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]
The following Grands Prix were scheduled to take place in 1984: [2] [3]
Round | Date | Grand Prix | Circuit |
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1 | 24 March †† | Technics Motorcycle Grand Prix | Kyalami |
2 | 15 April | Gran Premio delle Nazioni | Circuito Internazionale Santa Monica |
3 | 6 May | Marlboro Gran Premio de España | Circuito Permanente Del Jarama |
4 | 20 May | Großer Preis von Österreich | Salzburgring |
5 | 27 May | Großer Preis von Deutschland | Nürburgring |
6 | 11 June | Grand Prix de France Moto | Circuit Paul Ricard |
7 | 17 June | Yu Grand Prix | Automotodrom Rijeka |
8 | 30 June †† | Dutch TT Assen | TT Circuit Assen |
9 | 8 July | Johnson GP of Belgium | Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps |
10 | 5 August | Marlboro British Grand Prix | Silverstone Circuit |
11 | 12 August | Swedish TT | Scandinavian Raceway |
12 | 2 September | Grand Prix San Marino | Autodromo Internazionale del Mugello |
†† = Saturday race
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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 |
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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 |
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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-Honda | NS500 | 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-Suzuki | RG500 | 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-Suzuki | RG500 | 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 Becheroni | RG500 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 15 | 21 | Ret | 20 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 7 | 4 | ||
21 | Christian Le Liard | Team Elf/Chevallier Johnson | Chevallier NS500 | 8 | Ret | Ret | 19 | DNS | 15 | Ret | 10 | Ret | Ret | 4 | ||
22 | Wolfgang Von Muralt | Frankonia-Suzuki | RG500 | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 10 | Ret | 14 | 13 | Ret | 8 | Ret | 4 | |
23 | Fabio Biliotti | RS500 | DNQ | 9 | 12 | 14 | 12 | Ret | Ret | 18 | 18 | Ret | 12 | 2 | ||
24 | Roger Marshall | Honda Britain Racing | RS500 | 9 | 2 | |||||||||||
25 | Chris Guy | Bill Smith Racing | RS500 | 9 | 24 | 11 | 20 | 22 | 23 | 2 | ||||||
26 | Eero Hyvärinen | RG500 | Ret | Ret | 10 | 17 | 10 | 13 | 2 | |||||||
27 | Armando Errico | 10 | 1 | |||||||||||||
28 | Brett Hudson | RG500/YZR500 | 10 | 20 | Ret | 23 | Ret | 21 | 22 | 1 | ||||||
29 | Herve Moineau | Cagiva | GP500 | Ret | 10 | Ret | Ret | DNS | Ret | 1 | ||||||
Steve Parrish | Mitsui-Yamaha | YZR500 | 17 | 11 | 12 | 16 | 16 | Ret | 20 | 0 | ||||||
Dave Petersen | RG500 | 11 | 13 | Ret | 14 | 0 | ||||||||||
Paolo Ferretti | RG500/NS500 | DNQ | 18 | 21 | Ret | 11 | 27 | 13 | 16 | 0 | ||||||
Mark Salle | Royal Cars Suzuki | RG500 | 11 | 19 | 14 | 0 | ||||||||||
Lorenzo Ghiselli | RG500 | Ret | 21 | 16 | 16 | Ret | 19 | 15 | 29 | Ret | 11 | 0 | ||||
Walter Magliorati | RG500 | Ret | Ret | 20 | Ret | 18 | 11 | 0 | ||||||||
Roger Burnett | Men Only Salon | RG500 | Ret | 11 | 0 | |||||||||||
Attilio Riondato | RG500 | 21 | 12 | Ret | 19 | 15 | DNS | 0 | ||||||||
Frank Gross | RS500 | DNQ | Ret | Ret | 18 | Ret | Ret | 12 | 0 | |||||||
Dimitris Papandreou | YZR500 | 12 | DNQ | Ret | 0 | |||||||||||
Peter Linden | RS500 | 12 | 0 | |||||||||||||
Klaus Klein | Dieter Braun Team | RG500 | 13 | Ret | 14 | 15 | Ret | Ret | 20 | Ret | Ret | DNS | 0 | |||
Rob Punt | Toshiba-Suzuki | RG500 | 18 | 15 | 17 | 13 | Ret | 19 | Ret | Ret | 23 | Ret | Ret | 0 | ||
Henk van der Mark | RS500 | 17 | 13 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 0 | |||||||||
Peter Skold | RG500 | 22 | 13 | Ret | 19 | 0 | ||||||||||
Karl Truchsess | RG500 | Ret | 14 | Ret | 0 | |||||||||||
Anders Andersson | RG500 | 14 | 0 | |||||||||||||
Louis-Luc Maisto | RS500 | DNQ | 18 | 22 | Ret | 15 | 16 | Ret | 26 | Ret | DNQ | 0 | ||||
Marco Gentile | YZR500 | Ret | 20 | 17 | Ret | Ret | 15 | 0 | ||||||||
Gary Lingham | RG500 | 15 | Ret | 19 | 0 | |||||||||||
Paul Iddon | David Brown Racing | RG500 | 15 | 0 | ||||||||||||
Kjeld Sorensen | RG500 | 15 | 0 | |||||||||||||
Christoph Bürki | Römer Racing Team | RG500 | 28 | 16 | 17 | 0 | ||||||||||
Peter Sjostrom | RG500 | Ret | 16 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 0 | |||||||||
Paul Lewis | RG500 | 16 | Ret | Ret | 0 | |||||||||||
Oscar La Ferla | RG500 | 16 | 0 | |||||||||||||
Marco Papa | RS500 | 20 | 17 | 19 | 29 | Ret | 0 | |||||||||
Maurice Coq | 17 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
Henk de Vries | RG500 | 24 | 17 | 0 | ||||||||||||
Mick Grant | Heron-Suzuki | RG500 | 17 | 0 | ||||||||||||
Esko Kuparinen | RG500 | 17 | 0 | |||||||||||||
Claude Arciero | RS500 | Ret | Ret | 18 | Ret | 0 | ||||||||||
Alessandro Valesi | RG500 | Ret | 18 | 0 | ||||||||||||
Fabio Marchesani | RG500 | 18 | 0 | |||||||||||||
Timo Pohjola | YZR500 | 18 | 0 | |||||||||||||
Jose Parra | RG500 | 19 | 0 | |||||||||||||
Trevor Nation | RG500 | DNS | 20 | 0 | ||||||||||||
Yashuhiko Gomibuchi | RG500 | DNQ | 20 | 0 | ||||||||||||
Borge W. Nielsen | RG500 | 26 | Ret | 22 | DNQ | 21 | DNQ | 0 | ||||||||
Georg Jung | RG500 | 21 | 0 | |||||||||||||
Graham Wood | DTR/Fowler’s of Bristol | YZR500 | 21 | 0 | ||||||||||||
Maarten Duyzers | RG500 | 22 | 0 | |||||||||||||
Simon Buckmaster | RG500 | 22 | 0 | |||||||||||||
Manfred Fischer | Juchem | 23 | 25 | DNQ | 0 | |||||||||||
Alan Irwin | RG500 | 23 | 30 | 0 | ||||||||||||
Massimo Brutti | RG500 | 23 | DNQ | 0 | ||||||||||||
Josef Ragginger | RG500 | Ret | 23 | DNQ | 0 | |||||||||||
Mile Pajic | RS500 | 24 | Ret | 0 | ||||||||||||
Josef Doppler | RG500 | DNQ | 24 | 0 | ||||||||||||
Franco Randazzo | RS500 | 25 | 0 | |||||||||||||
Bohumil Stasa | RG500 | 25 | 0 | |||||||||||||
Hartmut Muller | RG500 | 27 | 0 | |||||||||||||
Wolfgang Schwarz | RS500 | 28 | 0 | |||||||||||||
Marco Lucchinelli | Cagiva | GP500 | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | DNS | Ret | 0 | |||||||
Raffaele Pasqual | YZR500 | Ret | 0 | |||||||||||||
Herbert Zwickl | YZR500 | Ret | 0 | |||||||||||||
Lothar Spiegler | RG500 | Ret | 0 | |||||||||||||
Rolf Aljes | Juchem | Ret | 0 | |||||||||||||
David Griffith | RG500 | Ret | 0 | |||||||||||||
Joey Dunlop | Honda Britain Racing | RS500 | Ret | 0 | ||||||||||||
Massimo Messere | RG500 | Ret | 0 | |||||||||||||
Kevin Wrettom† | RG500 | DNQ | DNS† | 0 | ||||||||||||
Pierre Bolle | RG500 | DNS | 0 | |||||||||||||
Hans Schuster | RG500 | DNQ | 0 | |||||||||||||
Marie-Paul Violland | YZR500 | DNQ | 0 | |||||||||||||
Rene Lavigne | RS500 | DNQ | 0 | |||||||||||||
Eric Saul | Paton | Paton 500 | DNQ | 0 | ||||||||||||
Jean-Louis Battistini | YZR500 | DNQ | 0 | |||||||||||||
Pablo Esposito | YZR500 | DNQ | 0 | |||||||||||||
Hennie Boerman | RG500 | DNQ | 0 | |||||||||||||
Lars Johansson | RG500 | DNQ | 0 | |||||||||||||
Gunnar Bruhn | YZR500 | DNQ | 0 | |||||||||||||
Benny Mortensen | RG500 | DNQ | 0 | |||||||||||||
Andreas Leuthe | YZR500 | 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 |
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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-Yamaha | TZ250 | 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-Yamaha | TZ250 | 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-Yamaha | YZR250 | 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-Yamaha | Chevallier 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 Watts | EMC | 9 | 2 | 19 | 14 | ||||||||||
18 | Donnie McLeod | Dalmac Racing | TZ250 | 5 | Ret | 17 | Ret | 8 | 15 | Ret | Ret | 15 | 14 | 9 | 11 | |
19 | Harald Eckl | Rotax | 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 Fukuda | TZ250 | 17 | 11 | 12 | 13 | DNQ | 9 | 6 | Ret | 10 | Ret | Ret | 8 | ||
22 | Karl Grässel | TZ250 | 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 Minich | TZ250 | 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 Rademeyer | TZ250 | 11 | 8 | 17 | Ret | 12 | 18 | DNQ | 21 | DNS | 11 | 3 | |||
29 | Thierry Rapicault | Sonauto Gauloises-Yamaha | YZR250 | Ret | Ret | Ret | DNQ | 12 | DNQ | Ret | 10 | 16 | Ret | 17 | 1 | |
Richard Hubin | Team 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 Guillemet | YZR250 | 11 | 0 | |||||||||||||
Herbert Besendorfer | YZR250 | 18 | 21 | Ret | 12 | 15 | 0 | |||||||||
Massimo Matteoni | YZR250 | 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 Robinson | MBA | 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 Bacher | YZR250 | 14 | Ret | 0 | ||||||||||||
Ivan-Carlo Villini | MBA | 14 | 0 | |||||||||||||
Erich Klein | Rotax | 15 | 17 | DNQ | 0 | |||||||||||
Roland Freymond | Team Parisienne-Elf | YZR250 | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 15 | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 0 | |
Gabriel Grabia | YZR250 | 16 | Ret | Ret | Ret | DNS | DNQ | DNQ | 0 | |||||||
Tony Head | Rotax | Ret | 16 | DNQ | DNS | 0 | ||||||||||
Edwin Weibel | YZR250 | DNQ | 16 | 0 | ||||||||||||
Antoine Longo | Ducombs | 16 | 0 | |||||||||||||
Cees Doorakkers | YZR250 | 17 | 0 | |||||||||||||
Manfred Obinger | Römer Racing Team | YZR250 | 20 | 18 | DNQ | DNQ | 27 | 18 | Ret | 0 | ||||||
Rene Delaby | YZR250 | 21 | Ret | Ret | DNQ | DNQ | 19 | Ret | 24 | 21 | DNQ | 18 | 0 | |||
Marcellino Lucchi | Rotax | 18 | Ret | Ret | 0 | |||||||||||
Peter Looijesteijn | Rotax | 18 | Ret | 0 | ||||||||||||
Eilert Lundstedt | YZR250 | 19 | DNQ | 19 | DNQ | 24 | Ret | 0 | ||||||||
Tony Rogers | Armstrong-Rotax | CF250 | 19 | Ret | 0 | |||||||||||
Jimmy Rodger | YZR250 | 19 | 0 | |||||||||||||
Bruno Lüscher | YZR250 | DNQ | DNQ | 20 | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | Ret | 23 | 22 | 20 | 0 | ||||
Josef Hutter | Bartol-Yamaha | YZR250 | Ret | 20 | 0 | |||||||||||
Dave Emond | YZR250 | 20 | 0 | |||||||||||||
Paul Tinkler | YZR250 | 20 | 0 | |||||||||||||
Anders Skov | YZR250 | 20 | 0 | |||||||||||||
Klaus-Peter Baller | YZR250 | 21 | 0 | |||||||||||||
Mar Schouten | YZR250 | 23 | Ret | 22 | Ret | DNQ | 0 | |||||||||
Danny Bristol | YZR250 | 22 | 0 | |||||||||||||
Graeme McGregor | EMC | 22 | 0 | |||||||||||||
Luis Miguel Reyes | Kobas | Kobas-Rotax | 23 | DNQ | DNS | DNQ | Ret | DNQ | 0 | |||||||
Jacky Onda | YZR250 | 23 | DNQ | 0 | ||||||||||||
Chas Mortimer | Armstrong-Rotax | CF250 | 23 | 0 | ||||||||||||
Barry Kerr | YZR250 | 24 | 0 | |||||||||||||
Martin Füg | Rotax | 24 | 0 | |||||||||||||
Philippe Pagano | YZR250 | 24 | 0 | |||||||||||||
Michel Simeon | Shell | RS250 | Ret | Ret | 25 | DNQ | 0 | |||||||||
Graham Young | Rotax | Ret | 25 | 0 | ||||||||||||
Patrick Schmalz | YZR250 | 25 | 0 | |||||||||||||
Per-Olof Ogeborn | Kentaco | 25 | 0 | |||||||||||||
Vincenzo Cascino | YZR250 | DNQ | 26 | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | 0 | |||||||||
Gary Noel | EMC | 26 | 0 | |||||||||||||
David Floyd Busby | Rotax | Ret | DNQ | 27 | 0 | |||||||||||
Niall Mackenzie | Armstrong-Rotax | CF250 | 28 | Ret | 0 | |||||||||||
Hans Becker | YZR250 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 0 | |||||||||||
Angel Nieto | Kobas | Kobas-Rotax | Ret | Ret | DNQ | 0 | ||||||||||
Donnie Robinson | YZR250 | Ret | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | 0 | |||||||
Stefan Klabacher | Rotax | Ret | DNQ | DNQ | 0 | |||||||||||
Marino Neri | YZR250 | Ret | DNQ | DNQ | 0 | |||||||||||
Bengt Elgh | MBA | DNQ | Ret | DNQ | 0 | |||||||||||
Antonio Garcia | Kobas | Kobas-Rotax | Ret | DNQ | 0 | |||||||||||
Michael Lederer | YZR250 | Ret | DNQ | 0 | ||||||||||||
Kevin Hellyer | YZR250 | Ret | 0 | |||||||||||||
Warren Bristol | YZR250 | Ret | 0 | |||||||||||||
Leonard Dibon | YZR250 | Ret | 0 | |||||||||||||
Russell Wood | YZR250 | Ret | 0 | |||||||||||||
Ronan Schulz | YZR250 | Ret | 0 | |||||||||||||
Dave Estment | Honda | Ret | 0 | |||||||||||||
Bodo Schmidt | Honda | Ret | 0 | |||||||||||||
Michel Galbit | YZR250 | Ret | 0 | |||||||||||||
Jean Foray | YZR250 | Ret | 0 | |||||||||||||
Eric De Doncker | YZR250 | Ret | 0 | |||||||||||||
Herbert Hauf | Honda | DNS | 0 | |||||||||||||
Kiyotaka Sakai | YZR250 | DNS | 0 | |||||||||||||
Peter Hubbard | Rotax | DNS | 0 | |||||||||||||
August Weissner | YZR250 | DNQ | DNQ | 0 | ||||||||||||
Karl-Heinz Riegl | Moam | DNQ | DNQ | 0 | ||||||||||||
Englebert Neumair | Bartol-Yamaha | YZR250 | DNQ | DNQ | 0 | |||||||||||
Donald Shaw | Rotax | DNQ | 0 | |||||||||||||
Alan Stroud | YZR250 | DNQ | 0 | |||||||||||||
Frank Wagner | Honda | DNQ | 0 | |||||||||||||
Philippe Robles | YZR250 | DNQ | 0 | |||||||||||||
Michel Augizeau | YZR250 | DNQ | 0 | |||||||||||||
Daniel Baertschie | YZR250 | DNQ | 0 | |||||||||||||
Foco Tibor | Chevallier-Yamaha | Chevallier YZR250 | DNQ | 0 | ||||||||||||
Silvo Habat | YZR250 | DNQ | 0 | |||||||||||||
Mita Erjavec | YZR250 | DNQ | 0 | |||||||||||||
Rudi Gaechter | YZR250 | DNQ | 0 | |||||||||||||
Bozo Janezic | Armstrong-Rotax | CF250 | DNQ | 0 | ||||||||||||
Gunther Fluch | YZR250 | DNQ | 0 | |||||||||||||
Zdravko Ljeljak | YZR250 | DNQ | 0 | |||||||||||||
Marijan Kosić | YZR250 | DNQ | 0 | |||||||||||||
Satoshi Endo | YZR250 | DNQ | 0 | |||||||||||||
Walter Flatscher | Bartol-Yamaha | YZR250 | DNQ | 0 | ||||||||||||
Radovan Stanojević | YZR250 | DNQ | 0 | |||||||||||||
Johann Gassner | YZR250 | DNQ | 0 | |||||||||||||
Gerard van der Wal | YZR250 | DNQ | 0 | |||||||||||||
Jean-Marc Toffolo | YZR250 | DNQ | 0 | |||||||||||||
Lucio Pietroniro | YZR250 | DNQ | 0 | |||||||||||||
Bernard Denis | YZR250 | DNQ | 0 | |||||||||||||
Keith Huewen | YZR250 | DNQ | 0 | |||||||||||||
Joey Dunlop | Honda | DNQ | 0 | |||||||||||||
Steve Williams | YZR250 | DNQ | 0 | |||||||||||||
Per Jansson | YZR250 | DNQ | 0 | |||||||||||||
Micke Melander | YZR250 | DNQ | 0 | |||||||||||||
Jarmo Liitia | Rotax | DNQ | 0 | |||||||||||||
Svend Andersson | Armstrong-Rotax | CF250 | DNQ | 0 |
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The 1980 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season was the 32nd F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship season.
The 1982 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season was the 34th F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship season.
The 1985 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season was the 37th F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship season.
The 1986 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season was the 38th F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship season.
The 1987 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season was the 39th F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship season.
The 1988 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season was the 40th F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship season.
The 1990 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season was the 42nd F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship season.
The 1991 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season was the 43rd F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship season.
The 1992 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season was the 44th F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship season. Honda secured the constructor's title in all three categories.
The 1993 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season was the 45th F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship season.
The 1995 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season was the 47th F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship season.
The 1988 French motorcycle Grand Prix was the eleventh round of the 1988 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 22–24 July 1988 at the 5.81 km (3.61 mi) Paul Ricard Circuit.
The 1988 Czechoslovak motorcycle Grand Prix was the penultimate round of the 1988 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 26–28 August 1988 at the Masaryk Circuit located in Brno, Czechoslovakia.
The 1999 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season was the 51st F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship season.