1978 Swedish motorcycle Grand Prix

Swedish Sweden Karlskoga Motorstadion 1.957 3.150 8 13 Sveriges Grand Prixhttp://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 2 December 2018http://www.progcovers.com/motor/karlskoga.html Karlskoga Motorstadion - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project Malcolm Mitchell Progcovers.com 2 December 2018 23 July 1978 Johnny Cecotto VEN 1930 1:22.580 Johnny Cecotto VEN 1930 1:22.066 Barry Sheene UK Wil Hartog NED Takazumi Katayama JPN Gregg Hansford AUS 1:22.292 Gregg Hansford AUS 1:22.216 Gregg Hansford AUS Kork Ballington RSA 1928 Takazumi Katayama JPN Kork Ballington RSA 1928 1:24.400 Gregg Hansford AUS 1:23.504 Gregg Hansford AUS Kork Ballington RSA 1928 Patrick Fernandez FRA Pierpaolo Bianchi ITA 1:29.539 Ángel Nieto SPA 1977 1:28.767 Pierpaolo Bianchi ITA Ángel Nieto SPA 1977 Thierry Espié FRA The 1978 Swedish motorcycle Grand Prix was the eighth round of the 1978 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 23 July 1978 at Karlskoga Motorstadion. This was the 300th race to contribute to the Grand Prix motorcycle racing championship. 500cc classification Pos. Rider Team Manufacturer Time/Retired Points 1 GBR Barry Sheene Texaco Heron Team Suzuki Suzuki 55'49.130 15 2 NLD Wil Hartog Riemersma Racing Suzuki +0.052 12 3 JPN Takazumi Katayama Sarome & Motul Team Yamaha +8.489 10 4 USA Steve Baker Team Gallina Nava Olio Fiat Suzuki +15.604 8 5 ITA Virginio Ferrari Team Gallina Nava Olio Fiat Suzuki +23.138 6 6 VEN 1930 Johnny Cecotto Yamaha Motor Company Yamaha +28.490 5 7 USA Kenny Roberts Yamaha Motor Company Yamaha +48.728 4 8 FIN Tepi Länsivuori Suzuki +1'02.411 3 9 CHE Philippe Coulon Marlboro Nava Total Suzuki +1'03.249 2 10 GBR Alex George Suzuki +1 lap 1 11 NLD Boet van Dulmen Suzuki +1 lap 12 FIN Markku Matikäinen Suzuki +1 lap 13 NLD Jack Middelburg Suzuki +1 lap 14 CHE Bruno Kneubühler RSS Racing Team Suzuki +1 lap 15 GBR Steve Parrish Suzuki +1 lap 16 AUT Max Wiener Suzuki +1 lap 17 NZL John Woodley Sid Griffiths Racing Suzuki +2 laps 18 NOR Odd Aren Lande Suzuki +2 laps 19 SWE Peter Sjoström Suzuki +2 laps 20 FRG Franz Rau Kazenmaier Autovermietung Suzuki +2 laps 21 NED Dick Alblas Suzuki +2 laps Ret FRA Michel Rougerie Suzuki Retired Ret SPA 1977 Carlos Delgado de San Antonio Suzuki Accident Ret FRA Jean-Claude Hogrel Buton Buton Accident Ret BRD Karl Jensen Yamaha Retired Ret ZAF 1928 Leslie van Breda Suzuki Accident Ret NZL Dennis Ireland Suzuki Accident Ret BRD Jürgen Steiner Caramba Racing Team Bohme Suzuki Retired Ret ITA Marco Lucchinelli Cagiva Corse Suzuki Retired DNS NOR Bengt Slydal Suzuki Did not start DNQ SWE Bo Granath Suzuki Did not qualify Sources: Motocourse 1978-1979 Hazleton Securities Ltd Coleman Barry 107 0-905138-06-6https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/database/races/1978-swedish-motogp 1978 Swedish MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database 1 February 2018 Motorsportmagazine.com 2 December 2018http://www.motogp.com/en/Results+Statistics/1978/SWE/500cc/RAC SWEDISH GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1978 Motogp.com 2 December 2018 2 December 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20181202155231/http://www.motogp.com/en/Results+Statistics/1978/SWE/500cc/RAC dead 350 cc classification Pos Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Grid Points 1 AUS Gregg Hansford Kawasaki 36 50:17.809 1 15 2 ZAF 1928 Kork Ballington Kawasaki 36 +7.349 2 12 3 JPN Takazumi Katayama Yamaha 36 +21.665 3 10 4 ZAF 1928 Jon Ekerold Yamaha 36 +42.523 8 8 5 GBR Tom Herron Yamaha 36 +51.558 11 6 6 FRA Patrick Fernandez Yamaha 36 +58.127 6 5 7 FIN Pentti Korhonen Yamaha 36 +1:07.238 4 4 8 AUS Vic Soussan Yamaha 36 +1:08.941 7 3 9 GBR Mick Grant Kawasaki 36 +1:15.827 5 2 10 FRA Michel Rougerie Yamaha 35 +1 lap 19 1 11 FRA Patrick Pons Yamaha 35 +1 lap 13 12 FRA Olivier Chevallier Yamaha 35 +1 lap 10 13 FRG Anton Mang Kawasaki 35 +1 lap 14 FIN Eero Hyvärinen Yamaha 35 +1 lap 15 CHE Michel Frutschi Yamaha 35 +1 lap 20 16 FIN Seppo Rossi Yamaha 35 +1 lap 17 FIN Reino Eskelinen Yamaha 35 +1 lap 18 SWE Lennart Båckström Yamaha 35 +1 lap 19 SWE B. Elgh Yamaha 34 +2 laps 20 SWE Bo Granath Yamaha 34 +2 laps ITA Franco Uncini Yamaha 9 GBR Clive Padgett Yamaha 12 FRA Christian Sarron Yamaha 14 NLD Hans Hansebraten Yamaha 15 GBR Chas Mortimer Yamaha 16 SWE Leif Gustafsson Yamaha 17 NLD Jack Middelburg Yamaha 18 30 starters in total 250 cc classification Pos Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Grid Points 1 AUS Gregg Hansford Kawasaki 36 50:43.958 2 15 2 ZAF 1928 Kork Ballington Kawasaki 36 +5.178 1 12 3 FRA Patrick Fernandez Yamaha 36 +1:12.584 6 10 4 ZAF 1928 Jon Ekerold Yamaha 36 +1:15.458 11 8 5 GBR Tom Herron Yamaha 36 +1:21.730 5 6 6 GBR Clive Padgett Yamaha 35 +1 lap 13 5 7 ITA Mario Lega Morbidelli 35 +1 lap 7 4 8 GBR Chas Mortimer Yamaha 35 +1 lap 12 3 9 FRG Anton Mang Kawasaki 35 +1 lap 15 2 10 FRA Hervé Moineau Yamaha 35 +1 lap 16 1 11 FIN Eero Hyvärinen Yamaha 35 +1 lap 17 12 ITA Paolo Pileri Morbidelli 35 +1 lap 20 13 FIN Seppo Rossi Yamaha 34 +2 laps 14 FIN Reino Eskelinen Yamaha 34 +2 laps 15 SWE P. Jansson Yamaha 34 +2 laps 16 SWE B. Elgh Yamaha 34 +2 laps 17 SWE Lennart Båckström Yamaha 34 +2 laps ITA Franco Uncini Yamaha 3 AUS Vic Soussan Yamaha 4 FIN Pentti Korhonen Yamaha 8 GBR Mick Grant Kawasaki 9 SWE Leif Gustafsson Yamaha 10 FRA Olivier Chevallier Yamaha 14 BEL Richard Hubin Yamaha 18 CHE Hans Müller Yamaha 19 30 starters in total 125 cc classification Pos Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Grid Points 1 ITA Pierpaolo Bianchi Minarelli 32 48:07.322 1 15 2 ESP 1977 Ángel Nieto Minarelli 32 +0.104 4 12 3 FRA Thierry Espié Motobécane 32 +7.441 2 10 4 SWE Per-Edward Carlson Morbidelli 32 +51.523 3 8 5 AUT August Auinger Morbidelli 32 +56.571 8 6 6 FRA Jean-Louis Guignabodet Morbidelli 32 +1:00.370 10 5 7 GBR Clive Horton Morbidelli 32 +1:02.718 11 4 8 FIN Matti Kinnunen Morbidelli 32 +1:04.820 14 3 9 CHE Hans Müller Morbidelli 32 +1:10.382 6 2 10 FRG Walter Koschine Bender 32 +1:18.923 17 1 11 FRA Patrick Plisson Morbidelli 31 +1 lap 7 12 CHE Stefan Dörflinger Morbidelli 31 +1 lap 13 13 FRG Bernd Schneider Bender 31 +1 lap 16 14 SWE A. Alexandersson Morbidelli 31 +1 lap 15 NLD Cees van der Ven Morbidelli 30 +2 laps 16 SWE Jan Båckström Maico 30 +2 laps 17 SWE Lennart Lundgren Yamaha 30 +2 laps 18 SWE Johnny Wickström Morbidelli 30 +2 laps 19 SWE Jonny Svensson Bastard 30 +2 laps ITA Eugenio Lazzarini MBA 5 AUT Harald Bartol Morbidelli 9 ITA Maurizio Massimiani Morbidelli 12 FRA François Granon Morbidelli 15 CHE Karl Fuchs Morbidelli 18 SWE Roland Olsson Starol 19 SWE Bengt-Göran Johansson Morbidelli 20 30 starters in total References Swedish Grand Prix 1978 1978 Belgian Grand Prix 1978 Finnish Grand Prix 1977 Swedish Grand Prix 1979 Swedish Grand Prix Category:Swedish motorcycle Grand Prix Swedish Motorcycle Grand Prix Motorcycle Grand Prix Category:20th century in Örebro County Category:Sports competitions in Karlskoga