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1979 FINLAND GRAND PRIX results

Round 10 · July 29, 1979 · Imatra

Winners

• 500cc Boet Van Dulmen Suzuki
• 350cc Greg Hansford
• 250cc Kork Ballington Kawasaki
• 125cc Ricardo Tormo

500cc

Pole: Boet Van Dulmen

Pos	No.	Rider	Bike · team	Time/Gap
1+15		Boet Van Dulmen	Suzuki	52:27.900
2+12		Randy Mamola	Suzuki	+13.000
3+10		Barry Sheene	Suzuki	+17.800
4+8		Jack Middelburg	Suzuki	+18.000
5+6		Christian Sarron	Yamaha	+27.000
6+5		Kenny Roberts	Yamaha	+35.000
7+4		Johnny Cecotto	Yamaha	+36.000
8+3		Philippe Coulon	Suzuki	+45.200
9+2		Marco Lucchinelli	Suzuki	+48.100
10+1		Wil Hartog	Suzuki	+51.800
11		Steve Parrish	Suzuki
13		Peter Sjostrom	Suzuki
14		Gerhardt Vogt	Suzuki
15		Virginio Ferrari	Suzuki

350cc

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

Pos	No.	Rider	Bike · team	Time/Gap
1+15		Greg Hansford
2+12		Patrick Fernandez
3+10		Pentti Korhonen
4+8		Anton Mang
5+6		Roland Freymond
6+5		Christian Estrosi
7+4		B. Elgh		+1 lap
8+3		Pekka Nurmi		+1 lap
9+2		Kork Ballington		+1 lap
10+1		Max Wiener		+1 lap
11		Lennart Backstrom		+1 lap
12		Sadao Asami		+1 lap
13		Martti Solja		+1 lap
14		Seppo Kokkonen		+1 lap
15		Barry Woodland		+1 lap
16		Tony Head		+1 lap
17		Peter Baláž		+1 lap
—		Jakob Beck		DNF
—		Esa Kytölä		DNF
—		Eero Hyvarinen		DNF
—		Richard Hubin		DNF
—		Jonnie Ekerold		DNF
—		Alan North		DNF
—		Jean Marc Toffolo		DNF
—		Michel Rougerie		DNF
—		Walter Villa		DNF
—		Victor Soussan		DNF
—		Olivier Chevallier		DNF
—		Chas Mortimer		DNF
—		Bo Granath		DNF
—		Etienne Geeraerdt		DNF
—		Åke Grahn		DNF
—		Carlos Lavado		DNF

250cc 23 laps

Pole: Anton Mang

Pos	No.	Rider	Bike · team	Time/Gap
1+15		Kork Ballington	Kawasaki	54:32.800
2+12		Greg Hansford	Kawasaki	+0.300
3+10		Patrick Fernandez	Yamaha	+44.700
4+8		Roland Freymond	Yamaha	+49.300
5+6		Walter Villa	Yamaha	+57.500
6+5		Pentti Korhonen	Yamaha	+2:01.100
7+4		Jean Francois Baldé	Kawasaki
8+3		Pekka Nurmi	Yamaha
9+2		B. Elgh	Yamaha
10+1		Sadao Asami	Yamaha

125cc

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		Matti Kinnunen
3+10		Hans Müller
4+8		Stefan Dörflinger
5+6		Barry Smith
6+5		M. Garcia
7+4		S. Janssen
8+3		Gert Bender
9+2		Marc-Anton Constantin
10+1		August Auinger		+1 lap
11		P. Herouard		+1 lap
12		Per Edward Carlsson		+1 lap
13		E. Fagerer		+1 lap
14		Clive Horton		+1 lap
15		Johnny Wickstroem		+1 lap
16		Peter Looijesteijn		+1 lap
17		Reiner Koster		+2 lap
18		Paul Bordes		+2 lap
19		Y. Dupont		+2 lap
—		Kees van de Ven		DNF
—		Matti Aalto		DNF
—		Pierpaolo Bianchi		DNF
—		Tore Alexandersson		DNF
—		Jean Louis Guignabodet		DNF
—		Eugenio Lazzarini		DNF
—		Maurizio Massimiani		DNF
—		Bruno Kneubühler		DNF
—		Thierry Noblesse		DNF
—		Gianpaolo Marchetti		DNF
—		Harald Bartol		DNF
—		Patrick Plisson		DNF
—		Roland Olsson		DNF
—		Fernando González De Nicolás		DNF

Source: official results DB | Scope: 1979 FINLAND GRAND PRIX, 4 races | How points work