1987 German motorcycle Grand Prix

Summary

The 1987 German motorcycle Grand Prix was the third round of the 1987 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 15–17 May 1987 at the Hockenheimring.

West Germany  1987 German Grand Prix
Race details
Race 3 of 15 races in the
1987 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date17 May 1987
Official nameGrosser Preis von Deutschland[1][2][3]
LocationHockenheimring
Course
  • Permanent racing facility
  • 6.789 km (4.218 mi)
500 cc
Pole position
Rider Australia Wayne Gardner
Time 2:04.770
Fastest lap
Rider Australia Wayne Gardner
Time 2:05.500
Podium
First United States Eddie Lawson
Second United States Randy Mamola
Third United Kingdom Ron Haslam
250 cc
Pole position
Rider West Germany Reinhold Roth
Time 2:13.330
Fastest lap
Rider Venezuela Carlos Lavado
Podium
First West Germany Anton Mang
Second Switzerland Jacques Cornu
Third West Germany Reinhold Roth
125 cc
Pole position
Rider Italy Fausto Gresini
Time 2:24.750
Fastest lap
Rider Italy Fausto Gresini
Podium
First Italy Fausto Gresini
Second Austria August Auinger
Third Italy Bruno Casanova
80 cc
Pole position
Rider West Germany Gerhard Waibel
Fastest lap
Rider Spain Jorge Martínez
Podium
First West Germany Gerhard Waibel
Second Spain Jorge Martínez
Third West Germany Stefan Dörflinger

500 cc classification edit

Pos. Rider Team Manufacturer Time/Retired Points
1   Eddie Lawson Marlboro Yamaha Team Agostini Yamaha 40'21.640 15
2   Randy Mamola Team Lucky Strike Roberts Yamaha +13.350 12
3   Ron Haslam Team ROC Elf Honda Honda +13.900 10
4   Tadahiko Taira Marlboro Yamaha Team Agostini Yamaha +20.590 8
5   Rob McElnea Marlboro Yamaha Team Agostini Yamaha +29.140 6
6   Pierfrancesco Chili HB Honda Gallina Team Honda +45.790 5
7   Niall Mackenzie Team HRC Honda +46.090 4
8   Roger Burnett Rothmans Honda Team Honda +54.760 3
9   Gustav Reiner Team Hein Gericke Honda +55.220 2
10   Wayne Gardner Rothmans Honda Team Honda +1'15.720 1
11   Bruno Kneubühler Honda +1'22.280
12   Didier de Radiguès Cagiva-Bastos-Alstare Cagiva +1'23.260
13   Richard Scott Honda GB Honda +1'35.970
14   Fabio Biliotti Honda +1'36.360
15   Donnie McLeod Suzuki +1'44.880
16   Fabio Barchitta Honda +1 lap
17   Ari Rämö Honda +1 lap
18   Marco Papa Honda +1 lap
19   Daniel Vila Amatriain Honda +1 lap
20   Simon Buckmaster Honda +1 lap
21   Gerold Fischer Honda +1 lap
22   Maarten Duyzers Honda +1 lap
23   Steve Manley Suzuki +1 lap
24   Georg Jung Honda +1 lap
25   Helmut Schutz Honda +1 lap
Ret   Manfred Fischer Team Hein Gericke Honda Retirement
Ret   Marco Gentile Fior Fior Retirement
Ret   Silvo Habat Honda Retirement
Ret   Kenny Irons Heron Suzuki GB Suzuki Retirement
Ret   Esko Kuparinen Honda Retirement
Ret   Thierry Rapicault Honda Retirement
Ret   Raymond Roche Cagiva-Bastos-Alstare Cagiva Retirement
Ret   Michael Rudroff Honda Retirement
Ret   Christian Sarron Sonauto Gauloises Jack Germain Yamaha Retirement
Ret   Shunji Yatsushiro Rothmans Honda Team Honda Accident
DNS   Mike Baldwin Team Lucky Strike Roberts Yamaha Injury
DNS   Alessandro Valesi Honda Injury
DNS   Freddie Spencer Team HRC Honda Injury
DNS   Karl Truchsess Honda Injury
DNQ   Josef Doppler Honda Did not qualify
DNQ   Peter Schleef Yamaha Did not qualify
DNQ   Louis-Luc Maisto Honda Did not qualify
DNQ   Wolfgang Von Muralt Suzuki Did not qualify
DNQ   Rolf Aljes Suzuki Did not qualify
DNQ   Hans Klingebiel Suzuki Did not qualify
DNQ   Christopher Bürki Honda Did not qualify
DNQ   Gerhard Vogt Suzuki Did not qualify
DNQ   Hennie Boerman Racing Team Docshop Honda Did not qualify
DNQ   Pavel Dekanek Suzuki Did not qualify
DNQ   Tony Carey Suzuki Did not qualify
DNQ   Andreas Leuthe Honda Did not qualify
DNQ   Larry Moreno Vacondio Suzuki Did not qualify
DNQ   Bohumil Stasa Honda Did not qualify
Sources: [4][5]

References edit

  1. ^ "Grand Prix uitslagen en bijzonderheden 1987". Archive.li. Archived from the original on 2015-07-25. Retrieved 2018-05-21.
  2. ^ Mitchell, Malcolm. "1987 500cc Class (FIM Grand Prix World Championship) Programmes - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com. Retrieved 17 September 2018.
  3. ^ "Hockenheimring | The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com. Retrieved 2018-05-21.
  4. ^ "1987 German MotoGP". Motorsportmagazine.com. 9 October 2017. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
  5. ^ "WEST GERMANY GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1987". Motogp.com. Retrieved 17 September 2018.


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