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1978 Dutch TT

February 28, 2023

The 1978 Dutch TT was the sixth round of the 1978 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 22–24 June 1978 at the Circuit van Drenthe Assen.

  1978 Dutch TT
Race details
Race 6 of 13 races in the
1978 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date24 June 1978
Official nameDutch TT 1978[1][2][3]
LocationCircuit van Drenthe Assen
Course
  • Permanent racing facility
  • 7.718 km (4.796 mi)
500 cc
Pole position
Rider Johnny Cecotto
Time 3:01.900
Fastest lap
Rider Kenny Roberts
Time 2:57.400
Podium
First Johnny Cecotto
Second Kenny Roberts
Third Barry Sheene
350 cc
Pole position
Rider Franco Uncini
Time 3:05.700
Fastest lap
Rider Franco Bonera
Time 3:18.800
Podium
First Kork Ballington
Second Franco Bonera
Third Jon Ekerold
250 cc
Pole position
Rider Kenny Roberts
Time 3:09.000
Fastest lap
Rider Kenny Roberts
Time 3:09.600
Podium
First Kenny Roberts
Second Kork Ballington
Third Gregg Hansford
125 cc
Pole position
Rider Eugenio Lazzarini
Time 3:15.500
Fastest lap
Rider Eugenio Lazzarini
Time 3:16.600
Podium
First Eugenio Lazzarini
Second Maurizio Massimiani
Third Harald Bartol
50 cc
Pole position
Rider Eugenio Lazzarini Kreidler
Time 3:36.600
Fastest lap
Rider Eugenio Lazzarini
Time 3:34.800
Podium
First Eugenio Lazzarini
Second Ricardo Tormo
Third Patrick Plisson
Sidecar (B2A)
Pole position
Rider Rolf Biland
Time 3:16.000
Fastest lap
Rider Rolf Biland
Time 3:11.500
Podium
First Werner Schwärzel
Second Jean-François Monnin
Third Dick Greasley
Johnny Cecotto leads Barry Sheene and Kenny Roberts during the 1978 500cc Dutch TT race

Classification

500 cc

Pos. Rider Team Manufacturer Time/Retired Points
1   Johnny Cecotto Yamaha Motor Company Yamaha 48'17.100 15
2   Kenny Roberts Yamaha Motor Company Yamaha +0.100 12
3   Barry Sheene Texaco Heron Team Suzuki Suzuki +3.100 10
4   Takazumi Katayama Sarome & Motul Team Yamaha +13.200 8
5   Wil Hartog Riemersma Racing Suzuki +36.100 6
6   Michel Rougerie Suzuki +43.400 5
7   John Newbold Ray Hamblin Motorcycles Suzuki +43.600 4
8   Boet van Dulmen Suzuki +45.200 3
9   Steve Baker Team Gallina Nava Olio Fiat Suzuki +1 lap 2
10   Steve Parrish Suzuki +1 lap 1
11   Philippe Coulon Marlboro Nava Total Suzuki Retired
12   Teuvo Länsivuori Suzuki +1 lap
13   Franco Bonera Team Kiwi Yamoto Suzuki +1 lap
14   Alex George Suzuki +1 lap
15   Jack Middelburg Suzuki +1 lap
16   Graziano Rossi Team Gallina Nava Olio Fiat Suzuki +1 lap
17   John Woodley Sid Griffiths Racing Suzuki +1 lap
18   Max Wiener Suzuki +1 lap
19   Dick Alblas Suzuki +1 lap
20   Gerhard Vogt Bill Smith Racing Yamaha +1 lap
20   Franz Rau Kazenmaier Autovermietung Suzuki +1 lap
21   Gerhard Vogt Bill Smith Racing Suzuki +1 lap
22   Cees Scheepens Suzuki +1 lap
Ret   Marco Lucchinelli Cagiva Corse Suzuki Retired
Ret   Leslie van Breda Suzuki Retired
Ret   Bruno Kneubühler RSS Racing Team Suzuki Retired
Ret   Piet van der Wal RSS Racing Team Yamaha Retired
Ret   Gianni Rolando Team Librenti Suzuki Accident
Ret   Virginio Ferrari Team Gallina Nava Olio Fiat Suzuki Tyre problems
Ret   John Williams Team Appleby Glade Suzuki Retired
DNS   Dave Potter Ted Broad Suzuki Did not start
DNS   Bo Granath Suzuki Did not start
DNQ   Jean-Claude Hogrel Buton Buton Did not qualify
DNQ   Børge Nielsen Suzuki Did not qualify
DNQ   Hans Braumandl Suzuki Did not qualify
Sources: [4][5][6]

350cc

Pos No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Grid Points
1 1   Kork Ballington Kawasaki 16 54:32.9 3 15
2 27   Franco Bonera Yamaha 16 +11.6 12
3 3   Jon Ekerold Yamaha 16 +23.6 7 10
4 12   Pentti Korhonen Yamaha 16 +29.3 8
5 7   Christian Sarron Yamaha 16 +49.2 6
6 2   Tom Herron Yamaha 16 +56.4 5 5
7 22   Mick Grant Kawasaki 16 2 4
8 6   Gregg Hansford Kawasaki 16 3
9 40   Piet van der Wal Yamaha 16 2
10 20   Franco Uncini Yamaha 16 1 1
11 11   Vic Soussan Yamaha 16 10
12 21   Eero Hyvärinen Yamaha 16
13 36   Jack Middelburg Yamaha 16
14 39   Bert Struyk Yamaha 16
15 14   Víctor Palomo Yamaha 15 +1 lap
  Takazumi Katayama Yamaha 4
  Michel Rougerie Yamaha 6
  Olivier Chevallier Yamaha 8
  Patrick Fernandez Yamaha 9
30 starters in total, 16 finishers
[6]

250cc

Pos No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Grid Points
1 7   Kenny Roberts Yamaha 15 49:30.4 1 15
2 6   Kork Ballington Kawasaki 15 +9.1 4 12
3 4   Gregg Hansford Kawasaki 15 +37.7 3 10
4 2   Franco Uncini Yamaha 15 +42.8 8 8
5 20   Paolo Pileri Morbidelli 15 +1:12.7 6
6 12   Pentti Korhonen Yamaha 15 +1:22.1 5
7 11   Vic Soussan Yamaha 15 +1:33.9 4
8 9   Patrick Fernandez Yamaha 15 +1:34.2 2 3
9 16   Pekka Nurmi Yamaha 15 2
10 1   Mario Lega Morbidelli 15 1
11 17   Eero Hyvärinen Yamaha 15
12 36   Bert Struyk Yamaha 15 9
13 14   Chas Mortimer Yamaha 15
14 27   Jean-François Baldé Kawasaki 15 10
15 32   Leif Gustafsson Yamaha 15
  Mick Grant Kawasaki 5
  Christian Estrosi Kawasaki 6
  John Dodds Yamaha 7
30 starters in total, 20 finishers
[6]

125cc

Pos No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Grid Points
1 2   Eugenio Lazzarini MBA 14 46:56.7 1 15
2 10   Maurizio Massimiani Morbidelli 14 +33.1 4 12
3 6   Harald Bartol Morbidelli 14 +1:03.2 3 10
4 40   Patrick Plisson Morbidelli 14 +1:28.7 10 8
5 4   Jean-Louis Guignabodet Morbidelli 14 +1:39.3 6
6 12   Per-Edward Carlson Morbidelli 14 +1:41.7 5
7 19   Cees van Dongen Morbidelli 14 +1:44.0 4
8 14   Matti Kinnunen Morbidelli 14 7 3
9 34   Henk van Kessel Condor 14 2
10 39   Bennie Wilbers Morbidelli 14 1
11 37   Theo Timmer Morbidelli 14
12 24   Walter Koschine Bender 14
13 33   Theo van Geffen Morbidelli 14
14 23   Clive Horton Morbidelli 14
15 35   Peter van Niel Morbidelli 13 +1 lap
  Pierpaolo Bianchi Minarelli 2
  Thierry Espié Motobécane 5
  Hans Müller Morbidelli 6
  Ángel Nieto Bultaco 8
  J. Bosman Morbidelli 9
30 starters in total, 16 finishers
[6]

50cc

Pos No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Grid Points
1 1   Eugenio Lazzarini Kreidler 9 32:34.2 1 15
2 2   Ricardo Tormo Bultaco 9 +22.6 2 12
3 3   Patrick Plisson ABF 9 +1:23.4 3 10
4 21   Peter Looyestein Kreidler 9 +1:31.3 4 8
5 16   Wolfgang Müller Kreidler 9 +1:55.7 7 6
6 18   Ingo Emmerich Kreidler 9 +2:07.4 9 5
7 33   Gerrit Strikker Kreidler 9 4
8 13   Rolf Blatter Kreidler 9 3
9 10   Cees van Dongen Kreidler 9 2
10 20   Jacques Hutteau Kreidler 9 1
11 34   J. Welvaarts Kreidler 9
12 8   Hagen Klein Kreidler 9
13 22   Chris Baert Kreidler 9
14 23   Daniel Corvi Kreidler 9
15 15   Claudio Lusuardi Bultaco 9
  Theo Timmer Bultaco 5
  Hans Müller Kreidler 6
  Theo van Geffen Kreidler 8
  Ton Koojiman Hemeyla 10
30 starters in total, 18 finishers
[6]

Sidecar classification

Pos No. Rider Passenger Manufacturer Laps Time Grid Points
1 2   Werner Schwärzel   Andreas Huber Fath 14 46:12.7 2 15
2 11   Jean-François Monnin   Paul Gerard Seymaz-Yamaha 14 +46.7 4 12
3 6   Dick Greasley   Gordon Russell Busch-Yamaha 14 +54.1 6 10
4 8   Bruno Holzer   Karl Meierhans LCR-Yamaha 14 3 8
5 5   Göte Brodin   Per-Erik Wickström Yamaha 14 7 6
6 15   Yvan Troillet   Pierre Muller GEP-Yamaha 14 5 5
7 10   Hermann Schmid   Kenny Arthur Schmid-Yamaha 14 4
8 23   Boy Brouwer   Jan Oostwouder Coan-Yamaha 14 3
9 9   Max Venus   Norbert Bitterman CAT-Yamaha 14 2
10 16   Bill Hodgkins   John Parkins Windle-Yamaha 13 +1 lap 1
  Rolf Biland   Kenny Williams Beo-Yamaha 1
  Rolf Steinhausen   Wolfgang Kalauch Seymaz-Yamaha 8
  Amedeo Zini   Andrea Fornero König 9
22 starters in total, 11 finishers
[6]

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. ^ Mitchell, Malcolm. "1978 500cc Class (FIM Grand Prix World Championship) Programmes - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
  3. ^ Mitchell, Malcolm. "TT Circuit Assen - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
  4. ^ "1978 Dutch TT MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". Motorsportmagazine.com. 1 February 2018. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
  5. ^ "DUTCH TT · 500cc Race Classification 1978". Motogp.com. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
  6. ^ a b c d e f Coleman, Barry (ed.). Motocourse 1978-1979. Hazleton Securities Ltd. p. 95. ISBN 0-905138-06-6.


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The 1978 Dutch TT was the sixth round of the 1978 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season It took place on the weekend of 22 24 June 1978 at the Circuit van Drenthe Assen 1978 Dutch TTRace detailsRace 6 of 13 races in the1978 Grand Prix motorcycle racing seasonDate24 June 1978Official nameDutch TT 1978 1 2 3 LocationCircuit van Drenthe AssenCoursePermanent racing facility7 718 km 4 796 mi 500 ccPole positionRiderJohnny CecottoTime3 01 900Fastest lapRiderKenny RobertsTime2 57 400PodiumFirstJohnny CecottoSecondKenny RobertsThirdBarry Sheene350 ccPole positionRiderFranco UnciniTime3 05 700Fastest lapRiderFranco BoneraTime3 18 800PodiumFirstKork BallingtonSecondFranco BoneraThirdJon Ekerold250 ccPole positionRiderKenny RobertsTime3 09 000Fastest lapRiderKenny RobertsTime3 09 600PodiumFirstKenny RobertsSecondKork BallingtonThirdGregg Hansford125 ccPole positionRiderEugenio LazzariniTime3 15 500Fastest lapRiderEugenio LazzariniTime3 16 600PodiumFirstEugenio LazzariniSecondMaurizio MassimianiThirdHarald Bartol50 ccPole positionRiderEugenio LazzariniKreidlerTime3 36 600Fastest lapRiderEugenio LazzariniTime3 34 800PodiumFirstEugenio LazzariniSecondRicardo TormoThirdPatrick PlissonSidecar B2A Pole positionRiderRolf BilandTime3 16 000Fastest lapRiderRolf BilandTime3 11 500PodiumFirstWerner SchwarzelSecondJean Francois MonninThirdDick Greasley Johnny Cecotto leads Barry Sheene and Kenny Roberts during the 1978 500cc Dutch TT race Contents 1 Classification 1 1 500 cc 1 2 350cc 1 3 250cc 1 4 125cc 1 5 50cc 1 6 Sidecar classification 2 ReferencesClassification Edit500 cc Edit Pos Rider Team Manufacturer Time Retired Points1 Johnny Cecotto Yamaha Motor Company Yamaha 48 17 100 152 Kenny Roberts Yamaha Motor Company Yamaha 0 100 123 Barry Sheene Texaco Heron Team Suzuki Suzuki 3 100 104 Takazumi Katayama Sarome amp Motul Team Yamaha 13 200 85 Wil Hartog Riemersma Racing Suzuki 36 100 66 Michel Rougerie Suzuki 43 400 57 John Newbold Ray Hamblin Motorcycles Suzuki 43 600 48 Boet van Dulmen Suzuki 45 200 39 Steve Baker Team Gallina Nava Olio Fiat Suzuki 1 lap 210 Steve Parrish Suzuki 1 lap 111 Philippe Coulon Marlboro Nava Total Suzuki Retired12 Teuvo Lansivuori Suzuki 1 lap13 Franco Bonera Team Kiwi Yamoto Suzuki 1 lap14 Alex George Suzuki 1 lap15 Jack Middelburg Suzuki 1 lap16 Graziano Rossi Team Gallina Nava Olio Fiat Suzuki 1 lap17 John Woodley Sid Griffiths Racing Suzuki 1 lap18 Max Wiener Suzuki 1 lap19 Dick Alblas Suzuki 1 lap20 Gerhard Vogt Bill Smith Racing Yamaha 1 lap20 Franz Rau Kazenmaier Autovermietung Suzuki 1 lap21 Gerhard Vogt Bill Smith Racing Suzuki 1 lap22 Cees Scheepens Suzuki 1 lapRet Marco Lucchinelli Cagiva Corse Suzuki RetiredRet Leslie van Breda Suzuki RetiredRet Bruno Kneubuhler RSS Racing Team Suzuki RetiredRet Piet van der Wal RSS Racing Team Yamaha RetiredRet Gianni Rolando Team Librenti Suzuki AccidentRet Virginio Ferrari Team Gallina Nava Olio Fiat Suzuki Tyre problemsRet John Williams Team Appleby Glade Suzuki RetiredDNS Dave Potter Ted Broad Suzuki Did not startDNS Bo Granath Suzuki Did not startDNQ Jean Claude Hogrel Buton Buton Did not qualifyDNQ Borge Nielsen Suzuki Did not qualifyDNQ Hans Braumandl Suzuki Did not qualifySources 4 5 6 350cc Edit Pos No Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Grid Points1 1 Kork Ballington Kawasaki 16 54 32 9 3 152 27 Franco Bonera Yamaha 16 11 6 123 3 Jon Ekerold Yamaha 16 23 6 7 104 12 Pentti Korhonen Yamaha 16 29 3 85 7 Christian Sarron Yamaha 16 49 2 66 2 Tom Herron Yamaha 16 56 4 5 57 22 Mick Grant Kawasaki 16 2 48 6 Gregg Hansford Kawasaki 16 39 40 Piet van der Wal Yamaha 16 210 20 Franco Uncini Yamaha 16 1 111 11 Vic Soussan Yamaha 16 1012 21 Eero Hyvarinen Yamaha 1613 36 Jack Middelburg Yamaha 1614 39 Bert Struyk Yamaha 1615 14 Victor Palomo Yamaha 15 1 lap Takazumi Katayama Yamaha 4 Michel Rougerie Yamaha 6 Olivier Chevallier Yamaha 8 Patrick Fernandez Yamaha 930 starters in total 16 finishers 6 250cc Edit Pos No Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Grid Points1 7 Kenny Roberts Yamaha 15 49 30 4 1 152 6 Kork Ballington Kawasaki 15 9 1 4 123 4 Gregg Hansford Kawasaki 15 37 7 3 104 2 Franco Uncini Yamaha 15 42 8 8 85 20 Paolo Pileri Morbidelli 15 1 12 7 66 12 Pentti Korhonen Yamaha 15 1 22 1 57 11 Vic Soussan Yamaha 15 1 33 9 48 9 Patrick Fernandez Yamaha 15 1 34 2 2 39 16 Pekka Nurmi Yamaha 15 210 1 Mario Lega Morbidelli 15 111 17 Eero Hyvarinen Yamaha 1512 36 Bert Struyk Yamaha 15 913 14 Chas Mortimer Yamaha 1514 27 Jean Francois Balde Kawasaki 15 1015 32 Leif Gustafsson Yamaha 15 Mick Grant Kawasaki 5 Christian Estrosi Kawasaki 6 John Dodds Yamaha 730 starters in total 20 finishers 6 125cc Edit Pos No Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Grid Points1 2 Eugenio Lazzarini MBA 14 46 56 7 1 152 10 Maurizio Massimiani Morbidelli 14 33 1 4 123 6 Harald Bartol Morbidelli 14 1 03 2 3 104 40 Patrick Plisson Morbidelli 14 1 28 7 10 85 4 Jean Louis Guignabodet Morbidelli 14 1 39 3 66 12 Per Edward Carlson Morbidelli 14 1 41 7 57 19 Cees van Dongen Morbidelli 14 1 44 0 48 14 Matti Kinnunen Morbidelli 14 7 39 34 Henk van Kessel Condor 14 210 39 Bennie Wilbers Morbidelli 14 111 37 Theo Timmer Morbidelli 1412 24 Walter Koschine Bender 1413 33 Theo van Geffen Morbidelli 1414 23 Clive Horton Morbidelli 1415 35 Peter van Niel Morbidelli 13 1 lap Pierpaolo Bianchi Minarelli 2 Thierry Espie Motobecane 5 Hans Muller Morbidelli 6 Angel Nieto Bultaco 8 J Bosman Morbidelli 930 starters in total 16 finishers 6 50cc Edit Pos No Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Grid Points1 1 Eugenio Lazzarini Kreidler 9 32 34 2 1 152 2 Ricardo Tormo Bultaco 9 22 6 2 123 3 Patrick Plisson ABF 9 1 23 4 3 104 21 Peter Looyestein Kreidler 9 1 31 3 4 85 16 Wolfgang Muller Kreidler 9 1 55 7 7 66 18 Ingo Emmerich Kreidler 9 2 07 4 9 57 33 Gerrit Strikker Kreidler 9 48 13 Rolf Blatter Kreidler 9 39 10 Cees van Dongen Kreidler 9 210 20 Jacques Hutteau Kreidler 9 111 34 J Welvaarts Kreidler 912 8 Hagen Klein Kreidler 913 22 Chris Baert Kreidler 914 23 Daniel Corvi Kreidler 915 15 Claudio Lusuardi Bultaco 9 Theo Timmer Bultaco 5 Hans Muller Kreidler 6 Theo van Geffen Kreidler 8 Ton Koojiman Hemeyla 1030 starters in total 18 finishers 6 Sidecar classification Edit Pos No Rider Passenger Manufacturer Laps Time Grid Points1 2 Werner Schwarzel Andreas Huber Fath 14 46 12 7 2 152 11 Jean Francois Monnin Paul Gerard Seymaz Yamaha 14 46 7 4 123 6 Dick Greasley Gordon Russell Busch Yamaha 14 54 1 6 104 8 Bruno Holzer Karl Meierhans LCR Yamaha 14 3 85 5 Gote Brodin Per Erik Wickstrom Yamaha 14 7 66 15 Yvan Troillet Pierre Muller GEP Yamaha 14 5 57 10 Hermann Schmid Kenny Arthur Schmid Yamaha 14 48 23 Boy Brouwer Jan Oostwouder Coan Yamaha 14 39 9 Max Venus Norbert Bitterman CAT Yamaha 14 210 16 Bill Hodgkins John Parkins Windle Yamaha 13 1 lap 1 Rolf Biland Kenny Williams Beo Yamaha 1 Rolf Steinhausen Wolfgang Kalauch Seymaz Yamaha 8 Amedeo Zini Andrea Fornero Konig 922 starters in total 11 finishers 6 References Edit 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 Mitchell Malcolm 1978 500cc Class FIM Grand Prix World Championship Programmes The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project Progcovers com Retrieved 11 November 2018 Mitchell Malcolm TT Circuit Assen The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project Progcovers com Retrieved 11 November 2018 1978 Dutch TT MotoGP Motor Sport Magazine Database Motorsportmagazine com 1 February 2018 Retrieved 11 November 2018 DUTCH TT 500cc Race Classification 1978 Motogp com Retrieved 11 November 2018 a b c d e f Coleman Barry ed Motocourse 1978 1979 Hazleton Securities Ltd p 95 ISBN 0 905138 06 6 Previous race 1978 Nations Grand Prix FIM Grand Prix World Championship1978 season Next race 1978 Belgian Grand PrixPrevious race 1977 Dutch TT Dutch TT Next race 1979 Dutch TT Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1978 Dutch TT amp oldid 1034489967, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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