1978 Yugoslavian motorcycle Grand Prix

The 1978 Yugoslavian motorcycle Grand Prix was the thirteenth and final round of the 1978 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 17 September 1978 at the Staza Grobnik Rijeka.

  1978 Yugoslavian Grand Prix
Race details
Race 13 of 13 races in the
1978 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date17 September 1978
Official nameGrand Prix de Yougoslavie
LocationStaza Grobink Rijeka
Course
  • Permanent racing facility
  • 4.168 km (2.590 mi)
350 cc
Pole position
Rider Gregg Hansford Kawasaki
Time 1:39.96
Fastest lap
Rider Gregg Hansford Kawasaki
Time 1:38.0
Podium
First Gregg Hansford Kawasaki
Second Franco Bonera Yamaha
Third Patrick Fernandez Yamaha
250 cc
Pole position
Rider Kork Ballington Kawasaki
Time 1:42.86
Fastest lap
Rider Anton Mang Kawasaki
Time 1:39.0
Podium
First Gregg Hansford Kawasaki
Second Anton Mang Kawasaki
Third Kork Ballington Kawasaki
125 cc
Pole position
Rider Thierry Espié Motobécane
Time 1:43.70
Fastest lap
Rider Patrick Plisson Morbidelli
Time 1:43.2
Podium
First Ángel Nieto Minarelli
Second Hans Müller Morbidelli
Third Pierluigi Conforti Morbidelli
50 cc
Pole position
Rider Eugenio Lazzarini Kreidler
Time 1:54.93
Fastest lap
Rider Ricardo Tormo Bultaco
Time 1:52.86
Podium
First Ricardo Tormo Bultaco
Second Eugenio Lazzarini Kreidler
Third Patrick Plisson ABF

350 cc classification
Pos Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Grid Points
1 Gregg Hansford Kawasaki 35 58:21.2 1 15
2 Franco Bonera Yamaha 35 +7.3 4 12
3 Patrick Fernandez Yamaha 35 +21.2 2 10
4 Vic Soussan Yamaha 35 +24.5 5 8
5 Jon Ekerold Yamaha 35 +31.8 11 6
6 Anton Mang Kawasaki 35 +32.2 12 5
7 Olivier Chevallier Yamaha 35 +1:40.0 8 4
8 Vanes Francini Yamaha 35 +1:44.4 14 3
9 Giovanni Pellettier Yamaha 34 +1 lap 16 2
10 Roland Freymond Yamaha 34 +1 lap 15 1
11 Mario Lega Morbidelli 34 +1 lap 10
12 Giovanni Rolando Yamaha 34 +1 lap
13 Franco Marcheggiani Yamaha 34 +1 lap
14 Y. Matsumoto Yamaha 34 +1 lap
15 Peter Sjoström Yamaha 33 +2 laps
Kork Ballington Kawasaki 3
Tom Herron Yamaha 6
Hervé Moineau Yamaha 7
Pierluigi Conforti Yamaha 9
Paolo Pileri Morbidelli 13
Bruno Kneubühler Yamaha 17
Pentti Korhonen Yamaha 18
Sauro Pazzaglia Yamaha 19
Leif Gustafsson Yamaha 20
30 starters in total
[1]

250 cc classification
Pos Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Grid Points
1 Gregg Hansford Kawasaki 29 49:28.98 2 15
2 Anton Mang Kawasaki 29 +4.00 13 12
3 Kork Ballington Kawasaki 29 +4.31 1 10
4 Paolo Pileri Morbidelli 29 +12.91 4 8
5 Jon Ekerold Yamaha 29 +31.68 6 6
6 Patrick Fernandez Yamaha 29 +31.93 3 5
7 Mario Lega Morbidelli 29 +44.34 5 4
8 Pentti Korhonen Yamaha 29 +1:23.02 7 3
9 Roland Freymond Yamaha 29 +1:40.90 18 2
10 Eero Hyvärinen Yamaha 29 +1:41.16 12 1
11 Hans Müller Yamaha 29 +1:43.85 15
12 Giovanni Pellettier Yamaha 28 +1 lap
13 Vanes Francini Yamaha 28 +1 lap
14 Bernd Tüngethal Yamaha 28 +1 lap
15 Franco Marcheggiani Yamaha 28 +1 lap
16 Giorgio Avveduti Yamaha 28 +1 lap 19
17 Renè Delaby Yamaha 28 +1 lap
18 Olivier Liegeois Yamaha 28 +1 lap
Olivier Chevallier Yamaha 8
Vic Soussan Yamaha 9
Tom Herron Yamaha 10
Thierry Espié Yamaha 11
Sauro Pazzaglia Yamaha 14
Leif Gustafsson Yamaha 16
Hervé Moineau Yamaha 17
30 starters in total
[1]

125 cc classification
Pos Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Grid Points
1 Ángel Nieto Minarelli 25 44:33.3 2 15
2 Hans Müller Morbidelli 25 +10.8 4 12
3 Pierluigi Conforti Morbidelli 25 +11.1 3 10
4 Harald Bartol Morbidelli 25 +23.6 9 8
5 Maurizio Massimiani Morbidelli 25 +41.4 13 6
6 Jean-Louis Guignabodet Morbidelli 25 +41.7 10 5
7 Matti Kinnunen Morbidelli 25 +45.8 7 4
8 Per-Edward Carlson Morbidelli 25 +56.4 14 3
9 Patrick Plisson Morbidelli 25 +57.7 16 2
10 Thierry Noblesse Morbidelli 25 +1:04.4 6 1
11 P. Herouard Morbidelli 25 +1:14.0 11
12 Stefan Dörflinger Morbidelli 25 +1:24.2 8
13 Rolf Blatter Morbidelli 25 +1:50.8 15
14 Claudio Lusuardi Morbidelli 24 +1 lap
15 Henk van Kessel Condor 24 +1 lap 18
16 Enrico Cereda Morbidelli 24 +1 lap 20
17 Maurizio Musco Morbidelli 24 +1 lap 19
18 Theo Timmer Morbidelli 24 +1 lap
19 Luigi Rinaudo Morbidelli 24 +1 lap
20 Hagen Klein Morbidelli 23 +2 laps
21 Boris Bajc Morbidelli 23 +2 laps
Thierry Espié Motobécane 1
Eugenio Lazzarini MBA 5
August Auinger Morbidelli 12
Italo Zerbini Morbidelli 17
30 starters in total
[1]

50 cc classification
Pos Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Grid Points
1 Ricardo Tormo Bultaco 20 38:15.02 2 15
2 Eugenio Lazzarini Kreidler 20 +14.58 1 12
3 Patrick Plisson ABF 20 +1:24.47 4 10
4 Rolf Blatter Kreidler 20 +1:25.27 7 8
5 Ingo Emmerich Kreidler 20 +1:42.95 6 6
6 Hagen Klein Kreidler 20 +1:52.26 11 5
7 Wolfgang Müller Kreidler 20 +1:53.48 5 4
8 Enrico Cereda DRS 19 +1 lap 10 3
9 Reiner Scheidhauer Kreidler 19 +1 lap 8 2
10 Aldo Pero Kreidler 19 +1 lap 9 1
11 Peter Looyenstein Kreidler 19 +1 lap 13
12 Henk van Kessel Sparta 19 +1 lap 14
13 Bruno di Carlo Kreidler 19 +1 lap 20
14 Chris Baert Kreidler 19 +1 lap
15 S. Zattoni LGM 19 +1 lap
16 Ezio Mischiatti LGM 18 +2 laps
17 Otto Machinek Kreidler 18 +2 laps
Stefan Dörflinger Kreidler 3
Günter Schirnhofer Kreidler 12
Theo Timmer Kreidler 15
Claudio Lusuardi Kreidler 16
"Krstic" Kreidler 17
Hans Hummel Kreidler 18
Benjamin Laurent FBM 19
30 starters in total
[1]

References
  1. Coleman, Barry (ed.). Motocourse 1978-1979. Hazleton Securities Ltd. p. 137. ISBN 0-905138-06-6.
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