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1978 German motorcycle Grand Prix

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West Germany  1978 German Grand Prix
Race details
Race 11 of 13 races in the
1978 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date20 August 1978
Official nameGrosser Preis von Deutschland[1][2][3]
LocationNürburgring
Course
  • Permanent racing facility
  • 22.835 km (14.189 mi)
500cc
Pole position
Rider Venezuela Johnny Cecotto
Time 8:31.700
Fastest lap
Rider Italy Virginio Ferrari
Time 8:29.500
Podium
First Italy Virginio Ferrari
Second Venezuela Johnny Cecotto
Third United States Kenny Roberts
350cc
Pole position
Rider Australia Gregg Hansford
Time 8:44.700
Fastest lap
Rider Japan Takazumi Katayama
Time 8:39.700
Podium
First Japan Takazumi Katayama
Second South Africa Kork Ballington
Third France Michel Rougerie
250cc
Pole position
Rider Australia Gregg Hansford
Time 8:53.300
Fastest lap
Rider South Africa Kork Ballington
Time 8:49.500
Podium
First South Africa Kork Ballington
Second Australia Gregg Hansford
Third United Kingdom Tom Herron
125cc
Pole position
Rider France Thierry Espié
Time 9:23.800
Fastest lap
Rider Spain Ángel Nieto
Time 9:17.000
Podium
First Spain Ángel Nieto
Second France Thierry Espié
Third Switzerland Hans Müller
50cc
Pole position
Rider Spain Ricardo Tormo
Time 10:24.000
Fastest lap
Rider Spain Ricardo Tormo
Time 10:15.800
Podium
First Spain Ricardo Tormo
Second Spain Ángel Nieto
Third Italy Eugenio Lazzarini
Sidecar (B2A)
Pole position
Rider Switzerland Rolf Biland
Time 9:15.800
Fastest lap
Rider France Alain Michel
Time 9:06.800
Podium
First West Germany Werner Schwärzel
Second France Alain Michel
Third United Kingdom Dick Greasley

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

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Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Time/Retired Points
1 12 Italy Virginio Ferrari Team Gallina Nava Olio Fiat Suzuki 51'21.700 15
2 4 Venezuela Johnny Cecotto Yamaha Motor Company Yamaha +0.700 12
3 3 United States Kenny Roberts Yamaha Motor Company Yamaha +33.900 10
4 7 United Kingdom Barry Sheene Texaco Heron Team Suzuki Suzuki +36.000 8
5 17 Japan Takazumi Katayama Sarome & Motul Team Yamaha +36.300 6
6 13 France Michel Rougerie Suzuki +56.000 5
7 2 United States Steve Baker Team Gallina Nava Olio Fiat Suzuki +57.500 4
8 29 Netherlands Boet van Dulmen Suzuki +1'08.100 3
9 9 Finland Tepi Länsivuori Suzuki +1'10.000 2
10 59 West Germany Jürgen Steiner Caramba Racing Team Bohme Suzuki +2'10.400 1
11 26 Netherlands Jack Middelburg Suzuki +2'11.200
12 1 Italy Franco Bonera Suzuki +2'15.800
13 5 United Kingdom Steve Parrish Suzuki +2'16.100
14 15 Austria Max Wiener Suzuki +2'25.700
15 63 United Kingdom Alex George Suzuki +3'40.700
16 28 West Germany Gerhard Vogt Bill Smith Racing Suzuki +3'44.100
17 ?? West Germany Hans-Otto Butenuth Yamaha +5'04.900
18 ?? Australia Jack Findlay Suzuki +5'18.400
19 37 Netherlands Dick Alblas Suzuki +5'19.700
20 ?? Japan Tako Hase Yamaha +5'42.900
21 ?? West Germany Franz Shermer Suzuki +5'58.500
22 ?? Spain Carlos Delgado de San Antonio Suzuki +6'00.100
23 ?? Switzerland René Gutknecht Suzuki +6'00.300
24 ?? Austria Michael Schmid Suzuki +6'28.700
25 ?? Switzerland Philippe Coulon Marlboro Nava Total Suzuki +6'56.400
26 ?? West Germany Hans-Günter Schöne Yamaha +8'58.600
27 ?? Sweden Lars Johansson Yamaha +8'59.800
28 ?? West Germany Walter Kaletsch Yamaha +9'50.900
29 ?? West Germany Gustav Canehl Yamaha +1 lap
Ret ?? Italy Marco Lucchinelli Cagiva Corse Suzuki Retired
Ret ?? Switzerland Bruno Kneubühler RSS Racing Team Suzuki Retired
Ret ?? West Germany Franz Rau Kazenmaier Autovermietung Suzuki Retired
Ret ?? Austria Herbert Schieferecke Yamaha Retired
Ret ?? West Germany Iingo Riemer Yamaha Retired
Ret ?? Netherlands Wil Hartog Riemersma Racing Suzuki Retired
Ret ?? West Germany Jan Verwey Suzuki Retired
Ret ?? France Jean-Claude Hogrel Buton Buton Retired
Ret ?? Italy Graziano Rossi Team Gallina Nava Olio Fiat Suzuki Retired
Ret ?? Austria Hans Braumandl Suzuki Retired
Ret 38 Sweden Peter Sjoström Suzuki Retired
Ret ?? Switzerland Michel Frutschi Yamaha Retired
Ret ?? Denmark Børge Nielsen Suzuki Retired
Ret ?? South Africa Leslie van Breda Suzuki Retired
Ret 22 Italy Gianni Rolando Team Librenti Suzuki Retired
Ret ?? West Germany Gustav Reiner Yamaha Retired
Ret ?? West Germany Horst Scherer Yamaha Retired
Ret ?? West Germany Horst Scherer Yamaha Retired
Ret ?? West Germany Horst Lahfeld König Retired
DNS ?? West Germany Bernd Dawicki König Did not start
Sources: [4][5][6]

350 cc classification

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Pos No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Grid Points
1 1 Japan Takazumi Katayama Yamaha 6 52:27.4 6 15
2 5 South Africa Kork Ballington Kawasaki 6 +0.2 2 12
3 4 France Michel Rougerie Yamaha 6 +40.8 7 10
4 3 South Africa Jon Ekerold Yamaha 6 +42.1 8 8
5 2 United Kingdom Tom Herron Yamaha 6 +43.4 4 6
6 63 West Germany Anton Mang Kawasaki 6 +1:09.9 5 5
7 6 France Olivier Chevallier Yamaha 6 +1:37.0 4
8 23 Italy Franco Bonera Yamaha 6 +1:38.1 3
9 10 France Patrick Pons Yamaha 6 +2:04.3 2
10 53 France Hervé Moineau Yamaha 6 +2:10.2 1
11 82 West Germany Gustav Rainer Yamaha 6 +2:29.7
12 18 Finland Reino Eskelinen Yamaha 6 +2:41.6
13 66 West Germany Josef Hage Yamaha 6 +3:07.8
14 22 Italy Maurizio Massimiani Yamaha 6 +3:38.8
15 24 Italy Vanes Francini Yamaha 6 +3:56.1
Australia Gregg Hansford Kawasaki 1
France Christian Sarron Yamaha 3
Finland Pentti Korhonen Yamaha 9
Sweden Leif Gustafsson Yamaha 10
60 starters in total, 25 finishers
[4]

250 cc classification

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Pos No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Grid Points
1 6 South Africa Kork Ballington Kawasaki 5 44:41.4 2 15
2 54 Australia Gregg Hansford Kawasaki 5 +39.9 1 12
3 5 United Kingdom Tom Herron Yamaha 5 +52.5 9 10
4 50 France Jean-François Baldé Kawasaki 5 +52.7 3 8
5 59 West Germany Anton Mang Kawasaki 5 +52.8 6
6 8 South Africa Jon Ekerold Yamaha 5 +1:07.7 7 5
7 37 United Kingdom Chas Mortimer Yamaha 5 +1:22.4 4
8 64 France Raymond Roche Yamaha 5 +1:23.6 6 3
9 10 France Patrick Fernandez Yamaha 5 +1:24.1 10 2
10 51 France Thierry Espié Yamaha 5 +1:24.3 1
11 12 France Olivier Chevallier Yamaha 5 +1:27.9
12 3 Italy Walter Villa Minarelli 5 +1:44.0
13 33 Sweden Leif Gustafsson Yamaha 5 +1:48.6
14 13 Australia Vic Soussan Yamaha 5 +1:48.9 4
15 28 Belgium Richard Hubin Yamaha 5 +1:49.5
United States Kenny Roberts Yamaha 5
France Christian Estrosi Yamaha 8
50 starters in total, 36 finishers
[4]

125 cc classification

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Pos No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Grid Points
1 3 Spain Ángel Nieto Minarelli 4 37:26.0 2 15
2 1 France Thierry Espié Motobécane 4 +7.8 1 12
3 9 Switzerland Hans Müller Morbidelli 4 +1:07.5 3 10
4 12 Italy Maurizio Massimiani Morbidelli 4 +1:18.9 9 8
5 7 Austria Harald Bartol Morbidelli 4 +1:19.0 10 6
6 6 West Germany Gert Bender Bender 4 +1:22.5 4 5
7 8 Switzerland Stefan Dörflinger Morbidelli 4 +1:22.8 6 4
8 2 Italy Eugenio Lazzarini MBA 4 +1:23.8 5 3
9 19 West Germany Walter Koschine Bender 4 +1:24.0 7 2
10 56 West Germany Stefan Janssen Morbidelli 4 +1:26.9 8 1
11 32 Netherlands Henk van Kessel Condor 4 +2:10.1
12 16 Finland Matti Kinnunen Morbidelli 4 +2:10.4
13 20 Switzerland Rolf Blatter Morbidelli 4 +2:10.9
14 31 Netherlands Bennie Wilbers Morbidelli 4 +2:11.3
15 35 West Germany Richard Schmiederer Morbidelli 4 +2:43.4
43 starters in total, 30 finishers
[4]

50 cc classification

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Pos No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Grid Points
1 3 Spain Ricardo Tormo Bultaco 3 31:00.3 1 15
2 1 Spain Ángel Nieto Bultaco 3 +14.1 2 12
3 2 Italy Eugenio Lazzarini Kreidler 3 +53.0 3 10
4 6 Switzerland Stefan Dörflinger Kreidler 3 +1:30.2 4 8
5 37 Switzerland Rolf Blatter Kreidler 3 +1:58.7 8 6
6 39 West Germany Wolfgang Müller Kreidler 3 +2:00.3 5 5
7 13 Netherlands Theo Timmer Kreidler 3 +2:05.3 10 4
8 60 West Germany Ingo Emmerich Kreidler 3 +2:06.2 9 3
9 45 West Germany Reiner Scheidhauer Kreidler 3 +2:07.2 7 2
10 28 Netherlands Henk van Kessel Sparta 3 +2:26.3 1
11 63 Italy Claudio Lusuardi MBH 3 +2:28.7
12 21 Italy Enrico Cereda Kreidler 3 +2:30.8
13 12 West Germany Hagen Klein Kreidler 3 +2:48.4
14 31 Belgium Pierre Dumont Kreidler 3 +2:48.6
15 57 West Germany Richard Schmiederer Kreidler 3 +2:51.1
Netherlands Peter Looyestein Kreidler 6
48 starters in total, 34 finishers
[4]

Sidecar classification

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Pos No. Rider Passenger Manufacturer Laps Time Grid Points
1 3 West Germany Werner Schwärzel West Germany Andreas Huber Fath 5 46:37.6 3 15
2 5 France Alain Michel United Kingdom Stu Collins Seymaz-Yamaha 5 +1:26.2 2 12
3 8 United Kingdom Dick Greasley United Kingdom Gordon Russell Busch-Yamaha 5 +1:26.8 5 10
4 10 Switzerland Bruno Holzer Switzerland Karl Meierhans LCR-Yamaha 5 +1:26.9 8
5 14 Switzerland Jean-François Monnin Switzerland Paul Gerard Seymaz-Yamaha 5 +2:20.3 6 6
6 37 West Germany Hermann Huber West Germany Bernd Schappacher König 5 +2:53.7 9 5
7 17 Italy Amedeo Zini Italy Andrea Fornaro Busch-König 5 +3:33.3 4
8 29 United Kingdom Bill Hodgkins United Kingdom John Parkins Windle-Yamaha 5 +3:36.0 3
9 47 West Germany Otto Haller West Germany Rainer Gundel MKM-Yamaha 5 +3:59.1 2
10 24 Switzerland Thomas Müller Switzerland K. Waltisperg TTM-Yamaha 5 +4:13.4 10 1
Switzerland Rolf Biland United Kingdom Kenny Williams Beo-Yamaha 1
United Kingdom Jock Taylor United Kingdom James Neil Windle-Yamaha 4
Switzerland Hermann Schmid United Kingdom Kenny Arthur Schmid-Yamaha 7
West Germany Siegfried Schauzu West Germany Lorenzo Puzo Busch-Yamaha 8
39 starters in total, 25 finishers
[4]

References

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  1. ^ "Grand Prix uitslagen en bijzonderheden 1978". Archive.fo. 25 July 2015. Archived from the original on 25 July 2015. Retrieved 10 December 2018.
  2. ^ "1978 500cc Class (FIM Grand Prix World Championship) Programmes - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com. Retrieved 10 December 2018.
  3. ^ "Nürburgring - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com. Retrieved 10 December 2018.
  4. ^ a b c d e f Coleman, Barry (ed.). Motocourse 1978-1979. Hazleton Securities Ltd. p. 129. ISBN 0-905138-06-6.
  5. ^ "1978 German MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". Motor Sport Magazine. 1 February 2018. Retrieved 10 December 2018.
  6. ^ "WEST GERMANY GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1978". Motogp.com. Retrieved 10 December 2018.


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