1984 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season

The 1984 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season was the 36th F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship season.

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.^[1]

Grands Prix

Round	Date	Race	Location	80cc winner	125cc winner	250cc winner	500cc winner	Report
1	March 24	South African Grand Prix	Kyalami			Patrick Fernandez	Eddie Lawson	Report
2	April 15	Nations Grand Prix	Misano	Pier Paolo Bianchi	Ángel Nieto	Fausto Ricci	Freddie Spencer	Report
3	May 6	Spanish Grand Prix	Jarama	Pier Paolo Bianchi	Ángel Nieto	Sito Pons	Eddie Lawson	Report
4	May 20	Austrian Grand Prix	Salzburgring	Stefan Dörflinger		Christian Sarron	Eddie Lawson	Report
5	May 27	German Grand Prix	Nürburgring GP	Stefan Dörflinger	Ángel Nieto	Christian Sarron	Freddie Spencer	Report
6	June 11	French Grand Prix	Paul Ricard		Ángel Nieto	Anton Mang	Freddie Spencer	Report
7	June 17	Yugoslavian Grand Prix	Rijeka	Stefan Dörflinger		Manfred Herweh	Freddie Spencer	Report
8	June 30	Dutch TT	Assen	Jorge Martínez	Ángel Nieto	Carlos Lavado	Randy Mamola	Report
9	July 8	Belgian Grand Prix	Spa-Francorchamps	Stefan Dörflinger		Manfred Herweh	Freddie Spencer	Report
10	August 5	British Grand Prix	Silverstone		Ángel Nieto	Christian Sarron	Randy Mamola	Report
11	August 12	Swedish Grand Prix	Anderstorp		Fausto Gresini	Manfred Herweh	Eddie Lawson	Report
12	September 2	San Marino Grand Prix	Mugello	Gerhard Waibel	Maurizio Vitali	Manfred Herweh	Randy Mamola	Report

Final standings

500cc standings^[2][3]

Place	Rider	Number	Country	Team	Machine	RSA	NAT	ESP	AUT	GER	FRA	YUG	Points	Wins
1	Eddie Lawson	4	United States	Marlboro-Yamaha	YZR500	1	2	1	1	2	2	4	142	4
2	Randy Mamola	3	United States	R.M. Promotions-Honda	NS500			2	3	3	3	2	111	3
3	Raymond Roche	10	France	Total-Honda	NS500	2	3	3	6	5	Ret	3	99	0
4	Freddie Spencer	1	United States	HRC-Honda	NSR500	Ret	1		2	1	1	1	87	5
5	Ron Haslam	9	United Kingdom	HRC-Honda	NS500	Ret	6	4	4	4	4	5	77	0
6	Barry Sheene	7	United Kingdom	Heron-Suzuki	RG500	3	Ret	7	10	10	5	7	34	0
7	Wayne Gardner	18	Australia	Honda-Britain	NS500		4						33	0
8	Boet van Dulmen	12	Netherlands	Toshiba-Suzuki	RG500	7	7	5	8	9	Ret		25	0
9	Didier de Radiguès	17	Belgium	Elf/Chevallier Johnson	NS500	4	12	Ret	Ret	Ret	6	6	24	0
10	Virginio Ferrari	51	Italy	Marlboro-Yamaha	YZR500	Ret	8		14	7	22	9	22	0
11	Rob McElnea	45	Great Britain	Heron-Suzuki	RG500		11		5	Ret	Ret		21
12	Sergio Pellandini	15	Switzerland	H.B.-Suzuki	RG500	5	14	Ret	9	Ret	9	8	16
13	Takazumi Katayama	5	Japan	HRC-Honda	NS500								14
14	Franco Uncini	10	Italy	H.B.-Suzuki	RG500	Ret	5	Ret	11	6			14
15	Reinhold Roth	26	Germany	Römer-Honda	NS500	11	9	8	7	Ret	8	12	14
16	Tadahiko Taira	28	Japan	Marlboro-Yamaha	YZR500								10
17	Massimo Broccoli	30	Italy		NS500	6	10	Ret	16	12	7	Ret	10
18	Gustav Reiner	34	Germany	Olymp-Hemden-Honda	NS500	Ret	13	6		Ret			10
19	Keith Huewen	16	Great Britain	David Attwood-Honda	NS500		19	10	13	8	14		6
20	Leandro Becheroni	38	Italy		RG500		Ret	Ret	Ret	15	21	Ret	4
21	Christian Le Liard	30	France	Elf/Chevallier Johnson	NS500	8		Ret	Ret	19			4
22	Wolfgang Von Muralt	25	Switzerland	Frankonia-Suzuki	RG500		Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	10	Ret	4
23	Fabio Biliotti	35	Italy		NS500			9	12	14	12	Ret	2
24	Roger Marshall	51	Great Britain	Honda-Britain	NS500								2
25	Chris Guy	113	Great Britain	Bill Smith-Yamaha	YZR500	9	24	11	20	22			2
26	Eero Hyvärinen		Finland				Ret						2
27	Armando Errico		Italy										1
28	Brett Hudson	32	South Africa	Yashica-Suzuki/Contax-Yamaha	RG500 /YZR500	10		20	Ret	23	Ret		1
29	Hervi Moineau	23	France	Cagiva-Motor Italia								10	1
30	Steve Parrish	37	Great Britain	Mitsui-Yamaha	YZR500		17			11			0
31	Dave Petersen		Zimbabwe		RG500						11	13	0
32	Paolo Ferretti		Italy		RG500				18	21	Ret	11	0
33	Attilio Riondato		Italy		RG500		21	12			19	15	0
34	Rob Punt	45	Netherlands	Toshiba-Suzuki	RG500		18	15	17	13	Ret	19	0
35	Henk van der Mark		Netherlands		NS500					17	13		0
36	Karl Truchsess		Austria		RG500				Ret			14	0
37	Gary Lingham		Great Britain		RG500		15						0
38	Oscar La Ferla		Italy		RG500		16						0
39	Peter Sjostrom		Sweden		RG500		Ret	16	Ret	Ret	Ret		0
40	Lorenzo Ghiselli		Italy		RG500		Ret		21	16	16	Ret	0
41	Marco Papa		Italy		NS500		20	17	19	29			0
42	Maurice Coq		France		RG500						17		0
43	Marco Gentile		Italy		YZR500			Ret			20	17	0
44	Frank Gross		France		NS500			Ret	Ret	18	Ret		0
45	Claude Arciero		France		NS500						18		0
46	Borge W. Nielsen		Denmark		RG500					26	Ret	22	0
47	Manfred Fischer		Germany		Rieju				23	25			0
48	Henk de Vries		Netherlands		RG500					24			0
49	Josef Doppler		Austria		RG500							24	0
50	Bohumil Stasa		Czechoslovakia		RG500							25	0
51	Marco Lucchinelli	8	Italy	Cagiva-Motor Italia		Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret				0

250cc standings^[4][5]

Place	Rider	Number	Country	Team	Machine	Points	Wins
1	Christian Sarron	2	France	Sonauto Gauloises-Yamaha	TZ250	109	3
2	Manfred Herweh	7	West Germany	Massa Real GmbH	Real-Rotax	100	4
3	Carlos Lavado	1	Venezuela	Venemotos-Yamaha	TZ250	77	1
4	Sito Pons	30	Spain	JJ Kobas	Kobas-Rotax	66	1
5	Anton Mang	3	West Germany	HB-Yamaha	TZ250	61	1
6	Jacques Cornu	9	France	Parisienne-Elf-Yamaha	TZ250	60	0
7	Martin Wimmer	6	West Germany	Mitsui-Yamaha	TZ250	47	0
8	Wayne Rainey	55	United States	Marlboro-Yamaha	TZ250	29	0
9	Alan Carter	14	United Kingdom	Marlboro-Yamaha	TZ250	25	0
10	Jean-François Baldé	8	France	Pernod-Yamaha	Chevallier-Yamaha	25	0
11	Guy Bertin					23
12	Thierry Espié					20
13	Jean Michel Mattioli					19
14	Patrick Fernandez					16
15	Ivan Palazzese					16
16	Fausto Ricci					15
17	Alan Watts					14
18	Donnie McLeod					11
19	Harald Eckl					10
20	Jacques Bolle					9
21	Teruo Fukuda					8
22	Karl Grässel					6
23	Siegfried Minich					5
24	Maurizio Vitali					4
25	Carlos Cardus					4
26	Stephane Mertens					3
27	Mario Rademeyer					3
28	Thierry Rapicault					1

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
11	Johnny Wickstroem				20
12	Giuseppe Ascareggi				8
13	Olivier Liégeois				8
14	Ezio Gianola				7
15	Manuel Herreros				6
16	Lucio Pietroniro				6
17	Alex Bedford				5
18	Domenico Brigaglia				5
19	Henk Van Kessel				4
20	Hubert Abold				3
21	Hakan Olsson				3
22	Neil Robinson				2
23	Gerhard Waibel				1
24	Anton Straver				1
25	Jacky Hutteau				1

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
11	Henk Van Kessel				12
12	Zdravko Matulja				9
13	Serge Julin				7
14	Paul Rimmelzwaan				7
15	Rainer Scheidhauer				5
16	Reinhard Koberstein				5
17	Gerd Kafka				4
18	Maurizio Stocco				3
19	Otto Machinek				2
20	Claudio Granata				1
21	Thomas Engl				1
22	Bernd Rossbach				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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