1979 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix

  1979 Spanish Grand Prix

Race details
Race 5 of 13 races in the 1979 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	20 May 1979
Official name	Gran Premio de España
Location	Circuito Permanente del Jarama
Course	Permanent racing facility 3.404 km (2.115 mi)
500cc
Pole position Rider Mike Baldwin Time 1:34.400 Fastest lap Rider Kenny Roberts Time 1:33.900 Podium First Kenny Roberts Second Wil Hartog Third Mike Baldwin
350cc
Pole position Rider Kork Ballington Time 2:18.400 Fastest lap Rider Sadao Asami Podium First Kork Ballington Second Gregg Hansford Third Michel Frutschi
250cc
Pole position Rider Gregg Hansford Time 1:37.000 Fastest lap Rider Kork Ballington Time 1:36.200 Podium First Kork Ballington Second Gregg Hansford Third Graziano Rossi
125cc
Pole position Rider Ángel Nieto Time 1:43.700 Fastest lap Rider Ángel Nieto Time 1:42.000 Podium First Ángel Nieto Second Thierry Espié Third Walter Koschine
50cc
Pole position Rider Eugenio Lazzarini Time 1:52.200 Fastest lap Rider Eugenio Lazzarini Time 1:52.600 Podium First Eugenio Lazzarini Second Patrick Plisson Third Rolf Blatter

The 1979 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix was the fifth round of the 1979 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 18–20 May 1979 at the Circuito Permanente del Jarama.

Classification

500 cc

Pos.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Points
1	Kenny Roberts	Yamaha Motor Company	Yamaha	57'10.900	15
2	Wil Hartog	Riemersma Racing	Suzuki	+13.900	12
3	Mike Baldwin	Serge Zago	Suzuki	+19.900	10
4	Virginio Ferrari	Team Gallina Nava Olio Fiat	Suzuki	+42.700	8
5	Franco Uncini	Team Zago International	Suzuki	+49.900	6
6	Boet van Dulmen		Suzuki	+54.000	5
7	Jack Middelburg		Suzuki	+59.600	4
8	Philippe Coulon		Suzuki	+1'04.900	3
9	Michel Rougerie		Suzuki	+1'05.600	2
10	Marco Lucchinelli		Suzuki	+1'06.400	1
11	Steve Parrish	Texaco Heron Team Suzuki	Suzuki	+1 lap
12	Gianni Pelletier		Suzuki	+1 lap
13	Henk de Vries	Team 77	Suzuki	+2 laps
14	Gerhard Vogt	Bill Smith Racing	Suzuki	+2 laps
15	Sergio Pellandini		Suzuki	+2 laps
16	Max Nothiger		Suzuki	+2 laps
Ret	Seppo Rossi	Kouv MK	Suzuki	Retired
Ret	Graziano Rossi	Morbidelli	Morbidelli	Retired
Ret	Gustav Reiner	Dieter Braun Team	Suzuki	Accident
Ret	Lennart Bäckström	Team Zago International	Suzuki	Retired
Ret	Lorenzo Ghiselli		Suzuki	Retired
Ret	Kevin Stowe		Suzuki	Retired
Ret	Hiroyuki Kawasaki	Texaco Heron Team Suzuki	Suzuki	Retired
Ret	Barry Sheene	Texaco Heron Team Suzuki	Suzuki	Retired
Ret	Toni Garcia		Suzuki	Retired
Ret	Peter Sjöström	Ava MC Stockholm	Suzuki	Retired
Ret	Bernard Fau	Suzuki France	Suzuki	Accident
DNS	Tom Herron	Texaco Heron Team Suzuki	Suzuki	Did not start
DNQ	Christian Sarron	Team Sonauto Gauloises	Yamaha	Did not qualify
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