1978 Dutch TT

  1978 Dutch TT

Race details
Race 6 of 13 races in the 1978 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	24 June 1978
Location	Circuit van Drenthe Assen
Course	Permanent racing facility 7.718 km (4.796 mi)
500 cc
Pole position
Rider	Johnny Cecotto	Yamaha
Time	3:01.9
Fastest lap
Rider	Kenny Roberts	Yamaha
Time	2:57.4
Podium
First	Johnny Cecotto	Yamaha
Second	Kenny Roberts	Yamaha
Third	Barry Sheene	Suzuki
350 cc
Pole position
Rider	Franco Uncini	Yamaha
Time	3:05.7
Fastest lap
Rider	Franco Bonera	Yamaha
Time	3:18.8
Podium
First	Kork Ballington	Kawasaki
Second	Franco Bonera	Yamaha
Third	Jon Ekerold	Yamaha
250 cc
Pole position
Rider	Kenny Roberts	Yamaha
Time	3:09.0
Fastest lap
Rider	Kenny Roberts	Yamaha
Time	3:09.6
Podium
First	Kenny Roberts	Yamaha
Second	Kork Ballington	Kawasaki
Third	Gregg Hansford	Kawasaki
125 cc
Pole position
Rider	Eugenio Lazzarini	MBA
Time	3:15.5
Fastest lap
Rider	Eugenio Lazzarini	MBA
Time	3:16.6
Podium
First	Eugenio Lazzarini	MBA
Second	Maurizio Massimiani	Morbidelli
Third	Harald Bartol	Morbidelli
50 cc
Pole position
Rider	Eugenio Lazzarini	Kreidler
Time	3:36.6
Fastest lap
Rider	Eugenio Lazzarini	Kreidler
Time	3:34.8
Podium
First	Eugenio Lazzarini	Kreidler
Second	Ricardo Tormo	Bultaco
Third	Patrick Plisson	ABF
Sidecars
Pole position
Rider	Rolf Biland	Beo-Yamaha
Passenger	Kenny Williams
Time	3:16.0
Fastest lap
Rider	Rolf Biland	Beo-Yamaha
Passenger	Kenny Williams
Time	3:11.5
Podium
First	Werner Schwärzel	Fath
	Andreas Huber
Second	Jean-François Monnin	Seymaz-Yamaha
	Paul Gerard
Third	Dick Greasley	Busch-Yamaha
	Gordon Russell

The 1978 Dutch TT was the sixth round of the 1978 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 24 June 1978 at the Circuit van Drenthe Assen.

Johnny Cecotto leads Barry Sheene and Kenny Roberts during the 1978 500cc Dutch TT race

500 cc classification

Pos	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	4	Johnny Cecotto	Yamaha	16	48:17.1	1	15
2	1	Kenny Roberts	Yamaha	16	+0.1	3	12
3	7	Barry Sheene	Suzuki	16	+3.1	2	10
4	8	Takazumi Katayama	Yamaha	16	+13.2	4	8
5	10	Wil Hartog	Suzuki	16	+36.1	8	6
6	13	Michel Rougerie	Suzuki	16	+43.4	7	5
7	17	John Newbold	Suzuki	16	+43.6	10	4
8	34	Boet van Dulmen	Suzuki	16	+45.2	5	3
9	2	Steve Baker	Suzuki	16		6	2
10	3	Steve Parrish	Suzuki	16			1
11	6	Philippe Coulon	Suzuki	16
12	9	Tepi Länsivuori	Suzuki	16		11
13	5	Franco Bonera	Suzuki	16		9
14	19	Alex George	Suzuki	16		12
15	33	Jack Middelburg	Suzuki	16
30 starters in total, 22 finishers
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350 cc classification

Pos	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	1	Kork Ballington	Kawasaki	16	54:32.9	3	15
2	27	Franco Bonera	Yamaha	16	+11.6		12
3	3	Jon Ekerold	Yamaha	16	+23.6	7	10
4	12	Pentti Korhonen	Yamaha	16	+29.3		8
5	7	Christian Sarron	Yamaha	16	+49.2		6
6	2	Tom Herron	Yamaha	16	+56.4	5	5
7	22	Mick Grant	Kawasaki	16		2	4
8	6	Gregg Hansford	Kawasaki	16			3
9	40	Piet van der Wal	Yamaha	16			2
10	20	Franco Uncini	Yamaha	16		1	1
11	11	Vic Soussan	Yamaha	16		10
12	21	Eero Hyvärinen	Yamaha	16
13	36	Jack Middelburg	Yamaha	16
14	39	Bert Struyk	Yamaha	16
15	14	Víctor Palomo	Yamaha	15	+1 lap
		Takazumi Katayama	Yamaha			4
		Michel Rougerie	Yamaha			6
		Olivier Chevallier	Yamaha			8
		Patrick Fernandez	Yamaha			9
30 starters in total, 16 finishers
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250 cc classification

Pos	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	7	Kenny Roberts	Yamaha	15	49:30.4	1	15
2	6	Kork Ballington	Kawasaki	15	+9.1	4	12
3	4	Gregg Hansford	Kawasaki	15	+37.7	3	10
4	2	Franco Uncini	Yamaha	15	+42.8	8	8
5	20	Paolo Pileri	Morbidelli	15	+1:12.7		6
6	12	Pentti Korhonen	Yamaha	15	+1:22.1		5
7	11	Vic Soussan	Yamaha	15	+1:33.9		4
8	9	Patrick Fernandez	Yamaha	15	+1:34.2	2	3
9	16	Pekka Nurmi	Yamaha	15			2
10	1	Mario Lega	Morbidelli	15			1
11	17	Eero Hyvärinen	Yamaha	15
12	36	Bert Struyk	Yamaha	15		9
13	14	Chas Mortimer	Yamaha	15
14	27	Jean-François Baldé	Kawasaki	15		10
15	32	Leif Gustafsson	Yamaha	15
		Mick Grant	Kawasaki			5
		Christian Estrosi	Kawasaki			6
		John Dodds	Yamaha			7
30 starters in total, 20 finishers
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125 cc classification

Pos	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	2	Eugenio Lazzarini	MBA	14	46:56.7	1	15
2	10	Maurizio Massimiani	Morbidelli	14	+33.1	4	12
3	6	Harald Bartol	Morbidelli	14	+1:03.2	3	10
4	40	Patrick Plisson	Morbidelli	14	+1:28.7	10	8
5	4	Jean-Louis Guignabodet	Morbidelli	14	+1:39.3		6
6	12	Per-Edward Carlson	Morbidelli	14	+1:41.7		5
7	19	Cees van Dongen	Morbidelli	14	+1:44.0		4
8	14	Matti Kinnunen	Morbidelli	14		7	3
9	34	Henk van Kessel	Condor	14			2
10	39	Bennie Wilbers	Morbidelli	14			1
11	37	Theo Timmer	Morbidelli	14
12	24	Walter Koschine	Bender	14
13	33	Theo van Geffen	Morbidelli	14
14	23	Clive Horton	Morbidelli	14
15	35	Peter van Niel	Morbidelli	13	+1 lap
		Pierpaolo Bianchi	Minarelli			2
		Thierry Espié	Motobécane			5
		Hans Müller	Morbidelli			6
		Ángel Nieto	Bultaco			8
		J. Bosman	Morbidelli			9
30 starters in total, 16 finishers
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50 cc classification

Pos	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	1	Eugenio Lazzarini	Kreidler	9	32:34.2	1	15
2	2	Ricardo Tormo	Bultaco	9	+22.6	2	12
3	3	Patrick Plisson	ABF	9	+1:23.4	3	10
4	21	Peter Looyestein	Kreidler	9	+1:31.3	4	8
5	16	Wolfgang Müller	Kreidler	9	+1:55.7	7	6
6	18	Ingo Emmerich	Kreidler	9	+2:07.4	9	5
7	33	Gerrit Strikker	Kreidler	9			4
8	13	Rolf Blatter	Kreidler	9			3
9	10	Cees van Dongen	Kreidler	9			2
10	20	Jacques Hutteau	Kreidler	9			1
11	34	J. Welvaarts	Kreidler	9
12	8	Hagen Klein	Kreidler	9
13	22	Chris Baert	Kreidler	9
14	23	Daniel Corvi	Kreidler	9
15	15	Claudio Lusuardi	Bultaco	9
		Theo Timmer	Bultaco			5
		Hans Müller	Kreidler			6
		Theo van Geffen	Kreidler			8
		Ton Koojiman	Hemeyla			10
30 starters in total, 18 finishers
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Sidecar classification

Pos	No.	Rider	Passenger	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	2	Werner Schwärzel	Andreas Huber	Fath	14	46:12.7	2	15
2	11	Jean-François Monnin	Paul Gerard	Seymaz-Yamaha	14	+46.7	4	12
3	6	Dick Greasley	Gordon Russell	Busch-Yamaha	14	+54.1	6	10
4	8	Bruno Holzer	Karl Meierhans	LCR-Yamaha	14		3	8
5	5	Göte Brodin	Per-Erik Wickström	Yamaha	14		7	6
6	15	Yvan Troillet	Pierre Muller	GEP-Yamaha	14		5	5
7	10	Hermann Schmid	Kenny Arthur	Schmid-Yamaha	14			4
8	23	Boy Brouwer	Jan Oostwouder	Coan-Yamaha	14			3
9	9	Max Venus	Norbert Bitterman	CAT-Yamaha	14			2
10	16	Bill Hodgkins	John Parkins	Windle-Yamaha	13	+1 lap		1
		Rolf Biland	Kenny Williams	Beo-Yamaha			1
		Rolf Steinhausen	Wolfgang Kalauch	Seymaz-Yamaha			8
		Amedeo Zini	Andrea Fornero	König			9
22 starters in total, 11 finishers
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References

1. Coleman, Barry (ed.). Motocourse 1978-1979. Hazleton Securities Ltd. p. 95. ISBN 0-905138-06-6.