1979 British motorcycle Grand Prix

April 2022 British United Kingdom Marlboro British Grand Prixhttp://www.jumpingjack.nl/GP-races_1979_heden.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20100531164908/http://www.jumpingjack.nl/GP-races_1979_heden.htm usurped 31 May 2010 Alle Grand-Prix uitslagen en bijzonderheden, van 1973 (het jaar dat Jack begon met racen) tot heden jumpingjack.nl nl 1 November 2018http://www.progcovers.com/motor/500cc1979.html 1979 500cc Class (FIM Grand Prix World Championship) Programmes - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project Malcolm Mitchell Progcovers.com 4 November 2018http://www.progcovers.com/motor/silverstone.html Silverstone Circuit - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project Malcolm Mitchell Progcovers.com 4 November 2018 Silverstone Circuit Silverstone Circuit 1952 to 1974.png 2.927 4.711 11 13 12 August 1979 Kenny Roberts USA 1:29.810 Barry Sheene UK 1:29.980 Kenny Roberts USA Barry Sheene UK Wil Hartog NED Éric Saul FRA Unknown Kork Ballington RSA 1928 Unknown Kork Ballington RSA 1928 Gregg Hansford AUS Jeff Sayle AUS Kork Ballington RSA 1928 1:36.220 Kork Ballington RSA 1928 1:35.110 Kork Ballington RSA 1928 Randy Mamola USA Anton Mang BRD Hans Müller SUI 1:42.650 Pier Paolo Bianchi ITA 1:42.200 Ángel Nieto SPA 1977 Gert Bender BRD Guy Bertin FRA Derek Jones UK Brian Ayres UK Jock Taylor UK Benga Johansson SWE Rolf Biland SUI Kurt Waltisperg SUI Jock Taylor UK Benga Johansson SWE Dick Greasley UK John Parkins UK Rolf Biland SUI Kurt Waltisperg SUI Alain Michel FRA Michael Burkhard BRD Alain Michel FRA Michael Burkhard BRD Bruno Holzer SUI Karl Meierhans SUI Masato Kumano JPN Isao Arifuku JPN The 1979 British motorcycle Grand Prix was the eleventh round of the 1979 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 10–12 August 1979 at the Silverstone Circuit. Race summary The 500cc British Grand Prix would be one of the closest races in Grand Prix history.https://www.motogp.com/en/news/2019/08/21/an-all-time-classic-sheene-vs-roberts-40-years-on/155420 An All-Time Classic: Sheene vs Roberts 40 Years On motogp.com 20 January 2024 https://www.si.com/vault/1979/08/20/823883/a-thriller-at-silverstone-in-a-wheel-to-wheel-duel-with-a-superb-english-cyclist-kenny-roberts-of-the-us-won-the-british-grand-prix-all-but-clinching-a-second-consecutive-world-title A Thriller At Silverstone Sam Moses sportsillustrated.com 4 March 2016 20 August 1979 The race began with Barry Sheene, Kenny Roberts and Wil Hartog breaking away from the rest of the field. At the midpoint of the race, Hartog fell off the pace as Sheene and Roberts continued to battle for the lead. The event featured numerous lead changes throughout the 28 lap race. Heading into the final lap of the race, the two leaders came upon lapped riders. Roberts was unhindered as he passed the slower riders however, Sheene was momentarily held up, allowing Roberts to increase his lead. An undeterred Sheene put in an impressive lap time to catch Roberts as they entered the final corner. With momentum on his side, Sheene attempted a last second pass, but Roberts was able to prevail over Sheene by a narrow margin of just three-hundredths of a second. Minutes before the start of the race, Roberts' Yamaha blew a seal and sprayed the bike with oil. His crew managed to replace the seal in time but, Roberts went to the starting line with his gloves coated with oil, causing his hand to slip on the throttle during the race. After an eleven-year absence from world championship racing, Honda returned to competition with the exotic, four-stroke NR500 ridden by riders Mick Grant and Takazumi Katayama.http://world.honda.com/history/challenge/1979grandprix/text/08.html The NR500s: A Humiliating Debut World.honda.com 23 October 2012 The motorcycle featured an engine with oval-shaped cylinders as well as a monocoque chassis. Both bikes retired from the race, Grant crashing out on the first turn after the bike spilled oil onto his rear tire. Katayama retired on the seventh lap due to ignition problems. Classification 500 cc Pos. Rider Team Manufacturer Time/Retired Points 1 USA Kenny Roberts Yamaha Motor Company Yamaha 42'56.720 15 2 GBR Barry Sheene Texaco Heron Team Suzuki Suzuki +0.030 12 3 NED Wil Hartog Riemersma Racing Suzuki +4.970 10 4 ITA Virginio Ferrari Team Gallina Nava Olio Fiat Suzuki +35.280 8 5 NED Boet van Dulmen Suzuki +36.820 6 6 FRA Christian Sarron Team Sonauto Gauloises Yamaha +40.650 5 7 ITA Franco Uncini Team Zago International Suzuki +51.090 4 8 SUI Philippe Coulon Suzuki +51.250 3 9 ITA Marco Lucchinelli Suzuki +56.790 2 10 GBR John Newbold Team Appleby Glade Suzuki +1'16.490 1 11 ITA Carlo Perugini Yamaha +1'18.280 12 ITA Gianni Rolando Scuderia Naldoni Suzuki +1'19.910 13 SWE Peter Sjöström Ava MC Stockholm Suzuki +1 lap 14 GBR Steve Ward Auto 66 Club Suzuki +1 lap 15 GBR Keith Huewen Len Manchester Motorcycles Yamaha +1 lap 16 AUT Max Wiener Suzuki +2 laps 17 GBR George Fogarty Sports Motorcycles Suzuki +2 laps 18 NED Henk de Vries Team 77 Suzuki +2 laps 19 ITA Corrado Tuzii Suzuki +2 laps Ret FRA Michel Rougerie Suzuki Retired Ret GBR Ron Haslam Mal Carter Suzuki Retired Ret GBR Stan Woods Yamaha Retired Ret RSA 1928 Eddie Grant Retired Ret GBR Gary Lingham Suzuki Retired Ret BRD Gerhard Vogt Bill Smith Racing Suzuki Retired Ret NZL John Woodley Suzuki Retired Ret VEN 1930 Roberto Pietri Suzuki Retired Ret ITA Gianni Pelletier Suzuki Retired Ret NZL Dennis Ireland Derry's Racing Suzuki Retired Ret ESP 1977 Toni Garcia Suzuki Retired Ret BRD Josef Hage Dieter Braun Team Suzuki Retired Ret GBR Roger Marshall Dieter Braun Team Silver Dream Retired Ret GBR Alex George Suzuki Retired Ret USA Randy Mamola Serge Zago Suzuki Retired Ret VEN 1930 Johnny Cecotto Yamaha Motor Company Yamaha Retired Ret ITA Graziano Rossi Morbidelli Morbidelli Retired Ret GBR Rod Scivyer Suzuki Retired Ret FIN Seppo Rossi Kouv MK Suzuki Retired Ret GBR Tony Rutter Harold Coppock Suzuki Retired Ret JPN Ikujiro Takai Yamaha Motor Company Yamaha Retired Ret JPN Takazumi Katayama Honda International Racing Honda Retired Ret SWE Lennart Backström Suzuki Retired Ret RSA 1928 Russell Wood Yamaha Retired Ret GBR Steve Parrish Texaco Heron Team Suzuki Suzuki Accident Ret GBR Dave Potter Team Mitsui Yamaha Yamaha Retired Ret GBR Mick Grant Honda International Racing Honda Accident DNS NED Jack Middelburg Suzuki Did not start Sources:https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/database/races/1979-british-motogp 1979 British MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database 29 January 2018 Motorsportmagazine.com 4 November 2018http://www.motogp.com/en/Results+Statistics/1979/GBR/500cc/RAC BRITISH GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1979 Motogp.com 4 November 2018 4 November 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20181104170016/http://www.motogp.com/en/Results+Statistics/1979/GBR/500cc/RAC dead 350cc Place Rider Number Country Machine Time/Retired Points1 ZAF 1928 Kork Ballington1 South Africa Kawasaki38min 9.91sec152 AUS Gregg Hansford15 Australia Kawasaki123 AUS Jeff Sayle25 Australia Yamaha104 CHE Michel Frutschi14 Switzerland Yamaha85 CHE Roland Freymond24 Switzerland Yamaha66 FRA Michel Rougerie55 France Yamaha57 FRA Olivier Chevallier10 France Chevallier-Yamaha48 GBR Tony Head47 United Kingdom Yamaha39 ZAF 1928 Alan North43 South Africa Yamaha210 ZAF 1928 Jon Ekerold4 South Africa Yamaha1 Sources:http://www.motogp.com/en/Results+Statistics/1979/GBR/350cc/RAC BRITISH GRAND PRIX · 350cc Race Classification 1979 Motogp.com 4 November 2018 4 November 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20181104170014/http://www.motogp.com/en/Results+Statistics/1979/GBR/350cc/RAC dead 250cc Place Rider Number Country Machine Points1 ZAF 1928 Kork Ballington1 South Africa Kawasaki152 USA Randy Mamola17 United States Yamaha123 DEU Anton Mang5 West Germany Kawasaki104 AUS Graeme McGregor35 Australia Yamaha85 CHE Roland Freymond39 Switzerland Yamaha66 FRA Olivier Chevallier20 France Chevallier-Yamaha57 AUT Edi Stoellinger28 Austria Yamaha48 FRA Patrick Fernandez2 France Yamaha39 FRA Christian Estrosi12 France Kawasaki210 GBR Tony Head51 United Kingdom Yamaha111 FIN Eero Hyvarinen38 Finland Yamaha12 FRA Eric Saul21 France Bimota Adriatica Yamaha13 BEL Rene Delaby23 Belgium Yamaha Sources:http://www.motogp.com/en/Results+Statistics/1979/GBR/250cc/RAC BRITISH GRAND PRIX · 250cc Race Classification 1979 Motogp.com 4 November 2018 4 November 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20181104170227/http://www.motogp.com/en/Results+Statistics/1979/GBR/250cc/RAC dead 125cc Place Rider Number Country Machine Points1 ESP Angel Nieto2 Spain Minarelli152 DEU Gert Bender11 West Germany Bender123 FRA Guy Bertin5 France Motobécane104 CHE Stefan Dörflinger12 Switzerland Morbidelli85 ITA Pier Paolo Bianchi3 Italy Minarelli66 ITA Maurizio Massimiami6 Italy MBA57 CHE Hans Müller7 Switzerland MBA48 AUT August Auinger16 Austria Morbidelli39 CHE Bruno Kneubühler17 Switzerland MBA210 GBR Clive Horton10 United Kingdom Morbidelli1 Sources:http://www.motogp.com/en/Results+Statistics/1979/GBR/125cc/RAC BRITISH GRAND PRIX · 125cc Race Classification 1979 Motogp.com 4 November 2018 4 November 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20181104170206/http://www.motogp.com/en/Results+Statistics/1979/GBR/125cc/RAC dead B2A Sidecars Standings Pos Rider Passenger Number Manufacturer Time/Retired Points 1 CHE Rolf Biland CHE Kurt Waltisperg 1 Schmid-Yamaha 33min 39.47sec 15 2 GBR Jock Taylor SWE Benga Johansson 7 Windle-Yamaha 12 3 GBR Dick Greasley GBR John Parkins 5 Busch-Yamaha 10 4 DEU Werner Schwärzel DEU Andreas Huber 4 Yamaha 8 5 DEU Rolf Steinhausen GBR Kenny Arthur 12 KSA-Yamaha 6 6 DEU Walter Ohrmann DEU Erich Schmitz 27 Yamaha 5 7 DEU Siegfried Schauzu DEU Lorenzo Puzo 13 Busch-Yamaha 4 8 GBR John Barker GBR Nick Cutmore 28 Reynoldson-Yamaha 3 9 DEU Hermann Huber DEU Bernhard Schappacher 14 Krauser-Yamaha 2 10 FIN Kalevi Rahko FIN Kari Laatikainen 16 Yamaha 1 http://racingmemo.free.fr/MOTO-GP-classements_79-SIDa.htm 1979 - Sidecars 500cc B2A (Sidecars classiques) Racing Memory 13 November 2011 French B2B Sidecars Standings Pos Rider Passenger Manufacturer Time/Retired Points 1 FRA Alain Michel DEU Michael Burkhard Seymaz-Yamaha 15 2 CHE Bruno Holzer SWE Karl Meierhans LCR-Yamaha 12 3 JPN Masato Kumano JPN Isao Arifuku Yamaha 10 4 DEU Heinz Luthringshauser DEU Karl Paul Yamaha 8 5 FRA Yvan Trolliet FRA Marc Petel Seymaz-Yamaha 6 6 FRA Bernard Chabert FRA Patrice Daire CB-Yamaha 5 7 NLD Cees Smit NLD Charles Vroegop Seymaz-Yamaha 4 8 AUT Klaus Sprengel GBR Derek John Booth Suzuki 3 9 GBR Steve Sinnott GBR John Horspole ?-Yamaha 2 10 DEU Rudolf Reinhard DEU Karin Sterzenbach GEP-Yamaha 1 http://racingmemo.free.fr/MOTO-GP-classements_79-SIDb.htm 1979 - Sidecars 500cc B2B (Sidecars modernes) Racing Memory 13 November 2011 French References External links A Thriller At Silverstone - Sports Illustrated, August 20, 1979 S1lGpGJRauE 1979 British Grand Prix Part 1 F0jF0v9pmQk 1979 British Grand Prix Part 2 VtIpXtcI8vc 1979 British Grand Prix Part 3 oKCNwCK8_KU 1979 British Grand Prix Part 4 British Grand Prix 1979 1979 Finnish Grand Prix 1979 Czechoslovak Grand Prix 1978 British Grand Prix 1980 British Grand Prix Category:British motorcycle Grand Prix British Motorcycle Grand Prix British Motorcycle Grand Prix