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Sports season
The 1985 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season was the 37th F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship season.
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
Results and standings [ 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
Elf-Honda
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 (XR70)
13
Franco Uncini
1, 3–12
30
Sito Pons
All
Racing Team Katayama
Honda
Honda RS500 Bakker
14
Takazumi Katayama
2–3, 5–8
Skoal Bandit Heron Suzuki
Suzuki
Suzuki RG500 (XR70)
19 33
Rob McElnea
All
55 25
Paul Lewis
10, 12
??
Honda
Honda RS500
20
Eero Hyvärinen
2–12
Myers Motorcycles
Suzuki
Suzuki RGB500
21
Gary Lingham
3–5, 10
??
Paton
Paton V 90 BM 4
27
Massimo Broccoli
1–2, 4–6
Zwafink + Wilbers Racing
Honda
Honda RS500 Bakker
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 NS500
33 31 18 11
Mike Baldwin
All
Sid Griffiths Racing/Duckhams
Suzuki
Suzuki RGB500
33 36 43
Simon Buckmaster
2–3, 5, 9–11
Team Arnetoli
Suzuki Paton
Suzuki RGB500 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
Suzuki RGB500
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
Suzuki RGB500
60 59
Neil Robinson
2–4, 8–10
??
Suzuki
Suzuki RGB500
??
Andy Leuthe
4, 6, 9, 11–12
Source:[ 4]
Key
Regular Rider
Wildcard Rider
Replacement Rider
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 Parisienne
Honda 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]
Key
Regular Rider
Wildcard Rider
Replacement Rider
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