1979 Venezuelan motorcycle Grand Prix
Race details | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Race 1 of 13 races in the 1979 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
![]() | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date | 18 March 1979 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Official name | Gran Premio de Venezuela[citation needed] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Location | San Carlos Circuit | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Course |
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
500 cc | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
350 cc | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
250 cc | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
125 cc | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
50 cc | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
The 1979 Venezuelan motorcycle Grand Prix, the first of 13 rounds of the F.I.M. 1979 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season, was held on 18 March at the San Carlos Circuit. British rider Barry Sheene, world champion in 1976 and 1977, won the 500cc GP by 18 seconds[1] from Italian Virginio Ferrari to make it three successive Venezuelan GPs. Venezuelan racer Carlos Lavado won the 350cc class from Italian Walter Villa and Frenchman Patrick Fernandez.[2]
Villa won the 250cc event, ahead of South African rider Kork Ballington by 20 seconds, marking the final Grand Prix victory of Villa's motorcycle racing career.[3] Spanish rider Ángel Nieto won the 125cc class from Frenchman Thierry Espié and Italian Maurizio Massimiani.[4] Nieto would later win the 125cc season championship.[5] Yamaha won two races, and Suzuki and Minarelli one each.
Classifications
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Barry_Sheene_winner.jpg/200px-Barry_Sheene_winner.jpg)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/1972._%C3%81ngel_Nieto.jpg/200px-1972._%C3%81ngel_Nieto.jpg)
500 cc
Pos. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Grid | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() |
Texaco Heron Team Suzuki | Suzuki | 30 | 47'52.900 | 1 | 15 |
2 | ![]() |
Team Gallina Nava Olio Fiat | Suzuki | 30 | +18.600 | 4 | 12 |
3 | ![]() |
Texaco Heron Team Suzuki | Suzuki | 30 | +30.900 | 2 | 10 |
4 | ![]() |
Team Zago International | Suzuki | 30 | +1'34.800 | 6 | 8 |
5 | ![]() |
Suzuki | 29 | +1 lap | 10 | 6 | |
6 | ![]() |
Suzuki | 29 | +1 lap | 11 | 5 | |
7 | ![]() |
Team Sonauto Gauloises | Yamaha | 29 | +1 lap | 12 | 4 |
8 | ![]() |
Bill Smith Racing | Suzuki | 28 | +2 laps | 13 | 3 |
9 | ![]() |
Suzuki | 27 | +3 laps | 15 | 2 | |
10 | ![]() |
Derry's Racing | Suzuki | 27 | +3 laps | 16 | 1 |
![]() |
Yamaha Motor Company | Yamaha | 3 | ||||
![]() |
Riemersma Racing | Suzuki | 5 | ||||
![]() |
Suzuki | 7 | |||||
![]() |
Suzuki | 8 | |||||
![]() |
Suzuki | 9 | |||||
![]() |
Suzuki | 14 | |||||
Sources: [6][7][8] |
350 cc
Pos | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Grid | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() |
Yamaha | 29 | 46:48.4 | 1 | 15 |
2 | ![]() |
Yamaha | 29 | +15.3 | 2 | 12 |
3 | ![]() |
Yamaha | 29 | +23.5 | 4 | 10 |
4 | ![]() |
Kawasaki | 29 | +28.1 | 6 | 8 |
5 | ![]() |
Yamaha | 29 | +33.8 | 3 | 6 |
6 | ![]() |
Kawasaki | 29 | +40.0 | 9 | 5 |
7 | ![]() |
Yamaha | 29 | +1:11.9 | 11 | 4 |
8 | ![]() |
Yamaha | 29 | +1:22.4 | 8 | 3 |
9 | ![]() |
Yamaha | 29 | +1:25.6 | 12 | 2 |
10 | ![]() |
Yamaha | 29 | +1:35.7 | 7 | 1 |
11 | ![]() |
Yamaha | 28 | +1 lap | 14 | |
12 | ![]() |
Kawasaki | 28 | +1 lap | 10 | |
13 | ![]() |
Yamaha | 28 | +1 lap | ||
14 | ![]() |
Yamaha | 28 | +1 lap | ||
15 | ![]() |
Yamaha | 27 | +2 laps | ||
![]() |
Yamaha | 5 | ||||
![]() |
Yamaha | 13 | ||||
![]() |
Yamaha | 15 | ||||
30 starters in total, 18 finishers | ||||||
[6] |
250 cc
Pos | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Grid | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() |
Yamaha | 28 | 46:13.5 | 2 | 15 |
2 | ![]() |
Kawasaki | 28 | +20.6 | 3 | 12 |
3 | ![]() |
Yamaha | 28 | +1:14.2 | 9 | 10 |
4 | ![]() |
Yamaha | 28 | +1:17.6 | 7 | 8 |
5 | ![]() |
Bimota | 28 | +1:21.5 | 13 | 6 |
6 | ![]() |
Yamaha | 28 | +1:27.1 | 8 | 5 |
7 | ![]() |
Kawasaki | 28 | +1:40.5 | 5 | 4 |
8 | ![]() |
MBA | 27 | +1 lap | 12 | 3 |
9 | ![]() |
Yamaha | 27 | +1 lap | 11 | 2 |
10 | ![]() |
Yamaha | 27 | +1 lap | 1 | |
11 | ![]() |
Yamaha | 27 | +1 lap | ||
12 | ![]() |
Yamaha | 27 | +1 lap | ||
13 | ![]() |
Yamaha | 27 | +1 lap | ||
14 | ![]() |
Yamaha | 27 | +1 lap | ||
15 | ![]() |
Yamaha | 24 | +4 laps | ||
16 | ![]() |
Yamaha | 24 | +4 laps | 10 | |
![]() |
Yamaha | 1 | ||||
![]() |
Yamaha | 4 | ||||
![]() |
Kawasaki | 6 | ||||
![]() |
Morbidelli | 14 | ||||
26 starters in total, ? finishers | ||||||
[6] |
125 cc
Pos | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Grid | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() |
Minarelli | 26 | 45:39.3 | 3 | 15 |
2 | ![]() |
Motobécane | 26 | +6.1 | 4 | 12 |
3 | ![]() |
MBA | 26 | +40.6 | 6 | 10 |
4 | ![]() |
MBA | 26 | +58.5 | 7 | 8 |
5 | ![]() |
Morbidelli | 26 | +1:12.9 | 6 | |
6 | ![]() |
Yamaha | 26 | +1:18.4 | 8 | 5 |
7 | ![]() |
Morbidelli | 26 | +1:28.5 | 13 | 4 |
8 | ![]() |
Morbidelli | 26 | +1:44.2 | 10 | 3 |
9 | ![]() |
Morbidelli | 25 | +1 lap | 15 | 2 |
10 | ![]() |
Motoshop | 25 | +1 lap | 11 | 1 |
11 | ![]() |
MBA | 25 | +1 lap | ||
12 | ![]() |
Morbidelli | 25 | +1 lap | ||
13 | ![]() |
MBA | 25 | +1 lap | 12 | |
14 | ![]() |
MBA | 25 | +1 lap | ||
15 | ![]() |
Honda | 23 | +3 laps | ||
![]() |
MBA | 1 | ||||
![]() |
MBA | 2 | ||||
![]() |
Morbidelli | 5 | ||||
![]() |
MBA | 9 | ||||
![]() |
Morbidelli | 14 | ||||
25 starters in total, 17 finishers | ||||||
[6] |
References
- ^ "500cc Race Classification 1979". MotoGP (in Spanish). Dorna Sports S.L. Archived from the original on 2013-02-16. Retrieved 8 November 2012.
- ^ "350cc Race Classification 1979". MotoGP (in Spanish). Dorna Sports S.L. Archived from the original on 16 February 2013. Retrieved 8 November 2012.
- ^ "250cc Race Classification 1979". MotoGP (in Spanish). Dorna Sports S.L. Archived from the original on 2015-01-10. Retrieved 8 November 2012.
- ^ "125cc Race Classification 1979". MotoGP (in Spanish). Dorna Sports S.L. Archived from the original on 2015-01-10. Retrieved 8 November 2012.
- ^ Noyes, Dennis; Scott, Michael (1999). Motocourse: 50 Years Of Moto Grand Prix. Hazleton Publishing Ltd. ISBN 1-874557-83-7
- ^ a b c d Coleman, Barry (ed.). Motocourse 1979-1980. Hazleton Securities Ltd. p. 69. ISBN 0-905138-10-4.
- ^ "1979 Venezuelan MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". Motorsportmagazine.com. 29 January 2018. Retrieved 16 October 2018.
- ^ "VENEZUELA GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1979". Motogp.com. Retrieved 16 October 2018.