1978 Venezuelan motorcycle Grand Prix
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Race 1 of 13 races in the 1978 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date | 19 March 1978 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Official name | Il Grand Prix de Venezuela[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Location | Autodromo Internacional de San Carlos | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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500 cc | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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350 cc | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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250 cc | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1978 Venezuelan motorcycle Grand Prix was the first round of the 1978 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 19 March 1978 at the San Carlos Circuit.
500cc classification[]
Pos. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Time/Retired | Points | ||
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1 | Barry Sheene | Texaco Heron Team Suzuki | Suzuki | 48'21.300 | 15 | ||
2 | Pat Hennen | Suzuki | +21.700 | 12 | |||
3 | Steve Baker | Team Gallina Nava Olio Fiat | Suzuki | +57.300 | 10 | ||
4 | Steve Parrish | Suzuki | +1 lap | 8 | |||
5 | Yamaha | +2 laps | 6 | ||||
6 | Gerhard Vogt | Bill Smith Racing | Yamaha | +3 laps | 5 | ||
7 | Suzuki | +6 laps | 4 | ||||
Johnny Cecotto | Yamaha Motor Company | Yamaha | Tyre problems | ||||
Kenny Roberts | Yamaha Motor Company | Yamaha | Retired | ||||
Takazumi Katayama | Sarome & Motul Team | Yamaha | Accident | ||||
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 | Takazumi Katayama | Yamaha | 29 | 48:05.5 | 5 | 15 | |
2 | Patrick Fernandez | Yamaha | 29 | +29.7 | 3 | 12 | |
3 | Paolo Pileri | Morbidelli | 29 | +41.9 | 17 | 10 | |
4 | Kork Ballington | Kawasaki | 29 | +43.4 | 7 | 8 | |
5 | Patrick Pons | Yamaha | 29 | +50.2 | 4 | 6 | |
6 | Christian Sarron | Yamaha | 29 | +58.4 | 11 | 5 | |
7 | Eric Saul | Yamaha | 29 | +1:06.4 | 15 | 4 | |
8 | Franco Bonera | Yamaha | 29 | +1:14.7 | 9 | 3 | |
9 | Eduardo Alemán | Yamaha | 29 | +1:28.0 | 20 | 2 | |
10 | Yamaha | 29 | +1:33.1 | 10 | 1 | ||
11 | Yamaha | 28 | +1 lap | 16 | |||
12 | Barry Woodland | Yamaha | 28 | +1 lap | |||
13 | C. Cortes | Harley-Davidson | 28 | +1 lap | |||
14 | Yamaha | 27 | +2 laps | ||||
Franco Uncini | Yamaha | 1 | |||||
Gregg Hansford | Kawasaki | 2 | |||||
Olivier Chevallier | Yamaha | 6 | |||||
Vinicio Salmi | Yamaha | 8 | |||||
Yamaha | 12 | ||||||
Tom Herron | Yamaha | 13 | |||||
Mick Grant | Kawasaki | 14 | |||||
Yamaha | 18 | ||||||
"Dallefusine" | Yamaha | 19 | |||||
30 starters in total | |||||||
[4] |
250 cc classification[]
Pos | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Grid | Points | |
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1 | Kenny Roberts | Yamaha | 28 | 47:15.6 | 2 | 15 | |
2 | Carlos Lavado | Yamaha | 28 | +14.8 | 3 | 12 | |
3 | Patrick Fernandez | Yamaha | 28 | +37.3 | 5 | 10 | |
4 | Olivier Chevallier | Yamaha | 28 | +43.1 | 8 | 8 | |
5 | Kork Ballington | Kawasaki | 28 | +43.1 | 6 | 6 | |
6 | Mario Lega | Morbidelli | 28 | +54.9 | 9 | 5 | |
7 | Anton Mang | Kawasaki | 28 | +1:04.2 | 11 | 4 | |
8 | Ted Henter | Yamaha | 28 | +1:35.5 | 12 | 3 | |
9 | Eduardo Alemán | Yamaha | 27 | +1 lap | 15 | 2 | |
10 | Vic Soussan | Yamaha | 27 | +1 lap | 17 | 1 | |
11 | Tom Herron | Yamaha | 27 | +1 lap | 19 | ||
12 | Yamaha | 27 | +1 lap | 20 | |||
13 | Ángel Nieto | Yamaha | 27 | +1 lap | |||
14 | Yamaha | 27 | +1 lap | 18 | |||
15 | Vinicio Salmi | Yamaha | 27 | +1 lap | |||
16 | Yamaha | 26 | +2 laps | 13 | |||
17 | Yamaha | 26 | +2 laps | ||||
18 | P. Betancourt | Yamaha | 26 | +2 laps | |||
19 | F. Perez | Yamaha | 26 | +2 laps | |||
20 | "Prusso" | Yamaha | 26 | +2 laps | |||
21 | G. Martinez | Yamaha | 26 | +2 laps | |||
Franco Uncini | Yamaha | 1 | |||||
Gregg Hansford | Kawasaki | 4 | |||||
Paolo Pileri | Morbidelli | 7 | |||||
Mick Grant | Kawasaki | 10 | |||||
Eric Saul | Yamaha | 14 | |||||
Barry Woodland | Yamaha | 16 | |||||
26 starters in total | |||||||
[4] |
125 cc classification[]
Pos | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Grid | Points | |
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1 | Pierpaolo Bianchi | Minarelli | 26 | 46:05.5 | 1 | 15 | |
2 | Eugenio Lazzarini | MBA | 26 | +54.0 | 3 | 12 | |
3 | V. T. Leon | Morbidelli | 26 | +1:20.6 | 7 | 10 | |
4 | Yamaha | 26 | +1:21.8 | 11 | 8 | ||
5 | Riccardo Russo | Morbidelli | 24 | +2 laps | 14 | 6 | |
6 | Morbidelli | 24 | +2 laps | 15 | 5 | ||
7 | Morbidelli | 21 | +5 laps | 16 | 4 | ||
Ángel Nieto | Bultaco | 2 | |||||
Ivan Palazzese | Morbidelli | 4 | |||||
Maurizio Massimiani | Morbidelli | 5 | |||||
Claudio Lusuardi | Morbidelli | 6 | |||||
"Troisi" | Morbidelli | 8 | |||||
Thierry Espié | Motobécane | 9 | |||||
Morbidelli | 10 | ||||||
Morbidelli | 12 | ||||||
R. Olavarria | Morbidelli | 13 | |||||
Morbidelli | 17 | ||||||
"Moreira" | Yamaha | 18 | |||||
Keith Gonyou | Yamaha | 19 | |||||
"Bernard" | Yamaha | 20 | |||||
23 starters in total | |||||||
[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 13 April 2013. Retrieved 1 November 2018.
- ^ "1978 Venezuelan MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". Motorsportmagazine.com. 1 February 2018. Retrieved 4 November 2018.
- ^ "VENEZUELA GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1978". Motogp.com. Retrieved 4 November 2018.
- ^ a b c d Coleman, Barry (ed.). Motocourse 1978-1979. Hazleton Securities Ltd. p. 61. ISBN 0-905138-06-6.
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