Venezuela Grand Prix (motorcycle)

Winner of all three 500cc runs: Barry Sheene

The Venezuela Motorcycles Grand Prix was a motorcycle race that was held three times between 1977 and 1979 on the San Carlos race track near San Carlos in the state of Cojedes , southwest of the capital Caracas , and was part of the motorcycle world championship .

The record winner is Barry Sheene from Great Britain , who won the race three times.

Statistics of the Venezuela Grand Prix

Edition	year	route	class	winner	Second	Third	Pole position	Nice Race lap
1.	1977	San Carlos	125 cc	Ángel Nieto ( Bultaco )	Toni Mang ( Morbidelli )	Iván Palazzese ( Morbidelli )	Ángel Nieto ( Bultaco )	Ángel Nieto ( Bultaco )
			250 cc	Walter Villa ( Yamaha )	Patrick Fernandez ( Yamaha )	Víctor Palomo ( Yamaha )	F. Uncini ( Harley-Davidson )	W. Villa ( Harley-Davidson )
			350 cc	Takazumi Katayama ( Yamaha )	Tom Herron ( Yamaha )	Jon Ekerold ( Yamaha )	Johnny Cecotto ( Yamaha )	Johnny Cecotto ( Yamaha )
			500 cc	Barry Sheene ( Suzuki )	Steve Baker ( Yamaha )	Pat Hennen ( Suzuki )	Johnny Cecotto ( Yamaha )	Barry Sheene ( Suzuki )
2.	1978	San Carlos	125 cc	Pier Paolo Bianchi ( Minarelli )	Eugenio Lazzarini ( MBA )	Víctor León-Pacheco ( Morbidelli )	Pier Paolo Bianchi ( Minarelli )	Pier Paolo Bianchi ( Minarelli )
			250 cc	Kenny Roberts sr. ( Yamaha )	Carlos Lavado ( Yamaha )	Patrick Fernandez ( Yamaha )	Franco Uncini ( Yamaha )	Kenny Roberts sr. ( Yamaha )
			350 cc	Takazumi Katayama ( Yamaha )	Patrick Fernandez ( Yamaha )	Paolo Pileri ( Morbidelli )	Franco Uncini ( Yamaha )	Franco Uncini ( Yamaha )
			500 cc	Barry Sheene ( Suzuki )	Pat Hennen ( Suzuki )	Steve Baker ( Suzuki )	Johnny Cecotto ( Yamaha )	Barry Sheene ( Suzuki )
3.	1979	San Carlos	125 cc	Ángel Nieto ( Minarelli )	Thierry Espié ( Motobécane )	Maurizio Massimiani ( MBA )	Iván Palazzese ( MBA )	Ángel Nieto ( Minarelli )
			250 cc	Walter Villa ( Yamaha )	Cork Ballington ( Kawasaki )	Vic Soussan ( Yamaha )	Carlos Lavado ( Yamaha )	Walter Villa ( Yamaha )
			350 cc	Carlos Lavado ( Yamaha )	Walter Villa ( Yamaha )	Patrick Fernandez ( Yamaha )	Carlos Lavado ( Yamaha )	Carlos Lavado ( Yamaha )
			500 cc	Barry Sheene ( Suzuki )	Virginio Ferrari ( Suzuki )	Tom Herron ( Suzuki )	Barry Sheene ( Suzuki )	Barry Sheene ( Suzuki )

References

Web links

• Official website of the Motorcycle World Championship (multilingual)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Officially, the number of editions was not met.