1985 German motorcycle Grand Prix

The 1985 German motorcycle Grand Prix was the third round of the 1985 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 17–19 May 1985 at the Hockenheimring.

West Germany  1985 German Grand Prix
Race details
Race 3 of 12 races in the
1985 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date19 May 1985
Official nameGroßer Preis von Deutschland[1][2][3]
LocationHockenheimring
Course
  • Permanent racing facility
  • 6.789 km (4.218 mi)
500 cc
Pole position
Rider United States Freddie Spencer
Time 2:05.350
Fastest lap
Rider Unknown
Podium
First France Christian Sarron
Second United States Freddie Spencer
Third United Kingdom Ron Haslam
250 cc
Pole position
Rider United States Freddie Spencer
Time 2:15.660
Fastest lap
Rider Unknown
Podium
First United States Martin Wimmer
Second United States Freddie Spencer
Third West Germany Anton Mang
125 cc
Pole position
Rider Italy Pier Paolo Bianchi
Time 2:24.980
Fastest lap
Rider Unknown
Podium
First Austria August Auinger
Second Italy Fausto Gresini
Third Italy Pier Paolo Bianchi
80 cc
Pole position
Rider Switzerland Stefan Dörflinger
Time 2:32.610
Fastest lap
Rider Unknown
Podium
First Switzerland Stefan Dörflinger
Second Spain Jorge Martínez
Third Netherlands Hans Spaan

Classification edit

500 cc edit

Pos. Rider Team Manufacturer Time/Retired Points
1   Christian Sarron Sonauto Gauloises Yamaha Yamaha 45'05.240 15
2   Freddie Spencer Rothmans Team HRC Honda +11.590 12
3   Ron Haslam Rothmans Honda Britain Honda +15.350 10
4   Eddie Lawson Marlboro Team Agostini Yamaha +40.100 8
5   Didier de Radiguès Honda Benelux Elf Honda +58.580 6
6   Wayne Gardner Rothmans Honda Britain Honda +59.490 5
7   Rob McElnea Skoal Bandit Heron Suzuki Suzuki +1'13.050 4
8   Randy Mamola Rothmans Honda Mamola Honda +1'24.660 3
9   Sito Pons HB Suzuki GP Team Suzuki +1'29.220 2
10   Boet van Dulmen Shell-Toshiba Racing Team Honda +1'35.330 1
11   Takazumi Katayama Rothmans Honda Team Honda +1'52.910
12   Neil Robinson Jim Finlay Racing Suzuki +1 lap
13   Raymond Roche Marlboro Team Agostini Yamaha +1 lap
14   Marco Gentile Yamaha +1 lap
15   Klaus Klein Suzuki +1 lap
16   Eero Hyvärinen Honda +1 lap
17   Manfred Fischer Honda +1 lap
18   Georg Jung Suzuki +1 lap
19   Paul Iddon Suzuki +1 lap
20   Rainer Sautter Suzuki +1 lap
21   Peter Sköld Bakker-Honda +1 lap
22   Andreas Woditsch Yamaha +1 lap
23   Maarten Duyzers Suzuki +1 lap
24   Josef Ragginger Suzuki +1 lap
25   Fabio Biliotti Team Italia Honda +1 lap
26   Marco Papa Suzuki +1 lap
27   Peter Linden Honda +1 lap
28   Armando Errico Team Italia Honda +1 lap
29   Bohumil Stasa Honda +2 laps
30   Keith Huewen Honda +2 laps
Ret   Dave Petersen Kreepy Krauly Racing Honda Retired
Ret   Gary Lingham Suzuki Retired
Ret   Mark Salle Suzuki Retired
Ret   Simon Buckmaster Sid Griffiths Racing Suzuki Retired
Ret   Franco Uncini HB Suzuki GP Team Suzuki Retired
Ret   Wolfgang Von Muralt Frankonia-Suzuki Suzuki Retired
Ret   Gerold Fischer Suzuki Retired
Ret   Karl Truchsess Honda Retired
Ret   Christian Le Liard Team ROC Honda Retired
Ret   Paolo Ferreti Honda Retired
Ret   Mike Baldwin Honda Retired
DNS   Massimo Messere Team Italia Honda Did not start
DNQ   Andreas Leuthe Honda Did not qualify
DNQ   Helmut Schütz Suzuki Did not qualify
DNQ   Josef Doppler Honda Did not qualify
DNQ   Harrie Heutmekers Suzuki Did not qualify
DNQ   Lothar Spiegler Suzuki Did not qualify
Source: [4][5]

References edit

  1. ^ "Grand Prix uitslagen en bijzonderheden 1985". 25 July 2015. Archived from the original on 25 July 2015.
  2. ^ "1985 500cc Class (FIM Grand Prix World Championship) Programmes | The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com. Retrieved 2018-09-24.
  3. ^ "Hockenheimring | The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com. Retrieved 2018-06-07.
  4. ^ "1985 German MotoGP". 13 June 2017.
  5. ^ "· WEST GERMANY GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1985". Motogp.com. 2018-07-23. Retrieved 2018-09-24.


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1985 Nations Grand Prix
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