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1978 FINLAND GRAND PRIX results

Round 9 · July 30, 1978 · Imatra

Winners

• 500cc Wil Hartog Suzuki
• 350cc Kork Ballington Kawasaki
• 250cc Kork Ballington
• 125cc Angel Nieto Minarelli

500cc 20 laps

Pole: Johnny Cecotto

Pos	No.	Rider	Bike · team	Time/Gap
1+15		Wil Hartog	Suzuki	45:44.100
2+12		Takazumi Katayama	Yamaha	+4.800
3+10		Johnny Cecotto	Yamaha	+11.400
4+8		Teuvo Lansivuori	Suzuki	+43.700
5+6		Steve Parrish	Suzuki	+58.400
6+5		Steve Baker	Suzuki	+1:04.700
7+4		Boet Van Dulmen	Suzuki	+1:11.700
8+3		Jurgen Steiner	Suzuki	+1:23.300
9+2		Graziano Rossi	Suzuki	+2:27.100
10+1		Bruno Kneubühler	Suzuki
11		Clive Padgett	Suzuki
12		Max Wiener	Suzuki
13		Dick Alblas	Suzuki
14		Gerhardt Vogt	Suzuki
15		Borge W. Nielsen	Suzuki
—		Michel Rougerie	Suzuki	DNF
—		Kenny Roberts	Yamaha	DNF
—		Barry Sheene	Suzuki	DNF

350cc

Pos	No.	Rider	Bike · team	Time/Gap
1+15		Kork Ballington	Kawasaki
2+12		Takazumi Katayama	Yamaha
3+10		Tom Herron	Yamaha
4+8		Victor Soussan	Yamaha
5+6		Jonnie Ekerold	Yamaha
6+5		Guy Bertin	Yamaha
7+4		Michel Rougerie	Yamaha
8+3		Olivier Chevallier	Yamaha
9+2		Paolo Pileri	Rieju
10+1		Eero Hyvarinen	Yamaha

250cc

Pole: Greg Hansford

This race has no result in the official data. Source: Wikipedia (italiano)

Pos	No.	Rider	Bike · team	Time/Gap
1+15		Kork Ballington
2+12		Greg Hansford
3+10		Mario Lega
4+8		Anton Mang
5+6		Paolo Pileri
6+5		Jean Francois Baldé
7+4		Mike Grant
8+3		Tom Herron
9+2		John Dodds
10+1		Jonnie Ekerold
11		Olivier Chevallier
12		Pentti Korhonen
13		Leif Gustafsson
14		Hervi Moineau		+1 lap
15		Clive Padgett		+1 lap
16		Roland Freymond		+1 lap
17		R. Eskelinen		+1 lap
18		Sami Torvinen		+1 lap
—		Walter Villa		DNF
—		Harald Bartol		DNF
—		Seppo Rossi		DNF
—		Victor Soussan		DNF
—		Kenny Roberts		DNF
—		Chas Mortimer		DNF
—		Richard Hubin		DNF
—		Hans Müller		DNF
—		Patrick Fernandez		DNF
—		Eero Hyvarinen		DNF
—		Jussi Hautaniemi		DNF
—		Raymond Roche		DNF
—		Bernd Tungethal		DNF
—		Seppo Ojala		DNF
—		Timo Pohjola		DNF
—		Seppo Kokkonen		DNF
—		Pekka Nurmi		DNF
—		Martti Solja		DNF

125cc

Pole: Eugenio Lazzarini

Pos	No.	Rider	Bike · team	Time/Gap
1+15		Angel Nieto	Minarelli	43:55.600
2+12		Eugenio Lazzarini	MBA	+0.900
3+10		Harald Bartol	Morbidelli	+56.800
4+8		Jean Louis Guignabodet	Morbidelli	+1:14.300
5+6		Stefan Dörflinger	Morbidelli	+1:19.000
6+5		Hans Müller	Morbidelli	+1:22.900
7+4		Thierry Espié	Motobecane	+1:23.100
8+3		Per Edward Carlsson	Morbidelli	+1:23.600
9+2		Walter Koschine	GB Bender	+1:39.300
10+1		Clive Horton	MBA	+2:01.300

Source: official results DB | Scope: 1978 FINLAND GRAND PRIX, 4 races | How points work