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1978 Czechoslovak motorcycle Grand Prix

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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)
350cc
Pole position
Rider South Africa Kork Ballington Kawasaki
Time 3:55.79
Fastest lap
Rider South Africa Kork Ballington Kawasaki
Time 3:54.33
Podium
First South Africa Kork Ballington Kawasaki
Second Australia Gregg Hansford Kawasaki
Third France Michel Rougerie Yamaha
250cc
Pole position
Rider South Africa Kork Ballington Kawasaki
Time 4:04.40
Fastest lap
Rider South Africa Kork Ballington Kawasaki
Time 4:03.17
Podium
First South Africa Kork Ballington Kawasaki
Second Australia Gregg Hansford Kawasaki
Third Italy Mario Lega Morbidelli
50cc
Pole position
Rider Spain Ricardo Tormo Bultaco
Time 4:50.65
Fastest lap
Rider Spain Ricardo Tormo Bultaco
Time 4:48.65
Podium
First Spain Ricardo Tormo Bultaco
Second Italy Claudio Lusuardi Bultaco
Third Netherlands Henk van Kessel Sparton
Sidecar (B2A)
Pole position
Rider West Germany Werner Schwärzel Fath
Time 4:06.68
Fastest lap
Rider France Alain Michel Seymaz-Yamaha
Time 4:10.24
Podium
First France Alain Michel Seymaz-Yamaha
Second Switzerland Rolf Biland TTM-Yamaha
Third United Kingdom Dick Greasley Busch-Yamaha

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.

350 cc classification

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Pos Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Grid Points
1 South Africa Kork Ballington Kawasaki 13 51:22.59 1 15
2 Australia Gregg Hansford Kawasaki 13 +2.32 4 12
3 France Michel Rougerie Yamaha 13 +18.43 2 10
4 South Africa Jon Ekerold Yamaha 13 +28.96 6 8
5 Italy Paolo Pileri Morbidelli 13 +32.18 3 6
6 Japan Takazumi Katayama Yamaha 13 +33.24 17 5
7 West Germany Anton Mang Kawasaki 13 +35.70 15 4
8 United Kingdom Tom Herron Yamaha 13 +40.43 9 3
9 Finland Pentti Korhonen Yamaha 13 +50.13 5 2
10 France Raymond Roche Yamaha 13 +50.59 7 1
11 France Guy Bertin Yamaha 13 +1:26.54 16
12 France Olivier Chevallier Yamaha 13 +1:37.59 8
13 Switzerland Bruno Kneubühler Yamaha 13 +1:55.60 11
14 Italy Adelio Faccioli Yamaha 13 +2:08.82 18
15 West Germany Harald Merkl Yamaha 13 +2:24.23
16 Finland Seppo Rossi Yamaha 13 +3:12.77
17 France Jean-Claude Hogrel Yamaha 13 +3:15.62
18 Austria Edi Stöllinger Yamaha 13 +3:16.10
19 Venezuela Carlos Lavado Yamaha 13 +6:49.57
20 Japan Y. Matsumoto Yamaha 12 +1 lap
21 Austria Michael Schmid Yamaha 12 +1 lap
22 Sweden K. Johansson Yamaha 12 +1 lap
Italy Franco Uncini Yamaha 10
Belgium Richard Hubin Yamaha 12
France Patrick Fernandez Yamaha 13
Australia Vic Soussan Yamaha 14
Italy Sauro Pazzaglia Yamaha 19
Switzerland Roland Freymond Yamaha 20
40 starters in total
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250 cc classification

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Pos Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Grid Points
1 South Africa Kork Ballington Kawasaki 11 45:18.37 1 15
2 Australia Gregg Hansford Kawasaki 11 +16.24 3 12
3 Italy Mario Lega Morbidelli 11 +22.41 10 10
4 France Patrick Fernandez Yamaha 11 +31.09 7 8
5 South Africa Jon Ekerold Yamaha 11 +31.37 5 6
6 France Raymond Roche Yamaha 11 +1:10.83 16 5
7 Australia Vic Soussan Yamaha 11 +1:16.36 15 4
8 Italy Walter Villa Harley-Davidson 11 +1:19.66 18 3
9 Italy Franco Uncini Yamaha 11 +1:27.88 9 2
10 West Germany Anton Mang Kawasaki 11 +1:32.44 14 1
11 France Guy Bertin Yamaha 11 +1:33.15 17
12 Austria Edi Stöllinger Kawasaki 11 +1:34.23 20
13 France Marc Fontan Yamaha 11 +1:34.77 19
14 Switzerland Jacques Cornu Yamaha 11 +2:06.73
15 France Olivier Chevallier Yamaha 11 +2:07.32 6
16 Austria Grunwald Harfmann Yamaha 11 +2:12.01 11
17 United Kingdom Dave Hickman Jawa 11 +2:12.57
18 West Germany Bernd Tügethal Yamaha 11 +2:21.48
19 Finland Seppo Rossi Yamaha 11 +2:22.01
20 West Germany Harald Merkl Yamaha 11 +2:30.92
21 Italy Giovanni Pellettier Yamaha 11 +2:43.95
22 France T. Laurens Yamaha 11 +2:55.32
23 West Germany Karl-Thomas Grässel Yamaha 11 +2:55.79
24 Finland Eero Hyvärinen Yamaha 11 +3:16.23
Italy Paolo Pileri Morbidelli 2
Sweden Leif Gustafsson Yamaha 4
Belgium Richard Hubin Yamaha 8
United Kingdom Tom Herron Yamaha 12
France Jean-François Baldé Kawasaki 13
40 starters in total
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50 cc classification

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Pos Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Grid Points
1 Spain Ricardo Tormo Bultaco 8 38:47.11 1 15
2 Italy Claudio Lusuardi Bultaco 8 +2:24.29 6 12
3 Netherlands Henk van Kessel Sparton 8 +2:46.19 13 10
4 Italy Enrico Cereda DRS 8 +2:46.77 7 8
5 West Germany Reiner Scheidhauer Kreidler 8 +2:47.28 8 6
6 Italy Aldo Pero Kreidler 8 +3:18.51 12 5
7 Italy Luigi Rinaudo Tomos 8 +3:42.61 18 4
8 France Patrick Plisson ABF 8 +3:50.05 17 3
9 Czechoslovakia Zbyned Havrda Kreidler 8 +3:51.59 2
10 West Germany Wolfgang Müller Kreidler 8 +4:23.98 9 1
11 West Germany Ingo Emmerich Kreidler 8 +4:24.57 11
12 Netherlands Cees van Dongen Kreidler 8 +4:36.71
13 France Daniel Corvi Kreidler 8 +4:38.70 4
14 Belgium Chris Baert Kreidler 8 +4:51.86
15 France Bruno di Carlo Kreidler 8 +5:11.73
16 West Germany Wolfgang Glawaty Kreidler 8 +5:30.71
17 Austria Otto Machinek Kreidler 7 +1 lap
18 Norway Ove Skifjeld Kreidler 7 +1 lap
19 Portugal Henrique Sande Kreidler 7 +1 lap 5
20 Czechoslovakia O. Krmicek Kreidler 6 +2 laps
Switzerland Stefan Dörflinger Kreidler 2
Italy Eugenio Lazzarini Kreidler 3
West Germany Hagen Klein Kreidler 10
Belgium Pierre Dumont Kreidler 14
Switzerland Rolf Blatter Kreidler 15
Austria Hans Hummel Kreidler 16
West Germany Günter Schirnhofer Kreidler 19
Netherlands Theo Timmer Kreidler 20
34 starters in total
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Sidecar classification

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Pos Rider Passenger Manufacturer Laps Time Grid Points
1 France Alain Michel United Kingdom Stu Collins Seymaz-Yamaha 11 46:22.09 2 15
2 Switzerland Rolf Biland United Kingdom Kenny Williams TTM-Yamaha 11 +21.11 3 12
3 United Kingdom Dick Greasley United Kingdom Gordon Russell Busch-Yamaha 11 +22.27 7 10
4 United Kingdom Jock Taylor United Kingdom James Neil Windle-Yamaha 11 +40.14 4 8
5 Switzerland Hermann Schmid United Kingdom Kenny Arthur Schmid-Yamaha 11 +1:15.03 8 6
6 West Germany Max Venus West Germany Norbert Bittermann CAT-Yamaha 11 +1:18.93 9 5
7 West Germany Siegfried Schauzu West Germany Lorenzo Puzo Busch-Yamaha 11 +2:15.02 11 4
8 Netherlands Cees Smit West Germany Jan Smit Seymaz-Yamaha 11 +2:21.90 3
9 Italy Amedeo Zini Italy Andrea Fornaro Busch-König 11 +2:25.37 2
10 Netherlands Egbert Streuer Netherlands Johann van der Kaap Schmid-Yamaha 11 +3:04.12 1
11 Austria Klaus Sprengel Austria Manfred Kürnsteiner Suzuki 11 +3:26.94
12 West Germany Kurt Jelonek West Germany V. Knapp König 11 +3:47.02
13 Switzerland Gerald Corbaz Switzerland Roland Gabriel Schmid-Yamaha 10 +1 lap
14 Finland Kalevi Rahko Finland Kari Laatikäinen Schmid-Yamaha 10 +1 lap
15 West Germany Heinz Thevissen West Germany Lothar Klein HTS-Yamaha 10 +1 lap
16 West Germany Heinz Luthringhauser West Germany Hermann Hahnn BMW 10 +1 lap
17 West Germany Ted Janssen United Kingdom Dennis Keen Yamaha 5 +6 laps
West Germany Werner Schwärzel West Germany Andreas Huber Fath 1
West Germany Rolf Steinhausen West Germany Wolfgang Kalauch Seymaz-Yamaha 5
Switzerland Bruno Holzer Switzerland Karl Meierhans LCR-Yamaha 6
Sweden Göte Brodin Sweden B. Gäl-Iros Yamaha 10
United Kingdom George O'Dell United Kingdom Cliff Holland Seymaz-Yamaha 12
West Germany Hermann Huber West Germany Bernd Schappacher König 13
West Germany Otto Haller West Germany Rainer Gundel MKM-Yamaha 14
West Germany Gustav Pape West Germany Franz Kallenberg König 15
30 starters in total
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References

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  1. ^ a b c d Coleman, Barry (ed.). Motocourse 1978-1979. Hazleton Securities Ltd. p. 133. ISBN 0-905138-06-6.


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