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1986 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season

Sports season

500cc – Eddie Lawson (Yamaha) 250cc – Carlos Lavado (Yamaha) 125cc – Luca Cadalora (Garelli) 80cc – Jorge Martínez (Derbi) 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:

Round	Date	Grand Prix
4 May	Spain Gran Premio de España	Circuito Permanente Del Jarama
18 May	Italy Gran Premio delle Nazioni	Autodromo Nazionale Monza
25 May	Germany Großer Preis von Deutschland	Nürburgring
8 June	Austria Großer Preis von Österreich	Salzburgring
15 June	Yugoslavia Yu Grand Prix	Automotodrom Rijeka
28 June	Netherlands Dutch TT	TT Circuit Assen
6 July	Belgium GP of Belgium	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps
20 July	France Grand Prix de France	Circuit Paul Ricard
3 August	UK Shell Oils British Motorcycle Grand Prix	Silverstone Circuit
9 August	Sweden Swedish TT	Scandinavian Raceway
24 August	San Marino Grand Prix San Marino	Circuito Internazionale Santa Monica
28 September	Baden-Württemberg 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
4 May	Spain Spanish Grand Prix	Jarama	Spain Jorge Martínez	Italy Fausto Gresini	Venezuela Carlos Lavado	Australia Wayne Gardner	Report
18 May	Italy Italian Grand Prix	Monza	Switzerland Stefan Dörflinger	Italy Fausto Gresini	Germany Anton Mang	United States Eddie Lawson	Report
25 May	Germany German Grand Prix	Nürburgring	Spain Manuel Herreros	Italy Luca Cadalora	Venezuela Carlos Lavado	United States Eddie Lawson	Report
8 June	Austria Austrian Grand Prix	Salzburgring	Spain Jorge Martínez	Italy Luca Cadalora	Venezuela Carlos Lavado	United States Eddie Lawson	Report
15 June	Yugoslavia Yugoslavian Grand Prix	Automotodrom Rijeka	Spain Jorge Martínez		Spain Sito Pons	United States Eddie Lawson	Report
28 June	Netherlands Dutch TT	Assen	Spain Jorge Martínez	Italy Luca Cadalora	Venezuela Carlos Lavado	Australia Wayne Gardner	Report
6 July	Belgium Belgian Grand Prix	Spa		Italy Domenico Brigaglia	Spain Sito Pons	United States Randy Mamola	Report
20 July	France French Grand Prix	Paul Ricard		Italy Luca Cadalora	Venezuela Carlos Lavado	United States Eddie Lawson	Report
3 August	UK British Grand Prix	Silverstone	UK Ian McConnachie	Austria August Auinger	France Dominique Sarron	Australia Wayne Gardner	Report
9 August	Sweden Swedish Grand Prix	Anderstorp		Italy Fausto Gresini	Venezuela Carlos Lavado	United States Eddie Lawson	Report
24 August	San Marino San Marino Grand Prix	Misano	Italy Pier Paolo Bianchi	Austria August Auinger	Japan Tadahiko Taira	United States Eddie Lawson	Report
28 September	Baden-Württemberg Baden-Württemberg Grand Prix	Hockenheim	Germany Gerhard Waibel	Italy Fausto Gresini			Report

Participants

500cc participants

Team	Constructor	Motorcycle	No.	Rider
Rothmans Honda/HRC	Honda NSR500	1	USA Freddie Spencer	1, 4
4	AUS Wayne Gardner	All
Yamaha Marlboro Team Agostini SRL	Yamaha YZR500	2	USA Eddie Lawson	All
9	GBR Rob McElnea	All
Team Gauloises Blondes Yamaha	Yamaha YZR500	3	FRA Christian Sarron	1–9, 11
Team Elf-ROC	Elf 3	5	GBR Ron Haslam	All
52	FRA Christian le Liard	8–11
Team Lucky Strike Roberts	Yamaha YZR500	6	USA Randy Mamola	All
11	USA Mike Baldwin	All
Racing Team Katayama	Honda RS500
Honda NSR500	7	FRA Raymond Roche	All
Rollstar Honda Racing Team	Honda RS500	8	BEL Didier de Radiguès	2–3, 6–11
PDM Chrome Tapes	Honda RS500	10	NED Boet van Dulmen	All
39	NED Henk van der Mark	1–5, 9–10
??	Honda RS500	18	ITA Marco Papa	2, 5–6
Ecurie Fior	Fior RS500	20	ITA Marco Gentile	1–6, 8–11
Team Italia	Honda RS500	23	ITA Fabio Biliotti	1–6, 9–11
HB Suzuki	Suzuki RG500 XR70	26	ZIM Dave Petersen	1–6, 8, 11
28
30
31
46
56	ITA Pierfrancesco Chili	1–5, 7-8
Skoal Bandit Heron Suzuki	Suzuki RG500 TSR6 (XR70)	33	AUS Paul Lewis	1–8, 11
47
33
59	GBR Niall Mackenzie	9–11
57	GBR Paul Iddon	??
Rizla Heron Suzuki	Suzuki RG500 TSR6 (XR70)	34	USA Kevin Schwantz	6–8, 11
Rothmans Honda Britain	Honda RS500
Honda NS500	31
30	GBR Roger Burnett	2, 6–7, 9
Honda NS500	43	GBR Roger Marshall	9
Duckhams Oil	Honda RS500	31	GBR Simon Buckmaster	1–4, 6–11
Hein Gericke Racing	Honda RS500	35
31
71
36	BRD Manfred Fischer	1–7, 9–11
Stichting Netherlands Racing Team	Honda RS500	35	NED Mile Pajic	3–11
??	Honda RS500	37	LUX Andy Leuthe	1–3, 5–7, 11
Loctite Suzuki	Suzuki RGB500	41	GBR Kenny Irons	6, 8–9
Cagiva	Cagiva C10	44
16	SPA Joan Garriga	1–9, 11
58	ITA Marco Lucchinelli	2
HRC Grieskirched	Honda RS500	44	AUT Sepp Doppler	??
??	Honda RS500	45	BRD Dietmar Mayer	8
HDJ Sportswear	Suzuki RG500 XR45	48	NED Maarten Duyzers	3, 5–10
Frankonia-Suzuki Schweiz	Suzuki RG500 Bakker (XR45)	51
29	CHE Wolfgang von Muralt	All
HRC-Moriwaki	Honda NSR500	54	JPN Shunji Yatsushiro	4–6, 8–11
Ciesse Piumini	Suzuki RGB500	55	ITA Leandro Becheroni	1–2, 4–8, 11
Walter Wolf	Suzuki RG500 XR70	56
63	JPN Masaru Mizutani	6–7
RS Rallye Sport Motorsport Handels	Honda RS500	56	BRD Helmut Schütz	3–5, 9–10
Honda Deutschland	Honda RS500 Bakker	14	BRD Gustav Reiner	1, 3–4, 6, 8
??	Honda RS500 Bakker	??	SWE Peter Sköld	??

Key
Regular Rider
Wildcard Rider
Replacement Rider

250cc participants

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

Key
Regular Rider
Wildcard Rider
Replacement Rider

500cc riders' standings

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

Position	Points
1st	2nd
15	12

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

250cc standings

Place	Rider	Number	Team	Machine	Points	Wins	P.Pos.	F.Laps
1	VEN Carlos Lavado	3	HB Venemotos-Yamaha	YZR250	114	6	7	3
2	ESP Sito Pons	19	Campsa-Honda	NSR250	108	2		2
3	FRA Dominique Sarron	42	Rothmans-Honda	NSR250	72	1		1
4	FRG Anton Mang	2	Rothmans-Honda	NSR250	65	1		1
5	FRA Jean-François Baldé	17	Katayama-Honda	NSR250	63
6	FRG Martin Wimmer	4	Marlboro-Yamaha	YZR250	56		4	3
7	CHE Jacques Cornu	10	Parisienne-Elf-Honda	RS250	32
8	ITA Fausto Ricci	5	MC Bielle Roventi-Honda	NSR250	30
9	JPN Tadahiko Taira	57	Marlboro-Yamaha	YZR250	28	1
10	GBR Donnie McLeod	15	Silverstone-Armstrong	CF250	27
11	FRA Pierre Bolle				21
12	ESP Carlos Cardús	12	Campsa-Honda		17
13	BEL Stéphane Mertens				14
14	ITA Virginio Ferrari	34	Total-Honda		14
15	ITA Maurizio Vitali				12
16	GER Reinhold Roth	9	HB-Honda		10
17	GBR Alan Carter	7			9
18	FRA Jean Michel Mattioli				9
19	GER Manfred Herweh	8	Aprilia-Rotax		7
20	FRA Jean Foray				7
21	GBR Niall Mackenzie		Armstrong-Rotax	CF250	4
22	AUT Siegfried Minich				4
23	ITA Massimo Matteoni				2
24	AUT Hans Lindner				1

125cc standings

Place	Rider	Number	Machine	Points	Wins
1	ITA Luca Cadalora	22	Garelli	122	4
2	ITA Fausto Gresini	1	Garelli	114	4
3	ITA Domenico Brigaglia	6	MBA	80	1
4	AUT August Auinger	3	Bartol	60	2
5	ITA Ezio Gianola	4	MBA	57	0
6	CHE Bruno Kneubühler	5	LCR	54	0
7	BEL Lucio Pietroniro	9	MBA	37	0
8	ITA Pier Paolo Bianchi	2	Seel	34	0
9	FIN Johnny Wickström	11	Tunturi	33	0
10	ARG Willy Perez	14	Zanella	26	0
11	BEL Olivier Liégeois	10		21
12	SUI Thierry Feuz	17		19
13	ESP Ángel Nieto			15
14	ITA Paolo Casoli			14
15	ITA Gastone Grassetti			9
16	FIN Jussi Hautaniemi	8		8
17	GER Adi Stadler			6
18	GER Alfred Waibel			5
19	SWE Hakan Olsson			5
20	ESP Andres Sanchez			3
21	AUT Mike Leitner			2
22	FIN Esa Kytölä			2

80cc standings

Place	Rider	Number	Machine	Points	Wins
1	ESP Jorge Martínez	2	Derbi	94	4
2	ESP Manuel Herreros	4	Derbi	85	1
3	CHE Stefan Dörflinger	1	Krauser	82	1
4	NLD Hans Spaan		Huvo	57	0
5	FRG Gerhard Waibel	5	Real	51	1
6	GBR Ian McConnachie	6	Krauser	50	1
7	ESP Ángel Nieto	9	Derbi	45	0
8	ITA Pier Paolo Bianchi		Seel	44	1
9	AUT Josef Fischer		Krauser	13	0
10	AUT Gerd Kafka		Krauser	9	0
11	NED Wilco Zeelenberg		Casal	8
12	GER Hubert Abold			8
13	NED Theo Timmer			6
14	ESP Joan Bolart			6
15	GER Rudolf Kunz			6
16	BRA Alex Barros			6
17	NED Henk Van Kessel			5
18	ESP Domingo Gil			5
19	GER Rainer Scheidhauer			4
20	GER Alfred Waibel			3
21	ESP Felix Rodriguez			3
22	ESP Luis Miguel Reyes			2
23	ESP Herri Torrontegui			1
24	ITA Salvatore Milano			1

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