The 1978 Venezuelan motorcycle Grand Prix was the first round of the 1978 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 19 March 1978 at the San Carlos Circuit.
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| Race 1 of 13 races in the 1978 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | 19 March 1978 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Official name | II Grand Prix de Venezuela[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Autodromo Internacional de San Carlos | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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500cc classification
edit| Pos. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Time/Retired | Points | ||
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| 1 | Barry Sheene | Texaco Heron Team Suzuki | Suzuki | 48'21.300 | 15 | ||
| 2 | Pat Hennen | Suzuki | +21.700 | 12 | |||
| 3 | Steve Baker | Team Gallina Nava Olio Fiat | Suzuki | +57.300 | 10 | ||
| 4 | Steve Parrish | Suzuki | +1 lap | 8 | |||
| 5 | Roberto Pietri | Yamaha | +2 laps | 6 | |||
| 6 | Gerhard Vogt | Bill Smith Racing | Yamaha | +3 laps | 5 | ||
| 7 | Leandro Becheroni | Suzuki | +6 laps | 4 | |||
| Johnny Cecotto | Yamaha Motor Company | Yamaha | Tyre problems | ||||
| Kenny Roberts | Yamaha Motor Company | Yamaha | Retired | ||||
| Takazumi Katayama | Sarome & Motul Team | Yamaha | Accident | ||||
| Virginio Ferrari | Team Gallina Nava Olio Fiat | Suzuki | Retired | ||||
| Sources: [2][3][4] | |||||||
350 cc classification
edit| Pos | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Grid | Points | |
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| 1 | Takazumi Katayama | Yamaha | 29 | 48:05.5 | 5 | 15 | |
| 2 | Patrick Fernandez | Yamaha | 29 | +29.7 | 3 | 12 | |
| 3 | Paolo Pileri | Morbidelli | 29 | +41.9 | 17 | 10 | |
| 4 | Kork Ballington | Kawasaki | 29 | +43.4 | 7 | 8 | |
| 5 | Patrick Pons | Yamaha | 29 | +50.2 | 4 | 6 | |
| 6 | Christian Sarron | Yamaha | 29 | +58.4 | 11 | 5 | |
| 7 | Eric Saul | Yamaha | 29 | +1:06.4 | 15 | 4 | |
| 8 | Franco Bonera | Yamaha | 29 | +1:14.7 | 9 | 3 | |
| 9 | Eduardo Alemán | Yamaha | 29 | +1:28.0 | 20 | 2 | |
| 10 | Antonio Piccioni | Yamaha | 29 | +1:33.1 | 10 | 1 | |
| 11 | Franco Solaroli | Yamaha | 28 | +1 lap | 16 | ||
| 12 | Barry Woodland | Yamaha | 28 | +1 lap | |||
| 13 | C. Cortes | Harley-Davidson | 28 | +1 lap | |||
| 14 | Kent Rockwell | Yamaha | 27 | +2 laps | |||
| Franco Uncini | Yamaha | 1 | |||||
| Gregg Hansford | Kawasaki | 2 | |||||
| Olivier Chevallier | Yamaha | 6 | |||||
| Vinicio Salmi | Yamaha | 8 | |||||
| Jose Cecotto | Yamaha | 12 | |||||
| Tom Herron | Yamaha | 13 | |||||
| Mick Grant | Kawasaki | 14 | |||||
| Felice Agostini | Yamaha | 18 | |||||
| "Dallefusine" | Yamaha | 19 | |||||
| 30 starters in total | |||||||
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250 cc classification
edit| Pos | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Grid | Points | |
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| 1 | Kenny Roberts | Yamaha | 28 | 47:15.6 | 2 | 15 | |
| 2 | Carlos Lavado | Yamaha | 28 | +14.8 | 3 | 12 | |
| 3 | Patrick Fernandez | Yamaha | 28 | +37.3 | 5 | 10 | |
| 4 | Olivier Chevallier | Yamaha | 28 | +43.1 | 8 | 8 | |
| 5 | Kork Ballington | Kawasaki | 28 | +43.1 | 6 | 6 | |
| 6 | Mario Lega | Morbidelli | 28 | +54.9 | 9 | 5 | |
| 7 | Anton Mang | Kawasaki | 28 | +1:04.2 | 11 | 4 | |
| 8 | Ted Henter | Yamaha | 28 | +1:35.5 | 12 | 3 | |
| 9 | Eduardo Alemán | Yamaha | 27 | +1 lap | 15 | 2 | |
| 10 | Vic Soussan | Yamaha | 27 | +1 lap | 17 | 1 | |
| 11 | Tom Herron | Yamaha | 27 | +1 lap | 19 | ||
| 12 | Edoardo Elias | Yamaha | 27 | +1 lap | 20 | ||
| 13 | Ángel Nieto | Yamaha | 27 | +1 lap | |||
| 14 | Fernando González | Yamaha | 27 | +1 lap | 18 | ||
| 15 | Vinicio Salmi | Yamaha | 27 | +1 lap | |||
| 16 | Kent Rockwell | Yamaha | 26 | +2 laps | 13 | ||
| 17 | Carlos Morante | Yamaha | 26 | +2 laps | |||
| 18 | P. Betancourt | Yamaha | 26 | +2 laps | |||
| 19 | F. Perez | Yamaha | 26 | +2 laps | |||
| 20 | "Prusso" | Yamaha | 26 | +2 laps | |||
| 21 | G. Martinez | Yamaha | 26 | +2 laps | |||
| Franco Uncini | Yamaha | 1 | |||||
| Gregg Hansford | Kawasaki | 4 | |||||
| Paolo Pileri | Morbidelli | 7 | |||||
| Mick Grant | Kawasaki | 10 | |||||
| Eric Saul | Yamaha | 14 | |||||
| Barry Woodland | Yamaha | 16 | |||||
| 26 starters in total | |||||||
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125 cc classification
edit| Pos | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Grid | Points | |
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| 1 | Pierpaolo Bianchi | Minarelli | 26 | 46:05.5 | 1 | 15 | |
| 2 | Eugenio Lazzarini | MBA | 26 | +54.0 | 3 | 12 | |
| 3 | V. T. Leon | Morbidelli | 26 | +1:20.6 | 7 | 10 | |
| 4 | Alejandro Alemán | Yamaha | 26 | +1:21.8 | 11 | 8 | |
| 5 | Riccardo Russo | Morbidelli | 24 | +2 laps | 14 | 6 | |
| 6 | Claudio Granata | Morbidelli | 24 | +2 laps | 15 | 5 | |
| 7 | Luigi Schiavione | Morbidelli | 21 | +5 laps | 16 | 4 | |
| Ángel Nieto | Bultaco | 2 | |||||
| Ivan Palazzese | Morbidelli | 4 | |||||
| Maurizio Massimiani | Morbidelli | 5 | |||||
| Claudio Lusuardi | Morbidelli | 6 | |||||
| "Troisi" | Morbidelli | 8 | |||||
| Thierry Espié | Motobécane | 9 | |||||
| Guido Mancini | Morbidelli | 10 | |||||
| Germano Zanetti | Morbidelli | 12 | |||||
| R. Olavarria | Morbidelli | 13 | |||||
| Felice Agostini | Morbidelli | 17 | |||||
| "Moreira" | Yamaha | 18 | |||||
| Keith Gonyou | Yamaha | 19 | |||||
| "Bernard" | Yamaha | 20 | |||||
| 23 starters in total | |||||||
| [4] | |||||||
References
edit- ^ "Alle Grand-Prix uitslagen en bijzonderheden, van 1973 (het jaar dat Jack begon met racen) tot heden". Archive.li. Archived from the original on 13 April 2013. Retrieved 1 November 2018.
- ^ "1978 Venezuelan MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". Motorsportmagazine.com. 1 February 2018. Retrieved 4 November 2018.
- ^ "VENEZUELA GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1978". Motogp.com. Retrieved 4 November 2018.
- ^ a b c d Coleman, Barry (ed.). Motocourse 1978-1979. Hazleton Securities Ltd. p. 61. ISBN 0-905138-06-6.