# Campionat del Món de motociclisme de 1978

La temporada de 1978 del Campionat del món de motociclisme fou la 30a edició d'aquest campionat, organitzat per la FIM. Suposà la primera victòria per un pilot valencià, Ricardo Tormo, com a campió del Món. En les categories grans, Kenny Roberts es va convertir en el primer nord-americà que guanyava el campionat, mentre que el sud-africà Kork Ballington obtenia un doblet en 250 i 350 amb Kawasaki.

## Grans Premis

| Cursa | Gran Premi | Circuit | Guanyador 50cc | Guanyador 125cc | Guanyador 250cc | Guanyador 350cc | Guanyador 500cc | Resultats |
| 1 | Gran Premi de Veneçuela | San Carlos | | Pier Paolo Bianchi | Kenny Roberts | Takazumi Katayama | Barry Sheene | Resultat |
| 2 | Gran Premi d'Espanya | Jarama | Eugenio Lazzarini | Eugenio Lazzarini | Gregg Hansford | | Pat Hennen | Resultat |
| 3 | Gran Premi d'Àustria | Salzburg | | Eugenio Lazzarini | | Kork Ballington | Kenny Roberts | Resultat |
| 4 | Gran Premi de França | Nogaro | | Pier Paolo Bianchi | Gregg Hansford | Gregg Hansford | Kenny Roberts | Resultat |
| 5 | Gran Premi de les Nacions | Mugello | Ricardo Tormo | Eugenio Lazzarini | Kork Ballington | Kork Ballington | Kenny Roberts | Resultat |
| 6 | TT d'Holanda | Assen | Eugenio Lazzarini | Eugenio Lazzarini | Kenny Roberts | Kork Ballington | Johnny Cecotto | Resultat |
| 7 | Gran Premi de Bèlgica | Spa | Ricardo Tormo | Pier Paolo Bianchi | Paolo Pileri | | Will Hartog | Resultat |
| 8 | Gran Premi de Suècia | Karlskoga | | Pier Paolo Bianchi | Gregg Hansford | Gregg Hansford | Barry Sheene | Resultat |
| 9 | Gran Premi de Finlàndia | Imatra | | Ángel Nieto | Kork Ballington | Kork Ballington | Will Hartog | Resultat |
| 10 | Gran Premi de Gran Bretanya | Silverstone | | Ángel Nieto | Anton Mang | Kork Ballington | Kenny Roberts | Resultat |
| 11 | Gran Premi d'Alemanya Occidental | Nürburg | Ricardo Tormo | Ángel Nieto | Kork Ballington | Takazumi Katayama | Virginio Ferrari | Resultat |
| 12 | Gran Premi de Txecoslovàquia | Brno | Ricardo Tormo | | Kork Ballington | Kork Ballington | | Resultat |
| 13 | Gran Premi de Iugoslàvia | Rijeka | Ricardo Tormo | Ángel Nieto | Gregg Hansford | Gregg Hansford | | Resultat |

## Campions del món

| Campió | 50cc | 125cc | 250cc | 350cc | 500cc |
| Campió | Ricardo Tormo | Eugenio Lazzarini | 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 | ESP | AUT | FRA | NAT | NED | BEL | SWE | FIN | GBR | GER | Pts |
| 1 | Kenny Roberts | Yamaha | Ret | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | Ret | 1 | 3 | 110 |
| 2 | Barry Sheene | Suzuki | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | Ret | 3 | 4 | 100 |
| 3 | Johnny Cecotto | Yamaha | Ret | 4 | 2 | 23 | Ret | 1 | Ret | 6 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 66 |
| 4 | Will Hartog | Suzuki | | 9 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | Ret | Ret | 65 |
| 5 | Takazumi Katayama | Yamaha | Ret | 3 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 4 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 53 |
| 6 | Pat Hennen | Suzuki | 2 | 1 | Ret | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | 51 |
| 7 | Steve Baker | Suzuki | 3 | 6 | Ret | | 4 | 9 | Ret | 4 | 6 | Ret | 7 | 42 |
| 8 | Teuvo Länsivuori | Suzuki | | 7 | 5 | Ret | 7 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 39 |
| 9 | Marco Lucchinelli | Suzuki / Cagiva-Suzuki | | Ret | 4 | Ret | 3 | Ret | 7 | Ret | Ret | 4 | Ret | 30 |
| 10 | Michel Rougerie | Suzuki | | 14 | 6 | Ret | Ret | 6 | 4 | Ret | Ret | 11 | 6 | 23 |
| 11 | Virginio Ferrari | Suzuki | Ret | Ret | Ret | 17 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 5 | | 10 | 1 | 22 |
| 12 | Steve Parrish | Suzuki | 4 | 10 | Ret | 7 | Ret | 10 | Ret | 15 | 5 | 15 | 13 | 20 |
| 13 | Boet van Dulmen | Suzuki | | 11 | 8 | 21 | 9 | 8 | Ret | 11 | 7 | Ret | 8 | 15 |
| 14 | Steve Manship | Suzuki | | | | | | | | | | 2 | | 12 |
| 15 | Christian Estrosi | Suzuki | | 8 | | 4 | Ret | | | | | | | 11 |
| 16 | Graziano Rossi | Suzuki | | | | 6 | 12 | 16 | 14 | | 9 | Ret | Ret | 7 |
| 17 | John Newbold | Suzuki | | Ret | Ret | 18 | | 7 | Ret | | | 8 | | 7 |
| 18 | Roberto Pietri | Yamaha | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | 6 |
| 19 | Gianni Rolando | Suzuki | | NQ | | | 10 | Ret | | | | 6 | Ret | 6 |
| 20 | Gerhardt Vogt | Yamaha / Suzuki | 6 | | | 16 | | 20 | 20 | | 14 | 17 | 16 | 5 |
| 21 | Philippe Coulon | Suzuki | | Ret | 11 | 20 | 8 | 11 | Ret | 9 | | 16 | 25 | 5 |
| 22 | Leandro Becheroni | Suzuki | 7 | | | NVC | | | | | | | | 4 |
| 23 | Alex George | Suzuki | | 18 | Ret | 11 | 14 | 14 | 8 | 10 | Ret | 13 | 15 | 4 |
| 24 | Jürgen Steiner | Suzuki | | | 14 | | | | | Ret | 8 | | 10 | 4 |
| 25 | Jean-Philippe Orban | Suzuki | | 12 | Ret | 8 | | | | | | | | 3 |
| 26 | Gianfranco Bonera | Suzuki / Cagiva | | | 9 | 22 | | 13 | | | | Ret | 12 | 2 |
| 27 | Tom Herron | Suzuki | | 13 | Ret | | | | 9 | | | | | 2 |
| 28 | Carlo Perugini | Suzuki | | | | 9 | Ret | | | | | | | 2 |
| 29 | Bruno Kneubühler | Suzuki | | 16 | 10 | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 14 | 10 | Ret | Ret | 2 |
| 30 | Dennis Ireland | Suzuki | | | | | | | 10 | Ret | Ret | Ret | | 1 |
| 31 | Kenny Blake | Yamaha | | | | 10 | | | | | | | | 1 |
| 32 | Jack Middelburg | Suzuki | | | Ret | | | 15 | | 13 | | 14 | 11 | 0 |
| 33 | John Woodley | Suzuki | | | | 13 | | 17 | 11 | 17 | Ret | 19 | | 0 |
| 34 | Clive Padgett | Yamaha / Suzuki | | 17 | | | | | | | 11 | | | 0 |
| 35 | Nico Cereghini | Suzuki | | | | | 11 | | | | | | | 0 |
| 36 | John Williams | Suzuki | | | | | | Ret | 12 | | | 12 | | 0 |
| 37 | Max Wiener | Suzuki | | Ret | Ret | | | 18 | 18 | 16 | 12 | Ret | 14 | 0 |
| 38 | Les van Breda | Suzuki | | 15 | 12 | Ret | | Ret | 19 | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 0 |
| 39 | Markku Matikäinen | Suzuki | | | 17 | | | | | 12 | Ret | | | 0 |
| 40 | Marc Chabert | Yamaha | | | | 12 | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 41 | Franz Rau | Suzuki | | | 18 | 14 | 13 | 21 | Ret | 20 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 0 |
| 42 | Bosse Granath | Suzuki | | | 16 | | | NQ | 13 | NQ | Ret | | | 0 |
| 43 | Dick Alblas | Suzuki | | | | | | 19 | Ret | 21 | 13 | 20 | 19 | 0 |
| 44 | Helmut Kassner | Suzuki | | | 13 | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 45 | Borge Nielsen | Suzuki | | | Ret | 15 | Ret | NQ | Ret | | 15 | | Ret | 0 |
| 46 | Jack Findlay | Suzuki | | | | Ret | Ret | Ret | 15 | | | Ret | 18 | 0 |
| 47 | Franz Heller | Suzuki | | | 15 | | | | Ret | | | | | 0 |
| 48 | Roberto Coli | Suzuki | | | | | 15 | | | | | | | 0 |
| 49 | Ilkka Jaakkola | Yamaha | | | | | | | | | 16 | | | 0 |
| = | Greg Johnson | Suzuki | | | | | | | 16 | | | | | 0 |
| 51 | Hans-Otto Butenuth | Yamaha | | | | | | | | | | | 17 | 0 |
| = | Hervé Regout | Yamaha | | | | | | | 17 | | | | | 0 |
| 53 | Peter Sjöström | Suzuki | | | | | | | | 19 | | 18 | Ret | 0 |
| 54 | Odd Arne Lände | Suzuki | | | | | | | | 18 | | | | 0 |
| 55 | Michael Schmid | Suzuki | | | 19 | | | | | | | | 24 | 0 |
| 56 | Kimmo Kopra | Yamaha | | NQ | | 19 | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 57 | Fernando González | Yamaha | | 19 | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 58 | Hase Toshiyuki | Yamaha | | | | | | | | | | | 20 | 0 |
| 59 | Eduard Coormans | Suzuki | | | | | | | 21 | | | | | 0 |
| = | Franz Shermer | Suzuki | | | | | | | | | | | 21 | 0 |
| 61 | Carlos de San Antonio | Suzuki | | Ret | Ret | | Ret | | | Ret | | | 22 | 0 |
| 62 | Jean-Claude Hogrel | Buton | | | | | | NQ | 22 | Ret | | | Ret | 0 |
| 63 | Cees Scheepens | Suzuki | | | | | | 22 | Ret | | | | | 0 |
| 64 | René Gutknecht | Suzuki | | | | Ret | | | | | | | 23 | 0 |
| 65 | Alain Beraud | Yamaha | | | | 24 | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 66 | Hans Schöne | Yamaha | | | | | | | | | | | 26 | 0 |
| 67 | Lars Johansson | Yamaha | | | | | | | | | Ret | | 27 | 0 |
| 68 | Walter Kaletsch | Yamaha | | | | | | | | | | | 28 | 0 |
| 69 | Gustav Canehl | Yamaha | | | | | | | | | | | 29 | 0 |
| - | Jon Ekerold | Suzuki / Fath | | Ret | Ret | | | | Ret | | | | | 0 |
| - | Hans Braumandl | Suzuki | | | Ret | | | NQ | | | | | Ret | 0 |
| - | Werner Nenning | Suzuki | | | Ret | | | | | | | Ret | | 0 |
| - | Steve Wright | Yamaha | | | | Ret | | | | | | Ret | | 0 |
| - | Jean-Paul Boinet | But | | | | Ret | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Dave Potter | Suzuki | | | | | | NVC | | | | Ret | | 0 |
| - | Ikujiro Takai | Yamaha | | Ret | | NVC | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Eddie Roberts | Suzuki | | NQ | | Ret | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Paolo Cipriani | Paton | | | | | Ret | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Olivier Chevalier | Yamaha | | Ret | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Marc Fontan | Suzuki | | | | | | | | | | Ret | | 0 |
| - | Michel Frutschi | Suzuki | | | | | | | | | | | Ret | 0 |
| - | Lorenzo Ghiselli | Suzuki | | | | | Ret | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Haarala | Yamaha | | | | | | | | | Ret | | | 0 |
| - | Ron Haslam | Suzuki | | | | | | | | | | Ret | | 0 |
| - | Walter Hoffman | Suzuki | | | | | | | | | Ret | | | 0 |
| - | Karl Jensen | Yamaha | | | | | | | | Ret | | | | 0 |
| - | Pentti Korhonen | Yamaha | | Ret | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Horst Lahfeld | Suzuki | | | | | | | | | | | Ret | 0 |
| - | Pentti Lehtelä | Yamaha | | | | | | | | | Ret | | | 0 |
| - | Gregorio Mariani | Suzuki | | | | | Ret | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Roger Marshall | Yamaha | | | | | | | | | | Ret | | 0 |
| - | Alan North | Suzuki | | | | | | | Ret | | | | | 0 |
| - | Carlo Paganini | Suzuki | | | | | Ret | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Gustav Reiner | Suzuki | | | | | | | | | | | Ret | 0 |
| - | Iingo Riemer | Yamaha | | | | | | | | | | | Ret | 0 |
| - | Herbert Schieferecke | Yamaha | | | | | | | | | | | Ret | 0 |
| - | Scherer | Suzuki | | | | | | | | | | | Ret | 0 |
| - | Kevin Stowe | Suzuki | | | | | | | | | | Ret | | 0 |
| - | Pierre Tocco | Yamaha | | | | Ret | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Piet van der Wal | Yamaha | | | | | | Ret | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Jan Verwey | Suzuki | | | | | | | | | | | Ret | 0 |
| - | Walter Villa | Suzuki | | | Ret | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Graham Wood | Suzuki | | | | | | | | | | Ret | | 0 |
| - | Dawicki | Suzuki | | | | | | | | | | | NVC | 0 |
| - | Sergio Pellandini | Suzuki | | | | | NVC | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Beni Slydal | Suzuki | | | | | | | | NVC | | | | 0 |
| - | Seppo Ojala | Yamaha | | NQ | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Víctor Palomo | But | | NQ | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Andres Pérez Rubio | Suzuki | | NQ | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| Pos | Pilot | Moto | VEN | ESP | AUT | FRA | NAT | NED | BEL | SWE | FIN | GBR | GER | 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 | 134 | 6 |
| 2 | Takazumi Katayama | Yamaha | 77 | 2 |
| 3 | Gregg Hansford | Kawasaki | 76 | 3 |
| 4 | Jon Ekerold | Yamaha | 64 | 0 |
| 5 | Tom Herron | Yamaha | 50 | 0 |
| 6 | Michel Rougerie | Yamaha | 47 | 0 |
| 7 | Franco Bonera | Yamaha | 37 | 0 |
| 8 | Patrick Fernandez | Yamaha | 36 | 0 |
| 9 | Victor Soussan | Yamaha | 34 | 0 |
| 10 | Olivier Chevallier | Yamaha | 27 | 0 |
| 11 | Penti Korhonen | Yamaha | 20 | 0 |

## 250 cc

| Posició | Pilot | Moto | Punts | Victòries |
| 1 | Kork Ballington | Kawasaki | 124 | 4 |
| 2 | Gregg Hansford | Kawasaki | 118 | 4 |
| 3 | Patrick Fernandez | Yamaha | 55 | 0 |
| 4 | Kenny Roberts | Yamaha | 54 | 2 |
| 5 | Anton Mang | Kawasaki | 52 | 1 |
| 6 | Tom Herron | Yamaha | 48 | 0 |
| 7 | Mario Lega | Morbidelli | 44 | 0 |
| 8 | Franco Uncini | Yamaha | 42 | 0 |
| 9 | Jon Ekerold | Yamaha | 40 | 0 |
| 10 | Paolo Pileri | Morbidelli | 35 | 1 |
| 30 | Marc Fontan | Yamaha | 1 | 0 |

## 125 cc

| Posició | Pilot | Moto | Punts | Victòries |
| 1 | Eugenio Lazzarini | MBA | 114 | 4 |
| 2 | Angel Nieto | Minarelli | 88 | 4 |
| 3 | Pier Paolo Bianchi | Minarelli | 70 | 4 |
| 4 | Harald Bartol | Morbidelli | 68 | 0 |
| 5 | Thierry Espié | Motobécane | 62 | 0 |
| 6 | Maurizio Massimiani | Morbidelli | 56 | 0 |
| 7 | Hans Müller | Morbidelli | 48 | 0 |
| 8 | Per-Edward Carlsson | Morbidelli | 46 | 0 |
| 9 | Jean-Louis Guignabodet | Morbidelli | 42 | 0 |
| 10 | Clive Horton | MBA | 25 | 0 |
| 30 | Ricardo Tormo | Bultaco | 1 | 0 |

## 50 cc

| Posició | Pilot | Moto | Punts | Victòries |
| 1 | Ricardo Tormo | Bultaco | 99 | 5 |
| 2 | Eugenio Lazzarini | Kreidler | 64 | 2 |
| 3 | Patrick Plisson | ABF | 48 | 0 |
| 4 | Wolfgang Müller | Kreidler | 28 | 0 |
| 5 | Rolf Blatter | Kreidler | 25 | 0 |
| 6 | Stefan Dörflinger | Kreidler | 24 | 0 |
| 7 | Claudio Lusuardi | Bultaco | 20 | 0 |
| 8 | Peter Looijensteijn | Kreidler | 14 | 0 |
| 9 | Ingo Emmerich | Kreidler | 14 | 0 |
| 10 | Aldo Pero | Kreidler | 13 | 0 |
| 23 | Ramon Galí | Bultaco | 3 | 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].