1978 Belgian motorcycle Grand Prix

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.

500 cc classification Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Time/Retired Points 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 Sources:

250 cc classification Pos No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Grid Points 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

125 cc classification Pos No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Grid Points 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

50 cc classification Pos No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Grid Points 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

Sidecar classification Pos No. Rider Passenger Manufacturer Laps Time Grid Points 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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