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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.
Pos. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Time/Retired | Points | ||
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Riemersma Racing | Suzuki | 42'33.900 | 15 | ||
2 | ![]() |
Yamaha Motor Company | Yamaha | +3.600 | 12 | ||
3 | ![]() |
Team Gallina Nava Olio Fiat | Suzuki | +12.500 | 10 | ||
4 | ![]() |
Suzuki France | Suzuki | +25.900 | 8 | ||
5 | ![]() |
Suzuki | +27.900 | 6 | |||
6 | ![]() |
Team Zago International | Suzuki | +47.400 | 5 | ||
7 | ![]() |
Suzuki | +48.800 | 4 | |||
8 | ![]() |
Team Sonauto Gauloises | Yamaha | +1'05.100 | 3 | ||
9 | ![]() |
Texaco Heron Team Suzuki | Suzuki | +1'06.200 | 2 | ||
10 | ![]() |
Serge Zago | Suzuki | +1'27.200 | 1 | ||
11 | ![]() |
Derry's Racing | Suzuki | +1 lap | |||
12 | ![]() |
Moto Team Krawehl | Suzuki | +1 lap | |||
13 | ![]() |
Team 77 | Suzuki | +1 lap | |||
14 | ![]() |
Bill Smith Racing | Suzuki | +1 lap | |||
15 | ![]() |
Suzuki | +1 lap | ||||
16 | ![]() |
Suzuki | +1 lap | ||||
17 | ![]() |
Suzuki | +1 lap | ||||
18 | ![]() |
Suzuki | +2 laps | ||||
19 | ![]() |
Suzuki | +2 laps | ||||
20 | ![]() |
Suzuki | +2 laps | ||||
Ret | ![]() |
Suzuki | Retired | ||||
Ret | ![]() |
Texaco Heron Team Suzuki | Suzuki | Retired | |||
Ret | ![]() |
Suzuki | Retired | ||||
Ret | ![]() |
Morbidelli | Morbidelli | Retired | |||
Ret | ![]() |
Suzuki | Retired | ||||
Ret | ![]() |
Texaco Heron Team Suzuki | Suzuki | Retired | |||
Ret | ![]() |
Suzuki | Retitred | ||||
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Suzuki | Retired | ||||
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Suzuki | Retired | ||||
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Suzuki | Retired | ||||
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Suzuki | Retired | ||||
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Yamaha | Retired | ||||
Ret | ![]() |
Dieter Braun Team | Suzuki | Retired | |||
Ret | ![]() |
Suzuki | Retired | ||||
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Texaco Heron Team Suzuki | Suzuki | Retired | |||
Ret | ![]() |
Suzuki | Retired | ||||
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Suzuki | Retired | ||||
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Suzuki | Retired | ||||
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Suzuki | Retired | ||||
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Suzuki | Retired | ||||
DNS | ![]() |
Scuderia Naldoni | Suzuki | Did not start | |||
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Ava MC Stockholm | Suzuki | Did not start | |||
DNQ | ![]() |
Yamaha | Did not qualify | ||||
Sources:[4][5] |