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1979 WEST GERMANY GRAND PRIX results

Round 3 · May 6, 1979 · Hockenheim

Winners

• 500cc Wil Hartog Suzuki
• 350cc Jonnie Ekerold
• 250cc Kork Ballington Kawasaki
• 125cc Angel Nieto Minarelli
• 50cc Gerhard Waibel Kreidler

500cc

Pole: Barry Sheene

Pos	No.	Rider	Bike · team	Time/Gap
1+15		Wil Hartog	Suzuki	42:33.900
2+12		Kenny Roberts	Yamaha	+3.600
3+10		Virginio Ferrari	Suzuki	+12.500
4+8		Bernard Fau	Suzuki	+25.900
5+6		Philippe Coulon	Suzuki	+27.900
6+5		Franco Uncini	Suzuki	+47.400
7+4		Jack Middelburg	Suzuki	+48.800
8+3		Christian Sarron	Yamaha	+1:05.100
9+2		Steve Parrish	Suzuki	+1:06.200
10+1		Mike Baldwin	Suzuki	+1:27.200
11		Dennis Ireland	Suzuki
13		Henk De Vries	Suzuki
14		Gerhardt Vogt	Suzuki
15		Hans Otto Butenuth	Suzuki
—		Barry Sheene	Suzuki	DNF
—		Marco Lucchinelli	Suzuki	DNF
—		Boet Van Dulmen	Suzuki	DNF

350cc

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

Pos	No.	Rider	Bike · team	Time/Gap
1+15		Jonnie Ekerold
2+12		Anton Mang
3+10		Michel Frutschi
4+8		Kork Ballington
5+6		Christian Estrosi
6+5		Roland Freymond
7+4		Pekka Nurmi
8+3		Victor Soussan
9+2		Richard Hubin
10+1		Y. Matsumoto
11		Max Wiener
12		Jeffrey Sayle
13		W. Hilbk
14		Toni Haad
15		K. Hernamdt
16		Sadao Asami
17		John Long
18		Jodef Hage
19		F. Beck		+1 lap
20		Rene Deláby
21		Bo Granath
22		Olivier Liégeois
23		Wulf Gerstenmaiser
24		Walter Migliorati
25		Kenny Blake
26		Hans Schöfer
27		John Weeden		+2 lap
—		Randy Mamola		DNF
—		Barry Ditchburn		DNF
—		Pentti Korhonen		DNF
—		Walter Villa		Did not start
—		Gianfranco Bonera		DNF
—		Greg Hansford		DNF
—		Michel Rougerie		DNF
—		Bernd Tungethal		DNF
—		Horst Lahfeld		DNF
—		E. Fagerer		DNF
—		Armand Gras		DNF
—		Alan North		DNF
—		Gustav Reiner		DNF
—		Patrick Pons		DNF
—		Patrick Fernandez		DNF
—		Eric Saul		DNF
—		Chas Mortimer		DNF
—		Eero Hyvarinen		DNF
—		Gregg Barsdorf		DNF
—		Grunwald Harfmann		DNF

250cc

Pole: Walter Villa

Pos	No.	Rider	Bike · team	Time/Gap
1+15		Kork Ballington	Kawasaki	38:34.400
2+12		Randy Mamola	Yamaha	+16.200
3+10		Anton Mang	Kawasaki	+16.300
4+8		Jonnie Ekerold	Yamaha	+34.700
5+6		Guy Bertin	Yamaha	+34.900
6+5		Greg Hansford	Kawasaki	+35.200
7+4		Hans Müller	Yamaha	+38.300
8+3		Barry Ditchburn	Kawasaki	+49.400
9+2		Pentti Korhonen	Yamaha	+51.600
10+1		Alan North	Yamaha	+56.600

125cc

Pole: Angel Nieto

Pos	No.	Rider	Bike · team	Time/Gap
1+15		Angel Nieto	Minarelli	35:35.800
2+12		Harald Bartol	Morbidelli	+1.700
3+10		Walter Koschine	Delta Fantic	+55.700
4+8		Hans Müller	MBA	+56.000
5+6		Gert Bender	GB Bender	+58.300
6+5		Eugenio Lazzarini	MBA	+59.400
7+4		Per Edward Carlsson	MBA	+1:12.400
8+3		Peter Looijensteijn	MBA	+1:12.600
9+2		Alfred Waibel	MBA	+1:13.000
10+1		P. Herouard	Morbidelli	+1:23.600

50cc

Pos	No.	Rider	Bike · team	Time/Gap
1+15		Gerhard Waibel	Kreidler
2+12		Peter Looijensteijn	Kreidler
3+10		Ingo Emmerich	Kreidler
4+8		Rolf Blatter	Kreidler
5+6		Rainer Scheidhauer	Kreidler
6+5		Aldo Pero	Kreidler
7+4		Hagen Klein	Rieju
8+3		Rudolf Kunz	Kreidler
9+2		Hans Hummel	Kreidler
10+1		Jacques Hutteau	Rieju

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