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1978 Belgian motorcycle Grand Prix

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Motorcycle race
Motorcycle race
Belgium   1978 Belgian Grand Prix
Race details
Race 7 of 13 races in the
1978 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date2 July 1978
Official nameGrand Prix Belgique / Grote Prijs België[1] [2] [3]
LocationCircuit de Spa-Francorchamps
Course
  • Permanent racing facility
  • 14.100 km (8.761 mi)
500cc
Pole position
Rider Venezuela Johnny Cecotto
Time 3:48.600
Fastest lap
Rider France Michel Rougerie
Time 3:51.700
Podium
First Netherlands Wil Hartog
Second United States Kenny Roberts
Third United Kingdom Barry Sheene
250cc
Pole position
Rider South Africa Kork Ballington
Time 4:08.000
Fastest lap
Rider Italy Walter Villa
Time 4:22.400
Podium
First Italy Paolo Pileri
Second Italy Franco Uncini
Third Italy Walter Villa
125cc
Pole position
Rider Spain Ángel Nieto
Time 4:23.200
Fastest lap
Rider Italy Pierpaolo Bianchi
Spain Ángel Nieto
Time 4:42.700
Podium
First Italy Pierpaolo Bianchi
Second Spain Ángel Nieto
Third Italy Maurizio Massimiani
50cc
Pole position
Rider Spain Ricardo Tormo
Time 5:12.500
Fastest lap
Rider Spain Ricardo Tormo
Time 5:16.100
Podium
First Spain Ricardo Tormo
Second Italy Eugenio Lazzarini
Third Switzerland Stefan Dörflinger
Sidecar (B2A)
Pole position
Rider West Germany Rolf Steinhausen
Time 4:15.400
Fastest lap
Rider France Alain Michel
Time 5:03.700
Podium
First Switzerland Bruno Holzer
Second France Alain Michel
Third Switzerland Rolf Biland

The 1978 Belgian motorcycle Grand Prix was the seventh round of the 1978 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 2 July 1978 at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps. These races, along with the Spa 24 Hours touring car race 3 weeks later were the last international major events held on the old 14 kilometer Spa-Francorchamps circuit.

500 cc classification

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Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Time/Retired Points
1 15 Netherlands Wil Hartog Riemersma Racing Suzuki 39'50.400 15
2 2 United States Kenny Roberts Yamaha Motor Company Yamaha +15.800 12
3 7 United Kingdom Barry Sheene Texaco Heron Team Suzuki Suzuki +18.600 10
4 30 France Michel Rougerie Suzuki +21.300 8
5 21 Finland Tepi Länsivuori Suzuki +1'18.900 6
6 8 Japan Takazumi Katayama Sarome & Motul Team Yamaha +1 lap 5
7 22 Italy Marco Lucchinelli Cagiva Corse Suzuki +1 lap 4
8 9 United Kingdom Alex George Suzuki +1 lap 3
9 17 United Kingdom Tom Herron Suzuki +1 lap 2
10 46 New Zealand Dennis Ireland Suzuki +1 lap 1
11 39 New Zealand John Woodley Sid Griffiths Racing Suzuki +1 lap
12 38 United Kingdom John Williams Team Appleby Glade Suzuki +1 lap
13 41 Sweden Bo Granath Suzuki +1 lap
14 29 Italy Graziano Rossi Team Gallina Nava Olio Fiat Suzuki +1 lap
15 14 Australia Jack Findlay Suzuki +1 lap
16 48 Australia Greg Johnson Suzuki +1 lap
17 45 Belgium Hervé Regout Yamaha +1 lap
18 37 Austria Max Wiener Suzuki +1 lap
19 33 South Africa Leslie van Breda Suzuki +1 lap
20 36 West Germany Gerhard Vogt Bill Smith Racing Suzuki +1 lap
21 ?? Belgium Guy Cooremans Suzuki +1 lap
22 ?? France Jean-Claude Hogrel Buton Buton +1 lap
Ret Venezuela Johnny Cecotto Yamaha Motor Company Yamaha Retired
Ret Switzerland Philippe Coulon Marlboro Nava Total Suzuki Retired
Ret Netherlands Boet van Dulmen Suzuki Retired
Ret Italy Virginio Ferrari Team Gallina Nava Olio Fiat Suzuki Retired
Ret United States Steve Baker Team Gallina Nava Olio Fiat Suzuki Retired
Ret Switzerland Bruno Kneubühler RSS Racing Team Suzuki Retired
Ret United Kingdom John Newbold Ray Hamblin Motorcycles Suzuki Retired
Ret Denmark Børge Nielsen Suzuki Retired
Ret South Africa Jon Ekerold Suzuki Deutschland Yamaha Retired
Ret Netherlands Dick Alblas Suzuki Retired
Ret West Germany Franz Heller Caramba Racing Team Bohme Suzuki Retired
Ret West Germany Franz Rau Kazenmaier Autovermietung Suzuki Retired
Ret Netherlands Cees Scheepens Suzuki Retired
Ret United Kingdom Steve Parrish Suzuki Retired
Sources:[5] [6] [7]

250 cc classification

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Pos No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Grid Points
1 31 Italy Paolo Pileri Morbidelli 9 40:35.0 15
2 56 Italy Franco Uncini Yamaha 9 +23.1 4 12
3 37 Italy Walter Villa Harley-Davidson 9 +37.6 2 10
4 9 France Patrick Fernandez Yamaha 9 +37.8 8 8
5 1 South Africa Kork Ballington Kawasaki 9 +1:07.0 1 6
6 21 Italy Mario Lega Morbidelli 9 +1:07.2 3 5
7 22 West Germany Anton Mang Kawasaki 9 4
8 36 Australia Vic Soussan Yamaha 9 3
9 20 Finland Pentti Korhonen Yamaha 9 6 2
10 12 Sweden Leif Gustafsson Yamaha 9 9 1
11 7 South Africa Jon Ekerold Yamaha 9 10
12 48 Belgium Etienne Geeraerd Yamaha 9
13 43 Belgium Albert Debouny Yamaha 9
14 14 West Germany Josef Hage Japol 9
15 29 Finland Pekka Nurmi Yamaha 9 12
16 62 Finland Reino Eskelinen Yamaha 9
17 45 Belgium René Delaby Yamaha 9
18 17 Finland Eero Hyvärinen Yamaha 9
19 63 United Kingdom Clive Padgett Yamaha 9
20 3 Australia Kenny Blake Yamaha 9
Australia John Dodds Yamaha 5
United States Kenny Roberts Yamaha 7
Australia Gregg Hansford Kawasaki 11
38 starters in total, 24 finishers
[5]

125 cc classification

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Pos No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Grid Points
1 3 Italy Pierpaolo Bianchi Minarelli 8 38:12.2 3 15
2 32 Spain Ángel Nieto Minarelli 8 +3.3 1 12
3 30 Italy Maurizio Massimiani Morbidelli 8 +11.1 10 10
4 1 Austria August Auinger Morbidelli 8 +1:29.3 9 8
5 37 France Patrick Plisson Morbidelli 8 +1:34.5 7 6
6 26 Italy Eugenio Lazzarini MBA 8 6 5
7 31 Switzerland Hans Müller Morbidelli 8 5 4
8 4 Switzerland Rolf Blatter Morbidelli 8 3
9 45 Netherlands Cees van Dongen Morbidelli 8 2
10 21 Finland Matti Kinnunen Morbidelli 8 1
11 47 Netherlands Bennie Wilbers Morbidelli 8
12 41 France Jean-Claude Selini Morbidelli 8
13 24 West Germany Walter Koschine Bender 8 12
14 17 United Kingdom Clive Horton Morbidelli 8
15 6 Italy Enrico Cereda Morbidelli 8
16 22 Sweden Bengt Johansson Morbidelli 8
17 10 France Yves Dupont Morbidelli 8
18 18 Netherlands Jan Huberts Morbidelli 7
19 40 West Germany Bernd Schneider Bender 7
20 43 Netherlands Jan Ubels Buton 7
Austria Harald Bartol Morbidelli 2
France Thierry Espié Motobécane 4
Switzerland Stefan Dörflinger Morbidelli 8
France Jean-Louis Guignabodet Morbidelli 11
38 starters in total, 20 finishers
[5]

50 cc classification

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Pos No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Grid Points
1 36 Spain Ricardo Tormo Bultaco 6 31:52.3 1 15
2 19 Italy Eugenio Lazzarini Kreidler 6 +56.1 3 12
3 48 Switzerland Stefan Dörflinger Kreidler 6 +2:23.2 2 10
4 23 Italy Claudio Lusuardi Bultaco 6 +2:24.6 8
5 21 Netherlands Peter Looyestein Kreidler 6 +2:32.9 11 6
6 42 Belgium Pierre Dumont Kreidler 6 +2:48.7 7 5
7 15 West Germany Hagen Klein Kreidler 6 12 4
8 28 France Patrick Plisson ABF 6 8 3
9 38 Netherlands Cees van Dongen Kreidler 6 2
10 35 Netherlands Theo Timmer Bultaco 6 10 1
11 14 France Jacques Hutteau ABF 6
12 26 West Germany Wolfgang Müller Kreidler 6 4
13 9 Spain Joaquín Gali Bultaco 6
14 10 Spain Ramón Gali Bultaco 6
15 32 West Germany Günter Schirnhofer Kreidler 6
16 4 France Daniel Corvi Kreidler 6
17 40 Belgium Chris Baert Kreidler 5
18 46 Belgium Marcel van der Steene Kreidler 5
19 5 France Michel de Poligny Scrab 5
20 47 Belgium Dirk van der Donckt Kreidler 5
Austria Otto Machinek Kreidler 5
West Germany Ingo Emmerich Kreidler 6
Italy Aldo Pero Kreidler 9
40 starters in total, 24 finishers
[5]

Sidecar classification

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Pos No. Rider Passenger Manufacturer Laps Time Grid Points
1 12 Switzerland Bruno Holzer Switzerland Karl Meierhans LCR-Yamaha 9 47:50.0 7 15
2 18 France Alain Michel United Kingdom Stu Collins Seymaz-Yamaha 9 +22.7 5 12
3 4 Switzerland Rolf Biland United Kingdom Kenny Williams TTM-Yamaha 9 +28.3 3 10
4 32 West Germany Rolf Steinhausen West Germany Wolfgang Kalauch Seymaz-Yamaha 9 +2:22.2 1 8
5 11 United Kingdom Bill Hodgkins United Kingdom John Parkins Windle-Yamaha 9 +3:01.0 6
6 44 United Kingdom Jock Taylor United Kingdom James Neil Windle-Yamaha 9 5
7 30 Netherlands Cees Smit Netherlands Jan Smit Seymaz-Yamaha 9 4
8 8 Switzerland Gérard Corbaz Switzerland Roland Gabriel Schmid-Yamaha 9 9 3
9 10 United Kingdom Dick Greasley United Kingdom Gordon Russell Busch-Yamaha 9 6 2
10 26 West Germany Siegfried Schauzu West Germany Lorenzo Puzo Busch-Yamaha 9 8 1
11 16 West Germany Helmut Luneman West Germany Micha Stockel Gespann-Yamaha 9
12 35 West Germany Heinz Thevissen West Germany Lothar Klein HTS-Yamaha 8 +1 lap
13 37 West Germany Max Venus West Germany Norbert Bitterman CAT-Yamaha 8 +1 lap
14 7 Netherlands Boy Brouwer Netherlands Jan Oostwouder Coan-Yamaha 8 +1 lap
West Germany Werner Schwärzel West Germany Andreas Huber Fath 2
Sweden Göte Brodin Sweden Per-Erik Wickström Yamaha 4
Switzerland Hermann Schmid United Kingdom Kenny Arthur Schmid-Yamaha 10
30 starters in total, 14 finishers
[5]

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 25 July 2015. 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 30 November 2018.
  3. ^ Mitchell, Malcolm. "Spa-Francorchamps - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com. Retrieved 30 November 2018.
  4. ^ "1978 Belgian MotoGP | Motorsport Database".
  5. ^ a b c d e Coleman, Barry, ed. (March 1979). Motocourse 1978-1979. Hazleton Securities Ltd. p. 103. ISBN 0-905138-06-6.
  6. ^ "1978 Belgian MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". Motorsportmagazine.com. 1 February 2018. Retrieved 30 November 2018.
  7. ^ "BELGIUM GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1978". Motogp.com. Retrieved 30 November 2018.


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