1985 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
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| 1985 F.I.M. Grand Prix motorcycle racing season | |
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The 1985 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season was the 37th F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship 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] Grands Prix
[edit] Final Standings
[edit] 500cc 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 |
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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] 250cc 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] 125cc 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 | 1 | |
| 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] 80cc standings
| Place | Rider | Number | Country | Machine | Points | Wins |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stefan Dörflinger |
1 | Switzerland | Krauser | 86 | 2 |
| 2 |  Jorge Martínez |
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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