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Past events › 1979

1979 NATIONS GRAND PRIX results

Round 4 · May 13, 1979 · Italy Imola

Winners

500cc 28 laps

Pole: Barry Sheene

PosNo.Rider Bike · teamTime/Gap
1+15 United States Kenny Roberts Yamaha 56:49.700
2+12 Italy Virginio Ferrari Suzuki +10.900
3+10 Ireland Tom Herron Suzuki +17.400
4+8 United Kingdom Barry Sheene Suzuki +31.900
5+6 United States Mike Baldwin Suzuki +40.600
6+5 France Bernard Fau Suzuki +51.000
7+4 Netherlands Jack Middelburg Suzuki +55.000
8+3 Switzerland Philippe Coulon Suzuki +1:01.000
9+2 Italy Graziano Rossi Morbidelli +1:39.700
10+1 Italy Gianni Pelletier Suzuki
11 United Kingdom Steve Parrish Suzuki
12 Austria Max Wiener Suzuki
13 United Kingdom Alex George Suzuki
15 Finland Seppo Rossi Suzuki
— Netherlands Wil Hartog Suzuki DNF
— Netherlands Boet Van Dulmen Suzuki DNF
— France Christian Sarron Yamaha DNF
— Italy Marco Lucchinelli Suzuki DNF

350cc

PosNo.Rider Bike · teamTime/Gap
1+15 Australia Greg Hansford Kawasaki
2+12 Japan Sadao Asami Yamaha
3+10 France Patrick Fernandez Yamaha
4+8 Germany Anton Mang Kawasaki
5+6 Australia Jeffrey Sayle Yamaha
6+5 Australia M. Sayle Yamaha
7+4 E. Elias Yamaha
8+3 Germany Reinhold Roth Yamaha
9+2 Italy A. Faccioli Yamaha
10+1 Japan Y. Matsumoto Yamaha

250cc

Pole: Kork Ballington

PosNo.Rider Bike · teamTime/Gap
1+15 South Africa Kork Ballington Kawasaki 49:10.000
2+12 United States Randy Mamola Yamaha +18.300
3+10 United Kingdom Barry Ditchburn Kawasaki +47.000
4+8 Italy Walter Villa Yamaha +47.100
5+6 France Jean Francois Baldé Kawasaki +1:22.400
6+5 France Patrick Fernandez Yamaha +1:24.000
7+4 Italy Paolo Pileri Yamaha +1:33.400
8+3 Italy Massimo Matteoni Yamaha +1:34.400
9+2 Finland Pentti Korhonen Yamaha +1:40.800
10+1 France Thierry Espié Yamaha +1:43.800

125cc

Pole: Angel Nieto

PosNo.Rider Bike · teamTime/Gap
1+15 Spain Angel Nieto Minarelli 45:56.500
2+12 France Thierry Espié Motobecane +4.200
3+10 Italy Maurizio Massimiani MBA +18.700
4+8 Switzerland Bruno Kneubühler MBA +36.400
5+6 Switzerland Hans Müller MBA +50.000
6+5 Italy Eugenio Lazzarini MBA +54.600
7+4 Italy Pier Luigi Conforti MBA +1:02.600
8+3 Austria August Auinger Morbidelli +1:04.300
9+2 Italy Paolo Ferretti Morbidelli +1:32.800
10+1 Sweden Per Edward Carlsson MBA +1:33.600

50cc

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

PosNo.Rider Bike · teamTime/Gap
1+15 Italy Eugenio Lazzarini
2+12 Switzerland Rolf Blatter
3+10 Netherlands Peter Looijesteijn
4+8 Italy Aldo Pero
5+6 Germany Hagen Klein
6+5 France Patrick Plisson
7+4 M. Servadio
8+3 Germany Ingo Emmerich
9+2 Italy E. Saffioti
10+1 Italy Paolo Priori
11 Wolfgang Müller
12 Italy Luigi Rinaudo
13 France Bruno Di Carlo +1 lap
14 Italy E. Mischiatti +1 lap
15 Italy Renzo Fabbri +1 lap
— Italy Silvano Ricchetti DNF
— Switzerland Stefan Dörflinger DNF
— Germany Gerhard Waibel DNF
— Switzerland Reiner Koster DNF
— Germany Rainer Scheidhauer DNF
— Germany Günter Schirnhofer DNF
— Italy Salvatore Milano DNF
— Italy Claudio Granata DNF
— France Jacques Hutteau DNF
— Italy Guido Paci DNF
— Italy Claudio Lusuardi DNF
— S. Monreale DNF
— Italy Alberto Ieva DNF
— Italy Guido Mancini DNF
— Italy Sergio Zattoni DNF
— Italy Angelo Affini DNF

Source: official results DB | Scope: 1979 NATIONS GRAND PRIX, 5 races | How points work

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