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| Race 3 of 13 races in the 1979 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | 6 May 1979 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Official name | Großer Preis von Deutschland[1][2][3] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Hockenheimring | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1979 German motorcycle Grand Prix was the third round of the 1979 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 4–6 May 1979 at the Hockenheimring.
Classification
500 cc
| Pos. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Time/Retired | Points | ||
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| 1 |  Wil Hartog
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Riemersma Racing | Suzuki | 42'33.900 | 15 | ||
| 2 |  Kenny Roberts
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Yamaha Motor Company | Yamaha | +3.600 | 12 | ||
| 3 |  Virginio Ferrari
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Team Gallina Nava Olio Fiat | Suzuki | +12.500 | 10 | ||
| 4 |  Bernard Fau
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Suzuki France | Suzuki | +25.900 | 8 | ||
| 5 |  Philippe Coulon
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Suzuki | +27.900 | 6 | |||
| 6 | Franco Uncini
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Team Zago International | Suzuki | +47.400 | 5 | ||
| 7 | Jack Middelburg
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Suzuki | +48.800 | 4 | |||
| 8 | Christian Sarron
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Team Sonauto Gauloises | Yamaha | +1'05.100 | 3 | ||
| 9 |  Steve Parrish
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Texaco Heron Team Suzuki | Suzuki | +1'06.200 | 2 | ||
| 10 | Mike Baldwin
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Serge Zago | Suzuki | +1'27.200 | 1 | ||
| 11 |  Dennis Ireland
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Derry's Racing | Suzuki | +1 lap | |||
| 12 |  Elmar Renner
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Moto Team Krawehl | Suzuki | +1 lap | |||
| 13 | Henk de Vries
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Team 77 | Suzuki | +1 lap | |||
| 14 | Gerhard Vogt
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Bill Smith Racing | Suzuki | +1 lap | |||
| 15 | Hans-Otto Butenuth
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Suzuki | +1 lap | ||||
| 16 |  Max Nothiger
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Suzuki | +1 lap | ||||
| 17 | Herbert Schieferecke
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Suzuki | +1 lap | ||||
| 18 |  Bo Granath
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Suzuki | +2 laps | ||||
| 19 | King Wong Kwong
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Suzuki | +2 laps | ||||
| 20 | Michael Schmid
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Suzuki | +2 laps | ||||
| Ret | Max Wiener
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Suzuki | Retired | ||||
| Ret | Barry Sheene
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Texaco Heron Team Suzuki | Suzuki | Retired | |||
| Ret | Boet van Dulmen
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Suzuki | Retired | ||||
| Ret | Graziano Rossi
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Morbidelli | Morbidelli | Retired | |||
| Ret | Gianni Pelletier
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Suzuki | Retired | ||||
| Ret | Tom Herron
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Texaco Heron Team Suzuki | Suzuki | Retired | |||
| Ret | Max Steiner
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Suzuki | Retitred | ||||
| Ret | Marco Lucchinelli
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Suzuki | Retired | ||||
| Ret |  Børge Nielsen
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Suzuki | Retired | ||||
| Ret | Michel Rougerie
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Suzuki | Retired | ||||
| Ret | Mick Grant
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Suzuki | Retired | ||||
| Ret | Hans Schofer
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Yamaha | Retired | ||||
| Ret | Gustav Reiner
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Dieter Braun Team | Suzuki | Retired | |||
| Ret | Alex George
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Suzuki | Retired | ||||
| Ret |  Hiroyuki Kawasaki
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Texaco Heron Team Suzuki | Suzuki | Retired | |||
| Ret |  Seppo Ojala
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Suzuki | Retired | ||||
| Ret | Carlo Perugini
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Suzuki | Retired | ||||
| Ret | Sandro Moro
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Suzuki | Retired | ||||
| Ret | Carlo Prati
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Suzuki | Retired | ||||
| Ret | Stefano Bonetti
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Suzuki | Retired | ||||
| DNS | Gianni Rolando
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Scuderia Naldoni | Suzuki | Did not start | |||
| DNS | Peter Sjöström
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Ava MC Stockholm | Suzuki | Did not start | |||
| DNQ | Egid Schwemmer
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Yamaha | Did not qualify | ||||
| Sources:[4][5] | |||||||
References
- ^ "Grand Prix uitslagen en bijzonderheden 1979". Archive.li. Archived from the original on 2013-04-13. Retrieved 2018-10-19.
- ^ Mitchell, Malcolm. "1979 500cc Class (FIM Grand Prix World Championship) Programmes - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". www.progcovers.com.
- ^ Mitchell, Malcolm. "Hockenheimring - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". www.progcovers.com.
- ^ "1979 German MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". 29 January 2018.
- ^ "motogp.com · WEST GERMANY GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1979". www.motogp.com.
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