Sports season
1980 World Champions500cc – Kenny Roberts (Yamaha)
350cc - Jon Ekerold (Yamaha)
250cc – Anton Mang (
Kawasaki)
125cc – Pier Paolo Bianchi (MBA)
50cc – Eugenio Lazzarini (Iprem)
Kenny Roberts (pictured top in Assen) and Jon Ekerold (pictured in Assen) became the 1980 500cc and 350cc world champion.
The 1980 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season was the 32nd F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship season.
Season summary
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]
1980 Grand Prix season calendar
The following Grands Prix were scheduled to take place in 1980:[3][4]
Calendar changes
Results and standings
1980 Grand Prix season results
Participants
500cc participants
Team | Constructor | Motorcycle | No. | Rider | Rounds | Yamaha Motor Japan | Yamaha | Yamaha YZR500 (OW48) | 1 | Kenny Roberts | All | Cagiva | Cagiva | Cagiva GP500 | 2 | Virginio Ferrari | All | Riemersma Racing | Suzuki | Suzuki RGB500 | 3 4 | Wil Hartog | 1–2, 4–8 | Venemotos Racing Team | Yamaha | Yamaha YZR500 (OW48) | 4 | Johnny Cecotto | All | Jen Organs | Suzuki | Suzuki RG 500 | 5 57 | Franco Uncini | 1–2, 4–8 | Yamaha I.M.N. | Yamaha | ??? | 6 | Boet van Dulmen | All | 14 8 9 7 | Jack Middelburg | 2–8 | Team Akai with Texaco | Yamaha TZ???/Yamaha OW??? | 7 | Barry Sheene | 1–4, 7 | Honda International | Honda | Honda NR500** | 8 17 14 52 | Takazumi Katayama | 7 | 19 ??? | Mick Grant | 9 | Marlboro Frankonia Nava | Suzuki | ??? | 9 ??? | Philippe Coulon | 1–2, 5–7 | Team Nava Olio Fiat | Suzuki RGB500 | 2 10 ??? | Marco Lucchinelli | All | 23 28 ??? | Graziano Rossi | 1–7 | Team Kawasaki | Kawasaki | Kawasaki KR500 | 11 ??? | Kork Ballington | 1–3, 6–9 | 20 ??? | Gregg Hansford | 8 | Team Sonauto Gauloises GPA | Yamaha | ??? | 12 19 ??? | Patrick Pons | 3–7 | 34 | Raymond Roche | 1, 3–7 | 7 | Christian Sarron | All | Elf Moto Racing Team | 13 21 ??? | Michel Frutschi | 2 | Ecurie Sté Pernod | Suzuki | 14 36 ??? | Michel Rougerie | 2–4, 6 | Ecurie Sté Pernod/Sonauto | Yamaha | 20 ??? | Patrick Fernandez | 4–6 | Texaco Heron Team Suzuki | Suzuki | Suzuki RGB500 | 10 15 ??? | Randy Mamola | All | 15 40 ??? | Graeme Crosby | 1–5, 7–8 | ??? | Yamaha | ??? | 18 ??? | Sadao Asami | 1, 3, 5–6, 8 | Suzuki | 26 ??? | Sergio Pellandini | 1 | 27 ??? | Christian Estrosi | 1 | GME Motul GPA | 28 ??? | Bernard Fau | 3, 5 | Team Naldoni | Yamaha | 36 | Maurizio Massimiani | 1, 5, 8 | Sarome | Suzuki | Suzuki RG 500** | 40 ??? | Hiroshi Aoyama | 1–4, 8 | MAN 2000 | ??? | 44 ??? | Seppo Rossi | 2–3, 6 | Team Gattino | 45 ??? | Carlo Perugini | 1–3, 5–6, 8 | Stimorol | 61 ??? | Willem Zoet | 4–5 | Source:[5] | | Key | Regular Rider | Wildcard Rider | Replacement Rider | |
- Notes
- * The 500cc did not participate in rounds 4 and 9 of the championship, the Yugoslav and Czechoslovak GPs.
- ** Katayama raced with the Suzuki for the first four races until the Honda was ready.
- *** Ballington missed some races due to an injury.
- **** Pons was killed in a racing accident at the British GP.
500cc riders' standings
- Scoring system
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 |
Points | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Place | Rider | Team | Machine | NAT
| ESP
| FRA
| NED
| BEL
| FIN
| GBR
| GER
| Points |
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 |
350cc standings
250cc standings
125cc standings
50cc standings
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