1978 Czechoslovak motorcycle Grand Prix
Race details | |||
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Race 12 of 13 races in the 1978 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season | |||
Date | 27 August 1978 | ||
Official name | Grand Prix ČSSR | ||
Location | Brno | ||
Course | Permanent racing facility 10.920 km (6.785 mi) | ||
350 cc | |||
Pole position | |||
Rider | Kork Ballington | Kawasaki | |
Time | 3:55.79 | ||
Fastest lap | |||
Rider | Kork Ballington | Kawasaki | |
Time | 3:54.33 | ||
Podium | |||
First | Kork Ballington | Kawasaki | |
Second | Gregg Hansford | Kawasaki | |
Third | Michel Rougerie | Yamaha | |
250 cc | |||
Pole position | |||
Rider | Kork Ballington | Kawasaki | |
Time | 4:04.40 | ||
Fastest lap | |||
Rider | Kork Ballington | Kawasaki | |
Time | 4:03.17 | ||
Podium | |||
First | Kork Ballington | Kawasaki | |
Second | Gregg Hansford | Kawasaki | |
Third | Mario Lega | Morbidelli | |
50 cc | |||
Pole position | |||
Rider | Ricardo Tormo | Bultaco | |
Time | 4:50.65 | ||
Fastest lap | |||
Rider | Ricardo Tormo | Bultaco | |
Time | 4:48.65 | ||
Podium | |||
First | Ricardo Tormo | Bultaco | |
Second | Claudio Lusuardi | Bultaco | |
Third | Henk van Kessel | Sparton | |
Sidecars | |||
Pole position | |||
Rider | Werner Schwärzel | Fath | |
Passenger | Andreas Huber | ||
Time | 4:06.68 | ||
Fastest lap | |||
Rider | Alain Michel | Seymaz-Yamaha | |
Passenger | Stu Collins | ||
Time | 4:10.24 | ||
Podium | |||
First | Alain Michel | Seymaz-Yamaha | |
Stu Collins | |||
Second | Rolf Biland | TTM-Yamaha | |
Kenny Williams | |||
Third | Dick Greasley | Busch-Yamaha | |
Gordon Russell |
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.
350 cc classification
Pos | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Grid | Points |
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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 | ||||||
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250 cc classification
Pos | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Grid | Points |
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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 | ||||||
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50 cc classification
Pos | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Grid | Points |
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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 | ||||||
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Sidecar classification
Pos | Rider | Passenger | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Grid | Points |
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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 | |||||||
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References
Previous race: 1978 German Grand Prix |
FIM Grand Prix World Championship 1978 season |
Next race: 1978 Yugoslavian Grand Prix |
Previous race: 1977 Czechoslovak Grand Prix |
Czechoslovak Grand Prix | Next race: 1979 Czechoslovak Grand Prix |
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