1986 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season

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

This would be the last season where the premier class 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

• The South African Grand Prix was boycotted due to the Apartheid policies in the country.
• The German Grand Prix moved from the Hockenheimring to the Nürburgring.
• The French Grand Prix moved from the Bugatti Circuit in Le Mans to the Paul Ricard circuit.
• The Baden-Württemberg motorcycle Grand Prix was added as a one-off race to replace the South African Grand Prix. Only the 80cc and 125cc participated in this race.

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 57 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 58 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 14 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 YZR 250 3 Carlos Lavado All Yamaha TZ 250 26 28 Luis Lavado ?? Yamaha Marlboro Team Agostini SRL Yamaha Yamaha YZR 250 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 TZ 250 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 TZ 250 35 50 32 33 Stéphane Mertens 2–11 Dieter Braun PVM Levior Team Yamaha Yamaha TZ 250 39 33 Hans Becker 4–7, 9–10 Hostettler-Yamaha Yamaha Yamaha TZ 250 41 43 47 Roland Freymond 1, 3, 5, 7–11 ?? Chevallier-Yamaha Yamaha TZ 250 42 31 62 Jean Foray All Werberger Konservenfabrik Koch KG Yamaha Yamaha TZ 250 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 TZ 250 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 TZ 250 63 18 52 Jean-Louis Tournadre 1–5, 9–11 Source:[4]

Key Regular Rider Wildcard Rider Replacement Rider

500cc riders' standings

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Scoring system

Points are awarded to the top ten finishers. A rider has to finish the race to earn points.

Pos Rider Team Machine ESP NAT GER AUT YUG NED BEL FRA GBR SWE SMR Pts 1 Eddie Lawson Marlboro Yamaha-Agostini YZR500 2 1 1 1 1 Ret 2 1 3 1 1 139 2 Wayne Gardner Rothmans Honda-HRC NSR500 1 16 2 2 3 1 4 5 1 2 2 117 3 Randy Mamola Lucky Strike Yamaha-Roberts YZR500 4 2 6 3 2 2 1 2 5 8 3 105 4 Mike Baldwin Lucky Strike Yamaha-Roberts YZR500 3 3 3 5 5 3 Ret 4 18 3 4 78 5 Rob McElnea Marlboro Yamaha-Agostini YZR500 7 Ret 4 6 4 4 5 6 4 4 60 6 Christian Sarron Sonauto Gauloises-Yamaha YZR500 5 4 Ret 4 6 5 3 3 Ret 6 58 7 Didier de Radiguès Rollstar Honda Racing Team Chevallier-NS500 5 5 9 7 8 2 6 7 42 8 Raymond Roche Racing Team Katayama NS500/NSR500 6 Ret 7 Ret 7 6 Ret Ret 6 5 5 35 9 Ron Haslam Team Elf-ROC Elf3-RS500 10 Ret 8 Ret Ret 7 Ret 7 9 9 9 18 10 Pierfrancesco Chili HB-Suzuki RG500 14 7 16 9 DNS 6 Ret DNS 18 11 Niall Mackenzie Skoal Bandit Heron Suzuki RG500 7 7 8 11 12 Boet Van Dulmen PDM Chrome Tapes RS500 15 6 13 10 13 12 9 14 12 13 18 8 13 Shunji Yatsushiro HRC Moriwaki RS500 7 8 Ret Ret 14 11 7 14 Gustav Reiner Honda Deutschland RS500 Ret 9 8 Ret DNS 5 15 Fabio Biliotti Team Italia RS500 9 8 14 11 Ret Ret Ret Ret 5 16 Dave Petersen HB Suzuki RG500 12 11 10 12 9 Ret 9 DNS 5 17 Juan Garriga Cagiva GP500 8 Ret DNS Ret 12 10 20 20 Ret NC 4 18 Paul Lewis Skoal Bandit Heron Suzuki RG500 11 9 12 14 10 Ret Ret 10 DNS 4 19 Mile Pajic Stichting Netherlands Racing Team RS500 Ret 18 18 16 8 16 Ret 21 Ret 3 20 Kenny Irons Loctite Yamaha YZR500 Ret 8 3 21 Roger Burnett Rothmans Honda Britain RS500/NS500 Ret 8 DNS 11 3 22 Kevin Schwantz Rizla Heron Suzuki RG500 10 10 2 23 Wolfgang Von Muralt Frankonia Suzuki Bakker-RG500 Ret Ret 17 15 11 13 11 11 10 10 Ret 2 24 Marco Papa RS500 10 16 1 Manfred Fischer Team Hein Gericke HG-RS500 18 14 11 13 Ret 16 Ret 19 16 Ret 0 Marco Gentile Ecurie Fior Fior-RS500 19 Ret Ret Ret 15 11 12 Ret 11 0 Henk van der Mark PDM Chrome Tapes RS500 14 13 15 17 Ret 15 17 0 Masaru Mizutani Walter Wolf Racing RG500 14 13 0 Eero Hyvarinen RS500 Ret 21 14 Ret DNS 19 Ret 0 Simon Buckmaster Duckhams Oil RS500 17 Ret 18 19 15 17 Ret 18 0 Karl Truchsess RS500 15 Ret Ret Ret 0 Christian Le Liard Team Elf-ROC Elf3-RS500 15 Ret NC Ret 0 Freddie Spencer Rothmans Honda-HRC NSR500 Ret 16 0 Peter Linden RS500 Ret 17 Ret DNS Ret 12 0 Fabio Barchitta RS500 17 Ret 0 Rob Punt RS500 18 20 0 Alessandro Valesi RS500 Ret Ret 18 0 Gerold Fisher RS500 19 0 Dietmar Mayer RS500 19 0 Andy Leuthe RS500 20 Ret 24 20 Ret Ret Ret 0 Leandro Becheroni RG500 Ret Ret 20 24 Ret Ret Ret Ret 0 Esko Kuparinen RS500 21 23 0 Steve Manley RG500 21 0 Maarten Duyzers HDJ Sportswear RS500 22 23 Ret Ret Ret 22 0 Helmut Schutz Rallye Sport RS500 28 Ret Ret 23 0 Josef Doppler HRC Grieskirched RS500 Ret 27 Ret Ret Ret Ret 0 Philippe Robinet RS500 29 Ret Ret 0 Armando Errico RG500 Ret Ret 0 Marco Lucchinelli Cagiva GP500 Ret 0 Bohumil Stasa RS500 Ret 0 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). 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