1978 Czechoslovak motorcycle Grand Prix

The 1978 Czechoslovak motorcycle Grand Prix was the twelfth round of the 1978 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 27 August 1978 at the Brno circuit.

  1978 Czechoslovak Grand Prix
Race details
Race 12 of 13 races in the
1978 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date27 August 1978
Official nameGrand Prix ČSSR
LocationBrno
Course
  • Permanent racing facility
  • 10.920 km (6.785 mi)
350 cc
Pole position
Rider Kork Ballington Kawasaki
Time 3:55.79
Fastest lap
Rider Kork Ballington Kawasaki
Time 3:54.33
Podium
First Kork Ballington Kawasaki
Second Gregg Hansford Kawasaki
Third Michel Rougerie Yamaha
250 cc
Pole position
Rider Kork Ballington Kawasaki
Time 4:04.40
Fastest lap
Rider Kork Ballington Kawasaki
Time 4:03.17
Podium
First Kork Ballington Kawasaki
Second Gregg Hansford Kawasaki
Third Mario Lega Morbidelli
50 cc
Pole position
Rider Ricardo Tormo Bultaco
Time 4:50.65
Fastest lap
Rider Ricardo Tormo Bultaco
Time 4:48.65
Podium
First Ricardo Tormo Bultaco
Second Claudio Lusuardi Bultaco
Third Henk van Kessel Sparton
Sidecar (B2A)
Pole position
Rider Werner Schwärzel Fath
Time 4:06.68
Fastest lap
Rider Alain Michel Seymaz-Yamaha
Time 4:10.24
Podium
First Alain Michel Seymaz-Yamaha
Second Rolf Biland TTM-Yamaha
Third Dick Greasley Busch-Yamaha

350 cc classification
Pos Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Grid Points
1 Kork Ballington Kawasaki 13 51:22.59 1 15
2 Gregg Hansford Kawasaki 13 +2.32 4 12
3 Michel Rougerie Yamaha 13 +18.43 2 10
4 Jon Ekerold Yamaha 13 +28.96 6 8
5 Paolo Pileri Morbidelli 13 +32.18 3 6
6 Takazumi Katayama Yamaha 13 +33.24 17 5
7 Anton Mang Kawasaki 13 +35.70 15 4
8 Tom Herron Yamaha 13 +40.43 9 3
9 Pentti Korhonen Yamaha 13 +50.13 5 2
10 Raymond Roche Yamaha 13 +50.59 7 1
11 Guy Bertin Yamaha 13 +1:26.54 16
12 Olivier Chevallier Yamaha 13 +1:37.59 8
13 Bruno Kneubühler Yamaha 13 +1:55.60 11
14 Adelio Faccioli Yamaha 13 +2:08.82 18
15 Harald Merkl Yamaha 13 +2:24.23
16 Seppo Rossi Yamaha 13 +3:12.77
17 Jean-Claude Hogrel Yamaha 13 +3:15.62
18 Edi Stöllinger Yamaha 13 +3:16.10
19 Carlos Lavado Yamaha 13 +6:49.57
20 Y. Matsumoto Yamaha 12 +1 lap
21 Michael Schmid Yamaha 12 +1 lap
22 K. Johansson Yamaha 12 +1 lap
Franco Uncini Yamaha 10
Richard Hubin Yamaha 12
Patrick Fernandez Yamaha 13
Vic Soussan Yamaha 14
Sauro Pazzaglia Yamaha 19
Roland Freymond Yamaha 20
40 starters in total
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250 cc classification
Pos Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Grid Points
1 Kork Ballington Kawasaki 11 45:18.37 1 15
2 Gregg Hansford Kawasaki 11 +16.24 3 12
3 Mario Lega Morbidelli 11 +22.41 10 10
4 Patrick Fernandez Yamaha 11 +31.09 7 8
5 Jon Ekerold Yamaha 11 +31.37 5 6
6 Raymond Roche Yamaha 11 +1:10.83 16 5
7 Vic Soussan Yamaha 11 +1:16.36 15 4
8 Walter Villa Harley-Davidson 11 +1:19.66 18 3
9 Franco Uncini Yamaha 11 +1:27.88 9 2
10 Anton Mang Kawasaki 11 +1:32.44 14 1
11 Guy Bertin Yamaha 11 +1:33.15 17
12 Edi Stöllinger Kawasaki 11 +1:34.23 20
13 Marc Fontan Yamaha 11 +1:34.77 19
14 Jacques Cornu Yamaha 11 +2:06.73
15 Olivier Chevallier Yamaha 11 +2:07.32 6
16 Grunwald Harfmann Yamaha 11 +2:12.01 11
17 Dave Hickman Jawa 11 +2:12.57
18 Bernd Tügethal Yamaha 11 +2:21.48
19 Seppo Rossi Yamaha 11 +2:22.01
20 Harald Merkl Yamaha 11 +2:30.92
21 Giovanni Pellettier Yamaha 11 +2:43.95
22 T. Laurens Yamaha 11 +2:55.32
23 Karl-Thomas Grässel Yamaha 11 +2:55.79
24 Eero Hyvärinen Yamaha 11 +3:16.23
Paolo Pileri Morbidelli 2
Leif Gustafsson Yamaha 4
Richard Hubin Yamaha 8
Tom Herron Yamaha 12
Jean-François Baldé Kawasaki 13
40 starters in total
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50 cc classification
Pos Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Grid Points
1 Ricardo Tormo Bultaco 8 38:47.11 1 15
2 Claudio Lusuardi Bultaco 8 +2:24.29 6 12
3 Henk van Kessel Sparton 8 +2:46.19 13 10
4 Enrico Cereda DRS 8 +2:46.77 7 8
5 Reiner Scheidhauer Kreidler 8 +2:47.28 8 6
6 Aldo Pero Kreidler 8 +3:18.51 12 5
7 Luigi Rinaudo Tomos 8 +3:42.61 18 4
8 Patrick Plisson ABF 8 +3:50.05 17 3
9 Zbyned Havrda Kreidler 8 +3:51.59 2
10 Wolfgang Müller Kreidler 8 +4:23.98 9 1
11 Ingo Emmerich Kreidler 8 +4:24.57 11
12 Cees van Dongen Kreidler 8 +4:36.71
13 Daniel Corvi Kreidler 8 +4:38.70 4
14 Chris Baert Kreidler 8 +4:51.86
15 Bruno di Carlo Kreidler 8 +5:11.73
16 Wolfgang Glawaty Kreidler 8 +5:30.71
17 Otto Machinek Kreidler 7 +1 lap
18 Ove Skifjeld Kreidler 7 +1 lap
19 Henrique Sande Kreidler 7 +1 lap 5
20 O. Krmicek Kreidler 6 +2 laps
Stefan Dörflinger Kreidler 2
Eugenio Lazzarini Kreidler 3
Hagen Klein Kreidler 10
Pierre Dumont Kreidler 14
Rolf Blatter Kreidler 15
Hans Hummel Kreidler 16
Günter Schirnhofer Kreidler 19
Theo Timmer Kreidler 20
34 starters in total
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Sidecar classification
Pos Rider Passenger Manufacturer Laps Time Grid Points
1 Alain Michel Stu Collins Seymaz-Yamaha 11 46:22.09 2 15
2 Rolf Biland Kenny Williams TTM-Yamaha 11 +21.11 3 12
3 Dick Greasley Gordon Russell Busch-Yamaha 11 +22.27 7 10
4 Jock Taylor James Neil Windle-Yamaha 11 +40.14 4 8
5 Hermann Schmid Kenny Arthur Schmid-Yamaha 11 +1:15.03 8 6
6 Max Venus Norbert Bittermann CAT-Yamaha 11 +1:18.93 9 5
7 Siegfried Schauzu Lorenzo Puzo Busch-Yamaha 11 +2:15.02 11 4
8 Cees Smit Jan Smit Seymaz-Yamaha 11 +2:21.90 3
9 Amedeo Zini Andrea Fornaro Busch-König 11 +2:25.37 2
10 Egbert Streuer Johann van der Kaap Schmid-Yamaha 11 +3:04.12 1
11 Klaus Sprengel Manfred Kürnsteiner Suzuki 11 +3:26.94
12 Kurt Jelonek V. Knapp König 11 +3:47.02
13 Gerald Corbaz Roland Gabriel Schmid-Yamaha 10 +1 lap
14 Kalevi Rahko Kari Laatikäinen Schmid-Yamaha 10 +1 lap
15 Heinz Thevissen Lothar Klein HTS-Yamaha 10 +1 lap
16 Heinz Luthringhauser Hermann Hahnn BMW 10 +1 lap
17 Ted Janssen Dennis Keen Yamaha 5 +6 laps
Werner Schwärzel Andreas Huber Fath 1
Rolf Steinhausen Wolfgang Kalauch Seymaz-Yamaha 5
Bruno Holzer Karl Meierhans LCR-Yamaha 6
Göte Brodin B. Gäl-Iros Yamaha 10
George O'Dell Cliff Holland Seymaz-Yamaha 12
Hermann Huber Bernd Schappacher König 13
Otto Haller Rainer Gundel MKM-Yamaha 14
Gustav Pape Franz Kallenberg König 15
30 starters in total
[1]

References
  1. Coleman, Barry (ed.). Motocourse 1978-1979. Hazleton Securities Ltd. p. 133. ISBN 0-905138-06-6.
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