1978 Swedish motorcycle Grand Prix
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Race 8 of 13 races in the 1978 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date | 23 July 1978 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Official name | Swedish TT | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Location | Karlskoga Motorstadion | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.
500 cc classification
Pos | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Grid | Points |
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1 | Barry Sheene | Suzuki | 40 | 55:49.130 | 2 | 15 |
2 | Wil Hartog | Suzuki | 40 | +0.052 | 5 | 12 |
3 | Takazumi Katayama | Yamaha | 40 | +8.489 | 6 | 10 |
4 | Steve Baker | Suzuki | 40 | +15.604 | 3 | 8 |
5 | Virginio Ferrari | Suzuki | 40 | +23.138 | 4 | 6 |
6 | Johnny Cecotto | Yamaha | 40 | +28.490 | 1 | 5 |
7 | Kenny Roberts | Yamaha | 40 | +48.728 | 9 | 4 |
8 | Tepi Länsivuori | Suzuki | 40 | +1:02.411 | 10 | 3 |
9 | Philippe Coulon | Suzuki | 40 | +1:03.249 | 8 | 2 |
10 | Alex George | Suzuki | 39 | +1 lap | 12 | 1 |
11 | Boet van Dulmen | Suzuki | 39 | +1 lap | 16 | |
12 | Markku Matikäinen | Suzuki | 39 | +1 lap | 19 | |
13 | Jack Middelburg | Suzuki | 39 | +1 lap | 14 | |
14 | Bruno Kneubühler | Suzuki | 39 | +1 lap | 15 | |
15 | Steve Parrish | Suzuki | 39 | +1 lap | 11 | |
16 | Max Wiener | Suzuki | 39 | +1 lap | 17 | |
17 | John Woodley | Suzuki | 38 | +2 laps | ||
18 | Odd Aren Lande | Suzuki | 38 | +2 laps | ||
19 | Peter Sjoström | Suzuki | 38 | +2 laps | ||
20 | Franz Rau | Suzuki | 38 | +2 laps | ||
Marco Lucchinelli | Suzuki | 7 | ||||
Les van Breda | Suzuki | 13 | ||||
Dennis Ireland | Suzuki | 18 | ||||
Jean-Claude Hogrel | But | 20 | ||||
30 starters in total | ||||||
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350 cc classification
250 cc classification
Pos | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Grid | Points |
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1 | Gregg Hansford | Kawasaki | 36 | 50:43.958 | 2 | 15 |
2 | Kork Ballington | Kawasaki | 36 | +5.178 | 1 | 12 |
3 | Patrick Fernandez | Yamaha | 36 | +1:12.584 | 6 | 10 |
4 | Jon Ekerold | Yamaha | 36 | +1:15.458 | 11 | 8 |
5 | Tom Herron | Yamaha | 36 | +1:21.730 | 5 | 6 |
6 | Clive Padgett | Yamaha | 35 | +1 lap | 13 | 5 |
7 | Mario Lega | Morbidelli | 35 | +1 lap | 7 | 4 |
8 | Chas Mortimer | Yamaha | 35 | +1 lap | 12 | 3 |
9 | Anton Mang | Kawasaki | 35 | +1 lap | 15 | 2 |
10 | Hervé Moineau | Yamaha | 35 | +1 lap | 16 | 1 |
11 | Eero Hyvärinen | Yamaha | 35 | +1 lap | 17 | |
12 | Paolo Pileri | Morbidelli | 35 | +1 lap | 20 | |
13 | Seppo Rossi | Yamaha | 34 | +2 laps | ||
14 | Reino Eskelinen | Yamaha | 34 | +2 laps | ||
15 | P. Jansson | Yamaha | 34 | +2 laps | ||
16 | B. Elgh | Yamaha | 34 | +2 laps | ||
17 | Lennart Båckström | Yamaha | 34 | +2 laps | ||
Franco Uncini | Yamaha | 3 | ||||
Vic Soussan | Yamaha | 4 | ||||
Pentti Korhonen | Yamaha | 8 | ||||
Mick Grant | Kawasaki | 9 | ||||
Leif Gustafsson | Yamaha | 10 | ||||
Olivier Chevallier | Yamaha | 14 | ||||
Richard Hubin | Yamaha | 18 | ||||
Hans Müller | Yamaha | 19 | ||||
30 starters in total | ||||||
[1] |
125 cc classification
References