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1978 Austrian motorcycle Grand Prix

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Motorcycle race
Austria   1978 Austrian Grand Prix
Race details
Race 3 of 13 races in the
1978 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date30 April 1978
Official nameGroßer Preis von Österreich[1] [2] [3]
LocationSalzburgring
Course
  • Permanent racing facility
  • 4.241 km (2.635 mi)
500cc
Pole position
Rider Venezuela Johnny Cecotto
Time 1:21.520
Fastest lap
Rider United States Kenny Roberts
Time 1:21.700
Podium
First United States Kenny Roberts
Second Venezuela Johnny Cecotto
Third United Kingdom Barry Sheene
350cc
Pole position
Rider South Africa Kork Ballington
Time 1:26.200
Fastest lap
Rider South Africa Kork Ballington
Time 1:25.720
Podium
First South Africa Kork Ballington
Second Italy Franco Uncini
Third Japan Takazumi Katayama
125cc
Pole position
Rider Italy Eugenio Lazzarini
Time 1:33.840
Fastest lap
Rider Italy Eugenio Lazzarini
Time 1:32.980
Podium
First Italy Eugenio Lazzarini
Second Austria Harald Bartol
Third Italy Pier paolo Bianchi
Sidecar (B2A)
Pole position
Rider Switzerland Rolf Biland
Time 1:32.540
Fastest lap
Rider West Germany Werner Schwärzel
Time 1:30.650
Podium
First Switzerland Rolf Biland
Second United Kingdom Mac Hobson
Third France Alain Michel

The 1978 Austrian motorcycle Grand Prix was the third round of the 1978 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 28–30 April 1978 at the Salzburgring.

Classification

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500 cc

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Pos. Rider Team Manufacturer Time/Retired Points
1 United States Kenny Roberts Yamaha Motor Company Yamaha 48'30.300 15
2 Venezuela Johnny Cecotto Yamaha Motor Company Yamaha +16.460 12
3 United Kingdom Barry Sheene Texaco Heron Team Suzuki Suzuki +46.230 10
4 Italy Marco Lucchinelli Cagiva Corse Suzuki +1'13.760 8
5 Finland Tepi Länsivuori Suzuki +1'17.340 6
6 France Michel Rougerie Suzuki +1 lap 5
7 Netherlands Wil Hartog Riemersma Racing Suzuki +1 lap 4
8 Netherlands Boet van Dulmen Suzuki +1 lap 3
9 Italy Franco Bonera Team Kiwi Yamoto Suzuki +1 lap 2
10 Switzerland Bruno Kneubühler RSS Racing Team Suzuki +1 lap 1
11 Switzerland Philippe Coulon Marlboro Nava Total Suzuki +1 lap
12 South Africa Leslie van Breda Suzuki +1 lap
13 West Germany Helmut Kassner Suzuki +1 lap
14 West Germany Jürgen Steiner Caramba Racing Team Bohme Suzuki +2 laps
15 West Germany Franz Heller Caramba Racing Team Bohme Suzuki +2 laps
16 Sweden Bo Granath Suzuki +2 laps
17 Finland Markku Matikäinen Suzuki +2 laps
18 West Germany Franz Rau Kazenmaier Autovermietung Suzuki +2 laps
19 Austria Michael Schmid Suzuki +2 laps
Ret United States Steve Baker Team Gallina Nava Olio Fiat Suzuki Accident
Italy Virginio Ferrari Team Gallina Nava Olio Fiat Suzuki Retired
Ret United States Pat Hennen Suzuki Retired
Ret Japan Alex George Sarome & Motul Team Yamaha Retired
Ret United Kingdom John Newbold Ray Hamblin Motorcycles Suzuki Retired
Ret Austria Werner Nenning Mobel Nenning Racing Team Suzuki Retired
Ret Japan Takazumi Katayama Sarome & Motul Team Yamaha Retired
Ret Spain Carlos Delgado de San Antonio Suzuki Retired
Ret Belgium Jean-Philippe Orban Team La Licorne Suzuki Accident
Ret United Kingdom Steve Parrish Suzuki Retired
Ret Italy Walter Villa Suzuki Retired
Ret Netherlands Jack Middelburg Suzuki Accident
Ret United Kingdom Tom Herron Suzuki Retired
Ret South Africa Jon Ekerold Suzuki Deutschland Suzuki Retired
Ret Austria Max Wiener Suzuki Retired
Ret Austria Hans Braumandl Suzuki Retired
Ret Denmark Børge Nielsen Suzuki Retired
Sources: [4] [5] [6]

350cc

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Pos Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Grid Points
1 South Africa Kork Ballington Kawasaki 35 50:38.28 1 15
2 Italy Franco Uncini Yamaha 35 +14.37 2 12
3 Japan Takazumi Katayama Yamaha 35 +18.19 3 10
4 South Africa Jon Ekerold Yamaha 35 +46.73 12 8
5 France Olivier Chevallier Yamaha 35 +59.64 4 6
6 France Michel Rougerie Yamaha 35 +1:05.34 17 5
7 Australia Gregg Hansford Kawasaki 35 +1:12.82 6 4
8 Finland Pentti Korhonen Yamaha 35 +1:13.94 20 3
9 Australia Vic Soussan Yamaha 35 +1:14.11 15 2
10 Italy Franco Bonera Yamaha 35 +1:14.34 16 1
11 France Patrick Fernandez Yamaha 35 +1:14.67 8
12 United Kingdom Chas Mortimer Yamaha 35 +1:18.98 7
13 Australia John Dodds Yamaha 34 +1 lap
14 Austria Edi Stöllinger Yamaha 34 +1 lap 19
15 Switzerland Michel Frutschi Yamaha 34 +1 lap
16 Australia Kenny Blake Yamaha 34 +1 lap
17 Switzerland Roland Freymond Yamaha 34 +1 lap
18 Austria Ernst Fagerer Yamaha 34 +1 lap
19 South Africa Les van Breda Yamaha 34 +1 lap
20 West Germany Josef Hage Yamaha 34 +1 lap
21 Italy Franco Solaroli Yamaha 34 +1 lap
22 Czechoslovakia Peter Baláz Yamaha 34 +1 lap
Sweden Leif Gustafsson Yamaha 5
United Kingdom Mick Grant Kawasaki 9
United Kingdom Tom Herron Yamaha 10
Italy Pierluigi Conforti Yamaha 11
West Germany Anton Mang Kawasaki 13
Finland Pekka Nurmi Yamaha 14
France Christian Sarron Yamaha 18
36 starters in total
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125cc

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Pos Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Grid Points
1 Italy Eugenio Lazzarini MBA 30 47:23.66 1 15
2 Austria Harald Bartol Morbidelli 30 +2.23 3 12
3 Italy Pierpaolo Bianchi Minarelli 30 +28.74 2 10
4 France Thierry Espié Motobécane 30 +34.18 4 8
5 Italy Pierluigi Conforti Morbidelli 30 +34.70 9 6
6 Sweden Per-Edward Carlson Morbidelli 30 +1:01.55 7 5
7 Switzerland Hans Müller Morbidelli 30 +1:03.98 6 4
8 Finland Matti Kinnunen Morbidelli 30 +1:04.69 17 3
9 France Jean-Louis Guignabodet Bender 30 +1:11.17 11 2
10 Spain Ricardo Tormo Bultaco 30 +1:14.37 1
11 France Patrick Plisson Morbidelli 30 +1:35.90 15
12 France Thierry Noblesse Morbidelli 30 +1:36.30 16
13 Switzerland Stefan Dörflinger Morbidelli 29 +1 lap 10
14 Italy Felice Agostini Morbidelli 29 +1 lap
15 Austria Johann Parzer Morbidelli 29 +1 lap
16 Austria Ernst Fagerer Morbidelli 29 +1 lap 18
17 Austria August Auinger Morbidelli 29 +1 lap
18 Venezuela Ivan Palazzese Morbidelli
19 Switzerland Karl Fuchs Morbidelli
20 West Germany Walter Koschine Bender
Italy Maurizio Massimiani Morbidelli 5
United Kingdom Clive Horton Morbidelli 8
Spain Ángel Nieto Bultaco 12
West Germany Gert Bender Bender 13
Netherlands Cees van Dongen Morbidelli 14
Austria Hans Hummel Morbidelli 19
Switzerland Rolf Blatter Morbidelli 20
36 starters in total, 24 finishers
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Sidecar classification

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Pos Rider Passenger Manufacturer Laps Time Grid Points
1 Switzerland Rolf Biland United Kingdom Kenny Williams TTM-Yamaha 30 46:19.30 1 15
2 United Kingdom Mac Hobson United Kingdom Kenny Birch Seymaz-Yamaha 30 +17.72 11 12
3 France Alain Michel United Kingdom Stu Collins Seymaz-Yamaha 30 +17.86 3 10
4 United Kingdom George O'Dell United Kingdom Cliff Holland Seymaz-Yamaha 30 +22.19 5 8
5 Switzerland Bruno Holzer Switzerland Karl Meierhans LCR-Yamaha 30 +1:21.42 9 6
6 Sweden Göte Brodin Sweden Per-Erik Wickström Yamaha 30 +1:26.83 7 5
7 Austria Wolfgang Stropek Austria Karl Altricher Schmid-Yamaha 29 +1 lap 4
8 West Germany Hermann Huber West Germany Bernd Schappacher König 29 +1 lap 12 3
9 Austria Klaus Sprengel Austria Manfred Kürnsteiner Suzuki 29 +1 lap 2
10 West Germany Otto Haller West Germany Rainer Gundel MKM-Yamaha 28 +2 laps 1
11 Switzerland Ernst Trachsel Switzerland Andreas Stager TTM-Suzuki 27 +3 laps 15
12 United Kingdom Jock Taylor United Kingdom Lewis Ward Windle-Yamaha 27 +3 laps
13 Switzerland Jean-François Monnin Switzerland Philippe Miserez Seymaz-Yamaha 25 +5 laps 13
West Germany Werner Schwärzel West Germany Andreas Huber Fath 2
Switzerland Hermann Schmid United Kingdom Kenny Arthur Schmid-Yamaha 4
West Germany Rolf Steinhausen West Germany Wolfgang Kalauch Seymaz-Yamaha 6
West Germany Siegfried Schauzu West Germany Lorenzo Puzo Busch-Yamaha 8
United Kingdom Dick Greasley United Kingdom Gordon Russell Busch-Yamaha 10
Netherlands Egbert Streuer Netherlands Johan van der Kap Schmid-Yamaha 14
21 starters in total
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References

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  1. ^ "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.
  2. ^ Mitchell, Malcolm. "1978 500cc Class (FIM Grand Prix World Championship) Programmes - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com. Retrieved 6 November 2018.
  3. ^ Mitchell, Malcolm. "Salzburgring - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
  4. ^ "1978 Austrian MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". Motorsportmagazine.com. 1 February 2018. Retrieved 5 November 2018.
  5. ^ "AUSTRIAN GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1978". Motogp.com. Retrieved 5 November 2018.
  6. ^ a b c d Coleman, Barry (ed.). Motocourse 1978-1979. Hazleton Securities Ltd. p. 75. ISBN 0-905138-06-6.


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