The 1978 Austrian motorcycle Grand Prix was the third round of the 1978 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 28–30 April 1978 at the Salzburgring.
Classification 500 cc Pos. Rider Team Manufacturer Time/Retired Points 1 Kenny Roberts Yamaha Motor Company Yamaha 48'30.300 15 2 Johnny Cecotto Yamaha Motor Company Yamaha +16.460 12 3 Barry Sheene Texaco Heron Team Suzuki Suzuki +46.230 10 4 Marco Lucchinelli Cagiva Corse Suzuki +1'13.760 8 5 Tepi Länsivuori Suzuki +1'17.340 6 6 Michel Rougerie Suzuki +1 lap 5 7 Wil Hartog Riemersma Racing Suzuki +1 lap 4 8 Boet van Dulmen Suzuki +1 lap 3 9 Franco Bonera Team Kiwi Yamoto Suzuki +1 lap 2 10 Bruno Kneubühler RSS Racing Team Suzuki +1 lap 1 11 Philippe Coulon Marlboro Nava Total Suzuki +1 lap 12 Leslie van Breda Suzuki +1 lap 13 Helmut Kassner Suzuki +1 lap 14 Jürgen Steiner Caramba Racing Team Bohme Suzuki +2 laps 15 Franz Heller Caramba Racing Team Bohme Suzuki +2 laps 16 Bo Granath Suzuki +2 laps 17 Markku Matikäinen Suzuki +2 laps 18 Franz Rau Kazenmaier Autovermietung Suzuki +2 laps 19 Michael Schmid Suzuki +2 laps Ret Steve Baker Team Gallina Nava Olio Fiat Suzuki Accident Virginio Ferrari Team Gallina Nava Olio Fiat Suzuki Retired Ret Pat Hennen Suzuki Retired Ret Alex George Sarome & Motul Team Yamaha Retired Ret John Newbold Ray Hamblin Motorcycles Suzuki Retired Ret Werner Nenning Mobel Nenning Racing Team Suzuki Retired Ret Takazumi Katayama Sarome & Motul Team Yamaha Retired Ret Carlos Delgado de San Antonio Suzuki Retired Ret Jean-Philippe Orban Team La Licorne Suzuki Accident Ret Steve Parrish Suzuki Retired Ret Walter Villa Suzuki Retired Ret Jack Middelburg Suzuki Accident Ret Tom Herron Suzuki Retired Ret Jon Ekerold Suzuki Deutschland Suzuki Retired Ret Max Wiener Suzuki Retired Ret Hans Braumandl Suzuki Retired Ret Børge Nielsen Suzuki Retired Sources:
350cc Pos Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Grid Points 1 Kork Ballington Kawasaki 35 50:38.28 1 15 2 Franco Uncini Yamaha 35 +14.37 2 12 3 Takazumi Katayama Yamaha 35 +18.19 3 10 4 Jon Ekerold Yamaha 35 +46.73 12 8 5 Olivier Chevallier Yamaha 35 +59.64 4 6 6 Michel Rougerie Yamaha 35 +1:05.34 17 5 7 Gregg Hansford Kawasaki 35 +1:12.82 6 4 8 Pentti Korhonen Yamaha 35 +1:13.94 20 3 9 Vic Soussan Yamaha 35 +1:14.11 15 2 10 Franco Bonera Yamaha 35 +1:14.34 16 1 11 Patrick Fernandez Yamaha 35 +1:14.67 8 12 Chas Mortimer Yamaha 35 +1:18.98 7 13 John Dodds Yamaha 34 +1 lap 14 Edi Stöllinger Yamaha 34 +1 lap 19 15 Michel Frutschi Yamaha 34 +1 lap 16 Kenny Blake Yamaha 34 +1 lap 17 Roland Freymond Yamaha 34 +1 lap 18 Ernst Fagerer Yamaha 34 +1 lap 19 Les van Breda Yamaha 34 +1 lap 20 Josef Hage Yamaha 34 +1 lap 21 Franco Solaroli Yamaha 34 +1 lap 22 Peter Baláz Yamaha 34 +1 lap Leif Gustafsson Yamaha 5 Mick Grant Kawasaki 9 Tom Herron Yamaha 10 Pierluigi Conforti Yamaha 11 Anton Mang Kawasaki 13 Pekka Nurmi Yamaha 14 Christian Sarron Yamaha 18 36 starters in total
125cc Pos Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Grid Points 1 Eugenio Lazzarini MBA 30 47:23.66 1 15 2 Harald Bartol Morbidelli 30 +2.23 3 12 3 Pierpaolo Bianchi Minarelli 30 +28.74 2 10 4 Thierry Espié Motobécane 30 +34.18 4 8 5 Pierluigi Conforti Morbidelli 30 +34.70 9 6 6 Per-Edward Carlson Morbidelli 30 +1:01.55 7 5 7 Hans Müller Morbidelli 30 +1:03.98 6 4 8 Matti Kinnunen Morbidelli 30 +1:04.69 17 3 9 Jean-Louis Guignabodet Bender 30 +1:11.17 11 2 10 Ricardo Tormo Bultaco 30 +1:14.37 1 11 Patrick Plisson Morbidelli 30 +1:35.90 15 12 Thierry Noblesse Morbidelli 30 +1:36.30 16 13 Stefan Dörflinger Morbidelli 29 +1 lap 10 14 Felice Agostini Morbidelli 29 +1 lap 15 Johann Parzer Morbidelli 29 +1 lap 16 Ernst Fagerer Morbidelli 29 +1 lap 18 17 August Auinger Morbidelli 29 +1 lap 18 Ivan Palazzese Morbidelli 19 Karl Fuchs Morbidelli 20 Walter Koschine Bender Maurizio Massimiani Morbidelli 5 Clive Horton Morbidelli 8 Ángel Nieto Bultaco 12 Gert Bender Bender 13 Cees van Dongen Morbidelli 14 Hans Hummel Morbidelli 19 Rolf Blatter Morbidelli 20 36 starters in total, 24 finishers
Sidecar classification Pos Rider Passenger Manufacturer Laps Time Grid Points 1 Rolf Biland Kenny Williams TTM-Yamaha 30 46:19.30 1 15 2 Mac Hobson Kenny Birch Seymaz-Yamaha 30 +17.72 11 12 3 Alain Michel Stu Collins Seymaz-Yamaha 30 +17.86 3 10 4 George O'Dell Cliff Holland Seymaz-Yamaha 30 +22.19 5 8 5 Bruno Holzer Karl Meierhans LCR-Yamaha 30 +1:21.42 9 6 6 Göte Brodin Per-Erik Wickström Yamaha 30 +1:26.83 7 5 7 Wolfgang Stropek Karl Altricher Schmid-Yamaha 29 +1 lap 4 8 Hermann Huber Bernd Schappacher König 29 +1 lap 12 3 9 Klaus Sprengel Manfred Kürnsteiner Suzuki 29 +1 lap 2 10 Otto Haller Rainer Gundel MKM-Yamaha 28 +2 laps 1 11 Ernst Trachsel Andreas Stager TTM-Suzuki 27 +3 laps 15 12 Jock Taylor Lewis Ward Windle-Yamaha 27 +3 laps 13 Jean-François Monnin Philippe Miserez Seymaz-Yamaha 25 +5 laps 13 Werner Schwärzel Andreas Huber Fath 2 Hermann Schmid Kenny Arthur Schmid-Yamaha 4 Rolf Steinhausen Wolfgang Kalauch Seymaz-Yamaha 6 Siegfried Schauzu Lorenzo Puzo Busch-Yamaha 8 Dick Greasley Gordon Russell Busch-Yamaha 10 Egbert Streuer Johan van der Kap Schmid-Yamaha 14 21 starters in total
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