1986 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season

Sports season Grand Prix motorcycle racing F.I.M. Grand Prix motorcycle racing season Grand Prix motorcycle racing season 1986 1986 World Champions500cc – 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 Eddie Lawson. After 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:http://www.jumpingjack.nl/GP-races_1987_heden.htm Grand Prix uitslagen en bijzonderheden 1987 Jumping Jack 2018-06-13 2009-09-01 https://web.archive.org/web/20090901054302/http://www.jumpingjack.nl/GP-races_1987_heden.htm live https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/database/races/1986-spanish-motogp 1986 Spanish MotoGP 13 June 2017 RoundDateGrand PrixCircuit 1 4 May Spain Gran Premio de España Circuito Permanente Del Jarama 2 18 May Italy Gran Premio delle Nazioni Autodromo Nazionale Monza 3 25 May Germany Großer Preis von Deutschland Nürburgring 4 8 June Austria Großer Preis von Österreich Salzburgring 5 15 June Yugoslavia Yu Grand Prix Automotodrom Rijeka 6 28 June Netherlands Dutch TT TT Circuit Assen 7 6 July Belgium GP of Belgium Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 8 20 July France Grand Prix de France Circuit Paul Ricard 9 3 August UK Shell Oils British Motorcycle Grand Prix Silverstone Circuit 10 9 August Sweden Swedish TT Scandinavian Raceway 11 24 August San Marino 1862 Grand Prix San Marino Circuito Internazionale Santa Monica 12 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 Report 1 4 May Spain Spanish Grand Prix Jarama Spain Jorge Martínez Italy Fausto Gresini Venezuela 1930 Carlos Lavado Australia Wayne Gardner Report 2 18 May Italy Italian Grand Prix Monza Switzerland Stefan Dörflinger Italy Fausto Gresini Germany Anton Mang United States Eddie Lawson Report 3 25 May Germany German Grand Prix Nürburgring Spain Manuel Herreros Italy Luca Cadalora Venezuela 1930 Carlos Lavado United States Eddie Lawson Report 4 8 June Austria Austrian Grand Prix Salzburgring Spain Jorge Martínez Italy Luca Cadalora Venezuela 1930 Carlos Lavado United States Eddie Lawson Report 5 15 June Yugoslavia Yugoslavian Grand Prix Automotodrom Rijeka Spain Jorge Martínez Spain Sito Pons United States Eddie Lawson Report 6 28 June Netherlands Dutch TT Assen Spain Jorge Martínez Italy Luca Cadalora Venezuela 1930 Carlos Lavado Australia Wayne Gardner Report 7 6 July Belgium Belgian Grand Prix Spa Italy Domenico Brigaglia Spain Sito Pons United States Randy Mamola Report 8 20 July France French Grand Prix Paul Ricard Italy Luca Cadalora Venezuela 1930 Carlos Lavado United States Eddie Lawson Report 9 3 August UK British Grand Prix Silverstone UK Ian McConnachie Austria August Auinger France Dominique Sarron Australia Wayne Gardner Report 10 9 August Sweden Swedish Grand Prix Anderstorp Italy Fausto Gresini Venezuela 1930 Carlos Lavado United States Eddie Lawson Report 11 24 August San Marino 1862 San Marino Grand Prix Misano Italy Pier Paolo Bianchi Austria August Auinger Japan Tadahiko Taira United States Eddie Lawson Report 12 28 September Baden-Württemberg Baden-Württemberg Grand Prix Hockenheim Germany Gerhard Waibel Italy Fausto Gresini Report Participants 500cc participants TeamConstructorMotorcycleNo.RiderRounds Rothmans Honda/HRC Honda Honda NSR500 1 USA Freddie Spencer 1, 4 4 AUS Wayne Gardner All Yamaha Marlboro Team Agostini SRL Yamaha Yamaha YZR500 2 USA Eddie Lawson All 9 GBR Rob McElnea All Team Gauloises Blondes Yamaha Yamaha Yamaha YZR500 3 FRA Christian Sarron 1–9, 11 Team Elf-ROC Elf-Honda Elf 3 5 GBR Ron Haslam All 52 FRA Christian le Liard 8–11 Team Lucky Strike Roberts Yamaha Yamaha YZR500 6 USA Randy Mamola All 11 USA Mike Baldwin All Racing Team Katayama Honda Honda RS500Honda NSR500 7 FRA Raymond Roche All Rollstar Honda Racing Team Chevallier-Honda Honda RS500 8 BEL Didier de Radiguès 2–3, 6–11 PDM Chrome Tapes Honda Honda RS500 10 NED Boet van Dulmen All 39 NED Henk van der Mark 1–5, 9–10 ?? Honda Honda RS500 18 ITA Marco Papa 2, 5–6 Ecurie Fior Fior-Honda Fior RS500 20 ITA Marco Gentile 1–6, 8–11 Team Italia Honda Honda RS500 23 ITA Fabio Biliotti 1–6, 9–11 HB Suzuki Suzuki Suzuki RG500 XR70 26 ZIM Dave Petersen 1–6, 8, 11 2830314656 ITA Pierfrancesco Chili 1–5, 7-8 Skoal Bandit Heron Suzuki Suzuki Suzuki RG500 TSR6 (XR70) 33 AUS Paul Lewis 1–8, 11 473359 GBR Niall Mackenzie 9–11 57 GBR Paul Iddon ?? Rizla Heron Suzuki Heron-Suzuki Suzuki RG500 TSR6 (XR70) 34 USA Kevin Schwantz 6–8, 11 Rothmans Honda Britain Honda Honda RS500Honda NS500 3130 GBR Roger Burnett 2, 6–7, 9 Honda NS500 43 GBR Roger Marshall 9 Duckhams Oil Honda Honda RS500 31 GBR Simon Buckmaster 1–4, 6–11 Hein Gericke Racing HG-Honda Honda RS500 35317136 BRD Manfred Fischer 1–7, 9–11 Stichting Netherlands Racing Team Honda Honda RS500 35 NED Mile Pajic 3–11 ?? Honda Honda RS500 37 LUX Andy Leuthe 1–3, 5–7, 11 Loctite Suzuki Suzuki Suzuki RGB500 41 GBR Kenny Irons 6, 8–9 Cagiva Cagiva Cagiva C10 4416 SPA Joan Garriga 1–9, 11 58 ITA Marco Lucchinelli 2 HRC Grieskirched Honda Honda RS500 44 AUT Sepp Doppler ?? ?? Honda Honda RS500 45 BRD Dietmar Mayer 8 HDJ Sportswear Suzuki Suzuki RG500 XR45 48 NED Maarten Duyzers 3, 5–10 Frankonia-Suzuki Schweiz Suzuki Suzuki RG500 Bakker (XR45) 5129 CHE Wolfgang von Muralt All HRC-Moriwaki Honda Honda NSR500 54 JPN Shunji Yatsushiro 4–6, 8–11 Ciesse Piumini Suzuki Suzuki RGB500 55 ITA Leandro Becheroni 1–2, 4–8, 11 Walter Wolf Suzuki Suzuki RG500 XR70 5663 JPN Masaru Mizutani 6–7 RS Rallye Sport Motorsport Handels Honda Honda RS500 56 BRD Helmut Schütz 3–5, 9–10 Honda Deutschland Honda Honda RS500 Bakker 14 BRD Gustav Reiner 1, 3–4, 6, 8 ?? Honda Honda RS500 Bakker ?? SWE Peter Sköld ?? Source:http://www.f1network.net/main/s180/st64869.htm Motorcycle Racing Online - 500cc Grand Prix entry list for 1986Key Regular Rider Wildcard Rider Replacement Rider 250cc participants TeamConstructorMotorcycleNo.RiderRounds Rothmans Honda Honda Honda NSR250 2 BRD Anton Mang 1–3, 5–7, 9–11 42554640383156 FRA Dominique Sarron All HB-Venemotos Racing Team Yamaha Yamaha YZR 250 3 VEN 1954 Carlos Lavado All Yamaha TZ 250 2628 VEN 1954 Luis Lavado All Yamaha Marlboro Team Agostini SRL Yamaha Yamaha YZR 250 4 BRD Martin Wimmer All 573744363331 JPN Tadahiko Taira 2–11 MC Bielle Roventi Honda Italy Honda Honda NSR250 5 ITA Fausto Ricci 1–5, 7–11 Team Aprilia Aprilia-Rotax ?? 6 ITA Loris Reggiani 1–2, 6, 8–10 364345 ITA Stefano Caracchi 1–3, 8–11 Braun Cobas JJ Cobas-Rotax ?? 7 GBR Alan Carter All HB-Aprilia Team 250 Aprilia-Rotax ?? 8 BRD Manfred Herweh 1–8 HB-Römer Racing Team Honda Honda RS250R 9 BRD Reinhold Roth All 25 BRD Harald Eckl 1–6, 8–11 Team Parisienne-Elf Honda Honda RS250R 10 CHE Jacques Cornu All Parisienne ?? 11 FRA Pierre Bolle 1–9, 11 ParisienneHonda ??Honda RS250R 5467 CHE Sergio Pellandini 4 Parisienne ?? 59 FRA Guy Bertin 6–7, 10 Campsa-Honda Honda Honda RS250R 12 SPA Carlos Cardús All Honda NSR250 19 SPA Sito Pons All Team Mattioli Yamaha Yamaha TZ 250 14 FRA Jean-Michel Mattioli 1–3, 5–11 Silverstone-Armstrong Armstrong-Rotax Armstrong CF250 15 GBR Donnie Mcleod All 353841 GBR Niall Mackenzie 6–11 52 GBR Ian Newton 1–3 Racing Team Katayama Honda Honda NSR250 17 FRA Jean-François Baldé All 7044345152 ITA Virginio Ferrari 3-11 Nuovo Moto Club Honda Honda RS250R 20 ITA Massimo Matteoni 2, 4–5, 8, 10–11 Team Italia Garelli Garelli Garelli 250 GP 21 ITA Andrea Brasini ?? 423945344332 ITA Maurizio Vitali 1, 3–11 Motor Team Development Honda Honda RS250R 22 FRA Bruno Bonhuil 2–3, 5, 7–8 Honda Racing Team Honda Honda RS250R 23 AUT Siegfried Minich 2–7, 9–10 Johnson Team Total Yamaha Yamaha TZ 250 35503233 BEL Stéphane Mertens 2–11 Dieter Braun PVM Levior Team Yamaha Yamaha TZ 250 3933 BRD Hans Becker 4–7, 9–10 Hostettler-Yamaha Yamaha Yamaha TZ 250 414347 CHE Roland Freymond 1, 3, 5, 7–11 ?? Chevallier-Yamaha Yamaha TZ 250 423162 FRA Jean Foray All Werberger Konservenfabrik Koch KG Yamaha Yamaha TZ 250 45 BRD Herbert Besendörfer 4–5, 9–10 Ehrlich Automotive EMC-Rotax ?? 463651 GBR Gary Noel 6–7, 11 RK Morena-Rotax ?? 4941 BEL Rene Deláby 1–5, 9 Wintershall Racing Team Yamaha Yamaha TZ 250 5357 CHE Urs Lüzi 1, 6, 11 Atomic Road Racing Team Bakker-Rotax ?? 543041 AUT Hans Lindner 2–8 MIG MIG-Rotax ?? 5532 FRA Jean-Louis Guignabodet 1–2, 4, 6–11 ?? Yamaha Yamaha TZ 250 631852 FRA Jean-Louis Tournadre 1–5, 9–11 Source:http://www.f1network.net/main/s180/st68182.htm Motorcycle Racing Online - 250cc Grand Prix entry list for 1986Key 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  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th  Points 15 12 10 8 6 5 4 3 2 1 Pos Rider Team Machine ESPESP NATITA GERGER AUTAUT YUGYUG NEDNED BELBEL FRAFRA GBRGBR SWESWE SMRSMR 1862 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 CH 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 Andreas 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 TCH Bohumil Staša RS500 Ret 0 Pos Rider Team Machine ESPESP NATITA GERGER AUTAUT YUGYUG NEDNED BELBEL FRAFRA GBRGBR SWESWE SMRSMR 1862 PtsSources:https://www.motogp.com/en/world-standing/1986/500cc/championship-standings 1986 500cc World Championship race results at MotoGP.com motogp.com 19 March 2026https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/database/championships/1986-world-motorcycle-championship/ 1986 500cc World Championship race results at motorsportmagazine.com motorsportmagazine.com 19 March 2026 250cc standings Place Rider Number Team Machine Points Wins P.Pos. F.Laps1 VEN 1930 Carlos Lavado3 HB Venemotos-Yamaha YZR2501146732 ESP Sito Pons19 Campsa-Honda NSR250108223 FRA Dominique Sarron42 Rothmans-Honda NSR25072114 FRG Anton Mang2 Rothmans-Honda NSR25065115 FRA Jean-François Baldé17 Katayama-Honda NSR250636 FRG Martin Wimmer4 Marlboro-Yamaha YZR25056437 CHE Jacques Cornu10 Parisienne-Elf-Honda RS250328 ITA Fausto Ricci5 MC Bielle Roventi-Honda NSR250309 JPN Tadahiko Taira57 Marlboro-Yamaha YZR25028110 GBR Donnie McLeod15 Silverstone-Armstrong CF25027 11 FRA Pierre Bolle 21 12 ESP Carlos Cardús12 Campsa-Honda 17 13 BEL Stéphane Mertens 14 14 ITA Virginio Ferrari34 Total-Honda 14 15 ITA Maurizio Vitali 12 16 GER Reinhold Roth9 HB-Honda 10 17 GBR Alan Carter7 9 18 FRA Jean Michel Mattioli 9 19 GER Manfred Herweh8 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 Sources:https://www.motogp.com/en/world-standing/1986/250cc/championship-standings 1986 250cc World Championship race results at MotoGP.com motogp.com 19 March 2026http://www.f1network.net/main/s180/st68182.htm 1986 250cc Entries List at www.f1network.net f1network.net 19 March 2026 125cc standings Place Rider Number Machine Points Wins1 ITA Luca Cadalora22 Garelli12242 ITA Fausto Gresini1 Garelli11443 ITA Domenico Brigaglia6 MBA8014 AUT August Auinger3 Bartol6025 ITA Ezio Gianola4 MBA5706 CHE Bruno Kneubühler5 LCR5407 BEL Lucio Pietroniro9 MBA3708 ITA Pier Paolo Bianchi2 Seel3409 FIN Johnny Wickström11 Tunturi33010 ARG Willy Perez14 Zanella260 11 BEL Olivier Liégeois10 21 12 SUI Thierry Feuz17 19 13 ESP Ángel Nieto 15 14 ITA Paolo Casoli 14 15 ITA Gastone Grassetti 9 16 FIN Jussi Hautaniemi8 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 Sources:https://www.motogp.com/en/world-standing/1986/125cc/championship-standings 1986 125cc World Championship race results at MotoGP.com motogp.com 19 March 2026 80cc standings Place Rider Number Machine Points Wins1 ESP Jorge Martínez2 Derbi9442 ESP Manuel Herreros4 Derbi8513 CHE Stefan Dörflinger1 Krauser8214 NLD Hans Spaan Huvo5705 FRG Gerhard Waibel5 Real5116 GBR Ian McConnachie6 Krauser5017 ESP Ángel Nieto9 Derbi4508 ITA Pier Paolo Bianchi Seel4419 AUT Josef Fischer Krauser13010 AUT Gerd Kafka Krauser90 11 NED Wilco Zeelenberg Casal8 12 GER Hubert Abold 8 13 NED Theo Timmer 6 14 ESP Joan Bolart 6 15 GER Rudolf Kunz 6 16 BRA Alex Barros6 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 1Sources:https://www.motogp.com/en/world-standing/1986/80cc/championship-standings 1986 125cc World Championship race results at MotoGP.com motogp.com 19 March 2026 Further reading Büla, Maurice & Schertenleib, Jean-Claude (2001). Continental Circus 1949-2000. Chronosports S.A. 2-940125-32-5 Peter Clifford (1986) Motocourse 1986-87 Hazleton Publishing 978-0905138459 References External links The Official MotoGP website http://www.motogp.com/en/Results+Statistics/1986/NAT/500cc/World+Standing 2010-07-06 2012-09-20 https://web.archive.org/web/20120920045217/http://www.motogp.com/en/Results+Statistics/1986/NAT/500cc/World+Standing dead Category:Grand Prix motorcycle racing seasons Grand Prix motorcycle racing season