1978 French motorcycle Grand Prix
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The 1978 French motorcycle Grand Prix was the fourth round of the 1978 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 7 May 1978 at the Nogaro circuit.
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500 cc classification
350 cc classification
Pos | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Grid | Points |
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1 | 16 | Gregg Hansford | Kawasaki | 36 | 51:29.2 | 3 | 15 |
2 | 5 | Kork Ballington | Kawasaki | 36 | +7.8 | 2 | 12 |
3 | 3 | Jon Ekerold | Yamaha | 36 | +46.8 | 12 | 10 |
4 | 2 | Tom Herron | Yamaha | 36 | +54.3 | 8 | |
5 | 31 | Vic Soussan | Yamaha | 36 | +1:09.1 | 8 | 6 |
6 | 1 | Patrick Fernandez | Yamaha | 36 | +1:11.3 | 5 | 5 |
7 | 6 | Olivier Chevallier | Yamaha | 36 | +1:18.3 | 1 | 4 |
8 | 29 | Pentti Korhonen | Yamaha | 36 | +1:23.8 | 3 | |
9 | 41 | Raymond Roche | Yamaha | 36 | +1:24.5 | 4 | 2 |
10 | 4 | Michel Rougerie | Yamaha | 35 | +1 lap | 1 | |
11 | 10 | Mick Grant | Kawasaki | 35 | +1 lap | 11 | |
12 | 49 | Clive Padgett | Yamaha | 35 | +1 lap | ||
13 | 19 | Sadao Asami | Yamaha | 35 | +1 lap | ||
14 | 21 | Franco Bonera | Yamaha | 35 | +1 lap | ||
15 | 11 | Chas Mortimer | Yamaha | 35 | +1 lap | ||
16 | 34 | Michel Frutschi | Yamaha | 35 | +1 lap | ||
17 | 30 | Leif Gustafsson | Yamaha | 35 | +1 lap | ||
18 | 40 | Denis Boulom | Yamaha | 34 | +2 laps | ||
19 | 24 | Eero Hyvärinen | Yamaha | 33 | +3 laps | ||
20 | 57 | Michel Rastel | Yamaha | 33 | +3 laps | ||
Guy Bertin | Yamaha | 6 | |||||
Christian Sarron | Yamaha | 7 | |||||
John Dodds | Yamaha | 9 | |||||
Takazumi Katayama | Yamaha | 10 | |||||
36 starters in total, 21 finishers | |||||||
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250 cc classification
Pos | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Grid | Points |
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1 | 25 | Gregg Hansford | Kawasaki | 33 | 48:22.1 | 2 | 15 |
2 | 20 | Kenny Roberts | Yamaha | 33 | +2.1 | 7 | 12 |
3 | 6 | Kork Ballington | Kawasaki | 33 | +25.1 | 4 | 10 |
4 | 8 | Jon Ekerold | Yamaha | 33 | +48.9 | 8 | |
5 | 5 | Tom Herron | Yamaha | 33 | +1:07.1 | 6 | |
6 | 37 | Raymond Roche | Yamaha | 33 | +1:12.7 | 3 | 5 |
7 | 12 | Chas Mortimer | Yamaha | 33 | +1:15.9 | 9 | 4 |
8 | 4 | Olivier Chevallier | Yamaha | 33 | +1:22.6 | 6 | 3 |
9 | 21 | Vic Soussan | Yamaha | 33 | +1:22.9 | 12 | 2 |
10 | 34 | Guy Bertin | Yamaha | 33 | +1:23.3 | 8 | 1 |
11 | 2 | Franco Uncini | Yamaha | 33 | +1:30.2 | 10 | |
12 | 48 | Clive Padgett | Yamaha | 32 | +1 lap | ||
13 | 27 | Hervé Moineau | Yamaha | 32 | +1 lap | ||
14 | 39 | Sadao Asami | Yamaha | 32 | +1 lap | ||
15 | 16 | Leif Gustafsson | Yamaha | 32 | +1 lap | ||
16 | 40 | Jean-Claude Meilland | Yamaha | 32 | +1 lap | ||
17 | 31 | Jacques Cornu | Yamaha | 32 | +1 lap | ||
18 | 46 | Pierre Tocco | Yamaha | 32 | +1 lap | 11 | |
19 | 51 | Carlos Lavado | Yamaha | 31 | +2 laps | ||
20 | 22 | Josef Hage | Yamaha | 31 | +2 laps | ||
Patrick Fernandez | Yamaha | 1 | |||||
Jean-François Baldé | Kawasaki | 5 | |||||
36 starters in total, 24 finishers | |||||||
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125 cc classification
Sidecar classification
Pos | No. | Rider | Passenger | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Grid | Points |
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1 | 2 | Rolf Biland | Kenny Williams | Beo-Yamaha | 30 | 46:25.2 | 2 | 15 |
2 | 5 | Alain Michel | Stu Collins | Seymaz-Yamaha | 30 | +2.0 | 1 | 12 |
3 | 10 | Mac Hobson | Ken Birch | Yamaha | 30 | +48.5 | 7 | 10 |
4 | 1 | George O'Dell | Cliff Holland | Seymaz-Yamaha | 30 | +1:25.9 | 8 | |
5 | 8 | Bruno Holzer | Karl Meierhans | LCR-Yamaha | 30 | +1:25.4 | 8 | 6 |
6 | 3 | Werner Schwärzel | Andreas Huber | Fath | 29 | +1 lap | 6 | 5 |
7 | 19 | Jock Taylor | Lewis Ward | Windle-Yamaha | 29 | +1 lap | 4 | |
8 | 6 | Göte Brodin | Per-Erik Wickström | Yamaha | 29 | +1 lap | 3 | |
9 | 15 | Bill Hodgkins | John Parkins | Windle-Yamaha | 29 | +1 lap | 2 | |
10 | 23 | Gérard Corbaz | Roland Gabriel | Schmid-Yamaha | 29 | +1 lap | 1 | |
11 | 16 | John Barker | Nick Cutmore | Yamaha | 29 | +1 lap | ||
12 | 36 | Ernst Trachsel | Andreas Stager | TTM-Suzuki | 29 | +1 lap | 9 | |
13 | 12 | Siegfried Schauzu | Lorenzo Puzo | Busch-Yamaha | 28 | +2 laps | ||
14 | 30 | Bernard Chabert | Patrick Jourdain | GEP-Yamaha | 28 | +2 laps | ||
15 | 33 | Jean-Claude Jaquet | René Delarre | Yamaha | 28 | +2 laps | ||
Jean-François Monnin | Philippe Miserez | Seymaz-Yamaha | 3 | |||||
Yvan Troillet | Pierre Muller | GEP-Yamaha | 4 | |||||
Rolf Steinhausen | Wolfgang Kalauch | Seymaz-Yamaha | 5 | |||||
Hermann Huber | Bernd Schappacher | König | 10 | |||||
24 starters in total, 18 finishers | ||||||||
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References
Previous race: 1978 Austrian Grand Prix |
FIM Grand Prix World Championship 1978 season |
Next race: 1978 Nations Grand Prix |
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