1986 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season

1986 F.I.M. Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
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The 1986 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season was the 38th F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship season.

Season summary

A second world championship for the consistent Eddie Lawson. After a dominating 1985 season, the future looked bright for Honda's Freddie Spencer. However, once the season started, be began to suffer from carpal tunnel syndrome. The talented American would never win another Grand Prix after his spectacular 1985 season. Australian Wayne Gardner stepped up to become Honda's lead rider. Randy Mamola, riding for the newly formed Kenny Roberts-Yamaha team continued to post good results and finished third in the points chase.

Venezuelan Carlos Lavado earned his second world championship for Yamaha with a strong performance. Garelli team-mates Fausto Gresini and Luca Cadalora battled it out for the 125 title, each taking four wins with Cadalora coming out on top. Spain's Jorge Martinez ended Stefan Dörflinger's streak of title wins at four. Angel Nieto announced he was retiring after twenty-three years in Grand Prix racing. He continued to be competitive up to the end with a second-place finish in the Italian 125 race and a second in Spain in the 80cc class. His 90 Grand Prix victories at the time ranked him second only to Giacomo Agostini.

For 125cc and 80cc, an additional post-season event on the Hockenheimring (located in the German state of Baden-Württemberg) was designated as the Baden-Württemberg Grand Prix and counted towards the championships in these classes.

Grands Prix

Round	Date	Race	Location	80cc winner	125cc winner	250cc winner	500cc winner	Report
1	May 4	Spanish Grand Prix	Jarama	Jorge Martínez	Fausto Gresini	Carlos Lavado	Wayne Gardner	Report
2	May 18	Nations Grand Prix	Monza	Stefan Dörflinger	Fausto Gresini	Anton Mang	Eddie Lawson	Report
3	May 25	German Grand Prix	Nurburgring GP	Manuel Herreros	Luca Cadalora	Carlos Lavado	Eddie Lawson	Report
4	June 8	Austrian Grand Prix	Salzburgring	Jorge Martínez	Luca Cadalora	Carlos Lavado	Eddie Lawson	Report
5	June 15	Yugoslavian Grand Prix	Rijeka	Jorge Martínez		Sito Pons	Eddie Lawson	Report
6	June 28	Dutch TT	Assen	Jorge Martínez	Luca Cadalora	Carlos Lavado	Wayne Gardner	Report
7	July 6	Belgian Grand Prix	Spa		Domenico Brigaglia	Sito Pons	Randy Mamola	Report
8	July 20	French Grand Prix	Le Mans		Luca Cadalora	Carlos Lavado	Eddie Lawson	Report
9	August 3	British Grand Prix	Silverstone	Ian McConnachie	August Auinger	Dominique Sarron	Wayne Gardner	Report
10	August 9	Swedish Grand Prix	Anderstorp		Fausto Gresini	Carlos Lavado	Eddie Lawson	Report
11	August 24	San Marino Grand Prix	Misano	Pier Paolo Bianchi	August Auinger	Tadahiko Taira	Eddie Lawson	Report
12	September 28	Baden-Württemberg Grand Prix	Hockenheim	Gerhard Waibel	Fausto Gresini			Report

Final standings

500cc standings^[1]^[2]

Place	Rider	Number	Team	Machine	ESP	NAT	GER	AUT	YUG	NED	BEL	FRA	GBR	Points	Wins	Poles	F.Laps
1	Eddie Lawson	2	Marlboro-Yamaha	YZR500	2	1	1	1	1	Ret	2	1	3	139	7	7	6
2	Wayne Gardner	4	Rothmans-Honda	NSR500	1	16	2	2	3	1	4	5	1	117	3	2	3
3	Randy Mamola	6	Lucky Strike-Yamaha	YZR500	4	2	6	3	2	2	1	2	5	105	1	1	1
4	Mike Baldwin	11	Lucky Strike-Yamaha	YZR500	3	3	3	5	5	3	Ret	4	18	78			1
5	Rob McElnea	47	Marlboro-Yamaha	YZR500	7	Ret	4	6	4	4	5	6	4	60
6	Christian Sarron	3	Gauloises-Yamaha	YZR500	5	4	Ret	4	6	5	3	3	Ret	58
7	Didier de Radiguès	8	Rollstar-Honda	Chevallier-NS500		5	5			9	7	8	2	42
8	Raymond Roche	7	Katayama-Honda	NSR500	6	Ret	7	Ret	7	6	Ret	Ret	6	35
9	Ron Haslam	5	Elf-Honda	Elf3-NS500	10	Ret	8	Ret	Ret	7	Ret	7	9	18
10	Pierfrancesco Chili	46	HB-Suzuki	RG500	14	7	16	9	DNS		6	Ret	DNS	18
11	Niall Mackenzie	47	Skoal Bandit Heron Suzuki	RG500									7	11
12	Boet Van Dulmen	10	BDM Chrome Tapes	NSR500	15	6	13	10	13	12	9	Ret	12	8
13	Shunji Yatsushiro	54	HRC-Moriwaki	NSR500				7	8	Ret			Ret	7
14	Gustav Reiner		Honda Deutschland	NSR500	Ret		9	8		Ret		DNS		5
15	Fabio Biliotti	23	Team Italia	NSR500	9	8	14	11	Ret		Ret	Ret	Ret	5
16	Dave Petersen	26	HB Suzuki	RG500	12	11	10	12	9	Ret		9	DNS	5
17	Juan Garriga	44	Cagiva	Cagiva	8	Ret	DNS	Ret	12	10	20	20	Ret	4
18	Paul Lewis	33	Skoal Bandit Heron Suzuki	RG500	11	9	12	14	10	Ret	Ret	10	DNS	4
19	Mile Pajic	35	Stichting Netherlands Racing Team	NSR500			Ret	18	18	16	8	16	Ret	3
20	Kenny Irons	41	Loctite Yamaha	YZR500						Ret			8	3
21	Roger Burnett	31	Rothmans Honda Britain	NSR500		Ret				8	DNS		11	3
22	Kevin Schwantz	34	Rizla-Suzuki	RG500							10			2
23	Wolfgang Von Muralt	51	Frankonia Suzuki	RG500	Ret	Ret	17	15	11	13	11	11	10	2
24	Marco Papa	18		NSR500		10			16					1
	Manfred Fischer	35	Hein Gericke Racing	HG-NSR500	18	14	11	13	Ret	Ret	Ret		19	0
	Marco Gentile	20	Ecurie Fior	Fior-NSR500	19	Ret	Ret	Ret	15	11		12	Ret	0
	Henk van der Mark	39	PDM Chrome Tapes	NSR500	14	13	15	17	Ret				15	0
	Masaru Mizutani									14	13			0
	Eero Hyvarinen						Ret	21	14	Ret	DNS			0
	Simon Buckmaster	31	Duckhams Oil	NSR500	17	Ret	18	19		15		17	Ret	0
	Karl Truchsess					15				Ret		Ret		0
	Christian Le Liard											15	Ret	0
	Freddie Spencer	1	Rothmans Honda	NSR500	Ret			16						0
	Peter Linden				Ret	17		Ret		DNS		Ret		0
	Fabio Barchitta			NSR500					17					0
	Rob Punt					18	20							0
	Alessandro Valesi					Ret				Ret		18		0
	Gerold Fisher			NSR500			19							0
	Dietmar Mayer											19		0
	Andy Leuthe	37		NSR500	20	Ret	24		20	Ret	Ret			0
	Leandro Becheroni	55		RG500	Ret	Ret		20	24	Ret	Ret	Ret		0
	Esko Kuparinen											21		0
	Steve Manley												21	0
	Maarten Duyzers						22		23	Ret	Ret	Ret		0
	Helmut Schutz						28	Ret	Ret				23	0
	Josef Doppler					Ret	27	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret			0
	Philippe Robinet						29				Ret	Ret		0
	Armando Errico					Ret			Ret					0
	Marco Lucchinelli					Ret								0
	Bohumil Stasa						Ret							0

250cc standings^[3]^[4]

Place	Rider	Number	Team	Machine	Points	Wins	P.Pos.	F.Laps
1	Carlos Lavado	3	HB Venemotos-Yamaha	YZR250	114	6	7	3
2	Sito Pons	19	Campsa-Honda	NSR250	108	2		2
3	Dominique Sarron	42	Rothmans-Honda	NSR250	72	1		1
4	Anton Mang	2	Rothmans-Honda	NSR250	65	1		1
5	Jean-François Baldé	17	Katayama-Honda	NSR250	63
6	Martin Wimmer	4	Marlboro-Yamaha	YZR250	56		4	3
7	Jacques Cornu	10	Parisienne-Elf-Honda	RS250	32
8	Fausto Ricci	5	MC Bielle Roventi-Honda	NSR250	30
9	Tadahiko Taira	57	Marlboro-Yamaha	YZR250	28	1
10	Donnie McLeod	15	Silverstone-Armstrong	CF250	27
11	Pierre Bolle				21
12	Carlos Cardus				17
13	Stephane Mertens				14
14	Virginio Ferrari				14
15	Maurizio Vitali				12
16	Reinhold Roth				10
17	Alan Carter				9
18	Jean Michel Mattioli				9
19	Manfred Herweh				7
20	Jean Foray				7
21	Niall Mackenzie				4
22	Siegfried Minich				4
23	Massimo Matteoni				2
24	Hans Lindner				1

125cc standings

Place	Rider	Number	Machine	Points	Wins
1	Luca Cadalora		Garelli	122	4
2	Fausto Gresini	1	Garelli	114	4
3	Domenico Brigaglia	6	MBA	80	1
4	August Auinger	3	Bartol	60	2
5	Ezio Gianola	4	MBA	57	0
6	Bruno Kneubühler	5	LCR	54	0
7	Lucio Pietroniro		MBA	37	0
8	Pier Paolo Bianchi	2	Seel	34	0
9	Johnny Wickström		Tunturi	33	0
10	Willy Perez		Zanella	26	0
11	Olivier Liégeois			21
12	Thierry Feuz			19
13	Angel Nieto			15
14	Paolo Casoli			14
15	Gastone Grassetti			9
16	Jussi Hautaniemi			8
17	Adi Stadler			6
18	Alfred Waibel			5
19	Hakan Olsson			5
20	Andres Sanchez			3
21	Mike Leitner			2
22	Esa Kytölä			2

80cc standings

Place	Rider	Number	Machine	Points	Wins
1	Jorge Martínez	2	Derbi	94	4
2	Manuel Herreros	4	Derbi	85	1
3	Stefan Dörflinger	1	Krauser	82	1
4	Hans Spaan		Huvo	57	0
5	Gerhard Waibel	5	Real	51	1
6	Ian McConnachie	6	Krauser	50	1
7	Ángel Nieto	9	Derbi	45	0
8	Pier Paolo Bianchi		Seel	44	1
9	Josef Fischer		Krauser	13	0
10	Gerd Kafka		Krauser	9	0
11	Wilco Zeelenberg			8
12	Hubert Abold			8
13	Theo Timmer			6
14	Joan Bolart			6
15	Rudolf Kunz			6
16	Alex Barros			6
17	Henk Van Kessel			5
18	Domingo Gil			5
19	Rainer Scheidhauer			4
20	Alfred Waibel			3
21	Felix Rodriguez			3
22	Luis Miguel Reyes			2
23	Herri Torrontegui			1
24	Salvatore Milano			1

References

External links

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[1] 1986 500cc Final Standings at MotoGP.com

[2] 1986 500cc Entries List at www.f1network.net

[3] 1986 250cc Final Standings at MotoGP.com

[4] 1986 250cc Entries List at www.f1network.net

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1986 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season

Contents

Season summary

Grands Prix