1979 Venezuelan motorcycle Grand Prix

Venezuela  1979 Venezuelan Grand Prix
Race details
Race 1 of 13 races in the
1979 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date 18 March 1979
Official name Venezuelan Grand Prix
Location San Carlos Circuit
Course Permanent racing facility
4.135 km (2.569 mi)
500 cc
Pole position
Rider United Kingdom Barry Sheene Suzuki
Time 1:34.14
Fastest lap
Rider United Kingdom Barry Sheene Suzuki
Time 1:34.08
Podium
First United Kingdom Barry Sheene Suzuki
Second Italy Virginio Ferrari Suzuki
Third United Kingdom Tom Herron Suzuki
350 cc
Pole position
Rider Venezuela Carlos Lavado Yamaha
Time 1:35.40
Fastest lap
Rider Venezuela Carlos Lavado Yamaha
Time 1:34.49
Podium
First Venezuela Carlos Lavado Yamaha
Second Italy Walter Villa Yamaha
Third France Patrick Fernandez Yamaha
250 cc
Pole position
Rider Venezuela Carlos Lavado Yamaha
Time 1:38.19
Fastest lap
Rider Italy Walter Villa Yamaha
Time 1:37.55
Podium
First Italy Walter Villa Yamaha
Second South Africa Kork Ballington Kawasaki
Third Australia Victor Soussan Yamaha
125 cc
Pole position
Rider Venezuela Iván Palazzese MBA
Time 1:44.55
Fastest lap
Rider Spain Ángel Nieto Minarelli
Time 1:43.48
Podium
First Spain Ángel Nieto Minarelli
Second France Thierry Espié Motobécane
Third Italy Maurizio Massimiani MBA

The 1979 Venezuelan motorcycle Grand Prix, the first of 13 rounds of the F.I.M. 1979 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season, was held on 18 March at the San Carlos Circuit. British rider Barry Sheene, world champion in 1976 and 1977, won the 500cc GP by 18 seconds[1] from Italian Virginio Ferrari to make it three successive Venezuelan GPs. Venezuelan racer Carlos Lavado won the 350cc class from Italian Walter Villa and Frenchman Patrick Fernandez.[2]

Villa won the 250cc event, ahead of South African rider Kork Ballington by 20 seconds.[3] Spanish rider Ángel Nieto won the 125cc class from Frenchman Thierry Espié and Italian Maurizio Massimiani.[4] Nieto would later win the 125cc season championship.[5] Yamaha won two races, and Suzuki and Minarelli one each.

Classifications

Barry Sheene, won the 500cc GP from Virginio Ferrari.
Spanish racer Ángel Nieto, 125cc winner.

500 cc

Pos Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Grid Points
1 United Kingdom Barry Sheene Suzuki 30 47:52.9 1 15
2 Italy Virginio Ferrari Suzuki 30 +18.6 4 12
3 United Kingdom Tom Herron Suzuki 30 +30.9 2 10
4 Italy Franco Uncini Suzuki 30 +1:34.8 6 8
5 France Michel Rougerie Suzuki 29 +1 lap 10 6
6 Venezuela Roberto Pietri Suzuki 29 +1 lap 11 5
7 France Christian Sarron Yamaha 29 +1 lap 12 4
8 West Germany Gerhard Vogt Suzuki 28 +2 laps 13 3
9 Switzerland Stefan Pellandini Suzuki 27 +3 laps 15 2
10 United Kingdom Dennis Ireland Suzuki 27 +3 laps 16 1
Venezuela Johnny Cecotto Yamaha 3
Netherlands Wil Hartog Suzuki 5
United Kingdom Steve Parrish Suzuki 7
United Kingdom Mick Grant Suzuki 8
Italy Gianni Pelletier Suzuki 9
Spain C. de San Antonio Suzuki 14
16 starters in total, 10 finishers
[6]

350 cc

Pos Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Grid Points
1 Venezuela Carlos Lavado Yamaha 29 46:48.4 1 15
2 Italy Walter Villa Yamaha 29 +15.3 2 12
3 France Patrick Fernandez Yamaha 29 +23.5 4 10
4 South Africa Kork Ballington Kawasaki 29 +28.1 6 8
5 South Africa Jon Ekerold Yamaha 29 +33.8 3 6
6 France Christian Estrosi Kawasaki 29 +40.0 9 5
7 France Eric Saul Yamaha 29 +1:11.9 11 4
8 Australia Victor Soussan Yamaha 29 +1:22.4 8 3
9 France Olivier Chevallier Yamaha 29 +1:25.6 12 2
10 France Patrick Pons Yamaha 29 +1:35.7 7 1
11 Venezuela Eduardo Alemán Yamaha 28 +1 lap 14
12 Australia Gregg Hansford Kawasaki 28 +1 lap 10
13 United States Randy Mamola Yamaha 28 +1 lap
14 United Kingdom Barry Woodland Yamaha 28 +1 lap
15 Venezuela J. Gonzalez Yamaha 27 +2 laps
Venezuela Iván Palazzese Yamaha 5
Brazil C. Giroto Yamaha 13
Italy Franco Uncini Yamaha 15
30 starters in total, 18 finishers
[6]

250 cc

Pos Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Grid Points
1 Italy Walter Villa Yamaha 28 46:13.5 2 15
2 South Africa Kork Ballington Kawasaki 28 +20.6 3 12
3 Australia Victor Soussan Yamaha 28 +1:14.2 9 10
4 France Olivier Chevallier Yamaha 28 +1:17.6 7 8
5 United States Randy Mamola Bimota 28 +1:21.5 13 6
6 France Eric Saul Yamaha 28 +1:27.1 8 5
7 Australia Gregg Hansford Kawasaki 28 +1:40.5 5 4
8 Italy Maurizio Massimiani MBA 27 +1 lap 12 3
9 United Kingdom Chas Mortimer Yamaha 27 +1 lap 11 2
10 Spain Fernando Gonzalez Yamaha 27 +1 lap 1
11 Spain A. Rubio Yamaha 27 +1 lap
12 Venezuela I. Troisi Yamaha 27 +1 lap
13 Cuba B. Jull Yamaha 27 +1 lap
14 Italy G. Di Carlo Yamaha 27 +1 lap
15 Spain Carlos Morante Yamaha 24 +4 laps
16 Venezuela Eduardo Alemán Yamaha 24 +4 laps 10
Venezuela Carlos Lavado Yamaha 1
France Patrick Fernandez Yamaha 4
France Christian Estrosi Kawasaki 6
Italy Graziano Rossi Morbidelli 14
26 starters in total, ? finishers
[6]

125 cc

Pos Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Grid Points
1 Spain Ángel Nieto Minarelli 26 45:39.3 3 15
2 France Thierry Espié Motobécane 26 +6.1 4 12
3 Italy Maurizio Massimiani MBA 26 +40.6 6 10
4 Monaco Patrick Herouard MBA 26 +58.5 7 8
5 France Jean Lecureux Morbidelli 26 +1:12.9 6
6 Venezuela I. Troisi Yamaha 26 +1:18.4 8 5
7 France Francois Granon Morbidelli 26 +1:28.5 13 4
8 Switzerland Hans Müller Morbidelli 26 +1:44.2 10 3
9 France Jean Paul Magnoni Morbidelli 25 +1 lap 15 2
10 France Patrick Plisson Motoshop 25 +1 lap 11 1
11 Netherlands Bernie Wilbers MBA 25 +1 lap
12 Argentina H. Vigneti Morbidelli 25 +1 lap
13 Italy Eduardo Cereda MBA 25 +1 lap 12
14 Netherlands J. Huberts MBA 25 +1 lap
15 Dominican Republic D. Abreu Honda 23 +3 laps
Venezuela Ivan Palazzese MBA 1
Italy Eugenio Lazzarini MBA 2
Sweden Bam Carlson Morbidelli 5
Italy Jean P. Marchetti MBA 9
Spain Fernando Gonzalez Morbidelli 14
25 starters in total, 17 finishers
[6]

References

  1. "500cc Race Classification 1979". MotoGP (in Spanish). Dorna Sports S.L. Archived from the original on 8 November 2012. Retrieved 8 November 2012.
  2. "350cc Race Classification 1979". MotoGP (in Spanish). Dorna Sports S.L. Archived from the original on 8 November 2012. Retrieved 8 November 2012.
  3. "250cc Race Classification 1979". MotoGP (in Spanish). Dorna Sports S.L. Archived from the original on 8 November 2012. Retrieved 8 November 2012.
  4. "125cc Race Classification 1979". MotoGP (in Spanish). Dorna Sports S.L. Archived from the original on 8 November 2012. Retrieved 8 November 2012.
  5. Noyes, Dennis; Scott, Michael (1999). Motocourse: 50 Years Of Moto Grand Prix. Hazleton Publishing Ltd. ISBN 1-874557-83-7
  6. 1 2 3 4 Coleman, Barry (ed.). Motocourse 1979-1980. Hazleton Securities Ltd. p. 69. ISBN 0-905138-10-4.
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