Motorcycle World Championship 1978
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| 500 cm³ world champion | |
| Driver: | Kenny Roberts sr. |
| Constructor: | Yamaha |
| 350 cm³ world champion | |
| Driver: | Cork Ballington |
| Constructor: | Kawasaki |
| 250 cc world champion | |
| Driver: | Cork Ballington |
| Constructor: | Kawasaki |
| 125 cc world champion | |
| Driver: | Eugenio Lazzarini |
| Constructor: | MBA |
| 50 cm³ world champion | |
| Driver: | Ricardo Tormo |
| Constructor: | Bultaco |
| Team (500 cm³) world champions | |
| Driver: |
Rolf Biland Kenneth Williams |
| Constructor: | TTM- Yamaha BEO- Yamaha |
| <1977 season | |
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The 1978 motorcycle world championship season was the 30th in the history of the FIM - motorcycle road world championship .
Eleven races were held in the classes up to 500 cm³ and up to 350 cm³, twelve in the classes up to 250 cm³ and up to 125 cm³, seven in the class up to 50 cm³ and eight races for the teams .
Distribution of points
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| space | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4th | 5 | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9 | 10 |
| Points | 15th | 12 | 10 | 8th | 6th | 5 | 4th | 3 | 2 | 1 |
All the results achieved were included in the evaluation.
500 cc class
Race results
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Driver ranking
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Constructors' championship
The design engineer title was awarded to Yamaha .
350 cm³ class
Race results
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Driver ranking
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Constructors' championship
The design engineer title was awarded to Kawasaki .
250 cc class
Race results
Driver ranking
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Constructors' championship
The design engineer title was awarded to Kawasaki .
125 cc class
Race results
Driver ranking
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Constructors' championship
The design engineer title was awarded an MBA .
50 cm³ class
Race results
Driver ranking
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Constructors' championship
The design engineer title was awarded to Bultaco .
Carriages (500 cm³)
Race results
| date | run | route | 1st place | place 2 | place 3 | Pole position | Nice Race lap | |
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| 1 | 04/30 |
 Austrian GP
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Salzburgring |
Rolf Biland / Kenneth Williams |
Malcolm Hobson / Kenny Birch |
Alain Michel / Stuart Collins |
Rolf Biland / Kenneth Williams |
Werner Schwärzel / Andreas Huber |
| 2 | 07.05. |
 French GP
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Nogaro |
Rolf Biland / Kenneth Williams |
Alain Michel / Stuart Collins |
Malcolm Hobson / Kenny Birch |
Alain Michel / Stuart Collins |
Rolf Biland / Kenneth Williams |
| 3 | 14.05. |
 56th Nations Grand Prix
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Mugello |
Rolf Biland / Kenneth Williams |
Werner Schwärzel / Andreas Huber |
Jean-François Monnin / Philippe Miserez |
Alain Michel / Stuart Collins |
Rolf Biland / Kenneth Williams |
| 4th | June 24th |
 48. Dutch TT
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Aces |
Werner Schwärzel / Andreas Huber |
Jean-François Monnin / Paul Gérard |
Dick Greasley / Gordon Russell |
Rolf Biland / Kenneth Williams |
Rolf Biland / Kenneth Williams |
| 5 | 02.07. |
 51st Belgian GP
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Spa Francorchamps |
Bruno Holzer / Karl Meierhans |
Alain Michel / Stuart Collins |
Rolf Biland / Kenneth Williams |
Rolf Steinhausen / Wolfgang Kalauch |
Alain Michel / Stuart Collins |
| 6th | 06.08. |
 British GP
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Silverstone |
Alain Michel / Stuart Collins |
Rolf Biland / Kenneth Williams |
Jock Taylor / James Neil |
Rolf Biland / Kenneth Williams |
Rolf Biland / Kenneth Williams |
| 7th | 08/20 |
 42nd GP of Germany
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Nürburgring - Nordschleife |
Werner Schwärzel / Andreas Huber |
Alain Michel / Stuart Collins |
Dick Greasley / Gordon Russell |
Rolf Biland / Kenneth Williams |
Alain Michel / Stuart Collins |
| 8th | 08/27 |
 Czechoslovakian GP
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Masaryk ring |
Alain Michel / Stuart Collins |
Rolf Biland / Kenneth Williams |
Dick Greasley / Gordon Russell |
Werner Schwärzel / Andreas Huber |
Alain Michel / Stuart Collins |
Driver ranking
| 1 |
 Rolf Biland
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Kenneth Williams |
TTM- Yamaha / BEO-Yamaha |
79 |
| 2 |
Alain Michel
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Stuart Collins |
Seymaz -Yamaha | 76 |
| 3 |
Bruno Holzer
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Karl Meierhans |
LCR -Yamaha | 49 |
| 4th |
Werner Schwärzel
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Andreas Huber |
ARO-Fath | 47 |
| 5 |
Dick Greasley
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Gordon Russell |
Busch Yamaha | 43 |
| 6th |
Jean-François Monnin
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Philippe Miserez and Paul Gérard |
Seymaz-Yamaha | 32 |
| 7th |
Jock Taylor
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Lewis Ward and James Neil |
Windle -Yamaha | 30th |
| 8th |
George O'Dell
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Cliff Holland |
Seymaz-Yamaha | 23 |
| 9 |
Malcolm Hobson (†) |
Kenny Birch (†) |
Schmid-Yamaha | 22nd |
| 10 |
Bill Hodgkins
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John Parkins |
Windle / Yamaha | 20th |
| 11 |
 God Brodin
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Per-Erik Wickström and Billy Gällros |
Yamaha | 15th |
| 12 |
Hermann Schmid
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Kenny Arthur |
Schmid-Yamaha | 14th |
| 13 |
Yvan Trolliet
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Pierre Muller |
GEP / Yamaha | 10 |
| 14th |
Rolf Steinhausen
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Wolfgang Kalauch
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Seymaz-Yamaha | 8th |
| 15th |
Hermann Huber
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Bernhard Schappacher |
king | 8th |
| 16 |
Max Venus
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Norbert Bittermann |
CAT Yamaha | 7th |
| 17th |
Cees Smit
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Jan Smit |
Seymaz-Yamaha | 7th |
| 18th |
Siegfried Schauzu
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Lorenzo Puzo |
Busch Yamaha | 7th |
| 19th |
Amedeo Zini
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Andrea Fornaro |
king | 6th |
| 20th |
Mick Boddice
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Mick Burns |
Yamaha | 5 |
| 21st |
Wolfgang Stropek
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Karl Altrichter |
Schmid-Yamaha | 4th |
| 22nd |
Gérald Corbaz
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Roland Gabriel |
Schmid-Yamaha | 4th |
| 23 |
Boy Brouwer
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Jan Oostwouder |
Coan-Yamaha | 3 |
| 24 |
Otto Haller
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Rainer Gundel |
Yamaha | 3 |
| 25th |
Klaus Sprengel
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Manfred Kürnsteiner |
Suzuki | 2 |
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Ernst Trachsel (†) |
Andreas Stäger |
TTM Suzuki | 2 | |
| 27 |
Thomas Müller
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Kurt Waltisperg |
TTM-Yamaha | 1 |
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Egbert Streuer
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Johan van der Kaap |
Schmid / Yamaha | 1 |
Constructors' championship
The design engineer title was awarded to TTM- Yamaha or BEO- Yamaha .
Web links
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