 6 | +1:09.9 | 5 | 5 |
7 | 6 | Olivier Chevallier | Yamaha | 6 | +1:37.0 | 4 | |
8 | 23 | Franco Bonera | Yamaha | 6 | +1:38.1 | 3 | |
9 | 10 | Patrick Pons | Yamaha | 6 | +2:04.3 | 2 | |
10 | 53 | Yamaha | 6 | +2:10.2 | 1 | ||
11 | 82 | Yamaha | 6 | +2:29.7 | |||
12 | 18 | Yamaha | 6 | +2:41.6 | |||
13 | 66 | Yamaha | 6 | +3:07.8 | |||
14 | 22 | Maurizio Massimiani | Yamaha | 6 | +3:38.8 | ||
15 | 24 | Yamaha | 6 | +3:56.1 | |||
Gregg Hansford | Kawasaki | 1 | |||||
Christian Sarron | Yamaha | 3 | |||||
Pentti Korhonen | Yamaha | 9 | |||||
Leif Gustafsson | Yamaha | 10 | |||||
60 starters in total, 25 finishers | |||||||
[4] |
250 cc classification[]
Pos | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Grid | Points |
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1 | 6 | Kork Ballington | Kawasaki | 5 | 44:41.4 | 2 | 15 |
2 | 54 | Gregg Hansford | Kawasaki | 5 | +39.9 | 1 | 12 |
3 | 5 | Tom Herron | Yamaha | 5 | +52.5 | 9 | 10 |
4 | 50 | Jean-François Baldé | Kawasaki | 5 | +52.7 | 3 | 8 |
5 | 59 | Anton Mang | Kawasaki | 5 | +52.8 | 6 | |
6 | 8 | Jon Ekerold | Yamaha | 5 | +1:07.7 | 7 | 5 |
7 | 37 | Chas Mortimer | Yamaha | 5 | +1:22.4 | 4 | |
8 | 64 | Raymond Roche | Yamaha | 5 | +1:23.6 | 6 | 3 |
9 | 10 | Patrick Fernandez | Yamaha | 5 | +1:24.1 | 10 | 2 |
10 | 51 | Thierry Espié | Yamaha | 5 | +1:24.3 | 1 | |
11 | 12 | Olivier Chevallier | Yamaha | 5 | +1:27.9 | ||
12 | 3 | Walter Villa | Minarelli | 5 | +1:44.0 | ||
13 | 33 | Leif Gustafsson | Yamaha | 5 | +1:48.6 | ||
14 | 13 | Vic Soussan | Yamaha | 5 | +1:48.9 | 4 | |
15 | 28 | Yamaha | 5 | +1:49.5 | |||
Kenny Roberts | Yamaha | 5 | |||||
Christian Estrosi | Yamaha | 8 | |||||
50 starters in total, 36 finishers | |||||||
[4] |
125 cc classification[]
Pos | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Grid | Points |
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1 | 3 | Ángel Nieto | Minarelli | 4 | 37:26.0 | 2 | 15 |
2 | 1 | Thierry Espié | Motobécane | 4 | +7.8 | 1 | 12 |
3 | 9 | Hans Müller | Morbidelli | 4 | +1:07.5 | 3 | 10 |
4 | 12 | Maurizio Massimiani | Morbidelli | 4 | +1:18.9 | 9 | 8 |
5 | 7 | Harald Bartol | Morbidelli | 4 | +1:19.0 | 10 | 6 |
6 | 6 | Gert Bender | Bender | 4 | +1:22.5 | 4 | 5 |
7 | 8 | Stefan Dörflinger | Morbidelli | 4 | +1:22.8 | 6 | 4 |
8 | 2 | Eugenio Lazzarini | MBA | 4 | +1:23.8 | 5 | 3 |
9 | 19 | Bender | 4 | +1:24.0 | 7 | 2 | |
10 | 56 | Morbidelli | 4 | +1:26.9 | 8 | 1 | |
11 | 32 | Henk van Kessel | Condor | 4 | +2:10.1 | ||
12 | 16 | Morbidelli | 4 | +2:10.4 | |||
13 | 20 | Rolf Blatter | Morbidelli | 4 | +2:10.9 | ||
14 | 31 | Morbidelli | 4 | +2:11.3 | |||
15 | 35 | Morbidelli | 4 | +2:43.4 | |||
43 starters in total, 30 finishers | |||||||
[4] |
50 cc classification[]
Pos | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Grid | Points |
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1 | 3 | Ricardo Tormo | Bultaco | 3 | 31:00.3 | 1 | 15 |
2 | 1 | Ángel Nieto | Bultaco | 3 | +14.1 | 2 | 12 |
3 | 2 | Eugenio Lazzarini | Kreidler | 3 | +53.0 | 3 | 10 |
4 | 6 | Stefan Dörflinger | Kreidler | 3 | +1:30.2 | 4 | 8 |
5 | 37 | Rolf Blatter | Kreidler | 3 | +1:58.7 | 8 | 6 |
6 | 39 | Kreidler | 3 | +2:00.3 | 5 | 5 | |
7 | 13 | Theo Timmer | Kreidler | 3 | +2:05.3 | 10 | 4 |
8 | 60 | Kreidler | 3 | +2:06.2 | 9 | 3 | |
9 | 45 | Kreidler | 3 | +2:07.2 | 7 | 2 | |
10 | 28 | Henk van Kessel | Sparta | 3 | +2:26.3 | 1 | |
11 | 63 | Claudio Lusuardi | MBH | 3 | +2:28.7 | ||
12 | 21 | Kreidler | 3 | +2:30.8 | |||
13 | 12 | Kreidler | 3 | +2:48.4 | |||
14 | 31 | Kreidler | 3 | +2:48.6 | |||
15 | 57 | Kreidler | 3 | +2:51.1 | |||
Kreidler | 6 | ||||||
48 starters in total, 34 finishers | |||||||
[4] |
Sidecar classification[]
Pos | No. | Rider | Passenger | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Grid | Points |
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1 | 3 | Andreas Huber | Fath | 5 | 46:37.6 | 3 | 15 | |
2 | 5 | Alain Michel | Stu Collins | Seymaz-Yamaha | 5 | +1:26.2 | 2 | 12 |
3 | 8 | Gordon Russell | Busch-Yamaha | 5 | +1:26.8 | 5 | 10 | |
4 | 10 | Karl Meierhans | LCR-Yamaha | 5 | +1:26.9 | 8 | ||
5 | 14 | Paul Gerard | Seymaz-Yamaha | 5 | +2:20.3 | 6 | 6 | |
6 | 37 | Bernd Schappacher | König | 5 | +2:53.7 | 9 | 5 | |
7 | 17 | Andrea Fornaro | Busch-König | 5 | +3:33.3 | 4 | ||
8 | 29 | John Parkins | Windle-Yamaha | 5 | +3:36.0 | 3 | ||
9 | 47 | Rainer Gundel | MKM-Yamaha | 5 | +3:59.1 | 2 | ||
10 | 24 | K. Waltisperg | TTM-Yamaha | 5 | +4:13.4 | 10 | 1 | |
Rolf Biland | Kenny Williams | Beo-Yamaha | 1 | |||||
Jock Taylor | James Neil | Windle-Yamaha | 4 | |||||
Kenny Arthur | Schmid-Yamaha | 7 | ||||||
Lorenzo Puzo | Busch-Yamaha | 8 | ||||||
39 starters in total, 25 finishers | ||||||||
[4] |
References[]
- ^ "Grand Prix uitslagen en bijzonderheden 1978". Archive.fo. 25 July 2015. Archived from the original on 25 July 2015. Retrieved 10 December 2018.
- ^ "1978 500cc Class (FIM Grand Prix World Championship) Programmes - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com. Retrieved 10 December 2018.
- ^ "Nürburgring - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com. Retrieved 10 December 2018.
- ^ a b c d e f Coleman, Barry (ed.). Motocourse 1978-1979. Hazleton Securities Ltd. p. 129. ISBN 0-905138-06-6.
- ^ "1978 German MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". Motor Sport Magazine. 1 February 2018. Retrieved 10 December 2018.
- ^ "WEST GERMANY GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1978". Motogp.com. Retrieved 10 December 2018.
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