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1978 Czechoslovak motorcycle Grand Prix

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The 1978 Czechoslovak motorcycle Grand Prix was the twelfth round of the 1978 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 27 August 1978 at the Brno circuit.

Czechoslovakia  1978 Czechoslovak Grand Prix
Race details
Race 12 of 13 races in the
1978 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date27 August 1978
Official nameGrand Prix ČSSR
LocationBrno
Course
  • Permanent racing facility
  • 10.920 km (6.785 mi)
350 cc
Pole position
Rider South Africa Kork Ballington Kawasaki
Time 3:55.79
Fastest lap
Rider South Africa Kork Ballington Kawasaki
Time 3:54.33
Podium
First South Africa Kork Ballington Kawasaki
Second Australia Gregg Hansford Kawasaki
Third France Michel Rougerie Yamaha
250 cc
Pole position
Rider South Africa Kork Ballington Kawasaki
Time 4:04.40
Fastest lap
Rider South Africa Kork Ballington Kawasaki
Time 4:03.17
Podium
First South Africa Kork Ballington Kawasaki
Second Australia Gregg Hansford Kawasaki
Third Italy Mario Lega Morbidelli
50 cc
Pole position
Rider Spain Ricardo Tormo Bultaco
Time 4:50.65
Fastest lap
Rider Spain Ricardo Tormo Bultaco
Time 4:48.65
Podium
First Spain Ricardo Tormo Bultaco
Second Italy Claudio Lusuardi Bultaco
Third Netherlands Henk van Kessel Sparton
Sidecar (B2A)
Pole position
Rider West Germany Werner Schwärzel Fath
Time 4:06.68
Fastest lap
Rider France Alain Michel Seymaz-Yamaha
Time 4:10.24
Podium
First France Alain Michel Seymaz-Yamaha
Second Switzerland Rolf Biland TTM-Yamaha
Third United Kingdom Dick Greasley Busch-Yamaha

350 cc classification edit

Pos Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Grid Points
1   Kork Ballington Kawasaki 13 51:22.59 1 15
2   Gregg Hansford Kawasaki 13 +2.32 4 12
3   Michel Rougerie Yamaha 13 +18.43 2 10
4   Jon Ekerold Yamaha 13 +28.96 6 8
5   Paolo Pileri Morbidelli 13 +32.18 3 6
6   Takazumi Katayama Yamaha 13 +33.24 17 5
7   Anton Mang Kawasaki 13 +35.70 15 4
8   Tom Herron Yamaha 13 +40.43 9 3
9   Pentti Korhonen Yamaha 13 +50.13 5 2
10   Raymond Roche Yamaha 13 +50.59 7 1
11   Guy Bertin Yamaha 13 +1:26.54 16
12   Olivier Chevallier Yamaha 13 +1:37.59 8
13   Bruno Kneubühler Yamaha 13 +1:55.60 11
14   Adelio Faccioli Yamaha 13 +2:08.82 18
15   Harald Merkl Yamaha 13 +2:24.23
16   Seppo Rossi Yamaha 13 +3:12.77
17   Jean-Claude Hogrel Yamaha 13 +3:15.62
18   Edi Stöllinger Yamaha 13 +3:16.10
19   Carlos Lavado Yamaha 13 +6:49.57
20   Y. Matsumoto Yamaha 12 +1 lap
21   Michael Schmid Yamaha 12 +1 lap
22   K. Johansson Yamaha 12 +1 lap
  Franco Uncini Yamaha 10
  Richard Hubin Yamaha 12
  Patrick Fernandez Yamaha 13
  Vic Soussan Yamaha 14
  Sauro Pazzaglia Yamaha 19
  Roland Freymond Yamaha 20
40 starters in total
[1]

250 cc classification edit

Pos Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Grid Points
1   Kork Ballington Kawasaki 11 45:18.37 1 15
2   Gregg Hansford Kawasaki 11 +16.24 3 12
3   Mario Lega Morbidelli 11 +22.41 10 10
4   Patrick Fernandez Yamaha 11 +31.09 7 8
5   Jon Ekerold Yamaha 11 +31.37 5 6
6   Raymond Roche Yamaha 11 +1:10.83 16 5
7   Vic Soussan Yamaha 11 +1:16.36 15 4
8   Walter Villa Harley-Davidson 11 +1:19.66 18 3
9   Franco Uncini Yamaha 11 +1:27.88 9 2
10   Anton Mang Kawasaki 11 +1:32.44 14 1
11   Guy Bertin Yamaha 11 +1:33.15 17
12   Edi Stöllinger Kawasaki 11 +1:34.23 20
13   Marc Fontan Yamaha 11 +1:34.77 19
14   Jacques Cornu Yamaha 11 +2:06.73
15   Olivier Chevallier Yamaha 11 +2:07.32 6
16   Grunwald Harfmann Yamaha 11 +2:12.01 11
17   Dave Hickman Jawa 11 +2:12.57
18   Bernd Tügethal Yamaha 11 +2:21.48
19   Seppo Rossi Yamaha 11 +2:22.01
20   Harald Merkl Yamaha 11 +2:30.92
21   Giovanni Pellettier Yamaha 11 +2:43.95
22   T. Laurens Yamaha 11 +2:55.32
23   Karl-Thomas Grässel Yamaha 11 +2:55.79
24   Eero Hyvärinen Yamaha 11 +3:16.23
  Paolo Pileri Morbidelli 2
  Leif Gustafsson Yamaha 4
  Richard Hubin Yamaha 8
  Tom Herron Yamaha 12
  Jean-François Baldé Kawasaki 13
40 starters in total
[1]

50 cc classification edit

Pos Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Grid Points
1   Ricardo Tormo Bultaco 8 38:47.11 1 15
2   Claudio Lusuardi Bultaco 8 +2:24.29 6 12
3   Henk van Kessel Sparton 8 +2:46.19 13 10
4   Enrico Cereda DRS 8 +2:46.77 7 8
5   Reiner Scheidhauer Kreidler 8 +2:47.28 8 6
6   Aldo Pero Kreidler 8 +3:18.51 12 5
7   Luigi Rinaudo Tomos 8 +3:42.61 18 4
8   Patrick Plisson ABF 8 +3:50.05 17 3
9   Zbyned Havrda Kreidler 8 +3:51.59 2
10   Wolfgang Müller Kreidler 8 +4:23.98 9 1
11   Ingo Emmerich Kreidler 8 +4:24.57 11
12   Cees van Dongen Kreidler 8 +4:36.71
13   Daniel Corvi Kreidler 8 +4:38.70 4
14   Chris Baert Kreidler 8 +4:51.86
15   Bruno di Carlo Kreidler 8 +5:11.73
16   Wolfgang Glawaty Kreidler 8 +5:30.71
17   Otto Machinek Kreidler 7 +1 lap
18   Ove Skifjeld Kreidler 7 +1 lap
19   Henrique Sande Kreidler 7 +1 lap 5
20   O. Krmicek Kreidler 6 +2 laps
  Stefan Dörflinger Kreidler 2
  Eugenio Lazzarini Kreidler 3
  Hagen Klein Kreidler 10
  Pierre Dumont Kreidler 14
  Rolf Blatter Kreidler 15
  Hans Hummel Kreidler 16
  Günter Schirnhofer Kreidler 19
  Theo Timmer Kreidler 20
34 starters in total
[1]

Sidecar classification edit

Pos Rider Passenger Manufacturer Laps Time Grid Points
1   Alain Michel   Stu Collins Seymaz-Yamaha 11 46:22.09 2 15
2   Rolf Biland   Kenny Williams TTM-Yamaha 11 +21.11 3 12
3   Dick Greasley   Gordon Russell Busch-Yamaha 11 +22.27 7 10
4   Jock Taylor   James Neil Windle-Yamaha 11 +40.14 4 8
5   Hermann Schmid   Kenny Arthur Schmid-Yamaha 11 +1:15.03 8 6
6   Max Venus   Norbert Bittermann CAT-Yamaha 11 +1:18.93 9 5
7   Siegfried Schauzu   Lorenzo Puzo Busch-Yamaha 11 +2:15.02 11 4
8   Cees Smit   Jan Smit Seymaz-Yamaha 11 +2:21.90 3
9   Amedeo Zini   Andrea Fornaro Busch-König 11 +2:25.37 2
10   Egbert Streuer   Johann van der Kaap Schmid-Yamaha 11 +3:04.12 1
11   Klaus Sprengel   Manfred Kürnsteiner Suzuki 11 +3:26.94
12   Kurt Jelonek   V. Knapp König 11 +3:47.02
13   Gerald Corbaz   Roland Gabriel Schmid-Yamaha 10 +1 lap
14   Kalevi Rahko   Kari Laatikäinen Schmid-Yamaha 10 +1 lap
15   Heinz Thevissen   Lothar Klein HTS-Yamaha 10 +1 lap
16   Heinz Luthringhauser   Hermann Hahnn BMW 10 +1 lap
17   Ted Janssen   Dennis Keen Yamaha 5 +6 laps
  Werner Schwärzel   Andreas Huber Fath 1
  Rolf Steinhausen   Wolfgang Kalauch Seymaz-Yamaha 5
  Bruno Holzer   Karl Meierhans LCR-Yamaha 6
  Göte Brodin   B. Gäl-Iros Yamaha 10
  George O'Dell   Cliff Holland Seymaz-Yamaha 12
  Hermann Huber   Bernd Schappacher König 13
  Otto Haller   Rainer Gundel MKM-Yamaha 14
  Gustav Pape   Franz Kallenberg König 15
30 starters in total
[1]

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d Coleman, Barry (ed.). Motocourse 1978-1979. Hazleton Securities Ltd. p. 133. ISBN 0-905138-06-6.


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