1978 Dutch TT

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.

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:

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

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

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

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

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

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