1984 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
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| 1984 F.I.M. Grand Prix motorcycle racing season | |
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The 1984 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season was the 36th F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship season.
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[edit] 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.
[edit] Grands Prix
[edit] Final standings
[edit] 500cc standings
| Place | Rider | Number | Country | Machine | Points | Wins |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Eddie Lawson |
4 | United States | Yamaha | 142 | 4 |
| 2 | Randy Mamola |
3 | United States | Honda | 111 | 3 |
| 3 |  Raymond Roche |
10 | France | Honda | 99 | 0 |
| 4 | Freddie Spencer |
1 | United States | Honda | 87 | 5 |
| 5 |  Ron Haslam |
8 | United Kingdom | Honda | 77 | 0 |
| 6 | Barry Sheene |
7 | United Kingdom | Suzuki | 34 | 0 |
| 7 |  Wayne Gardner |
Australia | Honda | 33 | 0 | |
| 8 |  Boet van Dulmen |
Netherlands | Suzuki | 25 | 0 | |
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Belgium | Chevallier | 24 | 0 | |
| 10 |  Virginio Ferrari |
Italy | Yamaha | 22 | 0 |
[edit] 250cc standings
| Place | Rider | Number | Country | Machine | Points | Wins |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Christian Sarron |
2 | France | Yamaha | 109 | 3 |
| 2 |  Manfred Herweh |
7 | West Germany | Real-Rotax | 100 | 4 |
| 3 |  Carlos Lavado |
1 | Venezuela | Yamaha | 77 | 1 |
| 4 |  Sito Pons |
Spain | JJ Kobas | 66 | 1 | |
| 5 | Anton Mang |
West Germany | Yamaha | 61 | 1 | |
| 6 |  Jacques Cornu |
9 | France | Yamaha | 60 | 0 |
| 7 | Martin Wimmer |
6 | West Germany | Yamaha | 47 | 0 |
| 8 | Wayne Rainey |
United States | Yamaha | 29 | 0 | |
| 9 | Alan Carter |
12 | United Kingdom | Yamaha | 25 | 0 |
| 10 | Jean-François Baldé |
19 | France | Pernod | 25 | 0 |
[edit] 125cc standings
| Place | Rider | Number | Country | Machine | Points | Wins |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Angel Nieto |
1 | Spain | Garelli | 90 | 6 |
| 2 | Eugenio Lazzarini |
3 | Italy | Garelli | 78 | 0 |
| 3 | Fausto Gresini |
9 | Italy | MBA | 51 | 1 |
| 4 | Maurizio Vitali |
4 | Italy | MBA | 45 | 1 |
| 5 |  August Auinger |
10 | Austria | MBA | 41 | 0 |
| 6 | Jean-Claude Selini |
France | MBA | 33 | 0 | |
| 7 | Stefano Caracchi |
Italy | MBA | 29 | 0 | |
| 8 | Luca Cadalora |
4 | Italy | MBA | 27 | 0 |
| 9 | Hans Müller |
6 | Switzerland | MBA | 27 | 0 |
| 10 | Bruno Kneubühler |
2 | Switzerland | MBA | 27 | 0 |
[edit] 80cc standings
| Place | Rider | Number | Country | Machine | Points | Wins |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stefan Dörflinger |
1 | Switzerland | Zündapp | 82 | 4 |
| 2 | Hubert Abold |
West Germany | Zündapp | 75 | 0 | |
| 3 | Pier Paolo Bianchi |
3 | Italy | Casal | 68 | 2 |
| 4 | Jorge Martínez |
Spain | Derbi | 62 | 1 | |
| 5 | Gerhard Waibel |
West Germany | Real | 61 | 1 | |
| 6 | Hans Spaan |
4 | Netherlands | Kreidler | 47 | 0 |
| 7 | Willem Heykoop |
Netherlands | Casal | 29 | 0 | |
| 8 | Hans Müller |
Switzerland | Sachs | 18 | 0 | |
| 9 | George Looijesteyn |
5 | Netherlands | Casal | 16 | 0 |
| 10 | Theo Timmer |
10 | Netherlands | Casal | 13 | 0 |
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