1985 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
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This article recaps the 1985 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season.
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[edit] Season summary
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. Australian Wayne Gardner showed promise with a fourth place finish for Honda.
With perrenial champion Angel Nieto moving to the 250 class, the 125 class was left open for his Garelli team-mate, 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, second only to Giacomo Agostini.
[edit] 1985 500 cc Season review
| Round | Race | Location | Winning rider | Winning team | Report |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  South African Grand Prix |
Kyalami |  Eddie Lawson |
Yamaha | Report |
| 2 |  Spanish Grand Prix |
Jarama | Freddie Spencer |
Honda | Report |
| 3 |  West German Grand Prix |
Hockenheimring |  Christian Sarron |
Yamaha | Report |
| 4 |  Nations Grand Prix |
Mugello | Freddie Spencer |
Honda | Report |
| 5 |  Austrian Grand Prix |
Salzburgring | Freddie Spencer |
Honda | Report |
| 6 |  Yugoslavian Grand Prix |
Rijeka | Eddie Lawson |
Yamaha | Report |
| 7 |  Dutch TT |
Assen | Randy Mamola |
Honda | Report |
| 8 |  Belgian Grand Prix |
Spa | Freddie Spencer |
Honda | Report |
| 9 | French Grand Prix |
Le Mans | Freddie Spencer |
Honda | Report |
| 10 |  British Grand Prix |
Silverstone | Freddie Spencer |
Honda | Report |
| 11 |  Swedish Grand Prix |
Anderstorp | Freddie Spencer |
Honda | Report |
| 12 |  San Marino Grand Prix |
Misano | Eddie Lawson |
Yamaha | Report |
[edit] 1985 500 cc Roadracing World Championship final standings
| Place | Rider | Number | Country | Machine | Points | Wins |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Freddie Spencer |
4 | United States | Rothmans-Honda | 141 | 7 |
| 2 | Eddie Lawson |
1 | United States | Marlboro-Yamaha | 133 | 3 |
| 3 | Christian Sarron |
6 | France | Gauloises-Yamaha | 80 | 1 |
| 4 |  Wayne Gardner |
7 | Australia | Rothmans-Honda | 73 | 0 |
| 5 | Ron Haslam |
5 | United Kingdom | Rothmans-Honda | 73 | 0 |
| 6 | Randy Mamola |
2 | United States | Rothmans-Honda | 72 | 1 |
| 7 | Raymond Roche |
3 | France | Marlboro-Yamaha | 50 | 0 |
| 8 | Didier de Radiguès |
9 | Belgium | Elf-Honda | 47 | 0 |
| 9 | Rob McElnea |
19 | United Kingdom | Skoal Bandit-Suzuki | 20 | 0 |
| 10 | Boet Van Dulmen |
8 | Netherlands | Toshiba-Honda | 18 | 0 |
[edit] 1985 250 cc Season Review
| Round | Race | Location | Winning rider | Winning team | Report |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South African Grand Prix |
Kyalami | Freddie Spencer |
Honda | Report |
| 2 | Spanish Grand Prix |
Jarama |  Carlos Lavado |
Yamaha | Report |
| 3 | West German Grand Prix |
Hockenheimring | Martin Wimmer |
Yamaha | Report |
| 4 | Nations Grand Prix |
Mugello | Freddie Spencer |
Honda | Report |
| 5 | Austrian Grand Prix |
Salzburgring | Freddie Spencer |
Honda | Report |
| 6 | Yugoslavian Grand Prix |
Rijeka | Freddie Spencer |
Honda | Report |
| 7 | Dutch TT |
Assen | Freddie Spencer |
Honda | Report |
| 8 | Belgian Grand Prix |
Spa | Freddie Spencer |
Honda | Report |
| 9 | French Grand Prix |
Le Mans | Freddie Spencer |
Honda | Report |
| 10 | British Grand Prix |
Silverstone | Anton Mang |
Honda | Report |
| 11 | Swedish Grand Prix |
Anderstorp | Anton Mang |
Honda | Report |
| 12 | San Marino Grand Prix |
Misano | Carlos Lavado |
Yamaha | Report |
[edit] 1985 250 cc Roadracing World Championship final standings
| Place | Rider | Number | Country | Machine | Points | Wins |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Freddie Spencer |
United States | Honda | 127 | 7 | |
| 2 | Anton Mang |
5 | West Germany | Honda | 124 | 2 |
| 3 | Carlos Lavado |
3 | Venezuela | Yamaha | 94 | 2 |
| 4 | Martin Wimmer |
7 | Germany | Yamaha | 69 | 1 |
| 5 | Fausto Ricci |
16 | Italy | Honda | 50 | 0 |
| 6 | Loris Reggiani |
9 | Italy | Aprilia | 44 | 0 |
| 7 | Alan Carter |
9 | United Kingdom | Honda | 32 | 0 |
| 8 | Manfred Herweh |
2 | West Germany | Real-Rotax | 31 | 0 |
| 9 | Reinhold Roth |
West Germany | Romer | 29 | 0 | |
| 10 |  Jacques Cornu |
6 | Switzerland | Honda | 25 | 0 |
[edit] 1985 125 cc Season Review
| Round | Race | Location | Winning rider | Winning team | Report |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish Grand Prix |
Jarama | Pier Paolo Bianchi |
MBA | Report |
| 2 | West German Grand Prix |
Hockenheimring | August Auinger |
Monnet | Report |
| 3 | Nations Grand Prix |
Mugello | Pier Paolo Bianchi |
MBA | Report |
| 4 | Austrian Grand Prix |
Salzburgring | Fausto Gresini |
Garelli | Report |
| 5 | Dutch TT |
Assen | Pier Paolo Bianchi |
MBA | Report |
| 6 | Belgian Grand Prix |
Spa | Fausto Gresini |
Garelli | Report |
| 7 | French Grand Prix |
Le Mans | Ezio Gianola |
Garelli | Report |
| 8 | British Grand Prix |
Silverstone | August Auinger |
Monnet | Report |
| 9 | Swedish Grand Prix |
Anderstorp | August Auinger |
Monnet | Report |
| 10 | San Marino Grand Prix |
Misano | Fausto Gresini |
Garelli | Report |
[edit] 1985 125 cc Roadracing World Championship final standings
| Place | Rider | Number | Country | Machine | Points | Wins |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fausto Gresini |
3 | Italy | Garelli | 109 | 3 |
| 2 | Pier Paolo Bianchi |
Italy | MBA | 99 | 3 | |
| 3 | August Auinger |
5 | Austria | Monnet | 78 | 3 |
| 4 | Ezio Gianola |
Italy | Garelli | 77 | 0 | |
| 5 | Bruno Kneubühler |
10 | Switzerland | LCR | 58 | 0 |
| 6 | Domenico Brigaglia |
Italy | MBA | 45 | 0 | |
| 7 | Jean-Claude Sellini |
France | MBA | 36 | 0 | |
| 8 |  Jussi Hautaniemi |
Finland | MBA | 26 | 0 | |
| 9 | Lucio Pietroniro |
Belgium | MBA | 25 | 0 | |
| 10 | Olivier Liegeois |
Belgium | KLS | 23 | 0 |
[edit] 1985 80 cc Season Review
| Round | Race | Location | Winning Rider | Winning team | Report |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish Grand Prix |
Jarama | Jorge Martinez |
Derbi | Report |
| 2 | West German Grand Prix |
Hockenheimring | Stefan Dörflinger |
Krauser | Report |
| 3 | Nations Grand Prix |
Mugello | Jorge Martinez |
Derbi | Report |
| 4 | Yugoslavian Grand Prix |
Rijeka | Stefan Dörflinger |
Krauser | Report |
| 5 | Dutch TT |
Assen | Gerd Kafka |
Seel | Report |
| 6 | French Grand Prix |
Le Mans | Angel Nieto |
Derbi | Report |
| 7 | San Marino Grand Prix |
Misano | Jorge Martinez |
Derbi | Report |
[edit] 1985 80 cc Roadracing World Championship final standings
| Place | Rider | Number | Country | Machine | Points | Wins |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stefan Dörflinger |
1 | Switzerland | Krauser | 86 | 2 |
| 2 | Jorge Martinez |
4 | Spain | Derbi | 67 | 3 |
| 3 | Gerd Kafka |
Austria | Casal | 48 | 1 | |
| 4 | Manuel Herreros |
Spain | Derbi | 45 | 0 | |
| 5 | Gerhard Waibel |
5 | West Germany | Seel | 35 | 0 |
| 6 | Ian McConnachie |
United Kingdom | Krauser | 33 | 0 | |
| 7 | Theo Timmer |
10 | Netherlands | Huvo | 21 | 0 |
| 8 | Henk Van Kessel |
Netherlands | Huvo | 18 | 0 | |
| 9 | Angel Nieto |
Spain | Derbi | 15 | 1 | |
| 10 | Paul Rimmelzwaan |
Netherlands | Casal | 15 | 0 |
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