1978 Belgian motorcycle Grand Prix

Motorcycle race Belgian Belgium Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 8.761https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/database/races/1978-belgian-motogp/ 1978 Belgian MotoGP | Motorsport Database 14.100 7 13 Grand Prix Belgique / Grote Prijs Belgiëhttp://www.jumpingjack.nl/GP-races_1978_heden.htm https://archive.today/20150725170615/http://www.jumpingjack.nl/GP-races_1978_heden.htm dead 25 July 2015 Alle Grand-Prix uitslagen en bijzonderheden, van 1973 (het jaar dat Jack begon met racen) tot heden. Archive.li 1 November 2018http://www.progcovers.com/motor/500cc1978.html 1978 500cc Class (FIM Grand Prix World Championship) Programmes - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project Malcolm Mitchell Progcovers.com 30 November 2018http://www.progcovers.com/motor/spa.html Spa-Francorchamps - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project Malcolm Mitchell Progcovers.com 30 November 2018 2 July 1978 Spa 1950.jpg Johnny Cecotto VEN 1930 3:48.600 Michel Rougerie FRA 3:51.700 Wil Hartog NED Kenny Roberts USA Barry Sheene UK Kork Ballington RSA 1928 4:08.000 Walter Villa ITA 4:22.400 Paolo Pileri ITA Franco Uncini ITA Walter Villa ITA Ángel Nieto SPA 1977 4:23.200 Pierpaolo BianchiESP 1977 Ángel Nieto ITA 4:42.700 Pierpaolo Bianchi ITA Ángel Nieto SPA 1977 Maurizio Massimiani ITA Ricardo Tormo SPA 1977 5:12.500 Ricardo Tormo SPA 1977 5:16.100 Ricardo Tormo SPA 1977 Eugenio Lazzarini ITA Stefan Dörflinger SUI Rolf Steinhausen BRD Wolfgang Kalauch BRD 4:15.400 Alain Michel FRA Stu Collins UK 5:03.700 Bruno Holzer SUI Karl Meierhans SUI Alain Michel FRA Stu Collins UK Rolf Biland SUI Kenny Williams UK 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 Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Time/Retired Points 1 15 NLD Wil Hartog Riemersma Racing Suzuki 39'50.400 15 2 2 USA Kenny Roberts Yamaha Motor Company Yamaha +15.800 12 3 7 GBR Barry Sheene Texaco Heron Team Suzuki Suzuki +18.600 10 4 30 FRA Michel Rougerie Suzuki +21.300 8 5 21 FIN Tepi Länsivuori Suzuki +1'18.900 6 6 8 JPN Takazumi Katayama Sarome & Motul Team Yamaha +1 lap 5 7 22 ITA Marco Lucchinelli Cagiva Corse Suzuki +1 lap 4 8 9 GBR Alex George Suzuki +1 lap 3 9 17 GBR Tom Herron Suzuki +1 lap 2 10 46 NZL Dennis Ireland Suzuki +1 lap 1 11 39 NZL John Woodley Sid Griffiths Racing Suzuki +1 lap 12 38 GBR John Williams Team Appleby Glade Suzuki +1 lap 13 41 SWE Bo Granath Suzuki +1 lap 14 29 ITA Graziano Rossi Team Gallina Nava Olio Fiat Suzuki +1 lap 15 14 AUS Jack Findlay Suzuki +1 lap 16 48 AUS Greg Johnson Suzuki +1 lap 17 45 BEL Hervé Regout Yamaha +1 lap 18 37 AUT Max Wiener Suzuki +1 lap 19 33 ZAF 1928 Leslie van Breda Suzuki +1 lap 20 36 FRG Gerhard Vogt Bill Smith Racing Suzuki +1 lap 21 ?? BEL Guy Cooremans Suzuki +1 lap 22 ?? FRA Jean-Claude Hogrel Buton Buton +1 lap Ret VEN 1930 Johnny Cecotto Yamaha Motor Company Yamaha Retired Ret CHE Philippe Coulon Marlboro Nava Total Suzuki Retired Ret NLD Boet van Dulmen Suzuki Retired Ret ITA Virginio Ferrari Team Gallina Nava Olio Fiat Suzuki Retired Ret USA Steve Baker Team Gallina Nava Olio Fiat Suzuki Retired Ret CHE Bruno Kneubühler RSS Racing Team Suzuki Retired Ret GBR John Newbold Ray Hamblin Motorcycles Suzuki Retired Ret DEN Børge Nielsen Suzuki Retired Ret ZAF 1928 Jon Ekerold Suzuki Deutschland Yamaha Retired Ret NED Dick Alblas Suzuki Retired Ret BRD Franz Heller Caramba Racing Team Bohme Suzuki Retired Ret BRD Franz Rau Kazenmaier Autovermietung Suzuki Retired Ret NED Cees Scheepens Suzuki Retired Ret GBR Steve Parrish Suzuki Retired Sources:Motocourse 1978-1979 March 1979 Hazleton Securities Ltd Coleman Barry 103 0-905138-06-6https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/database/races/1978-belgian-motogp 1978 Belgian MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database 1 February 2018 Motorsportmagazine.com 30 November 2018http://www.motogp.com/en/Results+Statistics/1978/BEL/500cc/RAC BELGIUM GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1978 Motogp.com 30 November 2018 30 November 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20181130155132/http://www.motogp.com/en/Results+Statistics/1978/BEL/500cc/RAC dead 250 cc classification Pos No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Grid Points 1 31 ITA Paolo Pileri Morbidelli 9 40:35.0 15 2 56 ITA Franco Uncini Yamaha 9 +23.1 4 12 3 37 ITA Walter Villa Harley-Davidson 9 +37.6 2 10 4 9 FRA Patrick Fernandez Yamaha 9 +37.8 8 8 5 1 ZAF 1928 Kork Ballington Kawasaki 9 +1:07.0 1 6 6 21 ITA Mario Lega Morbidelli 9 +1:07.2 3 5 7 22 FRG Anton Mang Kawasaki 9 4 8 36 AUS Vic Soussan Yamaha 9 3 9 20 FIN Pentti Korhonen Yamaha 9 6 2 10 12 SWE Leif Gustafsson Yamaha 9 9 1 11 7 ZAF 1928 Jon Ekerold Yamaha 9 10 12 48 BEL Etienne Geeraerd Yamaha 9 13 43 BEL Albert Debouny Yamaha 9 14 14 FRG Josef Hage Japol 9 15 29 FIN Pekka Nurmi Yamaha 9 12 16 62 FIN Reino Eskelinen Yamaha 9 17 45 BEL René Delaby Yamaha 9 18 17 FIN Eero Hyvärinen Yamaha 9 19 63 GBR Clive Padgett Yamaha 9 20 3 AUS Kenny Blake Yamaha 9 AUS John Dodds Yamaha 5 USA Kenny Roberts Yamaha 7 AUS Gregg Hansford Kawasaki 11 38 starters in total, 24 finishers 125 cc classification Pos No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Grid Points 1 3 ITA Pierpaolo Bianchi Minarelli 8 38:12.2 3 15 2 32 ESP 1977 Ángel Nieto Minarelli 8 +3.3 1 12 3 30 ITA Maurizio Massimiani Morbidelli 8 +11.1 10 10 4 1 AUT August Auinger Morbidelli 8 +1:29.3 9 8 5 37 FRA Patrick Plisson Morbidelli 8 +1:34.5 7 6 6 26 ITA Eugenio Lazzarini MBA 8 6 5 7 31 CHE Hans Müller Morbidelli 8 5 4 8 4 CHE Rolf Blatter Morbidelli 8 3 9 45 NLD Cees van Dongen Morbidelli 8 2 10 21 FIN Matti Kinnunen Morbidelli 8 1 11 47 NLD Bennie Wilbers Morbidelli 8 12 41 FRA Jean-Claude Selini Morbidelli 8 13 24 FRG Walter Koschine Bender 8 12 14 17 GBR Clive Horton Morbidelli 8 15 6 ITA Enrico Cereda Morbidelli 8 16 22 SWE Bengt Johansson Morbidelli 8 17 10 FRA Yves Dupont Morbidelli 8 18 18 NLD Jan Huberts Morbidelli 7 19 40 FRG Bernd Schneider Bender 7 20 43 NLD Jan Ubels Buton 7 AUT Harald Bartol Morbidelli 2 FRA Thierry Espié Motobécane 4 CHE Stefan Dörflinger Morbidelli 8 FRA Jean-Louis Guignabodet Morbidelli 11 38 starters in total, 20 finishers 50 cc classification Pos No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Grid Points 1 36 ESP 1977 Ricardo Tormo Bultaco 6 31:52.3 1 15 2 19 ITA Eugenio Lazzarini Kreidler 6 +56.1 3 12 3 48 CHE Stefan Dörflinger Kreidler 6 +2:23.2 2 10 4 23 ITA Claudio Lusuardi Bultaco 6 +2:24.6 8 5 21 NLD Peter Looyestein Kreidler 6 +2:32.9 11 6 6 42 BEL Pierre Dumont Kreidler 6 +2:48.7 7 5 7 15 FRG Hagen Klein Kreidler 6 12 4 8 28 FRA Patrick Plisson ABF 6 8 3 9 38 NLD Cees van Dongen Kreidler 6 2 10 35 NLD Theo Timmer Bultaco 6 10 1 11 14 FRA Jacques Hutteau ABF 6 12 26 FRG Wolfgang Müller Kreidler 6 4 13 9 ESP 1977 Joaquín Gali Bultaco 6 14 10 ESP 1977 Ramón Gali Bultaco 6 15 32 FRG Günter Schirnhofer Kreidler 6 16 4 FRA Daniel Corvi Kreidler 6 17 40 BEL Chris Baert Kreidler 5 18 46 BEL Marcel van der Steene Kreidler 5 19 5 FRA Michel de Poligny Scrab 5 20 47 BEL Dirk van der Donckt Kreidler 5 AUT Otto Machinek Kreidler 5 FRG Ingo Emmerich Kreidler 6 ITA Aldo Pero Kreidler 9 40 starters in total, 24 finishers Sidecar classification Pos No. Rider Passenger Manufacturer Laps Time Grid Points 1 12 CHE Bruno Holzer CHE Karl Meierhans LCR-Yamaha 9 47:50.0 7 15 2 18 FRA Alain Michel GBR Stu Collins Seymaz-Yamaha 9 +22.7 5 12 3 4 CHE Rolf Biland GBR Kenny Williams TTM-Yamaha 9 +28.3 3 10 4 32 FRG Rolf Steinhausen FRG Wolfgang Kalauch Seymaz-Yamaha 9 +2:22.2 1 8 5 11 GBR Bill Hodgkins GBR John Parkins Windle-Yamaha 9 +3:01.0 6 6 44 GBR Jock Taylor GBR James Neil Windle-Yamaha 9 5 7 30 NLD Cees Smit NLD Jan Smit Seymaz-Yamaha 9 4 8 8 CHE Gérard Corbaz CHE Roland Gabriel Schmid-Yamaha 9 9 3 9 10 GBR Dick Greasley GBR Gordon Russell Busch-Yamaha 9 6 2 10 26 FRG Siegfried Schauzu FRG Lorenzo Puzo Busch-Yamaha 9 8 1 11 16 FRG Helmut Luneman FRG Micha Stockel Gespann-Yamaha 9 12 35 FRG Heinz Thevissen FRG Lothar Klein HTS-Yamaha 8 +1 lap 13 37 FRG Max Venus FRG Norbert Bitterman CAT-Yamaha 8 +1 lap 14 7 NLD Boy Brouwer NLD Jan Oostwouder Coan-Yamaha 8 +1 lap FRG Werner Schwärzel FRG Andreas Huber Fath 2 SWE Göte Brodin SWE Per-Erik Wickström Yamaha 4 CHE Hermann Schmid GBR Kenny Arthur Schmid-Yamaha 10 30 starters in total, 14 finishers References Belgian Grand Prix 1978 1978 Dutch TT 1978 Swedish Grand Prix 1977 Belgian Grand Prix 1979 Belgian Grand Prix Category:Belgian motorcycle Grand Prix Belgian Motorcycle Grand Prix