1986 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season

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

1986 F.I.M. Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Previous: 1985 Next: 1987

1986 World Champions
500ccEddie Lawson (Yamaha)
250ccCarlos Lavado (Yamaha)
125ccLuca Cadalora (Garelli)
80ccJorge Martínez (Derbi)

This would be the last season where the Championship was held only in Europe until 2020.

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, he 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 teammates 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.

1986 Grand Prix season calendar

The following Grands Prix were scheduled to take place in 1986:[1][2]

Round Date Grand Prix Circuit
1 4 May Gran Premio de España Circuito Permanente Del Jarama
2 18 May Gran Premio delle Nazioni Autodromo Nazionale Monza
3 25 May Großer Preis von Deutschland Nürburgring
4 8 June Großer Preis von Österreich Salzburgring
5 15 June Yu Grand Prix Automotodrom Rijeka
6 28 June Dutch TT TT Circuit Assen
7 6 July GP of Belgium Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps
8 20 July Grand Prix de France Circuit Paul Ricard
9 3 August Shell Oils British Motorcycle Grand Prix Silverstone Circuit
10 9 August Swedish TT Scandinavian Raceway
11 24 August Grand Prix San Marino Circuito Internazionale Santa Monica
12 28 September Baden-Württemberg Grand Prix Hockenheimring

Calendar changes

Results and standings

Grands Prix

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

Participants

500cc participants

Team Constructor Motorcycle No. Rider Rounds
Rothmans Honda/HRC Honda Honda NSR500 1 Freddie Spencer 1, 4
4 Wayne Gardner All
Yamaha Marlboro Team Agostini SRL Yamaha Yamaha YZR500 2 Eddie Lawson All
9 Rob McElnea All
Team Gauloises Blondes Yamaha Yamaha Yamaha YZR500 3 Christian Sarron 1-9, 11
Team Elf-ROC Elf-Honda Elf 3
Honda RS500
5 Ron Haslam All
52 Christian le Liard 8-11
Team Lucky Strike Roberts Yamaha Yamaha YZR500 6 Randy Mamola All
11 Mike Baldwin All
Racing Team Katayama Honda Honda RS500
Honda NSR500
7 Raymond Roche All
Rollstar Honda Racing Team Chevallier-Honda Honda RS500 8 Didier de Radiguès 2-3, 6-11
PDM Chrome Tapes Honda Honda RS500 10 Boet van Dulmen All
39 Henk van der Mark 1-5, 9-10
?? Honda Honda RS500 18 Marco Papa 2, 5-6
Ecurie Fior Fior-Honda Honda RS500 20 Marco Gentile 1-6, 8-11
Team Italia Honda Honda RS500 23 Fabio Biliotti 1-6, 9-11
HB Suzuki Suzuki Suzuki XR71 26 Dave Petersen 1-6, 8, 11
28
30
31
46
56
Pierfrancesco Chili 1-5, 7-8
Skoal Bandit Heron Suzuki Heron-Suzuki Suzuki XR71 33 Paul Lewis 1-8, 11
47
33
59
Niall Mackenzie 9-11
?? Paul Iddon ??
Rizla Heron-Suzuki Suzuki XR71 34 Kevin Schwantz 6-8, 11
Rothmans Honda Britain Honda Honda RS500
Honda NS500
31
30
Roger Burnett 2, 6-7, 9
Honda NS500 43 Roger Marshall 9
Duckhams Oil Honda Honda RS500 31 Simon Buckmaster 1-4, 6-11
Hein Gericke Racing HG-Honda Honda RS500 35
31
71
36
Manfred Fischer 1-7, 9-11
Stichting Netherlands Racing Team Honda Honda RS500 35 Mile Pajic 3-11
?? Honda Honda RS500 37 Andy Leuthe 1-3, 5-7, 11
Loctite Yamaha Yamaha
Suzuki
Yamaha YZR500
??
41 Kenny Irons 6, 8-9
Cagiva Cagiva Cagiva C10 44
16
Joan Garriga 1-9, 11
?? Marco Lucchinelli 2
HRC Grieskirched Honda Honda RS500 44 Sepp Doppler ??
?? Honda Honda RS500 45 Dietmar Mayer 8
HDJ Sportswear Suzuki Suzuki RG500 Gamma 48 Maarten Duyzers 3, 5-10
Frankonia-Suzuki Schweiz Bakker-Suzuki ?? 51
29
Wolfgang von Muralt All
HRC-Moriwaki Honda Honda NSR500 54 Shunji Yatsushiro 4-6, 8-11
?? Suzuki
Honda
Honda RS500
??
55 Leandro Becheroni 1-2, 4-8, 11
Walter Wolf Suzuki Suzuki XR71 56
19
Shunji Yatsushiro 6-7
RS Rallye Sport Motorsport Handels Honda Honda RS500 56 Helmut Schütz 3-5, 9-10
Honda Deutschland Bakker-Honda Honda RS500 ?? Gustav Reiner 1, 3-4, 6, 8
?? Bakker-Honda Honda RS500 ?? Peter Sköld ??
Source:[3]
Key
Regular Rider
Wildcard Rider
Replacement Rider

250cc participants

Team Constructor Motorcycle No. Rider Rounds
Rothmans Honda Honda Honda NSR250 2 Anton Mang 1-3, 5-7, 9-11
42
55
46
40
38
31
56
Dominique Sarron All
HB-Venemotos Racing Team Yamaha Yamaha YZR250 3 Carlos Lavado All
Yamaha TZ250 26
28
Luis Lavado ??
Yamaha Marlboro Team Agostini SRL Yamaha Yamaha YZR250 4 Martin Wimmer All
57
37
44
36
33
31
Tadahiko Taira 2-11
MC Bielle Roventi Honda Italy Honda Honda NSR250 5 Fausto Ricci 1-5, 7-11
Team Aprilia Aprilia-Rotax ?? 6 Loris Reggiani 1-2, 6, 8-10
36
43
45
Stefano Caracchi 1-3, 8-11
Braun Cobas JJ Cobas-Rotax ?? 7 Alan Carter All
HB-Aprilia Team 250 Aprilia-Rotax ?? 8 Manfred Herweh 1-8
HB-Römer Racing Team Honda Honda RS250R 9 Reinhold Roth All
25 Harald Eckl 1-6, 8-11
Team Parisienne-Elf Honda Honda RS250R 10 Jacques Cornu All
Parisienne ?? 11 Pierre Bolle 1-9, 11
Parisienne
Honda
??
Honda RS250R
54
67
Sergio Pellandini 4
Parisienne ?? 59 Guy Bertin 6-7, 10
Campsa-Honda Honda Honda RS250R 12 Carlos Cardús All
Honda NSR250 19 Sito Pons All
Team Mattioli Yamaha Yamaha TZ250 14 Jean-Michel Mattioli 1-3, 5-11
Silverstone-Armstrong Armstrong-Rotax Armstrong CF250 15 Donnie Mcleod All
35
38
41
Niall Mackenzie 6-11
52 Ian Newton 1-3
Racing Team Katayama Honda Honda NSR250 17 Jean-François Baldé All
70
44
34
51
52
Virginio Ferrari 3-11
Nuovo Moto Club Honda Honda RS250R 20 Massimo Matteoni 2, 4-5, 8, 10-11
Team Italia Garelli Garelli Garelli 250 GP 21 Andrea Brasini ??
42
39
45
34
43
32
Maurizio Vitali 1, 3-11
Motor Team Development Honda Honda RS250R 22 Bruno Bonhuil 2-3, 5, 7-8
Honda Racing Team Honda Honda RS250R 23 Siegfried Minich 2-7, 9-10
Johnson Team Total Yamaha Yamaha TZ250 35
50
32
33
Stéphane Mertens 2-11
Dieter Braun PVM Levior Team Yamaha Yamaha TZ250 39
33
Hans Becker 4-7, 9-10
Hostettler-Yamaha Yamaha Yamaha TZ250 41
43
47
Roland Freymond 1, 3, 5, 7-11
?? Chevallier-Yamaha Yamaha TZ250 42
31
62
Jean Foray All
Werberger Konservenfabrik Koch KG Yamaha Yamaha TZ250 45 Herbert Besendörfer 4-5, 9-10
Ehrlich Automotive EMC-Rotax ?? 46
36
51
Gary Noel 6-7, 11
RK Morena-Rotax ?? 49
41
Rene Deláby 1-5, 9
Wintershall Racing Team Yamaha Yamaha TZ250 53
57
Urs Lüzi 1, 6, 11
Atomic Road Racing Team Bakker-Rotax ?? 54
30
41
Hans Lindner 2-8
MIG MIG-Rotax ?? 55
32
Jean-Louis Guignabodet 1-2, 4, 6-11
?? Yamaha Yamaha TZ250 63
18
52
Jean-Louis Tournadre 1-5, 9-11
Source: [4]
Key
Regular Rider
Wildcard Rider
Replacement Rider

500cc riders' standings

[5][6]

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
Pos Rider Team Machine ESP
NAT
GER
AUT
YUG
NED
BEL
FRA
GBR
SWE
SMR
Pts
1 Eddie LawsonMarlboro Yamaha-AgostiniYZR50021111Ret21311139
2 Wayne GardnerRothmans Honda-HRCNSR500116223145122117
3 Randy MamolaLucky Strike Yamaha-RobertsYZR50042632212583105
4 Mike BaldwinLucky Strike Yamaha-RobertsYZR500333553Ret4183478
5 Rob McElneaMarlboro Yamaha-AgostiniYZR5007Ret4644564460
6 Christian SarronSonauto Gauloises-YamahaYZR50054Ret46533Ret658
7 Didier de RadiguèsRollstar Honda Racing TeamChevallier-NS5005597826742
8 Raymond RocheRacing Team KatayamaNS500/NSR5006Ret7Ret76RetRet65535
9 Ron HaslamTeam Elf-ROCElf3-RS50010Ret8RetRet7Ret799918
10 Pierfrancesco ChiliHB-SuzukiRG500147169DNS6RetDNS18
11 Niall MackenzieSkoal Bandit Heron SuzukiRG50077811
12 Boet Van DulmenPDM Chrome TapesRS500156131013129141213188
13 Shunji YatsushiroHRC MoriwakiRS50078RetRet14117
14 Gustav ReinerHonda DeutschlandRS500Ret98RetDNS5
15 Fabio BiliottiTeam ItaliaRS500981411RetRetRetRet5
16 Dave PetersenHB SuzukiRG500121110129Ret9DNS5
17 Juan GarrigaCagivaGP5008RetDNSRet12102020RetNC4
18 Paul LewisSkoal Bandit Heron SuzukiRG500119121410RetRet10DNS4
19 Mile PajicStichting Netherlands Racing TeamRS500Ret181816816Ret21Ret3
20 Kenny IronsLoctite YamahaYZR500Ret83
21 Roger BurnettRothmans Honda BritainRS500/NS500Ret8DNS113
22 Kevin SchwantzRizla Heron SuzukiRG50010102
23 Wolfgang Von MuraltFrankonia SuzukiBakker-RG500RetRet1715111311111010Ret2
24 Marco PapaRS50010161
Manfred FischerTeam Hein GerickeHG-RS50018141113Ret16Ret1916Ret0
Marco GentileEcurie FiorFior-RS50019RetRetRet151112Ret110
Henk van der MarkPDM Chrome TapesRS50014131517Ret15170
Masaru MizutaniWalter Wolf RacingRG50014130
Eero HyvarinenRS500Ret2114RetDNS19Ret0
Simon BuckmasterDuckhams OilRS50017Ret18191517Ret180
Karl TruchsessRS50015RetRetRet0
Christian Le LiardTeam Elf-ROCElf3-RS50015RetNCRet0
Freddie SpencerRothmans Honda-HRCNSR500Ret160
Peter LindenRS500Ret17RetDNSRet120
Fabio BarchittaRS50017Ret0
Rob PuntRS50018200
Alessandro ValesiRS500RetRet180
Gerold FisherRS500190
Dietmar MayerRS500190
Andy LeutheRS50020Ret2420RetRetRet0
Leandro BecheroniRG500RetRet2024RetRetRetRet0
Esko KuparinenRS50021230
Steve ManleyRG500210
Maarten DuyzersHDJ SportswearRS5002223RetRetRet220
Helmut SchutzRallye SportRS50028RetRet230
Josef DopplerHRC GrieskirchedRS500Ret27RetRetRetRet0
Philippe RobinetRS50029RetRet0
Armando ErricoRG500RetRet0
Marco LucchinelliCagivaGP500Ret0
Bohumil StasaRS500Ret0
Pos Rider Team Machine ESP
NAT
GER
AUT
YUG
NED
BEL
FRA
GBR
SWE
SMR
Pts

250cc standings

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 Cardús 12 Campsa-Honda 17
13 Stéphane Mertens 14
14 Virginio Ferrari 34 Total-Honda 14
15 Maurizio Vitali 12
16 Reinhold Roth 9 HB-Honda 10
17 Alan Carter 7 9
18 Jean Michel Mattioli 9
19 Manfred Herweh 8 Aprilia-Rotax 7
20 Jean Foray 7
21 Niall Mackenzie Armstrong-Rotax CF250 4
22 Siegfried Minich 4
23 Massimo Matteoni 2
24 Hans Lindner 1

[7][8]

125cc standings

Place Rider Number Machine Points Wins
1 Luca Cadalora 22 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 9 MBA 37 0
8 Pier Paolo Bianchi 2 Seel 34 0
9 Johnny Wickström 11 Tunturi 33 0
10 Willy Perez 14 Zanella 26 0
11 Olivier Liégeois 10 21
12 Thierry Feuz 17 19
13 Ángel Nieto 15
14 Paolo Casoli 14
15 Gastone Grassetti 9
16 Jussi Hautaniemi 8 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 Casal 8
12 Hubert Abold 8
13 Theo Timmer 6
14 Joan Bolart 6
15 Rudolf Kunz 6
16 Alex Barros Rieju,
Autisa
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

Further reading

  • Büla, Maurice & Schertenleib, Jean-Claude (2001). Continental Circus 1949-2000. Chronosports S.A. ISBN 2-940125-32-5

References

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