1978 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix

The 1978 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix was the second round of the 1978 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 14–16 April 1978 at the Circuito Permanente del Jarama.

  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	XXVVIII Gran Premio de España[1]
Location	Circuito Permanente del Jarama
Course	Permanent racing facility 3.404 km (2.115 mi)
500 cc
Pole position Rider Kenny Roberts Time 1:34.900 Fastest lap Rider Kenny Roberts Time 1:34.500 Podium First Pat Hennen Second Kenny Roberts Third Takazumi Katayama
250 cc
Pole position Rider Kenny Roberts Time 1:38.700 Fastest lap Rider Gregg Hansford Time 1:36.900 Podium First Gregg Hansford Second Kenny Roberts Third Franco Uncini
125 cc
Pole position Rider Pierpaolo Bianchi Time 1:44.100 Fastest lap Rider Eugenio Lazzarini Time 1:43.900 Podium First Eugenio Lazzarini Second Thierry Espié Third Harald Bartol
50 cc
Pole position Rider Eugenio Lazzarini Time 1:53.600 Fastest lap Rider Eugenio Lazzarini Time 1:52.500 Podium First Eugenio Lazzarini Second Ricardo Tormo Third Patrick Plisson

Classification

500 cc

Pos	No.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Time	Points
1	3	Pat Hennen		Suzuki	57'45.800	15
2	40	Kenny Roberts	Yamaha Motor Company	Yamaha	+7.300	12
3	24	Takazumi Katayama	Sarome & Motul Team	Yamaha	+8.900	10
4	4	Johnny Cecotto	Yamaha Motor Company	Yamaha	+14.300	8
5	7	Barry Sheene	Texaco Heron Team Suzuki	Suzuki	+14.700	6
6	2	Steve Baker	Team Gallina Nava Olio Fiat	Suzuki	+16.500	5
7	8	Tepi Länsivuori		Suzuki	+1'01.500	4
8	15	Christian Estrosi		Suzuki	+1'10.700	3
9	9	Wil Hartog	Riemersma Racing	Suzuki	+1'14.900	2
10	5	Steve Parrish		Suzuki	+1 lap	1
11	14	Boet van Dulmen		Suzuki	+1 lap
12	21	Jean-Philippe Orban	Team La Licorne	Suzuki	+1 lap
13	6	Tom Herron		Suzuki	+1 lap
14	11	Michel Rougerie		Suzuki	+2 laps
15	16	Leslie van Breda		Suzuki	+2 laps
16	28	Bruno Kneubühler	RSS Racing Team	Suzuki	+2 laps
17	26	Clive Padgett		Yamaha	+2 laps
18	19	Alex George		Suzuki	+3 laps
19	33	Fernando Gonzalez de Nicolas		Yamaha	+3 laps
Ret		Ikujiro Takai	Yamaha Motor Company	Yamaha	Accident
Ret		Virginio Ferrari	Team Gallina Nava Olio Fiat	Suzuki	Retired
Ret		Max Wiener		Suzuki	Clutch
Ret		Marco Lucchinelli	Cagiva Corse	Suzuki	Accident
Ret		Philippe Coulon	Marlboro Nava Total	Suzuki	Retired
Ret		John Newbold	Ray Hamblin Motorcycles	Suzuki	Retired
Ret		Olivier Chevallier		Yamaha	Retired
Ret		Jon Ekerold	Suzuki Deutschland	Suzuki	Retired
Ret		Pentti Korhonen	RSS Racing Team	Yamaha	Retired
DNS		Carlos Delgado de San Antonio		Suzuki	Did not start
DNQ		Eddie Roberts		Suzuki	Did not qualify
DNQ		Francisco Perez		Suzuki	Did not qualify
DNQ		Gianni Rolando	Team Librenti	Suzuki	Did not qualify
DNQ		Kimmo Kopra		Yamaha	Did not qualify
DNQ		Seppo Ojala		Yamaha	Did not qualify
DNQ		Victor Palomo	Sonauto	Buton	Did not qualify
Sources: [2][3][4]

250cc

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
[4]

125cc 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
[4]

50cc 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
[4]

References

1. "Alle Grand-Prix uitslagen en bijzonderheden, van 1973 (het jaar dat Jack begon met racen) tot heden". Archive.li. Archived from the original on 13 April 2013. Retrieved 1 November 2018.
2. "1978 Spanish MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". Motorsportmagazine.com. 1 February 2018. Retrieved 5 November 2018.
3. "SPANISH GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1978". Motogp.com. Retrieved 5 November 2018.
4. Coleman, Barry (ed.). Motocourse 1978-1979. Hazleton Securities Ltd. p. 69. ISBN 0-905138-06-6.