The 1985 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season was the 37th F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship season.
Season summary edit
Honda 's Freddie Spencer gave a dominating performance becoming the first man to win the 250 and 500 championships in the same year. Defending champion Eddie Lawson finished in second with former 250 world champion, Christian Sarron coming in third. Sarron's victory at the German Grand Prix would mark the first 500cc Grand Prix victory for a non-American rider since the 1982 Swedish Grand Prix. Australian Wayne Gardner showed promise with a fourth-place finish for Honda.
With perennial champion Angel Nieto moving to the 80cc class, the 125 class was left open for his Garelli teammate, Fausto Gresini to clinch the title, giving the Italian team its fourth consecutive championship. Swiss Stefan Dörflinger would take his fourth consecutive title in the 80cc class. Angel Nieto won his 90th and final Grand Prix victory in the 80cc round in France, at the time second only to Giacomo Agostini , but since surpassed by Valentino Rossi .[1]
1985 Grand Prix season calendar edit
The following Grands Prix were scheduled to take place in 1985:[2] [3]
†† = Saturday race
Calendar changes edit Results and standings edit Participants edit 500cc participants edit Team Constructor Motorcycle No. Rider Rounds Marlboro Team Agostini Yamaha Yamaha YZR500 (OW 81)1 Eddie Lawson All 3 Raymond Roche All 26 Tadahiko Taira 4–5 Rothmans Honda/Mamola Honda Honda NS500 Honda NSR500 2 Randy Mamola All Rothmans Honda/HRC Honda Honda NSR500 4 Freddie Spencer 1–11 Rothmans Honda Britain Honda Honda NS500 5 Ron Haslam All Honda NS500 Honda NSR500 7 Wayne Gardner All Honda RS500 22 Roger Burnett 10 51 Roger Marshall 10 Team Gauloises Yamaha Yamaha Yamaha YZR500 (OW 81)6 Christian Sarron All Shell-Toshiba Racing Team Honda Honda RS500 8 Boet van Dulmen All Team Honda Benelux-Elf Honda Honda NS500 9 Didier de Radiguès All Honda RS500 57 63 Pierre-Etienne Samin 7, 9 Team Elf c/o ROC Honda Elf Honda NS500 Elf 2 34 39 32 31 36 44 53 45 40 33 Christian Le Liard All Cagiva Cagiva Cagiva C10 10 Virginio Ferrari 12 58 43 Marco Lucchinelli 6–8, 12 Chevallier Chevallier-Honda Honda RS500 12 Thierry Espié 1, 6–8, 10–12 HB Suzuki GP Team Suzuki Suzuki RG500 Gamma 13 Franco Uncini 1, 3–12 30 Sito Pons All Racing Team Katayama Bakker-Honda Honda RS500 14 Takazumi Katayama 2–3, 5–8 Skoal Bandit Heron Suzuki Suzuki Suzuki RG500 Gamma 19 33 Rob McElnea All 55 25 Paul Lewis 10, 12 ?? Honda Honda RS500 20 Eero Hyvärinen 2–12 Myers Motorcycles Suzuki Suzuki RG500 Gamma 21 Gary Lingham 3–5, 10 ?? Suzuki Paton Suzuki RG500 Gamma Paton V 90 BM 4 27 Massimo Broccoli 1–2, 4–6 Zwafink + Wilbers Racing Bakker-Honda Honda RS500 28 Gustav Reiner 1, 6–12 SDC Builders Honda Honda RS500 29 Keith Huewen 1, 3–5, 10 Team Italia Honda Honda RS500 32 31 34 16 Fabio Biliotti All 42 38 39 31 Armando Errico 2–3, 6–12 57 51 36 50 48 32 Massimo Messere 1, 6–12 Michael Baldwin Racing Honda Honda RS500 Honda NS500 33 31 18 11 Mike Baldwin All Sid Griffiths Racing/Duckhams Suzuki Suzuki RG500 Gamma 33 36 43 Simon Buckmaster 2–3, 5, 9–11 Team Arnetoli Suzuki Paton Suzuki RG500 Gamma Paton V 90 BM 4 41 38 Marco Papa 3–4, 6–8, 12 Kreepy Krauly Racing Team Honda Honda RS500 42 54 49 38 33 32 Dave Petersen All DAF Trucks Honda Honda RS500 46 62 Karl Truchsess 3–5, 7, 10, 12 Frankonia Suzuki Suzuki Suzuki RGB500 47 52 34 Wolfgang von Muralt All Nimag/Oud Bier Suzuki ?? 52 56 37 Rob Punt 5, 7–12 Stichting Nederlands Racing Team Honda Honda RS500 53 43 Henk van der Mark 2, 4–5, 7–8 54 Mile Pajic 2, 7–8 Jim Finlay Racing Suzuki ?? 60 59 Neil Robinson 2–4, 8–10 ?? Suzuki ?? ?? Andy Leuthe 4, 6, 9, 11–12 Source:[4]
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250cc participants edit Team Constructor Motorcycle No. Rider Rounds Massa Racing Racing Team Real-Rotax ?? 2 Manfred Herweh 1, 7–12 Venemotos Racing Team Yamaha Yamaha OW17 3 Carlos Lavado All 16 Iván Palazzese 1–5 Agrati Garelli Garelli ?? 4 Ángel Nieto ?? 32 Maurizio Vitali 1–2, 4–5, 9, 12 Marlboro Team Toni Mang Honda Honda RS250R 5 Anton Mang All Team Parisienne-Elf Honda ParisienneHonda RS250R ??6 Jacques Cornu All ParisienneHonda ??Honda RS250R 41 44 Pierre Bolle 3–12 Lui-Yamaha Racing Team Yamaha Yamaha OW17 7 Martin Wimmer 1–8 Donington Park Honda Honda RS250R 9 Alan Carter All Venemotos Racing Team Pernod Yamaha Pernod 250GP Yamaha OW17 10 Jean-François Baldé 1–3, 6, 8–12 62 Jacques Onda ?? Römer Racing Team Yamaha Yamaha OW17 13 Reinhold Roth 1–4, 6, 10–12 48 44 Harald Eckl 1, 3–4, 6–7, 9–11 Honda Honda RS250R 61 Karl Grässel 3–5 E.S.T. Yamaha Yamaha OW17 14 Jean-Michel Mattioli 1–4, 6–12 Promoto E.S.T. Cobas Scrab ?? ?? 15 Patrick Fernandez 1–3, 5–6 Monnet Racing EBB ?? 17 August Auinger 2–8, 10–12 Rothmans Honda/HRC Honda Honda NSR250 19 Freddie Spencer 1–10 Exactweld GB Ltd Exactweld EMC ?? ?? 20 Gary Noel 11–12 ?? Yamaha Yamaha OW17 21 Philippe Pagano ?? ?? Yamaha Yamaha OW17 22 Jean-luc Guillemet 9 ?? Yamaha Cobas Yamaha OW17 ??25 Vincenzo Cascino ?? Team Heukerott Yamaha Yamaha OW17 27 Mario Rademeyer 1, 9–10, 12 Ernie Coates Racing Honda Honda RS250R 29 Joey Dunlop 10 Team Italia Malanca MBA Malanca 250 GP ??30 Stefano Caracchi 4, 7–12 Rothmans Honda Italia Honda Honda RS250R 35 33 37 Fausto Ricci 1–2, 4–12 J.J. Cobas Cobas-Rotax ?? 35 33 Carlos Cardús All 40 46 45 Joan Garriga 1–6, 8–12 Team Yamaha Total Yamaha Yamaha OW17 36 34 Stéphane Mertens 1–2, 7–12 Silverstone Armstrong GP Team Armstrong-Rotax Armstrong CF250 39 36 53 Donnie Mcleod 1–8, 11–12 62 67 49 59 Niall Mackenzie All ?? Cobas ?? 39 Luis Miguel Reyes 1–4, 7–9, 11 ?? Chevallier-Yamaha Yamaha OW17 40 46 Jean Foray 2–3, 6–12 Aprilia Racing Team Aprilia-Rotax ?? 41 Loris Reggiani 1, 3–8, 12 Höstettler/Yamaha Yamaha Yamaha OW17 43 42 Roland Freymond 2–12 Höstettler/Yamaha Rotax ?? 43 Hans Lindner 3, 5–8 RS Rallye Sport Yamaha Yamaha OW17 47 1 40 Siegfried Minich 1, 3–12 Antonio Gutierrez Arbizu-Rotax ?? 48 Geoff Fowler ?? M.I.G MIG-Rotax ?? 49 38 Jean-Louis Guignabodet 2–12 Ehrlich Automotive Ltd. EMC-Rotax ?? 50 Andy Watts ?? Dieter Braun PVM Team Yamaha Yamaha OW17 51 Hans Becker 1, 3, 5–8, 10 ?? Kobas ?? 53 Antonio Garcia Moreno ?? ?? Yamaha-KYF Yamaha OW17 54 Michel Galbit 2–3, 5–6, 11 Segura Yamaha Yamaha OW17 55 42 47 Thierry Rapicault 2–7, 9–11 ?? Yamaha Rotax Yamaha OW17 ??55 Edwin Weibel 8 Rothmans Honda France Honda Honda RS250R 67 63 60 Dominique Sarron 3–12 70 Patrick Igoa 2, 8–9 ?? Morena Rotax ?? ?? 69 René Délaby 4, 6–8, 12 ?? Yamaha Kobas Yamaha OW17 ??72 Antonio Neto 4–5, 9–12 Source: [5]
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500cc riders' standings edit [6]
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