1986 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season

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This article recaps the 1986 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season.

Contents 1 Season summary 2 1986 500 cc Season review 2.1 1986 500 cc Roadracing World Championship final standings 3 1986 250 cc Season Review 3.1 1986 250 cc Roadracing World Championship final standings 4 1986 125 cc Season Review 4.1 1986 125 cc Roadracing World Championship final standings 5 1986 80 cc Season Review 5.1 1986 80 cc Roadracing World Championship final standings

[edit] 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, be 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 team-mates 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 ranked him second only to Giacomo Agostini.

[edit] 1986 500 cc Season review

Round	Race	Location	Winning rider	Winning team	Report
1	Spanish Grand Prix	Jarama	Wayne Gardner	Honda	Report
2	Nations Grand Prix	Monza	Eddie Lawson	Yamaha	Report
3	West German Grand Prix	Nürburgring	Eddie Lawson	Yamaha	Report
4	Austrian Grand Prix	Salzburgring	Eddie Lawson	Yamaha	Report
5	Yugoslavian Grand Prix	Rijeka	Eddie Lawson	Yamaha	Report
6	Dutch TT	Assen	Wayne Gardner	Honda	Report
7	Belgian Grand Prix	Spa	Randy Mamola	Yamaha	Report
8	French Grand Prix	Le Mans	Eddie Lawson	Yamaha	Report
9	British Grand Prix	Silverstone	Wayne Gardner	Honda	Report
10	Swedish Grand Prix	Anderstorp	Eddie Lawson	Yamaha	Report
11	San Marino Grand Prix	Misano	Eddie Lawson	Yamaha	Report

[edit] 1986 500 cc Roadracing World Championship final standings

Place	Rider	Number	Country	Machine	Points	Wins
1	Eddie Lawson	2	United States	Marlboro-Yamaha	139	7
2	Wayne Gardner	4	Australia	Rothmans-Honda	117	3
3	Randy Mamola	6	United States	Kool-Yamaha	105	1
4	Mike Baldwin	11	United States	Kool-Yamaha	78	0
5	Rob McElnea	47	United Kingdom	Marlboro-Yamaha	60	0
6	Christian Sarron	3	France	Gauloises-Yamaha	58	0
7	Didier de Radiguès	8	Belgium	Rollstar-Honda	42	0
8	Raymond Roche	7	France	Katayama-Honda	35	0
9	Ron Haslam	5	United Kingdom	Elf-Honda	18	0
10	Pier-Francesco Chili	46	Italy	HB-Suzuki	18	0

[edit] 1986 250 cc Season Review

Round	Race	Location	Winning rider	Winning team	Report
1	Spanish Grand Prix	Jarama	Carlos Lavado	Yamaha	Report
2	Nations Grand Prix	Monza	Anton Mang	Honda	Report
3	West German Grand Prix	Nürburgring	Carlos Lavado	Yamaha	Report
4	Austrian Grand Prix	Salzburgring	Carlos Lavado	Yamaha	Report
5	Yugoslavian Grand Prix	Rijeka	Sito Pons	Honda	Report
6	Dutch TT	Assen	Carlos Lavado	Yamaha	Report
7	Belgian Grand Prix	Spa	Sito Pons	Honda	Report
8	French Grand Prix	Le Mans	Carlos Lavado	Yamaha	Report
9	British Grand Prix	Silverstone	Dominique Sarron	Honda	Report
10	Swedish Grand Prix	Anderstorp	Carlos Lavado	Yamaha	Report
11	San Marino Grand Prix	Misano	Tadahiko Taira	Yamaha	Report

[edit] 1986 250 cc Roadracing World Championship final standings

Place	Rider	Number	Country	Machine	Points	Wins
1	Carlos Lavado		Venezuela	Yamaha	114	6
2	Sito Pons		Spain	Honda	108	2
3	Dominique Sarron		France	Yamaha	72	1
4	Anton Mang	5	West Germany	Honda	65	1
5	Jean-François Baldé		France	Honda	63	0
6	Martin Wimmer	4	Germany	Yamaha	56	0
7	Jacques Cornu	10	Switzerland	Honda	32	0
8	Fausto Ricci	5	Italy	Honda	30	0
9	Tadahiko Taira		Japan	Yamaha	28	0
10	Donnie McLeod		United Kingdom	Armstrong	27	0

[edit] 1986 125 cc Season Review

Round	Race	Location	Winning rider	Winning team	Report
1	Spanish Grand Prix	Jarama	Fausto Gresini	Garelli	Report
2	Nations Grand Prix	Monza	Fausto Gresini	Garelli	Report
3	West German Grand Prix	Nürburgring	Luca Cadalora	Garelli	Report
4	Austrian Grand Prix	Salzburgring	Luca Cadalora	Garelli	Report
5	Dutch TT	Assen	Luca Cadalora	Garelli	Report
6	Belgian Grand Prix	Spa	Domenico Brigaglia	MBA	Report
7	French Grand Prix	Le Mans	Luca Cadalora	Garelli	Report
8	British Grand Prix	Silverstone	August Auinger	Bartol	Report
9	Swedish Grand Prix	Anderstorp	Fausto Gresini	Garelli	Report
10	San Marino Grand Prix	Misano	August Auinger	Bartol	Report
11	Baden-Württemberg Grand Prix	Hockenheimring	Fausto Gresini	Garelli	Report

[edit] 1986 125 cc Roadracing World Championship final standings

Place	Rider	Number	Country	Machine	Points	Wins
1	Luca Cadalora		Italy	Garelli	122	4
2	Fausto Gresini	1	Italy	Garelli	114	4
3	Domenico Brigaglia	6	Italy	MBA	80	1
4	August Auinger	3	Austria	Bartol	60	2
5	Ezio Gianola	4	Italy	MBA	57	0
6	Bruno Kneubühler	5	Switzerland	LCR	54	0
7	Lucio Pietroniro		Belgium	MBA	37	0
8	Pierpaolo Bianchi	2	Italy	Seel	34	0
9	Johnny Wickström		Finland	Tunturi	33	0
10	Willy Perez		Argentina	Zanella	26	0

[edit] 1986 80 cc Season Review

Round	Race	Location	Winning Rider	Winning team	Report
1	Spanish Grand Prix	Jarama	Jorge Martinez	Derbi	Report
2	Nations Grand Prix	Monza	Stefan Dörflinger	Krauser	Report
3	West German Grand Prix	Nürburgring	Manuel Herreros	Derbi	Report
4	Austrian Grand Prix	Salzburgring	Jorge Martinez	Derbi	Report
5	Yugoslavian Grand Prix	Rijeka	Jorge Martinez	Derbi	Report
6	Dutch TT	Assen	Jorge Martinez	Derbi	Report
7	British Grand Prix	Silverstone	Ian McConnachie	Krauser	Report
8	San Marino Grand Prix	Misano	Pierpaolo Bianchi	Seel	Report
9	Baden-Württemberg Grand Prix	Hockenheimring	Gerhard Waibel	Real	Report

[edit] 1986 80 cc Roadracing World Championship final standings

Place	Rider	Number	Country	Machine	Points	Wins
1	Jorge Martinez	2	Spain	Derbi	94	4
2	Manuel Herreros	4	Spain	Derbi	85	1
3	Stefan Dörflinger	1	Switzerland	Krauser	82	1
4	Hans Spaan		Netherlands	Huvo	57	0
5	Gerhard Waibel	5	West Germany	Real	51	1
6	Ian McConnachie	6	United Kingdom	Krauser	50	1
7	Angel Nieto	9	Spain	Derbi	45	0
8	Pierpaolo Bianchi		Italy	Seel	44	1
9	Josef Fischer		Austria	Krauser	13	0
10	Gerd Kafka		Austria	Krauser	9	0

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