The 1984 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season was the 36th F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship season.
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]
1984 Grand Prix season calendar edit
The following Grands Prix were scheduled to take place in 1984:[2] [3]
†† = Saturday race
Results and standings edit
1984 Grand Prix season results edit Team Constructor Motorcycle No. Rider Rounds Honda Racing Corporation Honda Honda NSR500 Honda NS500 1 Freddie Spencer 2, 4–9 Honda NS500 5 Takazumi Katayama 6, 8, 10–12 Honda NS500 9 Ron Haslam All R.M. Promotions Inc. Honda Honda NSR500 Honda NS500 3 Randy Mamola 3–12 Marlboro Team Agostini Yamaha Yamaha YZR500 (OW76)4 Eddie Lawson All 18 51 53 Virginio Ferrari 1–2, 4–12 Marlboro 28 Tadahiko Taira 8-9 Heron Team Suzuki Harris Suzuki Suzuki XR45 7 Barry Sheene All ??? 45 19 52 35 Rob McElnea 2, 4–6, 10–12 57 Mick Grant 10 Cagiva Motor Italia S.p.A. Cagiva Cagiva C9 8 Marco Lucchinelli 1–4, 8 23 Hervé Moineau 6–9, 12 H.B. Suzuki G.P. Team Suzuki Suzuki XR45 10 Franco Uncini 1–5, 10–12 15 Sergio Pellandini 1–11 Honda Total Honda Honda NS500 11 Raymond Roche All Toshiba Suzuki RG500 12 Boet van Dulmen 1–6, 9–12 45 Rob Punt 2–12 David Attwood Honda ?? 16 Keith Huewen 2–6, 8–12 Team Elf/Chevallier Johnson Chevallier-Honda NS500 17 Didier de Radiguès All 30 31 Christian le Liard 1, 3–5, 8–12 Honda Britain Racing Team Honda Honda RS500 18 53 33 Wayne Gardner 2, 8–11 51 Roger Marshall 10 Dieter Braun Team Suzuki RG500 21 Klaus Klein ??? ??? 22 Lorenzo Ghiselli 2, 4–12 Frankonia-Suzuki 25 Wolfgang von Muralt 2–12 Römer Racing Team Honda Honda RS500 26 Reinhold Roth All 62 Christoph Bürki ??? ??? Honda ??? 30 Massimo Broccoli 1–10, 12 Yashica/Contax Suzuki /Yamaha ???/??? 32 Brett Hudson 1, 3–6, 8–9 Olymp-Hemden Racing Honda RS500 34 Gustav Reiner 1–3, 5, 8–9, 11–12 ??? 35 Fabio Biliotti 3–12 Mitsui Yamaha Yamaha TZ500 Yamaha 37 Steve Parrish 2, 5, 8–12 RG500 Suzuki ??? 38 Leandro Becheroni 2–12 Suzuki /Honda 53 Paolo Ferretti 4–7, 10–12 Honda 56 Louis-Luc Maisto ??? Bill Smith Racing Honda RS500 113 27 Chris Guy 1–5, 8 Source: [4]
Key Regular Rider Wildcard Rider Replacement Rider
Team Constructor Motorcycle No. Rider Rounds Venemotos Racing Team Yamaha ??? 1 Carlos Lavado All 18 Iván Palazzese 1–3, 5–9, 11–12 Team Sonauto Gauloises 2 Christian Sarron All 32 Jean-Michel Mattioli All ?? Thierry Rapicault 2, 4, 6, 8–12 HB Team 250 3 Anton Mang All ??? Chevallier 4 Hervé Guilleux 1–6 Chevallier /???5 Thierry Espié 1–3, 5–12 Mitsui-Yamaha Racing Team Yamaha 6 Martin Wimmer All Massa Real GmbH Real-Rotax 7 Manfred Herweh All Pernod Pernod 8 Jean-François Baldé 1–6, 8–12 10 Jacques Bolle 1–6, 8–12 Team Parisienne-Elf Yamaha 9 Jacques Cornu All Honda Honda RS500 15 Roland Freymond All ??? Yamaha ??? 12 Patrick Fernandez All Marlboro Team Roberts 14 Alan Carter 1, 3–12 55 29 Wayne Rainey All ??? 16 Thierry Rapicault 2, 4, 6, 8–12 Yamaha /Honda ???/??? 17 Jean-Louis Guignabodet 1–3, 5, 8, 10–12 JJ Cobas Cobas ??? 20 Carlos Cardús 2–3, 6-7, 9–12 Team Hugin-Total Yamaha 21 Stéphane Mertens 1–5, 7–12 23 Richard Hubin 1, 3–12 ??? 22 Fausto Ricci 2–6, 12 Yamaha /ES???/??? 24 Harald Eckl 1–2, 4–12 Yamaha ??? 28 Teruo Fukuda 2–5, 7–12 Cobas Motorcycles Cobas-Rotax 30 Sito Pons All Römer Racing Team Römer /??????/??? 31 Karl Grässel 1–2, 8–9 Yamaha ??? 39 Manfred Obinger ??? Dalmac Racing 33 36 67 Donnie Mcleod 2–12 ??? 34 Mario Rademeyer 1–6, 9–10, 12 Kawasaki 36 Loris Reggiani 3–5, 7, 12 Yamaha 37 Siegfried Minich 4–5, 7–12 Yamaha /??????/??? 49 René Délaby 2–4, 7–10 MBA ??? 51 35 Guy Bertin 4–11 EMC 53 Andy Watts 10 Yamaha ??? Roland Freymond All Chevallier ??? Jean-Michel Mattioli All MBA ??? Maurizio Vitali 2, 12 Source: [5]
Key Regular Rider Wildcard Rider Replacement Rider
500cc riders' standings edit [6] [7]
Scoring system Points are awarded to the top ten finishers. A rider has to finish the race to earn points.
Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th Points 15 12 10 8 6 5 4 3 2 1
Place Rider Team Machine RSA NAT ESP AUT GER FRA YUG NED BEL GBR SWE RSM Points 1 Eddie Lawson Marlboro Yamaha -Agostini YZR500 1 2 1 1 2 2 4 3 4 2 1 4 142 2 Randy Mamola HRC -Honda NS500 2 3 3 3 2 1 2 1 Ret 1 111 3 Raymond Roche Total -HondaNS500 2 3 3 6 5 Ret 3 2 3 Ret 2 2 99 4 Freddie Spencer HRC-Honda NS500 DNS 1 2 1 1 1 Ret 1 87 5 Ron Haslam HRC-Honda NS500 Ret 6 4 4 4 4 5 4 5 3 Ret 3 77 6 Barry Sheene Heron -Suzuki RG500 3 Ret 7 10 10 5 7 Ret 9 5 Ret Ret 34 7 Wayne Gardner Honda Britain Racing NS500 4 5 7 6 3 DNS 33 8 Boet van Dulmen Toshiba -SuzukiRG500 7 7 5 8 9 Ret Ret 19 7 9 25 9 Didier de Radiguès Team Elf /Chevallier Johnson Chevallier NS500 4 12 Ret Ret Ret 6 6 Ret Ret Ret Ret 5 24 10 Virginio Ferrari Marlboro Yamaha-Agostini YZR500 Ret 8 DNS 14 7 22 9 Ret Ret 4 6 Ret 22 11 Rob McElnea Heron-Suzuki RG500 11 5 Ret Ret 7 5 6 21 12 Sergio Pellandini HB Gallina -SuzukiRG500 5 14 Ret 9 Ret 9 8 Ret 8 Ret Ret DNS 16 13 Takazumi Katayama HRC-Honda NS500 DNS 8 8 4 Ret 14 14 Franco Uncini HB Gallina-Suzuki RG500 Ret 5 Ret 11 6 DNS 11 Ret 8 14 15 Reinhold Roth Römer Racing Team RS500 11 9 8 7 Ret 8 12 9 Ret 12 Ret Ret 14 16 Tadahiko Taira Marlboro Yamaha-Agostini YZR500 6 6 10 17 Massimo Broccoli RS500 6 10 Ret 16 12 7 Ret Ret Ret 25 DNQ 14 10 18 Gustav Reiner Olymp-Hemden Racing RS500 Ret 13 6 DNS Ret 7 10 Ret Ret 10 19 Keith Huewen David Attwood RS500 19 10 13 8 14 13 Ret 13 9 21 6 20 Leandro BecheroniRG500 Ret Ret Ret 15 21 Ret 20 Ret Ret Ret 7 4 21 Christian Le LiardTeam Elf/Chevallier Johnson Chevallier NS500 8 Ret Ret 19 DNS 15 Ret 10 Ret Ret 4 22 Wolfgang Von MuraltFrankonia-Suzuki RG500 Ret Ret Ret Ret 10 Ret 14 13 Ret 8 Ret 4 23 Fabio BiliottiRS500 DNQ 9 12 14 12 Ret Ret 18 18 Ret 12 2 24 Roger MarshallHonda Britain Racing RS500 9 2 25 Chris GuyBill Smith RacingRS500 9 24 11 20 22 23 2 26 Eero HyvärinenRG500 Ret Ret 10 17 10 13 2 27 Armando Errico10 1 28 Brett HudsonRG500/YZR500 10 20 Ret 23 Ret 21 22 1 29 Herve MoineauCagiva GP500 Ret 10 Ret Ret DNS Ret 1 Steve Parrish Mitsui-Yamaha YZR500 17 11 12 16 16 Ret 20 0 Dave PetersenRG500 11 13 Ret 14 0 Paolo FerrettiRG500/NS500 DNQ 18 21 Ret 11 27 13 16 0 Mark SalleRoyal Cars Suzuki RG500 11 19 14 0 Lorenzo GhiselliRG500 Ret 21 16 16 Ret 19 15 29 Ret 11 0 Walter MaglioratiRG500 Ret Ret 20 Ret 18 11 0 Roger Burnett Men Only Salon RG500 Ret 11 0 Attilio RiondatoRG500 21 12 Ret 19 15 DNS 0 Frank GrossRS500 DNQ Ret Ret 18 Ret Ret 12 0 Dimitris PapandreouYZR500 12 DNQ Ret 0 Peter LindenRS500 12 0 Klaus KleinDieter Braun TeamRG500 13 Ret 14 15 Ret Ret 20 Ret Ret DNS 0 Rob PuntToshiba-Suzuki RG500 18 15 17 13 Ret 19 Ret Ret 23 Ret Ret 0 Henk van der MarkRS500 17 13 Ret Ret Ret 0 Peter SkoldRG500 22 13 Ret 19 0 Karl TruchsessRG500 Ret 14 Ret 0 Anders AnderssonRG500 14 0 Louis-Luc MaistoRS500 DNQ 18 22 Ret 15 16 Ret 26 Ret DNQ 0 Marco GentileYZR500 Ret 20 17 Ret Ret 15 0 Gary LinghamRG500 15 Ret 19 0 Paul IddonDavid Brown Racing RG500 15 0 Kjeld SorensenRG500 15 0 Christoph BürkiRömer Racing Team RG500 28 16 17 0 Peter SjostromRG500 Ret 16 Ret Ret Ret 0 Paul LewisRG500 16 Ret Ret 0 Oscar La FerlaRG500 16 0 Marco Papa RS500 20 17 19 29 Ret 0 Maurice Coq17 0 Henk de VriesRG500 24 17 0 Mick Grant Heron-Suzuki RG500 17 0 Esko KuparinenRG500 17 0 Claude ArcieroRS500 Ret Ret 18 Ret 0 Alessandro ValesiRG500 Ret 18 0 Fabio MarchesaniRG500 18 0 Timo PohjolaYZR500 18 0 Jose ParraRG500 19 0 Trevor NationRG500 DNS 20 0 Yashuhiko GomibuchiRG500 DNQ 20 0 Borge W. NielsenRG500 26 Ret 22 DNQ 21 DNQ 0 Georg JungRG500 21 0 Graham WoodDTR/Fowler’s of Bristol YZR500 21 0 Maarten DuyzersRG500 22 0 Simon Buckmaster RG500 22 0 Manfred FischerJuchem 23 25 DNQ 0 Alan IrwinRG500 23 30 0 Massimo BruttiRG500 23 DNQ 0 Josef RaggingerRG500 Ret 23 DNQ 0 Mile Pajic RS500 24 Ret 0 Josef DopplerRG500 DNQ 24 0 Franco RandazzoRS500 25 0 Bohumil Stasa RG500 25 0 Hartmut MullerRG500 27 0 Wolfgang SchwarzRS500 28 0 Marco Lucchinelli Cagiva GP500 Ret Ret Ret Ret DNS Ret 0 Raffaele PasqualYZR500 Ret 0 Herbert ZwicklYZR500 Ret 0 Lothar SpieglerRG500 Ret 0 Rolf AljesJuchem Ret 0 David GriffithRG500 Ret 0 Joey Dunlop Honda Britain Racing RS500 Ret 0 Massimo MessereRG500 Ret 0 Kevin Wrettom†RG500 DNQ DNS† 0 Pierre BolleRG500 DNS 0 Hans SchusterRG500 DNQ 0 Marie-Paul ViollandYZR500 DNQ 0 Rene LavigneRS500 DNQ 0 Eric Saul Paton Paton 500 DNQ 0 Jean-Louis BattistiniYZR500 DNQ 0 Pablo EspositoYZR500 DNQ 0 Hennie BoermanRG500 DNQ 0 Lars JohanssonRG500 DNQ 0 Gunnar BruhnYZR500 DNQ 0 Benny MortensenRG500 DNQ 0 Andreas LeutheYZR500 DNQ 0
† denotes the death of a rider
Place Rider Team Machine RSA NAT ESP AUT GER FRA YUG NED BEL GBR SWE RSM Points 1 Christian Sarron Sonauto Gauloises -Yamaha TZ250 2 Ret 2 1 1 5 2 Ret 3 1 2 Ret 109 2 Manfred Herweh Massa Real Racing Team Real-Rotax 4 9 12 Ret 3 3 1 3 1 Ret 1 1 100 3 Carlos Lavado Venemotos-Yamaha TZ250 9 15 3 5 5 2 Ret 1 Ret 3 7 2 77 4 Sito Pons Kobas Kobas-Rotax 3 Ret 1 3 Ret Ret 5 15 2 6 9 5 66 5 Anton Mang HB -YamahaTZ250 5 10 7 2 4 1 Ret 4 7 11 Ret 8 61 6 Jacques Cornu Team Parisienne-Elf TZ250 16 6 6 8 8 Ret 3 2 13 9 3 3 60 7 Martin Wimmer Mitsui-Yamaha TZ250 12 2 13 7 2 9 8 23 16 5 Ret 4 47 8 Wayne Rainey Marlboro Roberts -YamahaTZ250 Ret 3 10 Ret 6 6 4 12 Ret 14 13 Ret 29 9 Alan Carter Marlboro Roberts-Yamaha TZ250 10 4 16 7 Ret 7 Ret 23 Ret 4 Ret 25 10 Jean-François Baldé Pernod -YamahaYZR250 7 20 5 9 Ret 14 Ret 18 4 6 Ret 25 11 Guy Bertin MBA 4 15 Ret Ret 5 5 Ret 8 23 12 Thierry Espié Chevallier -YamahaChevallier TZ250 15 Ret 20 DNQ 9 4 Ret Ret 6 Ret Ret 6 20 13 Jean Michel Mattioli Chevallier-Yamaha Chevallier TZ250 13 4 9 13 10 10 16 14 8 8 10 Ret 19 14 Patrick Fernandez TZ250 1 Ret 24 Ret Ret 17 10 11 19 19 Ret 15 16 15 Ivan Palazzese Venemotos-Yamaha TZ250 8 Ret Ret Ret DNQ 6 20 4 DNS 16 12 16 16 Fausto Ricci TZ250 1 14 Ret Ret Ret DNQ DNQ DNQ Ret 15 17 Andy WattsEMC 9 2 19 14 18 Donnie McLeodDalmac Racing TZ250 5 Ret 17 Ret 8 15 Ret Ret 15 14 9 11 19 Harald EcklRotax Ret Ret 19 Ret 20 18 13 14 7 5 Ret 10 20 Jacques Bolle Pernod-Yamaha TZ250 18 7 8 Ret Ret Ret Ret 9 13 11 Ret 9 21 Teruo FukudaTZ250 17 11 12 13 DNQ 9 6 Ret 10 Ret Ret 8 22 Karl GrässelTZ250 6 13 Ret Ret 25 19 DNQ 10 20 17 Ret 13 6 23 Loris Reggiani KR250 Ret 15 6 11 DNQ Ret DNQ 10 6 24 Siegfried MinichTZ250 10 21 DNQ Ret 7 15 18 12 Ret 5 25 Maurizio Vitali MBA Ret DNQ 7 4 26 Carlos Cardus Kobas Kobas-Rotax Ret Ret DNS 7 Ret DNQ 11 Ret Ret Ret 4 27 Stephane Mertens Team Hugin-Total TZ250 14 16 18 Ret 22 DNQ 11 8 17 Ret 17 Ret 3 28 Mario RademeyerTZ250 11 8 17 Ret 12 18 DNQ 21 DNS 11 3 29 Thierry RapicaultSonauto Gauloises-Yamaha YZR250 Ret Ret Ret DNQ 12 DNQ Ret 10 16 Ret 17 1 Richard HubinTeam Hugin-Total YZR250 Ret Ret 19 11 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 21 14 0 Jean-Louis Guignabodet YZR250 17 11 Ret DNQ Ret DNQ 21 DNQ 24 23 Ret 0 Jean-Luc GuillemetYZR250 11 0 Herbert BesendorferYZR250 18 21 Ret 12 15 0 Massimo MatteoniYZR250 Ret 21 DNQ 16 DNQ 12 19 0 Davide Tardozzi YZR250 12 17 DNQ Ret 0 August Auinger Monnet 22 Ret Ret 12 Ret Ret 0 Neil RobinsonMBA 22 DNQ 13 22 DNQ 0 Jacques Bolle Pernod-Yamaha YZR250 13 0 Juan Garriga YZR250 25 DNQ 14 0 Herve Guilleux Chevallier-Yamaha Chevallier YZR250 Ret Ret Ret Ret 14 DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ 0 Thomas BacherYZR250 14 Ret 0 Ivan-Carlo VilliniMBA 14 0 Erich KleinRotax 15 17 DNQ 0 Roland Freymond Team Parisienne-Elf YZR250 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 15 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 0 Gabriel GrabiaYZR250 16 Ret Ret Ret DNS DNQ DNQ 0 Tony HeadRotax Ret 16 DNQ DNS 0 Edwin WeibelYZR250 DNQ 16 0 Antoine LongoDucombs 16 0 Cees Doorakkers YZR250 17 0 Manfred ObingerRömer Racing Team YZR250 20 18 DNQ DNQ 27 18 Ret 0 Rene DelabyYZR250 21 Ret Ret DNQ DNQ 19 Ret 24 21 DNQ 18 0 Marcellino Lucchi Rotax 18 Ret Ret 0 Peter LooijesteijnRotax 18 Ret 0 Eilert LundstedtYZR250 19 DNQ 19 DNQ 24 Ret 0 Tony RogersArmstrong -RotaxCF250 19 Ret 0 Jimmy RodgerYZR250 19 0 Bruno LüscherYZR250 DNQ DNQ 20 DNQ DNQ DNQ Ret 23 22 20 0 Josef HutterBartol -YamahaYZR250 Ret 20 0 Dave EmondYZR250 20 0 Paul TinklerYZR250 20 0 Anders SkovYZR250 20 0 Klaus-Peter BallerYZR250 21 0 Mar SchoutenYZR250 23 Ret 22 Ret DNQ 0 Danny BristolYZR250 22 0 Graeme McGregorEMC 22 0 Luis Miguel ReyesKobas Kobas-Rotax 23 DNQ DNS DNQ Ret DNQ 0 Jacky OndaYZR250 23 DNQ 0 Chas Mortimer Armstrong-Rotax CF250 23 0 Barry KerrYZR250 24 0 Martin FügRotax 24 0 Philippe PaganoYZR250 24 0 Michel SimeonShell RS250 Ret Ret 25 DNQ 0 Graham YoungRotax Ret 25 0 Patrick SchmalzYZR250 25 0 Per-Olof OgebornKentaco 25 0 Vincenzo CascinoYZR250 DNQ 26 DNQ DNQ DNQ 0 Gary NoelEMC 26 0 David Floyd BusbyRotax Ret DNQ 27 0 Niall Mackenzie Armstrong-Rotax CF250 28 Ret 0 Hans BeckerYZR250 Ret Ret Ret 0 Angel Nieto Kobas Kobas-Rotax Ret Ret DNQ 0 Donnie RobinsonYZR250 Ret DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ 0 Stefan KlabacherRotax Ret DNQ DNQ 0 Marino NeriYZR250 Ret DNQ DNQ 0 Bengt ElghMBA DNQ Ret DNQ 0 Antonio GarciaKobas Kobas-Rotax Ret DNQ 0 Michael LedererYZR250 Ret DNQ 0 Kevin HellyerYZR250 Ret 0 Warren BristolYZR250 Ret 0 Leonard DibonYZR250 Ret 0 Russell WoodYZR250 Ret 0 Ronan SchulzYZR250 Ret 0 Dave EstmentHonda Ret 0 Bodo SchmidtHonda Ret 0 Michel GalbitYZR250 Ret 0 Jean ForayYZR250 Ret 0 Eric De Doncker YZR250 Ret 0 Herbert HaufHonda DNS 0 Kiyotaka SakaiYZR250 DNS 0 Peter HubbardRotax DNS 0 August WeissnerYZR250 DNQ DNQ 0 Karl-Heinz RieglMoam DNQ DNQ 0 Englebert NeumairBartol-Yamaha YZR250 DNQ DNQ 0 Donald ShawRotax DNQ 0 Alan StroudYZR250 DNQ 0 Frank WagnerHonda DNQ 0 Philippe RoblesYZR250 DNQ 0 Michel AugizeauYZR250 DNQ 0 Daniel BaertschieYZR250 DNQ 0 Foco TiborChevallier-Yamaha Chevallier YZR250 DNQ 0 Silvo Habat YZR250 DNQ 0 Mita ErjavecYZR250 DNQ 0 Rudi GaechterYZR250 DNQ 0 Bozo JanezicArmstrong-Rotax CF250 DNQ 0 Gunther FluchYZR250 DNQ 0 Zdravko LjeljakYZR250 DNQ 0 Marijan KosićYZR250 DNQ 0 Satoshi EndoYZR250 DNQ 0 Walter FlatscherBartol-Yamaha YZR250 DNQ 0 Radovan StanojevićYZR250 DNQ 0 Johann GassnerYZR250 DNQ 0 Gerard van der WalYZR250 DNQ 0 Jean-Marc ToffoloYZR250 DNQ 0 Lucio PietroniroYZR250 DNQ 0 Bernard DenisYZR250 DNQ 0 Keith Huewen YZR250 DNQ 0 Joey Dunlop Honda DNQ 0 Steve WilliamsYZR250 DNQ 0 Per JanssonYZR250 DNQ 0 Micke MelanderYZR250 DNQ 0 Jarmo LiitiaRotax DNQ 0 Svend AnderssonArmstrong-Rotax CF250 DNQ 0
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