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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
1	Wil Hartog	Riemersma Racing	Suzuki	42'33.900	15
2	Kenny Roberts	Yamaha Motor Company	Yamaha	+3.600	12
3	Virginio Ferrari	Team Gallina Nava Olio Fiat	Suzuki	+12.500	10
4	Bernard Fau	Suzuki France	Suzuki	+25.900	8
5	Philippe Coulon		Suzuki	+27.900	6
6	Franco Uncini	Team Zago International	Suzuki	+47.400	5
7	Jack Middelburg		Suzuki	+48.800	4
8	Christian Sarron	Team Sonauto Gauloises	Yamaha	+1'05.100	3
9	Steve Parrish	Texaco Heron Team Suzuki	Suzuki	+1'06.200	2
10	Mike Baldwin	Serge Zago	Suzuki	+1'27.200	1
11	Dennis Ireland	Derry's Racing	Suzuki	+1 lap
12	Elmar Renner	Moto Team Krawehl	Suzuki	+1 lap
13	Henk de Vries	Team 77	Suzuki	+1 lap
14	Gerhard Vogt	Bill Smith Racing	Suzuki	+1 lap
15	Hans-Otto Butenuth		Suzuki	+1 lap
16	Max Nothiger		Suzuki	+1 lap
17	Herbert Schieferecke		Suzuki	+1 lap
18	Bo Granath		Suzuki	+2 laps
19	King Wong Kwong		Suzuki	+2 laps
20	Michael Schmid		Suzuki	+2 laps
Ret	Max Wiener		Suzuki	Retired
Ret	Barry Sheene	Texaco Heron Team Suzuki	Suzuki	Retired
Ret	Boet van Dulmen		Suzuki	Retired
Ret	Graziano Rossi	Morbidelli	Morbidelli	Retired
Ret	Gianni Pelletier		Suzuki	Retired
Ret	Tom Herron	Texaco Heron Team Suzuki	Suzuki	Retired
Ret	Max Steiner		Suzuki	Retitred
Ret	Marco Lucchinelli		Suzuki	Retired
Ret	Børge Nielsen		Suzuki	Retired
Ret	Michel Rougerie		Suzuki	Retired
Ret	Mick Grant		Suzuki	Retired
Ret	Hans Schofer		Yamaha	Retired
Ret	Gustav Reiner	Dieter Braun Team	Suzuki	Retired
Ret	Alex George		Suzuki	Retired
Ret	Hiroyuki Kawasaki	Texaco Heron Team Suzuki	Suzuki	Retired
Ret	Seppo Ojala		Suzuki	Retired
Ret	Carlo Perugini		Suzuki	Retired
Ret	Sandro Moro		Suzuki	Retired
Ret	Carlo Prati		Suzuki	Retired
Ret	Stefano Bonetti		Suzuki	Retired
DNS	Gianni Rolando	Scuderia Naldoni	Suzuki	Did not start
DNS	Peter Sjöström	Ava MC Stockholm	Suzuki	Did not start
DNQ	Egid Schwemmer		Yamaha	Did not qualify
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