1978 Nations motorcycle Grand Prix

1978 Nations Grand Prix
Race details
Race 5 of 13 races in the; 1978 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	14 May 1978
Official name	Gran Premio delle Nazioni
Location	Autodromo Internazionale del Mugello
Course	Permanent racing facility; 5.245 km (3.259 mi);
500 cc
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Kenny Roberts
Time	2:05.600
Fastest lap
Rider	Kenny Roberts
Time	2:04.800
Podium
First	Kenny Roberts
Second	Pat Hennen
Third	Marco Lucchinelli
350 cc
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Franco Uncini
Time	2:10.590
Fastest lap
Rider	Gregg Hansford
Time	2:07.600
Podium
First	Kork Ballington
Second	Gregg Hansford
Third	Takazumi Katayama
250 cc
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Kenny Roberts
Time	2:11.360
Fastest lap
Rider	Kork Ballington
Time	2:09.300
Podium
First	Kork Ballington
Second	Gregg Hansford
Third	Franco Uncini
125 cc
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Eugenio Lazzarini
Time	2:16.850
Fastest lap
Rider	Thierry Espié
Time	2:15.100
Podium
First	Eugenio Lazzarini
Second	Maurizio Massimiani
Third	Harald Bartol
50 cc
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Ricardo Tormo
Time	2:30.330
Fastest lap
Rider	Stefan Dörflinger
Time	2:28.000
Podium
First	Ricardo Tormo
Second	Patrick Plisson
Third	Julien van Zeebroeck
Sidecar (B2A)
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Alain Michel
Time	2:13.490
Fastest lap
Rider	Rolf Biland
Time	2:14.700
Podium
First	Rolf Biland
Second
Third

The 1978 Nations motorcycle Grand Prix was the fifth round of the 1978 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 12–14 May 1978 at the Autodromo Internazionale del Mugello.

Classification[]

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	Kork Ballington	Kawasaki	25	54:08.0	7	15
2	Gregg Hansford	Kawasaki	25	+0.4	11	12
3	Takazumi Katayama	Yamaha	25	+15.9	2	10
4	Michel Rougerie	Yamaha	25	+16.2	5	8
5	Franco Uncini	Yamaha	25	+41.4	1	6
6	Marco Lucchinelli	Yamaha	25	+42.4	3	5
7	Patrick Fernandez	Yamaha	25	+1:01.6	10	4
8	Olivier Chevallier	Yamaha	25	+1:04.9	8	3
9	Vic Soussan	Yamaha	25	+1:24.5	12	2
10	Mario Lega	Morbidelli	25	+1:35.9	6	1
11	Tom Herron	Yamaha	25	+1:36.0	4
12	Pentti Korhonen	Yamaha	25	+1:58.0
13	John Dodds	Yamaha	25	+1:59.2
14	Franco Bonera	Yamaha	24	+1 lap
15		Yamaha	24	+1 lap
	Jon Ekerold	Yamaha			9
30 starters in total, 19 finishers
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Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	Kork Ballington	Kawasaki	23	50:23.4	4	15
2	Gregg Hansford	Kawasaki	23	+0.0	2	12
3	Franco Uncini	Yamaha	23	+51.0	3	10
4	Tom Herron	Yamaha	23	+1:11.0	12	8
5	Patrick Fernandez	Yamaha	23	+1:14.9	11	6
6	Mario Lega	Morbidelli	23	+1:15.0	5	5
7	Olivier Chevallier	Yamaha	23	+1:21.0		4
8	Raymond Roche	Yamaha	23	+1:21.7		3
9	Jean-François Baldé	Kawasaki	23	+1:57.8		2
10		Yamaha	23	+1:57.8	7	1
11	Anton Mang	Kawasaki	23	+2:12.2	8
12		Yamaha	23	+2:13.6
13	John Dodds	Yamaha	22	+1 lap
14		Yamaha	22	+1 lap
15	Vic Soussan	Yamaha	22	+1 lap	6
	Kenny Roberts	Yamaha			1
	Pentti Korhonen	Yamaha			9
	Jon Ekerold	Yamaha			10
30 starters in total, 19 finishers
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Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	Eugenio Lazzarini	MBA	20	46:25.9	1	15
2	Maurizio Massimiani	Morbidelli	20	+26.2	8	12
3	Harald Bartol	Morbidelli	20	+29.1	11	10
4	Thierry Espié	Motobécane	20	+29.3	2	8
5	Per-Edward Carlson	Morbidelli	20	+49.3		6
6	Hans Müller	Morbidelli	20	+54.7	9	5
7	Ángel Nieto	Bultaco	20	+1:18.6		4
8	Jean-Louis Guignabodet	Morbidelli	20	+1:27.5	12	3
9	Stefan Dörflinger	Morbidelli	20	+1:39.3	10	2
10		Morbidelli	20	+1:48.9		1
11		Morbidelli	20	+2:05.9
12		Morbidelli	20	+3:46.9
13		Morbidelli	19	+1 lap
14	Riccardo Russo	Morbidelli	19	+1 lap
15	Ivan Palazzese	Morbidelli	19	+1 lap
	Pierluigi Conforti	Morbidelli			3
	Pierpaolo Bianchi	Minarelli			4
		Morbidelli			5
		Morbidelli			6
		Morbidelli			7
30 starters in total, 21 finishers
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Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	Ricardo Tormo	Bultaco	12	30:39.4	1	15
2	Patrick Plisson	ABF	12	+2.1	4	12
3	Julien van Zeebroeck	Kreidler	12	+19.4	5	10
4	Rolf Blatter	Kreidler	12	+19.7		8
5	Stefan Dörflinger	Kreidler	12	+20.0	3	6
6		Kreidler	12	+20.2	8	5
7		Kreidler	12	+37.3	7	4
8		Morbidelli	12	+51.9	12	3
9		Morbidelli	12	+54.7	11	2
10		Kreidler	12	+1:11.8		1
11		Kreidler	12	+1:12.4
12	Claudio Lusuardi	Bultaco	12	+1:16.5
13		DRS	12	+1:39.0
14		Kreidler	12	+1:55.1
15		Morbidelli	12	+1:55.6	10
	Eugenio Lazzarini	Kreidler			2
		Kreidler			6
		Derbi			9
30 starters in total, 21 finishers
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Pos	Rider	Passenger	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	Rolf Biland	Kenny Williams	Beo-Yamaha	20	45:40.2	2	15
2		Andreas Huber	Fath	20	+11.5	5	12
3		Philippe Miserez	Seymaz-Yamaha	20	+39.6	3	10
4		Gordon Russell	Busch-Yamaha	20	+46.6	9	8
5		Karl Meierhans	LCR-Yamaha	20	+1:20.1	8	6
6		Pierre Muller	GEP-Yamaha	20	+1:26.6	7	5
7		Kenny Arthur	Schmid-Yamaha	20	+1:33.2		4
8	Jock Taylor	Lewis Ward	Windle-Yamaha	20	+1:37.2		3
9		Andreas Stager	TTM-Suzuki	19	+1 lap		2
10	George O'Dell	Cliff Holland	Seymaz-Yamaha	19	+1 lap	6	1
11		Lorenzo Puzo	Busch-Yamaha	19	+1 laps
12	Egbert Streuer	Johann van der Kaap	Schmid-Yamaha	19	+1 laps
	Alain Michel	Stu Collins	Seymaz-Yamaha			1
	Rolf Steinhausen	Wolfgang Kalauch	Seymaz-Yamaha			4
		Ken Birch	Yamaha			10
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