The 1978 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix was the second round of the 1978 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 14–16 April 1978 at the Circuito Permanente del Jarama.
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Race 2 of 13 races in the 1978 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date | 16 April 1978 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Official name | XXVVIII Gran Premio de España[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Location | Circuito Permanente del Jarama | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Course |
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Classification
edit500 cc
editPos | No. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Time | Points | |
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1 | 3 | Pat Hennen | Suzuki | 57'45.800 | 15 | ||
2 | 40 | Kenny Roberts | Yamaha Motor Company | Yamaha | +7.300 | 12 | |
3 | 24 | Takazumi Katayama | Sarome & Motul Team | Yamaha | +8.900 | 10 | |
4 | 4 | Johnny Cecotto | Yamaha Motor Company | Yamaha | +14.300 | 8 | |
5 | 7 | Barry Sheene | Texaco Heron Team Suzuki | Suzuki | +14.700 | 6 | |
6 | 2 | Steve Baker | Team Gallina Nava Olio Fiat | Suzuki | +16.500 | 5 | |
7 | 8 | Tepi Länsivuori | Suzuki | +1'01.500 | 4 | ||
8 | 15 | Christian Estrosi | Suzuki | +1'10.700 | 3 | ||
9 | 9 | Wil Hartog | Riemersma Racing | Suzuki | +1'14.900 | 2 | |
10 | 5 | Steve Parrish | Suzuki | +1 lap | 1 | ||
11 | 14 | Boet van Dulmen | Suzuki | +1 lap | |||
12 | 21 | Jean-Philippe Orban | Team La Licorne | Suzuki | +1 lap | ||
13 | 6 | Tom Herron | Suzuki | +1 lap | |||
14 | 11 | Michel Rougerie | Suzuki | +2 laps | |||
15 | 16 | Leslie van Breda | Suzuki | +2 laps | |||
16 | 28 | Bruno Kneubühler | RSS Racing Team | Suzuki | +2 laps | ||
17 | 26 | Clive Padgett | Yamaha | +2 laps | |||
18 | 19 | Alex George | Suzuki | +3 laps | |||
19 | 33 | Fernando Gonzalez de Nicolas | Yamaha | +3 laps | |||
Ret | Ikujiro Takai | Yamaha Motor Company | Yamaha | Accident | |||
Ret | Virginio Ferrari | Team Gallina Nava Olio Fiat | Suzuki | Retired | |||
Ret | Max Wiener | Suzuki | Clutch | ||||
Ret | Marco Lucchinelli | Cagiva Corse | Suzuki | Accident | |||
Ret | Philippe Coulon | Marlboro Nava Total | Suzuki | Retired | |||
Ret | John Newbold | Ray Hamblin Motorcycles | Suzuki | Retired | |||
Ret | Olivier Chevallier | Yamaha | Retired | ||||
Ret | Jon Ekerold | Suzuki Deutschland | Suzuki | Retired | |||
Ret | Pentti Korhonen | RSS Racing Team | Yamaha | Retired | |||
DNS | Carlos Delgado de San Antonio | Suzuki | Did not start | ||||
DNQ | Eddie Roberts | Suzuki | Did not qualify | ||||
DNQ | Francisco Perez | Suzuki | Did not qualify | ||||
DNQ | Gianni Rolando | Team Librenti | Suzuki | Did not qualify | |||
DNQ | Kimmo Kopra | Yamaha | Did not qualify | ||||
DNQ | Seppo Ojala | Yamaha | Did not qualify | ||||
DNQ | Victor Palomo | Sonauto | Buton | Did not qualify | |||
Sources: [2][3][4] |
250cc
edit125cc classification
edit50cc classification
editReferences
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.
- ^ "1978 Spanish MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". Motorsportmagazine.com. 1 February 2018. Retrieved 5 November 2018.
- ^ "SPANISH 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. 69. ISBN 0-905138-06-6.