1985 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season


The 1985 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season was the 37th F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship season.

Season summary

's Freddie Spencer gave a dominating performance becoming the first man to win the 250 and 500 championships in the same year. Defending champion Eddie Lawson finished in second with former 250 world champion, Christian Sarron coming in third. Sarron's victory at the German Grand Prix would mark the first 500cc Grand Prix victory for a non-American rider since the 1982 Swedish Grand Prix. Australian Wayne Gardner showed promise with a fourth-place finish for Honda.
With perennial champion Angel Nieto moving to the 80cc class, the 125 class was left open for his Garelli teammate, Fausto Gresini to clinch the title, giving the Italian team its fourth consecutive championship. Swiss Stefan Dörflinger would take his fourth consecutive title in the 80cc class. Angel Nieto won his 90th and final Grand Prix victory in the 80cc round in France, at the time second only to Giacomo Agostini, but since surpassed by Valentino Rossi.

1985 Grand Prix season calendar

The following Grands Prix were scheduled to take place in 1985:
RoundDateGrand PrixCircuit
123 March National Panasonic Motorcycle Grand PrixKyalami
25 May Gran Premio de EspañaCircuito Permanente Del Jarama
319 May Großer Preis von DeutschlandHockenheimring
426 May Gran Premio delle NazioniMugello
52 June Großer Preis von ÖsterreichSalzburgring
616 June Yugoslavian Grand PrixAutomotodrom Rijeka
729 June Dutch TT AssenTT Circuit Assen
87 July Johnson GP of BelgiumCircuit de Spa-Francorchamps
921 July Grand Prix de FranceBugatti Circuit
104 August Marlboro British Grand PrixSilverstone Circuit
1110 August Swedish TTScandinavian Raceway
121 September Grand Prix San MarinoCircuito Internazionale Santa Monica

Calendar changes

Grands Prix

Participants

500cc participants

250cc participants

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
Points1512108654321

250cc standings

125cc final standings

80cc standings

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