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1978 WEST GERMANY GRAND PRIX results

Round 11 · August 20, 1978 · Nurburgring

Winners

• 500cc Virginio Ferrari Suzuki
• 350cc Takazumi Katayama Yamaha
• 250cc Kork Ballington Kawasaki
• 125cc Angel Nieto Minarelli
• 50cc Ricardo Tormo

500cc

Pole: Johnny Cecotto

Pos	No.	Rider	Bike · team	Time/Gap
1+15		Virginio Ferrari	Suzuki	51:21.700
2+12		Johnny Cecotto	Yamaha	+0.700
3+10		Kenny Roberts	Yamaha	+33.900
4+8		Barry Sheene	Suzuki	+36.000
5+6		Takazumi Katayama	Yamaha	+36.300
6+5		Michel Rougerie	Suzuki	+56.000
7+4		Steve Baker	Suzuki	+57.500
8+3		Boet Van Dulmen	Suzuki	+1:08.100
9+2		Teuvo Lansivuori	Suzuki	+1:10.000
10+1		Jurgen Steiner	Suzuki	+2:10.400
11		Jack Middelburg	Suzuki
12		Gianfranco Bonera	Suzuki
13		Steve Parrish	Suzuki
14		Max Wiener	Suzuki
15		Alex George	Suzuki
18		Jack Findlay	Suzuki
—		Wil Hartog	Suzuki	DNF
—		Marco Lucchinelli	Suzuki	DNF

350cc

Pos	No.	Rider	Bike · team	Time/Gap
1+15		Takazumi Katayama	Yamaha
2+12		Kork Ballington	Kawasaki
3+10		Michel Rougerie	Yamaha
4+8		Jonnie Ekerold	Yamaha
5+6		Tom Herron	Yamaha
6+5		Anton Mang	Kawasaki
7+4		Olivier Chevallier	Yamaha
8+3		Gianfranco Bonera	Yamaha
9+2		Patrick Pons	Yamaha
10+1		Hervi Moineau	Yamaha

250cc

Pole: Greg Hansford

Pos	No.	Rider	Bike · team	Time/Gap
1+15		Kork Ballington	Kawasaki	44:41.400
2+12		Greg Hansford	Kawasaki	+39.900
3+10		Tom Herron	Yamaha	+52.500
4+8		Jean Francois Baldé	Kawasaki	+52.700
5+6		Anton Mang	Kawasaki	+52.800
6+5		Jonnie Ekerold	Yamaha	+1:07.700
7+4		Chas Mortimer	Yamaha	+1:22.400
8+3		Raymond Roche	Yamaha	+1:23.600
9+2		Patrick Fernandez	Yamaha	+1:24.100
10+1		Thierry Espié	Yamaha	+1:24.300

125cc

Pole: Thierry Espié

Pos	No.	Rider	Bike · team	Time/Gap
1+15		Angel Nieto	Minarelli	37:26.000
2+12		Thierry Espié	Motobecane	+7.800
3+10		Hans Müller	Morbidelli	+1:07.500
4+8		Maurizio Massimiani	Morbidelli	+1:18.900
5+6		Harald Bartol	Morbidelli	+1:19.000
6+5		Gert Bender	GB Bender	+1:22.500
7+4		Stefan Dörflinger	Morbidelli	+1:22.800
8+3		Eugenio Lazzarini	MBA	+1:23.800
9+2		Walter Koschine	GB Bender	+1:24.000
10+1		Benny Janssen	Morbidelli	+1:26.900

50cc

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

Pos	No.	Rider	Bike · team	Time/Gap
1+15		Ricardo Tormo
2+12		Angel Nieto
3+10		Eugenio Lazzarini
4+8		Stefan Dörflinger
5+6		Rolf Blatter
6+5		Wolfgang Müller
7+4		Theo Timmer
8+3		Ingo Emmerich
9+2		Rainer Scheidhauer
10+1		Henk Van Kessel
11		Claudio Lusuardi
12		Enrico Cereda
13		Hagen Klein
14		Pierre Dumont
15		Richard Schmiederer
16		Luigi Rinaudo
17		Aldo Pero
18		Günter Schirnhofer
19		Graham Singer
20		Cees Van Dongen
21		Lennart Lundgren
22		Hans Hummel
23		K. Kull
24		Gerhard Bauer
25		Chris Baert
26		Bruno di Carlo
27		Ramon Gali
28		Daniel Corvi
29		W. Golembeck
30		Arthur Benitan
31		Wolfgang Glawaty
32		Otto Machinek
33		Luciano Spinello
34		Bruno Treutlein

Source: official results DB | Scope: 1978 WEST GERMANY GRAND PRIX, 5 races | How points work