# 1978 Austrian motorcycle Grand Prix

The 1978 Austrian motorcycle Grand Prix was the third round of the 1978 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 28–30 April 1978 at the Salzburgring.

## Classification
### 500 cc

| Pos. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Time/Retired | Points |
| 1 | Kenny Roberts | Yamaha Motor Company | Yamaha | 48'30.300 | 15 |
| 2 | Johnny Cecotto | Yamaha Motor Company | Yamaha | +16.460 | 12 |
| 3 | Barry Sheene | Texaco Heron Team Suzuki | Suzuki | +46.230 | 10 |
| 4 | Marco Lucchinelli | Cagiva Corse | Suzuki | +1'13.760 | 8 |
| 5 | Tepi Länsivuori | | Suzuki | +1'17.340 | 6 |
| 6 | Michel Rougerie | | Suzuki | +1 lap | 5 |
| 7 | Wil Hartog | Riemersma Racing | Suzuki | +1 lap | 4 |
| 8 | Boet van Dulmen | | Suzuki | +1 lap | 3 |
| 9 | Franco Bonera | Team Kiwi Yamoto | Suzuki | +1 lap | 2 |
| 10 | Bruno Kneubühler | RSS Racing Team | Suzuki | +1 lap | 1 |
| 11 | Philippe Coulon | Marlboro Nava Total | Suzuki | +1 lap | |
| 12 | Leslie van Breda | | Suzuki | +1 lap | |
| 13 | Helmut Kassner | | Suzuki | +1 lap | |
| 14 | Jürgen Steiner | Caramba Racing Team Bohme | Suzuki | +2 laps | |
| 15 | Franz Heller | Caramba Racing Team Bohme | Suzuki | +2 laps | |
| 16 | Bo Granath | | Suzuki | +2 laps | |
| 17 | Markku Matikäinen | | Suzuki | +2 laps | |
| 18 | Franz Rau | Kazenmaier Autovermietung | Suzuki | +2 laps | |
| 19 | Michael Schmid | | Suzuki | +2 laps | |
| Ret | Steve Baker | Team Gallina Nava Olio Fiat | Suzuki | Accident | |
| | Virginio Ferrari | Team Gallina Nava Olio Fiat | Suzuki | Retired | |
| Ret | Pat Hennen | | Suzuki | Retired | |
| Ret | Alex George | Sarome & Motul Team | Yamaha | Retired | |
| Ret | John Newbold | Ray Hamblin Motorcycles | Suzuki | Retired | |
| Ret | Werner Nenning | Mobel Nenning Racing Team | Suzuki | Retired | |
| Ret | Takazumi Katayama | Sarome & Motul Team | Yamaha | Retired | |
| Ret | Carlos Delgado de San Antonio | | Suzuki | Retired | |
| Ret | Jean-Philippe Orban | Team La Licorne | Suzuki | Accident | |
| Ret | Steve Parrish | | Suzuki | Retired | |
| Ret | Walter Villa | | Suzuki | Retired | |
| Ret | Jack Middelburg | | Suzuki | Accident | |
| Ret | Tom Herron | | Suzuki | Retired | |
| Ret | Jon Ekerold | Suzuki Deutschland | Suzuki | Retired | |
| Ret | Max Wiener | | Suzuki | Retired | |
| Ret | Hans Braumandl | | Suzuki | Retired | |
| Ret | Børge Nielsen | | Suzuki | Retired | |
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### 350cc

| Pos | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Grid | Points |
| 1 | Kork Ballington | Kawasaki | 35 | 50:38.28 | 1 | 15 |
| 2 | Franco Uncini | Yamaha | 35 | +14.37 | 2 | 12 |
| 3 | Takazumi Katayama | Yamaha | 35 | +18.19 | 3 | 10 |
| 4 | Jon Ekerold | Yamaha | 35 | +46.73 | 12 | 8 |
| 5 | Olivier Chevallier | Yamaha | 35 | +59.64 | 4 | 6 |
| 6 | Michel Rougerie | Yamaha | 35 | +1:05.34 | 17 | 5 |
| 7 | Gregg Hansford | Kawasaki | 35 | +1:12.82 | 6 | 4 |
| 8 | Pentti Korhonen | Yamaha | 35 | +1:13.94 | 20 | 3 |
| 9 | Vic Soussan | Yamaha | 35 | +1:14.11 | 15 | 2 |
| 10 | Franco Bonera | Yamaha | 35 | +1:14.34 | 16 | 1 |
| 11 | Patrick Fernandez | Yamaha | 35 | +1:14.67 | 8 | |
| 12 | Chas Mortimer | Yamaha | 35 | +1:18.98 | 7 | |
| 13 | John Dodds | Yamaha | 34 | +1 lap | | |
| 14 | Edi Stöllinger | Yamaha | 34 | +1 lap | 19 | |
| 15 | Michel Frutschi | Yamaha | 34 | +1 lap | | |
| 16 | Kenny Blake | Yamaha | 34 | +1 lap | | |
| 17 | Roland Freymond | Yamaha | 34 | +1 lap | | |
| 18 | Ernst Fagerer | Yamaha | 34 | +1 lap | | |
| 19 | Les van Breda | Yamaha | 34 | +1 lap | | |
| 20 | Josef Hage | Yamaha | 34 | +1 lap | | |
| 21 | Franco Solaroli | Yamaha | 34 | +1 lap | | |
| 22 | Peter Baláz | Yamaha | 34 | +1 lap | | |
| | Leif Gustafsson | Yamaha | | | 5 | |
| | Mick Grant | Kawasaki | | | 9 | |
| | Tom Herron | Yamaha | | | 10 | |
| | Pierluigi Conforti | Yamaha | | | 11 | |
| | Anton Mang | Kawasaki | | | 13 | |
| | Pekka Nurmi | Yamaha | | | 14 | |
| | Christian Sarron | Yamaha | | | 18 | |
| 36 starters in total |||||||

### 125cc

| Pos | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Grid | Points |
| 1 | Eugenio Lazzarini | MBA | 30 | 47:23.66 | 1 | 15 |
| 2 | Harald Bartol | Morbidelli | 30 | +2.23 | 3 | 12 |
| 3 | Pierpaolo Bianchi | Minarelli | 30 | +28.74 | 2 | 10 |
| 4 | Thierry Espié | Motobécane | 30 | +34.18 | 4 | 8 |
| 5 | Pierluigi Conforti | Morbidelli | 30 | +34.70 | 9 | 6 |
| 6 | Per-Edward Carlson | Morbidelli | 30 | +1:01.55 | 7 | 5 |
| 7 | Hans Müller | Morbidelli | 30 | +1:03.98 | 6 | 4 |
| 8 | Matti Kinnunen | Morbidelli | 30 | +1:04.69 | 17 | 3 |
| 9 | Jean-Louis Guignabodet | Bender | 30 | +1:11.17 | 11 | 2 |
| 10 | Ricardo Tormo | Bultaco | 30 | +1:14.37 | | 1 |
| 11 | Patrick Plisson | Morbidelli | 30 | +1:35.90 | 15 | |
| 12 | Thierry Noblesse | Morbidelli | 30 | +1:36.30 | 16 | |
| 13 | Stefan Dörflinger | Morbidelli | 29 | +1 lap | 10 | |
| 14 | Felice Agostini | Morbidelli | 29 | +1 lap | | |
| 15 | Johann Parzer | Morbidelli | 29 | +1 lap | | |
| 16 | Ernst Fagerer | Morbidelli | 29 | +1 lap | 18 | |
| 17 | August Auinger | Morbidelli | 29 | +1 lap | | |
| 18 | Ivan Palazzese | Morbidelli | | | | |
| 19 | Karl Fuchs | Morbidelli | | | | |
| 20 | Walter Koschine | Bender | | | | |
| | Maurizio Massimiani | Morbidelli | | | 5 | |
| | Clive Horton | Morbidelli | | | 8 | |
| | Ángel Nieto | Bultaco | | | 12 | |
| | Gert Bender | Bender | | | 13 | |
| | Cees van Dongen | Morbidelli | | | 14 | |
| | Hans Hummel | Morbidelli | | | 19 | |
| | Rolf Blatter | Morbidelli | | | 20 | |
| 36 starters in total, 24 finishers |||||||

### Sidecar classification

| Pos | Rider | Passenger | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Grid | Points |
| 1 | Rolf Biland | Kenny Williams | TTM-Yamaha | 30 | 46:19.30 | 1 | 15 |
| 2 | Mac Hobson | Kenny Birch | Seymaz-Yamaha | 30 | +17.72 | 11 | 12 |
| 3 | Alain Michel | Stu Collins | Seymaz-Yamaha | 30 | +17.86 | 3 | 10 |
| 4 | George O'Dell | Cliff Holland | Seymaz-Yamaha | 30 | +22.19 | 5 | 8 |
| 5 | Bruno Holzer | Karl Meierhans | LCR-Yamaha | 30 | +1:21.42 | 9 | 6 |
| 6 | Göte Brodin | Per-Erik Wickström | Yamaha | 30 | +1:26.83 | 7 | 5 |
| 7 | Wolfgang Stropek | Karl Altricher | Schmid-Yamaha | 29 | +1 lap | | 4 |
| 8 | Hermann Huber | Bernd Schappacher | König | 29 | +1 lap | 12 | 3 |
| 9 | Klaus Sprengel | Manfred Kürnsteiner | Suzuki | 29 | +1 lap | | 2 |
| 10 | Otto Haller | Rainer Gundel | MKM-Yamaha | 28 | +2 laps | | 1 |
| 11 | Ernst Trachsel | Andreas Stager | TTM-Suzuki | 27 | +3 laps | 15 | |
| 12 | Jock Taylor | Lewis Ward | Windle-Yamaha | 27 | +3 laps | | |
| 13 | Jean-François Monnin | Philippe Miserez | Seymaz-Yamaha | 25 | +5 laps | 13 | |
| | Werner Schwärzel | Andreas Huber | Fath | | | 2 | |
| | Hermann Schmid | Kenny Arthur | Schmid-Yamaha | | | 4 | |
| | Rolf Steinhausen | Wolfgang Kalauch | Seymaz-Yamaha | | | 6 | |
| | Siegfried Schauzu | Lorenzo Puzo | Busch-Yamaha | | | 8 | |
| | Dick Greasley | Gordon Russell | Busch-Yamaha | | | 10 | |
| | Egbert Streuer | Johan van der Kap | Schmid-Yamaha | | | 14 | |
| 21 starters in total ||||||||