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
Permanent racing facility
4.135 km (2.569 mi)
500 cc
Pole position
Rider
Barry Sheene
Time
1:34.140
Fastest lap
Rider
Barry Sheene
Time
1:34.080
Podium
First
Barry Sheene
Second
Virginio Ferrari
Third
Tom Herron
350 cc
Pole position
Rider
Carlos Lavado
Time
1:35.400
Fastest lap
Rider
Carlos Lavado
Time
1:34.490
Podium
First
Carlos Lavado
Second
Walter Villa
Third
Patrick Fernandez
250 cc
Pole position
Rider
Carlos Lavado
Time
1:38.190
Fastest lap
Rider
Walter Villa
Time
1:37.550
Podium
First
Walter Villa
Second
Kork Ballington
Third
Victor Soussan
125 cc
Pole position
Rider
Iván Palazzese
Time
1:44.550
Fastest lap
Rider
Ángel Nieto
Time
1:43.480
Podium
First
Ángel Nieto
Second
Thierry Espié
Third
Maurizio Massimiani
50 cc
Pole position
Rider
No 50cc race was held
Fastest lap
Rider
No 50cc race was held
Podium
First
No 50cc race was held
Second
No 50cc race was held
Third
No 50cc race was held
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.
^"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
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