1978 Austrian motorcycle Grand Prix

  1978 Austrian Grand Prix

Race details
Race 3 of 13 races in the 1978 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	30 April 1978
Official name	Grosser Preis von Österreich
Location	Salzburgring
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.241 km (2.635 mi)
500 cc
Pole position
Rider	Johnny Cecotto	Yamaha
Time	1:21.52
Fastest lap
Rider	Kenny Roberts	Yamaha
Time	1:21.70
Podium
First	Kenny Roberts	Yamaha
Second	Johnny Cecotto	Yamaha
Third	Barry Sheene	Suzuki
350 cc
Pole position
Rider	Kork Ballington	Kawasaki
Time	1:26.20
Fastest lap
Rider	Kork Ballington	Kawasaki
Time	1:25.72
Podium
First	Kork Ballington	Kawasaki
Second	Franco Uncini	Yamaha
Third	Takazumi Katayama	Yamaha
125 cc
Pole position
Rider	Eugenio Lazzarini	MBA
Time	1:33.84
Fastest lap
Rider	Eugenio Lazzarini	MBA
Time	1:32.98
Podium
First	Eugenio Lazzarini	MBA
Second	Harald Bartol	Morbidelli
Third	Pierpaolo Bianchi	Minarelli
Sidecars
Pole position
Rider	Rolf Biland	TTM-Yamaha
Passenger	Kenny Williams
Time	1:32.54
Fastest lap
Rider	Werner Schwärzel	Fath
Passenger	Andreas Huber
Time	1:30.65
Podium
First	Rolf Biland	TTM-Yamaha
	Kenny Williams
Second	Mac Hobson	Seymaz-Yamaha
	Kenny Birch
Third	Alain Michel	Seymaz-Yamaha
	Stu Collins

The 1978 Austrian motorcycle Grand Prix was the third round of the 1978 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 30 April 1978 at the Salzburgring circuit.

500 cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	Kenny Roberts	Yamaha	35	48:30.30	2	15
2	Johnny Cecotto	Yamaha	35	+16.46	1	12
3	Barry Sheene	Suzuki	35	+46.23	4	10
4	Marco Lucchinelli	Suzuki	35	+1:13.76	7	8
5	Tepi Länsivuori	Suzuki	35	+1:17.34	10	6
6	Michel Rougerie	Suzuki	34	+1 lap	9	5
7	Wil Hartog	Suzuki	34	+1 lap	17	4
8	Boet van Dulmen	Suzuki	34	+1 lap	11	3
9	Franco Bonera	Suzuki	34	+1 lap	13	2
10	Bruno Kneubühler	Suzuki	34	+1 lap	16	1
11	Philippe Coulon	Suzuki	34	+1 lap	12
12	Les van Breda	Suzuki	34	+1 lap	19
13	Helmut Kassner	Suzuki	34	+1 lap
14	Jürgen Steiner	Suzuki	33	+2 laps
15	Franz Heller	Suzuki	33	+2 laps
16	Bo Granath	Suzuki	33	+2 laps
17	Markku Matikäinen	Suzuki	33	+2 laps
18	Franz Rau	Suzuki	33	+2 laps
19	Michael Schmid	Suzuki	33	+2 laps
	Pat Hennen	Suzuki			3
	Virginio Ferrari	Suzuki			5
	Takazumi Katayama	Yamaha			6
	Steve Baker	Suzuki			8
	Tom Herron	Suzuki			14
	Jack Middelburg	Suzuki			15
	John Newbold	Suzuki			18
	Jean-Philippe Orban	Suzuki			20
36 starters in total
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350 cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	Kork Ballington	Kawasaki	35	50:38.28	1	15
2	Franco Uncini	Yamaha	35	+14.37	2	12
3	Takazumi Katayama	Yamaha	35	+18.19	3	10
4	Jon Ekerold	Yamaha	35	+46.73	12	8
5	Olivier Chevallier	Yamaha	35	+59.64	4	6
6	Michel Rougerie	Yamaha	35	+1:05.34	17	5
7	Gregg Hansford	Kawasaki	35	+1:12.82	6	4
8	Pentti Korhonen	Yamaha	35	+1:13.94	20	3
9	Vic Soussan	Yamaha	35	+1:14.11	15	2
10	Franco Bonera	Yamaha	35	+1:14.34	16	1
11	Patrick Fernandez	Yamaha	35	+1:14.67	8
12	Chas Mortimer	Yamaha	35	+1:18.98	7
13	John Dodds	Yamaha	34	+1 lap
14	Edi Stöllinger	Yamaha	34	+1 lap	19
15	Michel Frutschi	Yamaha	34	+1 lap
16	Kenny Blake	Yamaha	34	+1 lap
17	Roland Freymond	Yamaha	34	+1 lap
18	Ernst Fagerer	Yamaha	34	+1 lap
19	Les van Breda	Yamaha	34	+1 lap
20	Josef Hage	Yamaha	34	+1 lap
21	Franco Solaroli	Yamaha	34	+1 lap
22	Peter Baláz	Yamaha	34	+1 lap
	Leif Gustafsson	Yamaha			5
	Mick Grant	Kawasaki			9
	Tom Herron	Yamaha			10
	Pierluigi Conforti	Yamaha			11
	Anton Mang	Kawasaki			13
	Pekka Nurmi	Yamaha			14
	Christian Sarron	Yamaha			18
36 starters in total
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125 cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	Eugenio Lazzarini	MBA	30	47:23.66	1	15
2	Harald Bartol	Morbidelli	30	+2.23	3	12
3	Pierpaolo Bianchi	Minarelli	30	+28.74	2	10
4	Thierry Espié	Motobécane	30	+34.18	4	8
5	Pierluigi Conforti	Morbidelli	30	+34.70	9	6
6	Per-Edward Carlson	Morbidelli	30	+1:01.55	7	5
7	Hans Müller	Morbidelli	30	+1:03.98	6	4
8	Matti Kinnunen	Morbidelli	30	+1:04.69	17	3
9	Jean-Louis Guignabodet	Bender	30	+1:11.17	11	2
10	Ricardo Tormo	Bultaco	30	+1:14.37		1
11	Patrick Plisson	Morbidelli	30	+1:35.90	15
12	Thierry Noblesse	Morbidelli	30	+1:36.30	16
13	Stefan Dörflinger	Morbidelli	29	+1 lap	10
14	Felice Agostini	Morbidelli	29	+1 lap
15	Johann Parzer	Morbidelli	29	+1 lap
16	Ernst Fagerer	Morbidelli	29	+1 lap	18
17	August Auinger	Morbidelli	29	+1 lap
18	Ivan Palazzese	Morbidelli
19	Karl Fuchs	Morbidelli
20	Walter Koschine	Bender
	Maurizio Massimiani	Morbidelli			5
	Clive Horton	Morbidelli			8
	Ángel Nieto	Bultaco			12
	Gert Bender	Bender			13
	Cees van Dongen	Morbidelli			14
	Hans Hummel	Morbidelli			19
	Rolf Blatter	Morbidelli			20
36 starters in total, 24 finishers
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Sidecar classification

Pos	Rider	Passenger	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	Rolf Biland	Kenny Williams	TTM-Yamaha	30	46:19.30	1	15
2	Mac Hobson	Kenny Birch	Seymaz-Yamaha	30	+17.72	11	12
3	Alain Michel	Stu Collins	Seymaz-Yamaha	30	+17.86	3	10
4	George O'Dell	Cliff Holland	Seymaz-Yamaha	30	+22.19	5	8
5	Bruno Holzer	Karl Meierhans	LCR-Yamaha	30	+1:21.42	9	6
6	Göte Brodin	Per-Erik Wickström	Yamaha	30	+1:26.83	7	5
7	Wolfgang Stropek	Karl Altricher	Schmid-Yamaha	29	+1 lap		4
8	Hermann Huber	Bernd Schappacher	König	29	+1 lap	12	3
9	Klaus Sprengel	Manfred Kürnsteiner	Suzuki	29	+1 lap		2
10	Otto Haller	Rainer Gundel	MKM-Yamaha	28	+2 laps		1
11	Ernst Trachsel	Andreas Stager	TTM-Suzuki	27	+3 laps	15
12	Jock Taylor	Lewis Ward	Windle-Yamaha	27	+3 laps
13	Jean-François Monnin	Philippe Miserez	Seymaz-Yamaha	25	+5 laps	13
	Werner Schwärzel	Andreas Huber	Fath			2
	Hermann Schmid	Kenny Arthur	Schmid-Yamaha			4
	Rolf Steinhausen	Wolfgang Kalauch	Seymaz-Yamaha			6
	Siegfried Schauzu	Lorenzo Puzo	Busch-Yamaha			8
	Dick Greasley	Gordon Russell	Busch-Yamaha			10
	Egbert Streuer	Johan van der Kap	Schmid-Yamaha			14
21 starters in total
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References

1. Coleman, Barry (ed.). Motocourse 1978-1979. Hazleton Securities Ltd. p. 75. ISBN 0-905138-06-6.