Kenny Roberts (pictured top in Assen) and Jon Ekerold (pictured in Assen) became the 1980 500cc and 350cc world champion.

The 1980 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season was the 32nd F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship season.

Season summary

Yamaha's Kenny Roberts claimed his third successive 500cc world championship in a season shortened by the cancellations of the Venezuelan and Austrian rounds.[1] Randy Mamola took over at Suzuki from Barry Sheene. Kawasaki returned to the 500cc class with a monocoque, four cylinder bike for Kork Ballington.[1] Honda soldiered on with its exotic four-stroke NR500 but began to realize it was at a disadvantage against its two-stroke opposition.[1]

There were only six rounds in the 350cc class that saw South Africa's Jon Ekerold, a true privateer, take the championship from the Kawasaki factory-sponsored Anton Mang.[1] Mang would take the 250cc crown from defending champion Ballington while Pier Paolo Bianchi won the 125cc title.[1] Eugenio Lazzarini won a tight battle from Swiss Stefan Dörflinger to take the 50cc championship by only 2 points.[2]

1980 Grand Prix season calendar

The following Grands Prix were scheduled to take place in 1980:[3][4]

Round Date Grand Prix Circuit
1 11 May Italy Gran Premio delle Nazioni Circuito Internazionale Santa Monica
2 18 May Spain Gran Premio de España Circuito Permanente Del Jarama
3 25 May France Grand Prix de France Moto Circuit Paul Ricard
4 15 Jun Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Velika Nagrada Jugoslavije Automotodrom Rijeka
5 28 June Netherlands Dutch TT Assen TT Circuit Assen
6 6 July Belgium Grand Prix of Belgium Circuit Zolder
7 27 July Finland Finnish GP Imatra Circuit
8 10 August United Kingdom Marlboro British Grand Prix Silverstone Circuit
9 17 August Czechoslovakia Grand Prix ČSSR Brno Circuit
10 24 August Germany Großer Preis von Deutschland Nürburgring-Nordschleife

Calendar changes

Results and standings

1980 Grand Prix season results

Round Date Race Location 50cc winner 125cc winner 250cc winner 350cc winner 500cc winner Report
1 11 May Italy Nations Grand Prix Misano Italy Eugenio Lazzarini Italy Pier Paolo Bianchi Germany Anton Mang Venezuela Johnny Cecotto United States Kenny Roberts Report
2 18 May Spain Spanish Grand Prix Jarama Italy Eugenio Lazzarini Italy Pier Paolo Bianchi South Africa Kork Ballington United States Kenny Roberts Report
3 25 May France French Grand Prix Paul Ricard Spain Angel Nieto South Africa Kork Ballington South Africa Jon Ekerold United States Kenny Roberts Report
4 15 Jun Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Yugoslavian Grand Prix Rijeka Spain Ricardo Tormo France Guy Bertin Germany Anton Mang Report
5 28 June Netherlands Dutch TT Assen Spain Ricardo Tormo Spain Angel Nieto Venezuela Carlos Lavado South Africa Jon Ekerold Netherlands Jack Middelburg Report
6 6 July Belgium Belgian Grand Prix Zolder Switzerland Stefan Dörflinger Spain Angel Nieto Germany Anton Mang United States Randy Mamola Report
7 27 July Finland Finnish Grand Prix Imatra Spain Angel Nieto South Africa Kork Ballington Netherlands Wil Hartog Report
8 10 August United Kingdom British Grand Prix Silverstone Italy Loris Reggiani South Africa Kork Ballington Germany Anton Mang United States Randy Mamola Report
9 17 August Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakian Grand Prix Brno Circuit France Guy Bertin Germany Anton Mang Germany Anton Mang Report
10 24 August Germany German Grand Prix Nürburgring-Nordschleife Switzerland Stefan Dörflinger France Guy Bertin South Africa Kork Ballington South Africa Jon Ekerold Italy Marco Lucchinelli Report

Participants

500cc participants

Team Constructor Motorcycle No. Rider Rounds
Yamaha Motor Japan Yamaha Yamaha YZR500 (OW48) 1 United States Kenny Roberts All*
Cagiva Cagiva Cagiva GP500 2 Italy Virginio Ferrari  ???
Riemersma Racing Suzuki Suzuki RGB500 3
4		 Netherlands Wil Hartog 1–2, 4–8
Venemotos Racing Team Yamaha Yamaha YZR500 (OW48) 4 Venezuela Johnny Cecotto All
Jen Organs Suzuki Suzuki RG 500 5
57		 Italy Franco Uncini 1–2, 4–8
Yamaha I.M.N. Yamaha  ??? 6 Netherlands Boet van Dulmen All
14
8
9
7		 Netherlands Jack Middelburg 2–8
Team Akai with Texaco Yamaha TZ???/Yamaha OW??? 7 United Kingdom Barry Sheene 1–4, 7
Honda International Honda Honda NR500** 8
17
14
52		 Japan Takazumi Katayama 7
19
???		 United Kingdom Mick Grant  ???
Marlboro Frankonia Nava Suzuki  ??? 9
???		 Switzerland Philippe Coulon 1–2, 5–7
Team Nava Olio Fiat Suzuki RGB500 2
10
???		 Italy Marco Lucchinelli All
23
28
???		 Italy Graziano Rossi 1–7
Team Kawasaki Kawasaki Kawasaki KR500 11
???		 South Africa Kork Ballington 1–3, 6–8***
20
???		 Australia Gregg Hansford 8
Team Sonauto Gauloises GPA Yamaha  ??? 12
19
???		 France Patrick Pons 3–7****
34 France Raymond Roche 1, 3–7
 ??? France Christian Sarron  ???
Elf Moto Racing Team 13
21
???		 Switzerland Michel Frutschi 2
Ecurie Sté Pernod Suzuki 14
36
???		 France Michel Rougerie 2–4, 6
Ecurie Sté Pernod/Sonauto Yamaha 20
???		 France Patrick Fernandez 4–6
Texaco Heron Team Suzuki Suzuki Suzuki RGB500 10
15
???		 United States Randy Mamola All
15
40
???		 New Zealand Graeme Crosby 1–5, 7–8
 ??? Yamaha  ??? 18
???		 Japan Sadao Asami 1, 3, 5–6, 8
Suzuki 26
???		 Switzerland Sergio Pellandini 1
27
???		 France Christian Estrosi 1
GME Motul GPA 28
???		 France Bernard Fau 3, 5
Team Naldoni Yamaha 36 Italy Maurizio Massimiani 1, 5, 8
Sarome Suzuki Suzuki RG 500** 40
???		 Japan Takazumi Katayama 1–4, 8
MAN 2000  ??? 44
???		 Finland Seppo Rossi 2–3, 6
Team Gattino 45
???		 Italy Carlo Perugini 1–3, 5–6, 8
Stimorol 61
???		 Netherlands Willem Zoet 4–5
Source:[5]
Key
Regular Rider
Wildcard Rider
Replacement Rider
Notes
  • * The 500cc did not participate in rounds 4 and 9 of the championship, the Yugoslav and Czechoslovak GPs.
  • ** Katayama raced with the Suzuki for the first four races until the Honda was ready.
  • *** Ballington missed some races due to an injury.
  • **** Pons was killed in a racing accident at the British GP.

500cc riders' standings

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
Place Rider Team Machine NAT
Italy		 ESP
Spain		 FRA
France		 NED
Netherlands		 BEL
Belgium		 FIN
Finland		 GBR
United Kingdom		 GER
Germany		 Points
1 United States Kenny Roberts Yamaha International YZR500 1 1 1 Ret 3 2 2 4 87
2 United States Randy Mamola Heron-Suzuki RG500 Ret 3 2 5 1 4 1 5 72
3 Italy Marco Lucchinelli Nava Gallina-Suzuki RG500 Ret 2 3 Ret 2 Ret 3 1 59
4 Italy Franco Uncini Uncini-Suzuki RG500 2 7 Ret 3 6 3 6 7 50
5 Italy Graziano Rossi Nava Gallina-Suzuki RG500 3 Ret 4 2 Ret 13 4 Ret 38
6 Netherlands Wil Hartog Riemersma Racing RG500 Ret Ret 19 5 1 Ret 3 31
7 Venezuela Johnny Cecotto Venemotos-Yamaha YZR500 4 6 9 6 Ret 5 6 31
8 New Zealand Graeme Crosby Heron-Suzuki RG500 Ret 12 5 8 4 13 2 29
9 Netherlands Jack Middelburg IMN-Yamaha YZR500 DNS 15 Ret 1 Ret Ret 9 8 20
10 Japan Takazumi Katayama Honda-HRC RG500/NR500 6 4 6 Ret Ret 15 12 18
11 Italy Carlo Perugini Team Gattina RG500 5 10 13 Ret 7 7 Ret 9 17
12 South Africa Kork Ballington Team Kawasaki KR500 Ret 13 8 5 7 11 13
13 Switzerland Philippe Coulon Frankonia-Suzuki RG500 9 8 16 Ret 11 8 8 Ret 11
14 Netherlands Boet Van Dulmen IMN-Yamaha YZR500 Ret 18 19 4 9 Ret 16 Ret 10
15 United Kingdom Barry Sheene Akai-Yamaha YZR500 7 5 Ret Ret DNQ Ret 10
16 France Patrick Pons Sonauto Gauloises-Yamaha YZR500 Ret Ret 10 10 8 6 Ret 10
17 France Patrick Fernandez Ecurie Ste Pernod YZR500 Ret Ret Ret 7 Ret 14 4
18 France Michel Rougerie Ecurie Ste Pernod RG500 DNQ 11 7 14 Ret 15 Ret 4
19 France Christian Estrosi Team Furygan Suzuki RG500 8 16 Ret Ret DNQ Ret 3
20 Netherlands Henk De Vries RG500 9 DNQ 25 2
21 Japan Sadao Asami Yamaha International YZR500 Ret Ret 12 DNQ 15 9 Ret 15 2
22 Switzerland Michel Frutschi Elf-Yamaha YZR500 Ret 9 22 Ret DNQ 18 Ret Ret 2
23 France Raymond Roche Sonauto Gauloises-Yamaha YZR500 Ret DNQ 11 DNQ 12 10 14 1
24 Germany Gustav Reiner Nava Kucera Racing Team RG500 DNQ DNQ Ret 22 10 1
25 France Bernard Fau GME Motul GPA YZR500 Ret Ret 15 10 Ret Ret 1
26 United Kingdom Dave Potter Mitsui-Yamaha YZR500 15 DNQ 10 1
27 Switzerland Sergio Pellandini RG500 10 Ret 21 DNQ DNQ Ret 1
Italy Maurizio Massimiani YZR500 11 23 13 13 0
United States Dale Singleton YZR500 DNQ 18 Ret 11 16 0
France Franck Gross RG500 24 Ret 11 DNQ Ret 0
Australia Jeff Sayle YZR500 DNQ DNQ 11 Ret Ret Ret 0
Netherlands Willem Zoet RG500 DNQ 18 12 14 Ret 19 Ret 0
Italy Gianfranco Bonera YZR500 12 17 Ret 0
Sweden Lennart Bäckström RG500 12 0
United Kingdom John Newbold RG500 12 0
Finland Markku Matikainen YZR500 DNQ 19 20 13 Ret DNQ 0
Italy Guido Paci RG500 13 Ret 0
Finland Seppo Rossi RG500 DNQ 14 14 16 Ret Ret 23 0
New Zealand Stuart Avant RG500 DNQ Ret 14 0
Belgium Richard Hubin YZR500 14 Ret 0
Austria Werner Nenning RG500 DNQ Ret DNQ Ret 16 23 18 0
United Kingdom Mick Grant RG500 16 Ret DNQ 0
United Kingdom Steve Parrish RG500 17 DNQ 17 17 0
France Hubert Rigal YZR500 DNQ 17 Ret Ret DNQ 17 Ret 0
Australia Kenny Blake YZR500 17 0
United Kingdom Roger Marshall YZR500 18 0
Austria Max Wiener RG500 DNQ DNQ DNQ 19 25 0
Germany Josef Hage RG500 DNQ DNQ 19 0
Sweden Peter Sjöström RG500 DNQ DNQ DNQ Ret 20 0
Germany Peter Ammann RG500 20 0
Italy Giovanni Pelletier Morbidelli Ret DNQ DNQ DNQ 21 0
United Kingdom Paul Henderson RG500 21 0
Switzerland Wolfgang von Muralt YZR500 22 0
Germany Gerhard Vogt RG500 24 0
Germany Jürgen Steiner RG500 24 0
Austria Michael Schmid RG500 DNQ 26 0
Germany Alois Tost YZR500 27 0
Germany Bruno Kölble YZR500 28 0
Germany Rolf Schneider YZR500 29 0
France Christian Sarron YZR500 Ret Ret 0
Italy Gianni Rolando RG500 Ret Ret DNQ Ret 0
Italy Carlo Prati RG500 Ret DNQ Ret 0
South Africa Jon Ekerold Sol/Bimota DNQ DNQ Ret DNS DNS 0
United States Skip Aksland YZR500 Ret 0
Belgium Alain Nies RG500 DNQ Ret DNQ 0
United States Freddie Spencer YZR500 Ret 0
Italy Adelio Faccioli RG500 Ret 0
Germany Anton Mang KR500 Ret 0
Sweden Peter Sköld RG500 Ret 0
Finland Kimmo Kopra YZR500 Ret 0
United Kingdom Graham Wood YZR500 Ret 0
United Kingdom Steve Manship YZR500 Ret 0
Germany Elmar Renner RG500 DNQ DNQ Ret 0
Australia Gregg Hansford KR500 Ret 0
Germany Klaus Klein RG500 Ret 0
Italy Virginio Ferrari GP500 Ret 0
Germany Clemens Driesch RG500 Ret 0
Germany Fritz Reitmaier RG500 Ret 0
United Kingdom Ron Haslam YZR500 DNS 0
New Zealand Dennis Ireland RG500 DNQ DNQ DNQ 0
Spain Carlos de San Antonio RG500 DNQ DNQ 0
United Kingdom Gary Lingham RG500 DNQ DNQ 0
Spain Antonio Garcia RG500 DNQ DNQ 0
Japan Masaru Iwasaki RG500 DNQ DNQ 0
Netherlands Henk Twikler RG500 DNQ DNQ 0
Finland Timo Pohjola RG500 DNQ DNQ 0
Italy Fabio Biliotti RG500 DNQ 0
Italy Corrado Tuzii RG500 DNQ 0
Belgium Didier de Radigues RG500 DNQ 0
United States Richard Schlachter YZR500 DNQ 0
France Jacques Agopian RG500 DNQ 0
Denmark Børge Nielsen RG500 DNQ 0
Netherlands Dick Alblas RG500 DNQ 0
Belgium Philippe Chaltin RG500 DNQ 0
Netherlands Albert Siegers RG500 DNQ 0
Germany Walter Koschine RG500 DNQ 0
Belgium Jean-Philippe Delers YZR500 DNQ 0
United Kingdom John Woodley RG500 DNQ 0
Venezuela Roberto Pietri RG500 DNQ 0
United Kingdom Alex George YZR500 DNQ 0
Germany Günter Riehl Yamato DNQ 0

350cc standings

Place Rider Number Country Machine Points Wins
1 South Africa Jon Ekerold 8 South Africa Yamaha 63 3
2 West Germany Anton Mang 4 West Germany Kawasaki 60 2
3 France Jean-François Baldé France Kawasaki 38 0
4 Venezuela Johnny Cecotto Venezuela Yamaha 37 1
5 Australia Jeff Sayle 10 Australia Yamaha 25 0
6 France Eric Saul France Yamaha 24 0
7 Switzerland Jacques Cornu 27 Switzerland Yamaha 21 0
8 Italy Massimo Matteoni 4 Italy Yamaha 19 0
9 Italy Walter Villa 4 Italy Yamaha 16 0
10 France Patrick Fernandez 2 France Yamaha 12 0
11 Carlo Perugini 10
12 Tony Head 9
13 Carlos Lavado 8
14 Roland Freymond 7
15 Gregg Hansford 6
16 Tony Rogers 6
17 Jacques Bolle 6
18 Keith Huewen 6
19 Thierry Espié 6
20 Jean Louis Tournadre 5
21 Loris Reggiani 4
22 Graeme McGregor 4
23 Alan North 2
24 Pekka Nurmi 1
25 Edi Stoellinger 1

250cc standings

Place Rider Number Country Machine Points Wins
1 West Germany Anton Mang 6 West Germany Kawasaki 128 4
2 South Africa Kork Ballington 1 South Africa Kawasaki 87 5
3 France Jean-François Baldé 8 France Kawasaki 59 0
4 France Thierry Espié France Yamaha 53 0
5 Switzerland Roland Freymond 10 Switzerland Morbidelli 46 0
6 Venezuela Carlos Lavado Venezuela Yamaha 29 1
7 Italy Gianpaolo Marchetti Italy Yamaha 28 0
8 Switzerland Jacques Cornu Switzerland Yamaha 26 0
9 France Eric Saul France Yamaha 24 0
10 France Patrick Fernandez 5 France Yamaha 16 0
11 Edi Stoellinger 16
12 Hans Müller 16
13 Sauro Pazzaglia 12
14 Graeme McGregor 12
15 Pier Luigi Conforti 10
16 Jean-Louis Guignabodet 9
17 Didier de Radiguès 8
18 Eero Hyvärinen 8
19 Clive Horton 7
20 Paolo Ferretti 7
21 Greame Geddes 6
22 R.Sibille 6
23 Steve Tonkin 5
24 Jacques Bolle 5
25 Herbert Hauf 4
26 A.Gouin 4
27 Reinhold Roth 4
28 Walter Villa 4
29 Charlie Williams 2
30 Martin Wimmer 2
31 Marco Papa 1
32 Jean-Louis Tournadre 1
33 Rene Delaby 1
34 F.Marcheggiani 1
35 Tony Rogers 1
36 H.Tomic 1

125cc standings

Place Rider Number Country Machine Points Wins
1 Italy Pier Paolo Bianchi 10 Italy MBA 90 2
2 France Guy Bertin 6 France Motobécane 81 3
3 Spain Angel Nieto 1 Spain Minarelli 78 4
4 Switzerland Bruno Kneubühler 9 Switzerland MBA 68 0
5 Switzerland Hans Müller Switzerland MBA 64 0
6 Italy Loris Reggiani Italy Minarelli 63 1
7 Venezuela Iván Palazzese Venezuela MBA 28 0
8 Italy Maurizio Massimiani 2 Italy Minarelli 20 0
9 Netherlands Peter Looijensteijn Netherlands MBA 18 0
10 Australia Barry Smith Australia MBA 17 0
11 Harald Bartol 15
12 Ricardo Tormo 13
13 Stefan Dörflinger 13
14 Gianpaolo Marchetti 10
15 August Auinger 9
16 Jose Dubon 8
17 Eugenio Lazzarini 8
18 Rolf Blatter 8
19 Henk Van Kessel 8
20 Gert Bender 6
21 Michel Galbit 6
22 P.Herouard 6
23 Janos Drapal 5
24 Thierry Noblesse 4
25 Matti Kinnunen 4
26 Jhonni Baeckstroem 2
27 S.Janssen 2
28 Jean Claude Selini 2
29 Johnny Wickstroem 1
30 Hugo Vignetti 1
31 Z.Ljeljak 1
32 Anton Straver 1

50cc standings

Place Rider Number Country Machine Points Wins
1 Italy Eugenio Lazzarini 1 Italy Iprem[6] 74 2
2 Switzerland Stefan Dörflinger 10 Switzerland Kreidler 72 2
3 Austria Hans Hummel Austria Kreidler 37 0
4 Spain Ricardo Tormo Spain Kreidler 36 2
5 Netherlands Henk van Kessel 7 Netherlands Kreidler 31 0
6 Netherlands Hans Spaan Netherlands Kreidler The Best Team 24 0
7 Netherlands Theo Timmer Netherlands Bultaco 19 0
8 France Yves Dupont France ABF 18 0
9 France Jacques Hutteau 8 France ABF 18 0
10 West Germany Wolfgang Müller West Germany Kreidler 15 0
11 Switzerland Rolf Blatter 14
12 West Germany Gerhard Waibel 7
13 AustriaOtto Machinek 7
14 West Germany Ingo Emmerich 6
15 Italy Giuseppe Ascareggi 4
16 West Germany Günter Schirnhofer 4
17 Spain Daniel Mateos 3
18 Italy Claudio Lusuardi 3
19 Italy Enrico Cereda 2
20 ItalyAldo Pero 1
21 West GermanyGerhard Böhl 1

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  2. ↑ "Results and Statistics". MotoGP.com. Archived from the original on 2012-09-20. Retrieved 2010-07-06.
  3. ↑ "Grand Prix uitslagen en bijzonderheden 1980". Archive.li. Archived from the original on 2012-09-05. Retrieved 2018-07-18.
  4. ↑ "1980 World Motorcycle Championship". 15 January 2018.
  5. ↑ "500cc Grand Prix entry list for 1983". Motorcycle Racing Online.
  6. ↑ (in English) Iprem : 50cc Roadracing Story - The Iprem was a rebadged Van Veen-Kreidler
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