1978 German motorcycle Grand Prix

  1978 German Grand Prix

Race details
Race 11 of 13 races in the 1978 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	20 August 1978
Official name	Grosser Preis von Deutschland
Location	Nürburgring
Course	Permanent racing facility 22.835 km (14.189 mi)
500 cc
Pole position
Rider	Johnny Cecotto	Yamaha
Time	8:31.7
Fastest lap
Rider	Virginio Ferrari	Suzuki
Time	8:29.5
Podium
First	Virginio Ferrari	Suzuki
Second	Johnny Cecotto	Yamaha
Third	Kenny Roberts	Yamaha
350 cc
Pole position
Rider	Gregg Hansford	Kawasaki
Time	8:44.7
Fastest lap
Rider	Takazumi Katayama	Yamaha
Time	8:39.7
Podium
First	Takazumi Katayama	Yamaha
Second	Kork Ballington	Kawasaki
Third	Michel Rougerie	Yamaha
250 cc
Pole position
Rider	Gregg Hansford	Kawasaki
Time	8:53.3
Fastest lap
Rider	Kork Ballington	Kawasaki
Time	8:49.5
Podium
First	Kork Ballington	Kawasaki
Second	Gregg Hansford	Kawasaki
Third	Tom Herron	Yamaha
125 cc
Pole position
Rider	Thierry Espié	Motobécane
Time	9:23.8
Fastest lap
Rider	Ángel Nieto	Minarelli
Time	9:17.0
Podium
First	Ángel Nieto	Minarelli
Second	Thierry Espié	Motobécane
Third	Hans Müller	Morbidelli
50 cc
Pole position
Rider	Ricardo Tormo	Bultaco
Time	10:24.0
Fastest lap
Rider	Ricardo Tormo	Bultaco
Time	10:15.8
Podium
First	Ricardo Tormo	Bultaco
Second	Ángel Nieto	Bultaco
Third	Eugenio Lazzarini	Kreidler
Sidecars
Pole position
Rider	Rolf Biland	Beo-Yamaha
Passenger	Kenny Williams
Time	9:15.8
Fastest lap
Rider	Alain Michel	Seymaz-Yamaha
Passenger	Stu Collins
Time	9:06.8
Podium
First	Werner Schwärzel	Fath
	Andreas Huber
Second	Alain Michel	Seymaz-Yamaha
	Stu Collins
Third	Dick Greasley	Busch-Yamaha
	Gordon Russell

The 1978 German motorcycle Grand Prix was the eleventh round of the 1978 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 20 August 1978 at the Nürburgring circuit.

500 cc classification

Pos	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	12	Virginio Ferrari	Suzuki	6	51:21.7	3	15
2	4	Johnny Cecotto	Yamaha	6	+0.7	1	12
3	3	Kenny Roberts	Yamaha	6	+33.9	2	10
4	7	Barry Sheene	Suzuki	6	+36.0	6	8
5	17	Takazumi Katayama	Yamaha	6	+36.3	8	6
6	13	Michel Rougerie	Suzuki	6	+56.0	4	5
7	2	Steve Baker	Suzuki	6	+57.5	9	4
8	29	Boet van Dulmen	Suzuki	6	+1:08.1	10	3
9	9	Tepi Länsivuori	Suzuki	6	+1:10.0	11	2
10	59	Jürgen Steiner	Suzuki	6	+2:10.4		1
11	26	Jack Middelburg	Suzuki	6	+2:11.2
12	1	Franco Bonera	Suzuki	6	+2:15.8	12
13	5	Steve Parrish	Suzuki	6	+2:16.1
14	15	Max Wiener	Suzuki	6	+2:25.7
15	63	Alex George	Suzuki	6	+3:40.7
		Wil Hartog	Suzuki			5
		Marco Lucchinelli	Suzuki			7
47 starters in total, 29 finishers
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350 cc classification

Pos	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	1	Takazumi Katayama	Yamaha	6	52:27.4	6	15
2	5	Kork Ballington	Kawasaki	6	+0.2	2	12
3	4	Michel Rougerie	Yamaha	6	+40.8	7	10
4	3	Jon Ekerold	Yamaha	6	+42.1	8	8
5	2	Tom Herron	Yamaha	6	+43.4	4	6
6	63	Anton Mang	Kawasaki	6	+1:09.9	5	5
7	6	Olivier Chevallier	Yamaha	6	+1:37.0		4
8	23	Franco Bonera	Yamaha	6	+1:38.1		3
9	10	Patrick Pons	Yamaha	6	+2:04.3		2
10	53	Hervé Moineau	Yamaha	6	+2:10.2		1
11	82	Gustav Rainer	Yamaha	6	+2:29.7
12	18	Reino Eskelinen	Yamaha	6	+2:41.6
13	66	Josef Hage	Yamaha	6	+3:07.8
14	22	Maurizio Massimiani	Yamaha	6	+3:38.8
15	24	Vanes Francini	Yamaha	6	+3:56.1
		Gregg Hansford	Kawasaki			1
		Christian Sarron	Yamaha			3
		Pentti Korhonen	Yamaha			9
		Leif Gustafsson	Yamaha			10
60 starters in total, 25 finishers
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250 cc classification

Pos	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	6	Kork Ballington	Kawasaki	5	44:41.4	2	15
2	54	Gregg Hansford	Kawasaki	5	+39.9	1	12
3	5	Tom Herron	Yamaha	5	+52.5	9	10
4	50	Jean-François Baldé	Kawasaki	5	+52.7	3	8
5	59	Anton Mang	Kawasaki	5	+52.8		6
6	8	Jon Ekerold	Yamaha	5	+1:07.7	7	5
7	37	Chas Mortimer	Yamaha	5	+1:22.4		4
8	64	Raymond Roche	Yamaha	5	+1:23.6	6	3
9	10	Patrick Fernandez	Yamaha	5	+1:24.1	10	2
10	51	Thierry Espié	Yamaha	5	+1:24.3		1
11	12	Olivier Chevallier	Yamaha	5	+1:27.9
12	3	Walter Villa	Minarelli	5	+1:44.0
13	33	Leif Gustafsson	Yamaha	5	+1:48.6
14	13	Vic Soussan	Yamaha	5	+1:48.9	4
15	28	Richard Hubin	Yamaha	5	+1:49.5
		Kenny Roberts	Yamaha			5
		Christian Estrosi	Yamaha			8
50 starters in total, 36 finishers
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125 cc classification

Pos	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	3	Ángel Nieto	Minarelli	4	37:26.0	2	15
2	1	Thierry Espié	Motobécane	4	+7.8	1	12
3	9	Hans Müller	Morbidelli	4	+1:07.5	3	10
4	12	Maurizio Massimiani	Morbidelli	4	+1:18.9	9	8
5	7	Harald Bartol	Morbidelli	4	+1:19.0	10	6
6	6	Gert Bender	Bender	4	+1:22.5	4	5
7	8	Stefan Dörflinger	Morbidelli	4	+1:22.8	6	4
8	2	Eugenio Lazzarini	MBA	4	+1:23.8	5	3
9	19	Walter Koschine	Bender	4	+1:24.0	7	2
10	56	Stefan Janssen	Morbidelli	4	+1:26.9	8	1
11	32	Henk van Kessel	Condor	4	+2:10.1
12	16	Matti Kinnunen	Morbidelli	4	+2:10.4
13	20	Rolf Blatter	Morbidelli	4	+2:10.9
14	31	Bennie Wilbers	Morbidelli	4	+2:11.3
15	35	Richard Schmiederer	Morbidelli	4	+2:43.4
43 starters in total, 30 finishers
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50 cc classification

Pos	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	3	Ricardo Tormo	Bultaco	3	31:00.3	1	15
2	1	Ángel Nieto	Bultaco	3	+14.1	2	12
3	2	Eugenio Lazzarini	Kreidler	3	+53.0	3	10
4	6	Stefan Dörflinger	Kreidler	3	+1:30.2	4	8
5	37	Rolf Blatter	Kreidler	3	+1:58.7	8	6
6	39	Wolfgang Müller	Kreidler	3	+2:00.3	5	5
7	13	Theo Timmer	Kreidler	3	+2:05.3	10	4
8	60	Ingo Emmerich	Kreidler	3	+2:06.2	9	3
9	45	Reiner Scheidhauer	Kreidler	3	+2:07.2	7	2
10	28	Henk van Kessel	Sparta	3	+2:26.3		1
11	63	Claudio Lusuardi	MBH	3	+2:28.7
12	21	Enrico Cereda	Kreidler	3	+2:30.8
13	12	Hagen Klein	Kreidler	3	+2:48.4
14	31	Pierre Dumont	Kreidler	3	+2:48.6
15	57	Richard Schmiederer	Kreidler	3	+2:51.1
		Peter Looyestein	Kreidler			6
48 starters in total, 34 finishers
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Sidecar classification

Pos	No.	Rider	Passenger	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	3	Werner Schwärzel	Andreas Huber	Fath	5	46:37.6	3	15
2	5	Alain Michel	Stu Collins	Seymaz-Yamaha	5	+1:26.2	2	12
3	8	Dick Greasley	Gordon Russell	Busch-Yamaha	5	+1:26.8	5	10
4	10	Bruno Holzer	Karl Meierhans	LCR-Yamaha	5	+1:26.9		8
5	14	Jean-François Monnin	Paul Gerard	Seymaz-Yamaha	5	+2:20.3	6	6
6	37	Hermann Huber	Bernd Schappacher	König	5	+2:53.7	9	5
7	17	Amedeo Zini	Andrea Fornaro	Busch-König	5	+3:33.3		4
8	29	Bill Hodgkins	John Parkins	Windle-Yamaha	5	+3:36.0		3
9	47	Otto Haller	Rainer Gundel	MKM-Yamaha	5	+3:59.1		2
10	24	Thomas Müller	K. Waltisperg	TTM-Yamaha	5	+4:13.4	10	1
		Rolf Biland	Kenny Williams	Beo-Yamaha			1
		Jock Taylor	James Neil	Windle-Yamaha			4
		Hermann Schmid	Kenny Arthur	Schmid-Yamaha			7
		Siegfried Schauzu	Lorenzo Puzo	Busch-Yamaha			8
39 starters in total, 25 finishers
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References

1. Coleman, Barry (ed.). Motocourse 1978-1979. Hazleton Securities Ltd. p. 129. ISBN 0-905138-06-6.