1978 German motorcycle Grand Prix

German West Germany Grosser Preis von Deutschlandhttp://www.jumpingjack.nl/GP-races_1978_heden.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20100626154457/http://www.jumpingjack.nl/GP-races_1978_heden.htm dead Grand Prix uitslagen en bijzonderheden 1978 2010-06-26 Jumping Jack 10 December 2018 nlhttps://www.progcovers.com/motor/500cc1978.php 1978 500cc Class (FIM Grand Prix World Championship) Programmes - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project Programme Covers 10 December 2018https://www.progcovers.com/motor/nurburgring.php Nürburgring - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project Programme Covers 10 December 2018 Nürburgring 14.189 22.835 11 13 20 August 1978 Circuit Nürburgring-1967-Nordschleife.svg Johnny Cecotto VEN 1930 8:31.700 Virginio Ferrari ITA 8:29.500 Virginio Ferrari ITA Johnny Cecotto VEN 1930 Kenny Roberts USA Gregg Hansford AUS 8:44.700 Takazumi Katayama JPN 8:39.700 Takazumi Katayama JPN Kork Ballington RSA 1928 Michel Rougerie FRA Gregg Hansford AUS 8:53.300 Kork Ballington RSA 1928 8:49.500 Kork Ballington RSA 1928 Gregg Hansford AUS Tom Herron UK Thierry Espié FRA 9:23.800 Ángel Nieto SPA 1977 9:17.000 Ángel Nieto SPA 1977 Thierry Espié FRA Hans Müller SUI Ricardo Tormo SPA 1977 10:24.000 Ricardo Tormo SPA 1977 10:15.800 Ricardo Tormo SPA 1977 Ángel Nieto SPA 1977 Eugenio Lazzarini ITA Rolf Biland SUI Kenny Williams UK 9:15.800 Alain Michel FRA Stu Collins UK 9:06.800 Werner Schwärzel BRD Andreas Huber BRD Alain Michel FRA Stu Collins UK Dick Greasley UK Gordon Russell UK The 1978 German motorcycle Grand Prix was the eleventh round of the 1978 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 20 August 1978 at the Nürburgring circuit. 500cc classification Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Time/Retired Points 1 12 ITA Virginio Ferrari Team Gallina Nava Olio Fiat Suzuki 51'21.700 15 2 4 VEN 1930 Johnny Cecotto Yamaha Motor Company Yamaha +0.700 12 3 3 USA Kenny Roberts Yamaha Motor Company Yamaha +33.900 10 4 7 GBR Barry Sheene Texaco Heron Team Suzuki Suzuki +36.000 8 5 17 JPN Takazumi Katayama Sarome & Motul Team Yamaha +36.300 6 6 13 FRA Michel Rougerie Suzuki +56.000 5 7 2 USA Steve Baker Team Gallina Nava Olio Fiat Suzuki +57.500 4 8 29 NLD Boet van Dulmen Suzuki +1'08.100 3 9 9 FIN Tepi Länsivuori Suzuki +1'10.000 2 10 59 FRG Jürgen Steiner Caramba Racing Team Bohme Suzuki +2'10.400 1 11 26 NLD Jack Middelburg Suzuki +2'11.200 12 1 ITA Franco Bonera Suzuki +2'15.800 13 5 GBR Steve Parrish Suzuki +2'16.100 14 15 AUT Max Wiener Suzuki +2'25.700 15 63 GBR Alex George Suzuki +3'40.700 16 28 FRG Gerhard Vogt Bill Smith Racing Suzuki +3'44.100 17 ?? FRG Hans-Otto Butenuth Yamaha +5'04.900 18 ?? AUS Jack Findlay Suzuki +5'18.400 19 37 NLD Dick Alblas Suzuki +5'19.700 20 ?? JPN Tako Hase Yamaha +5'42.900 21 ?? FRG Franz Shermer Suzuki +5'58.500 22 ?? SPA 1977 Carlos Delgado de San Antonio Suzuki +6'00.100 23 ?? CHE René Gutknecht Suzuki +6'00.300 24 ?? AUT Michael Schmid Suzuki +6'28.700 25 ?? CHE Philippe Coulon Marlboro Nava Total Suzuki +6'56.400 26 ?? FRG Hans-Günter Schöne Yamaha +8'58.600 27 ?? SWE Lars Johansson Yamaha +8'59.800 28 ?? FRG Walter Kaletsch Yamaha +9'50.900 29 ?? FRG Gustav Canehl Yamaha +1 lap Ret ?? ITA Marco Lucchinelli Cagiva Corse Suzuki Retired Ret ?? CHE Bruno Kneubühler RSS Racing Team Suzuki Retired Ret ?? FRG Franz Rau Kazenmaier Autovermietung Suzuki Retired Ret ?? AUT Herbert Schieferecke Yamaha Retired Ret ?? FRG Iingo Riemer Yamaha Retired Ret ?? NLD Wil Hartog Riemersma Racing Suzuki Retired Ret ?? FRG Jan Verwey Suzuki Retired Ret ?? FRA Jean-Claude Hogrel Buton Buton Retired Ret ?? ITA Graziano Rossi Team Gallina Nava Olio Fiat Suzuki Retired Ret ?? AUT Hans Braumandl Suzuki Retired Ret 38 SWE Peter Sjoström Suzuki Retired Ret ?? CHE Michel Frutschi Yamaha Retired Ret ?? DNK Børge Nielsen Suzuki Retired Ret ?? RSA 1928 Leslie van Breda Suzuki Retired Ret 22 ITA Gianni Rolando Team Librenti Suzuki Retired Ret ?? FRG Gustav Reiner Yamaha Retired Ret ?? FRG Horst Scherer Yamaha Retired Ret ?? FRG Horst Scherer Yamaha Retired Ret ?? FRG Horst Lahfeld König Retired DNS ?? FRG Bernd Dawicki König Did not start Sources: Motocourse 1978-1979 Hazleton Securities Ltd Coleman Barry 129 0-905138-06-6https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/database/races/1978-german-motogp 1978 German MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database 1 February 2018 Motor Sport Magazine 10 December 2018http://www.motogp.com/en/Results+Statistics/1978/WGER/500cc/RAC WEST GERMANY GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1978 Motogp.com 10 December 2018 10 December 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20181210202646/http://www.motogp.com/en/Results+Statistics/1978/WGER/500cc/RAC dead 350 cc classification Pos No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Grid Points 1 1 JPN Takazumi Katayama Yamaha 6 52:27.4 6 15 2 5 ZAF 1928 Kork Ballington Kawasaki 6 +0.2 2 12 3 4 FRA Michel Rougerie Yamaha 6 +40.8 7 10 4 3 ZAF 1928 Jon Ekerold Yamaha 6 +42.1 8 8 5 2 GBR Tom Herron Yamaha 6 +43.4 4 6 6 63 FRG Anton Mang Kawasaki 6 +1:09.9 5 5 7 6 FRA Olivier Chevallier Yamaha 6 +1:37.0 4 8 23 ITA Franco Bonera Yamaha 6 +1:38.1 3 9 10 FRA Patrick Pons Yamaha 6 +2:04.3 2 10 53 FRA Hervé Moineau Yamaha 6 +2:10.2 1 11 82 FRG Gustav Rainer Yamaha 6 +2:29.7 12 18 FIN Reino Eskelinen Yamaha 6 +2:41.6 13 66 FRG Josef Hage Yamaha 6 +3:07.8 14 22 ITA Maurizio Massimiani Yamaha 6 +3:38.8 15 24 ITA Vanes Francini Yamaha 6 +3:56.1 AUS Gregg Hansford Kawasaki 1 FRA Christian Sarron Yamaha 3 FIN Pentti Korhonen Yamaha 9 SWE Leif Gustafsson Yamaha 10 60 starters in total, 25 finishers 250 cc classification Pos No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Grid Points 1 6 ZAF 1928 Kork Ballington Kawasaki 5 44:41.4 2 15 2 54 AUS Gregg Hansford Kawasaki 5 +39.9 1 12 3 5 GBR Tom Herron Yamaha 5 +52.5 9 10 4 50 FRA Jean-François Baldé Kawasaki 5 +52.7 3 8 5 59 FRG Anton Mang Kawasaki 5 +52.8 6 6 8 ZAF 1928 Jon Ekerold Yamaha 5 +1:07.7 7 5 7 37 GBR Chas Mortimer Yamaha 5 +1:22.4 4 8 64 FRA Raymond Roche Yamaha 5 +1:23.6 6 3 9 10 FRA Patrick Fernandez Yamaha 5 +1:24.1 10 2 10 51 FRA Thierry Espié Yamaha 5 +1:24.3 1 11 12 FRA Olivier Chevallier Yamaha 5 +1:27.9 12 3 ITA Walter Villa Minarelli 5 +1:44.0 13 33 SWE Leif Gustafsson Yamaha 5 +1:48.6 14 13 AUS Vic Soussan Yamaha 5 +1:48.9 4 15 28 BEL Richard Hubin Yamaha 5 +1:49.5 USA Kenny Roberts Yamaha 5 FRA Christian Estrosi Yamaha 8 50 starters in total, 36 finishers 125 cc classification Pos No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Grid Points 1 3 ESP 1977 Ángel Nieto Minarelli 4 37:26.0 2 15 2 1 FRA Thierry Espié Motobécane 4 +7.8 1 12 3 9 CHE Hans Müller Morbidelli 4 +1:07.5 3 10 4 12 ITA Maurizio Massimiani Morbidelli 4 +1:18.9 9 8 5 7 AUT Harald Bartol Morbidelli 4 +1:19.0 10 6 6 6 FRG Gert Bender Bender 4 +1:22.5 4 5 7 8 CHE Stefan Dörflinger Morbidelli 4 +1:22.8 6 4 8 2 ITA Eugenio Lazzarini MBA 4 +1:23.8 5 3 9 19 FRG Walter Koschine Bender 4 +1:24.0 7 2 10 56 FRG Stefan Janssen Morbidelli 4 +1:26.9 8 1 11 32 NLD Henk van Kessel Condor 4 +2:10.1 12 16 FIN Matti Kinnunen Morbidelli 4 +2:10.4 13 20 CHE Rolf Blatter Morbidelli 4 +2:10.9 14 31 NLD Bennie Wilbers Morbidelli 4 +2:11.3 15 35 FRG Richard Schmiederer Morbidelli 4 +2:43.4 43 starters in total, 30 finishers 50 cc classification Pos No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Grid Points 1 3 ESP 1977 Ricardo Tormo Bultaco 3 31:00.3 1 15 2 1 ESP 1977 Ángel Nieto Bultaco 3 +14.1 2 12 3 2 ITA Eugenio Lazzarini Kreidler 3 +53.0 3 10 4 6 CHE Stefan Dörflinger Kreidler 3 +1:30.2 4 8 5 37 CHE Rolf Blatter Kreidler 3 +1:58.7 8 6 6 39 FRG Wolfgang Müller Kreidler 3 +2:00.3 5 5 7 13 NLD Theo Timmer Kreidler 3 +2:05.3 10 4 8 60 FRG Ingo Emmerich Kreidler 3 +2:06.2 9 3 9 45 FRG Reiner Scheidhauer Kreidler 3 +2:07.2 7 2 10 28 NLD Henk van Kessel Sparta 3 +2:26.3 1 11 63 ITA Claudio Lusuardi MBH 3 +2:28.7 12 21 ITA Enrico Cereda Kreidler 3 +2:30.8 13 12 FRG Hagen Klein Kreidler 3 +2:48.4 14 31 BEL Pierre Dumont Kreidler 3 +2:48.6 15 57 FRG Richard Schmiederer Kreidler 3 +2:51.1 NLD Peter Looyestein Kreidler 6 48 starters in total, 34 finishers Sidecar classification Pos No. Rider Passenger Manufacturer Laps Time Grid Points 1 3 FRG Werner Schwärzel FRG Andreas Huber Fath 5 46:37.6 3 15 2 5 FRA Alain Michel GBR Stu Collins Seymaz-Yamaha 5 +1:26.2 2 12 3 8 GBR Dick Greasley GBR Gordon Russell Busch-Yamaha 5 +1:26.8 5 10 4 10 CHE Bruno Holzer CHE Karl Meierhans LCR-Yamaha 5 +1:26.9 8 5 14 CHE Jean-François Monnin CHE Paul Gerard Seymaz-Yamaha 5 +2:20.3 6 6 6 37 FRG Hermann Huber FRG Bernd Schappacher König 5 +2:53.7 9 5 7 17 ITA Amedeo Zini ITA Andrea Fornaro Busch-König 5 +3:33.3 4 8 29 GBR Bill Hodgkins GBR John Parkins Windle-Yamaha 5 +3:36.0 3 9 47 FRG Otto Haller FRG Rainer Gundel MKM-Yamaha 5 +3:59.1 2 10 24 CHE Thomas Müller CHE K. Waltisperg TTM-Yamaha 5 +4:13.4 10 1 CHE Rolf Biland GBR Kenny Williams Beo-Yamaha 1 GBR Jock Taylor GBR James Neil Windle-Yamaha 4 CHE Hermann Schmid GBR Kenny Arthur Schmid-Yamaha 7 FRG Siegfried Schauzu FRG Lorenzo Puzo Busch-Yamaha 8 39 starters in total, 25 finishers References German Grand Prix 1978 1978 British Grand Prix 1978 Czechoslovak Grand Prix 1977 German Grand Prix 1979 German Grand Prix Category:German motorcycle Grand Prix German German Motorcycle Grand Prix Category:Sport in Rhineland-Palatinate