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 Points 1 3 Pat Hennen Suzuki 57'45.800 15 2 40 Kenny Roberts Yamaha Motor Company Yamaha +7.300 12 3 24 Takazumi Katayama Sarome & Motul Team Yamaha +8.900 10 4 4 Johnny Cecotto Yamaha Motor Company Yamaha +14.300 8 5 7 Barry Sheene Texaco Heron Team Suzuki Suzuki +14.700 6 6 2 Steve Baker Team Gallina Nava Olio Fiat Suzuki +16.500 5 7 8 Tepi Länsivuori Suzuki +1'01.500 4 8 15 Christian Estrosi Suzuki +1'10.700 3 9 9 Wil Hartog Riemersma Racing Suzuki +1'14.900 2 10 5 Steve Parrish Suzuki +1 lap 1 11 14 Boet van Dulmen Suzuki +1 lap 12 21 Jean-Philippe Orban Team La Licorne Suzuki +1 lap 13 6 Tom Herron Suzuki +1 lap 14 11 Michel Rougerie Suzuki +2 laps 15 16 Leslie van Breda Suzuki +2 laps 16 28 Bruno Kneubühler RSS Racing Team Suzuki +2 laps 17 26 Clive Padgett Yamaha +2 laps 18 19 Alex George Suzuki +3 laps 19 33 Fernando Gonzalez de Nicolas Yamaha +3 laps Ret Ikujiro Takai Yamaha Motor Company Yamaha Accident Ret Virginio Ferrari Team Gallina Nava Olio Fiat Suzuki Retired Ret Max Wiener Suzuki Clutch Ret Marco Lucchinelli Cagiva Corse Suzuki Accident Ret Philippe Coulon Marlboro Nava Total Suzuki Retired Ret John Newbold Ray Hamblin Motorcycles Suzuki Retired Ret Olivier Chevallier Yamaha Retired Ret Jon Ekerold Suzuki Deutschland Suzuki Retired Ret Pentti Korhonen RSS Racing Team Yamaha Retired DNS Carlos Delgado de San Antonio Suzuki Did not start DNQ Eddie Roberts Suzuki Did not qualify DNQ Francisco Perez Suzuki Did not qualify DNQ Gianni Rolando Team Librenti Suzuki Did not qualify DNQ Kimmo Kopra Yamaha Did not qualify DNQ Seppo Ojala Yamaha Did not qualify DNQ Víctor Palomo Sonauto Buton Did not qualify Sources:
250cc Pos No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Grid Points 1 50 Gregg Hansford Kawasaki 30 49:27.3 2 15 2 40 Kenny Roberts Yamaha 30 +10.3 1 12 3 2 Franco Uncini Yamaha 30 +45.8 3 10 4 6 Kork Ballington Kawasaki 30 +50.2 4 8 5 8 Jon Ekerold Yamaha 30 +1:21.9 7 6 6 9 Mick Grant Kawasaki 30 +1:22.6 12 5 7 14 Olivier Chevallier Yamaha 29 +1 lap 8 4 8 5 Tom Herron Yamaha 29 +1 lap 13 3 9 3 Ray Quincey Yamaha 29 +1 lap 17 2 10 12 Chas Mortimer Yamaha 29 +1 lap 9 1 11 16 Anton Mang Kawasaki 29 +1 lap 12 18 Vic Soussan Yamaha 29 +1 lap 16 13 11 Pentti Korhonen Yamaha 29 +1 lap 11 14 7 Les van Breda Yamaha 29 +1 lap 19 15 17 Ángel Nieto Bultaco 29 +1 lap 19 16 31 Carlos Morante Yamaha 29 +1 lap 17 28 Eduardo Alemán Yamaha 29 +1 lap 18 46 Eero Hyvärinen Yamaha 28 +2 laps 19 48 Roland Freymond Yamaha 28 +2 laps Mario Lega Morbidelli 5 Patrick Fernandez Yamaha 6 Paolo Pileri Morbidelli 10 John Dodds Yamaha 14 Benjamin Grau Derbi 15 Pierluigi Conforti Yamaha 18 Carlos Lavado Yamaha 20 29 starters in total
125cc classification Pos No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Grid Points 1 2 Eugenio Lazzarini MBA 27 47:54.8 2 15 2 11 Thierry Espié Motobécane 27 +36.7 4 12 3 6 Harald Bartol Morbidelli 27 +1:05.9 8 10 4 36 Clive Horton Morbidelli 27 +1:23.5 13 8 5 22 Felice Agostini Morbidelli 27 +1:35.1 7 6 6 4 Jean-Louis Guignabodet Morbidelli 27 +1:43.9 9 5 7 31 Miguel Cortes Morbidelli 27 +1:46.9 14 4 8 16 Thierry Noblesse Morbidelli 27 +1:47.9 10 3 9 24 Per-Edward Carlson Morbidelli 27 +1:48.3 15 2 10 21 Patrick Plisson Morbidelli 26 +1 lap 12 1 11 39 Julien van Zeebroeck Morbidelli 26 +1 lap 18 12 26 Ivan Palazzese Morbidelli 26 +1 lap 19 13 18 Rolf Blatter Morbidelli 26 +1 lap 14 7 Stefan Dörflinger Morbidelli 26 +1 lap 16 15 15 Cees van Dongen Morbidelli 26 +1 lap 16 14 Walter Koschine Morbidelli 26 +1 lap 17 38 Francisco Roman Motobécane 26 +1 lap 18 23 Fabrizio Frollani Morbidelli 25 +2 laps 17 Pierpaolo Bianchi Minarelli 1 Ángel Nieto Bultaco 3 Maurizio Massimiani Morbidelli 5 Pierluigi Conforti Morbidelli 6 Hans Müller Morbidelli 11 François Granon Morbidelli 20 28 starters in total
50cc classification Pos No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Grid Points 1 2 Eugenio Lazzarini Kreidler 18 35:02.5 1 15 2 3 Ricardo Tormo Bultaco 18 +4.2 2 12 3 4 Patrick Plisson ABF 18 +1:05.8 4 10 4 18 Wolfgang Müller Kreidler 18 +1:14.6 5 8 5 14 Cees van Dongen Kreidler 18 +1:46.7 11 6 6 32 Daniel Corvi Kreidler 18 +1:56.6 5 7 9 Theo Timmer Kreidler 18 +2:04.6 9 4 8 6 Ramón Gali Bultaco 17 +1 lap 20 3 9 12 Aldo Pero Kreidler 17 +1 lap 12 2 10 34 Javier Mira Kreidler 17 +1 lap 9 4 11 28 Jorge Navarrete Bultaco 17 +1 lap 15 12 24 Jacques Hutteau Kreidler 17 +1 lap 13 11 Rolf Blatter Kreidler 17 +1 lap 14 10 Rudolf Kunz Kreidler 17 +1 lap 13 15 31 Vicente Ferrer Kreidler 17 +1 lap 16 27 Henrique Sande Kreidler 14 +4 laps NC 30 Salvador Ventosa Kreidler 12 +6 laps Stefan Dörflinger Kreidler 3 Ingo Emmerich Kreidler 6 Julien van Zeebroeck Kreidler 7 Gaspar Legaz Kreidler 8 Claudio Lusuardi Bultaco 10 Peter Looyestein Kreidler 14 Hagen Klein Kreidler 16 Joaquín Gali Kreidler 17 Pierre Dumont Kreidler 18 Charles Dumont Kreidler 19 27 starters in total
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