1978 Austrian motorcycle Grand Prix

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.

  1978 Austrian Grand Prix

Race details
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	Permanent racing facility 4.241 km (2.635 mi)
500 cc
Pole position Rider Johnny Cecotto Time 1:21.520 Fastest lap Rider Kenny Roberts Time 1:21.700 Podium First Kenny Roberts Second Johnny Cecotto Third Barry Sheene
350 cc
Pole position Rider Kork Ballington Time 1:26.200 Fastest lap Rider Kork Ballington Time 1:25.720 Podium First Kork Ballington Second Franco Uncini Third Takazumi Katayama
125 cc
Pole position Rider Eugenio Lazzarini Time 1:33.840 Fastest lap Rider Eugenio Lazzarini Time 1:32.980 Podium First Eugenio Lazzarini Second Harald Bartol Third Pier paolo Bianchi
Sidecar (B2A)
Pole position Rider Rolf Biland Time 1:32.540 Fastest lap Rider Werner Schwärzel Time 1:30.650 Podium First Rolf Biland Second Mac Hobson Third Alain Michel

Classification

500 cc

Pos.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Points
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

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	Kork Ballington	Kawasaki	35	50:38.28	1	15
2	Franco Uncini	Yamaha	35	+14.37	2	12
3	Takazumi Katayama	Yamaha	35	+18.19	3	10
4	Jon Ekerold	Yamaha	35	+46.73	12	8
5	Olivier Chevallier	Yamaha	35	+59.64	4	6
6	Michel Rougerie	Yamaha	35	+1:05.34	17	5
7	Gregg Hansford	Kawasaki	35	+1:12.82	6	4
8	Pentti Korhonen	Yamaha	35	+1:13.94	20	3
9	Vic Soussan	Yamaha	35	+1:14.11	15	2
10	Franco Bonera	Yamaha	35	+1:14.34	16	1
11	Patrick Fernandez	Yamaha	35	+1:14.67	8
12	Chas Mortimer	Yamaha	35	+1:18.98	7
13	John Dodds	Yamaha	34	+1 lap
14	Edi Stöllinger	Yamaha	34	+1 lap	19
15	Michel Frutschi	Yamaha	34	+1 lap
16	Kenny Blake	Yamaha	34	+1 lap
17	Roland Freymond	Yamaha	34	+1 lap
18	Ernst Fagerer	Yamaha	34	+1 lap
19	Les van Breda	Yamaha	34	+1 lap
20	Josef Hage	Yamaha	34	+1 lap
21	Franco Solaroli	Yamaha	34	+1 lap
22	Peter Baláz	Yamaha	34	+1 lap
	Leif Gustafsson	Yamaha			5
	Mick Grant	Kawasaki			9
	Tom Herron	Yamaha			10
	Pierluigi Conforti	Yamaha			11
	Anton Mang	Kawasaki			13
	Pekka Nurmi	Yamaha			14
	Christian Sarron	Yamaha			18
36 starters in total
[6]

125cc

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	Eugenio Lazzarini	MBA	30	47:23.66	1	15
2	Harald Bartol	Morbidelli	30	+2.23	3	12
3	Pierpaolo Bianchi	Minarelli	30	+28.74	2	10
4	Thierry Espié	Motobécane	30	+34.18	4	8
5	Pierluigi Conforti	Morbidelli	30	+34.70	9	6
6	Per-Edward Carlson	Morbidelli	30	+1:01.55	7	5
7	Hans Müller	Morbidelli	30	+1:03.98	6	4
8	Matti Kinnunen	Morbidelli	30	+1:04.69	17	3
9	Jean-Louis Guignabodet	Bender	30	+1:11.17	11	2
10	Ricardo Tormo	Bultaco	30	+1:14.37		1
11	Patrick Plisson	Morbidelli	30	+1:35.90	15
12	Thierry Noblesse	Morbidelli	30	+1:36.30	16
13	Stefan Dörflinger	Morbidelli	29	+1 lap	10
14	Felice Agostini	Morbidelli	29	+1 lap
15	Johann Parzer	Morbidelli	29	+1 lap
16	Ernst Fagerer	Morbidelli	29	+1 lap	18
17	August Auinger	Morbidelli	29	+1 lap
18	Ivan Palazzese	Morbidelli
19	Karl Fuchs	Morbidelli
20	Walter Koschine	Bender
	Maurizio Massimiani	Morbidelli			5
	Clive Horton	Morbidelli			8
	Ángel Nieto	Bultaco			12
	Gert Bender	Bender			13
	Cees van Dongen	Morbidelli			14
	Hans Hummel	Morbidelli			19
	Rolf Blatter	Morbidelli			20
36 starters in total, 24 finishers
[6]

Sidecar classification

Pos	Rider	Passenger	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
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
[6]

References

1. "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.
2. Mitchell, Malcolm. "1978 500cc Class (FIM Grand Prix World Championship) Programmes - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com. Retrieved 6 November 2018.
3. Mitchell, Malcolm. "Salzburgring - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
4. "1978 Austrian MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". Motorsportmagazine.com. 1 February 2018. Retrieved 5 November 2018.
5. "AUSTRIAN GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1978". Motogp.com. Retrieved 5 November 2018.
6. Coleman, Barry (ed.). Motocourse 1978-1979. Hazleton Securities Ltd. p. 75. ISBN 0-905138-06-6.

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