1978 Swedish motorcycle Grand Prix

The 1978 Swedish motorcycle Grand Prix was the eighth round of the 1978 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 23 July 1978 at Karlskoga Motorstadion. This was the 300th race to contribute to the Grand Prix motorcycle racing championship.

  1978 Swedish Grand Prix

Race details
Race 8 of 13 races in the 1978 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	23 July 1978
Official name	Sveriges Grand Prix[1][2]
Location	Karlskoga Motorstadion
Course	Permanent racing facility 3.150 km (1.957 mi)
500 cc
Pole position Rider Johnny Cecotto Time 1:22.580 Fastest lap Rider Johnny Cecotto Time 1:22.066 Podium First Barry Sheene Second Wil Hartog Third Takazumi Katayama
350 cc
Pole position Rider Gregg Hansford Time 1:22.292 Fastest lap Rider Gregg Hansford Time 1:22.216 Podium First Gregg Hansford Second Kork Ballington Third Takazumi Katayama
250 cc
Pole position Rider Kork Ballington Time 1:24.400 Fastest lap Rider Gregg Hansford Time 1:23.504 Podium First Gregg Hansford Second Kork Ballington Third Patrick Fernandez
125 cc
Pole position Rider Pierpaolo Bianchi Time 1:29.539 Fastest lap Rider Ángel Nieto Time 1:28.767 Podium First Pierpaolo Bianchi Second Ángel Nieto Third Thierry Espié

500cc classification

Pos.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Points
1	Barry Sheene	Texaco Heron Team Suzuki	Suzuki	55'49.130	15
2	Wil Hartog	Riemersma Racing	Suzuki	+0.052	12
3	Takazumi Katayama	Sarome & Motul Team	Yamaha	+8.489	10
4	Steve Baker	Team Gallina Nava Olio Fiat	Suzuki	+15.604	8
5	Virginio Ferrari	Team Gallina Nava Olio Fiat	Suzuki	+23.138	6
6	Johnny Cecotto	Yamaha Motor Company	Yamaha	+28.490	5
7	Kenny Roberts	Yamaha Motor Company	Yamaha	+48.728	4
8	Tepi Länsivuori		Suzuki	+1'02.411	3
9	Philippe Coulon	Marlboro Nava Total	Suzuki	+1'03.249	2
10	Alex George		Suzuki	+1 lap	1
11	Boet van Dulmen		Suzuki	+1 lap
12	Markku Matikäinen		Suzuki	+1 lap
13	Jack Middelburg		Suzuki	+1 lap
14	Bruno Kneubühler	RSS Racing Team	Suzuki	+1 lap
15	Steve Parrish		Suzuki	+1 lap
16	Max Wiener		Suzuki	+1 lap
17	John Woodley	Sid Griffiths Racing	Suzuki	+2 laps
18	Odd Aren Lande		Suzuki	+2 laps
19	Peter Sjoström		Suzuki	+2 laps
20	Franz Rau	Kazenmaier Autovermietung	Suzuki	+2 laps
21	Dick Alblas		Suzuki	+2 laps
Ret	Michel Rougerie		Suzuki	Retired
Ret	Carlos Delgado de San Antonio		Suzuki	Accident
Ret	Jean-Claude Hogrel	Buton	Buton	Accident
Ret	Karl Jensen		Yamaha	Retired
Ret	Leslie van Breda		Suzuki	Accident
Ret	Dennis Ireland		Suzuki	Accident
Ret	Jürgen Steiner	Caramba Racing Team Bohme	Suzuki	Retired
Ret	Marco Lucchinelli	Cagiva Corse	Suzuki	Retired
DNS	Bengt Slydal		Suzuki	Did not start
DNQ	Bo Granath		Suzuki	Did not qualify
Sources: [3][4][5]

350 cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	Gregg Hansford	Kawasaki	36	50:17.809	1	15
2	Kork Ballington	Kawasaki	36	+7.349	2	12
3	Takazumi Katayama	Yamaha	36	+21.665	3	10
4	Jon Ekerold	Yamaha	36	+42.523	8	8
5	Tom Herron	Yamaha	36	+51.558	11	6
6	Patrick Fernandez	Yamaha	36	+58.127	6	5
7	Pentti Korhonen	Yamaha	36	+1:07.238	4	4
8	Vic Soussan	Yamaha	36	+1:08.941	7	3
9	Mick Grant	Kawasaki	36	+1:15.827	5	2
10	Michel Rougerie	Yamaha	35	+1 lap	19	1
11	Patrick Pons	Yamaha	35	+1 lap	13
12	Olivier Chevallier	Yamaha	35	+1 lap	10
13	Anton Mang	Kawasaki	35	+1 lap
14	Eero Hyvärinen	Yamaha	35	+1 lap
15	Michel Frutschi	Yamaha	35	+1 lap	20
16	Seppo Rossi	Yamaha	35	+1 lap
17	Reino Eskelinen	Yamaha	35	+1 lap
18	Lennart Båckström	Yamaha	35	+1 lap
19	B. Elgh	Yamaha	34	+2 laps
20	Bo Granath	Yamaha	34	+2 laps
	Franco Uncini	Yamaha			9
	Clive Padgett	Yamaha			12
	Christian Sarron	Yamaha			14
	Hans Hansebraten	Yamaha			15
	Chas Mortimer	Yamaha			16
	Leif Gustafsson	Yamaha			17
	Jack Middelburg	Yamaha			18
30 starters in total
[3]

250 cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	Gregg Hansford	Kawasaki	36	50:43.958	2	15
2	Kork Ballington	Kawasaki	36	+5.178	1	12
3	Patrick Fernandez	Yamaha	36	+1:12.584	6	10
4	Jon Ekerold	Yamaha	36	+1:15.458	11	8
5	Tom Herron	Yamaha	36	+1:21.730	5	6
6	Clive Padgett	Yamaha	35	+1 lap	13	5
7	Mario Lega	Morbidelli	35	+1 lap	7	4
8	Chas Mortimer	Yamaha	35	+1 lap	12	3
9	Anton Mang	Kawasaki	35	+1 lap	15	2
10	Hervé Moineau	Yamaha	35	+1 lap	16	1
11	Eero Hyvärinen	Yamaha	35	+1 lap	17
12	Paolo Pileri	Morbidelli	35	+1 lap	20
13	Seppo Rossi	Yamaha	34	+2 laps
14	Reino Eskelinen	Yamaha	34	+2 laps
15	P. Jansson	Yamaha	34	+2 laps
16	B. Elgh	Yamaha	34	+2 laps
17	Lennart Båckström	Yamaha	34	+2 laps
	Franco Uncini	Yamaha			3
	Vic Soussan	Yamaha			4
	Pentti Korhonen	Yamaha			8
	Mick Grant	Kawasaki			9
	Leif Gustafsson	Yamaha			10
	Olivier Chevallier	Yamaha			14
	Richard Hubin	Yamaha			18
	Hans Müller	Yamaha			19
30 starters in total
[3]

125 cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	Pierpaolo Bianchi	Minarelli	32	48:07.322	1	15
2	Ángel Nieto	Minarelli	32	+0.104	4	12
3	Thierry Espié	Motobécane	32	+7.441	2	10
4	Per-Edward Carlson	Morbidelli	32	+51.523	3	8
5	August Auinger	Morbidelli	32	+56.571	8	6
6	Jean-Louis Guignabodet	Morbidelli	32	+1:00.370	10	5
7	Clive Horton	Morbidelli	32	+1:02.718	11	4
8	Matti Kinnunen	Morbidelli	32	+1:04.820	14	3
9	Hans Müller	Morbidelli	32	+1:10.382	6	2
10	Walter Koschine	Bender	32	+1:18.923	17	1
11	Patrick Plisson	Morbidelli	31	+1 lap	7
12	Stefan Dörflinger	Morbidelli	31	+1 lap	13
13	Bernd Schneider	Bender	31	+1 lap	16
14	A. Alexandersson	Morbidelli	31	+1 lap
15	Cees van der Ven	Morbidelli	30	+2 laps
16	Jan Båckström	Maico	30	+2 laps
17	Lennart Lundgren	Yamaha	30	+2 laps
18	Johnny Wickström	Morbidelli	30	+2 laps
19	Jonny Svensson	Bastard	30	+2 laps
	Eugenio Lazzarini	MBA			5
	Harald Bartol	Morbidelli			9
	Maurizio Massimiani	Morbidelli			12
	François Granon	Morbidelli			15
	Karl Fuchs	Morbidelli			18
	Roland Olsson	Starol			19
	Bengt-Göran Johansson	Morbidelli			20
30 starters in total
[3]

References

1. Mitchell, Malcolm. "1978 500cc Class (FIM Grand Prix World Championship) Programmes - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com. Retrieved 2 December 2018.
2. Mitchell, Malcolm. "Karlskoga Motorstadion - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com. Retrieved 2 December 2018.
3. Coleman, Barry (ed.). Motocourse 1978-1979. Hazleton Securities Ltd. p. 107. ISBN 0-905138-06-6.
4. "1978 Swedish MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". Motorsportmagazine.com. 1 February 2018. Retrieved 2 December 2018.
5. "SWEDISH GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1978". Motogp.com. Retrieved 2 December 2018.

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