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1978 Belgian motorcycle Grand Prix

Motorcycle race

Field	Value
Grand Prix	Belgian
flag	Belgium
Location	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps
Course_mi	8.761
Course_km	14.100
Race_No	7
Season_No	13
Official_Name	Grand Prix Belgique / Grote Prijs België
Date	2 July
Year	1978
Image	Spa 1950.jpg
Pole_Rider_500	Johnny Cecotto
Pole_Rider_500_Country	VEN
Pole_Rider_500_Country_flag_suffix	1930
Pole_Time_500	3:48.600
Fast_Rider_500	Michel Rougerie
Fast_Rider_500_Country	FRA
Fast_Time_500	3:51.700
First_Rider_500	Wil Hartog
First_Rider_500_Country	NED
Second_Rider_500	Kenny Roberts
Second_Rider_500_Country	USA
Third_Rider_500	Barry Sheene
Third_Rider_500_Country	UK
Pole_Rider_250	Kork Ballington
Pole_Rider_250_Country	RSA
Pole_Rider_250_Country_flag_suffix	1928
Pole_Time_250	4:08.000
Fast_Rider_250	Walter Villa
Fast_Rider_250_Country	ITA
Fast_Time_250	4:22.400
First_Rider_250	Paolo Pileri
First_Rider_250_Country	ITA
Second_Rider_250	Franco Uncini
Second_Rider_250_Country	ITA
Third_Rider_250	Walter Villa
Third_Rider_250_Country	ITA
Pole_Rider_125	Ángel Nieto
Pole_Rider_125_Country	SPA
Pole_Rider_125_Country_flag_suffix	1977
Pole_Time_125	4:23.200
Fast_Rider_125	Pierpaolo Bianchi
ESP Ángel Nieto
Fast_Rider_125_Country	ITA
Fast_Time_125	4:42.700
First_Rider_125	Pierpaolo Bianchi
First_Rider_125_Country	ITA
Second_Rider_125	Ángel Nieto
Second_Rider_125_Country	SPA
Second_Rider_125_Country_flag_suffix	1977
Third_Rider_125	Maurizio Massimiani
Third_Rider_125_Country	ITA
Pole_Rider_50	Ricardo Tormo
Pole_Rider_50_Country	SPA
Pole_Rider_50_Country_flag_suffix	1977
Pole_Time_50	5:12.500
Fast_Rider_50	Ricardo Tormo
Fast_Rider_50_Country	SPA
Fast_Rider_50_Country_flag_suffix	1977
Fast_Time_50	5:16.100
First_Rider_50	Ricardo Tormo
First_Rider_50_Country	SPA
First_Rider_50_Country_flag_suffix	1977
Second_Rider_50	Eugenio Lazzarini
Second_Rider_50_Country	ITA
Third_Rider_50	Stefan Dörflinger
Third_Rider_50_Country	SUI
Pole_Rider_Sidecar	Rolf Steinhausen
Pole_Rider_Sidecar_Country	BRD
Pole_Passenger_Sidecar	Wolfgang Kalauch
Pole_Passenger_Sidecar_Country	BRD
Pole_Time_Sidecar	4:15.400
Fast_Rider_Sidecar	Alain Michel
Fast_Rider_Sidecar_Country	FRA
Fast_Passenger_Sidecar	Stu Collins
Fast_Passenger_Sidecar_Country	UK
Fast_Time_Sidecar	5:03.700
First_Rider_Sidecar	Bruno Holzer
First_Rider_Sidecar_Country	SUI
First_Passenger_Sidecar	Karl Meierhans
First_Passenger_Sidecar_Country	SUI
Second_Rider_Sidecar	Alain Michel
Second_Rider_Sidecar_Country	FRA
Second_Passenger_Sidecar	Stu Collins
Second_Passenger_Sidecar_Country	UK
Third_Rider_Sidecar	Rolf Biland
Third_Rider_Sidecar_Country	SUI
Third_Passenger_Sidecar	Kenny Williams
Third_Passenger_Sidecar_Country	UK

ESP Ángel Nieto |}}

The 1978 Belgian motorcycle Grand Prix was the seventh round of the 1978 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 2 July 1978 at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps. These races, along with the Spa 24 Hours touring car race 3 weeks later were the last international major events held on the old 14 kilometer Spa-Francorchamps circuit.

500 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Time/Retired
15	NLD Wil Hartog	Riemersma Racing	Suzuki	39'50.400	15
2	USA Kenny Roberts	Yamaha Motor Company	Yamaha	+15.800	12
7	GBR Barry Sheene	Texaco Heron Team Suzuki	Suzuki	+18.600	10
30	FRA Michel Rougerie		Suzuki	+21.300	8
21	FIN Tepi Länsivuori		Suzuki	+1'18.900	6
8	JPN Takazumi Katayama	Sarome & Motul Team	Yamaha	+1 lap	5
22	ITA Marco Lucchinelli	Cagiva Corse	Suzuki	+1 lap	4
9	GBR Alex George		Suzuki	+1 lap	3
17	GBR Tom Herron		Suzuki	+1 lap	2
46	NZL Dennis Ireland		Suzuki	+1 lap	1
39	NZL John Woodley	Sid Griffiths Racing	Suzuki	+1 lap
38	GBR John Williams	Team Appleby Glade	Suzuki	+1 lap
41	SWE Bo Granath		Suzuki	+1 lap
29	ITA Graziano Rossi	Team Gallina Nava Olio Fiat	Suzuki	+1 lap
14	AUS Jack Findlay		Suzuki	+1 lap
48	AUS Greg Johnson		Suzuki	+1 lap
45	BEL Hervé Regout		Yamaha	+1 lap
37	AUT Max Wiener		Suzuki	+1 lap
33	ZAF Leslie van Breda		Suzuki	+1 lap
36	FRG Gerhard Vogt	Bill Smith Racing	Suzuki	+1 lap
??	BEL Guy Cooremans		Suzuki	+1 lap
??	FRA Jean-Claude Hogrel	Buton	Buton	+1 lap
	VEN Johnny Cecotto	Yamaha Motor Company	Yamaha	Retired
	CHE Philippe Coulon	Marlboro Nava Total	Suzuki	Retired
	NLD Boet van Dulmen		Suzuki	Retired
	ITA Virginio Ferrari	Team Gallina Nava Olio Fiat	Suzuki	Retired
	USA Steve Baker	Team Gallina Nava Olio Fiat	Suzuki	Retired
	CHE Bruno Kneubühler	RSS Racing Team	Suzuki	Retired
	GBR John Newbold	Ray Hamblin Motorcycles	Suzuki	Retired
	DEN Børge Nielsen		Suzuki	Retired
	ZAF Jon Ekerold	Suzuki Deutschland	Yamaha	Retired
	NED Dick Alblas		Suzuki	Retired
	BRD Franz Heller	Caramba Racing Team Bohme	Suzuki	Retired
	BRD Franz Rau	Kazenmaier Autovermietung	Suzuki	Retired
	NED Cees Scheepens		Suzuki	Retired
	GBR Steve Parrish		Suzuki	Retired

250 cc classification

Pos	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid
31	ITA Paolo Pileri	Morbidelli	9	40:35.0		15
56	ITA Franco Uncini	Yamaha	9	+23.1	4	12
37	ITA Walter Villa	Harley-Davidson	9	+37.6	2	10
9	FRA Patrick Fernandez	Yamaha	9	+37.8	8	8
1	ZAF Kork Ballington	Kawasaki	9	+1:07.0	1	6
21	ITA Mario Lega	Morbidelli	9	+1:07.2	3	5
22	FRG Anton Mang	Kawasaki	9			4
36	AUS Vic Soussan	Yamaha	9			3
20	FIN Pentti Korhonen	Yamaha	9		6	2
12	SWE Leif Gustafsson	Yamaha	9		9	1
7	ZAF Jon Ekerold	Yamaha	9		10
48	BEL Etienne Geeraerd	Yamaha	9
43	BEL Albert Debouny	Yamaha	9
14	FRG Josef Hage	Japol	9
29	FIN Pekka Nurmi	Yamaha	9		12
62	FIN Reino Eskelinen	Yamaha	9
45	BEL René Delaby	Yamaha	9
17	FIN Eero Hyvärinen	Yamaha	9
63	GBR Clive Padgett	Yamaha	9
3	AUS Kenny Blake	Yamaha	9
	AUS John Dodds	Yamaha			5
	USA Kenny Roberts	Yamaha			7
	AUS Gregg Hansford	Kawasaki			11
38 starters in total, 24 finishers

125 cc classification

Pos	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid
3	ITA Pierpaolo Bianchi	Minarelli	8	38:12.2	3	15
32	ESP Ángel Nieto	Minarelli	8	+3.3	1	12
30	ITA Maurizio Massimiani	Morbidelli	8	+11.1	10	10
1	AUT August Auinger	Morbidelli	8	+1:29.3	9	8
37	FRA Patrick Plisson	Morbidelli	8	+1:34.5	7	6
26	ITA Eugenio Lazzarini	MBA	8		6	5
31	CHE Hans Müller	Morbidelli	8		5	4
4	CHE Rolf Blatter	Morbidelli	8			3
45	NLD Cees van Dongen	Morbidelli	8			2
21	FIN Matti Kinnunen	Morbidelli	8			1
47	NLD Bennie Wilbers	Morbidelli	8
41	FRA Jean-Claude Selini	Morbidelli	8
24	FRG Walter Koschine	Bender	8		12
17	GBR Clive Horton	Morbidelli	8
6	ITA Enrico Cereda	Morbidelli	8
22	SWE Bengt Johansson	Morbidelli	8
10	FRA Yves Dupont	Morbidelli	8
18	NLD Jan Huberts	Morbidelli	7
40	FRG Bernd Schneider	Bender	7
43	NLD Jan Ubels	Buton	7
	AUT Harald Bartol	Morbidelli			2
	FRA Thierry Espié	Motobécane			4
	CHE Stefan Dörflinger	Morbidelli			8
	FRA Jean-Louis Guignabodet	Morbidelli			11
38 starters in total, 20 finishers

50 cc classification

Pos	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid
36	ESP Ricardo Tormo	Bultaco	6	31:52.3	1	15
19	ITA Eugenio Lazzarini	Kreidler	6	+56.1	3	12
48	CHE Stefan Dörflinger	Kreidler	6	+2:23.2	2	10
23	ITA Claudio Lusuardi	Bultaco	6	+2:24.6		8
21	NLD Peter Looyestein	Kreidler	6	+2:32.9	11	6
42	BEL Pierre Dumont	Kreidler	6	+2:48.7	7	5
15	FRG Hagen Klein	Kreidler	6		12	4
28	FRA Patrick Plisson	ABF	6		8	3
38	NLD Cees van Dongen	Kreidler	6			2
35	NLD Theo Timmer	Bultaco	6		10	1
14	FRA Jacques Hutteau	ABF	6
26	FRG Wolfgang Müller	Kreidler	6		4
9	ESP Joaquín Gali	Bultaco	6
10	ESP Ramón Gali	Bultaco	6
32	FRG Günter Schirnhofer	Kreidler	6
4	FRA Daniel Corvi	Kreidler	6
40	BEL Chris Baert	Kreidler	5
46	BEL Marcel van der Steene	Kreidler	5
5	FRA Michel de Poligny	Scrab	5
47	BEL Dirk van der Donckt	Kreidler	5
	AUT Otto Machinek	Kreidler			5
	FRG Ingo Emmerich	Kreidler			6
	ITA Aldo Pero	Kreidler			9
40 starters in total, 24 finishers

Sidecar classification

Pos	No.	Rider	Passenger	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid
12	CHE Bruno Holzer	CHE Karl Meierhans	LCR-Yamaha	9	47:50.0	7	15
18	FRA Alain Michel	GBR Stu Collins	Seymaz-Yamaha	9	+22.7	5	12
4	CHE Rolf Biland	GBR Kenny Williams	TTM-Yamaha	9	+28.3	3	10
32	FRG Rolf Steinhausen	FRG Wolfgang Kalauch	Seymaz-Yamaha	9	+2:22.2	1	8
11	GBR Bill Hodgkins	GBR John Parkins	Windle-Yamaha	9	+3:01.0		6
44	GBR Jock Taylor	GBR James Neil	Windle-Yamaha	9			5
30	NLD Cees Smit	NLD Jan Smit	Seymaz-Yamaha	9			4
8	CHE Gérard Corbaz	CHE Roland Gabriel	Schmid-Yamaha	9		9	3
10	GBR Dick Greasley	GBR Gordon Russell	Busch-Yamaha	9		6	2
26	FRG Siegfried Schauzu	FRG Lorenzo Puzo	Busch-Yamaha	9		8	1
16	FRG Helmut Luneman	FRG Micha Stockel	Gespann-Yamaha	9
35	FRG Heinz Thevissen	FRG Lothar Klein	HTS-Yamaha	8	+1 lap
37	FRG Max Venus	FRG Norbert Bitterman	CAT-Yamaha	8	+1 lap
7	NLD Boy Brouwer	NLD Jan Oostwouder	Coan-Yamaha	8	+1 lap
	FRG Werner Schwärzel	FRG Andreas Huber	Fath			2
	SWE Göte Brodin	SWE Per-Erik Wickström	Yamaha			4
	CHE Hermann Schmid	GBR Kenny Arthur	Schmid-Yamaha			10
30 starters in total, 14 finishers

References

| Previous_year's_race = 1977 Belgian Grand Prix | Next_year's_race = 1979 Belgian Grand Prix

References

"1978 Belgian MotoGP | Motorsport Database".
"Alle Grand-Prix uitslagen en bijzonderheden, van 1973 (het jaar dat Jack begon met racen) tot heden.".
Mitchell, Malcolm. "1978 500cc Class (FIM Grand Prix World Championship) Programmes - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project".
Mitchell, Malcolm. "Spa-Francorchamps - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project".
(March 1979). "Motocourse 1978-1979". Hazleton Securities Ltd.
(1 February 2018). "1978 Belgian MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database".
"BELGIUM GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1978".

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