1982 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season

The 1982 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season was the 34th F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship season.

Season summary

Italian Franco Uncini on the Roberto Gallina backed Suzuki took a well-earned championship in the 500cc class.

Yamaha introduced a new V4 bike for Kenny Roberts but suffered from having to develop a new bike during the season.

Barry Sheene was lying third in the championship, tied on points with Roberts, after 8 rounds. However, his season was brought to a premature end when he hit the obscured fallen machine of Frenchman Patrick Igoa during practice at Silverstone.

Honda abandoned its NR500 four-stroke in favor of a V3 two-stroke NS500 piloted by American newcomer, Freddie Spencer, defending champion Marco Lucchinelli and veteran Takazumi Katayama.

Spencer would give Honda its first 500cc win since the 1967 season and its first with a two-stroke.

Most of the factory sponsored riders boycotted the French round at Nogaro in protest of the unsafe track conditions.

Anton Mang successfully defended his 350 title for Kawasaki despite winning only one race. He would be the final 350 world champion as the class would be discontinued after 1982. Mang lost his 250 crown to Jean-Louis Tournadre by one point despite winning five races. Tournadre's only victory would be at the boycotted French round. The Frenchman would become France's first world champion. Angel Nieto clinched his eleventh title in the 125 class on a Garelli. In the 50cc class, Eugenio Lazzarini and Stefan Dörflinger traded wins, each rider winning three races, but Dörflinger took the title because of his three second place finishes.^[1]

Grands Prix

Round	Date	Race	Location	50cc winner	125cc winner	250cc winner	350cc winner	500cc winner	Report
1	March 29	Argentine Grand Prix	Buenos Aires		Angel Nieto		Carlos Lavado	Kenny Roberts	Report
2	May 2	Austrian Grand Prix	Salzburgring		Angel Nieto		Eric Saul	Franco Uncini	Report
3	May 9	French Grand Prix	Nogaro		Jean-Claude Selini	Jean-Louis Tournadre	Jean-François Baldé	Michel Frutschi	Report
4	May 23	Spanish Grand Prix	Jarama	Stefan Dörflinger	Angel Nieto	Carlos Lavado		Kenny Roberts	Report
5	May 30	Nations Grand Prix	Misano	Stefan Dörflinger	Angel Nieto	Anton Mang	Didier de Radiguès	Franco Uncini	Report
6	June 26	Dutch TT	Assen	Stefan Dörflinger	Angel Nieto	Anton Mang	Jean-François Baldé	Franco Uncini	Report
7	July 4	Belgian Grand Prix	Spa-Francorchamps		Ricardo Tormo	Anton Mang		Freddie Spencer	Report
8	July 18	Yugoslavian Grand Prix	Rijeka	Eugenio Lazzarini	Eugenio Lazzarini	Didier de Radiguès		Franco Uncini	Report
9	August 1	British Grand Prix	Silverstone		Angel Nieto	Martin Wimmer	Jean-François Baldé	Franco Uncini	Report
10	August 8	Swedish Grand Prix	Anderstorp		Iván Palazzese	Roland Freymond		Takazumi Katayama	Report
11		Finnish Grand Prix	Imatra		Iván Palazzese	Christian Sarron	Anton Mang		Report
12		Czechoslovakian Grand Prix	Brno		Eugenio Lazzarini	Carlos Lavado	Didier de Radiguès		Report
13	September 5	San Marino Grand Prix	Mugello	Eugenio Lazzarini		Anton Mang		Freddie Spencer	Report
14	September 26	German Grand Prix	Hockenheim	Eugenio Lazzarini		Anton Mang	Manfred Herweh	Randy Mamola	Report

Final standings

500cc standings

Place	Rider	Number	Country	Machine	Points	Wins	P.P.	F.L.
1	Franco Uncini	4	Italy	Suzuki	103	5	1	1
2	Graeme Crosby	5	New Zealand	Yamaha	76		1	1
3	Freddie Spencer	12	United States	Honda	72	2	4	4
4	Kenny Roberts	3	United States	Yamaha	68	2	3	2
5	Barry Sheene	7	United Kingdom	Yamaha	68		1
6	Randy Mamola	2	United States	Suzuki	65	1		1
7	Takazumi Katayama	15	Japan	Honda	48	1		1
8	Marco Lucchinelli	1	Italy	Honda	43			1
9	Kork Ballington	11	South Africa	Kawasaki	31
10	Marc Fontan	9	France	Yamaha	29
11	Virginio Ferrari				25
12	Boet van Dulmen				23
13	Loris Reggiani				21
14	Michel Frutschi				17
15	Sergio Pellandini				15
16	Jack Middelburg				13
17	Frank Gross				12
18	Steve Parrish				11
19	Leandro Becheroni				11
20	Guido Paci				7
21	Stuart Avant				6
22	Philippe Coulon				6
23	Seppo Rossi				5
24	Philippe Robinet				4
25	Chris Guy				4
26	Victor Palomo				3
27	Andreas Hofmann				3
28	Peter Sjostrom				1
29	Jon Ekerold			Cagiva	1
30	Raymond Roche				1

350cc standings

Place	Rider	Number	Country	Machine	Points	Wins
1	Anton Mang	1	West Germany	Kawasaki	81	1
2	Didier de Radiguès	14	Belgium	Chevallier	64	2
3	Jean-François Baldé	3	France	Kawasaki	59	3
4	Eric Saul	9	France	Chevallier	52	1
5	Carlos Lavado	5	Venezuela	Yamaha	36	1
6	Alan North	11	South Africa	Yamaha	31	0
7	Jacques Cornu	8	Switzerland	Yamaha	31	0
8	Christian Sarron	20	France	Yamaha	20	0
9	Patrick Fernandez	5	France	Yamaha	21	0
10	Gustav Reiner	15	West Germany	Yamaha	19	0
11	Wolfgang Von Muralt				16
12	Tony Head				16
13	Manfred Herweh				15
14	Donnie Robinson				15
15	Jeffrey Sayle				12
16	Martin Wimmer				12
17	Siegfried Minich				11
18	Massimo Matteoni				10
19	Thierry Espié				8
20	Eero Hyvärinen				8
21	Herbert Hauf				8
22	Pekka Nurmi				7
23	Pierre Bolle				7
24	Alan Watts				5
25	Alejandro Aleman				4
26	R.Sibille				4
27	Tony Rogers				3
28	Victorio Minguzzi				3
29	F.Cerdera				2
30	Attilio Riondato				1
31	Franz Kaserer				1
32	R.Eskelinen				1
33	Steve Tonkin				1
34	Marc Schouten				1
35	Harald Eckl				1

250cc standings

Place	Rider	Number	Country	Machine	Points	Wins
1	Jean-Louis Tournadre	7	France	Yamaha	118	1
2	Anton Mang	1	West Germany	Kawasaki	117	5
3	Roland Freymond	3	Switzerland	MBA	72	1
4	Martin Wimmer	8	West Germany	Yamaha	48	1
5	Carlos Lavado	4	Venezuela	Yamaha	39	2
6	Didier de Radiguès	9	Belgium	Yamaha	38	1
7	Paolo Ferretti	21	Italy	MBA	34	0
8	Jean-Louis Guignabodet	6	France	Kawasaki	30	0
9	Jeff Sayle	26	Australia	Armstrong	27	0
10	Christian Sarron	22	France	Yamaha	26	1
11	Christian Estrosi				23
12	Jean-François Baldé				22
13	Thierry Espié				18
14	Patrick Fernandez				21
15	Sito Pons				18
16	Graeme McGregor				17
17	Jacques Cornu				17
18	Antonio Neto				12
19	Jacques Bolle				11
20	Massimo Matteoni				11
21	Massimo Broccoli				11
22	Jean Michel Mattioli				10
23	Donnie Robinson				10
24	Marcellino Lucchi				9
25	Gabriel Grabia				5
26	Reinhold Roth				4
27	Manfred Herweh				4
28	Tony Head				4
29	R.Schlachter				4
30	Marc Schouten				3
31	B.Elgh				2
32	A.Gouin				1
33	Jean Marc Toffolo				1
34	Pier Luigi Conforti				1

125cc standings

Place	Rider	Number	Country	Machine	Points	Wins
1	Angel Nieto	1	Spain	Garelli	111	6
2	Eugenio Lazzarini	33	Italy	Garelli	95	2
3	Iván Palazzese	7	Venezuela	MBA	75	2
4	Pier Paolo Bianchi	3	Italy	Sanvenero	59	0
5	Ricardo Tormo	8	Spain	Sanvenero	58	1
6	August Auinger	2	Austria	MBA	55	0
7	Pier Luigi Aldrovandi	48	Italy	MBA	52	0
8	Hans Müller	4	Switzerland	MBA	49	0
9	Jean-Claude Selini	9	France	MBA	39	1
10	Johnny Wickström		Finland	MBA	33	0
11	Hugo Vignetti				26
12	Willy Perez				20
13	Maurizio Vitali				19
14	Gerhard Waibel				19
15	Bruno Kneubühler				18
16	Domenico Brigaglia				14
17	Alfred Waibel				7
18	Matti Kinnunen				6
19	Hans Hummel				5
20	R.Ruosi				5
21	Erich Klein				4
22	Anton Straver				4
23	Erich Klein				4
24	Jikka Jaakkola				4
25	H.Lichtenberg				3
26	Olivier Liégeois				3
27	Stefan Dörflinger				3
28	Esa Kytölä				1
29	Henk van Kessel				1
30	Per Edward Carlsson				1
31	Luigi Piccirillo				1

50cc standings

Place	Rider	Number	Country	Machine	Points	Wins
1	Stefan Dörflinger	3	Switzerland	Kreidler	81	3
2	Eugenio Lazzarini	16	Italy	Garelli	69	3
3	Claudio Lusuardi	9	Italy	Villa	43	0
4	Ricardo Tormo	1	Spain	Bultaco	40	0
5	Giuseppe Ascareggi	8	Italy	Minarelli	38	0
6	Hans Hummel	4	Austria	Sachs	19	0
7	Theo Timmer	5	Netherlands	Bultaco	15	0
8	Massimo de Lorenzi		Italy	Minarelli	14	0
9	Hans Spaan		Netherlands	Kreidler	12	0
10	Hagen Klein	5	West Germany	Massa-Real	10	0
11	Jorge Martinez				10
12	Rainer Scheidhauer				10
13	Peter Looijensteijn				9
14	Otto Machinek				5
15	Gerhard Bauer				5
16	Ingo Emmerich				5
17	Graham Singer				2
18	P.Verbic				2
19	Paolo Priori				2
20	Rolf Blatter				2
21	Henk van Kessel				1
22	Paul Rimmelzwaan				1
23	M.Mordenti				1

References

• Büla, Maurice & Schertenleib, Jean-Claude (2001). Continental Circus 1949-2000. Chronosports S.A. ISBN 2-940125-32-5
• "The Official MotoGP website". Retrieved 2010-07-06. 

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