1978 Austrian motorcycle Grand Prix
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Race details | |||
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Race 3 of 13 races in the 1978 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season |
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Date | 30 April 1978 | ||
Official name | Grosser Preis von Österreich | ||
Location | Salzburgring | ||
Course | Permanent racing facility 4.241 km (2.635 mi) |
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500 cc | |||
Pole position | |||
Rider | Johnny Cecotto | Yamaha | |
Time | 1:21.52 | ||
Fastest lap | |||
Rider | Kenny Roberts | Yamaha | |
Time | 1:21.70 | ||
Podium | |||
First | Kenny Roberts | Yamaha | |
Second | Johnny Cecotto | Yamaha | |
Third | Barry Sheene | Suzuki | |
350 cc | |||
Pole position | |||
Rider | Kork Ballington | Kawasaki | |
Time | 1:26.20 | ||
Fastest lap | |||
Rider | Kork Ballington | Kawasaki | |
Time | 1:25.72 | ||
Podium | |||
First | Kork Ballington | Kawasaki | |
Second | Franco Uncini | Yamaha | |
Third | Takazumi Katayama | Yamaha | |
125 cc | |||
Pole position | |||
Rider | Eugenio Lazzarini | MBA | |
Time | 1:33.84 | ||
Fastest lap | |||
Rider | Eugenio Lazzarini | MBA | |
Time | 1:32.98 | ||
Podium | |||
First | Eugenio Lazzarini | MBA | |
Second | Harald Bartol | Morbidelli | |
Third | Pierpaolo Bianchi | Minarelli | |
Sidecars | |||
Pole position | |||
Rider | Rolf Biland | TTM-Yamaha | |
Passenger | Kenny Williams | ||
Time | 1:32.54 | ||
Fastest lap | |||
Rider | Werner Schwärzel | Fath | |
Passenger | Andreas Huber | ||
Time | 1:30.65 | ||
Podium | |||
First | Rolf Biland | TTM-Yamaha | |
Kenny Williams | |||
Second | Mac Hobson | Seymaz-Yamaha | |
Kenny Birch | |||
Third | Alain Michel | Seymaz-Yamaha | |
Stu Collins |
The 1978 Austrian motorcycle Grand Prix was the third round of the 1978 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 30 April 1978 at the Salzburgring circuit.
Contents
500 cc classification
Pos | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Grid | Points | |
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1 | Kenny Roberts | Yamaha | 35 | 48:30.30 | 2 | 15 | |
2 | Johnny Cecotto | Yamaha | 35 | +16.46 | 1 | 12 | |
3 | Barry Sheene | Suzuki | 35 | +46.23 | 4 | 10 | |
4 | Marco Lucchinelli | Suzuki | 35 | +1:13.76 | 7 | 8 | |
5 | Tepi Länsivuori | Suzuki | 35 | +1:17.34 | 10 | 6 | |
6 | Michel Rougerie | Suzuki | 34 | +1 lap | 9 | 5 | |
7 | Wil Hartog | Suzuki | 34 | +1 lap | 17 | 4 | |
8 | Boet van Dulmen | Suzuki | 34 | +1 lap | 11 | 3 | |
9 | Franco Bonera | Suzuki | 34 | +1 lap | 13 | 2 | |
10 | Bruno Kneubühler | Suzuki | 34 | +1 lap | 16 | 1 | |
11 | Philippe Coulon | Suzuki | 34 | +1 lap | 12 | ||
12 | Les van Breda | Suzuki | 34 | +1 lap | 19 | ||
13 | Helmut Kassner | Suzuki | 34 | +1 lap | |||
14 | Jürgen Steiner | Suzuki | 33 | +2 laps | |||
15 | Franz Heller | Suzuki | 33 | +2 laps | |||
16 | Bo Granath | Suzuki | 33 | +2 laps | |||
17 | Markku Matikäinen | Suzuki | 33 | +2 laps | |||
18 | Franz Rau | Suzuki | 33 | +2 laps | |||
19 | Michael Schmid | Suzuki | 33 | +2 laps | |||
Pat Hennen | Suzuki | 3 | |||||
Virginio Ferrari | Suzuki | 5 | |||||
Takazumi Katayama | Yamaha | 6 | |||||
Steve Baker | Suzuki | 8 | |||||
Tom Herron | Suzuki | 14 | |||||
Jack Middelburg | Suzuki | 15 | |||||
John Newbold | Suzuki | 18 | |||||
Jean-Philippe Orban | Suzuki | 20 | |||||
36 starters in total | |||||||
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350 cc classification
125 cc classification
Sidecar classification
Pos | Rider | Passenger | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Grid | Points | |
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1 | Rolf Biland | Kenny Williams | TTM-Yamaha | 30 | 46:19.30 | 1 | 15 | |
2 | Mac Hobson | Kenny Birch | Seymaz-Yamaha | 30 | +17.72 | 11 | 12 | |
3 | Alain Michel | Stu Collins | Seymaz-Yamaha | 30 | +17.86 | 3 | 10 | |
4 | George O'Dell | Cliff Holland | Seymaz-Yamaha | 30 | +22.19 | 5 | 8 | |
5 | Bruno Holzer | Karl Meierhans | LCR-Yamaha | 30 | +1:21.42 | 9 | 6 | |
6 | Göte Brodin | Per-Erik Wickström | Yamaha | 30 | +1:26.83 | 7 | 5 | |
7 | Wolfgang Stropek | Karl Altricher | Schmid-Yamaha | 29 | +1 lap | 4 | ||
8 | Hermann Huber | Bernd Schappacher | König | 29 | +1 lap | 12 | 3 | |
9 | Klaus Sprengel | Manfred Kürnsteiner | Suzuki | 29 | +1 lap | 2 | ||
10 | Otto Haller | Rainer Gundel | MKM-Yamaha | 28 | +2 laps | 1 | ||
11 | Ernst Trachsel | Andreas Stager | TTM-Suzuki | 27 | +3 laps | 15 | ||
12 | Jock Taylor | Lewis Ward | Windle-Yamaha | 27 | +3 laps | |||
13 | Jean-François Monnin | Philippe Miserez | Seymaz-Yamaha | 25 | +5 laps | 13 | ||
Werner Schwärzel | Andreas Huber | Fath | 2 | |||||
Hermann Schmid | Kenny Arthur | Schmid-Yamaha | 4 | |||||
Rolf Steinhausen | Wolfgang Kalauch | Seymaz-Yamaha | 6 | |||||
Siegfried Schauzu | Lorenzo Puzo | Busch-Yamaha | 8 | |||||
Dick Greasley | Gordon Russell | Busch-Yamaha | 10 | |||||
Egbert Streuer | Johan van der Kap | Schmid-Yamaha | 14 | |||||
21 starters in total | ||||||||
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References
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FIM Grand Prix World Championship 1978 season |
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