1978 Nations motorcycle Grand Prix

The 1978 Nations motorcycle Grand Prix was the fifth round of the 1978 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 12–14 May 1978 at the Autodromo Internazionale del Mugello.

  1978 Nations Grand Prix

Race details
Race 5 of 13 races in the 1978 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	14 May 1978
Official name	Gran Premio delle Nazioni[1][2][3]
Location	Autodromo Internazionale del Mugello
Course	Permanent racing facility 5.245 km (3.259 mi)
500 cc
Pole position Rider Kenny Roberts Time 2:05.600 Fastest lap Rider Kenny Roberts Time 2:04.800 Podium First Kenny Roberts Second Pat Hennen Third Marco Lucchinelli
350 cc
Pole position Rider Franco Uncini Time 2:10.590 Fastest lap Rider Gregg Hansford Time 2:07.600 Podium First Kork Ballington Second Gregg Hansford Third Takazumi Katayama
250 cc
Pole position Rider Kenny Roberts Time 2:11.360 Fastest lap Rider Kork Ballington Time 2:09.300 Podium First Kork Ballington Second Gregg Hansford Third Franco Uncini
125 cc
Pole position Rider Eugenio Lazzarini Time 2:16.850 Fastest lap Rider Thierry Espié Time 2:15.100 Podium First Eugenio Lazzarini Second Maurizio Massimiani Third Harald Bartol
50 cc
Pole position Rider Ricardo Tormo Time 2:30.330 Fastest lap Rider Stefan Dörflinger Time 2:28.000 Podium First Ricardo Tormo Second Patrick Plisson Third Julien van Zeebroeck
Sidecar (B2A)
Pole position Rider Alain Michel Time 2:13.490 Fastest lap Rider Rolf Biland Time 2:14.700 Podium First Rolf Biland Second Werner Schwärzel Third Jean-François Monnin

Classification

500 cc

Pos.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Points
1	Kenny Roberts	Yamaha Motor Company	Yamaha	59'17.000	15
2	Pat Hennen		Suzuki	+6.200	12
3	Marco Lucchinelli	Cagiva Corse	Suzuki	+35.500	10
4	Steve Baker	Team Gallina Nava Olio Fiat	Suzuki	+40.400	8
5	Barry Sheene	Texaco Heron Team Suzuki	Suzuki	+51.400	6
6	Wil Hartog	Riemersma Racing	Suzuki	+1'07.500	5
7	Tepi Länsivuori		Suzuki	+1'16.300	4
8	Philippe Coulon	Marlboro Nava Total	Suzuki	+2'04.100	3
9	Boet van Dulmen		Suzuki	+2'04.700	2
10	Gianni Rolando	Team Librenti	Suzuki	+1 lap	1
11	Nico Cereghini		Suzuki	+1 lap
12	Graziano Rossi	Team Gallina Nava Olio Fiat	Suzuki	+1 lap
13	Franz Rau	Kazenmaier Autovermietung	Suzuki	+1 lap
14	Alex George		Suzuki	+1 lap
15	Roberto Coli		Suzuki	+1 lap
Ret	Carlo Perugini		Suzuki	Accident
Ret	Carlos Delgado de San Antonio		Suzuki	Accident
Ret	Carlo Paganini		Suzuki	Retired
Ret	Bruno Kneubühler	RSS Racing Team	Suzuki	Retired
Ret	Lorenzo Ghiselli		Suzuki	Retired
Ret	Virginio Ferrari	Team Gallina Nava Olio Fiat	Suzuki	Retired
Ret	Johnny Cecotto	Yamaha Motor Company	Yamaha	Accident
Ret	Michel Rougerie		Suzuki	Retired
Ret	Pieraldo Cipriani		Paton	Clutch
Ret	Steve Parrish		Suzuki	Retired
Ret	Christian Estrosi		Suzuki	Retired
Ret	Gregorio Mariani		Suzuki	Retired
Ret	Jack Findlay		Suzuki	Retired
Ret	Christian Estrosi		Suzuki	Retired
Ret	Takazumi Katayama	Sarome & Motul Team	Yamaha	Retired
Ret	Børge Nielsen		Suzuki	Retired
DNS	Sergio Pellandini		Suzuki	Did not start
Sources: [4][5][6]

350cc

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	Kork Ballington	Kawasaki	25	54:08.0	7	15
2	Gregg Hansford	Kawasaki	25	+0.4	11	12
3	Takazumi Katayama	Yamaha	25	+15.9	2	10
4	Michel Rougerie	Yamaha	25	+16.2	5	8
5	Franco Uncini	Yamaha	25	+41.4	1	6
6	Marco Lucchinelli	Yamaha	25	+42.4	3	5
7	Patrick Fernandez	Yamaha	25	+1:01.6	10	4
8	Olivier Chevallier	Yamaha	25	+1:04.9	8	3
9	Vic Soussan	Yamaha	25	+1:24.5	12	2
10	Mario Lega	Morbidelli	25	+1:35.9	6	1
11	Tom Herron	Yamaha	25	+1:36.0	4
12	Pentti Korhonen	Yamaha	25	+1:58.0
13	John Dodds	Yamaha	25	+1:59.2
14	Franco Bonera	Yamaha	24	+1 lap
15	Hervé Moineau	Yamaha	24	+1 lap
	Jon Ekerold	Yamaha			9
30 starters in total, 19 finishers
[6]

250cc

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	Kork Ballington	Kawasaki	23	50:23.4	4	15
2	Gregg Hansford	Kawasaki	23	+0.0	2	12
3	Franco Uncini	Yamaha	23	+51.0	3	10
4	Tom Herron	Yamaha	23	+1:11.0	12	8
5	Patrick Fernandez	Yamaha	23	+1:14.9	11	6
6	Mario Lega	Morbidelli	23	+1:15.0	5	5
7	Olivier Chevallier	Yamaha	23	+1:21.0		4
8	Raymond Roche	Yamaha	23	+1:21.7		3
9	Jean-François Baldé	Kawasaki	23	+1:57.8		2
10	Sadao Asami	Yamaha	23	+1:57.8	7	1
11	Anton Mang	Kawasaki	23	+2:12.2	8
12	Sauro Pazzaglia	Yamaha	23	+2:13.6
13	John Dodds	Yamaha	22	+1 lap
14	Franco Solaroli	Yamaha	22	+1 lap
15	Vic Soussan	Yamaha	22	+1 lap	6
	Kenny Roberts	Yamaha			1
	Pentti Korhonen	Yamaha			9
	Jon Ekerold	Yamaha			10
30 starters in total, 19 finishers
[6]

125cc

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	Eugenio Lazzarini	MBA	20	46:25.9	1	15
2	Maurizio Massimiani	Morbidelli	20	+26.2	8	12
3	Harald Bartol	Morbidelli	20	+29.1	11	10
4	Thierry Espié	Motobécane	20	+29.3	2	8
5	Per-Edward Carlson	Morbidelli	20	+49.3		6
6	Hans Müller	Morbidelli	20	+54.7	9	5
7	Ángel Nieto	Bultaco	20	+1:18.6		4
8	Jean-Louis Guignabodet	Morbidelli	20	+1:27.5	12	3
9	Stefan Dörflinger	Morbidelli	20	+1:39.3	10	2
10	Enrico Cereda	Morbidelli	20	+1:48.9		1
11	Bruno Vasetti	Morbidelli	20	+2:05.9
12	Italo Zerbini	Morbidelli	20	+3:46.9
13	Ermanno Giuliano	Morbidelli	19	+1 lap
14	Riccardo Russo	Morbidelli	19	+1 lap
15	Ivan Palazzese	Morbidelli	19	+1 lap
	Pierluigi Conforti	Morbidelli			3
	Pierpaolo Bianchi	Minarelli			4
	Felice Agostini	Morbidelli			5
	Matti Kinnunen	Morbidelli			6
	Thierry Noblesse	Morbidelli			7
30 starters in total, 21 finishers
[6]

50cc

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	Ricardo Tormo	Bultaco	12	30:39.4	1	15
2	Patrick Plisson	ABF	12	+2.1	4	12
3	Julien van Zeebroeck	Kreidler	12	+19.4	5	10
4	Rolf Blatter	Kreidler	12	+19.7		8
5	Stefan Dörflinger	Kreidler	12	+20.0	3	6
6	Aldo Pero	Kreidler	12	+20.2	8	5
7	Wolfgang Müller	Kreidler	12	+37.3	7	4
8	Alberto Jeva	Morbidelli	12	+51.9	12	3
9	Salvatore Monreale	Morbidelli	12	+54.7	11	2
10	Pierre Dumont	Kreidler	12	+1:11.8		1
11	Daniel Corvi	Kreidler	12	+1:12.4
12	Claudio Lusuardi	Bultaco	12	+1:16.5
13	Enrico Cereda	DRS	12	+1:39.0
14	Hagen Klein	Kreidler	12	+1:55.1
15	Claudio Granata	Morbidelli	12	+1:55.6	10
	Eugenio Lazzarini	Kreidler			2
	Ingo Emmerich	Kreidler			6
	Sergio Zattoni	Derbi			9
30 starters in total, 21 finishers
[6]

Sidecar classification

Pos	Rider	Passenger	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	Rolf Biland	Kenny Williams	Beo-Yamaha	20	45:40.2	2	15
2	Werner Schwärzel	Andreas Huber	Fath	20	+11.5	5	12
3	Jean-François Monnin	Philippe Miserez	Seymaz-Yamaha	20	+39.6	3	10
4	Dick Greasley	Gordon Russell	Busch-Yamaha	20	+46.6	9	8
5	Bruno Holzer	Karl Meierhans	LCR-Yamaha	20	+1:20.1	8	6
6	Yvan Troillet	Pierre Muller	GEP-Yamaha	20	+1:26.6	7	5
7	Hermann Schmid	Kenny Arthur	Schmid-Yamaha	20	+1:33.2		4
8	Jock Taylor	Lewis Ward	Windle-Yamaha	20	+1:37.2		3
9	Ernst Trachsel	Andreas Stager	TTM-Suzuki	19	+1 lap		2
10	George O'Dell	Cliff Holland	Seymaz-Yamaha	19	+1 lap	6	1
11	Siegfried Schauzu	Lorenzo Puzo	Busch-Yamaha	19	+1 laps
12	Egbert Streuer	Johann van der Kaap	Schmid-Yamaha	19	+1 laps
	Alain Michel	Stu Collins	Seymaz-Yamaha			1
	Rolf Steinhausen	Wolfgang Kalauch	Seymaz-Yamaha			4
	Mac Hobson	Ken Birch	Yamaha			10
[6]

References

1. "Alle Grand-Prix uitslagen en bijzonderheden, van 1973 (het jaar dat Jack begon met racen) tot heden". Archive.li. 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 10 November 2018.
3. Mitchell, Malcolm. "Mugello - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com. Retrieved 10 November 2018.
4. "1978 Nations MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". Motorsportmagazine.com. 1 February 2018. Retrieved 10 November 2018.
5. "NATIONS GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1978". Motogp.com. Retrieved 10 November 2018.
6. Coleman, Barry (ed.). Motocourse 1978-1979. Hazleton Securities Ltd. p. 89. ISBN 0-905138-06-6.

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