| 1985 F.I.M. Grand Prix motorcycle racing season | |
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The 1985 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season was the 37th F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship season.
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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. Australian Wayne Gardner showed promise with a fourth place finish for Honda.
With perennial champion Angel Nieto moving to the 250 class, the 125 class was left open for his Garelli team-mate, 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]
| Place | Rider | Number | Team | Machine | Points | Wins | P.Pos. | F.Laps |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Freddie Spencer | 4 | Rothmans-Honda | NSR500 | 141 | 7 | 10 | 6 |
| 2 | Eddie Lawson | 1 | Marlboro-Yamaha | YZR500 | 133 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | Christian Sarron | 6 | Gauloises-Yamaha | YZR500 | 80 | 1 | 2 | |
| 4 | Wayne Gardner | 7 | Rothmans-Honda | NSR500 | 73 | 1 | ||
| 5 | Ron Haslam | 5 | Rothmans-Honda | NS500 | 73 | |||
| 6 | Randy Mamola | 2 | Rothmans-Honda | NSR500 | 72 | 1 | ||
| 7 | Raymond Roche | 3 | Marlboro-Yamaha | YZR500 | 50 | |||
| 8 | Didier de Radiguès | 9 | Elf-Honda | NS500 | 47 | |||
| 9 | Rob McElnea | 19 | Skoal Bandit-Suzuki | RG500 | 20 | |||
| 10 | Boet van Dulmen | 8 | Toshiba-Honda | RS500 | 18 |
| Place | Rider | Number | Team | Machine | Points | Wins | P.Pos. | F.Laps |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Freddie Spencer | 19 | Rothmans-Honda | NSR250 | 127 | 7 | 6 | 6 |
| 2 | Anton Mang | 5 | Marlboro-Honda | RS250 | 124 | 2 | 1 | |
| 3 | Carlos Lavado | 3 | Venemotos-Yamaha | TZ250 | 94 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| 4 | Martin Wimmer | 7 | Lui-Yamaha | TZ250 | 69 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | Fausto Ricci | 16 | Rothmans-Honda Italy | RS250 | 50 | |||
| 6 | Loris Reggiani | 9 | Aprilia | Aprilia-Rotax | 44 | |||
| 7 | Alan Carter | 9 | Donington Park-Honda | RS250 | 32 | |||
| 8 | Manfred Herweh | 2 | Massa-Real | Real-Rotax | 31 | 1 | ||
| 9 | Reinhold Roth | 13 | Römer-Yamaha | TZ250 | 29 | |||
| 10 | Jacques Cornu | 6 | Parisienne Elf-Honda | RS250 | 25 |
| Place | Rider | Number | Country | Machine | Points | Wins |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fausto Gresini | 3 | Italy | Garelli | 109 | 3 |
| 2 | Pier Paolo Bianchi | 18 | Italy | MBA | 99 | 3 |
| 3 | August Auinger | 5 | Austria | Monnet | 78 | 3 |
| 4 | Ezio Gianola | 15 | Italy | Garelli | 77 | 1 |
| 5 | Bruno Kneubühler | 10 | Switzerland | LCR | 58 | 0 |
| 6 | Domenico Brigaglia | Italy | MBA | 45 | 0 | |
| 7 | Jean-Claude Selini | 6 | France | MBA | 36 | 0 |
| 8 | Jussi Hautaniemi | 21 | Finland | MBA | 26 | 0 |
| 9 | Lucio Pietroniro | Belgium | MBA | 25 | 0 | |
| 10 | Olivier Liegeois | Belgium | KLS | 23 | 0 |
| Place | Rider | Number | Country | Machine | Points | Wins |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stefan Dörflinger | 1 | Switzerland | Krauser | 86 | 2 |
| 2 | Jorge Martínez | 4 | Spain | Derbi | 67 | 3 |
| 3 | Gerd Kafka | Austria | Casal | 48 | 1 | |
| 4 | Manuel Herreros | 55 | Spain | Derbi | 45 | 0 |
| 5 | Gerhard Waibel | 5 | West Germany | Seel | 35 | 0 |
| 6 | Ian McConnachie | United Kingdom | Krauser | 33 | 0 | |
| 7 | Theo Timmer | 10 | Netherlands | Huvo | 21 | 0 |
| 8 | Henk van Kessel | Netherlands | Huvo | 18 | 0 | |
| 9 | Angel Nieto | Spain | Derbi | 15 | 1 | |
| 10 | Paul Rimmelzwaan | Netherlands | Casal | 15 | 0 |
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