1978 Belgian motorcycle Grand Prix

The 1978 Belgian motorcycle Grand Prix was the seventh round of the 1978 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 2 July 1978 at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps. These races, along with the Spa 24 Hours touring car race 3 weeks later were the last ever international major events held on the old 14 kilometer Spa-Francorchamps circuit.

  1978 Belgian Grand Prix
Race details
Race 7 of 13 races in the
1978 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date2 July 1978
Official nameGrand Prix Belgique / Grote Prijs België[1][2][3]
LocationCircuit de Spa-Francorchamps
Course
  • Permanent racing facility
  • 14.120 km (8.774 mi)
500 cc
Pole position
Rider Johnny Cecotto
Time 3:48.600
Fastest lap
Rider Michel Rougerie
Time 3:51.700
Podium
First Wil Hartog
Second Kenny Roberts
Third Barry Sheene
250 cc
Pole position
Rider Kork Ballington
Time 4:08.000
Fastest lap
Rider Walter Villa
Time 4:22.400
Podium
First Paolo Pileri
Second Franco Uncini
Third Walter Villa
125 cc
Pole position
Rider Ángel Nieto
Time 4:23.200
Fastest lap
Rider Pierpaolo Bianchi
Ángel Nieto
Time 4:42.700
Podium
First Pierpaolo Bianchi
Second Ángel Nieto
Third Maurizio Massimiani
50 cc
Pole position
Rider Ricardo Tormo
Time 5:12.500
Fastest lap
Rider Ricardo Tormo
Time 5:16.100
Podium
First Ricardo Tormo
Second Eugenio Lazzarini
Third Stefan Dörflinger
Sidecar (B2A)
Pole position
Rider Rolf Steinhausen
Time 4:15.400
Fastest lap
Rider Alain Michel
Time 5:03.700
Podium
First Bruno Holzer
Second Alain Michel
Third Rolf Biland

500 cc classification
Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Time/Retired Points
1 15 Wil Hartog Riemersma Racing Suzuki 39'50.400 15
2 2 Kenny Roberts Yamaha Motor Company Yamaha +15.800 12
3 7 Barry Sheene Texaco Heron Team Suzuki Suzuki +18.600 10
4 30 Michel Rougerie Suzuki +21.300 8
5 21 Tepi Länsivuori Suzuki +1'18.900 6
6 8 Takazumi Katayama Sarome & Motul Team Yamaha +1 lap 5
7 22 Marco Lucchinelli Cagiva Corse Suzuki +1 lap 4
8 9 Alex George Suzuki +1 lap 3
9 17 Tom Herron Suzuki +1 lap 2
10 46 Dennis Ireland Suzuki +1 lap 1
11 39 John Woodley Sid Griffiths Racing Suzuki +1 lap
12 38 John Williams Team Appleby Glade Suzuki +1 lap
13 41 Bo Granath Suzuki +1 lap
14 29 Graziano Rossi Team Gallina Nava Olio Fiat Suzuki +1 lap
15 14 Jack Findlay Suzuki +1 lap
16 48 Greg Johnson Suzuki +1 lap
17 45 Hervé Regout Yamaha +1 lap
18 37 Max Wiener Suzuki +1 lap
19 33 Leslie van Breda Suzuki +1 lap
20 36 Gerhard Vogt Bill Smith Racing Suzuki +1 lap
21 ?? Guy Cooremans Suzuki +1 lap
22 ?? Jean-Claude Hogrel Buton Buton +1 lap
Ret Johnny Cecotto Yamaha Motor Company Yamaha Retired
Ret Philippe Coulon Marlboro Nava Total Suzuki Retired
Ret Boet van Dulmen Suzuki Retired
Ret Virginio Ferrari Team Gallina Nava Olio Fiat Suzuki Retired
Ret Steve Baker Team Gallina Nava Olio Fiat Suzuki Retired
Ret Bruno Kneubühler RSS Racing Team Suzuki Retired
Ret John Newbold Ray Hamblin Motorcycles Suzuki Retired
Ret Børge Nielsen Suzuki Retired
Ret Jon Ekerold Suzuki Deutschland Yamaha Retired
Ret Dick Alblas Suzuki Retired
Ret Franz Heller Caramba Racing Team Bohme Suzuki Retired
Ret Franz Rau Kazenmaier Autovermietung Suzuki Retired
Ret Cees Scheepens Suzuki Retired
Ret Steve Parrish Suzuki Retired
Sources:[4][5][6]

250 cc classification
Pos No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Grid Points
1 31 Paolo Pileri Morbidelli 9 40:35.0 15
2 56 Franco Uncini Yamaha 9 +23.1 4 12
3 37 Walter Villa Harley-Davidson 9 +37.6 2 10
4 9 Patrick Fernandez Yamaha 9 +37.8 8 8
5 1 Kork Ballington Kawasaki 9 +1:07.0 1 6
6 21 Mario Lega Morbidelli 9 +1:07.2 3 5
7 22 Anton Mang Kawasaki 9 4
8 36 Vic Soussan Yamaha 9 3
9 20 Pentti Korhonen Yamaha 9 6 2
10 12 Leif Gustafsson Yamaha 9 9 1
11 7 Jon Ekerold Yamaha 9 10
12 48 Etienne Geeraerd Yamaha 9
13 43 Albert Debouny Yamaha 9
14 14 Josef Hage Japol 9
15 29 Pekka Nurmi Yamaha 9 12
16 62 Reino Eskelinen Yamaha 9
17 45 René Delaby Yamaha 9
18 17 Eero Hyvärinen Yamaha 9
19 63 Clive Padgett Yamaha 9
20 3 Kenny Blake Yamaha 9
John Dodds Yamaha 5
Kenny Roberts Yamaha 7
Gregg Hansford Kawasaki 11
38 starters in total, 24 finishers
[4]

125 cc classification
Pos No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Grid Points
1 3 Pierpaolo Bianchi Minarelli 8 38:12.2 3 15
2 32 Ángel Nieto Minarelli 8 +3.3 1 12
3 30 Maurizio Massimiani Morbidelli 8 +11.1 10 10
4 1 August Auinger Morbidelli 8 +1:29.3 9 8
5 37 Patrick Plisson Morbidelli 8 +1:34.5 7 6
6 26 Eugenio Lazzarini MBA 8 6 5
7 31 Hans Müller Morbidelli 8 5 4
8 4 Rolf Blatter Morbidelli 8 3
9 45 Cees van Dongen Morbidelli 8 2
10 21 Matti Kinnunen Morbidelli 8 1
11 47 Bennie Wilbers Morbidelli 8
12 41 Jean-Claude Selini Morbidelli 8
13 24 Walter Koschine Bender 8 12
14 17 Clive Horton Morbidelli 8
15 6 Enrico Cereda Morbidelli 8
16 22 Bengt Johansson Morbidelli 8
17 10 Yves Dupont Morbidelli 8
18 18 Jan Huberts Morbidelli 7
19 40 Bernd Schneider Bender 7
20 43 Jan Ubels Buton 7
Harald Bartol Morbidelli 2
Thierry Espié Motobécane 4
Stefan Dörflinger Morbidelli 8
Jean-Louis Guignabodet Morbidelli 11
38 starters in total, 20 finishers
[4]

50 cc classification
Pos No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Grid Points
1 36 Ricardo Tormo Bultaco 6 31:52.3 1 15
2 19 Eugenio Lazzarini Kreidler 6 +56.1 3 12
3 48 Stefan Dörflinger Kreidler 6 +2:23.2 2 10
4 23 Claudio Lusuardi Bultaco 6 +2:24.6 8
5 21 Peter Looyestein Kreidler 6 +2:32.9 11 6
6 42 Pierre Dumont Kreidler 6 +2:48.7 7 5
7 15 Hagen Klein Kreidler 6 12 4
8 28 Patrick Plisson ABF 6 8 3
9 38 Cees van Dongen Kreidler 6 2
10 35 Theo Timmer Bultaco 6 10 1
11 14 Jacques Hutteau ABF 6
12 26 Wolfgang Müller Kreidler 6 4
13 9 Joaquín Gali Bultaco 6
14 10 Ramón Gali Bultaco 6
15 32 Günter Schirnhofer Kreidler 6
16 4 Daniel Corvi Kreidler 6
17 40 Chris Baert Kreidler 5
18 46 Marcel van der Steene Kreidler 5
19 5 Michel de Poligny Scrab 5
20 47 Dirk van der Donckt Kreidler 5
Otto Machinek Kreidler 5
Ingo Emmerich Kreidler 6
Aldo Pero Kreidler 9
40 starters in total, 24 finishers
[4]

Sidecar classification
Pos No. Rider Passenger Manufacturer Laps Time Grid Points
1 12 Bruno Holzer Karl Meierhans LCR-Yamaha 9 47:50.0 7 15
2 18 Alain Michel Stu Collins Seymaz-Yamaha 9 +22.7 5 12
3 4 Rolf Biland Kenny Williams TTM-Yamaha 9 +28.3 3 10
4 32 Rolf Steinhausen Wolfgang Kalauch Seymaz-Yamaha 9 +2:22.2 1 8
5 11 Bill Hodgkins John Parkins Windle-Yamaha 9 +3:01.0 6
6 44 Jock Taylor James Neil Windle-Yamaha 9 5
7 30 Cees Smit Jan Smit Seymaz-Yamaha 9 4
8 8 Gérard Corbaz Roland Gabriel Schmid-Yamaha 9 9 3
9 10 Dick Greasley Gordon Russell Busch-Yamaha 9 6 2
10 26 Siegfried Schauzu Lorenzo Puzo Busch-Yamaha 9 8 1
11 16 Helmut Luneman Micha Stockel Gespann-Yamaha 9
12 35 Heinz Thevissen Lothar Klein HTS-Yamaha 8 +1 lap
13 37 Max Venus Norbert Bitterman CAT-Yamaha 8 +1 lap
14 7 Boy Brouwer Jan Oostwouder Coan-Yamaha 8 +1 lap
Werner Schwärzel Andreas Huber Fath 2
Göte Brodin Per-Erik Wickström Yamaha 4
Hermann Schmid Kenny Arthur Schmid-Yamaha 10
30 starters in total, 14 finishers
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References
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  2. Mitchell, Malcolm. "1978 500cc Class (FIM Grand Prix World Championship) Programmes - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com. Retrieved 30 November 2018.
  3. Mitchell, Malcolm. "Spa-Francorchamps - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com. Retrieved 30 November 2018.
  4. Coleman, Barry (ed.). Motocourse 1978-1979. Hazleton Securities Ltd. p. 103. ISBN 0-905138-06-6.
  5. "1978 Belgian MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". Motorsportmagazine.com. 1 February 2018. Retrieved 30 November 2018.
  6. "BELGIUM GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1978". Motogp.com. Retrieved 30 November 2018.
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