1978 Austrian motorcycle Grand Prix
Appearance
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Race 3 of 13 races in the 1978 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date | 30 April 1978 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Official name | Großer Preis von Österreich[1][2][3] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Location | Salzburgring | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Course |
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The 1978 Austrian motorcycle Grand Prix was the third round of the 1978 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 28–30 April 1978 at the Salzburgring.
Classification
[edit]500 cc
[edit]Pos. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Time/Retired | Points | |||
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1 | Kenny Roberts | Yamaha Motor Company | Yamaha | 48'30.300 | 15 | |||
2 | Johnny Cecotto | Yamaha Motor Company | Yamaha | +16.460 | 12 | |||
3 | Barry Sheene | Texaco Heron Team Suzuki | Suzuki | +46.230 | 10 | |||
4 | Marco Lucchinelli | Cagiva Corse | Suzuki | +1'13.760 | 8 | |||
5 | Tepi Länsivuori | Suzuki | +1'17.340 | 6 | ||||
6 | Michel Rougerie | Suzuki | +1 lap | 5 | ||||
7 | Wil Hartog | Riemersma Racing | Suzuki | +1 lap | 4 | |||
8 | Boet van Dulmen | Suzuki | +1 lap | 3 | ||||
9 | Franco Bonera | Team Kiwi Yamoto | Suzuki | +1 lap | 2 | |||
10 | Bruno Kneubühler | RSS Racing Team | Suzuki | +1 lap | 1 | |||
11 | Philippe Coulon | Marlboro Nava Total | Suzuki | +1 lap | ||||
12 | Leslie van Breda | Suzuki | +1 lap | |||||
13 | Helmut Kassner | Suzuki | +1 lap | |||||
14 | Jürgen Steiner | Caramba Racing Team Bohme | Suzuki | +2 laps | ||||
15 | Franz Heller | Caramba Racing Team Bohme | Suzuki | +2 laps | ||||
16 | Bo Granath | Suzuki | +2 laps | |||||
17 | Markku Matikäinen | Suzuki | +2 laps | |||||
18 | Franz Rau | Kazenmaier Autovermietung | Suzuki | +2 laps | ||||
19 | Michael Schmid | Suzuki | +2 laps | |||||
Ret | Steve Baker | Team Gallina Nava Olio Fiat | Suzuki | Accident | ||||
Virginio Ferrari | Team Gallina Nava Olio Fiat | Suzuki | Retired | |||||
Ret | Pat Hennen | Suzuki | Retired | |||||
Ret | Alex George | Sarome & Motul Team | Yamaha | Retired | ||||
Ret | John Newbold | Ray Hamblin Motorcycles | Suzuki | Retired | ||||
Ret | Werner Nenning | Mobel Nenning Racing Team | Suzuki | Retired | ||||
Ret | Takazumi Katayama | Sarome & Motul Team | Yamaha | Retired | ||||
Ret | Carlos Delgado de San Antonio | Suzuki | Retired | |||||
Ret | Jean-Philippe Orban | Team La Licorne | Suzuki | Accident | ||||
Ret | Steve Parrish | Suzuki | Retired | |||||
Ret | Walter Villa | Suzuki | Retired | |||||
Ret | Jack Middelburg | Suzuki | Accident | |||||
Ret | Tom Herron | Suzuki | Retired | |||||
Ret | Jon Ekerold | Suzuki Deutschland | Suzuki | Retired | ||||
Ret | Max Wiener | Suzuki | Retired | |||||
Ret | Hans Braumandl | Suzuki | Retired | |||||
Ret | Børge Nielsen | Suzuki | Retired | |||||
Sources: [4][5][6] |
350cc
[edit]125cc
[edit]Sidecar classification
[edit]Pos | Rider | Passenger | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Grid | Points | |
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1 | Rolf Biland | Kenny Williams | TTM-Yamaha | 30 | 46:19.30 | 1 | 15 | |
2 | Mac Hobson | Kenny Birch | Seymaz-Yamaha | 30 | +17.72 | 11 | 12 | |
3 | Alain Michel | Stu Collins | Seymaz-Yamaha | 30 | +17.86 | 3 | 10 | |
4 | George O'Dell | Cliff Holland | Seymaz-Yamaha | 30 | +22.19 | 5 | 8 | |
5 | Bruno Holzer | Karl Meierhans | LCR-Yamaha | 30 | +1:21.42 | 9 | 6 | |
6 | Göte Brodin | Per-Erik Wickström | Yamaha | 30 | +1:26.83 | 7 | 5 | |
7 | Wolfgang Stropek | Karl Altricher | Schmid-Yamaha | 29 | +1 lap | 4 | ||
8 | Hermann Huber | Bernd Schappacher | König | 29 | +1 lap | 12 | 3 | |
9 | Klaus Sprengel | Manfred Kürnsteiner | Suzuki | 29 | +1 lap | 2 | ||
10 | Otto Haller | Rainer Gundel | MKM-Yamaha | 28 | +2 laps | 1 | ||
11 | Ernst Trachsel | Andreas Stager | TTM-Suzuki | 27 | +3 laps | 15 | ||
12 | Jock Taylor | Lewis Ward | Windle-Yamaha | 27 | +3 laps | |||
13 | Jean-François Monnin | Philippe Miserez | Seymaz-Yamaha | 25 | +5 laps | 13 | ||
Werner Schwärzel | Andreas Huber | Fath | 2 | |||||
Hermann Schmid | Kenny Arthur | Schmid-Yamaha | 4 | |||||
Rolf Steinhausen | Wolfgang Kalauch | Seymaz-Yamaha | 6 | |||||
Siegfried Schauzu | Lorenzo Puzo | Busch-Yamaha | 8 | |||||
Dick Greasley | Gordon Russell | Busch-Yamaha | 10 | |||||
Egbert Streuer | Johan van der Kap | Schmid-Yamaha | 14 | |||||
21 starters in total | ||||||||
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References
[edit]- ^ "Alle Grand-Prix uitslagen en bijzonderheden, van 1973 (het jaar dat Jack begon met racen) tot heden". Archive.li. Archived from the original on 13 April 2013. Retrieved 1 November 2018.
- ^ Mitchell, Malcolm. "1978 500cc Class (FIM Grand Prix World Championship) Programmes - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com. Retrieved 6 November 2018.
- ^ Mitchell, Malcolm. "Salzburgring - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
- ^ "1978 Austrian MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". Motorsportmagazine.com. 1 February 2018. Retrieved 5 November 2018.
- ^ "AUSTRIAN GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1978". Motogp.com. Retrieved 5 November 2018.
- ^ a b c d Coleman, Barry (ed.). Motocourse 1978-1979. Hazleton Securities Ltd. p. 75. ISBN 0-905138-06-6.