The 1978 German motorcycle Grand Prix was the eleventh round of the 1978 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 20 August 1978 at the Nürburgring circuit.
500cc classification Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Time/Retired Points 1 12 Virginio Ferrari Team Gallina Nava Olio Fiat Suzuki 51'21.700 15 2 4 Johnny Cecotto Yamaha Motor Company Yamaha +0.700 12 3 3 Kenny Roberts Yamaha Motor Company Yamaha +33.900 10 4 7 Barry Sheene Texaco Heron Team Suzuki Suzuki +36.000 8 5 17 Takazumi Katayama Sarome & Motul Team Yamaha +36.300 6 6 13 Michel Rougerie Suzuki +56.000 5 7 2 Steve Baker Team Gallina Nava Olio Fiat Suzuki +57.500 4 8 29 Boet van Dulmen Suzuki +1'08.100 3 9 9 Tepi Länsivuori Suzuki +1'10.000 2 10 59 Jürgen Steiner Caramba Racing Team Bohme Suzuki +2'10.400 1 11 26 Jack Middelburg Suzuki +2'11.200 12 1 Franco Bonera Suzuki +2'15.800 13 5 Steve Parrish Suzuki +2'16.100 14 15 Max Wiener Suzuki +2'25.700 15 63 Alex George Suzuki +3'40.700 16 28 Gerhard Vogt Bill Smith Racing Suzuki +3'44.100 17 ?? Hans-Otto Butenuth Yamaha +5'04.900 18 ?? Jack Findlay Suzuki +5'18.400 19 37 Dick Alblas Suzuki +5'19.700 20 ?? Tako Hase Yamaha +5'42.900 21 ?? Franz Shermer Suzuki +5'58.500 22 ?? Carlos Delgado de San Antonio Suzuki +6'00.100 23 ?? René Gutknecht Suzuki +6'00.300 24 ?? Michael Schmid Suzuki +6'28.700 25 ?? Philippe Coulon Marlboro Nava Total Suzuki +6'56.400 26 ?? Hans-Günter Schöne Yamaha +8'58.600 27 ?? Lars Johansson Yamaha +8'59.800 28 ?? Walter Kaletsch Yamaha +9'50.900 29 ?? Gustav Canehl Yamaha +1 lap Ret ?? Marco Lucchinelli Cagiva Corse Suzuki Retired Ret ?? Bruno Kneubühler RSS Racing Team Suzuki Retired Ret ?? Franz Rau Kazenmaier Autovermietung Suzuki Retired Ret ?? Herbert Schieferecke Yamaha Retired Ret ?? Iingo Riemer Yamaha Retired Ret ?? Wil Hartog Riemersma Racing Suzuki Retired Ret ?? Jan Verwey Suzuki Retired Ret ?? Jean-Claude Hogrel Buton Buton Retired Ret ?? Graziano Rossi Team Gallina Nava Olio Fiat Suzuki Retired Ret ?? Hans Braumandl Suzuki Retired Ret 38 Peter Sjoström Suzuki Retired Ret ?? Michel Frutschi Yamaha Retired Ret ?? Børge Nielsen Suzuki Retired Ret ?? Leslie van Breda Suzuki Retired Ret 22 Gianni Rolando Team Librenti Suzuki Retired Ret ?? Gustav Reiner Yamaha Retired Ret ?? Horst Scherer Yamaha Retired Ret ?? Horst Scherer Yamaha Retired Ret ?? Horst Lahfeld König Retired DNS ?? Bernd Dawicki König Did not start Sources:
350 cc classification Pos No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Grid Points 1 1 Takazumi Katayama Yamaha 6 52:27.4 6 15 2 5 Kork Ballington Kawasaki 6 +0.2 2 12 3 4 Michel Rougerie Yamaha 6 +40.8 7 10 4 3 Jon Ekerold Yamaha 6 +42.1 8 8 5 2 Tom Herron Yamaha 6 +43.4 4 6 6 63 Anton Mang Kawasaki 6 +1:09.9 5 5 7 6 Olivier Chevallier Yamaha 6 +1:37.0 4 8 23 Franco Bonera Yamaha 6 +1:38.1 3 9 10 Patrick Pons Yamaha 6 +2:04.3 2 10 53 Hervé Moineau Yamaha 6 +2:10.2 1 11 82 Gustav Rainer Yamaha 6 +2:29.7 12 18 Reino Eskelinen Yamaha 6 +2:41.6 13 66 Josef Hage Yamaha 6 +3:07.8 14 22 Maurizio Massimiani Yamaha 6 +3:38.8 15 24 Vanes Francini Yamaha 6 +3:56.1 Gregg Hansford Kawasaki 1 Christian Sarron Yamaha 3 Pentti Korhonen Yamaha 9 Leif Gustafsson Yamaha 10 60 starters in total, 25 finishers
250 cc classification Pos No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Grid Points 1 6 Kork Ballington Kawasaki 5 44:41.4 2 15 2 54 Gregg Hansford Kawasaki 5 +39.9 1 12 3 5 Tom Herron Yamaha 5 +52.5 9 10 4 50 Jean-François Baldé Kawasaki 5 +52.7 3 8 5 59 Anton Mang Kawasaki 5 +52.8 6 6 8 Jon Ekerold Yamaha 5 +1:07.7 7 5 7 37 Chas Mortimer Yamaha 5 +1:22.4 4 8 64 Raymond Roche Yamaha 5 +1:23.6 6 3 9 10 Patrick Fernandez Yamaha 5 +1:24.1 10 2 10 51 Thierry Espié Yamaha 5 +1:24.3 1 11 12 Olivier Chevallier Yamaha 5 +1:27.9 12 3 Walter Villa Minarelli 5 +1:44.0 13 33 Leif Gustafsson Yamaha 5 +1:48.6 14 13 Vic Soussan Yamaha 5 +1:48.9 4 15 28 Richard Hubin Yamaha 5 +1:49.5 Kenny Roberts Yamaha 5 Christian Estrosi Yamaha 8 50 starters in total, 36 finishers
125 cc classification Pos No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Grid Points 1 3 Ángel Nieto Minarelli 4 37:26.0 2 15 2 1 Thierry Espié Motobécane 4 +7.8 1 12 3 9 Hans Müller Morbidelli 4 +1:07.5 3 10 4 12 Maurizio Massimiani Morbidelli 4 +1:18.9 9 8 5 7 Harald Bartol Morbidelli 4 +1:19.0 10 6 6 6 Gert Bender Bender 4 +1:22.5 4 5 7 8 Stefan Dörflinger Morbidelli 4 +1:22.8 6 4 8 2 Eugenio Lazzarini MBA 4 +1:23.8 5 3 9 19 Walter Koschine Bender 4 +1:24.0 7 2 10 56 Stefan Janssen Morbidelli 4 +1:26.9 8 1 11 32 Henk van Kessel Condor 4 +2:10.1 12 16 Matti Kinnunen Morbidelli 4 +2:10.4 13 20 Rolf Blatter Morbidelli 4 +2:10.9 14 31 Bennie Wilbers Morbidelli 4 +2:11.3 15 35 Richard Schmiederer Morbidelli 4 +2:43.4 43 starters in total, 30 finishers
50 cc classification Pos No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Grid Points 1 3 Ricardo Tormo Bultaco 3 31:00.3 1 15 2 1 Ángel Nieto Bultaco 3 +14.1 2 12 3 2 Eugenio Lazzarini Kreidler 3 +53.0 3 10 4 6 Stefan Dörflinger Kreidler 3 +1:30.2 4 8 5 37 Rolf Blatter Kreidler 3 +1:58.7 8 6 6 39 Wolfgang Müller Kreidler 3 +2:00.3 5 5 7 13 Theo Timmer Kreidler 3 +2:05.3 10 4 8 60 Ingo Emmerich Kreidler 3 +2:06.2 9 3 9 45 Reiner Scheidhauer Kreidler 3 +2:07.2 7 2 10 28 Henk van Kessel Sparta 3 +2:26.3 1 11 63 Claudio Lusuardi MBH 3 +2:28.7 12 21 Enrico Cereda Kreidler 3 +2:30.8 13 12 Hagen Klein Kreidler 3 +2:48.4 14 31 Pierre Dumont Kreidler 3 +2:48.6 15 57 Richard Schmiederer Kreidler 3 +2:51.1 Peter Looyestein Kreidler 6 48 starters in total, 34 finishers
Sidecar classification Pos No. Rider Passenger Manufacturer Laps Time Grid Points 1 3 Werner Schwärzel Andreas Huber Fath 5 46:37.6 3 15 2 5 Alain Michel Stu Collins Seymaz-Yamaha 5 +1:26.2 2 12 3 8 Dick Greasley Gordon Russell Busch-Yamaha 5 +1:26.8 5 10 4 10 Bruno Holzer Karl Meierhans LCR-Yamaha 5 +1:26.9 8 5 14 Jean-François Monnin Paul Gerard Seymaz-Yamaha 5 +2:20.3 6 6 6 37 Hermann Huber Bernd Schappacher König 5 +2:53.7 9 5 7 17 Amedeo Zini Andrea Fornaro Busch-König 5 +3:33.3 4 8 29 Bill Hodgkins John Parkins Windle-Yamaha 5 +3:36.0 3 9 47 Otto Haller Rainer Gundel MKM-Yamaha 5 +3:59.1 2 10 24 Thomas Müller K. Waltisperg TTM-Yamaha 5 +4:13.4 10 1 Rolf Biland Kenny Williams Beo-Yamaha 1 Jock Taylor James Neil Windle-Yamaha 4 Hermann Schmid Kenny Arthur Schmid-Yamaha 7 Siegfried Schauzu Lorenzo Puzo Busch-Yamaha 8 39 starters in total, 25 finishers
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