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1978 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix

Field	Value
Grand Prix	Spanish
flag	Spain
Flag_suffix	1977
Official_Name	XXVVIII Gran Premio de España
Location	Circuito Permanente del Jarama
Image	Circuito Permanente del Jarama 1980.svg
Course_mi	2.115
Course_km	3.404
Race_No	2
Season_No	13
Date	16 April
Year	1978
Pole_Rider_500	Kenny Roberts
Pole_Rider_500_Country	USA
Pole_Time_500	1:34.900
Fast_Rider_500	Kenny Roberts
Fast_Rider_500_Country	USA
Fast_Time_500	1:34.500
First_Rider_500	Pat Hennen
First_Rider_500_Country	USA
Second_Rider_500	Kenny Roberts
Second_Rider_500_Country	USA
Third_Rider_500	Takazumi Katayama
Third_Rider_500_Country	JPN
Pole_Rider_250	Kenny Roberts
Pole_Rider_250_Country	USA
Pole_Time_250	1:38.700
Fast_Rider_250	Gregg Hansford
Fast_Rider_250_Country	AUS
Fast_Time_250	1:36.900
First_Rider_250	Gregg Hansford
First_Rider_250_Country	AUS
Second_Rider_250	Kenny Roberts
Second_Rider_250_Country	USA
Third_Rider_250	Franco Uncini
Third_Rider_250_Country	ITA
Pole_Rider_125	Pierpaolo Bianchi
Pole_Rider_125_Country	ITA
Pole_Time_125	1:44.100
Fast_Rider_125	Eugenio Lazzarini
Fast_Rider_125_Country	Italy
Fast_Time_125	1:43.900
First_Rider_125	Eugenio Lazzarini
First_Rider_125_Country	ITA
Second_Rider_125	Thierry Espié
Second_Rider_125_Country	FRA
Third_Rider_125	Harald Bartol
Third_Rider_125_Country	AUT
Pole_Rider_50	Eugenio Lazzarini
Pole_Rider_50_Country	ITA
Pole_Time_50	1:53.600
Fast_Rider_50	Eugenio Lazzarini
Fast_Rider_50_Country	ITA
Fast_Time_50	1:52.500
First_Rider_50	Eugenio Lazzarini
First_Rider_50_Country	ITA
Second_Rider_50	Ricardo Tormo
Second_Rider_50_Country	SPA
Second_Rider_50_Country_flag_suffix	1977
Third_Rider_50	Patrick Plisson
Third_Rider_50_Country	FRA

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The 1978 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix was the second round of the 1978 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 14–16 April 1978 at the Circuito Permanente del Jarama.

Classification

500 cc

Pos	No.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Time
3	USA Pat Hennen		Suzuki	57'45.800	15
40	USA Kenny Roberts	Yamaha Motor Company	Yamaha	+7.300	12
24	JPN Takazumi Katayama	Sarome & Motul Team	Yamaha	+8.900	10
4	VEN Johnny Cecotto	Yamaha Motor Company	Yamaha	+14.300	8
7	GBR Barry Sheene	Texaco Heron Team Suzuki	Suzuki	+14.700	6
2	USA Steve Baker	Team Gallina Nava Olio Fiat	Suzuki	+16.500	5
8	FIN Tepi Länsivuori		Suzuki	+1'01.500	4
15	FRA Christian Estrosi		Suzuki	+1'10.700	3
9	NLD Wil Hartog	Riemersma Racing	Suzuki	+1'14.900	2
5	GBR Steve Parrish		Suzuki	+1 lap	1
14	NLD Boet van Dulmen		Suzuki	+1 lap
21	BEL Jean-Philippe Orban	Team La Licorne	Suzuki	+1 lap
6	GBR Tom Herron		Suzuki	+1 lap
11	FRA Michel Rougerie		Suzuki	+2 laps
16	ZAF Leslie van Breda		Suzuki	+2 laps
28	CHE Bruno Kneubühler	RSS Racing Team	Suzuki	+2 laps
26	GBR Clive Padgett		Yamaha	+2 laps
19	GBR Alex George		Suzuki	+3 laps
33	ESP Fernando Gonzalez de Nicolas		Yamaha	+3 laps
	JPN Ikujiro Takai	Yamaha Motor Company	Yamaha	Accident
	ITA Virginio Ferrari	Team Gallina Nava Olio Fiat	Suzuki	Retired
	AUT Max Wiener		Suzuki	Clutch
	ITA Marco Lucchinelli	Cagiva Corse	Suzuki	Accident
	SUI Philippe Coulon	Marlboro Nava Total	Suzuki	Retired
	GBR John Newbold	Ray Hamblin Motorcycles	Suzuki	Retired
	FRA Olivier Chevallier		Yamaha	Retired
	RSA Jon Ekerold	Suzuki Deutschland	Suzuki	Retired
	FIN Pentti Korhonen	RSS Racing Team	Yamaha	Retired
	SPA Carlos Delgado de San Antonio		Suzuki	Did not start
	GBR Eddie Roberts		Suzuki	Did not qualify
	VEN Francisco Perez		Suzuki	Did not qualify
	ITA Gianni Rolando	Team Librenti	Suzuki	Did not qualify
	FIN Kimmo Kopra		Yamaha	Did not qualify
	FIN Seppo Ojala		Yamaha	Did not qualify
	ESP Victor Palomo	Sonauto	Buton	Did not qualify

250cc

Pos	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid
50	AUS Gregg Hansford	Kawasaki	30	49:27.3	2	15
40	USA Kenny Roberts	Yamaha	30	+10.3	1	12
2	ITA Franco Uncini	Yamaha	30	+45.8	3	10
6	ZAF Kork Ballington	Kawasaki	30	+50.2	4	8
8	ZAF Jon Ekerold	Yamaha	30	+1:21.9	7	6
9	GBR Mick Grant	Kawasaki	30	+1:22.6	12	5
14	FRA Olivier Chevallier	Yamaha	29	+1 lap	8	4
5	GBR Tom Herron	Yamaha	29	+1 lap	13	3
3	AUS Ray Quincey	Yamaha	29	+1 lap	17	2
12	GBR Chas Mortimer	Yamaha	29	+1 lap	9	1
16	FRG Anton Mang	Kawasaki	29	+1 lap
18	AUS Vic Soussan	Yamaha	29	+1 lap	16
11	FIN Pentti Korhonen	Yamaha	29	+1 lap	11
7	ZAF Les van Breda	Yamaha	29	+1 lap	19
17	ESP Ángel Nieto	Bultaco	29	+1 lap	19
31	ESP Carlos Morante	Yamaha	29	+1 lap
28	VEN Eduardo Alemán	Yamaha	29	+1 lap
46	FIN Eero Hyvärinen	Yamaha	28	+2 laps
48	CHE Roland Freymond	Yamaha	28	+2 laps
	ITA Mario Lega	Morbidelli			5
	FRA Patrick Fernandez	Yamaha			6
	ITA Paolo Pileri	Morbidelli			10
	AUS John Dodds	Yamaha			14
	ESP Benjamin Grau	Derbi			15
	ITA Pierluigi Conforti	Yamaha			18
	VEN Carlos Lavado	Yamaha			20
29 starters in total

125cc classification

Pos	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid
2	ITA Eugenio Lazzarini	MBA	27	47:54.8	2	15
11	FRA Thierry Espié	Motobécane	27	+36.7	4	12
6	AUT Harald Bartol	Morbidelli	27	+1:05.9	8	10
36	GBR Clive Horton	Morbidelli	27	+1:23.5	13	8
22	ITA Felice Agostini	Morbidelli	27	+1:35.1	7	6
4	FRA Jean-Louis Guignabodet	Morbidelli	27	+1:43.9	9	5
31	ESP Miguel Cortes	Morbidelli	27	+1:46.9	14	4
16	FRA Thierry Noblesse	Morbidelli	27	+1:47.9	10	3
24	SWE Per-Edward Carlson	Morbidelli	27	+1:48.3	15	2
21	FRA Patrick Plisson	Morbidelli	26	+1 lap	12	1
39	BEL Julien van Zeebroeck	Morbidelli	26	+1 lap	18
26	VEN Ivan Palazzese	Morbidelli	26	+1 lap	19
18	CHE Rolf Blatter	Morbidelli	26	+1 lap
7	CHE Stefan Dörflinger	Morbidelli	26	+1 lap	16
15	NLD Cees van Dongen	Morbidelli	26	+1 lap
14	FRG Walter Koschine	Morbidelli	26	+1 lap
38	ESP Francisco Roman	Motobécane	26	+1 lap
23	ITA Fabrizio Frollani	Morbidelli	25	+2 laps	17
	ITA Pierpaolo Bianchi	Minarelli			1
	ESP Ángel Nieto	Bultaco			3
	ITA Maurizio Massimiani	Morbidelli			5
	ITA Pierluigi Conforti	Morbidelli			6
	CHE Hans Müller	Morbidelli			11
	FRA François Granon	Morbidelli			20
28 starters in total

50cc classification

Pos	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid
2	ITA Eugenio Lazzarini	Kreidler	18	35:02.5	1	15
3	ESP Ricardo Tormo	Bultaco	18	+4.2	2	12
4	FRA Patrick Plisson	ABF	18	+1:05.8	4	10
18	FRG Wolfgang Müller	Kreidler	18	+1:14.6	5	8
14	NLD Cees van Dongen	Kreidler	18	+1:46.7	11	6
32	FRA Daniel Corvi	Kreidler	18	+1:56.6		5
9	NLD Theo Timmer	Kreidler	18	+2:04.6	9	4
6	ESP Ramón Gali	Bultaco	17	+1 lap	20	3
12	ITA Aldo Pero	Kreidler	17	+1 lap	12	2
34	ESP Javier Mira	Kreidler	17	+1 lap	9	4
28	ESP Jorge Navarrete	Bultaco	17	+1 lap	15
24	FRA Jacques Hutteau	Kreidler	17	+1 lap
11	CHE Rolf Blatter	Kreidler	17	+1 lap
10	FRG Rudolf Kunz	Kreidler	17	+1 lap	13
31	ESP Vicente Ferrer	Kreidler	17	+1 lap
27	PRT Henrique Sande	Kreidler	14	+4 laps
30	ESP Salvador Ventosa	Kreidler	12	+6 laps
	CHE Stefan Dörflinger	Kreidler			3
	FRG Ingo Emmerich	Kreidler			6
	BEL Julien van Zeebroeck	Kreidler			7
	ESP Gaspar Legaz	Kreidler			8
	ITA Claudio Lusuardi	Bultaco			10
	NLD Peter Looyestein	Kreidler			14
	FRG Hagen Klein	Kreidler			16
	ESP Joaquín Gali	Kreidler			17
	BEL Pierre Dumont	Kreidler			18
	BEL Charles Dumont	Kreidler			19
27 starters in total

References

| Previous_year's_race = 1977 Spanish Grand Prix | Next_year's_race = 1979 Spanish Grand Prix

References

"Alle Grand-Prix uitslagen en bijzonderheden, van 1973 (het jaar dat Jack begon met racen) tot heden.".
(1 February 2018). "1978 Spanish MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database".
"SPANISH GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1978".
"Motocourse 1978-1979". Hazleton Securities Ltd.

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