1978 Finnish motorcycle Grand Prix

  1978 Finnish Grand Prix

Race details
Race 9 of 13 races in the 1978 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	30 July 1978
Location	Imatra
Course	Public roads 6.030 km (3.747 mi)
500 cc
Pole position
Rider	Johnny Cecotto	Yamaha
Time	2:10.4
Fastest lap
Rider	Johnny Cecotto	Yamaha
Time	2:08.7
Podium
First	Wil Hartog	Suzuki
Second	Takazumi Katayama	Yamaha
Third	Johnny Cecotto	Yamaha
350 cc
Pole position
Rider	Kork Ballington	Kawasaki
Time	2:14.9
Fastest lap
Rider	Takazumi Katayama	Yamaha
Time	2:13.8
Podium
First	Kork Ballington	Kawasaki
Second	Takazumi Katayama	Yamaha
Third	Tom Herron	Yamaha
250 cc
Pole position
Rider	Gregg Hansford	Kawasaki
Time	2:18.3
Fastest lap
Rider	Kork Ballington	Kawasaki
Time	2:17.4
Podium
First	Kork Ballington	Kawasaki
Second	Gregg Hansford	Kawasaki
Third	Mario Lega	Morbidelli
125 cc
Pole position
Rider	Eugenio Lazzarini	MBA
Time	2:25.5
Fastest lap
Rider	Ángel Nieto	Minarelli
Time	2:24.2
Podium
First	Ángel Nieto	Minarelli
Second	Eugenio Lazzarini	MBA
Third	Harald Bartol	Morbidelli

The 1978 Finnish motorcycle Grand Prix was the ninth round of the 1978 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 30 July 1978 at the Imatra circuit.

500 cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	Wil Hartog	Suzuki	21	45:44.1	6	15
2	Takazumi Katayama	Yamaha	21	+4.8	2	12
3	Johnny Cecotto	Yamaha	21	+11.6	1	10
4	Tepi Länsivuori	Suzuki	21	+43.7	13	8
5	Steve Parrish	Suzuki	21	+58.4	12	6
6	Steve Baker	Suzuki	21	+1:04.7	8	5
7	Boet van Dulmen	Suzuki	21	+1:11.7	11	4
8	Jürgen Steiner	Suzuki	21	+1:23.3	16	4
9	Graziano Rossi	Suzuki	21	+2:27.1	18	2
10	Bruno Kneubühler	Suzuki	20	+1 lap	10	1
11	Clive Padgett	Suzuki	20	+1 lap
12	Max Wiener	Suzuki	20	+1 lap	20
13	Dick Alblas	Suzuki	20	+1 lap
14	Gerhard Vogt	Suzuki	20	+1 lap
15	Børge Nielsen	Suzuki	20	+1 lap
16	I. Jaakola	Yamaha	19	+2 laps
	Barry Sheene	Suzuki			3
	Virginio Ferrari	Suzuki			4
	Michel Rougerie	Suzuki			5
	Marco Lucchinelli	Suzuki			7
	Kenny Roberts	Yamaha			9
	John Woodley	Suzuki			14
	Dennis Ireland	Suzuki			15
	Markku Matikäinen	Suzuki			17
	Les van Breda	Suzuki			19
31 starters in total
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350 cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	Kork Ballington	Kawasaki	20	45:33.2	1	15
2	Takazumi Katayama	Yamaha	20	+3.2	9	12
3	Tom Herron	Yamaha	20	+35.8	19	10
4	Vic Soussan	Yamaha	20	+36.9	6	8
5	Jon Ekerold	Yamaha	20	+44.7	5	6
6	Guy Bertin	Yamaha	20	+49.0	7	5
7	Michel Rougerie	Yamaha	20	+50.7	2	4
8	Olivier Chevallier	Yamaha	20	+1:10.4	10	3
9	Paolo Pileri	Morbidelli	20	+1:10.8	8	2
10	Eero Hyvärinen	Yamaha	20	+1:12.2		1
11	Bruno Kneubühler	Yamaha	20	+1:35.8
12	Michel Frutschi	Yamaha	20	+1:45.8	12
13	Seppo Rossi	Yamaha	20	+2:09.8
14	Reino Eskelinen	Yamaha	20	+2:22.4
15	Les van Breda	Yamaha	19	+1 lap
	Gregg Hansford	Kawasaki			3
	Anton Mang	Kawasaki			4
	Marco Lucchinelli	Harley-Davidson			11
	Mick Grant	Kawasaki			13
	Leif Gustafsson	Yamaha			14
	Chas Mortimer	Yamaha			15
	Patrick Fernandez	Yamaha			16
	Christian Sarron	Yamaha			17
	Patrick Pons	Yamaha			18
	Pentti Korhonen	Yamaha			20
35 starters in total
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250 cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	Kork Ballington	Kawasaki	19	43:56.5	2	15
2	Gregg Hansford	Kawasaki	19	+29.2	1	12
3	Mario Lega	Morbidelli	19	+33.4	3	10
4	Anton Mang	Kawasaki	19	+42.5	7	8
5	Paolo Pileri	Morbidelli	19	+51.2	6	6
6	Jean-François Baldé	Kawasaki	19	+51.5	12	5
7	Mick Grant	Kawasaki	19	+1:03.7	10	4
8	Tom Herron	Yamaha	19	+1:04.1	5	3
9	John Dodds	Yamaha	19	+1:10.3	16	2
10	Jon Ekerold	Morbidelli	19	+1:30.4	11	1
11	Olivier Chevallier	Yamaha	19	+1:30.7	8
12	Pentti Korhonen	Yamaha	19	+1:55.3
13	Leif Gustafsson	Yamaha	19	+2:04.1	13
14	Hervé Moineau	Yamaha	18	+1 lap
15	Clive Padgett	Yamaha	18	+1 lap
16	Roland Freymond	Yamaha	18	+1 lap
17	Reino Eskelinen	Yamaha	18	+1 lap
18	S. Torvinen	Yamaha	18	+1 lap
	Kenny Roberts	Yamaha			4
	Patrick Fernandez	Yamaha			9
	Chas Mortimer	Yamaha			14
	Walter Villa	MBA			15
	Vic Soussan	Yamaha			17
	Pekka Nurmi	Yamaha			18
	Harald Bartol	Yamaha			19
	Raymond Roche	Yamaha			20
36 starters in total
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125 cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	Ángel Nieto	Minarelli	18	43:55.6	4	15
2	Eugenio Lazzarini	MBA	18	+0.9	1	12
3	Harald Bartol	Morbidelli	18	+56.8	6	10
4	Jean-Louis Guignabodet	Morbidelli	18	+1:14.3	14	8
5	Stefan Dörflinger	Morbidelli	18	+1:19.0	7	6
6	Hans Müller	Morbidelli	18	+1:22.9	5	5
7	Thierry Espié	Motobécane	18	+1:23.1	3	4
8	Per-Edward Carlson	Morbidelli	18	+1:23.6	10	3
9	Walter Koschine	Bender	18	+1:39.3	16	2
10	Clive Horton	Morbidelli	18	+2:01.3	17	1
11	Patrick Plisson	Morbidelli	18	+2:04.5	8
12	Thierry Noblesse	Morbidelli	18	+2:32.3	13
13	P. Herouard	Morbidelli	18	+3:13.1
14	François Granon	Morbidelli	17	+1 lap	20
15	Karl Fuchs	Morbidelli	17	+1 lap
16	Johnny Wickström	Morbidelli	17	+1 lap
17	Roland Olsson	Starol	17	+1 lap
18	J. Valaskari	Yamaha	15	+3 laps
	Pierpaolo Bianchi	Minarelli			2
	Matti Kinnunen	Morbidelli			9
	Maurizio Massimiani	Morbidelli			11
	Bengt-Göran Johansson	Morbidelli			12
	Enrico Cereda	Morbidelli			15
	August Auinger	Morbidelli			18
	Bennie Wilbers	Morbidelli			19
32 starters in total
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References

1. Coleman, Barry (ed.). Motocourse 1978-1979. Hazleton Securities Ltd. p. 111. ISBN 0-905138-06-6.