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The 1978 Belgian motorcycle Grand Prix was the seventh round of the 1978 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 2 July 1978 at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps. These races, along with the Spa 24 Hours touring car race 3 weeks later were the last international major events held on the old 14 kilometer Spa-Francorchamps circuit.
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Race 7 of 13 races in the 1978 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date | 2 July 1978 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Official name | Grand Prix Belgique / Grote Prijs België[1][2][3] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Location | Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Pos. | No. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Time/Retired | Points | ||
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1 | 15 | Wil Hartog | Riemersma Racing | Suzuki | 39'50.400 | 15 | ||
2 | 2 | Kenny Roberts | Yamaha Motor Company | Yamaha | +15.800 | 12 | ||
3 | 7 | Barry Sheene | Texaco Heron Team Suzuki | Suzuki | +18.600 | 10 | ||
4 | 30 | Michel Rougerie | Suzuki | +21.300 | 8 | |||
5 | 21 | Tepi Länsivuori | Suzuki | +1'18.900 | 6 | |||
6 | 8 | Takazumi Katayama | Sarome & Motul Team | Yamaha | +1 lap | 5 | ||
7 | 22 | Marco Lucchinelli | Cagiva Corse | Suzuki | +1 lap | 4 | ||
8 | 9 | Alex George | Suzuki | +1 lap | 3 | |||
9 | 17 | Tom Herron | Suzuki | +1 lap | 2 | |||
10 | 46 | Dennis Ireland | Suzuki | +1 lap | 1 | |||
11 | 39 | John Woodley | Sid Griffiths Racing | Suzuki | +1 lap | |||
12 | 38 | John Williams | Team Appleby Glade | Suzuki | +1 lap | |||
13 | 41 | Bo Granath | Suzuki | +1 lap | ||||
14 | 29 | Graziano Rossi | Team Gallina Nava Olio Fiat | Suzuki | +1 lap | |||
15 | 14 | Jack Findlay | Suzuki | +1 lap | ||||
16 | 48 | Greg Johnson | Suzuki | +1 lap | ||||
17 | 45 | Hervé Regout | Yamaha | +1 lap | ||||
18 | 37 | Max Wiener | Suzuki | +1 lap | ||||
19 | 33 | Leslie van Breda | Suzuki | +1 lap | ||||
20 | 36 | Gerhard Vogt | Bill Smith Racing | Suzuki | +1 lap | |||
21 | ?? | Guy Cooremans | Suzuki | +1 lap | ||||
22 | ?? | Jean-Claude Hogrel | Buton | Buton | +1 lap | |||
Ret | Johnny Cecotto | Yamaha Motor Company | Yamaha | Retired | ||||
Ret | Philippe Coulon | Marlboro Nava Total | Suzuki | Retired | ||||
Ret | Boet van Dulmen | Suzuki | Retired | |||||
Ret | Virginio Ferrari | Team Gallina Nava Olio Fiat | Suzuki | Retired | ||||
Ret | Steve Baker | Team Gallina Nava Olio Fiat | Suzuki | Retired | ||||
Ret | Bruno Kneubühler | RSS Racing Team | Suzuki | Retired | ||||
Ret | John Newbold | Ray Hamblin Motorcycles | Suzuki | Retired | ||||
Ret | Børge Nielsen | Suzuki | Retired | |||||
Ret | Jon Ekerold | Suzuki Deutschland | Yamaha | Retired | ||||
Ret | Dick Alblas | Suzuki | Retired | |||||
Ret | Franz Heller | Caramba Racing Team Bohme | Suzuki | Retired | ||||
Ret | Franz Rau | Kazenmaier Autovermietung | Suzuki | Retired | ||||
Ret | Cees Scheepens | Suzuki | Retired | |||||
Ret | Steve Parrish | Suzuki | Retired | |||||
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Pos | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Grid | Points |
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1 | 31 | Paolo Pileri | Morbidelli | 9 | 40:35.0 | 15 | |
2 | 56 | Franco Uncini | Yamaha | 9 | +23.1 | 4 | 12 |
3 | 37 | Walter Villa | Harley-Davidson | 9 | +37.6 | 2 | 10 |
4 | 9 | Patrick Fernandez | Yamaha | 9 | +37.8 | 8 | 8 |
5 | 1 | Kork Ballington | Kawasaki | 9 | +1:07.0 | 1 | 6 |
6 | 21 | Mario Lega | Morbidelli | 9 | +1:07.2 | 3 | 5 |
7 | 22 | Anton Mang | Kawasaki | 9 | 4 | ||
8 | 36 | Vic Soussan | Yamaha | 9 | 3 | ||
9 | 20 | Pentti Korhonen | Yamaha | 9 | 6 | 2 | |
10 | 12 | Leif Gustafsson | Yamaha | 9 | 9 | 1 | |
11 | 7 | Jon Ekerold | Yamaha | 9 | 10 | ||
12 | 48 | Etienne Geeraerd | Yamaha | 9 | |||
13 | 43 | Albert Debouny | Yamaha | 9 | |||
14 | 14 | Josef Hage | Japol | 9 | |||
15 | 29 | Pekka Nurmi | Yamaha | 9 | 12 | ||
16 | 62 | Reino Eskelinen | Yamaha | 9 | |||
17 | 45 | René Delaby | Yamaha | 9 | |||
18 | 17 | Eero Hyvärinen | Yamaha | 9 | |||
19 | 63 | Clive Padgett | Yamaha | 9 | |||
20 | 3 | Kenny Blake | Yamaha | 9 | |||
John Dodds | Yamaha | 5 | |||||
Kenny Roberts | Yamaha | 7 | |||||
Gregg Hansford | Kawasaki | 11 | |||||
38 starters in total, 24 finishers | |||||||
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Pos | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Grid | Points |
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1 | 3 | Pierpaolo Bianchi | Minarelli | 8 | 38:12.2 | 3 | 15 |
2 | 32 | Ángel Nieto | Minarelli | 8 | +3.3 | 1 | 12 |
3 | 30 | Maurizio Massimiani | Morbidelli | 8 | +11.1 | 10 | 10 |
4 | 1 | August Auinger | Morbidelli | 8 | +1:29.3 | 9 | 8 |
5 | 37 | Patrick Plisson | Morbidelli | 8 | +1:34.5 | 7 | 6 |
6 | 26 | Eugenio Lazzarini | MBA | 8 | 6 | 5 | |
7 | 31 | Hans Müller | Morbidelli | 8 | 5 | 4 | |
8 | 4 | Rolf Blatter | Morbidelli | 8 | 3 | ||
9 | 45 | Cees van Dongen | Morbidelli | 8 | 2 | ||
10 | 21 | Matti Kinnunen | Morbidelli | 8 | 1 | ||
11 | 47 | Bennie Wilbers | Morbidelli | 8 | |||
12 | 41 | Jean-Claude Selini | Morbidelli | 8 | |||
13 | 24 | Walter Koschine | Bender | 8 | 12 | ||
14 | 17 | Clive Horton | Morbidelli | 8 | |||
15 | 6 | Enrico Cereda | Morbidelli | 8 | |||
16 | 22 | Bengt Johansson | Morbidelli | 8 | |||
17 | 10 | Yves Dupont | Morbidelli | 8 | |||
18 | 18 | Jan Huberts | Morbidelli | 7 | |||
19 | 40 | Bernd Schneider | Bender | 7 | |||
20 | 43 | Jan Ubels | Buton | 7 | |||
Harald Bartol | Morbidelli | 2 | |||||
Thierry Espié | Motobécane | 4 | |||||
Stefan Dörflinger | Morbidelli | 8 | |||||
Jean-Louis Guignabodet | Morbidelli | 11 | |||||
38 starters in total, 20 finishers | |||||||
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Pos | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Grid | Points |
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1 | 36 | Ricardo Tormo | Bultaco | 6 | 31:52.3 | 1 | 15 |
2 | 19 | Eugenio Lazzarini | Kreidler | 6 | +56.1 | 3 | 12 |
3 | 48 | Stefan Dörflinger | Kreidler | 6 | +2:23.2 | 2 | 10 |
4 | 23 | Claudio Lusuardi | Bultaco | 6 | +2:24.6 | 8 | |
5 | 21 | Peter Looyestein | Kreidler | 6 | +2:32.9 | 11 | 6 |
6 | 42 | Pierre Dumont | Kreidler | 6 | +2:48.7 | 7 | 5 |
7 | 15 | Hagen Klein | Kreidler | 6 | 12 | 4 | |
8 | 28 | Patrick Plisson | ABF | 6 | 8 | 3 | |
9 | 38 | Cees van Dongen | Kreidler | 6 | 2 | ||
10 | 35 | Theo Timmer | Bultaco | 6 | 10 | 1 | |
11 | 14 | Jacques Hutteau | ABF | 6 | |||
12 | 26 | Wolfgang Müller | Kreidler | 6 | 4 | ||
13 | 9 | Joaquín Gali | Bultaco | 6 | |||
14 | 10 | Ramón Gali | Bultaco | 6 | |||
15 | 32 | Günter Schirnhofer | Kreidler | 6 | |||
16 | 4 | Daniel Corvi | Kreidler | 6 | |||
17 | 40 | Chris Baert | Kreidler | 5 | |||
18 | 46 | Marcel van der Steene | Kreidler | 5 | |||
19 | 5 | Michel de Poligny | Scrab | 5 | |||
20 | 47 | Dirk van der Donckt | Kreidler | 5 | |||
Otto Machinek | Kreidler | 5 | |||||
Ingo Emmerich | Kreidler | 6 | |||||
Aldo Pero | Kreidler | 9 | |||||
40 starters in total, 24 finishers | |||||||
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Pos | No. | Rider | Passenger | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Grid | Points |
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1 | 12 | Bruno Holzer | Karl Meierhans | LCR-Yamaha | 9 | 47:50.0 | 7 | 15 |
2 | 18 | Alain Michel | Stu Collins | Seymaz-Yamaha | 9 | +22.7 | 5 | 12 |
3 | 4 | Rolf Biland | Kenny Williams | TTM-Yamaha | 9 | +28.3 | 3 | 10 |
4 | 32 | Rolf Steinhausen | Wolfgang Kalauch | Seymaz-Yamaha | 9 | +2:22.2 | 1 | 8 |
5 | 11 | Bill Hodgkins | John Parkins | Windle-Yamaha | 9 | +3:01.0 | 6 | |
6 | 44 | Jock Taylor | James Neil | Windle-Yamaha | 9 | 5 | ||
7 | 30 | Cees Smit | Jan Smit | Seymaz-Yamaha | 9 | 4 | ||
8 | 8 | Gérard Corbaz | Roland Gabriel | Schmid-Yamaha | 9 | 9 | 3 | |
9 | 10 | Dick Greasley | Gordon Russell | Busch-Yamaha | 9 | 6 | 2 | |
10 | 26 | Siegfried Schauzu | Lorenzo Puzo | Busch-Yamaha | 9 | 8 | 1 | |
11 | 16 | Helmut Luneman | Micha Stockel | Gespann-Yamaha | 9 | |||
12 | 35 | Heinz Thevissen | Lothar Klein | HTS-Yamaha | 8 | +1 lap | ||
13 | 37 | Max Venus | Norbert Bitterman | CAT-Yamaha | 8 | +1 lap | ||
14 | 7 | Boy Brouwer | Jan Oostwouder | Coan-Yamaha | 8 | +1 lap | ||
Werner Schwärzel | Andreas Huber | Fath | 2 | |||||
Göte Brodin | Per-Erik Wickström | Yamaha | 4 | |||||
Hermann Schmid | Kenny Arthur | Schmid-Yamaha | 10 | |||||
30 starters in total, 14 finishers | ||||||||
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