1978 British motorcycle Grand Prix

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.

  1978 British Grand Prix
Race details
Race 10 of 13 races in the
1978 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date6 August 1978
Official nameJohn Player British Grand Prix[1][2][3]
LocationSilverstone Circuit
Course
  • Permanent racing facility
  • 4.711 km (2.927 mi)
500 cc
Pole position
Rider Michel Rougerie
Time 1:30.980
Fastest lap
Rider Kenny Roberts
Time 1:31.38
Podium
First Kenny Roberts
Second Steve Manship
Third Barry Sheene
350 cc
Pole position
Rider Kork Ballington
Time 1:34.600
Fastest lap
Rider Tom Herron
Time 1:33.830
Podium
First Kork Ballington
Second Tom Herron
Third Mick Grant
250 cc
Pole position
Rider Kork Ballington
Time 1:37.140
Fastest lap
Rider Anton Mang
Time 1:37.400
Podium
First Anton Mang
Second Tom Herron
Third Raymond Roche
125 cc
Pole position
Rider Eugenio Lazzarini
Time 1:42.690
Fastest lap
Rider Eugenio Lazzarini
Time 1:42.220
Podium
First Ángel Nieto
Second Clive Horton
Third Eugenio Lazzarini
Sidecar (B2A)
Pole position
Rider Rolf Biland
Time 1:38.190
Fastest lap
Rider Rolf Biland
Time 1:46.920
Podium
First Alain Michel
Second Rolf Biland
Third Jock Taylor

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.[4] 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.[5] Eventually, Roberts was declared the winner with Sheene being awarded third place behind privateer Steve Manship, who did not stop for a tire change.[6][7][8]

500cc classification
Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Time/Retired Points
1 1 Kenny Roberts Yamaha Motor Company Yamaha 55'56.930 15
2 43 Steve Manship Suzuki +8.050 12
3 7 Barry Sheene Texaco Heron Team Suzuki Suzuki +1'06.760 10
4 11 Marco Lucchinelli Cagiva Corse Suzuki +1'29.350 8
5 2 Tepi Länsivuori Suzuki +1'56.980 6
6 22 Gianni Rolando Team Librenti Suzuki +1 lap 5
7 4 Johnny Cecotto Yamaha Motor Company Yamaha +1 lap 4
8 5 John Newbold Ray Hamblin Motorcycles Suzuki +1 lap 3
9 8 Takazumi Katayama Sarome & Motul Team Yamaha +1 lap 2
10 12 Virginio Ferrari Team Gallina Nava Olio Fiat Suzuki +1 lap 1
11 13 Michel Rougerie Suzuki +1 lap
12 16 John Williams Team Appleby Glade Suzuki +1 lap
13 9 Alex George Suzuki +1 lap
14 42 Jack Middelburg Suzuki +1 lap
15 6 Steve Parrish Suzuki +2 laps
16 3 Philippe Coulon Marlboro Nava Total Suzuki +2 laps
17 28 Gerhard Vogt Bill Smith Racing Suzuki +2 laps
18 38 Peter Sjoström Suzuki +3 laps
19 17 John Woodley Sid Griffiths Racing Suzuki +3 laps
20 37 Dick Alblas Suzuki +3 laps
Ret ?? Wil Hartog Riemersma Racing Suzuki Retired
Ret ?? Graziano Rossi Team Gallina Nava Olio Fiat Suzuki Accident
Ret ?? Franco Bonera Team Kiwi Yamoto Cagiva Accident
Ret ?? Bruno Kneubühler RSS Racing Team Suzuki Tyre problems
Ret ?? Dennis Ireland Suzuki Tyre problems
Ret ?? Roger Marshall George Beale Yamaha Tyre problems
Ret ?? Jack Findlay Suzuki Tyre problems
Ret ?? Leslie van Breda Suzuki Retired
Ret ?? Max Wiener Suzuki Retired
Ret ?? Boet van Dulmen Suzuki Retired
Ret ?? Kevin Stowe Harold Coppock Suzuki Retired
Ret ?? Werner Nenning Mobel Nenning Racing Team Suzuki Retired
Ret ?? Steve Baker Team Gallina Nava Olio Fiat Suzuki Retired
Ret ?? Franz Rau Kazenmaier Autovermietung Suzuki Retired
Ret ?? Graham Wood Barton Spondon Suzuki Retired
Ret ?? Dave Potter Ted Broad Suzuki Retired
Ret ?? Ron Haslam Mal Carter Yamaha Retired
Ret ?? Marc Fontan Suzuki Retired
Sources: [8][9][10][11]

350 cc classification
Pos No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Grid Points
1 5 Kork Ballington Kawasaki 28 44:43.57 1 15
2 2 Tom Herron Yamaha 28 +10.23 6 12
3 10 Mick Grant Kawasaki 28 +23.01 10 10
4 4 Michel Rougerie Yamaha 28 +52.43 5 8
5 23 Franco Bonera Yamaha 28 +59.09 6
6 25 Vic Soussan Yamaha 28 +59.76 5
7 7 Christian Sarron Yamaha 28 +59.85 8 4
8 6 Olivier Chevallier Yamaha 28 +1:00.24 3 3
9 28 Leif Gustafsson Yamaha 28 +1:00.74 2
10 19 Patrick Pons Yamaha 28 +1:30.23 1
11 51 Roland Freymond Yamaha 28 +1:31.27
12 29 Paolo Pileri Morbidelli 28 +1:31.48
13 50 Clive Padgett Yamaha 27 +1 lap
14 44 Ian Richards Yamaha 27 +1 lap
15 31 Sadao Asami Yamaha 27 +1 lap
16 47 Jack Middelburg Yamaha 27 +1 lap
17 40 Reino Eskelinen Yamaha 27 +1 lap
18 41 Walter Villa Harley-Davidson 27 +1 lap
Takazumi Katayama Yamaha 2
Gregg Hansford Kawasaki 4
Ray Quincey Yamaha 7
Raymond Roche Yamaha 9
41 starters in total
[9][12]

250 cc classification
Pos No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Grid Points
1 15 Anton Mang Kawasaki 26 43:03.32 15
2 5 Tom Herron Yamaha 26 +0.19 4 12
3 29 Raymond Roche Yamaha 26 +23.45 9 10
4 10 Mick Grant Kawasaki 26 +30.82 8 8
5 13 Olivier Chevallier Yamaha 26 +30.97 7 6
6 26 Hans Müller Yamaha 26 +31.48 5 5
7 18 Jean-François Baldé Kawasaki 26 +31.64 10 4
8 9 Patrick Fernandez Yamaha 26 +31.78 3
9 51 Roland Freymond Yamaha 26 +59.31 2
10 43 Marc Fontan Yamaha 26 +59.63 1
11 22 Clive Padgett Yamaha 26 +1:10.30
12 21 Vic Soussan Yamaha 26 +1:11.84
13 53 Hervé Moineau Yamaha 26 +1:13.67
14 54 Greg Johnson Yamaha 26 +1:21.87
15 33 Dudley Cramond Yamaha 26 +1:31.36
16 32 Reino Eskelinen Yamaha 26 +1:34.76
17 28 Sadao Asami Yamaha 26 +1:35.41
18 30 Ken Nemoto Yamaha 25 +1 lap
19 25 Harald Bartol HBI 25 +1 lap
20 17 Bernard Murray Yamaha 25 +1 lap
Kork Ballington Kawasaki 1
Kenny Roberts Yamaha 2
Gregg Hansford Kawasaki 3
John Dodds Yamaha 6
38 starters in total, 21 finishers
[9][13]

125 cc classification
Pos No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Grid Points
1 3 Ángel Nieto Minarelli 24 44:51.08 4 15
2 10 Clive Horton Morbidelli 24 +17.02 8 12
3 2 Eugenio Lazzarini MBA 24 +21.20 1 10
4 38 Thierry Espié Motobécane 24 +29.90 2 8
5 8 Hans Müller Morbidelli 24 +40.67 5 6
6 7 Stefan Dörflinger Morbidelli 24 +40.94 7 5
7 17 Per-Edward Carlson Morbidelli 24 +45.37 4
8 39 Yves Dupont Morbidelli 24 +1:01.91 3
9 4 Jean-Louis Guignabodet Morbidelli 24 +1:10.39 2
10 20 Felice Agostini Morbidelli 24 +1:10.65 1
11 43 Karl Fuchs Morbidelli 24 +1:44.40
12 30 Cees van Dongen Morbidelli 23 +1 lap
13 34 Daniel Meyer Morbidelli 23 +1 lap
14 47 Ernst Fagerer Morbidelli 23 +1 lap
15 24 Patrick Herouard Morbidelli 23 +1 lap
16 29 Jan Ubels Buton 22 +2 laps
17 36 Alain Pellet Morbidelli 22 +2 laps
Pierluigi Conforti Morbidelli 3
Harald Bartol Morbidelli 6
Bengt Johansson Morbidelli 9
Thierry Noblesse Morbidelli 10
34 starters in total
[9]

Sidecar classification
Pos No. Rider Passenger Manufacturer Laps Time Grid Points
1 5 Alain Michel Stu Collins Seymaz-Yamaha 25 45:27.56 2 15
2 2 Rolf Biland Kenny Williams Beo-Yamaha 25 +11.36 1 12
3 17 Jock Taylor James Neil Windle-Yamaha 25 +1:02.13 5 10
4 14 Bill Hodgkins John Parkins Windle-Yamaha 25 +1:10.44 8
5 1 George O'Dell Cliff Holland Seymaz-Yamaha 25 +1:23.39 4 6
6 22 Mick Boddice Chas Burns Woodhouse-Yamaha 25 +1:27.92 5
7 18 Jean-François Monnin Paul Gerard Seymaz-Yamaha 25 +1:41.19 4
8 7 Dick Greasley Gordon Russell Busch-Yamaha 24 +1 lap 6 3
9 11 Siegfried Schauzu Lorenzo Puzo Busch-Yamaha 24 +1 lap 2
10 6 Göte Brodin Per-Erik Wickström Yamaha 24 +1 lap 8 1
11 23 Cees Smit Jan Smit Seymaz-Yamaha 24 +1 lap
12 15 Hermann Huber Bernd Schappacher König 24 +1 lap
13 32 Gérard Corbaz Roland Gabriel Schmid-Yamaha 24 +1 lap
14 27 Derek Jones Brian Ayres Daytona-Yamaha 24 +1 lap
15 29 John Barker Nick Cutmore Yamaha 24 +1 lap
Rolf Steinhausen Wolfgang Kalauch Seymaz-Yamaha 3
Wolfgang Stropek Karl Altrichter Schmid-Yamaha 7
Bruno Holzer Karl Meierhans LCR-Yamaha 9
Hermann Schmid Kenny Arthur Schmid-Yamaha 10
31 starters in total, 21 finishers
[9][14]

References
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  2. "1978 500cc Class (FIM Grand Prix World Championship) Programmes - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". www.progcovers.com.
  3. "Silverstone Circuit - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". www.progcovers.com.
  4. "Roberts makes the right dream come true". The Modesto Bee. Bee News Services. 23 August 1978. p. 1. Retrieved 15 January 2011.
  5. Roberts: A Champ With Class. American Motorcyclist. Books.Google.com. November 1978. Retrieved 15 December 2010.
  6. "Roberts Declared Official Winner". The Modesto Bee. Bee News Services. 8 August 1978. p. 6. Retrieved 20 December 2010.
  7. "Time to Fix 'Flag-to-Flag' Pit Stops Before Luck Runs Out". moto-racing.speedtv.com. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 15 December 2010.
  8. "1978 500cc British Grand Prix Results". motogp.com. Retrieved 29 December 2013.
  9. Coleman, Barry (ed.). Motocourse 1978-1979. Hazleton Securities Ltd. p. 121. ISBN 0-905138-06-6.
  10. "1978 British MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". Motor Sport Magazine. 1 February 2018.
  11. "motogp.com · BRITISH GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1978". www.motogp.com.
  12. "1978 350cc British Grand Prix Results". motogp.com. Retrieved 29 December 2013.
  13. "1978 250cc British Grand Prix Results". motogp.com. Retrieved 29 December 2013.
  14. "1978 125cc British Grand Prix Results". motogp.com. Retrieved 29 December 2013.
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