Sports season
The 1984 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season was the 36th F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship season.
Season summary [ ]
Defending champion Freddie Spencer was the pre-season favorite to win the championship however, teething problems with Honda's new V4 and early season injuries squelched his hopes to repeat. In spite of his problems, Spencer still took five wins. Eddie Lawson lived up to his nickname of Steady Eddie with four wins and four second places to secure his first 500cc world championship on a Yamaha . Randy Mamola also had three wins to finish second on a factory backed Honda.
Yamaha also claimed the 250 crown with Frenchman Christian Sarron taking the honors ahead of a strong challenge from Real-Rotax mounted Manfred Herweh. Angel Nieto would win a thirteenth world championship with six wins in a row before sitting out the final two races. Stefan Dörflinger would be the first ever 80cc champion after the class displacement was increased from 50cc.[1]
1984 Grand Prix season calendar [ ]
The following Grands Prix were scheduled to take place in 1984:[2] [3]
†† = Saturday race
Calendar changes [ ]
Results and standings [ ]
1984 Grand Prix season results [ ]
Participants [ ]
500cc participants [ ]
Team
Constructor
Motorcycle
No.
Rider
Rounds
Honda Racing Corporation
Honda
Honda NSR500 Honda NS500
1
Freddie Spencer
2, 4-9
Honda NS500
5
Takazumi Katayama
6, 8, 10-12
Honda NS500
9
Ron Haslam
All
R.M. Promotions Inc.
Honda
Honda NS500
3
Randy Mamola
3-12
Marlboro Team Agostini
Yamaha
Yamaha YZR500 (OW76)
4
Eddie Lawson
All
18 51 53
Virginio Ferrari
1-2, 4-12
Marlboro
28
Tadahiko Taira
All
Heron Team Suzuki
Harris Suzuki
Suzuki XR??
7
Barry Sheene
All
???
45 19 52 35
Rob McElnea
2, 4-6, 10-12
57
Mick Grant
10
Cagiva Motor Italia S.p.A.
Cagiva
8
Marco Lucchinelli
1-4, 8
23
6-9, 12
H.B. Suzuki G.P. Team
Suzuki
10
Franco Uncini
1-5, 10-12
15
1-11
Honda Total
Honda
Honda NS500
11
Raymond Roche
All
Toshiba
Suzuki
???
12
Boet van Dulmen
1-6, 9-12
45
2-12
David Attwood
Honda
??
16
Keith Huewen
2-6, 8-12
Team Elf/Chevallier Johnson
Chevallier-Honda
???
17
Didier de Radiguès
All
30 31
1, 3-5, 8-12
Honda Britain Racing Team
Honda
18 53 33
Wayne Gardner
2, 8-11
51
10
Dieter Braun Team
Suzuki
???
21
???
???
22
2, 4-12
Frankonia-Suzuki
25
2-12
Römer Racing Team
Honda
26
Reinhold Roth
All
62
???
???
Honda
???
30
1-10, 12
Yashica/Contax
Suzuki /Yamaha
???/???
32
1, 3-6, 8-9
Olymp-Hemden Racing
Honda
???
34
1-3, 5, 8-9, 11-12
???
35
3-12
Mitsui Yamaha
Yamaha
???
37
Steve Parrish
2, 5, 8-12
???
Suzuki
???
38
2-12
Suzuki /Honda
53
4-7, 10-12
Honda
56
???
Bill Smith Racing
Yamaha
???
113 27
1-5, 8
Source: [4]
Key
Regular Rider
Wildcard Rider
Replacement Rider
250cc participants [ ]
Team
Constructor
Motorcycle
No.
Rider
Rounds
Venemotos Racing Team
Yamaha
???
1
Carlos Lavado
All
18
Iván Palazzese
1-3, 5-9, 11-12
Team Sonauto Gauloises
2
Christian Sarron
All
32
All
??
2, 4, 6, 8-12
HB Team 250
3
Anton Mang
All
???
Chevallier
4
Hervé Guilleux
1-6
Chevallier /???
5
Thierry Espié
1-3, 5-12
Mitsui-Yamaha Racing Team
Yamaha
6
Martin Wimmer
All
Massa Real GmbH
Real-Rotax
7
Manfred Herweh
All
Pernod
8
Jean-François Baldé
1-6, 8-12
10
Jacques Bolle
1-6, 8-12
Team Parisienne-Elf
Yamaha
9
Jacques Cornu
All
Honda
15
Roland Freymond
All
???
Yamaha
???
12
Patrick Fernandez
All
Marlboro Team Roberts
14
Alan Carter
1, 3-12
55 29
Wayne Rainey
All
???
16
2, 4, 6, 8-12
/Honda
???/???
17
Jean-Louis Guignabodet
1-3, 5, 8, 10-12
JJ Cobas
Cobas
???
20
Carlos Cardús
2-3, 6-7, 9-12
Team Hugin-Total
21
Stéphane Mertens
1-5, 7-12
23
1, 3-12
???
22
Fausto Ricci
2-6, 12
Yamaha /ES
???/???
24
1-2, 4-12
Yamaha
???
28
2-5, 7-12
Cobas Motorcycles
Cobas-Rotax
30
Sito Pons
All
Römer Racing Team
/???
???/???
31
1-2, 8-9
Yamaha
???
39
???
Dalmac Racing
33 36 67
2-12
???
34
1-6, 9-10, 12
Kawasaki
36
Loris Reggiani
3-5, 7, 12
Yamaha
37
4-5, 7-12
Yamaha /???
???/???
49
2-4, 7-10
MBA
???
51 35
Guy Bertin
4-11
EMC
53
10
Yamaha
???
Roland Freymond
All
Chevallier
???
All
MBA
???
Maurizio Vitali
2, 12
Source: [5]
Key
Regular Rider
Wildcard Rider
Replacement Rider
500cc riders' standings [ ]
[6] [7]
Scoring system
Points are awarded to the top ten finishers. A rider has to finish the race to earn points.
Position
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
6th
7th
8th
9th
10th
Points
15
12
10
8
6
5
4
3
2
1