The1980 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season was the 32ndF.I.M.Road Racing World Championship season.
Yamaha'sKenny Roberts claimed his third successive500cc world championship in a season shortened by the cancellations of the Venezuelan and Austrian rounds.[1]Randy Mamola took over atSuzuki fromBarry Sheene.Kawasaki returned to the 500cc class with amonocoque, four cylinder bike forKork Ballington.[1]Honda soldiered on with its exoticfour-strokeNR500 but began to realize it was at a disadvantage against itstwo-stroke opposition.[1]
There were only six rounds in the 350cc class that saw South Africa'sJon Ekerold, a trueprivateer, take the championship from the Kawasaki factory-sponsoredAnton Mang.[1] Mang would take the 250cc crown from defending champion Ballington whilePier Paolo Bianchi won the 125cc title.[1]Eugenio Lazzarini won a tight battle from SwissStefan Dörflinger to take the 50cc championship by only 2 points.[2]
The following Grands Prix were scheduled to take place in 1980:[3][4]
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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 | ESP | FRA | NED | BEL | FIN | GBR | GER | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yamaha International | YZR500 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Ret | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 87 | |
| 2 | Heron-Suzuki | RG500 | Ret | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 72 | |
| 3 | NavaGallina-Suzuki | RG500 | Ret | 2 | 3 | Ret | 2 | Ret | 3 | 1 | 59 | |
| 4 | Uncini-Suzuki | RG500 | 2 | 7 | Ret | 3 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 50 | |
| 5 | Nava Gallina-Suzuki | RG500 | 3 | Ret | 4 | 2 | Ret | 13 | 4 | Ret | 38 | |
| 6 | Riemersma Racing | RG500 | Ret | Ret | 19 | 5 | 1 | Ret | 3 | 31 | ||
| 7 | Venemotos-Yamaha | YZR500 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 6 | Ret | 5 | 6 | 31 | ||
| 8 | Heron-Suzuki | RG500 | Ret | 12 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 13 | 2 | 29 | ||
| 9 | IMN-Yamaha | YZR500 | DNS | 15 | Ret | 1 | Ret | Ret | 9 | 8 | 20 | |
| 10 | Honda-HRC | RG500/NR500 | 6 | 4 | 6 | Ret | Ret | 15 | 12 | 18 | ||
| 11 | Team Gattina | RG500 | 5 | 10 | 13 | Ret | 7 | 7 | Ret | 9 | 17 | |
| 12 | TeamKawasaki | KR500 | Ret | 13 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 13 | |||
| 13 | Frankonia-Suzuki | RG500 | 9 | 8 | 16 | Ret | 11 | 8 | 8 | Ret | 11 | |
| 14 | IMN-Yamaha | YZR500 | Ret | 18 | 19 | 4 | 9 | Ret | 16 | Ret | 10 | |
| 15 | Akai-Yamaha | YZR500 | 7 | 5 | Ret | Ret | DNQ | Ret | 10 | |||
| 16 | SonautoGauloises-Yamaha | YZR500 | Ret | Ret | 10 | 10 | 8 | 6 | Ret | 10 | ||
| 17 | Ecurie Ste Pernod | YZR500 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 7 | Ret | 14 | 4 | |||
| 18 | Ecurie Ste Pernod | RG500 | DNQ | 11 | 7 | 14 | Ret | 15 | Ret | 4 | ||
| 19 | Team Furygan Suzuki | RG500 | 8 | 16 | Ret | Ret | DNQ | Ret | 3 | |||
| 20 | RG500 | 9 | DNQ | 25 | 2 | |||||||
| 21 | Yamaha International | YZR500 | Ret | Ret | 12 | DNQ | 15 | 9 | Ret | 15 | 2 | |
| 22 | Elf-Yamaha | YZR500 | Ret | 9 | 22 | Ret | DNQ | 18 | Ret | Ret | 2 | |
| 23 | Sonauto Gauloises-Yamaha | YZR500 | Ret | DNQ | 11 | DNQ | 12 | 10 | 14 | 1 | ||
| 24 | Nava Kucera Racing Team | RG500 | DNQ | DNQ | Ret | 22 | 10 | 1 | ||||
| 25 | GMEMotul GPA | YZR500 | Ret | Ret | 15 | 10 | Ret | Ret | 1 | |||
| 26 | Mitsui-Yamaha | YZR500 | 15 | DNQ | 10 | 1 | ||||||
| 27 | RG500 | 10 | Ret | 21 | DNQ | DNQ | Ret | 1 | ||||
| YZR500 | 11 | 23 | 13 | 13 | 0 | |||||||
| YZR500 | DNQ | 18 | Ret | 11 | 16 | 0 | ||||||
| RG500 | 24 | Ret | 11 | DNQ | Ret | 0 | ||||||
| YZR500 | DNQ | DNQ | 11 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 0 | |||||
| RG500 | DNQ | 18 | 12 | 14 | Ret | 19 | Ret | 0 | ||||
| YZR500 | 12 | 17 | Ret | 0 | ||||||||
| RG500 | 12 | 0 | ||||||||||
| RG500 | 12 | 0 | ||||||||||
| YZR500 | DNQ | 19 | 20 | 13 | Ret | DNQ | 0 | |||||
| RG500 | 13 | Ret | 0 | |||||||||
| RG500 | DNQ | 14 | 14 | 16 | Ret | Ret | 23 | 0 | ||||
| RG500 | DNQ | Ret | 14 | 0 | ||||||||
| YZR500 | 14 | Ret | 0 | |||||||||
| RG500 | DNQ | Ret | DNQ | Ret | 16 | 23 | 18 | 0 | ||||
| RG500 | 16 | Ret | DNQ | 0 | ||||||||
| RG500 | 17 | DNQ | 17 | 17 | 0 | |||||||
| YZR500 | DNQ | 17 | Ret | Ret | DNQ | 17 | Ret | 0 | ||||
| YZR500 | 17 | 0 | ||||||||||
| YZR500 | 18 | 0 | ||||||||||
| RG500 | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | 19 | 25 | 0 | ||||||
| RG500 | DNQ | DNQ | 19 | 0 | ||||||||
| RG500 | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | Ret | 20 | 0 | ||||||
| RG500 | 20 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Morbidelli | Ret | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | 21 | 0 | ||||||
| RG500 | 21 | 0 | ||||||||||
| YZR500 | 22 | 0 | ||||||||||
| RG500 | 24 | 0 | ||||||||||
| RG500 | 24 | 0 | ||||||||||
| RG500 | DNQ | 26 | 0 | |||||||||
| YZR500 | 27 | 0 | ||||||||||
| YZR500 | 28 | 0 | ||||||||||
| YZR500 | 29 | 0 | ||||||||||
| YZR500 | Ret | Ret | 0 | |||||||||
| RG500 | Ret | Ret | DNQ | Ret | 0 | |||||||
| RG500 | Ret | DNQ | Ret | 0 | ||||||||
| Sol/Bimota | DNQ | DNQ | Ret | DNS | DNS | 0 | ||||||
| YZR500 | Ret | 0 | ||||||||||
| RG500 | DNQ | Ret | DNQ | 0 | ||||||||
| YZR500 | Ret | 0 | ||||||||||
| RG500 | Ret | 0 | ||||||||||
| KR500 | Ret | 0 | ||||||||||
| RG500 | Ret | 0 | ||||||||||
| YZR500 | Ret | 0 | ||||||||||
| YZR500 | Ret | 0 | ||||||||||
| YZR500 | Ret | 0 | ||||||||||
| RG500 | DNQ | DNQ | Ret | 0 | ||||||||
| KR500 | Ret | 0 | ||||||||||
| RG500 | Ret | 0 | ||||||||||
| GP500 | Ret | 0 | ||||||||||
| RG500 | Ret | 0 | ||||||||||
| RG500 | Ret | 0 | ||||||||||
| YZR500 | DNS | 0 | ||||||||||
| RG500 | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | 0 | ||||||||
| RG500 | DNQ | DNQ | 0 | |||||||||
| RG500 | DNQ | DNQ | 0 | |||||||||
| RG500 | DNQ | DNQ | 0 | |||||||||
| RG500 | DNQ | DNQ | 0 | |||||||||
| RG500 | DNQ | DNQ | 0 | |||||||||
| RG500 | DNQ | DNQ | 0 | |||||||||
| RG500 | DNQ | 0 | ||||||||||
| RG500 | DNQ | 0 | ||||||||||
| RG500 | DNQ | 0 | ||||||||||
| YZR500 | DNQ | 0 | ||||||||||
| RG500 | DNQ | 0 | ||||||||||
| RG500 | DNQ | 0 | ||||||||||
| RG500 | DNQ | 0 | ||||||||||
| RG500 | DNQ | 0 | ||||||||||
| RG500 | DNQ | 0 | ||||||||||
| RG500 | DNQ | 0 | ||||||||||
| YZR500 | DNQ | 0 | ||||||||||
| RG500 | DNQ | 0 | ||||||||||
| RG500 | DNQ | 0 | ||||||||||
| YZR500 | DNQ | 0 | ||||||||||
| Yamato | DNQ | 0 |
| Place | Rider | Number | Country | Machine | Points | Wins |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8 | South Africa | Yamaha | 63 | 3 | |
| 2 | 4 | West Germany | Kawasaki | 60 | 2 | |
| 3 | France | Kawasaki | 38 | 0 | ||
| 4 | Venezuela | Yamaha | 37 | 1 | ||
| 5 | 10 | Australia | Yamaha | 25 | 0 | |
| 6 | France | Yamaha | 24 | 0 | ||
| 7 | 27 | Switzerland | Yamaha | 21 | 0 | |
| 8 | 4 | Italy | Yamaha | 19 | 0 | |
| 9 | 4 | Italy | Yamaha | 16 | 0 | |
| 10 | 2 | France | Yamaha | 12 | 0 | |
| 11 | Carlo Perugini | usa | 10 | |||
| 12 | Tony Head | usa | 9 | |||
| 13 | Carlos Lavado | Usa | 8 | |||
| 14 | Roland Freymond | Spa | 7 | |||
| 15 | Gregg Hansford | Spa | 6 | |||
| 16 | Tony Rogers | spa | 6 | |||
| 17 | Jacques Bolle | fra | 6 | |||
| 18 | Keith Huewen | Fra | 6 | |||
| 19 | Thierry Espié | Fra | 6 | |||
| 20 | Jean Louis Tournadre | Ita | 5 | |||
| 21 | Loris Reggiani | Ita | 4 | |||
| 22 | Graeme McGregor | Ita | 4 | |||
| 23 | Alan North | Irl | 2 | |||
| 24 | Pekka Nurmi | Irl | 1 | |||
| 25 | Edi Stoellinger | Irl | 1 |
| Place | Rider | Number | Country | Machine | Points | Wins |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | West Germany | Kawasaki | 128 | 4 | |
| 2 | 1 | South Africa | Kawasaki | 87 | 5 | |
| 3 | 8 | France | Kawasaki | 59 | 0 | |
| 4 | France | Yamaha | 53 | 0 | ||
| 5 | 10 | Switzerland | Morbidelli | 46 | 0 | |
| 6 | Venezuela | Yamaha | 29 | 1 | ||
| 7 | Italy | Yamaha | 28 | 0 | ||
| 8 | Switzerland | Yamaha | 26 | 0 | ||
| 9 | France | Yamaha | 24 | 0 | ||
| 10 | 5 | France | Yamaha | 16 | 0 | |
| 11 | Edi Stoellinger | Spa | 16 | |||
| 12 | Hans Müller | spa | 16 | |||
| 13 | Sauro Pazzaglia | Spa | 12 | |||
| 14 | Graeme McGregor | Fra | 12 | |||
| 15 | Pier Luigi Conforti | Fra | 10 | |||
| 16 | Jean-Louis Guignabodet | Fra | 9 | |||
| 17 | Didier de Radiguès | Ita | 8 | |||
| 18 | Eero Hyvärinen | Ita | 8 | |||
| 19 | Clive Horton | Ita | 7 | |||
| 20 | Paolo Ferretti | Irl | 7 | |||
| 21 | Greame Geddes | Irl | 6 | |||
| 22 | Jaka | Irl | 6 | |||
| 23 | Steve Tonkin | Isl | 5 | |||
| 24 | Jacques Bolle | Isl | 5 | |||
| 25 | Herbert Hauf | Isl | 4 | |||
| 26 | Jsks | Swe | 4 | |||
| 27 | Reinhold Roth | Swe | 4 | |||
| 28 | Walter Villa | Swe | 4 | |||
| 29 | Charlie Williams | Fin | 2 | |||
| 30 | Martin Wimmer | Fin | 2 | |||
| 31 | Marco Papa | Fin | 1 | |||
| 32 | Jean-Louis Tournadre | Gbr | 1 | |||
| 33 | Rene Delaby | Gbr | 1 | |||
| 34 | Nam | Gbr | 1 | |||
| 35 | Tony Rogers | Aus | 1 | |||
| 36 | Nsms | Jpn | 1 |
| Place | Rider | Number | Country | Machine | Points | Wins |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 10 | Italy | MBA | 90 | 2 | |
| 2 | 6 | France | Motobécane | 81 | 3 | |
| 3 | 1 | Spain | Minarelli | 78 | 4 | |
| 4 | 9 | Switzerland | MBA | 68 | 0 | |
| 5 | Switzerland | MBA | 64 | 0 | ||
| 6 | Italy | Minarelli | 63 | 1 | ||
| 7 | Venezuela | MBA | 28 | 0 | ||
| 8 | 2 | Italy | Minarelli | 20 | 0 | |
| 9 | Netherlands | MBA | 18 | 0 | ||
| 10 | Australia | MBA | 17 | 0 | ||
| 11 | Harald Bartol | Spa | 15 | |||
| 12 | Ricardo Tormo | Spa | 13 | |||
| 13 | Stefan Dörflinger | Spa | 13 | |||
| 14 | Gianpaolo Marchetti | Fra | 10 | |||
| 15 | August Auinger | Fra | 9 | |||
| 16 | Jose Dubon | Fra | 8 | |||
| 17 | Eugenio Lazzarini | Ita | 8 | |||
| 18 | Rolf Blatter | ita | 8 | |||
| 19 | Henk Van Kessel | ita | 8 | |||
| 20 | Gert Bender | irl | 6 | |||
| 21 | Michel Galbit | Irl | 6 | |||
| 22 | Jwjwk | irl | 6 | |||
| 23 | Janos Drapal | isl | 5 | |||
| 24 | Thierry Noblesse | Isl | 4 | |||
| 25 | Matti Kinnunen | Isl | 4 | |||
| 26 | Jhonni Baeckstroem | Fin | 2 | |||
| 27 | Ajja | fin | 2 | |||
| 28 | Jean Claude Selini | Fin | 2 | |||
| 29 | Johnny Wickstroem | Swe | 1 | |||
| 30 | Hugo Vignetti | Swe | 1 | |||
| 31 | Nsms | Swe | 1 | |||
| 32 | Anton Straver | Aus | 1 |
| Place | Rider | Number | Country | Machine | Points | Wins |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Italy | Iprem[6] | 74 | 2 | |
| 2 | 10 | Switzerland | Kreidler | 72 | 2 | |
| 3 | Austria | Kreidler | 37 | 0 | ||
| 4 | Spain | Kreidler | 36 | 2 | ||
| 5 | 7 | Netherlands | Kreidler | 31 | 0 | |
| 6 | Netherlands | Kreidler The Best Team | 24 | 0 | ||
| 7 | Netherlands | Bultaco | 19 | 0 | ||
| 8 | France | ABF | 18 | 0 | ||
| 9 | 8 | France | ABF | 18 | 0 | |
| 10 | West Germany | Kreidler | 15 | 0 | ||
| 11 | usa | 14 | ||||
| 12 | usa | 7 | ||||
| 13 | Usa | 7 | ||||
| 14 | Spa | 6 | ||||
| 15 | Spa | 4 | ||||
| 16 | Spa | 4 | ||||
| 17 | Fra | 3 | ||||
| 18 | Fra | 3 | ||||
| 19 | Fra | 2 | ||||
| 20 | Aus | 1 | ||||
| 21 | Jpn | 1 |