Motorcycle World Championship 1979

Motorcycle World Championship 1979

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:	Ángel Nieto
Constructor:	Minarelli
50 cm³ world champion
Driver:	Eugenio Lazzarini
Constructor:	Kreidler
Team (500 cm³) world champions
Driver:	Cat B2A Rolf Biland Kurt Waltisperg Cat B2B Bruno Holzer Karl Meierhans
Constructor:	Kat B2A Schmid- Yamaha Kat B2B LCR - Yamaha
<1978 season	1980 season>

The 1979 motorcycle world championship season was the 31st in the history of the FIM - motorcycle road world championship .

In the classes up to 500 cm³ and up to 250 cm³ there were twelve, in the class up to 350 cm³ eleven, in the class up to 125 cm³ 13, in the class up to 50 cm³ and in the sidecar category B2A seven and in the sidecar category B2B six races held.

Distribution of points

Scoring
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

	date	run	route	1st place	place 2	place 3	Pole position	Nice Race lap
1	18.03.	3rd Venezuela GP	San Carlos	Barry Sheene	Virginio Ferrari	Tom Herron	Barry Sheene	Barry Sheene
2	04/29	Austrian GP	Salzburgring	Kenny Roberts sr.	Virginio Ferrari	Wil Hartog	Johnny Cecotto	Kenny Roberts sr.
3	06.05.	43rd GP of Germany	Hockenheim	Wil Hartog	Kenny Roberts sr.	Virginio Ferrari	Barry Sheene	Kenny Roberts sr.
4th	13.05.	57th Nations Grand Prix	Imola	Kenny Roberts sr.	Virginio Ferrari	Tom Herron	Barry Sheene	Kenny Roberts sr.
5	05/20	GP of Spain	Jarama	Kenny Roberts sr.	Wil Hartog	Mike Baldwin	Mike Baldwin	Kenny Roberts sr.
6th	17.06.	GP of Yugoslavia	Rijeka	Kenny Roberts sr.	Virginio Ferrari	Franco Uncini	Kenny Roberts sr.	Kenny Roberts sr.
7th	June 23	49. Dutch TT	Aces	Virginio Ferrari	Barry Sheene	Wil Hartog	Kenny Roberts sr.	Virginio Ferrari
8th	01.07.	52nd Belgian GP	Spa Francorchamps	Dennis Ireland	Kenny Blake	Gary Lingham	Johnny Cecotto	Kenny Blake
9	07/22	Swedish GP	Karlskoga	Barry Sheene	Jack Middelburg	Boet van Dulmen	Kenny Roberts sr.	Wil Hartog
10	07/29	GP of Finland	Imatra	Boet van Dulmen	Randy Mamola	Barry Sheene	Boet van Dulmen	Jack Middelburg
11	08/12	British GP	Silverstone	Kenny Roberts sr.	Barry Sheene	Wil Hartog	Kenny Roberts sr.	Barry Sheene
12	02.09.	French GP	Le Mans	Barry Sheene	Randy Mamola	Kenny Roberts sr.	Kenny Roberts sr.	Virginio Ferrari

Driver ranking

1  Kenny Roberts sr. Yamaha 113 2  Virginio Ferrari Suzuki 89 3  Barry Sheene Suzuki 87 4th  Wil Hartog Suzuki 66 5  Franco Uncini Suzuki 51 6th  Boet van Dulmen Suzuki 50 7th  Jack Middelburg Suzuki 36 8th  Randy Mamola Yamaha 29 9  Philippe Coulon Suzuki 29 10  Tom Herron Suzuki 28 11  Christian Sarron Yamaha 26th 12  Steve Parrish Suzuki 19th 13  Mike Baldwin Suzuki 17th 14th  Dennis Ireland Suzuki 16 15th  Michel Rougerie Suzuki 16 16  Bernard Fau Suzuki 13 17th  Kenny Blake Yamaha 12 18th  Marco Lucchinelli Suzuki 11 19th  Gary Lingham Suzuki 10 20th  Johnny Cecotto Yamaha 10

21st  Gustav Reiner Suzuki 8th 22nd  Henk de Vries Suzuki 6th  Hiroyuki Kawasaki Suzuki 6th 24  Gerhard Vogt Suzuki 6th 25th  Josef Hage Suzuki 5  Robertino Pietri senior Suzuki 5 27  Jacky Matagne Suzuki 4th 28  Max Wiener Suzuki 4th 29  Giancarlo Perugini Suzuki 3 30th  Ikujiro Takaï Yamaha 3 31  Guy Cooremans Suzuki 2  Sergio Pellandini Suzuki 2  Graziano Rossi Morbidelli 2 34  James Woodley Suzuki 2 35  Mick Grant Suzuki 1  Dieter Heinen Yamaha 1  John Newbold Suzuki 1  Giovanni Pelletier Suzuki 1  Seppo Rossi Suzuki 1  Peter Sjöström Suzuki 1

Constructors' championship

The design engineer title was awarded to Yamaha .

350 cm³ class

Race results

	date	run	route	1st place	place 2	place 3	Pole position	Nice Race lap
1	18.03.	3rd Venezuela GP	San Carlos	Carlos Lavado	Walter Villa	Patrick Fernandez	Carlos Lavado	Carlos Lavado
2	04/29	Austrian GP	Salzburgring	Cork Ballington	Jon Ekerold	Toni Mang	Grunwald Harfmann	Cork Ballington
3	06.05.	43rd GP of Germany	Hockenheim	Jon Ekerold	Toni Mang	Michel Frutschi	Walter Villa	Michel Frutschi
4th	13.05.	57th Nations Grand Prix	Imola	Gregg Hansford	Sadao Asami	Patrick Fernandez	Cork Ballington	Cork Ballington
5	05/20	GP of Spain	Jarama	Cork Ballington	Gregg Hansford	Michel Frutschi	Cork Ballington	Sadao Asami
6th	17.06.	GP of Yugoslavia	Rijeka	Cork Ballington	Pekka Nurmi	Sadao Asami	Gregg Hansford	unknown
7th	June 23	49. Dutch TT	Aces	Gregg Hansford	Patrick Fernandez	Walter Villa	Gregg Hansford	Gregg Hansford
8th	07/29	GP of Finland	Imatra	Gregg Hansford	Patrick Fernandez	Pentti Korhonen	Cork Ballington	Gregg Hansford
9	08/12	British GP	Silverstone	Cork Ballington	Gregg Hansford	Jeffrey Sayle	Eric Saul	Cork Ballington
10	08/19	Czechoslovakian GP	Masaryk ring	Cork Ballington	Toni Mang	Patrick Fernandez	Cork Ballington	Toni Mang
11	02.09.	French GP	Le Mans	Patrick Fernandez	Roland Freymond	Walter Villa	Cork Ballington	Eric Saul

Driver ranking

1  Cork Ballington Kawasaki 99 2  Patrick Fernandez Yamaha 90 3  Gregg Hansford Kawasaki 77 4th  Toni Mang Kawasaki 63 5  Michel Frutschi Yamaha 47 6th  Walter Villa Yamaha 38 7th  Roland Freymond Yamaha 38 8th  Jon Ekerold Yamaha 34 9  Sadao Asami Yamaha 27 10  Jeffrey Sayle Yamaha 24 11  Pekka Nurmi Yamaha 23 12  Pentti Korhonen Yamaha 17th 13  Christian Estrosi Kawasaki 16 14th  Carlos Lavado Yamaha 15th 15th  Patrick Pons Yamaha 12 16  Eric Saul Adriatica-Yamaha 10 17th  Michel Rougerie Bimota -Yamaha 10 18th  Richard Hubin Yamaha 9 19th  Hervé Guilleux BUT-Yamaha 8th

20th  Olivier Chevallier Yamaha 8th 21st  Vic Soussan Yamaha 8th 22nd  Murray Sayle Yamaha 5  Graeme McGregor Yamaha 5 24  Eduard Stöllinger Kawasaki 4th  Eddy Elias Yamaha 4th  Bengt Elgh Yamaha 4th  Paolo Pileri RTM 4th 28  Reinhold Roth Yamaha 3  Víctor Palomo Yamaha 3  Tony Head Yamaha 3  Klaas Hernamdt Yamaha 3 32  Eero Hyvärinen Yamaha 3  Alan North (racing driver) Yamaha 3 34  Adelio Faccioli Yamaha 2  Joey Dunlop Yamaha 2 36  Gianfranco Bonera Yamaha 2 37  Yoshimi Matsumoto Yamaha 1  Max Wiener Yamaha 1

Constructors' championship

The design engineer title was awarded to Kawasaki .

250 cc class

Race results

	date	run	route	1st place	place 2	place 3	Pole position	Nice Race lap
1	18.03.	3rd Venezuela GP	San Carlos	Walter Villa	Cork Ballington	Vic Soussan	Carlos Lavado	Walter Villa
2	06.05.	43rd GP of Germany	Hockenheim	Cork Ballington	Randy Mamola	Toni Mang	Walter Villa	Cork Ballington
3	13.05.	57th Nations Grand Prix	Imola	Cork Ballington	Randy Mamola	Barry Ditchburn	Cork Ballington	Cork Ballington
4th	05/20	GP of Spain	Jarama	Cork Ballington	Gregg Hansford	Graziano Rossi	Gregg Hansford	Cork Ballington
5	17.06.	GP of Yugoslavia	Rijeka	Graziano Rossi	Gregg Hansford	Patrick Fernandez	Gregg Hansford	unknown
6th	June 23	49. Dutch TT	Aces	Graziano Rossi	Gregg Hansford	Cork Ballington	Cork Ballington	Cork Ballington
7th	01.07.	52nd Belgian GP	Spa Francorchamps	Eduard Stöllinger	Chas Mortimer	Murray Sayle	Chas Mortimer	Eduard Stöllinger
8th	07/22	Swedish GP	Karlskoga	Graziano Rossi	Gregg Hansford	Patrick Fernandez	Gregg Hansford	Gregg Hansford
9	07/29	GP of Finland	Imatra	Cork Ballington	Gregg Hansford	Patrick Fernandez	Toni Mang	Gregg Hansford
10	08/12	British GP	Silverstone	Cork Ballington	Randy Mamola	Toni Mang	Cork Ballington	Cork Ballington
11	08/19	Czechoslovakian GP	Masaryk ring	Cork Ballington	Graziano Rossi	Paolo Pileri	Paolo Pileri	Cork Ballington
12	02.09.	French GP	Le Mans	Cork Ballington	Gregg Hansford	Patrick Fernandez	Gregg Hansford	Cork Ballington

Driver ranking

1  Cork Ballington Kawasaki 141 2  Gregg Hansford Kawasaki 81 3  Graziano Rossi Morbidelli 67 4th  Randy Mamola Adriatica / Yamaha 64 5  Patrick Fernandez Yamaha 63 6th  Toni Mang Kawasaki 56 7th  Walter Villa Yamaha 39 8th  Jean-François Baldé Kawasaki 29 9  Eduard Stöllinger Kawasaki 28 10  Roland Freymond Yamaha 22nd 11  Olivier Chevallier Yamaha 22nd 12  Christian Estrosi Kawasaki 19th 13  Chas Mortimer Yamaha 14th 14th  Paolo Pileri Yamaha 14th 15th  Graeme McGregor Yamaha 14th 16  Barry Ditchburn Kawasaki 13 17th  Vic Soussan Yamaha 11 18th  Eric Saul Yamaha / Adriatica 11 19th  Murray Sayle Yamaha 10

20th  F. González De Nicolás Yamaha 9 21st  Pentti Korhonen Yamaha 9 22nd  Jon Ekerold Yamaha 8th 23  Richard Hubin Yamaha 7th 24  Guy Bertin Yamaha 6th 25th  Michel Simeon Yamaha 5 26th  Hans Müller Yamaha 4th  Jeffrey Sayle Yamaha 4th 28  Maurizio Massimiani MBA 3  Massimo Matteoni Yamaha 3  José Lazo Yamaha 3  Pekka Nurmi Yamaha 3 32  Yoshimasa Matsumoto Yamaha 2  Bengt Elgh Yamaha 2 34  Alan North Yamaha 1  Thierry Espié Yamaha 1  Rinus Van Kasteren Yamaha 1  Eero Hyvärinen Yamaha 1  Sadao Asami Yamaha 1  Tony Head Yamaha 1

Constructors' championship

The design engineer title was awarded to Kawasaki .

125 cc class

Race results

	date	run	route	1st place	place 2	place 3	Pole position	Nice Race lap
1	18.03.	3rd Venezuela GP	San Carlos	Ángel Nieto	Thierry Espié	Maurizio Massimiani	Iván Palazzese	Ángel Nieto
2	04/29	Austrian GP	Salzburgring	Ángel Nieto	Harald Bartol	Gerd Bender	Ángel Nieto	Ángel Nieto
3	06.05.	43rd GP of Germany	Hockenheim	Ángel Nieto	Harald Bartol	Walter Koschine	Ángel Nieto	Ángel Nieto
4th	13.05.	57th Nations Grand Prix	Imola	Ángel Nieto	Thierry Espié	Maurizio Massimiani	Ángel Nieto	Thierry Espié
5	05/20	GP of Spain	Jarama	Ángel Nieto	Thierry Espié	Walter Koschine	Ángel Nieto	Ángel Nieto
6th	17.06.	GP of Yugoslavia	Rijeka	Ángel Nieto	Thierry Espié	Stefan Dörflinger	Ricardo Tormo
7th	June 23	49. Dutch TT	Aces	Ángel Nieto	Ricardo Tormo	Maurizio Massimiani	Bruno Kneubühler	Ángel Nieto
8th	01.07.	52nd Belgian GP	Spa Francorchamps	Barry Smith	Marcelino García	Martin van Soest	Ángel Nieto	Jean-François Lecureux
9	07/22	Swedish GP	Karlskoga	Pier Paolo Bianchi	Jean-Louis Guignabodet	Thierry Noblesse	Bruno Kneubühler	Gerd Bender
10	07/29	GP of Finland	Imatra	Ricardo Tormo	Matti Kinnunen	Hans Müller	Stefan Dörflinger	Ricardo Tormo
11	08/12	British GP	Silverstone	Ángel Nieto	Gerd Bender	Guy Bertin	Hans Müller	Pier Paolo Bianchi
12	08/19	Czechoslovakian GP	Masaryk ring	Guy Bertin	Harald Bartol	Maurizio Massimiani	Guy Bertin	Guy Bertin
13	02.09.	French GP	Le Mans	Guy Bertin	Ricardo Tormo	Pier Paolo Bianchi	Guy Bertin	Ángel Nieto

Driver ranking

1  Ángel Nieto Minarelli 120 2  Maurizio Massimiani MBA 53 3  Hans Müller MBA 50 4th  Thierry Espié Motobécane 48 5  Gerd Bender Bender 47 6th  Guy Bertin Motobécane 40 7th  Ricardo Tormo Bultaco 39 8th  Harald Bartol Morbidelli 36 9  Bruno Kneubühler MBA 36 10  Pier Paolo Bianchi Minarelli 35 11  Stefan Dörflinger Morbidelli 35 12  Barry Smith Morbidelli 25th 13  Walter Koschine Fantic 25th 14th  August Auinger Morbidelli 25th 15th  Eugenio Lazzarini Morbidelli 22nd 16  Jean-Louis Guignabodet Morbidelli 20th 17th  Matti Kinnunen MBA 19th 18th  Patrick Hérouard Morbidelli 18th 19th  Marcelino García Morbidelli 17th 20th  Thierry Noblesse Morbidelli 16 21st  Per-Edvard Carlsson MBA 14th 22nd  Jean-François Lecureux Morbidelli 12 23  Patrick Plisson Morbidelli 12

24  Martin van Soest Morbidelli 10 25th  Gianpaolo Marchetti MBA 10 26th  Rolf Blatter Morbidelli 8th 27  Peter Looijesteijn MBA 8th 28  Clive Horton Morbidelli 7th 29  François Granon Morbidelli 7th  Stefan Jansen Morbidelli 7th 31  Iván Troisi Morbidelli 5  Paul Bordes Morbidelli 5 33  Pierluigi Conforti MBA 4th  Anton Straver Morbidelli 4th 35  Peter Baláž Morbidelli 3 36  Jean-Paul Magnoni Morbidelli 2  Alfred Waibel Morbidelli 2  Paolo Ferretti Morbidelli 2  Henk van Kessel AGV-Condor 2  Jan Huberts MBA 2  Marc-Anton Constantin Morbidelli 2 42  Miguel Cortés Bultaco 1  F. González De Nicolás Morbidelli 1  René Rénier Morbidelli 1  Johnny Wickström Morbidelli 1

Constructors' championship

The design engineer title was awarded to Minarelli .

50 cm³ class

Race results

	date	run	route	1st place	place 2	place 3	Pole position	Nice Race lap
1	06.05.	43rd GP of Germany	Hockenheim	Gerhard Waibel	Peter Looijesteijn	Ingo Emmerich	Ricardo Tormo	Ricardo Tormo
2	13.05.	57th Nations Grand Prix	Imola	Eugenio Lazzarini	Rolf Blatter	Peter Looijesteijn	Eugenio Lazzarini	Eugenio Lazzarini
3	05/20	GP of Spain	Jarama	Eugenio Lazzarini	Patrick Plisson	Rolf Blatter	Eugenio Lazzarini	Eugenio Lazzarini
4th	17.06.	GP of Yugoslavia	Rijeka	Eugenio Lazzarini	Rolf Blatter	Hagen Klein	Eugenio Lazzarini	unknown
5	June 23	49. Dutch TT	Aces	Eugenio Lazzarini	Patrick Plisson	Rolf Blatter	Ricardo Tormo	Eugenio Lazzarini
6th	01.07.	52nd Belgian GP	Spa Francorchamps	Henk van Kessel	Theo Timmer	Rudolf Kunz	Eugenio Lazzarini	Stefan Dörflinger
7th	02.09.	French GP	Le Mans	Eugenio Lazzarini	Stefan Dörflinger	Rolf Blatter	Ricardo Tormo	Stefan Dörflinger

Driver ranking

1  Eugenio Lazzarini Kreidler 75 2  Rolf Blatter Kreidler 62 3  Patrick Plisson ABF 32 4th  Gerhard Waibel Kreidler 32 5  Peter Looijesteijn Kreidler 30th 6th  Hagen Klein Hess special 26th 7th  Henk van Kessel Sparta 23 8th  Jacky Hutteau ABF 22nd 9  Ingo Emmerich Kreidler 19th 10  Stefan Dörflinger Kreidler 18th 11  Reiner Scheidhauer Kreidler 17th 12  Theo Timmer Bultaco 16 13  Aldo Pero Kreidler 16 14th  Rudolf Kunz Kreidler 13 15th  Ezio Saffiotti Paolucci 10

16  Wolfgang Müller Kreidler 9 17th  Ricardo Tormo Bultaco 6th 18th  Joaquín Galí Bultaco 5  Enrico Cereda UFO 5 20th  Massimo Servadio UFO 4th  Daniel Mateos Derbi 4th 22nd  Gerhard Singer Kreidler 4th 23  Peter Verbic Kreidler 3  Theo van Geffen Kreidler 3 25th  Hans-Jürgen Hummel Kreidler 2  Claudio Granata UFO 2  Rudi Oosting BGS 2 28  Paolo Priori Derbi 1  Gerrit Strikker Kreidler 1  Cees van Dongen Kreidler 1

Constructors' championship

The design engineer title was awarded to Kreidler .

Carriages (500 cm³, Cat B2A)

Race results

	date	run	route	1st place	place 2	place 3	Pole position	Nice Race lap
1	04/29	Austrian GP	Salzburgring	God Brodin / Billy Gällros	Siegfried Schauzu / Lorenzo Puzo	Rolf Steinhausen / Kenny Arthur	Siegfried Schauzu / Lorenzo Puzo	Dick Greasley / John Parkins
2	06.05.	43rd GP of Germany	Hockenheim	Rolf Steinhausen / Kenny Arthur	Siegfried Schauzu / Lorenzo Puzo	Dick Greasley / John Parkins	Max Venus / Norbert Bittermann	Rolf Steinhausen / Kenny Arthur
3	June 23	49. Dutch TT	Aces	Rolf Biland / Kurt Waltisperg	Rolf Steinhausen / Kenny Arthur	Jock Taylor / James Neil	Werner Schwärzel / Andreas Huber	Rolf Biland / Kurt Waltisperg
4th	01.07.	52nd Belgian GP	Spa Francorchamps	Rolf Steinhausen / Kenny Arthur	Rolf Biland / Kurt Waltisperg	Dick Greasley / John Parkins	Rolf Biland / Kurt Waltisperg	Rolf Steinhausen / Kenny Arthur
5	07/22	Swedish GP	Karlskoga	Jock Taylor / Benga Johansson	Werner Schwärzel / Andreas Huber	Rolf Biland / Kurt Waltisperg	Rolf Biland / Kurt Waltisperg	Rolf Biland / Kurt Waltisperg
6th	08/12	British GP	Silverstone	Rolf Biland / Kurt Waltisperg	Jock Taylor / Benga Johansson	Dick Greasley / John Parkins	Derek Jones / Brian Ayres	Jock Taylor / Benga Johansson
7th	08/19	Czechoslovakian GP	Masaryk ring	Rolf Biland / Kurt Waltisperg	Dick Greasley / John Parkins	Werner Schwärzel / Andreas Huber	Rolf Biland / Kurt Waltisperg	Rolf Biland / Kurt Waltisperg

Driver ranking

1	Rolf Biland	Kurt Waltisperg	Schmid- Yamaha	67
2	Rolf Steinhausen	Kenny Arthur	KSA-Yamaha	58
3	Dick Greasley	John Parkins	Yamaha	58
4th	Siegfried Schauzu	Lorenzo Puzo	Busch Yamaha	49
5	Jock Taylor	Jim Law or James Neil or Benga Johansson	Windle -Yamaha	43
6th	Werner Schwärzel	Andreas Huber	Yamaha	39
7th	God Brodin	Billy Gallros	Krauser -Yamaha	23
8th	Hermann Huber	Bernhard Schappacher	Krauser-Yamaha	22nd
9	Egbert Streuer	Johan van der Kaap	Schmid-Yamaha	17th
10	George O'Dell	Cliff Holland	Yamaha	8th
11	Max Venus	Norbert Bittermann and Hartmut Schimanski	Yamaha	8th
12	Alain Michel	Stuart Collins	Seymaz -Yamaha	7th
13	Amedeo Zini	Andrea Fornaro	Bush King	6th
14th	Walter Ohrmann	Erich Schmitz	Yamaha	6th
15th	Otto Haller	Rainer Gundel	Krauser-Yamaha	6th
	Bill Hodgkins	Donnie Williams	Digby-Yamaha	6th
17th	Mick Boddice	Mick Burns	Yamaha	5
18th	Kalevi Rahko	Kari Laatikainen	Yamaha	5
19th	Michel Vanneste	Paul Gérard	Bush- Suzuki	4th
20th	Peter Campbell	Dick Goodwin	Yamaha	3
	Jesco Höckert	Helmut Weiser	Busch Yamaha	3
22nd	Bjorn Andersson	Lars Nordström	Yamaha	3
23	John Barker	Nick Cutmore	Yamaha	3
	Derek Jones	Brian Ayres	Daytona Yamaha	3
25th	Boy Brouwer	Jan Oostwouder	Busch Yamaha
	Peter Frick	Pascal Mottier	Yamaha	2
	Roine Larsson	Håkan Bjargestad	Yamaha	2
	Gérald Corbaz	Roland Gabriel	Schmid-Yamaha	2
29	Kurt Jelonek	Fred Schenkenberger	king	1
	Wolfgang Stropek	Karl Altrichter	Schmid / Yamaha	1

Constructors' championship

The design engineer title was awarded to Schmid- Yamaha .

Carriages (500 cm³, Cat B2B)

Race results

	date	run	route	1st place	place 2	place 3	Pole position	Nice Race lap
1	04/29	Austrian GP	Salzburgring	Rolf Biland / Kurt Waltisperg	Bruno Holzer / Karl Meierhans	Klaus Sprengel / Derek John Booth	Rolf Biland / Kurt Waltisperg	Alain Michel / Michael Burkhard
2	07/15	France	Le Castellet	Rolf Biland / Kurt Waltisperg	Bruno Holzer / Karl Meierhans	Yvan Trolliet / Marc Petel	Rolf Biland / Kurt Waltisperg	Alain Michel / Michael Burkhard
3	08/12	British GP	Silverstone	Alain Michel / Michael Burkhard	Bruno Holzer / Karl Meierhans	Masato Kumano / Isao Arifuku	Rolf Biland / Kurt Waltisperg	Alain Michel / Michael Burkhard
4th	08/26	Germany	Nürburgring	Rolf Biland / Kurt Waltisperg	Bruno Holzer / Karl Meierhans	Masato Kumano / Isao Arifuku	Rolf Biland / Kurt Waltisperg	Rolf Biland / Kurt Waltisperg
5	02.09.	French GP	Le Mans	Rolf Biland / Kurt Waltisperg	Bruno Holzer / Karl Meierhans	Derek Jones / Brian Ayres	Rolf Biland / Kurt Waltisperg	Rolf Biland / Kurt Waltisperg
6th	09.09.	Netherlands	Aces	Alain Michel / Michael Burkhard	Bruno Holzer / Karl Meierhans	Derek Jones / Brian Ayres	Alain Michel / Michael Burkhard	Alain Michel / Michael Burkhard

Driver ranking

1	Bruno Holzer	Karl Meierhans	LCR - Yamaha	72
2	Rolf Biland	Kurt Waltisperg	LCR Yamaha	60
3	Masato Kumano	Isao Arifuku	Yamaha	41
4th	Alain Michel	Michael Burkhard	Seymaz -Yamaha	30th
5	Bernard Chabert	Patrice Daire and Paul Dessirier	CB-Yamaha	25th
6th	Yvan Trolliet	Marc Petel	Seymaz-Yamaha	24
7th	Derek Jones	Brian Ayres	Daytona Yamaha	20th
8th	Klaus Sprengel	Derek John Booth	Suzuki	17th
9	Heinz Luthringshauser	Karl Paul	Yamaha	15th
10	Peter Frick	Christoph Flückiger	BEO-Yamaha	14th
11	Heinz Thevissen	Lothar Klein	HTS-Yamaha	12
12	Cees Smit	Charles Vroegop and Georg Etz	Seymaz-Yamaha	10
13	Gérard Lebœuf	Michel Guitel	Yamaha	10
14th	Rudolf Reinhard	Karin Sterzenbach	GEP-Yamaha	10
15th	Philippe Filek	Muriel Prigent	Yamaha	8th
16	Claude Bay	Patrick Rossi	GEP-Yamaha	8th
17th	Jean-Claude Jaquet	René Delarze	TTM-Yamaha	3
18th	Albert Giesemann	Thomas Riedel	GEP-Yamaha	2
19th	Steve Sinnott	John Horspole	Yamaha	2

Constructors' championship

The designer title was awarded to LCR - Yamaha .

References

Web links

Commons : Motorcycle World Championship 1979  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Official website of the motorcycle world championship
• Detailed statistics for the 1979 season at racingmemo.free.fr (French)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Held as part of the Formula 750 supporting program
2. ↑ Held as part of the supporting program of the German Championship .