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Sports 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 [ edit ]
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 [ edit ]
The following Grands Prix were scheduled to take place in 1986:[1] [2]
Calendar changes [ edit ]
Results and standings [ edit ]
Grands Prix [ edit ]
Participants [ edit ]
500cc participants [ edit ]
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 [ edit ]
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
ParisienneHonda
??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 [ edit ]
[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