1986 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season

1986 F.I.M. Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
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The 1986 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season was the 38th F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship season.

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Season summary

A second world championship for the consistent Eddie Lawson. After a dominating 1985 season, the future looked bright for Honda's Freddie Spencer. However, once the season started, be began to suffer from carpal tunnel syndrome. The talented American would never win another Grand Prix after his spectacular 1985 season. Australian Wayne Gardner stepped up to become Honda's lead rider. Randy Mamola, riding for the newly-formed Kenny Roberts-Yamaha team continued to post good results and finished third in the points chase.

Venezuelan Carlos Lavado earned his second world championship for Yamaha with a strong performance. Garelli team-mates Fausto Gresini and Luca Cadalora battled it out for the 125 title, each taking four wins with Cadalora coming out on top. Spain's Jorge Martinez ended Stefan Dörflinger's streak of title wins at four. Angel Nieto announced he was retiring after twenty-three years in Grand Prix racing. He continued to be competitive up to the end with a second place finish in the Italian 125 race and a second in Spain in the 80cc class. His 90 Grand Prix victories ranked him second only to Giacomo Agostini.

For 125cc and 80cc, an additional post-season event on the Hockenheimring (located in the German state of Baden-Württemberg) was designated as the Baden-Württemberg Grand Prix and counted towards the championships in these classes.

Grands Prix

Round Race Location 80cc winner 125cc winner 250cc winner 500cc winner Report
1 Spanish Grand Prix Jarama Jorge Martínez Fausto Gresini Carlos Lavado Wayne Gardner Report
2 Nations Grand Prix Monza Stefan Dörflinger Fausto Gresini Anton Mang Eddie Lawson Report
3 German Grand Prix Nürburgring Manuel Herreros Luca Cadalora Carlos Lavado Eddie Lawson Report
4 Austrian Grand Prix Salzburgring Jorge Martínez Luca Cadalora Carlos Lavado Eddie Lawson Report
5 Yugoslavian Grand Prix Rijeka Jorge Martínez Sito Pons Eddie Lawson Report
6 Dutch TT Assen Jorge Martínez Luca Cadalora Carlos Lavado Wayne Gardner Report
7 Belgian Grand Prix Spa Domenico Brigaglia Sito Pons Randy Mamola Report
8 French Grand Prix Le Mans Luca Cadalora Carlos Lavado Eddie Lawson Report
9 British Grand Prix Silverstone Ian McConnachie August Auinger Dominique Sarron Wayne Gardner Report
10 Swedish Grand Prix Anderstorp Fausto Gresini Carlos Lavado Eddie Lawson Report
11 San Marino Grand Prix Misano Pier Paolo Bianchi August Auinger Tadahiko Taira Eddie Lawson Report
12 Baden-Württemberg Grand Prix Hockenheim Gerhard Waibel Fausto Gresini Report

Final standings

500cc standings[1][2]

Place Rider Number Team Machine Points Wins Poles F.Laps
1 Eddie Lawson 2 Marlboro-Yamaha YZR500 139 7 7 6
2 Wayne Gardner 4 Rothmans-Honda NSR500 117 3 2 3
3 Randy Mamola 6 Lucky Strike-Yamaha YZR500 105 1 1 1
4 Mike Baldwin 11 Lucky Strike-Yamaha YZR500 78 1
5 Rob McElnea 47 Marlboro-Yamaha YZR500 60
6 Christian Sarron 3 Gauloises-Yamaha YZR500 58
7 Didier de Radiguès 8 Rollstar-Honda Chevallier-NS500 42
8 Raymond Roche 7 Katayama-Honda NSR500 35
9 Ron Haslam 5 Elf-Honda Elf3-NS500 18
10 Pier-Francesco Chili 46 HB-Suzuki RG500 18

250cc standings[3][4]

Place Rider Number Team Machine Points Wins P.Pos. F.Laps
1 Carlos Lavado 3 HB Venemotos-Yamaha YZR250 114 6 7 3
2 Sito Pons 19 Campsa-Honda NSR250 108 2 2
3 Dominique Sarron 42 Rothmans-Honda NSR250 72 1 1
4 Anton Mang 2 Rothmans-Honda NSR250 65 1 1
5 Jean-François Baldé 17 Katayama-Honda NSR250 63
6 Martin Wimmer 4 Marlboro-Yamaha YZR250 56 4 3
7 Jacques Cornu 10 Parisienne-Elf-Honda RS250 32
8 Fausto Ricci 5 MC Bielle Roventi-Honda NSR250 30
9 Tadahiko Taira 57 Marlboro-Yamaha YZR250 28 1
10 Donnie McLeod 15 Silverstone-Armstrong CF250 27

125cc standings

Place Rider Number Country Machine Points Wins
1 Luca Cadalora Italy Garelli 122 4
2 Fausto Gresini 1 Italy Garelli 114 4
3 Domenico Brigaglia 6 Italy MBA 80 1
4 August Auinger 3 Austria Bartol 60 2
5 Ezio Gianola 4 Italy MBA 57 0
6 Bruno Kneubühler 5 Switzerland LCR 54 0
7 Lucio Pietroniro Belgium MBA 37 0
8 Pier Paolo Bianchi 2 Italy Seel 34 0
9 Johnny Wickström Finland Tunturi 33 0
10 Willy Perez Argentina Zanella 26 0

80cc standings

Place Rider Number Country Machine Points Wins
1 Jorge Martínez 2 Spain Derbi 94 4
2 Manuel Herreros 4 Spain Derbi 85 1
3 Stefan Dörflinger 1 Switzerland Krauser 82 1
4 Hans Spaan Netherlands Huvo 57 0
5 Gerhard Waibel 5 West Germany Real 51 1
6 Ian McConnachie 6 United Kingdom Krauser 50 1
7 Angel Nieto 9 Spain Derbi 45 0
8 Pier Paolo Bianchi Italy Seel 44 1
9 Josef Fischer Austria Krauser 13 0
10 Gerd Kafka Austria Krauser 9 0

Further reading

References

  1. ^ 1986 500cc Final Standings at MotoGP.com
  2. ^ 1986 500cc Entries List at www.f1network.net
  3. ^ 1986 250cc Final Standings at MotoGP.com
  4. ^ 1986 250cc Entries List at www.f1network.net

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