# Campionat del Món de motociclisme de 1979

La temporada de 1979 del Campionat del món de motociclisme fou la 31a edició d'aquest campionat, organitzat per la FIM.

## Grans Premis

| Cursa | Gran Premi | Circuit | Guanyador 50cc | Guanyador 125cc | Guanyador 250cc | Guanyador 350cc | Guanyador 500cc | Resultats |
| 1 | Gran Premi de Veneçuela | San Carlos | | Ángel Nieto | Walter Villa | Carlos Lavado | Barry Sheene | Resultat |
| 2 | Gran Premi d'Àustria | Salzburg | | Ángel Nieto | | Kork Ballington | Kenny Roberts | Resultat |
| 3 | Gran Premi d'Alemanya Occidental | Hockenheim | Gerhard Waibel | Ángel Nieto | Kork Ballington | Jon Ekerold | Wil Hartog | Resultat |
| 4 | Gran Premi de les Nacions | Imola | Eugenio Lazzarini | Ángel Nieto | Kork Ballington | Gregg Hansford | Kenny Roberts | Resultat |
| 5 | Gran Premi d'Espanya | Jarama | Eugenio Lazzarini | Ángel Nieto | Kork Ballington | Kork Ballington | Kenny Roberts | Resultat |
| 6 | Gran Premi de Iugoslàvia | Opatija | Eugenio Lazzarini | Ángel Nieto | Graziano Rossi | Kork Ballington | Kenny Roberts | Resultat |
| 7 | TT d'Holanda | Assen | Eugenio Lazzarini | Ángel Nieto | Graziano Rossi | Gregg Hansford | Virginio Ferrari | Resultat |
| 8 | Gran Premi de Bèlgica | Spa | Henk van Kessel | Barry Smith | Edi Stoellinger | | Dennis Ireland | Resultat |
| 9 | Gran Premi de Suècia | Karlskoga | | Pier Paolo Bianchi | Graziano Rossi | | Barry Sheene | Resultat |
| 10 | Gran Premi de Finlàndia | Imatra | | Ricardo Tormo | Kork Ballington | Gregg Hansford | Boet van Dulmen | Resultat |
| 11 | Gran Premi de Gran Bretanya | Silverstone | | Ángel Nieto | Kork Ballington | Kork Ballington | Kenny Roberts | Resultat |
| 12 | Gran Premi de Txecoslovàquia | Brno | | Guy Bertin | Kork Ballington | Kork Ballington | | Resultat |
| 13 | Gran Premi de França | Le Mans | Eugenio Lazzarini | Guy Bertin | Kork Ballington | Patrick Fernandez | Barry Sheene | Resultat |

## Campions del món

| Campió | 50cc | 125cc | 250cc | 350cc | 500cc |
| Campió | Eugenio Lazzarini | Ángel Nieto | Kork Ballington | Kork Ballington | Kenny Roberts |

## Sistema de puntuació

Barem de puntuació de 1969 a 1987:
| Posició | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| Punts | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |

## 500 cc

| Pos | Pilot | Moto | VEN | AUT | GER | NAT | ESP | YUG | NED | BEL | SWE | FIN | GBR | FRA | Pts |
| 1 | Kenny Roberts | Yamaha | | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | NVC | 4 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 113 |
| 2 | Virginio Ferrari | Suzuki | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | NVC | Ret | 15 | 4 | Ret | 89 |
| 3 | Barry Sheene | Suzuki | 1 | 12 | Ret | 4 | Ret | Ret | 2 | NVC | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 87 |
| 4 | Wil Hartog | Suzuki | Ret | 3 | 1 | Ret | 2 | 4 | 3 | NVC | Ret | 10 | 3 | 18 | 66 |
| 5 | Franco Uncini | Suzuki | 4 | 6 | 6 | Ret | 5 | 3 | 6 | NVC | Ret | Ret | 7 | 4 | 51 |
| 6 | Boet van Dulmen | Suzuki | | Ret | Ret | Ret | 6 | 5 | 4 | NVC | 3 | 1 | 5 | Ret | 50 |
| 7 | Jack Middelburg | Suzuki | | 15 | 7 | 7 | 7 | Ret | 7 | NVC | 2 | 4 | Ret | | 36 |
| 8 | Randy Mamola | Suzuki | | | | | | | 13 | NVC | 6 | 2 | Ret | 2 | 29 |
| 9 | Philippe Coulon | Suzuki | | Ret | 5 | 8 | 8 | Ret | 5 | NVC | Ret | 8 | 8 | 6 | 29 |
| 10 | Tom Herron | Suzuki | 3 | 4 | Ret | 3 | NVC | | | | | | | | 28 |
| 11 | Christian Sarron | Yamaha | 7 | | 8 | Ret | | 7 | 9 | NVC | 9 | 5 | 6 | Ret | 26 |
| 12 | Steve Parrish | Suzuki | Ret | 7 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 10 | NVC | 5 | 11 | Ret | 7 | 19 |
| 13 | Mike Baldwin | Suzuki | | 14 | 10 | 5 | 3 | | | | | | | | 17 |
| 14 | Dennis Ireland | Suzuki | 10 | 18 | 11 | Ret | | 17 | 15 | 1 | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 16 |
| 15 | Michel Rougerie | Suzuki | 5 | | Ret | Ret | 9 | 6 | Ret | NVC | Ret | Ret | Ret | 8 | 16 |
| 16 | Bernard Fau | Suzuki | | 11 | 4 | 6 | Ret | | Ret | NVC | | | | | 13 |
| 17 | Kenny Blake | Yamaha | | | | | | | | 2 | Ret | | | | 12 |
| 18 | Marco Lucchinelli | Suzuki | | 9 | Ret | Ret | 10 | Ret | Ret | NVC | 7 | 8 | 9 | Ret | 11 |
| 19 | Gary Lingham | Suzuki | | | | | | | | 3 | | | Ret | | 10 |
| 20 | Johnny Cecotto | Yamaha | Ret | Ret | | | | Ret | Ret | NVC | Ret | 7 | Ret | 5 | 10 |
| 21 | Gustav Reiner | Suzuki | | 20 | Ret | | Ret | | NQ | 4 | Ret | Ret | | Ret | 8 |
| 22 | Henk de Vries | Suzuki | | | 13 | | 13 | | Ret | 5 | | | 18 | 12 | 6 |
| 23 | Hiroyuki Kawasaki | Suzuki | | 5 | Ret | NVC | Ret | | | | | | | | 6 |
| 24 | Gerhardt Vogt | Suzuki | 8 | Ret | 14 | | 14 | | 17 | 8 | | 14 | NQ | 16 | 6 |
| 25 | Roberto Pietri | Suzuki | 6 | | | | | | | | | | Ret | 15 | 5 |
| 26 | Josef Hage | Suzuki | | | | | | | | 6 | | | Ret | Ret | 5 |
| 27 | Jacky Matagne | Suzuki | | | | | | | | 7 | | | | | 4 |
| 28 | Max Wiener | Suzuki | | 8 | Ret | 12 | | 10 | Ret | NQ | | Ret | 16 | Ret | 4 |
| 29 | Carlo Perugini | Suzuki | | Ret | Ret | Ret | | 8 | | NVC | | | 11 | Ret | 3 |
| 30 | Ikujiro Takai | Yamaha | | | | | | Ret | 14 | NVC | 8 | Ret | Ret | | 3 |
| 31 | Graziano Rossi | Morbidelli | | | Ret | 9 | Ret | Ret | 12 | NQ | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 2 |
| 32 | Sergio Pellandini | Suzuki | 9 | | | 17 | 15 | 18 | | NVC | | | | Ret | 2 |
| 33 | John Woodley | Suzuki | | | | | | | | | | | Ret | 9 | 2 |
| 34 | Guy Cooremans | Suzuki | | | | | | | | 9 | | | | | 2 |
| 35 | Seppo Rossi | Suzuki | | | 22 | 15 | Ret | 12 | Ret | NQ | 10 | Ret | Ret | 11 | 1 |
| 36 | Giovanni Pellettier | Suzuki | Ret | | Ret | 10 | 12 | 15 | | NVC | | | Ret | Ret | 1 |
| 37 | Peter Sjöström | Suzuki | | 17 | Ret | NQ | Ret | 14 | Ret | | Ret | 13 | 13 | 10 | 1 |
| 38 | Mike Grant | Suzuki | Ret | 10 | Ret | | | | | | | | | | 1 |
| 39 | John Newbold | Suzuki | | | | | | | | NQ | | | 10 | | 1 |
| 40 | Dieter Heinen | Yamaha | | | | | | | | 10 | | | | | 1 |
| 41 | Gianni Rolando | Suzuki | | Ret | Ret | Ret | | Ret | 11 | NVC | | | 12 | 14 | 0 |
| 42 | Lennart Bäckström | Suzuki | | | | | Ret | | | | 11 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 0 |
| 43 | Frank Gross | Suzuki | | | | | | 11 | | NVC | | | | Ret | 0 |
| 44 | Alan North | Yamaha / Suzuki | | 16 | | | | | | | 12 | | | | 0 |
| 45 | Elmar Renner | Suzuki | | Ret | 12 | | | | | NVC | | | | | 0 |
| 46 | Markku Matikäinen | Suzuki | | Ret | | | | | | | | 12 | | | 0 |
| 47 | Willem Zoet | Suzuki | | | | | | 13 | Ret | NVC | 13 | Ret | | 19 | 0 |
| 48 | Alex George | Suzuki / Cagiva-Suzuki | | 13 | Ret | 13 | | | Ret | NVC | | | Ret | | 0 |
| 49 | Hervé Guilleux | Buton | | | | | | | | | | | | 13 | 0 |
| 50 | Werner Nenning | Suzuki | | | | 14 | | Ret | | | | | | | 0 |
| 51 | Steve Ward | Suzuki | | | | | | | | | | | 14 | | 0 |
| 52 | Hans-Otto Butenuth | Suzuki | | | 15 | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| = | Keith Huewen | Yamaha | | | | | | | | | | | 15 | | 0 |
| 54 | Max Nöthiger | Suzuki | | | 16 | | 16 | | | | | | | | 0 |
| = | Raffaele Pasqual | Suzuki | | | | 16 | | 16 | | | | | | | 0 |
| 56 | Peter Sköld | Suzuki | | | | | | | | | Ret | 16 | | | 0 |
| 57 | Dick Alblas | Suzuki | | | | | | | 16 | | | | | | 0 |
| 58 | George Fogarty | Suzuki | | | | | | | | | | | 17 | | 0 |
| = | Alain Röthlisberger | Suzuki | | | | | | | | | | | | 17 | 0 |
| = | Herbert Schieferecke | Suzuki | | | 17 | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 61 | Bosse Granath | Yamaha | | Ret | 18 | | | | | | | NQ | | | 0 |
| 62 | Jürgen Steiner | Suzuki | | 19 | | NQ | | | Ret | | | | | | 0 |
| 63 | Didier de Radiguès | Suzuki / Yamaha | | | | | | 19 | | | Ret | | | | 0 |
| 64 | Corrado Tuzzi | Suzuki | | | | NQ | | | | | | | 19 | | 0 |
| 65 | King Wong Kwong | Suzuki | | | 19 | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 66 | Jochen Schmidt | Suzuki | | 23 | | | | 20 | | | | | | | 0 |
| 67 | Michel Rastel | Suzuki | | | | | | | | | | | | 20 | 0 |
| = | Michael Schmid | Suzuki | | | 20 | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 69 | Carlos de San Antonio | Suzuki | Ret | | | | | 21 | | NVC | | | | | 0 |
| 70 | Richard Schulze | Suzuki | | 21 | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| = | Stefano Bonetti | Suzuki | | | 21 | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Borge Nielsen | Suzuki | | Ret | Ret | | | Ret | Ret | NEL | | Ret | | Ret | 0 |
| - | Leandro Becheroni | Yamaha / Suzuki | | | | Ret | | | | | | | | Ret | 0 |
| - | Lorenzo Ghiselli | Suzuki | | | | Ret | Ret | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Tony Head | Yamaha | | | | | | | | Ret | Ret | | | | 0 |
| - | Seppo Ojala | Suzuki | | | Ret | | | | | | | Ret | | | 0 |
| - | Carlo Prati | Suzuki | | | Ret | | | Ret | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Toni García | Suzuki | | | | | Ret | NVC | | NQ | | | NQ | | 0 |
| - | Olivier Chevallier | Yamaha | | Ret | | | | | | NVC | | | | | 0 |
| - | Eddie Grant | Suzuki | | | | Ret | | | | | | | NQ | | 0 |
| - | Sandro Moro | Suzuki | | | Ret | NQ | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Timo Pohjola | Suzuki | | | | | | | | NQ | | Ret | | | 0 |
| - | Dave Potter | Yamaha | | | | | | | NQ | | | | Ret | | 0 |
| - | Gregg Barsdorf | Suzuki | | Ret | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Jon Ekerold | Yamaha | | Ret | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Chris Fisker | Suzuki | | | | | | | | | Ret | | | | 0 |
| - | Ron Haslam | Honda | | | | | | | | | | | Ret | | 0 |
| - | Takazumi Katayama | Honda | | | | | | | | | | | Ret | | 0 |
| - | Kimmo Kopra | Yamaha | | | | | | | | | | Ret | | | 0 |
| - | Odd Arne Lände | Suzuki | | | | | | | | | Ret | | | | 0 |
| - | Carlo Paganini | Suzuki | | | | Ret | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Erik Bjorn Paulsen | Suzuki | | | | | | | | | Ret | | | | 0 |
| - | Luigi Rimoldi | Paton | | | | | | Ret | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Tony Rutter | Suzuki | | | | | | | | | | | Ret | | 0 |
| - | Hans Schofer | Yamaha | | | Ret | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Rod Scivyer | Honda | | | | | | | | | | | Ret | | 0 |
| - | Max Steiner | Suzuki | | | Ret | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Kevin Stowe | Suzuki | | | | | Ret | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Piet van der Wal | Yamaha | | | | | | | Ret | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Russell Wood | Suzuki | | | | | | | | | | | Ret | | 0 |
| - | Stan Woods | Suzuki | | | | | | | | | | | Ret | | 0 |
| - | Olivier Liégois | Yamaha | | | | | | | | NVC | | | | | 0 |
| - | Alan Nies | Yamaha | | | | | | | | NVC | | | | | 0 |
| - | Sado Asami | Yamaha | | | | | | | | NQ | | | | | 0 |
| - | Philippe Chaltin | Suzuki | | | | | | | | NQ | | | | | 0 |
| - | Etienne Geeraerd | Yamaha | | | | | | | | NQ | | | | | 0 |
| - | Steve Manship | Suzuki | | | | | | | | NQ | | | | | 0 |
| - | Gregorio Mariani | Suzuki | | | | NQ | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Roger Marshall | Suzuki | | | | | | | | | | | NQ | | 0 |
| - | Mullender | Yamaha | | | | | | | | NQ | | | | | 0 |
| - | Oosterijk | Suzuki | | | | | | | NQ | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Egid Schwemmer | Yamaha | | | NQ | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Barry Woodland | Yamaha | | | | | | | | | NQ | | | | 0 |
| Pos | Pilot | Moto | VEN | AUT | GER | NAT | ESP | YUG | NED | BEL | SWE | FIN | GBR | FRA | Pts |
| Color | Resultat |
| Or | Guanyador |
| Argent | 2n lloc |
| Bronze | 3r lloc |
| Verd | Va acabar sumant punts |
| Blau | Va acabar sense sumar punts |
| Blau | No classificat (NC) |
| Porpra | Es retirà (Ret o DNF) |
| Vermell | No qualificat (NQ o DNQ) |
| Vermell | No pre-qualificat (NPQ o DNPQ) |
| Negre | Desqualificat (DSQ) |
| Blanc | No va començar (NVC o DNS) |
| Blanc | Abandonà (AB o WD) |
| Blanc | Retirat per lesió (LES) |
| Blanc | Cursa cancel·lada (C) |
| Gris | No va entrenar (NE o DNP) |
| Gris | No va arribar (NA o DNA) |
| Gris | Exclòs (EX) |

## 350 cc

| Posició | Pilot | Moto | Punts | Victòries |
| 1 | Kork Ballington | Kawasaki | 99 | 5 |
| 2 | Patrick Fernandez | Yamaha | 90 | 1 |
| 3 | Gregg Hansford | Kawasaki | 77 | 3 |
| 4 | Anton Mang | Kawasaki | 63 | 0 |
| 5 | Michel Frutschi | Yamaha | 47 | 0 |
| 6 | Michel Rougerie | Yamaha | 47 | 0 |
| 7 | Roland Freymond | Yamaha | 40 | 0 |
| 8 | Jon Ekerold | Yamaha | 34 | 1 |
| 9 | Sadao Asami | Yamaha | 27 | 0 |
| 10 | Jeff Sayle | Yamaha | 24 | 0 |
| 28 | Víctor Palomo | Yamaha | 3 | 0 |

## 250 cc

| Posició | Pilot | Moto | Punts | Victòries |
| 1 | Kork Ballington | Kawasaki | 141 | 7 |
| 2 | Gregg Hansford | Kawasaki | 81 | 0 |
| 3 | Graziano Rossi | Morbidelli | 67 | 3 |
| 4 | Randy Mamola | Yamaha | 64 | 0 |
| 5 | Patrick Fernandez | Yamaha | 63 | 0 |
| 6 | Anton Mang | Kawasaki | 56 | 0 |
| 7 | Walter Villa | Yamaha | 39 | 1 |
| 8 | Jean-François Baldé | Kawasaki | 29 | 0 |
| 9 | Edi Stoellinger | Kawasaki | 28 | 1 |
| 10 | Roland Freymond | Yamaha | 22 | 0 |

## 125 cc

| Posició | Pilot | Moto | Punts | Victòries |
| 1 | Angel Nieto | Minarelli | 120 | 8 |
| 2 | Maurizio Massimiani | MBA | 53 | 0 |
| 3 | Hans Müller | MBA | 50 | 0 |
| 4 | Thierry Espié | Motobécane | 48 | 0 |
| 5 | Gert Bender | GB Bender | 47 | 0 |
| 6 | Guy Bertin | Motobécane | 40 | 2 |
| 7 | Ricardo Tormo | Bultaco | 39 | 1 |
| 8 | Harald Bartol | Morbidelli | 36 | 0 |
| 9 | Bruno Kneubühler | MBA | 36 | 0 |
| 10 | Pier Paolo Bianchi | Minarelli | 35 | 1 |

## 50 cc

| Posició | Pilot | Moto | Punts | Victòries |
| 1 | Eugenio Lazzarini | Kreidler | 75 | 5 |
| 2 | Rolf Blatter | Kreidler | 62 | 0 |
| 3 | Patrick Plisson | ABF | 32 | 0 |
| 4 | Gerhard Waibel | Kreidler | 31 | 1 |
| 5 | Peter Looijensteijn | Kreidler | 30 | 0 |
| 6 | Hagen Klein | Kreidler | 26 | 0 |
| 7 | Henk van Kessel | Sparta | 23 | 1 |
| 8 | Jacques Hutteau | Kreidler | 27 | 0 |
| 9 | Ingo Emmerich | Kreidler | 8 | 0 |
| 10 | Stefan Dörflinger | Kreidler | 6 | 0 |
| 17 | Ricardo Tormo | Bultaco | 6 | 0 |
| 18 | Joaquin Galí | Bultaco | 5 | 0 |

## Referències

* Büla, Maurice; Schertenleib, Jean-Claude. Continental Circus 1949–2000 (en anglès, francès i alemany). Chronosports S.A., 2001. ISBN 2-940125-32-5.
* «The Official MotoGP website» (en anglès). Arxivat de l'original el 18/9/2012. [Consulta: 6 juliol 2010].
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