1978 French motorcycle Grand Prix

French France Circuit de Nogaro Grand Prix de Francehttp://www.jumpingjack.nl/GP-races_1979_heden.htm Alle Grand-Prix uitslagen en bijzonderheden, van 1973 (het jaar dat Jack begon met racen) tot heden. Archive.li 1 November 2018 13 April 2013 https://archive.today/20130413214323/http://www.jumpingjack.nl/GP-races_1979_heden.htm dead 1.939 3.120 4 13 7 May 1978 Johnny Cecotto VEN 1930 1:24.850 Kenny Roberts USA 1:22.800 Kenny Roberts USA Pat Hennen USA Barry Sheene UK Olivier Chevallier FRA 1:26.450 Gregg Hansford AUS 1:24.500 Gregg Hansford AUS Kork Ballington RSA 1928 Jon Ekerold RSA 1928 Patrick Fernandez FRA 1:27.690 Gregg Hansford AUS 1:25.800 Gregg Hansford AUS Kenny Roberts USA Kork Ballington RSA 1928 Thierry Espié FRA 1:31.760 Pierpaolo Bianchi ITA 1:30.300 Pierpaolo Bianchi ITA Eugenio Lazzarini ITA Per-Edward Carlsson SWE Alain Michel FRA Stu Collins UK 1:29.100 Rolf Biland SUI Kenny Williams UK 1:29.600 Rolf Biland SUI Kenny Williams UK Alain Michel FRA Stu Collins UK Mac Hobson UK Ken Birch UK The 1978 French motorcycle Grand Prix was the fourth round of the 1978 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 5–7 May 1978 at the Circuit de Nogaro. Classification 500 cc Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Time/Retired Points 1 1 USA Kenny Roberts Yamaha Motor Company Yamaha 56'42.500 15 2 3 USA Pat Hennen Texaco Heron Team Suzuki Suzuki +10.500 12 3 7 GBR Barry Sheene Texaco Heron Team Suzuki Suzuki +29.700 10 4 2 FRA Christian Estrosi Suzuki +37.200 8 5 9 NLD Wil Hartog Riemersma Racing Suzuki +1'07.300 6 6 31 ITA Graziano Rossi Team Gallina Nava Olio Fiat Suzuki +1 lap 5 7 5 GBR Steve Parrish Suzuki +1 lap 4 8 23 BEL Jean-Philippe Orban Team La Licorne Suzuki +1 lap 3 9 48 ITA Carlo Perugini Suzuki +2 laps 2 10 52 AUS Kenny Blake Yamaha +2 laps 1 11 43 GBR Alex George Suzuki +2 laps 12 51 FRA Marc Chabert Yamaha +2 laps 13 15 NZL John Woodley Sid Griffiths Racing Suzuki +2 laps 14 37 BRD Franz Rau Kazenmaier Autovermietung Suzuki +3 laps 15 25 DNK Børge Nielsen Suzuki +3 laps 16 38 BRD Gerhard Vogt Suzuki +3 laps 17 18 ITA Virginio Ferrari Team Gallina Nava Olio Fiat Suzuki +4 laps 18 11 GBR John Newbold Ray Hamblin Motorcycles Suzuki +4 laps 19 26 FIN Kimmo Kopra Yamaha +4 laps 20 16 CHE Philippe Coulon Marlboro Nava Total Suzuki +7 laps 21 NLD Boet van Dulmen Suzuki +11 laps 22 ITA Gianfranco Bonera Team Kiwi Yamoto Suzuki +12 laps 23 VEN 1930 Johnny Cecotto Yamaha Motor Company Yamaha +16 laps 24 FRA Alain Beraud Yamaha +18 laps Ret FRA Michel Rougerie Suzuki Retired Ret FRA Pierre Tocco Yamaha Accident Ret FRA Jean-Paul Boinet Buton Retired Ret RSA 1928 Leslie van Breda Suzuki Retired Ret GBR Eddie Roberts Suzuki Retired Ret FIN Teuvo Länsivuori Suzuki Retired Ret BRD René Gutknecht Suzuki Retired Ret CHE Bruno Kneubühler RSS Racing Team Suzuki Retired Ret AUS Jack Findlay Suzuki Retired Ret GBR Steve Wright Len Manchester Motorcycles Yamaha Retired Ret JPN Takazumi Katayama Sarome & Motul Team Yamaha Accident Ret ITA Marco Lucchinelli Cagiva Corse Suzuki Clutch DNS JPN Ikujiro Takai Yamaha Motor Company Yamaha Did not start DNS ITA Leandro Becheroni Suzuki Did not start Sources:https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/database/races/1978-french-motogp 1978 French MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database 1 February 2018 Motorsportmagazine.com 6 November 2018http://www.motogp.com/en/Results+Statistics/1978/FRA/500cc/RAC motogp.com · FRENCH GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1978 Motogp.com 6 November 2018 6 November 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20181106132509/http://www.motogp.com/en/Results+Statistics/1978/FRA/500cc/RAC deadMotocourse 1978-1979 March 1979 Hazleton Securities Ltd Coleman Barry 81 0-905138-06-6 350cc Pos No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Grid Points 1 16 AUS Gregg Hansford Kawasaki 36 51:29.2 3 15 2 5 ZAF 1928 Kork Ballington Kawasaki 36 +7.8 2 12 3 3 ZAF 1928 Jon Ekerold Yamaha 36 +46.8 12 10 4 2 GBR Tom Herron Yamaha 36 +54.3 8 5 31 AUS Vic Soussan Yamaha 36 +1:09.1 8 6 6 1 FRA Patrick Fernandez Yamaha 36 +1:11.3 5 5 7 6 FRA Olivier Chevallier Yamaha 36 +1:18.3 1 4 8 29 FIN Pentti Korhonen Yamaha 36 +1:23.8 3 9 41 FRA Raymond Roche Yamaha 36 +1:24.5 4 2 10 4 FRA Michel Rougerie Yamaha 35 +1 lap 1 11 10 GBR Mick Grant Kawasaki 35 +1 lap 11 12 49 GBR Clive Padgett Yamaha 35 +1 lap 13 19 JPN Sadao Asami Yamaha 35 +1 lap 14 21 ITA Franco Bonera Yamaha 35 +1 lap 15 11 GBR Chas Mortimer Yamaha 35 +1 lap 16 34 CHE Michel Frutschi Yamaha 35 +1 lap 17 30 SWE Leif Gustafsson Yamaha 35 +1 lap 18 40 FRA Denis Boulom Yamaha 34 +2 laps 19 24 FIN Eero Hyvärinen Yamaha 33 +3 laps 20 57 FRA Michel Rastel Yamaha 33 +3 laps FRA Guy Bertin Yamaha 6 FRA Christian Sarron Yamaha 7 AUS John Dodds Yamaha 9 JPN Takazumi Katayama Yamaha 10 36 starters in total, 21 finishers 250cc Pos No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Grid Points 1 25 AUS Gregg Hansford Kawasaki 33 48:22.1 2 15 2 20 USA Kenny Roberts Yamaha 33 +2.1 7 12 3 6 ZAF 1928 Kork Ballington Kawasaki 33 +25.1 4 10 4 8 ZAF 1928 Jon Ekerold Yamaha 33 +48.9 8 5 5 GBR Tom Herron Yamaha 33 +1:07.1 6 6 37 FRA Raymond Roche Yamaha 33 +1:12.7 3 5 7 12 GBR Chas Mortimer Yamaha 33 +1:15.9 9 4 8 4 FRA Olivier Chevallier Yamaha 33 +1:22.6 6 3 9 21 AUS Vic Soussan Yamaha 33 +1:22.9 12 2 10 34 FRA Guy Bertin Yamaha 33 +1:23.3 8 1 11 2 ITA Franco Uncini Yamaha 33 +1:30.2 10 12 48 GBR Clive Padgett Yamaha 32 +1 lap 13 27 FRA Hervé Moineau Yamaha 32 +1 lap 14 39 JPN Sadao Asami Yamaha 32 +1 lap 15 16 SWE Leif Gustafsson Yamaha 32 +1 lap 16 40 FRA Jean-Claude Meilland Yamaha 32 +1 lap 17 31 CHE Jacques Cornu Yamaha 32 +1 lap 18 46 FRA Pierre Tocco Yamaha 32 +1 lap 11 19 51 VEN 1930 Carlos Lavado Yamaha 31 +2 laps 20 22 FRG Josef Hage Yamaha 31 +2 laps FRA Patrick Fernandez Yamaha 1 FRA Jean-François Baldé Kawasaki 5 36 starters in total, 24 finishers 125cc Pos No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Grid Points 1 1 ITA Pierpaolo Bianchi Minarelli 32 50:21.3 2 15 2 2 ITA Eugenio Lazzarini MBA 32 +12.5 3 12 3 33 SWE Per-Edward Carlson Morbidelli 32 +33.7 5 10 4 9 ITA Maurizio Massimiani Morbidelli 32 +37.0 7 8 5 4 FRA Jean-Louis Guignabodet Bender 32 +1:30.9 6 6 6 18 FRA Thierry Noblesse Morbidelli 31 +1 lap 9 5 7 32 FIN Matti Kinnunen Morbidelli 31 +1 lap 12 4 8 36 FRA Patrick Plisson Morbidelli 31 +1 lap 8 3 9 6 AUT Harald Bartol Morbidelli 31 +1 lap 11 2 10 48 FRA Daniel Meyer Morbidelli 31 +1 lap 1 11 46 FRA Claude Gorry Morbidelli 31 +1 lap 12 7 CHE Stefan Dörflinger Morbidelli 30 +2 laps 10 13 27 NLD Bennie Wilbers Morbidelli 30 +2 laps 14 29 AUT Johann Parzer Morbidelli 30 +2 laps 15 28 AUT Ernst Fagerer Morbidelli 30 +2 laps 16 19 ITA Yves Dupont Morbidelli 29 +3 laps 17 45 FRA Jacques Hutteau Morbidelli 29 +3 laps 18 42 ITA Pierluigi Conforti Morbidelli 27 +5 laps 19 16 FRG Bernd Schneider Bender 27 +5 laps 20 23 CHE Karl Fuchs Morbidelli 22 +10 laps FRA Thierry Espié Motobécane 1 CHE Hans Müller Morbidelli 4 32 starters in total, 20 finishers Sidecar classification Pos No. Rider Passenger Manufacturer Laps Time Grid Points 1 2 CHE Rolf Biland GBR Kenny Williams Beo-Yamaha 30 46:25.2 2 15 2 5 FRA Alain Michel GBR Stu Collins Seymaz-Yamaha 30 +2.0 1 12 3 10 GBR Mac Hobson GBR Ken Birch Yamaha 30 +48.5 7 10 4 1 GBR George O'Dell GBR Cliff Holland Seymaz-Yamaha 30 +1:25.9 8 5 8 CHE Bruno Holzer CHE Karl Meierhans LCR-Yamaha 30 +1:25.4 8 6 6 3 FRG Werner Schwärzel FRG Andreas Huber Fath 29 +1 lap 6 5 7 19 GBR Jock Taylor GBR Lewis Ward Windle-Yamaha 29 +1 lap 4 8 6 SWE Göte Brodin SWE Per-Erik Wickström Yamaha 29 +1 lap 3 9 15 GBR Bill Hodgkins GBR John Parkins Windle-Yamaha 29 +1 lap 2 10 23 CHE Gérard Corbaz CHE Roland Gabriel Schmid-Yamaha 29 +1 lap 1 11 16 GBR John Barker GBR Nick Cutmore Yamaha 29 +1 lap 12 36 CHE Ernst Trachsel CHE Andreas Stager TTM-Suzuki 29 +1 lap 9 13 12 FRG Siegfried Schauzu FRG Lorenzo Puzo Busch-Yamaha 28 +2 laps 14 30 FRA Bernard Chabert FRA Patrick Jourdain GEP-Yamaha 28 +2 laps 15 33 CHE Jean-Claude Jaquet CHE René Delarre Yamaha 28 +2 laps CHE Jean-François Monnin CHE Philippe Miserez Seymaz-Yamaha 3 FRA Yvan Troillet FRA Pierre Muller GEP-Yamaha 4 FRG Rolf Steinhausen FRG Wolfgang Kalauch Seymaz-Yamaha 5 FRG Hermann Huber FRG Bernd Schappacher König 10 24 starters in total, 18 finishers References French Grand Prix 1978 1978 Austrian Grand Prix 1978 Nations Grand Prix 1977 French Grand Prix 1979 French Grand Prix Category:French motorcycle Grand Prix French Motorcycle Grand Prix