Sports season
The 1985 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season was the 37th F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship season.
Season summary [ ]
Honda 's Freddie Spencer gave a dominating performance becoming the first man to win the 250 and 500 championships in the same year. Defending champion Eddie Lawson finished in second with former 250 world champion, Christian Sarron coming in third. Sarron's victory at the German Grand Prix would mark the first 500cc Grand Prix victory for a non-American rider since the 1982 Swedish Grand Prix. Australian Wayne Gardner showed promise with a fourth-place finish for Honda.
With perennial champion Angel Nieto moving to the 80cc class, the 125 class was left open for his Garelli teammate, Fausto Gresini to clinch the title, giving the Italian team its fourth consecutive championship. Swiss Stefan Dörflinger would take his fourth consecutive title in the 80cc class. Angel Nieto won his 90th and final Grand Prix victory in the 80cc round in France, at the time second only to Giacomo Agostini , but since surpassed by Valentino Rossi .[1]
1985 Grand Prix season calendar [ ]
The following Grands Prix were scheduled to take place in 1985:[2] [3]
†† = Saturday race
Calendar changes [ ]
The Nations Grand Prix was moved back, from 15 April to 26 May and it was moved from the Circuito Internazionale Santa Monica to the Mugello Circuit , while the San Marino Grand Prix moved from the Mugello Circuit to the Circuito Internazionale Santa Monica .
The German Grand Prix moved from the Nürburgring to the Hockenheimring .
The French Grand Prix was moved back, from 11 June to 21 July and it was moved from the Paul Ricard circuit to the Bugatti Circuit in Le Mans .
Results and standings [ ]
Grands Prix [ ]
Participants [ ]
500cc participants [ ]
Team
Constructor
Motorcycle
No.
Rider
Rounds
Marlboro Team Agostini
Yamaha
Yamaha YZR500 (OW 81)
1
Eddie Lawson
All
3
Raymond Roche
All
26
Tadahiko Taira
4-5
Rothmans Honda/Mamola
Honda
Honda NS500 Honda NSR500
2
Randy Mamola
All
Rothmans Honda/HRC
Honda
Honda NSR500
4
Freddie Spencer
1-11
Rothmans Honda Britain
Honda
Honda NS500
5
Ron Haslam
All
Honda NS500 Honda NSR500
7
Wayne Gardner
All
22
Roger Burnett
10
51
10
Team Gauloises Yamaha
Yamaha
Yamaha YZR500 (OW 81)
6
Christian Sarron
All
Shell-Toshiba Racing Team
Honda
8
Boet van Dulmen
All
Team Honda Benelux-Elf
Honda
Honda NS500
9
Didier de Radiguès
All
57 63
7, 9
Team Elf c/o ROC
Honda Elf
Honda NS500
34 39 32 31 36 44 53 45 40 33
All
Cagiva
Cagiva
10
Virginio Ferrari
12
58 43
Marco Lucchinelli
6-8, 12
Chevallier
Chevallier-Honda
12
Thierry Espié
1, 6-8, 10-12
HB Suzuki GP Team
Suzuki
Suzuki RG500 Gamma
13
Franco Uncini
1, 3-12
30
Sito Pons
All
Racing Team Katayama
Bakker-Honda
14
Takazumi Katayama
2-3, 5-8
Skoal Bandit Heron Suzuki
Suzuki
Suzuki RG500 Gamma
19 33
Rob McElnea
All
55 25
10, 12
??
Honda
20
Eero Hyvärinen
2-12
Myers Motorcycles
Suzuki
Suzuki RG500 Gamma
21
3-5, 10
??
Suzuki Paton
Suzuki RG500 Gamma
27
1-2, 4-6
Zwafink + Wilbers Racing
Bakker-Honda
28
1, 6-12
SDC Builders
Honda
29
Keith Huewen
1, 3-5, 10
Team Italia
Honda
32 31 34 16
All
42 38 39 31
2-3, 6-12
57 51 36 50 48 32
1, 6-12
Michael Baldwin Racing
Honda
Honda NS500
33 31 18 11
Mike Baldwin
All
Sid Griffiths Racing/Duckhams
Suzuki
Suzuki RG500 Gamma
33 36 43
Simon Buckmaster
2-3, 5, 9-11
Team Arnetoli
Suzuki Paton
Suzuki RG500 Gamma
41 38
Marco Papa
3-4, 6-8, 12
Kreepy Krauly Racing Team
Honda
42 54 49 38 33 32
All
DAF Trucks
Honda
46 62
3-5, 7, 10, 12
Frankonia Suzuki
Suzuki
47 52 34
All
Nimag/Oud Bier
Suzuki
??
52 56 37
5, 7-12
Stichting Nederlands Racing Team
Honda
53 43
2, 4-5, 7-8
54
Mile Pajic
2, 7-8
Jim Finlay Racing
Suzuki
??
60 59
Neil Robinson
2-4, 8-10
??
Suzuki
??
??
4, 6, 9, 11-12
Source:[4]
Key
Regular Rider
Wildcard Rider
Replacement Rider
250cc participants [ ]
Team
Constructor
Motorcycle
No.
Rider
Rounds
Massa Racing Racing Team
Real-Rotax
??
2
Manfred Herweh
1, 7-12
Venemotos Racing Team
Yamaha
3
Carlos Lavado
All
16
Iván Palazzese
1-5
Agrati Garelli
Garelli
??
4
Ángel Nieto
??
32
Maurizio Vitali
1-2, 4-5, 9, 12
Marlboro Team Toni Mang
Honda
Honda RS250R
5
Anton Mang
All
Team Parisienne-Elf
Honda Parisienne
Honda RS250R ??
6
Jacques Cornu
All
ParisienneHonda
??Honda RS250R
41 44
3-12
Lui-Yamaha Racing Team
Yamaha
7
Martin Wimmer
1-8
Donington Park
Honda
Honda RS250R
9
Alan Carter
All
Venemotos Racing Team
Yamaha
10
Jean-François Baldé
1-3, 6, 8-12
62
??
Römer Racing Team
Yamaha
13
Reinhold Roth
1-4, 6, 10-12
48 44
1, 3-4, 6-7, 9-11
Honda
Honda RS250R
61
3-5
E.S.T.
Yamaha
14
1-4, 6-12
Promoto E.S.T.
Cobas
?? ??
15
Patrick Fernandez
1-3, 5-6
Monnet Racing
??
17
August Auinger
2-8, 10-12
Rothmans Honda/HRC
Honda
Honda NSR250
19
Freddie Spencer
1-10
Exactweld GB Ltd
?? ??
20
11-12
??
Yamaha
21
??
??
Yamaha
22
9
??
Yamaha Cobas
??
25
??
Team Heukerott
Yamaha
27
1, 9-10, 12
Ernie Coates Racing
Honda
Honda RS250R
29
Joey Dunlop
10
Team Italia
Malanca MBA
??
30
4, 7-12
Rothmans Honda Italia
Honda
Honda RS250R
35 33 37
Fausto Ricci
1-2, 4-12
J.J. Cobas
Cobas-Rotax
??
35 33
Carlos Cardús
All
40 46 45
Joan Garriga
1-6, 8-12
Team Yamaha Total
Yamaha
36 34
Stéphane Mertens
1-2, 7-12
Silverstone Armstrong GP Team
Armstrong-Rotax
39 36 53
1-8, 11-12
62 67 49 59
Niall Mackenzie
All
??
Cobas
??
39
1-4, 7-9, 11
??
Chevallier-Yamaha
40 46
2-3, 6-12
Aprilia Racing Team
Aprilia-Rotax
??
41
Loris Reggiani
1, 3-8, 12
Höstettler/Yamaha
Yamaha
43 42
Roland Freymond
2-12
Höstettler/Yamaha
Rotax
??
43
Hans Lindner
3, 5-8
RS Rallye Sport
Yamaha
47 1 40
1, 3-12
Antonio Gutierrez
Arbizu-Rotax
??
48
??
M.I.G
MIG-Rotax
??
49 38
Jean-Louis Guignabodet
2-12
Ehrlich Automotive Ltd.
EMC-Rotax
??
50
??
Dieter Braun PVM Team
Yamaha
51
1, 3, 5-8, 10
??
Kobas
??
53
??
??
Yamaha-KYF
54
2-3, 5-6, 11
Segura
Yamaha
55 42 47
2-7, 9-11
??
Yamaha Rotax
??
55
8
Rothmans Honda France
Honda
Honda RS250R
67 63 60
Dominique Sarron
3-12
70
2, 8-9
??
Rotax
?? ??
69
4, 6-8, 12
??
Yamaha Kobas
??
72
4-5, 9-12
Source: [5]
Key
Regular Rider
Wildcard Rider
Replacement Rider
500cc riders' standings [ ]
[6]
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