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1978 British motorcycle Grand Prix

Field	Value
Grand Prix	British
flag	United Kingdom
Official_Name	John Player British Grand Prix
Location	Silverstone Circuit
Course_mi	2.927
Course_km	4.711
Race_No	10
Season_No	13
Date	6 August
Year	1978
Image	Silverstone Circuit 1952 to 1974.png
Pole_Rider_500	Michel Rougerie
Pole_Rider_500_Country	FRA
Pole_Time_500	1:30.980
Fast_Rider_500	Kenny Roberts
Fast_Rider_500_Country	USA
Fast_Time_500	1:31.38
First_Rider_500	Kenny Roberts
First_Rider_500_Country	USA
Second_Rider_500	Steve Manship
Second_Rider_500_Country	UK
Third_Rider_500	Barry Sheene
Third_Rider_500_Country	UK
Pole_Rider_350	Kork Ballington
Pole_Rider_350_Country	RSA
Pole_Rider_350_Country_flag_suffix	1928
Pole_Time_350	1:34.600
Fast_Rider_350	Tom Herron
Fast_Rider_350_Country	UK
Fast_Time_350	1:33.830
First_Rider_350	Kork Ballington
First_Rider_350_Country	RSA
First_Rider_350_Country_flag_suffix	1928
Second_Rider_350	Tom Herron
Second_Rider_350_Country	UK
Third_Rider_350	Mick Grant
Third_Rider_350_Country	UK
Pole_Rider_250	Kork Ballington
Pole_Rider_250_Country	RSA
Pole_Rider_250_Country_flag_suffix	1928
Pole_Time_250	1:37.140
Fast_Rider_250	Anton Mang
Fast_Rider_250_Country	BRD
Fast_Time_250	1:37.400
First_Rider_250	Anton Mang
First_Rider_250_Country	BRD
Second_Rider_250	Tom Herron
Second_Rider_250_Country	UK
Third_Rider_250	Raymond Roche
Third_Rider_250_Country	FRA
Pole_Rider_125	Eugenio Lazzarini
Pole_Rider_125_Country	ITA
Pole_Time_125	1:42.690
Fast_Rider_125	Eugenio Lazzarini
Fast_Rider_125_Country	ITA
Fast_Time_125	1:42.220
First_Rider_125	Ángel Nieto
First_Rider_125_Country	SPA
First_Rider_125_Country_flag_suffix	1977
Second_Rider_125	Clive Horton
Second_Rider_125_Country	UK
Third_Rider_125	Eugenio Lazzarini
Third_Rider_125_Country	ITA
Pole_Rider_Sidecar	Rolf Biland
Pole_Rider_Sidecar_Country	SUI
Pole_Passenger_Sidecar	Kenny Williams
Pole_Passenger_Sidecar_Country	UK
Pole_Time_Sidecar	1:38.190
Fast_Rider_Sidecar	Rolf Biland
Fast_Rider_Sidecar_Country	SUI
Fast_Passenger_Sidecar	Kenny Williams
Fast_Passenger_Sidecar_Country	UK
Fast_Time_Sidecar	1:46.920
First_Rider_Sidecar	Alain Michel
First_Rider_Sidecar_Country	FRA
First_Passenger_Sidecar	Stu Collins
First_Passenger_Sidecar_Country	UK
Second_Rider_Sidecar	Rolf Biland
Second_Rider_Sidecar_Country	SUI
Second_Passenger_Sidecar	Kenny Williams
Second_Passenger_Sidecar_Country	UK
Third_Rider_Sidecar	Jock Taylor
Third_Rider_Sidecar_Country	UK
Third_Passenger_Sidecar	James Neil
Third_Passenger_Sidecar_Country	UK

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The 1978 British motorcycle Grand Prix was the tenth round of the 1978 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 5–6 August 1978 at Silverstone Circuit.

500cc race report

Kenny Roberts and Barry Sheene, the two championship contenders arrived in England for the British Grand Prix with only three points separating them. The race ended in controversy when torrential rains during the race, along with pit stops for tire changes by both Roberts and Sheene, created confusion among official scorers. Eventually, Roberts was declared the winner with Sheene being awarded third place behind privateer Steve Manship, who did not stop for a tire change.

500cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Time/Retired
1	USA Kenny Roberts	Yamaha Motor Company	Yamaha	55'56.930	15
43	GBR Steve Manship		Suzuki	+8.050	12
7	GBR Barry Sheene	Texaco Heron Team Suzuki	Suzuki	+1'06.760	10
11	ITA Marco Lucchinelli	Cagiva Corse	Suzuki	+1'29.350	8
2	FIN Tepi Länsivuori		Suzuki	+1'56.980	6
22	ITA Gianni Rolando	Team Librenti	Suzuki	+1 lap	5
4	VEN Johnny Cecotto	Yamaha Motor Company	Yamaha	+1 lap	4
5	GBR John Newbold	Ray Hamblin Motorcycles	Suzuki	+1 lap	3
8	JPN Takazumi Katayama	Sarome & Motul Team	Yamaha	+1 lap	2
12	ITA Virginio Ferrari	Team Gallina Nava Olio Fiat	Suzuki	+1 lap	1
13	FRA Michel Rougerie		Suzuki	+1 lap
16	GBR John Williams	Team Appleby Glade	Suzuki	+1 lap
9	GBR Alex George		Suzuki	+1 lap
42	NLD Jack Middelburg		Suzuki	+1 lap
6	GBR Steve Parrish		Suzuki	+2 laps
3	CHE Philippe Coulon	Marlboro Nava Total	Suzuki	+2 laps
28	FRG Gerhard Vogt	Bill Smith Racing	Suzuki	+2 laps
38	SWE Peter Sjoström		Suzuki	+3 laps
17	NZL John Woodley	Sid Griffiths Racing	Suzuki	+3 laps
37	NLD Dick Alblas		Suzuki	+3 laps
??	NLD Wil Hartog	Riemersma Racing	Suzuki	Retired
??	ITA Graziano Rossi	Team Gallina Nava Olio Fiat	Suzuki	Accident
??	ITA Franco Bonera	Team Kiwi Yamoto	Cagiva	Accident
??	CHE Bruno Kneubühler	RSS Racing Team	Suzuki	Tyre problems
??	NZL Dennis Ireland		Suzuki	Tyre problems
??	NZL Roger Marshall	George Beale	Yamaha	Tyre problems
??	AUS Jack Findlay		Suzuki	Tyre problems
??	RSA Leslie van Breda		Suzuki	Retired
??	AUT Max Wiener		Suzuki	Retired
??	NLD Boet van Dulmen		Suzuki	Retired
??	UK Kevin Stowe	Harold Coppock	Suzuki	Retired
??	AUT Werner Nenning	Mobel Nenning Racing Team	Suzuki	Retired
??	USA Steve Baker	Team Gallina Nava Olio Fiat	Suzuki	Retired
??	BRD Franz Rau	Kazenmaier Autovermietung	Suzuki	Retired
??	GBR Graham Wood	Barton Spondon	Suzuki	Retired
??	GBR Dave Potter	Ted Broad	Suzuki	Retired
??	GBR Ron Haslam	Mal Carter	Yamaha	Retired
??	GBR Marc Fontan		Suzuki	Retired

350 cc classification

Pos	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid
5	ZAF Kork Ballington	Kawasaki	28	44:43.57	1	15
2	GBR Tom Herron	Yamaha	28	+10.23	6	12
10	GBR Mick Grant	Kawasaki	28	+23.01	10	10
4	FRA Michel Rougerie	Yamaha	28	+52.43	5	8
23	ITA Franco Bonera	Yamaha	28	+59.09		6
25	AUS Vic Soussan	Yamaha	28	+59.76		5
7	FRA Christian Sarron	Yamaha	28	+59.85	8	4
6	FRA Olivier Chevallier	Yamaha	28	+1:00.24	3	3
28	SWE Leif Gustafsson	Yamaha	28	+1:00.74		2
19	FRA Patrick Pons	Yamaha	28	+1:30.23		1
51	CHE Roland Freymond	Yamaha	28	+1:31.27
29	ITA Paolo Pileri	Morbidelli	28	+1:31.48
50	GBR Clive Padgett	Yamaha	27	+1 lap
44	GBR Ian Richards	Yamaha	27	+1 lap
31	JPN Sadao Asami	Yamaha	27	+1 lap
47	NLD Jack Middelburg	Yamaha	27	+1 lap
40	FIN Reino Eskelinen	Yamaha	27	+1 lap
41	ITA Walter Villa	Harley-Davidson	27	+1 lap
	JPN Takazumi Katayama	Yamaha			2
	AUS Gregg Hansford	Kawasaki			4
	AUS Ray Quincey	Yamaha			7
	FRA Raymond Roche	Yamaha			9
41 starters in total

250 cc classification

Pos	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid
15	FRG Anton Mang	Kawasaki	26	43:03.32		15
5	GBR Tom Herron	Yamaha	26	+0.19	4	12
29	FRA Raymond Roche	Yamaha	26	+23.45	9	10
10	GBR Mick Grant	Kawasaki	26	+30.82	8	8
13	FRA Olivier Chevallier	Yamaha	26	+30.97	7	6
26	CHE Hans Müller	Yamaha	26	+31.48	5	5
18	FRA Jean-François Baldé	Kawasaki	26	+31.64	10	4
9	FRA Patrick Fernandez	Yamaha	26	+31.78		3
51	CHE Roland Freymond	Yamaha	26	+59.31		2
43	FRA Marc Fontan	Yamaha	26	+59.63		1
22	GBR Clive Padgett	Yamaha	26	+1:10.30
21	AUS Vic Soussan	Yamaha	26	+1:11.84
53	FRA Hervé Moineau	Yamaha	26	+1:13.67
54	AUS Greg Johnson	Yamaha	26	+1:21.87
33	ZAF Dudley Cramond	Yamaha	26	+1:31.36
32	FIN Reino Eskelinen	Yamaha	26	+1:34.76
28	JPN Sadao Asami	Yamaha	26	+1:35.41
30	JPN Ken Nemoto	Yamaha	25	+1 lap
25	AUT Harald Bartol	HBI	25	+1 lap
17	GBR Bernard Murray	Yamaha	25	+1 lap
	ZAF Kork Ballington	Kawasaki			1
	USA Kenny Roberts	Yamaha			2
	AUS Gregg Hansford	Kawasaki			3
	AUS John Dodds	Yamaha			6
38 starters in total, 21 finishers

125 cc classification

Pos	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid
3	ESP Ángel Nieto	Minarelli	24	44:51.08	4	15
10	GBR Clive Horton	Morbidelli	24	+17.02	8	12
2	ITA Eugenio Lazzarini	MBA	24	+21.20	1	10
38	FRA Thierry Espié	Motobécane	24	+29.90	2	8
8	CHE Hans Müller	Morbidelli	24	+40.67	5	6
7	CHE Stefan Dörflinger	Morbidelli	24	+40.94	7	5
17	SWE Per-Edward Carlson	Morbidelli	24	+45.37		4
39	FRA Yves Dupont	Morbidelli	24	+1:01.91		3
4	FRA Jean-Louis Guignabodet	Morbidelli	24	+1:10.39		2
20	ITA Felice Agostini	Morbidelli	24	+1:10.65		1
43	CHE Karl Fuchs	Morbidelli	24	+1:44.40
30	NLD Cees van Dongen	Morbidelli	23	+1 lap
34	FRA Daniel Meyer	Morbidelli	23	+1 lap
47	AUT Ernst Fagerer	Morbidelli	23	+1 lap
24	MCO Patrick Herouard	Morbidelli	23	+1 lap
29	NLD Jan Ubels	Buton	22	+2 laps
36	CHE Alain Pellet	Morbidelli	22	+2 laps
	ITA Pierluigi Conforti	Morbidelli			3
	AUT Harald Bartol	Morbidelli			6
	SWE Bengt Johansson	Morbidelli			9
	FRA Thierry Noblesse	Morbidelli			10
34 starters in total

Sidecar classification

Pos	No.	Rider	Passenger	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid
5	FRA Alain Michel	GBR Stu Collins	Seymaz-Yamaha	25	45:27.56	2	15
2	CHE Rolf Biland	GBR Kenny Williams	Beo-Yamaha	25	+11.36	1	12
17	GBR Jock Taylor	GBR James Neil	Windle-Yamaha	25	+1:02.13	5	10
14	GBR Bill Hodgkins	GBR John Parkins	Windle-Yamaha	25	+1:10.44		8
1	GBR George O'Dell	GBR Cliff Holland	Seymaz-Yamaha	25	+1:23.39	4	6
22	GBR Mick Boddice	GBR Chas Burns	Woodhouse-Yamaha	25	+1:27.92		5
18	CHE Jean-François Monnin	CHE Paul Gerard	Seymaz-Yamaha	25	+1:41.19		4
7	GBR Dick Greasley	GBR Gordon Russell	Busch-Yamaha	24	+1 lap	6	3
11	FRG Siegfried Schauzu	FRG Lorenzo Puzo	Busch-Yamaha	24	+1 lap		2
6	SWE Göte Brodin	SWE Per-Erik Wickström	Yamaha	24	+1 lap	8	1
23	NLD Cees Smit	NLD Jan Smit	Seymaz-Yamaha	24	+1 lap
15	FRG Hermann Huber	FRG Bernd Schappacher	König	24	+1 lap
32	CHE Gérard Corbaz	CHE Roland Gabriel	Schmid-Yamaha	24	+1 lap
27	GBR Derek Jones	GBR Brian Ayres	Daytona-Yamaha	24	+1 lap
29	GBR John Barker	GBR Nick Cutmore	Yamaha	24	+1 lap
	FRG Rolf Steinhausen	FRG Wolfgang Kalauch	Seymaz-Yamaha			3
	AUT Wolfgang Stropek	AUT Karl Altrichter	Schmid-Yamaha			7
	CHE Bruno Holzer	CHE Karl Meierhans	LCR-Yamaha			9
	CHE Hermann Schmid	GBR Kenny Arthur	Schmid-Yamaha			10
31 starters in total, 21 finishers

References

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References

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(November 1978). "Roberts: A Champ With Class". American Motorcyclist.
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"Time to Fix 'Flag-to-Flag' Pit Stops Before Luck Runs Out". moto-racing.speedtv.com.
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(March 1979). "Motocourse 1978-1979". Hazleton Securities Ltd.
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