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1978 Yugoslavian Grand Prix
Race details
Race 13 of 13 races in the; 1978 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	17 September 1978
Official name	Grand Prix de Yougoslavie
Location	Staza Grobink Rijeka
Course	Permanent racing facility; 4.168 km (2.590 mi);
350cc
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Gregg Hansford
Time	1:39.96
Fastest lap
Rider	Gregg Hansford
Time	1:38.0
Podium
First	Gregg Hansford
Second	Franco Bonera
Third	Patrick Fernandez
250cc
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Kork Ballington
Time	1:42.86
Fastest lap
Rider	Anton Mang
Time	1:39.0
Podium
First	Gregg Hansford
Second	Anton Mang
Third	Kork Ballington
125cc
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Thierry Espié
Time	1:43.70
Fastest lap
Rider	Patrick Plisson
Time	1:43.2
Podium
First	Ángel Nieto
Second	Hans Müller
Third	Pierluigi Conforti
50cc
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Eugenio Lazzarini
Time	1:54.93
Fastest lap
Rider	Ricardo Tormo
Time	1:52.86
Podium
First	Ricardo Tormo
Second	Eugenio Lazzarini
Third	Patrick Plisson

The 1978 Yugoslavian motorcycle Grand Prix was the thirteenth and final round of the 1978 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 17 September 1978 at the Staza Grobnik Rijeka.

350 cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	Gregg Hansford	Kawasaki	35	58:21.2	1	15
2	Franco Bonera	Yamaha	35	+7.3	4	12
3	Patrick Fernandez	Yamaha	35	+21.2	2	10
4	Vic Soussan	Yamaha	35	+24.5	5	8
5	Jon Ekerold	Yamaha	35	+31.8	11	6
6	Anton Mang	Kawasaki	35	+32.2	12	5
7	Olivier Chevallier	Yamaha	35	+1:40.0	8	4
8	Vanes Francini	Yamaha	35	+1:44.4	14	3
9	Giovanni Pellettier	Yamaha	34	+1 lap	16	2
10	Roland Freymond	Yamaha	34	+1 lap	15	1
11	Mario Lega	Morbidelli	34	+1 lap	10
12	Giovanni Rolando	Yamaha	34	+1 lap
13	Franco Marcheggiani	Yamaha	34	+1 lap
14	Y. Matsumoto	Yamaha	34	+1 lap
15	Peter Sjoström	Yamaha	33	+2 laps
	Kork Ballington	Kawasaki			3
	Tom Herron	Yamaha			6
	Hervé Moineau	Yamaha			7
	Pierluigi Conforti	Yamaha			9
	Paolo Pileri	Morbidelli			13
	Bruno Kneubühler	Yamaha			17
	Pentti Korhonen	Yamaha			18
	Sauro Pazzaglia	Yamaha			19
	Leif Gustafsson	Yamaha			20
30 starters in total
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Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	Gregg Hansford	Kawasaki	29	49:28.98	2	15
2	Anton Mang	Kawasaki	29	+4.00	13	12
3	Kork Ballington	Kawasaki	29	+4.31	1	10
4	Paolo Pileri	Morbidelli	29	+12.91	4	8
5	Jon Ekerold	Yamaha	29	+31.68	6	6
6	Patrick Fernandez	Yamaha	29	+31.93	3	5
7	Mario Lega	Morbidelli	29	+44.34	5	4
8	Pentti Korhonen	Yamaha	29	+1:23.02	7	3
9	Roland Freymond	Yamaha	29	+1:40.90	18	2
10	Eero Hyvärinen	Yamaha	29	+1:41.16	12	1
11	Hans Müller	Yamaha	29	+1:43.85	15
12	Giovanni Pellettier	Yamaha	28	+1 lap
13	Vanes Francini	Yamaha	28	+1 lap
14	Bernd Tüngethal	Yamaha	28	+1 lap
15	Franco Marcheggiani	Yamaha	28	+1 lap
16	Giorgio Avveduti	Yamaha	28	+1 lap	19
17	Renè Delaby	Yamaha	28	+1 lap
18	Olivier Liegeois	Yamaha	28	+1 lap
	Olivier Chevallier	Yamaha			8
	Vic Soussan	Yamaha			9
	Tom Herron	Yamaha			10
	Thierry Espié	Yamaha			11
	Sauro Pazzaglia	Yamaha			14
	Leif Gustafsson	Yamaha			16
	Hervé Moineau	Yamaha			17
30 starters in total
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Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	Ángel Nieto	Minarelli	25	44:33.3	2	15
2	Hans Müller	Morbidelli	25	+10.8	4	12
3	Pierluigi Conforti	Morbidelli	25	+11.1	3	10
4	Harald Bartol	Morbidelli	25	+23.6	9	8
5	Maurizio Massimiani	Morbidelli	25	+41.4	13	6
6	Jean-Louis Guignabodet	Morbidelli	25	+41.7	10	5
7	Matti Kinnunen	Morbidelli	25	+45.8	7	4
8	Per-Edward Carlson	Morbidelli	25	+56.4	14	3
9	Patrick Plisson	Morbidelli	25	+57.7	16	2
10	Thierry Noblesse	Morbidelli	25	+1:04.4	6	1
11	P. Herouard	Morbidelli	25	+1:14.0	11
12	Stefan Dörflinger	Morbidelli	25	+1:24.2	8
13	Rolf Blatter	Morbidelli	25	+1:50.8	15
14	Claudio Lusuardi	Morbidelli	24	+1 lap
15	Henk van Kessel	Condor	24	+1 lap	18
16	Enrico Cereda	Morbidelli	24	+1 lap	20
17	Maurizio Musco	Morbidelli	24	+1 lap	19
18	Theo Timmer	Morbidelli	24	+1 lap
19	Luigi Rinaudo	Morbidelli	24	+1 lap
20	Hagen Klein	Morbidelli	23	+2 laps
21	Boris Bajc	Morbidelli	23	+2 laps
	Thierry Espié	Motobécane			1
	Eugenio Lazzarini	MBA			5
	August Auinger	Morbidelli			12
	Italo Zerbini	Morbidelli			17
30 starters in total
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Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	Ricardo Tormo	Bultaco	20	38:15.02	2	15
2	Eugenio Lazzarini	Kreidler	20	+14.58	1	12
3	Patrick Plisson	ABF	20	+1:24.47	4	10
4	Rolf Blatter	Kreidler	20	+1:25.27	7	8
5	Ingo Emmerich	Kreidler	20	+1:42.95	6	6
6	Hagen Klein	Kreidler	20	+1:52.26	11	5
7	Wolfgang Müller	Kreidler	20	+1:53.48	5	4
8	Enrico Cereda	DRS	19	+1 lap	10	3
9	Reiner Scheidhauer	Kreidler	19	+1 lap	8	2
10	Aldo Pero	Kreidler	19	+1 lap	9	1
11	Peter Looyenstein	Kreidler	19	+1 lap	13
12	Henk van Kessel	Sparta	19	+1 lap	14
13	Bruno di Carlo	Kreidler	19	+1 lap	20
14	Chris Baert	Kreidler	19	+1 lap
15	S. Zattoni	LGM	19	+1 lap
16	Ezio Mischiatti	LGM	18	+2 laps
17	Otto Machinek	Kreidler	18	+2 laps
	Stefan Dörflinger	Kreidler			3
	Günter Schirnhofer	Kreidler			12
	Theo Timmer	Kreidler			15
	Claudio Lusuardi	Kreidler			16
	"Krstic"	Kreidler			17
	Hans Hummel	Kreidler			18
	Benjamin Laurent	FBM			19
30 starters in total
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^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Coleman, Barry (ed.). Motocourse 1978-1979. Hazleton Securities Ltd. p. 137. ISBN 0-905138-06-6.

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