1978 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix

  1978 Spanish Grand Prix

Race details
Race 2 of 13 races in the 1978 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	16 April 1978
Official name	Gran Premio de España
Location	Circuito Permanente del Jarama
Course	Permanent racing facility 3.404 km (2.115 mi)
500 cc
Pole position
Rider	Kenny Roberts	Yamaha
Time	1:34.9
Fastest lap
Rider	Kenny Roberts	Yamaha
Time	1:34.5
Podium
First	Pat Hennen	Suzuki
Second	Kenny Roberts	Yamaha
Third	Takazumi Katayama	Yamaha
250 cc
Pole position
Rider	Kenny Roberts	Yamaha
Time	1:38.7
Fastest lap
Rider	Gregg Hansford	Kawasaki
Time	1:36.9
Podium
First	Gregg Hansford	Kawasaki
Second	Kenny Roberts	Yamaha
Third	Franco Uncini	Yamaha
125 cc
Pole position
Rider	Pierpaolo Bianchi	Minarelli
Time	1:44.1
Fastest lap
Rider	Eugenio Lazzarini	MBA
Time	1:43.9
Podium
First	Eugenio Lazzarini	MBA
Second	Thierry Espié	Motobécane
Third	Harald Bartol	Morbidelli
50 cc
Pole position
Rider	Eugenio Lazzarini	Kreidler
Time	1:53.6
Fastest lap
Rider	Eugenio Lazzarini	Kreidler
Time	1:52.5
Podium
First	Eugenio Lazzarini	Kreidler
Second	Ricardo Tormo	Bultaco
Third	Patrick Plisson	ABF

The 1978 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix was the second round of the 1978 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 16 April 1978 at the Circuito Permanente del Jarama.

500 cc classification

Pos	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	3	Pat Hennen	Suzuki	36	57:45.8	4	15
2	40	Kenny Roberts	Yamaha	36	+7.3	1	12
3	24	Takazumi Katayama	Yamaha	36	+8.9	7	10
4	4	Johnny Cecotto	Yamaha	36	+14.3	2	8
5	7	Barry Sheene	Suzuki	36	+14.7	5	6
6	2	Steve Baker	Suzuki	36	+16.5	3	5
7	8	Tepi Länsivuori	Suzuki	36	+1:01.5	11	4
8	15	Christian Estrosi	Suzuki	36	+1:10.7	10	3
9	9	Wil Hartog	Suzuki	36	+1:14.9	14	2
10	5	Steve Parrish	Suzuki	35	+1 lap	16	1
11	14	Boet van Dulmen	Suzuki	35	+1 lap	15
12	21	Jean-Philippe Orban	Suzuki	35	+1 lap	9
13	6	Tom Herron	Suzuki	35	+1 lap	13
14	11	Michel Rougerie	Suzuki	34	+2 laps	17
15	16	Les van Breda	Yamaha	34	+2 laps	19
16	28	Bruno Kneubühler	Suzuki	34	+2 laps
17	26	Clive Padgett	Yamaha	34	+2 laps
18	19	Alex George	Suzuki	33	+3 laps
19	33	Fernando González	Yamaha	33	+3 laps
		Ikujiro Takai	Yamaha			6
		Marco Lucchinelli	Suzuki			8
		Virginio Ferrari	Suzuki			12
		John Newbold	Suzuki			18
		Olivier Chevallier	Yamaha			20
28 starters in total
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250 cc classification

Pos	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	50	Gregg Hansford	Kawasaki	30	49:27.3	2	15
2	40	Kenny Roberts	Yamaha	30	+10.3	1	12
3	2	Franco Uncini	Yamaha	30	+45.8	3	10
4	6	Kork Ballington	Kawasaki	30	+50.2	4	8
5	8	Jon Ekerold	Yamaha	30	+1:21.9	7	6
6	9	Mick Grant	Kawasaki	30	+1:22.6	12	5
7	14	Olivier Chevallier	Yamaha	29	+1 lap	8	4
8	5	Tom Herron	Yamaha	29	+1 lap	13	3
9	3	Ray Quincey	Yamaha	29	+1 lap	17	2
10	12	Chas Mortimer	Yamaha	29	+1 lap	9	1
11	16	Anton Mang	Kawasaki	29	+1 lap
12	18	Vic Soussan	Yamaha	29	+1 lap	16
13	11	Pentti Korhonen	Yamaha	29	+1 lap	11
14	7	Les van Breda	Yamaha	29	+1 lap	19
15	17	Ángel Nieto	Bultaco	29	+1 lap	19
16	31	Carlos Morante	Yamaha	29	+1 lap
17	28	Eduardo Alemán	Yamaha	29	+1 lap
18	46	Eero Hyvärinen	Yamaha	28	+2 laps
19	48	Roland Freymond	Yamaha	28	+2 laps
		Mario Lega	Morbidelli			5
		Patrick Fernandez	Yamaha			6
		Paolo Pileri	Morbidelli			10
		John Dodds	Yamaha			14
		Benjamin Grau	Derbi			15
		Pierluigi Conforti	Yamaha			18
		Carlos Lavado	Yamaha			20
29 starters in total
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125 cc classification

Pos	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	2	Eugenio Lazzarini	MBA	27	47:54.8	2	15
2	11	Thierry Espié	Motobécane	27	+36.7	4	12
3	6	Harald Bartol	Morbidelli	27	+1:05.9	8	10
4	36	Clive Horton	Morbidelli	27	+1:23.5	13	8
5	22	Felice Agostini	Morbidelli	27	+1:35.1	7	6
6	4	Jean-Louis Guignabodet	Morbidelli	27	+1:43.9	9	5
7	31	Miguel Cortes	Morbidelli	27	+1:46.9	14	4
8	16	Thierry Noblesse	Morbidelli	27	+1:47.9	10	3
9	24	Per-Edward Carlson	Morbidelli	27	+1:48.3	15	2
10	21	Patrick Plisson	Morbidelli	26	+1 lap	12	1
11	39	Julien van Zeebroeck	Morbidelli	26	+1 lap	18
12	26	Ivan Palazzese	Morbidelli	26	+1 lap	19
13	18	Rolf Blatter	Morbidelli	26	+1 lap
14	7	Stefan Dörflinger	Morbidelli	26	+1 lap	16
15	15	Cees van Dongen	Morbidelli	26	+1 lap
16	14	Walter Koschine	Morbidelli	26	+1 lap
17	38	Francisco Roman	Motobécane	26	+1 lap
18	23	Fabrizio Frollani	Morbidelli	25	+2 laps	17
		Pierpaolo Bianchi	Minarelli			1
		Ángel Nieto	Bultaco			3
		Maurizio Massimiani	Morbidelli			5
		Pierluigi Conforti	Morbidelli			6
		Hans Müller	Morbidelli			11
		François Granon	Morbidelli			20
28 starters in total
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50 cc classification

Pos	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	2	Eugenio Lazzarini	Kreidler	18	35:02.5	1	15
2	3	Ricardo Tormo	Bultaco	18	+4.2	2	12
3	4	Patrick Plisson	ABF	18	+1:05.8	4	10
4	18	Wolfgang Müller	Kreidler	18	+1:14.6	5	8
5	14	Cees van Dongen	Kreidler	18	+1:46.7	11	6
6	32	Daniel Corvi	Kreidler	18	+1:56.6		5
7	9	Theo Timmer	Kreidler	18	+2:04.6	9	4
8	6	Ramón Gali	Bultaco	17	+1 lap	20	3
9	12	Aldo Pero	Kreidler	17	+1 lap	12	2
10	34	Javier Mira	Kreidler	17	+1 lap	9	4
11	28	Jorge Navarrete	Bultaco	17	+1 lap	15
12	24	Jacques Hutteau	Kreidler	17	+1 lap
13	11	Rolf Blatter	Kreidler	17	+1 lap
14	10	Rudolf Kunz	Kreidler	17	+1 lap	13
15	31	Vicente Ferrer	Kreidler	17	+1 lap
16	27	Henrique Sande	Kreidler	14	+4 laps
NC	30	Salvador Ventosa	Kreidler	12	+6 laps
		Stefan Dörflinger	Kreidler			3
		Ingo Emmerich	Kreidler			6
		Julien van Zeebroeck	Kreidler			7
		Gaspar Legaz	Kreidler			8
		Claudio Lusuardi	Bultaco			10
		Peter Looyestein	Kreidler			14
		Hagen Klein	Kreidler			16
		Joaquín Gali	Kreidler			17
		Pierre Dumont	Kreidler			18
		Charles Dumont	Kreidler			19
27 starters in total
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References

1. Coleman, Barry (ed.). Motocourse 1978-1979. Hazleton Securities Ltd. p. 69. ISBN 0-905138-06-6.