1978 Finnish motorcycle Grand Prix

Two wheeled motorsports event in Finland Finnish Finland Imatranajohttp://www.jumpingjack.nl/GP-races_1978_heden.htm https://archive.today/20150725170615/http://www.jumpingjack.nl/GP-races_1978_heden.htm dead Grand Prix uitslagen en bijzonderheden 1978 25 July 2015 25 July 2015 Archive.li 8 December 2018 Imatra Circuit File:Imatra circuit map.png 3.747 6.030 Public roads 9 13 30 July 1978 Johnny Cecotto VEN 1930 2:10.400 Johnny Cecotto VEN 1930 2:08.700 Wil Hartog NED Takazumi Katayama JPN Johnny Cecotto VEN 1930 Kork Ballington RSA 1928 2:14.900 Takazumi Katayama JPN 2:13.800 Kork Ballington RSA 1928 Takazumi Katayama JPN Tom Herron UK Gregg Hansford AUS 2:18.300 Kork Ballington RSA 1928 2:17.400 Kork Ballington RSA 1928 Gregg Hansford AUS Mario Lega ITA Eugenio Lazzarini ITA 2:25.50 Ángel Nieto SPA 1977 2:24.200 Ángel Nieto SPA 1977 Eugenio Lazzarini ITA Harald Bartol AUT The 1978 Finnish motorcycle Grand Prix was the ninth round of the 1978 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 30 July 1978 at the Imatra circuit. 500cc classification Pos. Rider Team Manufacturer Time/Retired Points 1 NLD Wil Hartog Riemersma Racing Suzuki 45'44.100 15 2 JPN Takazumi Katayama Sarome & Motul Team Yamaha +4.800 12 3 VEN 1930 Johnny Cecotto Yamaha Motor Company Yamaha +11.400 10 4 FIN Tepi Länsivuori Suzuki +43.700 8 5 GBR Steve Parrish Suzuki +58.400 6 6 USA Steve Baker Team Gallina Nava Olio Fiat Suzuki +1'04.700 5 7 NLD Boet van Dulmen Suzuki +1'11.700 4 8 FRG Jürgen Steiner Caramba Racing Team Bohme Suzuki +1'23.300 4 9 ITA Graziano Rossi Team Gallina Nava Olio Fiat Suzuki +2'27.100 2 10 CHE Bruno Kneubühler RSS Racing Team Suzuki +1 lap 1 11 GBR Clive Padgett Suzuki +1 lap 12 AUT Max Wiener Suzuki +1 lap 13 NLD Dick Alblas Suzuki +1 lap 14 FRG Gerhard Vogt Bill Smith Racing Suzuki +1 lap 15 DNK Børge Nielsen Suzuki +1 lap 16 FIN Ilkka Jaakkola Yamaha +2 laps Ret ITA Marco Lucchinelli Cagiva Corse Suzuki Retired Ret GBR Barry Sheene Texaco Heron Team Suzuki Suzuki Retired Ret FIN Timo Haarala Yamaha Retired Ret GBR Alex George Suzuki Retired Ret SWE Bo Granath Suzuki Retired Ret NZL Dennis Ireland Suzuki Retired Ret FRG Franz Rau Kazenmaier Autovermietung Suzuki Retired Ret FRG Harry Hoffman Manila Disco Racing Suzuki Retired Ret NZL John Woodley Sid Griffiths Racing Suzuki Retired Ret USA Kenny Roberts Yamaha Motor Company Yamaha Retired Ret SWE Lars Johansson Yamaha Retired Ret ZAF 1928 Leslie van Breda Suzuki Retired Ret FIN Markku Matikäinen Suzuki Retired Ret FRA Michel Rougerie Suzuki Accident Ret FIN Pentti Lehtelä Yamaha Accident Ret ITA Virginio Ferrari Team Gallina Nava Olio Fiat Suzuki Retired Sources: Motocourse 1978-1979 Hazleton Securities Ltd Coleman Barry 111 0-905138-06-6https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/database/races/1978-finnish-motogp 1978 Finnish MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database 1 February 2018 Motor Sport Magazine 8 December 2018http://www.motogp.com/en/Results+Statistics/1978/FIN/500cc/RAC FINLAND GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1978 Motogp.com 8 December 2018 9 December 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20181209125337/http://www.motogp.com/en/Results+Statistics/1978/FIN/500cc/RAC dead 350 cc classification Pos Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Grid Points 1 ZAF 1928 Kork Ballington Kawasaki 20 45:33.2 1 15 2 JPN Takazumi Katayama Yamaha 20 +3.2 9 12 3 GBR Tom Herron Yamaha 20 +35.8 19 10 4 AUS Vic Soussan Yamaha 20 +36.9 6 8 5 ZAF 1928 Jon Ekerold Yamaha 20 +44.7 5 6 6 FRA Guy Bertin Yamaha 20 +49.0 7 5 7 FRA Michel Rougerie Yamaha 20 +50.7 2 4 8 FRA Olivier Chevallier Yamaha 20 +1:10.4 10 3 9 ITA Paolo Pileri Morbidelli 20 +1:10.8 8 2 10 FIN Eero Hyvärinen Yamaha 20 +1:12.2 1 11 CHE Bruno Kneubühler Yamaha 20 +1:35.8 12 CHE Michel Frutschi Yamaha 20 +1:45.8 12 13 FIN Seppo Rossi Yamaha 20 +2:09.8 14 FIN Reino Eskelinen Yamaha 20 +2:22.4 15 ZAF 1928 Les van Breda Yamaha 19 +1 lap AUS Gregg Hansford Kawasaki 3 FRG Anton Mang Kawasaki 4 ITA Marco Lucchinelli Harley-Davidson 11 GBR Mick Grant Kawasaki 13 SWE Leif Gustafsson Yamaha 14 GBR Chas Mortimer Yamaha 15 FRA Patrick Fernandez Yamaha 16 FRA Christian Sarron Yamaha 17 FRA Patrick Pons Yamaha 18 FIN Pentti Korhonen Yamaha 20 35 starters in total 250 cc classification Pos Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Grid Points 1 ZAF 1928 Kork Ballington Kawasaki 19 43:56.5 2 15 2 AUS Gregg Hansford Kawasaki 19 +29.2 1 12 3 ITA Mario Lega Morbidelli 19 +33.4 3 10 4 FRG Anton Mang Kawasaki 19 +42.5 7 8 5 ITA Paolo Pileri Morbidelli 19 +51.2 6 6 6 FRA Jean-François Baldé Kawasaki 19 +51.5 12 5 7 GBR Mick Grant Kawasaki 19 +1:03.7 10 4 8 GBR Tom Herron Yamaha 19 +1:04.1 5 3 9 AUS John Dodds Yamaha 19 +1:10.3 16 2 10 ZAF 1928 Jon Ekerold Morbidelli 19 +1:30.4 11 1 11 FRA Olivier Chevallier Yamaha 19 +1:30.7 8 12 FIN Pentti Korhonen Yamaha 19 +1:55.3 13 SWE Leif Gustafsson Yamaha 19 +2:04.1 13 14 FRA Hervé Moineau Yamaha 18 +1 lap 15 GBR Clive Padgett Yamaha 18 +1 lap 16 CHE Roland Freymond Yamaha 18 +1 lap 17 FIN Reino Eskelinen Yamaha 18 +1 lap 18 FIN S. Torvinen Yamaha 18 +1 lap USA Kenny Roberts Yamaha 4 FRA Patrick Fernandez Yamaha 9 GBR Chas Mortimer Yamaha 14 ITA Walter Villa MBA 15 AUS Vic Soussan Yamaha 17 FIN Pekka Nurmi Yamaha 18 AUT Harald Bartol Yamaha 19 FRA Raymond Roche Yamaha 20 36 starters in total 125 cc classification Pos Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Grid Points 1 ESP 1977 Ángel Nieto Minarelli 18 43:55.6 4 15 2 ITA Eugenio Lazzarini MBA 18 +0.9 1 12 3 AUT Harald Bartol Morbidelli 18 +56.8 6 10 4 FRA Jean-Louis Guignabodet Morbidelli 18 +1:14.3 14 8 5 CHE Stefan Dörflinger Morbidelli 18 +1:19.0 7 6 6 CHE Hans Müller Morbidelli 18 +1:22.9 5 5 7 FRA Thierry Espié Motobécane 18 +1:23.1 3 4 8 SWE Per-Edward Carlson Morbidelli 18 +1:23.6 10 3 9 FRG Walter Koschine Bender 18 +1:39.3 16 2 10 GBR Clive Horton Morbidelli 18 +2:01.3 17 1 11 FRA Patrick Plisson Morbidelli 18 +2:04.5 8 12 FRA Thierry Noblesse Morbidelli 18 +2:32.3 13 13 MCO P. Herouard Morbidelli 18 +3:13.1 14 FRA François Granon Morbidelli 17 +1 lap 20 15 CHE Karl Fuchs Morbidelli 17 +1 lap 16 SWE Johnny Wickström Morbidelli 17 +1 lap 17 SWE Roland Olsson Starol 17 +1 lap 18 FIN J. Valaskari Yamaha 15 +3 laps ITA Pierpaolo Bianchi Minarelli 2 FIN Matti Kinnunen Morbidelli 9 ITA Maurizio Massimiani Morbidelli 11 SWE Bengt-Göran Johansson Morbidelli 12 ITA Enrico Cereda Morbidelli 15 AUT August Auinger Morbidelli 18 NLD Bennie Wilbers Morbidelli 19 32 starters in total References Finnish Grand Prix 1978 1978 Swedish Grand Prix 1978 British Grand Prix 1977 Finnish Grand Prix 1979 Finnish Grand Prix Category:Finnish motorcycle Grand Prix Finnish Motorcycle Grand Prix