1979 Venezuelan motorcycle Grand Prix

Venezuelan Venezuela 1930 Gran Premio de VenezuelaOctober 2018 San Carlos Circuit San Carlos Circuit layout.png 2.569 4.135 1 13 18 March 1979 Barry Sheene UK 1:34.140 Barry Sheene UK 1:34.080 Barry Sheene UK Virginio Ferrari ITA Tom Herron UK Carlos Lavado VEN 1930 1:35.400 Carlos Lavado VEN 1930 1:34.490 Carlos Lavado VEN 1930 Walter Villa ITA Patrick Fernandez FRA Carlos Lavado VEN 1930 1:38.190 Walter Villa ITA 1:37.550 Walter Villa ITA Kork Ballington RSA 1928 Victor Soussan AUS Iván Palazzese VEN 1930 1:44.550 Ángel Nieto SPA 1977 1:43.480 Ángel Nieto SPA 1977 Thierry Espié FRA Maurizio Massimiani ITA No 50cc race was held No 50cc race was held No 50cc race was held No 50cc race was held No 50cc race was held The 1979 Venezuelan motorcycle Grand Prix, the first of 13 rounds of the F.I.M. 1979 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season, was held on 18 March at the San Carlos Circuit. British rider Barry Sheene, world champion in 1976 and 1977, won the 500cc GP by 18 seconds500cc Race Classification 1979 http://www.motogp.com/es/Results+Statistics/1979/VEN/500cc/RAC/Classification MotoGP Dorna Sports S.L. 8 November 2012 https://archive.today/20130216113915/http://www.motogp.com/es/Results+Statistics/1979/VEN/500cc/RAC/Classification 2013-02-16 Spanish live from Italian Virginio Ferrari to make it three successive Venezuelan GPs. Venezuelan racer Carlos Lavado won the 350cc class from Italian Walter Villa and Frenchman Patrick Fernandez.350cc Race Classification 1979 http://www.motogp.com/es/Results+Statistics/1979/VEN/350cc/RAC/Classification MotoGP Dorna Sports S.L. 8 November 2012 https://archive.today/20130216122957/http://www.motogp.com/es/Results+Statistics/1979/VEN/350cc/RAC/Classification 16 February 2013 live Spanish Villa won the 250cc event, ahead of South African rider Kork Ballington by 20 seconds, marking the final Grand Prix victory of Villa's motorcycle racing career.250cc Race Classification 1979 http://www.motogp.com/es/Results+Statistics/1979/VEN/250cc/RAC/Classification MotoGP Dorna Sports S.L. 8 November 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20150110064634/http://www.motogp.com/es/Results+Statistics/1979/VEN/250cc/RAC/Classification 2015-01-10 Spanish live Spanish rider Ángel Nieto won the 125cc class from Frenchman Thierry Espié and Italian Maurizio Massimiani.125cc Race Classification 1979 http://www.motogp.com/es/Results+Statistics/1979/VEN/125cc/RAC/Classification MotoGP Dorna Sports S.L. 8 November 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20150110063157/http://www.motogp.com/es/Results+Statistics/1979/VEN/125cc/RAC/Classification 2015-01-10 Spanish live Nieto would later win the 125cc season championship.Noyes, Dennis; Scott, Michael (1999). Motocourse: 50 Years Of Moto Grand Prix. Hazleton Publishing Ltd. 1-874557-83-7 Yamaha won two races, and Suzuki and Minarelli one each. Classifications 200px|thumbnail|right|Barry Sheene, won the 500cc GP from Virginio Ferrari. 200px|thumbnail|right|Spanish racer Ángel Nieto, 125cc winner. 500 cc Pos. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time Grid Points 1 GBR Barry Sheene Texaco Heron Team Suzuki Suzuki 30 47'52.900 1 15 2 ITA Virginio Ferrari Team Gallina Nava Olio Fiat Suzuki 30 +18.600 4 12 3 GBR Tom Herron Texaco Heron Team Suzuki Suzuki 30 +30.900 2 10 4 ITA Franco Uncini Team Zago International Suzuki 30 +1'34.800 6 8 5 FRA Michel Rougerie Suzuki 29 +1 lap 10 6 6 VEN 1930 Roberto Pietri Suzuki 29 +1 lap 11 5 7 FRA Christian Sarron Team Sonauto Gauloises Yamaha 29 +1 lap 12 4 8 FRG Gerhard Vogt Bill Smith Racing Suzuki 28 +2 laps 13 3 9 CHE Stefan Pellandini Suzuki 27 +3 laps 15 2 10 GBR Dennis Ireland Derry's Racing Suzuki 27 +3 laps 16 1 VEN 1930 Johnny Cecotto Yamaha Motor Company Yamaha 3 NLD Wil Hartog Riemersma Racing Suzuki 5 GBR Steve Parrish Suzuki 7 GBR Mick Grant Suzuki 8 ITA Gianni Pelletier Suzuki 9 ESP 1977 Carlos Delgado de San Antonio Suzuki 14 Sources: Motocourse 1979-1980 Hazleton Securities Ltd Coleman Barry 69 0-905138-10-4https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/database/races/1979-venezuelan-motogp 1979 Venezuelan MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database 29 January 2018 Motorsportmagazine.com 16 October 2018http://www.motogp.com/en/Results+Statistics/1979/VEN/500cc/RAC VENEZUELA GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1979 Motogp.com 16 October 2018 16 October 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20181016165155/http://www.motogp.com/en/Results+Statistics/1979/VEN/500cc/RAC dead 350 cc Pos Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Grid Points 1 VEN 1930 Carlos Lavado Yamaha 29 46:48.4 1 15 2 ITA Walter Villa Yamaha 29 +15.3 2 12 3 FRA Patrick Fernandez Yamaha 29 +23.5 4 10 4 ZAF 1928 Kork Ballington Kawasaki 29 +28.1 6 8 5 ZAF 1928 Jon Ekerold Yamaha 29 +33.8 3 6 6 FRA Christian Estrosi Kawasaki 29 +40.0 9 5 7 FRA Eric Saul Yamaha 29 +1:11.9 11 4 8 AUS Victor Soussan Yamaha 29 +1:22.4 8 3 9 FRA Olivier Chevallier Yamaha 29 +1:25.6 12 2 10 FRA Patrick Pons Yamaha 29 +1:35.7 7 1 11 VEN 1930 Eduardo Alemán Yamaha 28 +1 lap 14 12 AUS Gregg Hansford Kawasaki 28 +1 lap 10 13 USA Randy Mamola Yamaha 28 +1 lap 14 GBR Barry Woodland Yamaha 28 +1 lap 15 VEN 1930 J. Gonzalez Yamaha 27 +2 laps VEN 1930 Iván Palazzese Yamaha 5 BRA C. Giroto Yamaha 13 ITA Franco Uncini Yamaha 15 30 starters in total, 18 finishers 250 cc Pos Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Grid Points 1 ITA Walter Villa Yamaha 28 46:13.5 2 15 2 ZAF 1928 Kork Ballington Kawasaki 28 +20.6 3 12 3 AUS Victor Soussan Yamaha 28 +1:14.2 9 10 4 FRA Olivier Chevallier Yamaha 28 +1:17.6 7 8 5 USA Randy Mamola Bimota 28 +1:21.5 13 6 6 FRA Eric Saul Yamaha 28 +1:27.1 8 5 7 AUS Gregg Hansford Kawasaki 28 +1:40.5 5 4 8 ITA Maurizio Massimiani MBA 27 +1 lap 12 3 9 GBR Chas Mortimer Yamaha 27 +1 lap 11 2 10 ESP 1977 Fernando Gonzalez Yamaha 27 +1 lap 1 11 ESP 1977 A. Rubio Yamaha 27 +1 lap 12 VEN 1930 I. Troisi Yamaha 27 +1 lap 13 CUB B. Jull Yamaha 27 +1 lap 14 ITA G. Di Carlo Yamaha 27 +1 lap 15 ESP 1977 Carlos Morante Yamaha 24 +4 laps 16 VEN 1930 Eduardo Alemán Yamaha 24 +4 laps 10 VEN 1930 Carlos Lavado Yamaha 1 FRA Patrick Fernandez Yamaha 4 FRA Christian Estrosi Kawasaki 6 ITA Graziano Rossi Morbidelli 14 26 starters in total, ? finishers 125 cc Pos Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Grid Points 1 ESP 1977 Ángel Nieto Minarelli 26 45:39.3 3 15 2 FRA Thierry Espié Motobécane 26 +6.1 4 12 3 ITA Maurizio Massimiani MBA 26 +40.6 6 10 4 MCO Patrick Herouard MBA 26 +58.5 7 8 5 FRA Jean Lecureux Morbidelli 26 +1:12.9 6 6 VEN 1930 Ivan Troisi Yamaha 26 +1:18.4 8 5 7 FRA Francois Granon Morbidelli 26 +1:28.5 13 4 8 CHE Hans Müller Morbidelli 26 +1:44.2 10 3 9 FRA Jean Paul Magnoni Morbidelli 25 +1 lap 15 2 10 FRA Patrick Plisson Motoshop 25 +1 lap 11 1 11 NLD Bernie Wilbers MBA 25 +1 lap 12 ARG H. Vigneti Morbidelli 25 +1 lap 13 ITA Eduardo Cereda MBA 25 +1 lap 12 14 NLD J. Huberts MBA 25 +1 lap 15 DOM D. Abreu Honda 23 +3 laps VEN 1930 Ivan Palazzese MBA 1 ITA Eugenio Lazzarini MBA 2 SWE Bam Carlson Morbidelli 5 ITA Jean P. Marchetti MBA 9 ESP 1977 Fernando Gonzalez Morbidelli 14 25 starters in total, 17 finishers References Venezuelan Grand Prix 1979 1978 Yugoslavian Grand Prix 1979 Austrian Grand Prix 1978 Venezuelan Grand Prix None Category:Venezuelan motorcycle Grand Prix Venezuelan Motorcycle Grand Prix