1979 German motorcycle Grand Prix
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Race 3 of 13 races in the 1979 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date | 6 May 1979 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Official name | Großer Preis von Deutschland[1][2][3] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Location | Hockenheimring | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1979 German motorcycle Grand Prix was the third round of the 1979 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 4–6 May 1979 at the Hockenheimring.
Classification[]
500 cc[]
Pos. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Time/Retired | Points | ||
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1 | Wil Hartog | Riemersma Racing | Suzuki | 42'33.900 | 15 | ||
2 | Kenny Roberts | Yamaha Motor Company | Yamaha | +3.600 | 12 | ||
3 | Virginio Ferrari | Team Gallina Nava Olio Fiat | Suzuki | +12.500 | 10 | ||
4 | Suzuki France | Suzuki | +25.900 | 8 | |||
5 | Philippe Coulon | Suzuki | +27.900 | 6 | |||
6 | Franco Uncini | Team Zago International | Suzuki | +47.400 | 5 | ||
7 | Jack Middelburg | Suzuki | +48.800 | 4 | |||
8 | Christian Sarron | Team Sonauto Gauloises | Yamaha | +1'05.100 | 3 | ||
9 | Steve Parrish | Texaco Heron Team Suzuki | Suzuki | +1'06.200 | 2 | ||
10 | Mike Baldwin | Serge Zago | Suzuki | +1'27.200 | 1 | ||
11 | Dennis Ireland | Derry's Racing | Suzuki | +1 lap | |||
12 | Moto Team Krawehl | Suzuki | +1 lap | ||||
13 | Team 77 | Suzuki | +1 lap | ||||
14 | Gerhard Vogt | Bill Smith Racing | Suzuki | +1 lap | |||
15 | Suzuki | +1 lap | |||||
16 | Suzuki | +1 lap | |||||
17 | Suzuki | +1 lap | |||||
18 | Bo Granath | Suzuki | +2 laps | ||||
19 | Suzuki | +2 laps | |||||
20 | Suzuki | +2 laps | |||||
Ret | Suzuki | Retired | |||||
Ret | Barry Sheene | Texaco Heron Team Suzuki | Suzuki | Retired | |||
Ret | Boet van Dulmen | Suzuki | Retired | ||||
Ret | Graziano Rossi | Morbidelli | Morbidelli | Retired | |||
Ret | Gianni Pelletier | Suzuki | Retired | ||||
Ret | Tom Herron | Texaco Heron Team Suzuki | Suzuki | Retired | |||
Ret | Suzuki | Retitred | |||||
Ret | Marco Lucchinelli | Suzuki | Retired | ||||
Ret | Suzuki | Retired | |||||
Ret | Michel Rougerie | Suzuki | Retired | ||||
Ret | Mick Grant | Suzuki | Retired | ||||
Ret | Yamaha | Retired | |||||
Ret | Dieter Braun Team | Suzuki | Retired | ||||
Ret | Alex George | Suzuki | Retired | ||||
Ret | Texaco Heron Team Suzuki | Suzuki | Retired | ||||
Ret | Suzuki | Retired | |||||
Ret | Suzuki | Retired | |||||
Ret | Suzuki | Retired | |||||
Ret | Suzuki | Retired | |||||
Ret | Suzuki | Retired | |||||
DNS | Scuderia Naldoni | Suzuki | Did not start | ||||
DNS | Ava MC Stockholm | Suzuki | Did not start | ||||
DNQ | Yamaha | Did not qualify | |||||
Sources: [4][5] |
References[]
- ^ "Grand Prix uitslagen en bijzonderheden 1979". Archive.li. Retrieved 2018-10-19.
- ^ Mitchell, Malcolm. "1979 500cc Class (FIM Grand Prix World Championship) Programmes - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". www.progcovers.com.
- ^ Mitchell, Malcolm. "Hockenheimring - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". www.progcovers.com.
- ^ "1979 German MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". 29 January 2018.
- ^ "motogp.com · WEST GERMANY GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1979". www.motogp.com.
Categories:
- German motorcycle Grand Prix
- 1979 in West German motorsport
- 1979 MotoGP race reports