1980 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season

1980 F.I.M. Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
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The 1980 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season was the 32nd F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship season.

Season summary

Yamaha's Kenny Roberts claimed his third successive 500cc world championship in a season shortened by the cancellations of the Venezuelan and Austrian rounds.[1] Randy Mamola took over at Suzuki from Barry Sheene. Kawasaki returned to the 500cc class with a monocoque, four cylinder bike for Kork Ballington.[1] Honda soldiered on with its exotic four-stroke NR500 but began to realize it was at a disadvantage against its two-stroke opposition.[1]

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.[1] Mang would take the 250cc crown from defending champion Ballington while Pier Paolo Bianchi won the 125cc title.[1] Eugenio Lazzarini won a tight battle from Swiss Stefan Dörflinger to take the 50cc championship by only 2 points.[2]

Grands Prix

Round Date Race Location 50cc winner 125cc winner 250cc winner 350cc winner 500cc winner Report
1 May 11 Italy Nations Grand Prix Misano Italy Eugenio Lazzarini Italy Pier Paolo Bianchi Germany Anton Mang Venezuela Johnny Cecotto United States Kenny Roberts Report
2 May 18 Spain Spanish Grand Prix Jarama Italy Eugenio Lazzarini Italy Pier Paolo Bianchi South Africa Kork Ballington United States Kenny Roberts Report
3 May 25 France French Grand Prix Paul Ricard Spain Angel Nieto South Africa Kork Ballington South Africa Jon Ekerold United States Kenny Roberts Report
4 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Yugoslavian Grand Prix Rijeka Spain Ricardo Tormo France Guy Bertin Germany Anton Mang Report
5 June 28 Netherlands Dutch TT Assen Spain Ricardo Tormo Spain Angel Nieto Venezuela Carlos Lavado South Africa Jon Ekerold Netherlands Jack Middelburg Report
6 July 6 Belgium Belgian Grand Prix Zolder Switzerland Stefan Dörflinger Spain Angel Nieto Germany Anton Mang United States Randy Mamola Report
7 July 27 Finland Finnish Grand Prix Imatra Spain Angel Nieto South Africa Kork Ballington Netherlands Wil Hartog Report
8 August 10 United Kingdom British Grand Prix Silverstone Italy Loris Reggiani South Africa Kork Ballington Germany Anton Mang United States Randy Mamola Report
9 August 17 Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakian Grand Prix Brno France Guy Bertin Germany Anton Mang Germany Anton Mang Report
10 August 24 Germany German Grand Prix Nürburgring Nordschleife Switzerland Stefan Dörflinger France Guy Bertin South Africa Kork Ballington South Africa Jon Ekerold Italy Marco Lucchinelli Report

Final standings

500cc standings

Place Rider Number Country Machine Points Wins
1 United States Kenny Roberts 1 United States Yamaha 87 3
2 United States Randy Mamola 10 United States Suzuki 72 2
3 Italy Marco Lucchinelli 28 Italy Suzuki 59 1
4 Italy Franco Uncini 5 Italy Suzuki 50 0
5 Italy Graziano Rossi 22 Italy Suzuki 38 0
6 Netherlands Wil Hartog 4 Netherlands Suzuki 31 1
7 Venezuela Johnny Cecotto Venezuela Yamaha 31 0
8 New Zealand Graeme Crosby 6 New Zealand Suzuki 29 0
9 Netherlands Jack Middelburg 8 Netherlands Suzuki 20 1
10 Japan Takazumi Katayama 52 Japan Suzuki 18 0
11 Italy Carlo Perugini Italy Suzuki 17
12 South Africa Kork Ballington South Africa Kawasaki 13
13 Switzerland Philippe Coulon Switzerland Suzuki 11
14 Netherlands Boet Van Dulmen The Netherlands Yamaha 10
15 United Kingdom Barry Sheene Great Britain Yamaha 10
16 France Patrick Pons France Yamaha 10
17 France Patrick Fernandez France Yamaha 4
18 France Michel Rougerie France Suzuki 4
19 France Christian Estrosi France Suzuki 3
20 Netherlands Henk De Vries The Netherlands Suzuki 2
21 Japan Sadao Asami Japan Yamaha 2
22 Switzerland Michel Frutschi Switzerland Yamaha 2
23 France Raymond Roche France Yamaha 1
24 Germany Gustav Reiner Germany Suzuki 1
25 France Bernard Fau France Suzuki 1
26 United Kingdom Dave Potter Great Britain Yamaha 1
27 Switzerland Sergio Pellandini Switzerland Suzuki 1

350cc standings

Place Rider Number Country Machine Points Wins
1 South Africa Jon Ekerold 8 South Africa Yamaha 63 3
2 West Germany Anton Mang 4 West Germany Kawasaki 60 2
3 France Jean-François Baldé France Kawasaki 38 0
4 Venezuela Johnny Cecotto Venezuela Yamaha 37 1
5 Australia Jeff Sayle 10 Australia Yamaha 25 0
6 France Eric Saul France Yamaha 24 0
7 Switzerland Jacques Cornu 27 Switzerland Yamaha 21 0
8 Italy Massimo Matteoni 4 Italy Yamaha 19 0
9 Italy Walter Villa 4 Italy Yamaha 16 0
10 France Patrick Fernandez 2 France Yamaha 12 0
11 Carlo Perugini 10
12 Tony Head 9
13 Carlos Lavado 8
14 Roland Freymond 7
15 Gregg Hansford 6
16 Tony Rogers 6
17 Jacques Bolle 6
18 Keith Huewen 6
19 Thierry Espié 6
20 Jean Louis Tournadre 5
21 Loris Reggiani 4
22 Graeme McGregor 4
23 Alan North 2
24 Pekka Nurmi 1
25 Edi Stoellinger 1

250cc standings

Place Rider Number Country Machine Points Wins
1 West Germany Anton Mang 6 West Germany Kawasaki 128 4
2 South Africa Kork Ballington 1 South Africa Kawasaki 87 5
3 France Jean-François Baldé 8 France Kawasaki 59 0
4 France Thierry Espié France Yamaha 53 0
5 Switzerland Roland Freymond 10 Switzerland Morbidelli 46 0
6 Venezuela Carlos Lavado Venezuela Yamaha 29 1
7 Italy Gianpaolo Marchetti Italy Yamaha 28 0
8 Switzerland Jacques Cornu Switzerland Yamaha 26 0
9 France Eric Saul France Yamaha 24 0
10 France Patrick Fernandez 5 France Yamaha 16 0
11 Edi Stoellinger 16
12 Hans Müller 16
13 Sauro Pazzaglia 12
14 Graeme McGregor 12
15 Pier Luigi Conforti 10
16 Jean-Louis Guignabodet 9
17 Didier de Radiguès 8
18 Eero Hyvärinen 8
19 Clive Horton 7
20 Paolo Ferretti 7
21 Greame Geddes 6
22 R.Sibille 6
23 Steve Tonkin 5
24 Jacques Bolle 5
25 Herbert Hauf 4
26 A.Gouin 4
27 Reinhold Roth 4
28 Walter Villa 4
29 Charlie Williams 2
30 Martin Wimmer 2
31 Marco Papa 1
32 Jean-Louis Tournadre 1
33 Rene Delaby 1
34 F.Marcheggiani 1
35 Tony Rogers 1
36 H.Tomic 1

125cc standings

Place Rider Number Country Machine Points Wins
1 Italy Pier Paolo Bianchi 10 Italy MBA 90 2
2 France Guy Bertin 6 France Motobécane 81 3
3 Spain Angel Nieto 1 Spain Minarelli 78 4
4 Switzerland Bruno Kneubühler 9 Switzerland MBA 68 0
5 Switzerland Hans Müller Switzerland MBA 64 0
6 Italy Loris Reggiani Italy Minarelli 63 1
7 Venezuela Iván Palazzese Venezuela MBA 28 0
8 Italy Maurizio Massimiani 2 Italy Minarelli 20 0
9 Netherlands Peter Looijensteijn Netherlands MBA 18 0
10 Australia Barry Smith Australia MBA 17 0
11 Harald Bartol 15
12 Ricardo Tormo 13
13 Stefan Dörflinger 13
14 Gianpaolo Marchetti 10
15 August Auinger 9
16 Jose Dubon 8
17 Eugenio Lazzarini 8
18 Rolf Blatter 8
19 Henk Van Kessel 8
20 Gert Bender 6
21 Michel Galbit 6
22 P.Herouard 6
23 Janos Drapal 5
24 Thierry Noblesse 4
25 Matti Kinnunen 4
26 Jhonni Baeckstroem 2
27 S.Janssen 2
28 Jean Claude Selini 2
29 Johnny Wickstroem 1
30 Hugo Vignetti 1
31 Z.Ljeljak 1
32 Anton Straver 1

50cc standings

Place Rider Number Country Machine Points Wins
1 Italy Eugenio Lazzarini 1 Italy Iprem[3] 74 2
2 Switzerland Stefan Dörflinger 10 Switzerland Kreidler 72 2
3 Austria Hans Hummel Austria Kreidler 37 0
4 Spain Ricardo Tormo Spain Kreidler 36 2
5 Netherlands Henk van Kessel 7 Netherlands Kreidler 31 0
6 Netherlands Hans Spaan Netherlands Kreidler 24 0
7 Netherlands Theo Timmer Netherlands Bultaco 19 0
8 France Yves Dupont France ABF 18 0
9 France Jacques Hutteau 8 France ABF 18 0
10 West Germany Wolfgang Müller West Germany Kreidler 15 0
11 Rolf Blatter 14
12 Gerhard Waibel 7
13 Otto Machinek 7
14 Ingo Emmerich 6
15 Giuseppe Ascareggi 4
16 Günter Schirnhofer 4
17 Daniel Mateos 3
18 Claudio Lusuardi 3
19 Enrico Cereda 2
20 Aldo Pero 1
21 G.Boehl 1

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Noyes, Dennis; Scott, Michael (1999), Motocourse: 50 Years Of Moto Grand Prix, Hazleton Publishing Ltd, ISBN 1-874557-83-7
  2. "Results and Statistics". MotoGP.com. Retrieved 2010-07-06.
  3. (English) Iprem : 50cc Roadracing Story - The Iprem was a rebadged Van Veen-Kreidler