1980 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season

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This article recaps the 1980 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season.

Contents 1 Season summary 2 1980 500cc Season review 2.1 1980 500cc Roadracing World Championship final standings 3 1980 350cc Season review 3.1 1980 350cc Roadracing World Championship final standings 4 1980 250cc Season review 4.1 1980 250cc Roadracing World Championship final standings 5 1980 125cc Season review 5.1 1980 125cc Roadracing World Championship final standings 6 1980 50cc Season review 6.1 1980 50cc Roadracing World Championship final standings

[edit] Season summary

Yamaha's Kenny Roberts claimed his third 500cc world championship in succession in a season shortened by the cancellations of the Venezuelan and Austrian rounds. Randy Mamola took over at Suzuki from Barry Sheene. Kawasaki returned to the 500cc class with a monocoque, four cylinder bike for Kork Ballington. Honda soldiered on with its exotic four-stroke NR500 but began to realize it was at a disadvantage against its two-stroke opposition.

There were only six rounds in the 350cc class that saw South Africa's Jon Ekerold, a true privateer, take the championship from the Kawasaki factory-sponsored Anton Mang. Mang would take the 250cc crown from defending champion Ballington while Pierpaolo Bianchi won the 125cc title. Eugenio Lazzarini won a tight battle from Swiss Stefan Dörflinger to take the 50cc championship by only 2 points.

[edit] 1980 500cc Season review

Round	Race	Location	Winning rider	Winning team	Report
1	Nations Grand Prix	Misano	Kenny Roberts	Yamaha	Report
2	Spanish Grand Prix	Jarama	Kenny Roberts	Yamaha	Report
3	French Grand Prix	Paul Ricard	Kenny Roberts	Yamaha	Report
4	Dutch TT	Assen	Jack Middelburg	Yamaha	Report
5	Belgian Grand Prix	Spa	Randy Mamola	Suzuki	Report
6	Finnish Grand Prix	Imatra	Wil Hartog	Suzuki	Report
7	British Grand Prix	Silverstone	Randy Mamola	Suzuki	Report
8	West German Grand Prix	Nürburgring	Marco Lucchinelli	Suzuki	Report

[edit] 1980 500cc Roadracing World Championship final standings

Place	Rider	Number	Country	Machine	Points	Wins
1	Kenny Roberts	1	United States	Yamaha	87	3
2	Randy Mamola	8	United States	Suzuki	72	2
3	Marco Lucchinelli	28	Italy	Suzuki	59	1
4	Franco Uncini	5	Italy	Suzuki	50	0
5	Graziano Rossi	22	Italy	Suzuki	38	0
6	Wil Hartog	4	Netherlands	Suzuki	31	1
7	Johnny Cecotto		Venezuela	Yamaha	31	0
8	Graeme Crosby	6	New Zealand	Suzuki	29	0
9	Jack Middelburg	7	Netherlands	Suzuki	20	1
10	Takazumi Katayama	10	Japan	Suzuki	18	0

[edit] 1980 350cc Season review

Round	Race	Location	Winning rider	Winning team	Report
1	Nations Grand Prix	Misano	Johnny Cecotto	Yamaha	Report
2	French Grand Prix	Paul Ricard	Jon Ekerold	Yamaha	Report
3	Dutch TT	Assen	Jon Ekerold	Yamaha	Report
4	British Grand Prix	Silverstone	Anton Mang	Kawasaki	Report
5	Czechoslovakian Grand Prix	Brno	Anton Mang	Kawasaki	Report
6	West German Grand Prix	Nürburgring	Jon Ekerold	Yamaha	Report

[edit] 1980 350cc Roadracing World Championship final standings

Place	Rider	Number	Country	Machine	Points	Wins
1	Jon Ekerold	8	South Africa	Kawasaki	63	3
2	Anton Mang	4	West Germany	Kawasaki	60	2
3	Jean-François Baldé		France	Kawasaki	38	0
4	Johnny Cecotto		Venezuela	Yamaha	37	1
5	Jeff Sayle	10	Australia	Yamaha	25	0
6	Eric Saul		France	Yamaha	24	0
7	Jacques Cornu	27	Switzerland	Yamaha	21	0
8	Massimo Matteoni	4	Italy	Yamaha	19	0
9	Walter Villa	4	Italy	Yamaha	16	0
10	Patrick Fernandez	2	France	Yamaha	12	0

[edit] 1980 250cc Season review

Round	Race	Location	Winning rider	Winning team	Report
1	Nations Grand Prix	Misano	Anton Mang	Kawasaki	Report
2	Spanish Grand Prix	Jarama	Kork Ballington	Kawasaki	Report
3	French Grand Prix	Paul Ricard	Kork Ballington	Kawasaki	Report
4	Yugoslavian Grand Prix	Opatija	Anton Mang	Kawasaki	Report
5	Dutch TT	Assen	Carlos Lavado	Yamaha	Report
6	Belgian Grand Prix	Spa	Anton Mang	Kawasaki	Report
7	Finnish Grand Prix	Imatra	Kork Ballington	Kawasaki	Report
8	British Grand Prix	Silverstone	Kork Ballington	Kawasaki	Report
9	Czechoslovakian Grand Prix	Brno	Anton Mang	Kawasaki	Report
10	West German Grand Prix	Nürburgring	Kork Ballington	Kawasaki	Report

[edit] 1980 250cc Roadracing World Championship final standings

Place	Rider	Number	Country	Machine	Points	Wins
1	Anton Mang	6	West Germany	Kawasaki	128	4
2	Kork Ballington	1	South Africa	Kawasaki	87	5
3	Jean-François Baldé	8	France	Kawasaki	59	0
4	Thierry Espié		France	Yamaha	53	0
5	Roland Freymond	10	Switzerland	Morbidelli	46	0
6	Carlos Lavado		Venezuela	Yamaha	29	1
7	Gianpaolo Marchetti		Italy	Yamaha	28	0
8	Jacques Cornu		Switzerland	Yamaha	26	0
9	Eric Saul		France	Yamaha	24	0
10	Patrick Fernandez	5	France	Yamaha	16	0

[edit] 1980 125cc Season review

Round	Race	Location	Winning rider	Winning team	Report
1	Nations Grand Prix	Misano	Pier Paolo Bianchi	MBA	Report
2	Spanish Grand Prix	Jarama	Pier Paolo Bianchi	MBA	Report
3	French Grand Prix	Paul Ricard	Angel Nieto	Minarelli	Report
4	Yugoslavian Grand Prix	Opatija	Guy Bertin	Motobécane	Report
5	Dutch TT	Assen	Angel Nieto	Minarelli	Report
6	Belgian Grand Prix	Spa	Angel Nieto	Minarelli	Report
7	Finnish Grand Prix	Imatra	Angel Nieto	Minarelli	Report
8	British Grand Prix	Silverstone	Loris Reggiani	Minarelli	Report
9	Czechoslovakian Grand Prix	Brno	Guy Bertin	Motobécane	Report
10	West German Grand Prix	Nürburgring	Guy Bertin	Motobécane	Report

[edit] 1980 125cc Roadracing World Championship final standings

Place	Rider	Number	Country	Machine	Points	Wins
1	Pier Paolo Bianchi	10	Italy	MBA	90	2
2	Guy Bertin	6	France	Motobécane	81	3
3	Angel Nieto	1	Spain	Minarelli	78	4
4	Bruno Kneubühler	9	Switzerland	MBA	68	0
5	Hans Müller		Switzerland	MBA	64	0
6	Loris Reggiani		Italy	Minarelli	63	1
7	Ivan Palazzese		Venezuela	MBA	28	0
8	Maurizio Massimiani	2	Italy	Minarelli	20	0
9	Peter Looijesteyn		Netherlands	MBA	18	0
10	Barry Smith		Australia	MBA	17	0

[edit] 1980 50cc Season review

Round	Race	Location	Winning rider	Winning team	Report
1	Nations Grand Prix	Misano	Eugenio Lazzarini	Iprem	Report
2	Spanish Grand Prix	Jarama	Eugenio Lazzarini	Iprem	Report
3	Yugoslavian Grand Prix	Opatija	Ricardo Tormo	Kreidler	Report
4	Dutch TT	Assen	Ricardo Tormo	Kreidler	Report
5	Belgian Grand Prix	Spa	Stefan Dörflinger	Kreidler	Report
6	West German Grand Prix	Nürburgring	Stefan Dörflinger	Kreidler	Report

[edit] 1980 50cc Roadracing World Championship final standings

Place	Rider	Number	Country	Machine	Points	Wins
1	Eugenio Lazzarini	1	Italy	Iprem	74	2
2	Stefan Dörflinger	10	Switzerland	Kreidler	72	2
3	Hans Hummel		Austria	Kreidler	37	0
4	Ricardo Tormo		Spain	Kreidler	36	2
5	Henk Van Kessel	7	Netherlands	Kreidler	31	0
6	Hans Spaan		Netherlands	Kreidler	24	0
7	Theo Timmer		Netherlands	Bultaco	19	0
8	Yves Dupont		France	ABF	18	0
9	Jacques Hutteau	8	France	ABF	18	0
10	Wolfgang Müller		West Germany	Kreidler	15	0

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