1979 Yugoslavian motorcycle Grand Prix

  1979 Yugoslavian Grand Prix

Race details
Race 6 of 13 races in the 1979 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	17 June 1979
Official name	Velika Nagrada Jugoslavije [1] [2] [3]
Location	Automotodrom Rijeka
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.168 km (2.590 mi)
500cc
Pole position Rider Kenny Roberts Time 1:50.600 Fastest lap Rider Unknown Podium First Kenny Roberts Second Virginio Ferrari Third Franco Uncini
350cc
Pole position Rider Gregg Hansford Time 1:38.500 Fastest lap Rider Unknown Podium First Kork Ballington Second Pekka Nurmi Third Sadao Asami
250cc
Pole position Rider Gregg Hansford Time 1:40.700 Fastest lap Rider Unknown Podium First Graziano Rossi Second Gregg Hansford Third Patrick Fernandez
125cc
Pole position Rider Ricardo Tormo Time 1:53.700 Fastest lap Rider Unknown Podium First Ángel Nieto Second Thierry Espié Third Stefan Dörflinger
50cc
Pole position Rider Eugenio Lazzarini Time 1:54.300 Fastest lap Rider Unknown Podium First Eugenio Lazzarini Second Rolf Blatter Third Hagen Klein

The 1979 Yugoslavian motorcycle Grand Prix was the sixth round of the 1979 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 15–17 June 1979 at the Automotodrom Rijeka.

Classification

500 cc

Pos.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Points
1	Kenny Roberts	Yamaha Motor Company	Yamaha	51'27.280	15
2	Virginio Ferrari	Team Gallina Nava Olio Fiat	Suzuki	+3.420	12
3	Franco Uncini	Team Zago International	Suzuki	+42.440	10
4	Wil Hartog	Riemersma Racing	Suzuki	+42.580	8
5	Boet van Dulmen		Suzuki	+47.030	6
6	Michel Rougerie		Suzuki	+1 lap	5
7	Christian Sarron	Team Sonauto Gauloises	Yamaha	+1 lap	4
8	Carlo Perugini		Suzuki	+1 lap	3
9	Steve Parrish	Texaco Heron Team Suzuki	Suzuki	+1 lap	2
10	Max Wiener		Suzuki	+1 lap	1
11	Franck Gross		Suzuki	+1 lap
12	Seppo Rossi	Kouv MK	Suzuki	+1 lap
13	Willem Zoet	Stimorol Racing	Suzuki	+1 lap
14	Peter Sjöström	Ava MC Stockholm	Suzuki	+1 lap
15	Gianni Pelletier		Suzuki	+2 laps
16	Raffaele Pasqual		Suzuki	+2 laps
17	Dennis Ireland	Derry's Racing	Suzuki	+2 laps
18	Sergio Pellandini		Suzuki	+2 laps
19	Didier de Radiguès		Suzuki	+2 laps
20	Jochen Schmid		Suzuki	+3 laps
21	Carlos Delgado de San Antonio		Suzuki	+3 laps
Ret	Gianni Rolando	Scuderia Naldoni	Suzuki	Retired
Ret	Johnny Cecotto	Yamaha Motor Company	Yamaha	Retired
Ret	Ikujiro Takai	Yamaha Motor Company	Yamaha	Retired
Ret	Pierluigi Rimoldi		Paton	Retired
Ret	Marco Lucchinelli		Suzuki	Retired
Ret	Philippe Coulon		Suzuki	Retired
Ret	Jack Middelburg		Suzuki	Retired
Ret	Werner Nenning	Mobel Nenning Racing Team	Suzuki	Retired
Ret	Graziano Rossi	Morbidelli	Morbidelli	Retired
Ret	Carlo Prati		Suzuki	Retired
Ret	Barry Sheene	Texaco Heron Team Suzuki	Suzuki	Retired
Ret	Børge Nielsen		Suzuki	Retired
DNS	Toni Garcia		Suzuki	Did not start
Sources: [4] [5]

References

1. "Alle Grand-Prix uitslagen en bijzonderheden, van 1973 (het jaar dat Jack begon met racen) tot heden". Archive.li. Retrieved 31 October 2018.
2. Mitchell, Malcolm. "1979 500cc Class (FIM Grand Prix World Championship) Programmes - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com. Retrieved 31 October 2018.
3. Mitchell, Malcolm. "Grobnik - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com. Retrieved 31 October 2018.
4. "1979 Yugoslavian MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". Motorsportmagazine.com. 29 January 2018. Retrieved 31 October 2018.
5. "YUGOSLAVIAN GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1979". Motogp.com. Retrieved 31 October 2018.

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