1978 Nations motorcycle Grand Prix

  1978 Nations Grand Prix

Race details
Race 5 of 13 races in the 1978 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	13–14 May 1978
Official name	Gran Premio delle Nazione
Location	Autodromo Internazionale del Mugello
Course	Permanent racing facility 5.245 km (3.259 mi)
500 cc
Pole position
Rider	Kenny Roberts	Yamaha
Time	2:05.60
Fastest lap
Rider	Kenny Roberts	Yamaha
Time	2:04.8
Podium
First	Kenny Roberts	Yamaha
Second	Pat Hennen	Suzuki
Third	Marco Lucchinelli	Suzuki
350 cc
Pole position
Rider	Franco Uncini	Yamaha
Time	2:10.59
Fastest lap
Rider	Gregg Hansford	Kawasaki
Time	2:07.6
Podium
First	Kork Ballington	Kawasaki
Second	Gregg Hansford	Kawasaki
Third	Takazumi Katayama	Yamaha
250 cc
Pole position
Rider	Kenny Roberts	Yamaha
Time	2:11.36
Fastest lap
Rider	Kork Ballington	Kawasaki
Time	2:09.3
Podium
First	Kork Ballington	Kawasaki
Second	Gregg Hansford	Kawasaki
Third	Franco Uncini	Yamaha
125 cc
Pole position
Rider	Eugenio Lazzarini	MBA
Time	2:16.85
Fastest lap
Rider	Thierry Espié	Motobécane
Time	2:15.1
Podium
First	Eugenio Lazzarini	MBA
Second	Maurizio Massimiani	Morbidelli
Third	Harald Bartol	Morbidelli
50 cc
Pole position
Rider	Ricardo Tormo	Bultaco
Time	2:30.33
Fastest lap
Rider	Stefan Dörflinger	Kreidler
Time	2:28.0
Podium
First	Ricardo Tormo	Bultaco
Second	Patrick Plisson	ABF
Third	Julien van Zeebroeck	Kreidler
Sidecars
Pole position
Rider	Alain Michel	Seymaz-Yamaha
Passenger	Stu Collins
Time	2:13.49
Fastest lap
Rider	Rolf Biland	Beo-Yamaha
Passenger	Kenny Williams
Time	2:14.7
Podium
First	Rolf Biland	Beo-Yamaha
	Kenny Williams
Second	Werner Schwärzel	Fath
	Andreas Huber
Third	Jean-François Monnin	Seymaz-Yamaha
	Philippe Miserez

The 1978 Nations motorcycle Grand Prix was the fifth round of the 1978 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 13–14 May 1978 at the Autodromo Internazionale del Mugello.

500 cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	Kenny Roberts	Yamaha	28	59:17.0	1	15
2	Pat Hennen	Suzuki	28	+6.2	3	12
3	Marco Lucchinelli	Suzuki	28	+35.5	4	10
4	Steve Baker	Suzuki	28	+40.4	5	8
5	Barry Sheene	Suzuki	28	+51.4	7	6
6	Wil Hartog	Suzuki	28	+1:07.5	10	5
7	Tepi Länsivuori	Suzuki	28	+1:16.3	12	4
8	Philippe Coulon	Suzuki	28	+2:04.1		3
9	Boet van Dulmen	Suzuki	28	+2:04.7		2
10	Gianni Rolando	Suzuki	27	+1 lap		1
11	Nico Cereghini	Suzuki	27	+1 lap
12	Graziano Rossi	Suzuki	27	+1 lap	9
13	Franz Rau	Suzuki	27	+1 lap
14	Alex George	Suzuki	27	+1 lap
15	Roberto Coli	Suzuki	27	+1 lap
	Johnny Cecotto	Yamaha			2
	Michel Rougerie	Suzuki			6
	Takazumi Katayama	Yamaha			8
	Virginio Ferrari	Suzuki			11
30 starters in total, 15 finishers
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350 cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	Kork Ballington	Kawasaki	25	54:08.0	7	15
2	Gregg Hansford	Kawasaki	25	+0.4	11	12
3	Takazumi Katayama	Yamaha	25	+15.9	2	10
4	Michel Rougerie	Yamaha	25	+16.2	5	8
5	Franco Uncini	Yamaha	25	+41.4	1	6
6	Marco Lucchinelli	Yamaha	25	+42.4	3	5
7	Patrick Fernandez	Yamaha	25	+1:01.6	10	4
8	Olivier Chevallier	Yamaha	25	+1:04.9	8	3
9	Vic Soussan	Yamaha	25	+1:24.5	12	2
10	Mario Lega	Morbidelli	25	+1:35.9	6	1
11	Tom Herron	Yamaha	25	+1:36.0	4
12	Pentti Korhonen	Yamaha	25	+1:58.0
13	John Dodds	Yamaha	25	+1:59.2
14	Franco Bonera	Yamaha	24	+1 lap
15	Hervé Moineau	Yamaha	24	+1 lap
	Jon Ekerold	Yamaha			9
30 starters in total, 19 finishers
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250 cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	Kork Ballington	Kawasaki	23	50:23.4	4	15
2	Gregg Hansford	Kawasaki	23	+0.0	2	12
3	Franco Uncini	Yamaha	23	+51.0	3	10
4	Tom Herron	Yamaha	23	+1:11.0	12	8
5	Patrick Fernandez	Yamaha	23	+1:14.9	11	6
6	Mario Lega	Morbidelli	23	+1:15.0	5	5
7	Olivier Chevallier	Yamaha	23	+1:21.0		4
8	Raymond Roche	Yamaha	23	+1:21.7		3
9	Jean-François Baldé	Kawasaki	23	+1:57.8		2
10	Sadao Asami	Yamaha	23	+1:57.8	7	1
11	Anton Mang	Kawasaki	23	+2:12.2	8
12	Sauro Pazzaglia	Yamaha	23	+2:13.6
13	John Dodds	Yamaha	22	+1 lap
14	Franco Solaroli	Yamaha	22	+1 lap
15	Vic Soussan	Yamaha	22	+1 lap	6
	Kenny Roberts	Yamaha			1
	Pentti Korhonen	Yamaha			9
	Jon Ekerold	Yamaha			10
30 starters in total, 19 finishers
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125 cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	Eugenio Lazzarini	MBA	20	46:25.9	1	15
2	Maurizio Massimiani	Morbidelli	20	+26.2	8	12
3	Harald Bartol	Morbidelli	20	+29.1	11	10
4	Thierry Espié	Motobécane	20	+29.3	2	8
5	Per-Edward Carlson	Morbidelli	20	+49.3		6
6	Hans Müller	Morbidelli	20	+54.7	9	5
7	Ángel Nieto	Bultaco	20	+1:18.6		4
8	Jean-Louis Guignabodet	Morbidelli	20	+1:27.5	12	3
9	Stefan Dörflinger	Morbidelli	20	+1:39.3	10	2
10	Enrico Cereda	Morbidelli	20	+1:48.9		1
11	Bruno Vasetti	Morbidelli	20	+2:05.9
12	Italo Zerbini	Morbidelli	20	+3:46.9
13	Ermanno Giuliano	Morbidelli	19	+1 lap
14	Riccardo Russo	Morbidelli	19	+1 lap
15	Ivan Palazzese	Morbidelli	19	+1 lap
	Pierluigi Conforti	Morbidelli			3
	Pierpaolo Bianchi	Minarelli			4
	Felice Agostini	Morbidelli			5
	Matti Kinnunen	Morbidelli			6
	Thierry Noblesse	Morbidelli			7
30 starters in total, 21 finishers
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50 cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	Ricardo Tormo	Bultaco	12	30:39.4	1	15
2	Patrick Plisson	ABF	12	+2.1	4	12
3	Julien van Zeebroeck	Kreidler	12	+19.4	5	10
4	Rolf Blatter	Kreidler	12	+19.7		8
5	Stefan Dörflinger	Kreidler	12	+20.0	3	6
6	Aldo Pero	Kreidler	12	+20.2	8	5
7	Wolfgang Müller	Kreidler	12	+37.3	7	4
8	Alberto Jeva	Morbidelli	12	+51.9	12	3
9	Salvatore Monreale	Morbidelli	12	+54.7	11	2
10	Pierre Dumont	Kreidler	12	+1:11.8		1
11	Daniel Corvi	Kreidler	12	+1:12.4
12	Claudio Lusuardi	Bultaco	12	+1:16.5
13	Enrico Cereda	DRS	12	+1:39.0
14	Hagen Klein	Kreidler	12	+1:55.1
15	Claudio Granata	Morbidelli	12	+1:55.6	10
	Eugenio Lazzarini	Kreidler			2
	Ingo Emmerich	Kreidler			6
	Sergio Zattoni	Derbi			9
30 starters in total, 21 finishers
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Sidecar classification

Pos	Rider	Passenger	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	Rolf Biland	Kenny Williams	Beo-Yamaha	20	45:40.2	2	15
2	Werner Schwärzel	Andreas Huber	Fath	20	+11.5	5	12
3	Jean-François Monnin	Philippe Miserez	Seymaz-Yamaha	20	+39.6	3	10
4	Dick Greasley	Gordon Russell	Busch-Yamaha	20	+46.6	9	8
5	Bruno Holzer	Karl Meierhans	LCR-Yamaha	20	+1:20.1	8	6
6	Yvan Troillet	Pierre Muller	GEP-Yamaha	20	+1:26.6	7	5
7	Hermann Schmid	Kenny Arthur	Schmid-Yamaha	20	+1:33.2		4
8	Jock Taylor	Lewis Ward	Windle-Yamaha	20	+1:37.2		3
9	Ernst Trachsel	Andreas Stager	TTM-Suzuki	19	+1 lap		2
10	George O'Dell	Cliff Holland	Seymaz-Yamaha	19	+1 lap	6	1
11	Siegfried Schauzu	Lorenzo Puzo	Busch-Yamaha	19	+1 laps
12	Egbert Streuer	Johann van der Kaap	Schmid-Yamaha	19	+1 laps
	Alain Michel	Stu Collins	Seymaz-Yamaha			1
	Rolf Steinhausen	Wolfgang Kalauch	Seymaz-Yamaha			4
	Mac Hobson	Ken Birch	Yamaha			10
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References

1. Coleman, Barry (ed.). Motocourse 1978-1979. Hazleton Securities Ltd. p. 89. ISBN 0-905138-06-6.