1978 French motorcycle Grand Prix

The 1978 French motorcycle Grand Prix was the fourth round of the 1978 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 5–7 May 1978 at the Circuit de Nogaro.

  1978 French Grand Prix
Race details
Race 4 of 13 races in the
1978 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date7 May 1978
Official nameGrand Prix de France[1]
LocationCircuit de Nogaro
Course
  • Permanent racing facility
  • 3.120 km (1.939 mi)
500 cc
Pole position
Rider Johnny Cecotto
Time 1:24.850
Fastest lap
Rider Kenny Roberts
Time 1:22.800
Podium
First Kenny Roberts
Second Pat Hennen
Third Barry Sheene
350 cc
Pole position
Rider Olivier Chevallier
Time 1:26.450
Fastest lap
Rider Gregg Hansford
Time 1:24.500
Podium
First Gregg Hansford
Second Kork Ballington
Third Jon Ekerold
250 cc
Pole position
Rider Patrick Fernandez
Time 1:27.690
Fastest lap
Rider Gregg Hansford
Time 1:25.800
Podium
First Gregg Hansford
Second Kenny Roberts
Third Kork Ballington
125 cc
Pole position
Rider Thierry Espié
Time 1:31.760
Fastest lap
Rider Pierpaolo Bianchi
Time 1:30.300
Podium
First Pierpaolo Bianchi
Second Eugenio Lazzarini
Third Per-Edward Carlsson
Sidecar (B2A)
Pole position
Rider Alain Michel
Time 1:29.100
Fastest lap
Rider Rolf Biland
Time 1:29.600
Podium
First Rolf Biland
Second Alain Michel
Third Mac Hobson

Classification

500 cc
Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Time/Retired Points
1 1 Kenny Roberts Yamaha Motor Company Yamaha 56'42.500 15
2 3 Pat Hennen Suzuki +10.500 12
3 7 Barry Sheene Texaco Heron Team Suzuki Suzuki +29.700 10
4 2 Christian Estrosi Suzuki +37.200 8
5 9 Wil Hartog Riemersma Racing Suzuki +1'07.300 6
6 31 Graziano Rossi Team Gallina Nava Olio Fiat Suzuki +1 lap 5
7 5 Steve Parrish Suzuki +1 lap 4
8 23 Jean-Philippe Orban Team La Licorne Suzuki +1 lap 3
9 48 Carlo Perugini Suzuki +2 laps 2
10 52 Kenny Blake Yamaha +2 laps 1
11 43 Alex George Suzuki +2 laps
12 51 Marc Chabert Yamaha +2 laps
13 15 John Woodley Sid Griffiths Racing Suzuki +2 laps
14 37 Franz Rau Kazenmaier Autovermietung Suzuki +3 laps
15 25 Børge Nielsen Suzuki +3 laps
16 38 Gerhard Vogt Suzuki +3 laps
17 18 Virginio Ferrari Team Gallina Nava Olio Fiat Suzuki +4 laps
18 11 John Newbold Ray Hamblin Motorcycles Suzuki +4 laps
19 26 Kimmo Kopra Yamaha +4 laps
20 16 Philippe Coulon Marlboro Nava Total Suzuki +7 laps
21 Boet van Dulmen Suzuki +11 laps
22 Gianfranco Bonera Team Kiwi Yamoto Suzuki +12 laps
23 Johnny Cecotto Yamaha Motor Company Yamaha +16 laps
24 Alain Beraud Yamaha +18 laps
Ret Michel Rougerie Suzuki Retired
Ret Pierre Tocco Yamaha Accident
Ret Jean-Paul Boinet Buton Retired
Ret Leslie van Breda Suzuki Retired
Ret Eddie Roberts Suzuki Retired
Ret Teuvo Länsivuori Suzuki Retired
Ret René Gutknecht Suzuki Retired
Ret Bruno Kneubühler RSS Racing Team Suzuki Retired
Ret Jack Findlay Suzuki Retired
Ret Steve Wright Len Manchester Motorcycles Yamaha Retired
Ret Takazumi Katayama Sarome & Motul Team Yamaha Accident
Ret Marco Lucchinelli Cagiva Corse Suzuki Clutch
DNS Ikujiro Takai Yamaha Motor Company Yamaha Did not start
DNS Leandro Becheroni Suzuki Did not start
Sources: [2][3][4]

350cc
Pos No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Grid Points
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
[4]

250cc
Pos No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Grid Points
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
[4]

125cc
Pos No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Grid Points
1 1 Pierpaolo Bianchi Minarelli 32 50:21.3 2 15
2 2 Eugenio Lazzarini MBA 32 +12.5 3 12
3 33 Per-Edward Carlson Morbidelli 32 +33.7 5 10
4 9 Maurizio Massimiani Morbidelli 32 +37.0 7 8
5 4 Jean-Louis Guignabodet Bender 32 +1:30.9 6 6
6 18 Thierry Noblesse Morbidelli 31 +1 lap 9 5
7 32 Matti Kinnunen Morbidelli 31 +1 lap 12 4
8 36 Patrick Plisson Morbidelli 31 +1 lap 8 3
9 6 Harald Bartol Morbidelli 31 +1 lap 11 2
10 48 Daniel Meyer Morbidelli 31 +1 lap 1
11 46 Claude Gorry Morbidelli 31 +1 lap
12 7 Stefan Dörflinger Morbidelli 30 +2 laps 10
13 27 Bennie Wilbers Morbidelli 30 +2 laps
14 29 Johann Parzer Morbidelli 30 +2 laps
15 28 Ernst Fagerer Morbidelli 30 +2 laps
16 19 Yves Dupont Morbidelli 29 +3 laps
17 45 Jacques Hutteau Morbidelli 29 +3 laps
18 42 Pierluigi Conforti Morbidelli 27 +5 laps
19 16 Bernd Schneider Bender 27 +5 laps
20 23 Karl Fuchs Morbidelli 22 +10 laps
Thierry Espié Motobécane 1
Hans Müller Morbidelli 4
32 starters in total, 20 finishers
[4]

Sidecar classification
Pos No. Rider Passenger Manufacturer Laps Time Grid Points
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
[4]

References
  1. "Alle Grand-Prix uitslagen en bijzonderheden, van 1973 (het jaar dat Jack begon met racen) tot heden". Archive.li. Retrieved 1 November 2018.
  2. "1978 French MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". Motorsportmagazine.com. 1 February 2018. Retrieved 6 November 2018.
  3. "motogp.com · FRENCH GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1978". Motogp.com. Retrieved 6 November 2018.
  4. Coleman, Barry (ed.). Motocourse 1978-1979. Hazleton Securities Ltd. p. 81. ISBN 0-905138-06-6.
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