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1978 Yugoslavian motorcycle Grand Prix

Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia  1978 Yugoslavian Grand Prix
Race details
Race 13 of 13 races in the
1978 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date17 September 1978
Official nameGrand Prix de Yougoslavie
LocationStaza Grobink Rijeka
Course
  • Permanent racing facility
  • 4.168 km (2.590 mi)
350cc
Pole position
Rider Australia Gregg Hansford Kawasaki
Time 1:39.96
Fastest lap
Rider Australia Gregg Hansford Kawasaki
Time 1:38.0
Podium
First Australia Gregg Hansford Kawasaki
Second Italy Franco Bonera Yamaha
Third France Patrick Fernandez Yamaha
250cc
Pole position
Rider South Africa Kork Ballington Kawasaki
Time 1:42.86
Fastest lap
Rider West Germany Anton Mang Kawasaki
Time 1:39.0
Podium
First Australia Gregg Hansford Kawasaki
Second West Germany Anton Mang Kawasaki
Third South Africa Kork Ballington Kawasaki
125cc
Pole position
Rider France Thierry Espié Motobécane
Time 1:43.70
Fastest lap
Rider France Patrick Plisson Morbidelli
Time 1:43.2
Podium
First Spain Ángel Nieto Minarelli
Second Switzerland Hans Müller Morbidelli
Third Italy Pierluigi Conforti Morbidelli
50cc
Pole position
Rider Italy Eugenio Lazzarini Kreidler
Time 1:54.93
Fastest lap
Rider Spain Ricardo Tormo Bultaco
Time 1:52.86
Podium
First Spain Ricardo Tormo Bultaco
Second Italy Eugenio Lazzarini Kreidler
Third France Patrick Plisson ABF

The 1978 Yugoslavian motorcycle Grand Prix was the thirteenth and final round of the 1978 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 17 September 1978 at the Staza Grobnik Rijeka.

350 cc classification

Pos Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Grid Points
1 Australia Gregg Hansford Kawasaki 35 58:21.2 1 15
2 Italy Franco Bonera Yamaha 35 +7.3 4 12
3 France Patrick Fernandez Yamaha 35 +21.2 2 10
4 Australia Vic Soussan Yamaha 35 +24.5 5 8
5 South Africa Jon Ekerold Yamaha 35 +31.8 11 6
6 West Germany Anton Mang Kawasaki 35 +32.2 12 5
7 France Olivier Chevallier Yamaha 35 +1:40.0 8 4
8 Italy Vanes Francini Yamaha 35 +1:44.4 14 3
9 Italy Giovanni Pellettier Yamaha 34 +1 lap 16 2
10 Switzerland Roland Freymond Yamaha 34 +1 lap 15 1
11 Italy Mario Lega Morbidelli 34 +1 lap 10
12 Italy Giovanni Rolando Yamaha 34 +1 lap
13 Italy Franco Marcheggiani Yamaha 34 +1 lap
14 Japan Y. Matsumoto Yamaha 34 +1 lap
15 Sweden Peter Sjoström Yamaha 33 +2 laps
South Africa Kork Ballington Kawasaki 3
United Kingdom Tom Herron Yamaha 6
France Hervé Moineau Yamaha 7
Italy Pierluigi Conforti Yamaha 9
Italy Paolo Pileri Morbidelli 13
Switzerland Bruno Kneubühler Yamaha 17
Finland Pentti Korhonen Yamaha 18
Italy Sauro Pazzaglia Yamaha 19
Sweden Leif Gustafsson Yamaha 20
30 starters in total
[1]

250 cc classification

Pos Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Grid Points
1 Australia Gregg Hansford Kawasaki 29 49:28.98 2 15
2 West Germany Anton Mang Kawasaki 29 +4.00 13 12
3 South Africa Kork Ballington Kawasaki 29 +4.31 1 10
4 Italy Paolo Pileri Morbidelli 29 +12.91 4 8
5 South Africa Jon Ekerold Yamaha 29 +31.68 6 6
6 France Patrick Fernandez Yamaha 29 +31.93 3 5
7 Italy Mario Lega Morbidelli 29 +44.34 5 4
8 Finland Pentti Korhonen Yamaha 29 +1:23.02 7 3
9 Switzerland Roland Freymond Yamaha 29 +1:40.90 18 2
10 Finland Eero Hyvärinen Yamaha 29 +1:41.16 12 1
11 Switzerland Hans Müller Yamaha 29 +1:43.85 15
12 Italy Giovanni Pellettier Yamaha 28 +1 lap
13 Italy Vanes Francini Yamaha 28 +1 lap
14 West Germany Bernd Tüngethal Yamaha 28 +1 lap
15 Italy Franco Marcheggiani Yamaha 28 +1 lap
16 Italy Giorgio Avveduti Yamaha 28 +1 lap 19
17 Belgium Renè Delaby Yamaha 28 +1 lap
18 Belgium Olivier Liegeois Yamaha 28 +1 lap
France Olivier Chevallier Yamaha 8
Australia Vic Soussan Yamaha 9
United Kingdom Tom Herron Yamaha 10
France Thierry Espié Yamaha 11
Italy Sauro Pazzaglia Yamaha 14
Sweden Leif Gustafsson Yamaha 16
France Hervé Moineau Yamaha 17
30 starters in total
[1]

125 cc classification

Pos Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Grid Points
1 Spain Ángel Nieto Minarelli 25 44:33.3 2 15
2 Switzerland Hans Müller Morbidelli 25 +10.8 4 12
3 Italy Pierluigi Conforti Morbidelli 25 +11.1 3 10
4 Austria Harald Bartol Morbidelli 25 +23.6 9 8
5 Italy Maurizio Massimiani Morbidelli 25 +41.4 13 6
6 France Jean-Louis Guignabodet Morbidelli 25 +41.7 10 5
7 Finland Matti Kinnunen Morbidelli 25 +45.8 7 4
8 Sweden Per-Edward Carlson Morbidelli 25 +56.4 14 3
9 France Patrick Plisson Morbidelli 25 +57.7 16 2
10 France Thierry Noblesse Morbidelli 25 +1:04.4 6 1
11 Monaco P. Herouard Morbidelli 25 +1:14.0 11
12 Switzerland Stefan Dörflinger Morbidelli 25 +1:24.2 8
13 Switzerland Rolf Blatter Morbidelli 25 +1:50.8 15
14 Italy Claudio Lusuardi Morbidelli 24 +1 lap
15 Netherlands Henk van Kessel Condor 24 +1 lap 18
16 Italy Enrico Cereda Morbidelli 24 +1 lap 20
17 Italy Maurizio Musco Morbidelli 24 +1 lap 19
18 Netherlands Theo Timmer Morbidelli 24 +1 lap
19 Italy Luigi Rinaudo Morbidelli 24 +1 lap
20 West Germany Hagen Klein Morbidelli 23 +2 laps
21 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Boris Bajc Morbidelli 23 +2 laps
France Thierry Espié Motobécane 1
Italy Eugenio Lazzarini MBA 5
Austria August Auinger Morbidelli 12
Italy Italo Zerbini Morbidelli 17
30 starters in total
[1]

50 cc classification

Pos Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Grid Points
1 Spain Ricardo Tormo Bultaco 20 38:15.02 2 15
2 Italy Eugenio Lazzarini Kreidler 20 +14.58 1 12
3 France Patrick Plisson ABF 20 +1:24.47 4 10
4 Switzerland Rolf Blatter Kreidler 20 +1:25.27 7 8
5 West Germany Ingo Emmerich Kreidler 20 +1:42.95 6 6
6 West Germany Hagen Klein Kreidler 20 +1:52.26 11 5
7 West Germany Wolfgang Müller Kreidler 20 +1:53.48 5 4
8 Italy Enrico Cereda DRS 19 +1 lap 10 3
9 West Germany Reiner Scheidhauer Kreidler 19 +1 lap 8 2
10 Italy Aldo Pero Kreidler 19 +1 lap 9 1
11 Netherlands Peter Looyenstein Kreidler 19 +1 lap 13
12 Netherlands Henk van Kessel Sparta 19 +1 lap 14
13 France Bruno di Carlo Kreidler 19 +1 lap 20
14 Belgium Chris Baert Kreidler 19 +1 lap
15 Italy S. Zattoni LGM 19 +1 lap
16 Italy Ezio Mischiatti LGM 18 +2 laps
17 Austria Otto Machinek Kreidler 18 +2 laps
Switzerland Stefan Dörflinger Kreidler 3
West Germany Günter Schirnhofer Kreidler 12
Netherlands Theo Timmer Kreidler 15
Italy Claudio Lusuardi Kreidler 16
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia "Krstic" Kreidler 17
Austria Hans Hummel Kreidler 18
France Benjamin Laurent FBM 19
30 starters in total
[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Coleman, Barry (ed.). Motocourse 1978-1979. Hazleton Securities Ltd. p. 137. ISBN 0-905138-06-6.


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