The 1980 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season was the 32nd F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship season.
Yamaha's Kenny Roberts claimed his third successive 500cc world championship in a season shortened by the cancellations of the Venezuelan and Austrian rounds.[1] Randy Mamola took over at Suzuki from Barry Sheene. Kawasaki returned to the 500cc class with a monocoque, four cylinder bike for Kork Ballington.[1] Honda soldiered on with its exotic four-stroke NR500 but began to realize it was at a disadvantage against its two-stroke opposition.[1]
There were only six rounds in the 350cc class that saw South Africa's Jon Ekerold, a true privateer, take the championship from the Kawasaki factory-sponsored Anton Mang.[1] Mang would take the 250cc crown from defending champion Ballington while Pier Paolo Bianchi won the 125cc title.[1] Eugenio Lazzarini won a tight battle from Swiss Stefan Dörflinger to take the 50cc championship by only 2 points.[2]
The following Grands Prix were scheduled to take place in 1980:[3][4]
Round | Date | Grand Prix | Circuit |
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1 | 11 May | Gran Premio delle Nazioni | Circuito Internazionale Santa Monica |
2 | 18 May | Gran Premio de España | Circuito Permanente Del Jarama |
3 | 25 May | Grand Prix de France Moto | Circuit Paul Ricard |
4 | 15 Jun | Velika Nagrada Jugoslavije | Automotodrom Rijeka |
5 | 28 June | Dutch TT Assen | TT Circuit Assen |
6 | 6 July | Grand Prix of Belgium | Circuit Zolder |
7 | 27 July | Finnish GP | Imatra Circuit |
8 | 10 August | Marlboro British Grand Prix | Silverstone Circuit |
9 | 17 August | Grand Prix ČSSR | Brno Circuit |
10 | 24 August | Großer Preis von Deutschland | Nürburgring-Nordschleife |
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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 | NAT |
ESP |
FRA |
NED |
BEL |
FIN |
GBR |
GER |
Points |
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1 | Kenny Roberts | Yamaha International | YZR500 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Ret | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 87 |
2 | Randy Mamola | Heron-Suzuki | RG500 | Ret | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 72 |
3 | Marco Lucchinelli | Nava Gallina-Suzuki | RG500 | Ret | 2 | 3 | Ret | 2 | Ret | 3 | 1 | 59 |
4 | Franco Uncini | Uncini-Suzuki | RG500 | 2 | 7 | Ret | 3 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 50 |
5 | Graziano Rossi | Nava Gallina-Suzuki | RG500 | 3 | Ret | 4 | 2 | Ret | 13 | 4 | Ret | 38 |
6 | Wil Hartog | Riemersma Racing | RG500 | Ret | Ret | 19 | 5 | 1 | Ret | 3 | 31 | |
7 | Johnny Cecotto | Venemotos-Yamaha | YZR500 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 6 | Ret | 5 | 6 | 31 | |
8 | Graeme Crosby | Heron-Suzuki | RG500 | Ret | 12 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 13 | 2 | 29 | |
9 | Jack Middelburg | IMN-Yamaha | YZR500 | DNS | 15 | Ret | 1 | Ret | Ret | 9 | 8 | 20 |
10 | Takazumi Katayama | Honda-HRC | RG500/NR500 | 6 | 4 | 6 | Ret | Ret | 15 | 12 | 18 | |
11 | Carlo Perugini | Team Gattina | RG500 | 5 | 10 | 13 | Ret | 7 | 7 | Ret | 9 | 17 |
12 | Kork Ballington | Team Kawasaki | KR500 | Ret | 13 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 13 | ||
13 | Philippe Coulon | Frankonia-Suzuki | RG500 | 9 | 8 | 16 | Ret | 11 | 8 | 8 | Ret | 11 |
14 | Boet Van Dulmen | IMN-Yamaha | YZR500 | Ret | 18 | 19 | 4 | 9 | Ret | 16 | Ret | 10 |
15 | Barry Sheene | Akai-Yamaha | YZR500 | 7 | 5 | Ret | Ret | DNQ | Ret | 10 | ||
16 | Patrick Pons | Sonauto Gauloises-Yamaha | YZR500 | Ret | Ret | 10 | 10 | 8 | 6 | Ret | 10 | |
17 | Patrick Fernandez | Ecurie Ste Pernod | YZR500 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 7 | Ret | 14 | 4 | ||
18 | Michel Rougerie | Ecurie Ste Pernod | RG500 | DNQ | 11 | 7 | 14 | Ret | 15 | Ret | 4 | |
19 | Christian Estrosi | Team Furygan Suzuki | RG500 | 8 | 16 | Ret | Ret | DNQ | Ret | 3 | ||
20 | Henk De Vries | RG500 | 9 | DNQ | 25 | 2 | ||||||
21 | Sadao Asami | Yamaha International | YZR500 | Ret | Ret | 12 | DNQ | 15 | 9 | Ret | 15 | 2 |
22 | Michel Frutschi | Elf-Yamaha | YZR500 | Ret | 9 | 22 | Ret | DNQ | 18 | Ret | Ret | 2 |
23 | Raymond Roche | Sonauto Gauloises-Yamaha | YZR500 | Ret | DNQ | 11 | DNQ | 12 | 10 | 14 | 1 | |
24 | Gustav Reiner | Nava Kucera Racing Team | RG500 | DNQ | DNQ | Ret | 22 | 10 | 1 | |||
25 | Bernard Fau | GME Motul GPA | YZR500 | Ret | Ret | 15 | 10 | Ret | Ret | 1 | ||
26 | Dave Potter | Mitsui-Yamaha | YZR500 | 15 | DNQ | 10 | 1 | |||||
27 | Sergio Pellandini | RG500 | 10 | Ret | 21 | DNQ | DNQ | Ret | 1 | |||
Maurizio Massimiani | YZR500 | 11 | 23 | 13 | 13 | 0 | ||||||
Dale Singleton | YZR500 | DNQ | 18 | Ret | 11 | 16 | 0 | |||||
Franck Gross | RG500 | 24 | Ret | 11 | DNQ | Ret | 0 | |||||
Jeff Sayle | YZR500 | DNQ | DNQ | 11 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 0 | ||||
Willem Zoet | RG500 | DNQ | 18 | 12 | 14 | Ret | 19 | Ret | 0 | |||
Gianfranco Bonera | YZR500 | 12 | 17 | Ret | 0 | |||||||
Lennart Bäckström | RG500 | 12 | 0 | |||||||||
John Newbold | RG500 | 12 | 0 | |||||||||
Markku Matikainen | YZR500 | DNQ | 19 | 20 | 13 | Ret | DNQ | 0 | ||||
Guido Paci | RG500 | 13 | Ret | 0 | ||||||||
Seppo Rossi | RG500 | DNQ | 14 | 14 | 16 | Ret | Ret | 23 | 0 | |||
Stuart Avant | RG500 | DNQ | Ret | 14 | 0 | |||||||
Richard Hubin | YZR500 | 14 | Ret | 0 | ||||||||
Werner Nenning | RG500 | DNQ | Ret | DNQ | Ret | 16 | 23 | 18 | 0 | |||
Mick Grant | RG500 | 16 | Ret | DNQ | 0 | |||||||
Steve Parrish | RG500 | 17 | DNQ | 17 | 17 | 0 | ||||||
Hubert Rigal | YZR500 | DNQ | 17 | Ret | Ret | DNQ | 17 | Ret | 0 | |||
Kenny Blake | YZR500 | 17 | 0 | |||||||||
Roger Marshall | YZR500 | 18 | 0 | |||||||||
Max Wiener | RG500 | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | 19 | 25 | 0 | |||||
Josef Hage | RG500 | DNQ | DNQ | 19 | 0 | |||||||
Peter Sjöström | RG500 | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | Ret | 20 | 0 | |||||
Peter Ammann | RG500 | 20 | 0 | |||||||||
Giovanni Pelletier | Morbidelli | Ret | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | 21 | 0 | |||||
Paul Henderson | RG500 | 21 | 0 | |||||||||
Wolfgang von Muralt | YZR500 | 22 | 0 | |||||||||
Gerhard Vogt | RG500 | 24 | 0 | |||||||||
Jürgen Steiner | RG500 | 24 | 0 | |||||||||
Michael Schmid | RG500 | DNQ | 26 | 0 | ||||||||
Alois Tost | YZR500 | 27 | 0 | |||||||||
Bruno Kölble | YZR500 | 28 | 0 | |||||||||
Rolf Schneider | YZR500 | 29 | 0 | |||||||||
Christian Sarron | YZR500 | Ret | Ret | 0 | ||||||||
Gianni Rolando | RG500 | Ret | Ret | DNQ | Ret | 0 | ||||||
Carlo Prati | RG500 | Ret | DNQ | Ret | 0 | |||||||
Jon Ekerold | Sol/Bimota | DNQ | DNQ | Ret | DNS | DNS | 0 | |||||
Skip Aksland | YZR500 | Ret | 0 | |||||||||
Alain Nies | RG500 | DNQ | Ret | DNQ | 0 | |||||||
Freddie Spencer | YZR500 | Ret | 0 | |||||||||
Adelio Faccioli | RG500 | Ret | 0 | |||||||||
Anton Mang | KR500 | Ret | 0 | |||||||||
Peter Sköld | RG500 | Ret | 0 | |||||||||
Kimmo Kopra | YZR500 | Ret | 0 | |||||||||
Graham Wood | YZR500 | Ret | 0 | |||||||||
Steve Manship | YZR500 | Ret | 0 | |||||||||
Elmar Renner | RG500 | DNQ | DNQ | Ret | 0 | |||||||
Gregg Hansford | KR500 | Ret | 0 | |||||||||
Klaus Klein | RG500 | Ret | 0 | |||||||||
Virginio Ferrari | GP500 | Ret | 0 | |||||||||
Clemens Driesch | RG500 | Ret | 0 | |||||||||
Fritz Reitmaier | RG500 | Ret | 0 | |||||||||
Ron Haslam | YZR500 | DNS | 0 | |||||||||
Dennis Ireland | RG500 | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | 0 | |||||||
Carlos de San Antonio | RG500 | DNQ | DNQ | 0 | ||||||||
Gary Lingham | RG500 | DNQ | DNQ | 0 | ||||||||
Antonio Garcia | RG500 | DNQ | DNQ | 0 | ||||||||
Masaru Iwasaki | RG500 | DNQ | DNQ | 0 | ||||||||
Henk Twikler | RG500 | DNQ | DNQ | 0 | ||||||||
Timo Pohjola | RG500 | DNQ | DNQ | 0 | ||||||||
Fabio Biliotti | RG500 | DNQ | 0 | |||||||||
Corrado Tuzii | RG500 | DNQ | 0 | |||||||||
Didier de Radigues | RG500 | DNQ | 0 | |||||||||
Richard Schlachter | YZR500 | DNQ | 0 | |||||||||
Jacques Agopian | RG500 | DNQ | 0 | |||||||||
Børge Nielsen | RG500 | DNQ | 0 | |||||||||
Dick Alblas | RG500 | DNQ | 0 | |||||||||
Philippe Chaltin | RG500 | DNQ | 0 | |||||||||
Albert Siegers | RG500 | DNQ | 0 | |||||||||
Walter Koschine | RG500 | DNQ | 0 | |||||||||
Jean-Philippe Delers | YZR500 | DNQ | 0 | |||||||||
John Woodley | RG500 | DNQ | 0 | |||||||||
Roberto Pietri | RG500 | DNQ | 0 | |||||||||
Alex George | YZR500 | DNQ | 0 | |||||||||
Günter Riehl | Yamato | DNQ | 0 |
Place | Rider | Number | Country | Machine | Points | Wins |
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1 | Jon Ekerold | 8 | South Africa | Yamaha | 63 | 3 |
2 | Anton Mang | 4 | West Germany | Kawasaki | 60 | 2 |
3 | Jean-François Baldé | France | Kawasaki | 38 | 0 | |
4 | Johnny Cecotto | Venezuela | Yamaha | 37 | 1 | |
5 | Jeff Sayle | 10 | Australia | Yamaha | 25 | 0 |
6 | Eric Saul | France | Yamaha | 24 | 0 | |
7 | Jacques Cornu | 27 | Switzerland | Yamaha | 21 | 0 |
8 | Massimo Matteoni | 4 | Italy | Yamaha | 19 | 0 |
9 | Walter Villa | 4 | Italy | Yamaha | 16 | 0 |
10 | Patrick Fernandez | 2 | France | Yamaha | 12 | 0 |
11 | Carlo Perugini | 10 | ||||
12 | Tony Head | 9 | ||||
13 | Carlos Lavado | 8 | ||||
14 | Roland Freymond | 7 | ||||
15 | Gregg Hansford | 6 | ||||
16 | Tony Rogers | 6 | ||||
17 | Jacques Bolle | 6 | ||||
18 | Keith Huewen | 6 | ||||
19 | Thierry Espié | 6 | ||||
20 | Jean Louis Tournadre | 5 | ||||
21 | Loris Reggiani | 4 | ||||
22 | Graeme McGregor | 4 | ||||
23 | Alan North | 2 | ||||
24 | Pekka Nurmi | 1 | ||||
25 | Edi Stoellinger | 1 |
Place | Rider | Number | Country | Machine | Points | Wins |
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1 | Anton Mang | 6 | West Germany | Kawasaki | 128 | 4 |
2 | Kork Ballington | 1 | South Africa | Kawasaki | 87 | 5 |
3 | Jean-François Baldé | 8 | France | Kawasaki | 59 | 0 |
4 | Thierry Espié | France | Yamaha | 53 | 0 | |
5 | Roland Freymond | 10 | Switzerland | Morbidelli | 46 | 0 |
6 | Carlos Lavado | Venezuela | Yamaha | 29 | 1 | |
7 | Gianpaolo Marchetti | Italy | Yamaha | 28 | 0 | |
8 | Jacques Cornu | Switzerland | Yamaha | 26 | 0 | |
9 | Eric Saul | France | Yamaha | 24 | 0 | |
10 | Patrick Fernandez | 5 | France | Yamaha | 16 | 0 |
11 | Edi Stoellinger | 16 | ||||
12 | Hans Müller | 16 | ||||
13 | Sauro Pazzaglia | 12 | ||||
14 | Graeme McGregor | 12 | ||||
15 | Pier Luigi Conforti | 10 | ||||
16 | Jean-Louis Guignabodet | 9 | ||||
17 | Didier de Radiguès | 8 | ||||
18 | Eero Hyvärinen | 8 | ||||
19 | Clive Horton | 7 | ||||
20 | Paolo Ferretti | 7 | ||||
21 | Greame Geddes | 6 | ||||
22 | R.Sibille | 6 | ||||
23 | Steve Tonkin | 5 | ||||
24 | Jacques Bolle | 5 | ||||
25 | Herbert Hauf | 4 | ||||
26 | A.Gouin | 4 | ||||
27 | Reinhold Roth | 4 | ||||
28 | Walter Villa | 4 | ||||
29 | Charlie Williams | 2 | ||||
30 | Martin Wimmer | 2 | ||||
31 | Marco Papa | 1 | ||||
32 | Jean-Louis Tournadre | 1 | ||||
33 | Rene Delaby | 1 | ||||
34 | F.Marcheggiani | 1 | ||||
35 | Tony Rogers | 1 | ||||
36 | H.Tomic | 1 |
Place | Rider | Number | Country | Machine | Points | Wins |
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1 | Pier Paolo Bianchi | 10 | Italy | MBA | 90 | 2 |
2 | Guy Bertin | 6 | France | Motobécane | 81 | 3 |
3 | Angel Nieto | 1 | Spain | Minarelli | 78 | 4 |
4 | Bruno Kneubühler | 9 | Switzerland | MBA | 68 | 0 |
5 | Hans Müller | Switzerland | MBA | 64 | 0 | |
6 | Loris Reggiani | Italy | Minarelli | 63 | 1 | |
7 | Iván Palazzese | Venezuela | MBA | 28 | 0 | |
8 | Maurizio Massimiani | 2 | Italy | Minarelli | 20 | 0 |
9 | Peter Looijensteijn | Netherlands | MBA | 18 | 0 | |
10 | Barry Smith | Australia | MBA | 17 | 0 | |
11 | Harald Bartol | 15 | ||||
12 | Ricardo Tormo | 13 | ||||
13 | Stefan Dörflinger | 13 | ||||
14 | Gianpaolo Marchetti | 10 | ||||
15 | August Auinger | 9 | ||||
16 | Jose Dubon | 8 | ||||
17 | Eugenio Lazzarini | 8 | ||||
18 | Rolf Blatter | 8 | ||||
19 | Henk Van Kessel | 8 | ||||
20 | Gert Bender | 6 | ||||
21 | Michel Galbit | 6 | ||||
22 | P.Herouard | 6 | ||||
23 | Janos Drapal | 5 | ||||
24 | Thierry Noblesse | 4 | ||||
25 | Matti Kinnunen | 4 | ||||
26 | Jhonni Baeckstroem | 2 | ||||
27 | S.Janssen | 2 | ||||
28 | Jean Claude Selini | 2 | ||||
29 | Johnny Wickstroem | 1 | ||||
30 | Hugo Vignetti | 1 | ||||
31 | Z.Ljeljak | 1 | ||||
32 | Anton Straver | 1 |
Place | Rider | Number | Country | Machine | Points | Wins |
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1 | Eugenio Lazzarini | 1 | Italy | Iprem[6] | 74 | 2 |
2 | Stefan Dörflinger | 10 | Switzerland | Kreidler | 72 | 2 |
3 | Hans Hummel | Austria | Kreidler | 37 | 0 | |
4 | Ricardo Tormo | Spain | Kreidler | 36 | 2 | |
5 | Henk van Kessel | 7 | Netherlands | Kreidler | 31 | 0 |
6 | Hans Spaan | Netherlands | Kreidler The Best Team | 24 | 0 | |
7 | Theo Timmer | Netherlands | Bultaco | 19 | 0 | |
8 | Yves Dupont | France | ABF | 18 | 0 | |
9 | Jacques Hutteau | 8 | France | ABF | 18 | 0 |
10 | Wolfgang Müller | West Germany | Kreidler | 15 | 0 | |
11 | Rolf Blatter | 14 | ||||
12 | Gerhard Waibel | 7 | ||||
13 | Otto Machinek | 7 | ||||
14 | Ingo Emmerich | 6 | ||||
15 | Giuseppe Ascareggi | 4 | ||||
16 | Günter Schirnhofer | 4 | ||||
17 | Daniel Mateos | 3 | ||||
18 | Claudio Lusuardi | 3 | ||||
19 | Enrico Cereda | 2 | ||||
20 | Aldo Pero | 1 | ||||
21 | Gerhard Böhl | 1 |