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Race 4 of 13 races in the 1978 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date | 7 May 1978 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Official name | Grand Prix de France[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Location | Circuit de Nogaro | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.
Classification
[edit]500 cc
[edit]Pos. | No. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Time/Retired | Points | ||
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1 | 1 | ![]() |
Yamaha Motor Company | Yamaha | 56'42.500 | 15 | ||
2 | 3 | ![]() |
Suzuki | +10.500 | 12 | |||
3 | 7 | ![]() |
Texaco Heron Team Suzuki | Suzuki | +29.700 | 10 | ||
4 | 2 | ![]() |
Suzuki | +37.200 | 8 | |||
5 | 9 | ![]() |
Riemersma Racing | Suzuki | +1'07.300 | 6 | ||
6 | 31 | ![]() |
Team Gallina Nava Olio Fiat | Suzuki | +1 lap | 5 | ||
7 | 5 | ![]() |
Suzuki | +1 lap | 4 | |||
8 | 23 | ![]() |
Team La Licorne | Suzuki | +1 lap | 3 | ||
9 | 48 | ![]() |
Suzuki | +2 laps | 2 | |||
10 | 52 | ![]() |
Yamaha | +2 laps | 1 | |||
11 | 43 | ![]() |
Suzuki | +2 laps | ||||
12 | 51 | ![]() |
Yamaha | +2 laps | ||||
13 | 15 | ![]() |
Sid Griffiths Racing | Suzuki | +2 laps | |||
14 | 37 | ![]() |
Kazenmaier Autovermietung | Suzuki | +3 laps | |||
15 | 25 | ![]() |
Suzuki | +3 laps | ||||
16 | 38 | ![]() |
Suzuki | +3 laps | ||||
17 | 18 | ![]() |
Team Gallina Nava Olio Fiat | Suzuki | +4 laps | |||
18 | 11 | ![]() |
Ray Hamblin Motorcycles | Suzuki | +4 laps | |||
19 | 26 | ![]() |
Yamaha | +4 laps | ||||
20 | 16 | ![]() |
Marlboro Nava Total | Suzuki | +7 laps | |||
21 | ![]() |
Suzuki | +11 laps | |||||
22 | ![]() |
Team Kiwi Yamoto | Suzuki | +12 laps | ||||
23 | ![]() |
Yamaha Motor Company | Yamaha | +16 laps | ||||
24 | ![]() |
Yamaha | +18 laps | |||||
Ret | ![]() |
Suzuki | Retired | |||||
Ret | ![]() |
Yamaha | Accident | |||||
Ret | ![]() |
Buton | Retired | |||||
Ret | ![]() |
Suzuki | Retired | |||||
Ret | ![]() |
Suzuki | Retired | |||||
Ret | ![]() |
Suzuki | Retired | |||||
Ret | ![]() |
Suzuki | Retired | |||||
Ret | ![]() |
RSS Racing Team | Suzuki | Retired | ||||
Ret | ![]() |
Suzuki | Retired | |||||
Ret | ![]() |
Len Manchester Motorcycles | Yamaha | Retired | ||||
Ret | ![]() |
Sarome & Motul Team | Yamaha | Accident | ||||
Ret | ![]() |
Cagiva Corse | Suzuki | Clutch | ||||
DNS | ![]() |
Yamaha Motor Company | Yamaha | Did not start | ||||
DNS | ![]() |
Suzuki | Did not start | |||||
Sources:[2][3][4] |
350cc
[edit]Pos | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Grid | Points |
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1 | 16 | ![]() |
Kawasaki | 36 | 51:29.2 | 3 | 15 |
2 | 5 | ![]() |
Kawasaki | 36 | +7.8 | 2 | 12 |
3 | 3 | ![]() |
Yamaha | 36 | +46.8 | 12 | 10 |
4 | 2 | ![]() |
Yamaha | 36 | +54.3 | 8 | |
5 | 31 | ![]() |
Yamaha | 36 | +1:09.1 | 8 | 6 |
6 | 1 | ![]() |
Yamaha | 36 | +1:11.3 | 5 | 5 |
7 | 6 | ![]() |
Yamaha | 36 | +1:18.3 | 1 | 4 |
8 | 29 | ![]() |
Yamaha | 36 | +1:23.8 | 3 | |
9 | 41 | ![]() |
Yamaha | 36 | +1:24.5 | 4 | 2 |
10 | 4 | ![]() |
Yamaha | 35 | +1 lap | 1 | |
11 | 10 | ![]() |
Kawasaki | 35 | +1 lap | 11 | |
12 | 49 | ![]() |
Yamaha | 35 | +1 lap | ||
13 | 19 | ![]() |
Yamaha | 35 | +1 lap | ||
14 | 21 | ![]() |
Yamaha | 35 | +1 lap | ||
15 | 11 | ![]() |
Yamaha | 35 | +1 lap | ||
16 | 34 | ![]() |
Yamaha | 35 | +1 lap | ||
17 | 30 | ![]() |
Yamaha | 35 | +1 lap | ||
18 | 40 | ![]() |
Yamaha | 34 | +2 laps | ||
19 | 24 | ![]() |
Yamaha | 33 | +3 laps | ||
20 | 57 | ![]() |
Yamaha | 33 | +3 laps | ||
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Yamaha | 6 | |||||
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Yamaha | 7 | |||||
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Yamaha | 9 | |||||
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Yamaha | 10 | |||||
36 starters in total, 21 finishers | |||||||
[4] |
250cc
[edit]Pos | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Grid | Points |
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1 | 25 | ![]() |
Kawasaki | 33 | 48:22.1 | 2 | 15 |
2 | 20 | ![]() |
Yamaha | 33 | +2.1 | 7 | 12 |
3 | 6 | ![]() |
Kawasaki | 33 | +25.1 | 4 | 10 |
4 | 8 | ![]() |
Yamaha | 33 | +48.9 | 8 | |
5 | 5 | ![]() |
Yamaha | 33 | +1:07.1 | 6 | |
6 | 37 | ![]() |
Yamaha | 33 | +1:12.7 | 3 | 5 |
7 | 12 | ![]() |
Yamaha | 33 | +1:15.9 | 9 | 4 |
8 | 4 | ![]() |
Yamaha | 33 | +1:22.6 | 6 | 3 |
9 | 21 | ![]() |
Yamaha | 33 | +1:22.9 | 12 | 2 |
10 | 34 | ![]() |
Yamaha | 33 | +1:23.3 | 8 | 1 |
11 | 2 | ![]() |
Yamaha | 33 | +1:30.2 | 10 | |
12 | 48 | ![]() |
Yamaha | 32 | +1 lap | ||
13 | 27 | ![]() |
Yamaha | 32 | +1 lap | ||
14 | 39 | ![]() |
Yamaha | 32 | +1 lap | ||
15 | 16 | ![]() |
Yamaha | 32 | +1 lap | ||
16 | 40 | ![]() |
Yamaha | 32 | +1 lap | ||
17 | 31 | ![]() |
Yamaha | 32 | +1 lap | ||
18 | 46 | ![]() |
Yamaha | 32 | +1 lap | 11 | |
19 | 51 | ![]() |
Yamaha | 31 | +2 laps | ||
20 | 22 | ![]() |
Yamaha | 31 | +2 laps | ||
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Yamaha | 1 | |||||
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Kawasaki | 5 | |||||
36 starters in total, 24 finishers | |||||||
[4] |
125cc
[edit]Sidecar classification
[edit]Pos | No. | Rider | Passenger | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Grid | Points |
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1 | 2 | ![]() |
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Beo-Yamaha | 30 | 46:25.2 | 2 | 15 |
2 | 5 | ![]() |
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Seymaz-Yamaha | 30 | +2.0 | 1 | 12 |
3 | 10 | ![]() |
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Yamaha | 30 | +48.5 | 7 | 10 |
4 | 1 | ![]() |
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Seymaz-Yamaha | 30 | +1:25.9 | 8 | |
5 | 8 | ![]() |
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LCR-Yamaha | 30 | +1:25.4 | 8 | 6 |
6 | 3 | ![]() |
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Fath | 29 | +1 lap | 6 | 5 |
7 | 19 | ![]() |
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Windle-Yamaha | 29 | +1 lap | 4 | |
8 | 6 | ![]() |
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Yamaha | 29 | +1 lap | 3 | |
9 | 15 | ![]() |
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Windle-Yamaha | 29 | +1 lap | 2 | |
10 | 23 | ![]() |
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Schmid-Yamaha | 29 | +1 lap | 1 | |
11 | 16 | ![]() |
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Yamaha | 29 | +1 lap | ||
12 | 36 | ![]() |
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TTM-Suzuki | 29 | +1 lap | 9 | |
13 | 12 | ![]() |
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Busch-Yamaha | 28 | +2 laps | ||
14 | 30 | ![]() |
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GEP-Yamaha | 28 | +2 laps | ||
15 | 33 | ![]() |
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Yamaha | 28 | +2 laps | ||
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Seymaz-Yamaha | 3 | |||||
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GEP-Yamaha | 4 | |||||
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Seymaz-Yamaha | 5 | |||||
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König | 10 | |||||
24 starters in total, 18 finishers | ||||||||
[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 French MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". Motorsportmagazine.com. 1 February 2018. Retrieved 6 November 2018.
- ^ "motogp.com · FRENCH GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1978". Motogp.com. Retrieved 6 November 2018.
- ^ a b c d e Coleman, Barry, ed. (March 1979). Motocourse 1978-1979. Hazleton Securities Ltd. p. 81. ISBN 0-905138-06-6.