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Season summary

A second world championship for the consistent

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season, the future looked bright for Honda's

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. However, once the season started, he began to suffer from

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. The talented American would never win another Grand Prix after his spectacular 1985 season. Australian

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stepped up to become Honda's lead rider. Randy Mamola, riding for the newly formed

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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

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and

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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.

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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

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) 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:

Calendar changes

* The

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was boycotted due to the

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moved from the Hockenheimring to the Nürburgring. * The

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moved from the Bugatti Circuit in Le Mans to the

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circuit. * The Baden-Württemberg motorcycle Grand Prix was added as a one-off race to replace the

. Only the 80cc and 125cc participated in this race.

Results and standings

Grands Prix

Participants

500cc participants

250cc participants

500cc riders' standings

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, , Rothmans Honda-HRC , , NSR500 , , style="background:#efcfff;", Ret , , , , , , style="background:#cfcfff;", 16 , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 0 , - , , , style="text-align:left;", Peter Linden , , , , RS500 , , style="background:#efcfff;", Ret , , style="background:#cfcfff;", 17 , , , , style="background:#efcfff;", Ret , , , , style="background:#fff;", DNS , , , , style="background:#efcfff;", Ret , , , , style="background:#cfcfff;", 12 , , , , 0 , - , , , style="text-align:left;", Fabio Barchitta , , , , RS500 , , , , , , , , , , style="background:#cfcfff;", 17 , , , , , , , , , , , , style="background:#efcfff;", Ret , , 0 , - , , , style="text-align:left;", Rob Punt , , , , RS500 , , , , style="background:#cfcfff;", 18 , , style="background:#cfcfff;", 20 , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 0 , - , , , style="text-align:left;", Alessandro Valesi , , , , RS500 , , , , style="background:#efcfff;", Ret , , , , , , , , style="background:#efcfff;", Ret , , , , style="background:#cfcfff;", 18 , , , , , , , , 0 , - , , , style="text-align:left;", Gerold Fisher , , , , RS500 , , , , , , style="background:#cfcfff;", 19 , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 0 , - , , , style="text-align:left;", Dietmar Mayer , , , , RS500 , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , style="background:#cfcfff;", 19 , , , , , , , , 0 , - , , , style="text-align:left;", Andy Leuthe , , , , RS500 , , style="background:#cfcfff;", 20 , , style="background:#efcfff;", Ret , , style="background:#cfcfff;", 24 , , , , style="background:#cfcfff;", 20 , , style="background:#efcfff;", Ret , , style="background:#efcfff;", Ret , , , , , , , , style="background:#efcfff;", Ret , , 0 , - , , , style="text-align:left;", Leandro Becheroni , , , , RG500 , , style="background:#efcfff;", Ret , , style="background:#efcfff;", Ret , , , , style="background:#cfcfff;", 20 , , style="background:#cfcfff;", 24 , , style="background:#efcfff;", Ret , , style="background:#efcfff;", Ret , , style="background:#efcfff;", Ret , , , , , , style="background:#efcfff;", Ret , , 0 , - , , , style="text-align:left;", Esko Kuparinen , , , , RS500 , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , style="background:#cfcfff;", 21 , , , , style="background:#cfcfff;", 23 , , , , 0 , - , , , style="text-align:left;", Steve Manley , , , , RG500 , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , style="background:#cfcfff;", 21 , , , , , , 0 , - , , , style="text-align:left;", Maarten Duyzers , , HDJ Sportswear , , RS500 , , , , , , style="background:#cfcfff;", 22 , , , , style="background:#cfcfff;", 23 , , style="background:#efcfff;", Ret , , style="background:#efcfff;", Ret , , style="background:#efcfff;", Ret , , , , style="background:#cfcfff;", 22 , , , , 0 , - , , , style="text-align:left;", Helmut Schutz , , Rallye Sport , , RS500 , , , , , , style="background:#cfcfff;", 28 , , style="background:#efcfff;", Ret , , style="background:#efcfff;", Ret , , , , , , , , style="background:#cfcfff;", 23 , , , , , , 0 , - , , , style="text-align:left;", Josef Doppler , , HRC Grieskirched , , RS500 , , , , style="background:#efcfff;", Ret , , style="background:#cfcfff;", 27 , , style="background:#efcfff;", Ret , , style="background:#efcfff;", Ret , , style="background:#efcfff;", Ret , , style="background:#efcfff;", Ret , , , , , , , , , , 0 , - , , , style="text-align:left;", Philippe Robinet , , , , RS500 , , , , , , style="background:#cfcfff;", 29 , , , , , , , , style="background:#efcfff;", Ret , , style="background:#efcfff;", Ret , , , , , , , , 0 , - , , , style="text-align:left;", Armando Errico , , , , RG500 , , , , style="background:#efcfff;", Ret , , , , , , style="background:#efcfff;", Ret , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 0 , - , , , style="text-align:left;",

Marco Lucchinelli Marco Lucchinelli (born 26 June 1954) is an Italian former professional Grand Prix motorcycle road racer. He was 1981 FIM Road Racing World Champion with Suzuki. He is a MotoGP Legend. Career Lucchinelli was born in Bolano. He began his ro ...

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250cc standings

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Sito Pons Alfonso Pons Ezquerra (Barcelona 9 November 1959), better known as Sito Pons, is a Spanish former professional Grand Prix motorcycle racer. He competed in the FIM motorcycle Grand Prix world championships from 1981 to 1991. Pons is notable for ...

, style="text-align:center;", 19 , Campsa-

, NSR250 , style="text-align:center;", 108 , style="text-align:center;", 2 , , style="text-align:center;", 2 , - , style="text-align:center;", 3 , Dominique Sarron , style="text-align:center;", 42 , Rothmans-

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, NSR250 , style="text-align:center;", 63 , , , , - , style="text-align:center;", 6 ,

Martin Wimmer Martin Wimmer (born October 11, 1957 in Munich) is a former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer from Germany. He had his best year in 1985 when he won the German Grand Prix, and had two second places, finishing the 250cc season in fourth place behi ...

, style="text-align:center;", 4 , Marlboro-

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, RS250 , style="text-align:center;", 32 , , , , - , style="text-align:center;", 8 ,

Fausto Ricci Fausto Ricci (born 13 March 1961) was an Italian Grand Prix motorcycle road racer. His best year was in 1985 when he finished fifth in the 250cc world championship. He won the first Grand Prix he entered at the 1984 250cc Nations Grand Prix ...

, style="text-align:center;", 5 , MC Bielle Roventi-

, NSR250 , style="text-align:center;", 30 , , , , - , style="text-align:center;", 9 , Tadahiko Taira , style="text-align:center;", 57 , Marlboro-

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, , style="text-align:center;", 17 , style="text-align:center;", , - , style="text-align:center;", 13 , Stéphane Mertens , style="text-align:center;", , , , style="text-align:center;", 14 , style="text-align:center;", , - , style="text-align:center;", 14 ,

Virginio Ferrari Virginio Ferrari (born 19 October 1952) is an Italian former professional Grand Prix motorcycle road racer. His best season was in the 1979 500cc world championship, when he finished second to Kenny Roberts. Motorcycle racing career Ferrari ...

, style="text-align:center;", 34 , Total-

, , style="text-align:center;", 14 , style="text-align:center;", , - , style="text-align:center;", 15 ,

Maurizio Vitali Maurizio Vitali (born 17 March 1957) was an Italian Grand Prix motorcycle road racer. His best year was in 1984 when he finished fourth in the 125cc world championship. He is part of Valentino Rossi Valentino Rossi (; ; born 16 February 1979 ...

, style="text-align:center;", , , , style="text-align:center;", 12 , style="text-align:center;", , - , style="text-align:center;", 16 ,

Reinhold Roth Reinhold Roth (4 March 1953 – 15 October 2021) was a Grand Prix motorcycle road racer from Germany. His most successful years were in 1987 when he won the French Grand Prix, and finished the season in second place behind Anton Mang, and in ...

, style="text-align:center;", 9 , HB-

, , style="text-align:center;", 10 , style="text-align:center;", , - , style="text-align:center;", 17 , Alan Carter , style="text-align:center;", 7 , , , style="text-align:center;", 9 , style="text-align:center;", , - , style="text-align:center;", 18 , Jean Michel Mattioli , style="text-align:center;", , , , style="text-align:center;", 9 , style="text-align:center;", , - , style="text-align:center;", 19 , Manfred Herweh , style="text-align:center;", 8 , Aprilia-

Rotax Rotax is the brand name for a range of internal combustion engines developed and manufactured by the Austrian company BRP-Rotax GmbH & Co KG (until 2016 BRP-Powertrain GmbH & Co. KG), in turn owned by the Canadian Bombardier Recreational Produc ...

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, style="text-align:center;", , Armstrong-

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Siegfried Minich Siegfried is a German-language male given name, composed from the Germanic elements ''sig'' "victory" and ''frithu'' "protection, peace". The German name has the Old Norse cognate ''Sigfriðr, Sigfrøðr'', which gives rise to Swedish ''Sigfrid' ...

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Hans Lindner Johann "Hans" Lindner (born 3 May 1959 in Tragail, Paternion, Carinthia) is a retired hammer thrower from Austria, who represented his native country in three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1984. He also competed at the Winter Olympics, ...

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125cc standings

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, style="text-align:center;", 1 , Garelli , style="text-align:center;", 114 , style="text-align:center;", 4 , - , style="text-align:center;", 3 ,

Domenico Brigaglia Domenico Brigaglia (born 12 June 1958 in Sassari) is a former Italian Grand Prix motorcycle road racer. His best year was in 1986 when he won the 125cc Belgian Grand Prix The Belgian Grand Prix ( French: ''Grand Prix de Belgique''; Dutch: ...

, style="text-align:center;", 6 ,

MBA A Master of Business Administration (MBA; also Master's in Business Administration) is a postgraduate degree focused on business administration. The core courses in an MBA program cover various areas of business administration such as accounti ...

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August Auinger August "Gustl" Auinger (born 3 May 1955 in Lambach) is a former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer from Austria. His best year was in 1985 when he finished in third place in the 125cc world championship, winning three Grand Prix races in the proces ...

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Bruno Kneubühler Bruno Kneubühler (born 3 December 1946) is a Swiss people, Swiss former professional Grand Prix motorcycle racing, Grand Prix motorcycle road racing, road racer. He competed in the Grand Prix motorcycle racing world championships from 1972 to 198 ...

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, style="text-align:center;", 37 , style="text-align:center;", 0 , - , style="text-align:center;", 8 ,

Pier Paolo Bianchi Pier Paolo Bianchi (born 11 March 1952) is an Italian former Grand Prix motorcycle road racing World Champion. He won consecutive FIM 125 cc world championships in 1976 and 1977. He won one more 125 championship in 1980 Events January ...

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Tunturi Tunturi is a Finnish manufacturer of bicycles and fitness equipment. History Tunturi's history began in 1922. The foundations of the Tunturi brand began when brothers Aarne and Eero Harkke set up a small bike shop, ''Pyöräkellari Oy'', in T ...

, style="text-align:center;", 33 , style="text-align:center;", 0 , - , style="text-align:center;", 10 , Willy Perez , style="text-align:center;", 14 ,

Zanella Zanella Hnos., or simply Zanella, is an Argentine motorcycle and mini truck manufacturer founded in 1948, originally using 100 and 125 cc engines designed by Fabio Taglioni and licensed from Ceccato motorcycles of Italy. Zanella builds small mo ...

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80cc standings

{, class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" , - ! Place ! Rider ! Number ! Machine ! Points ! Wins , - , style="text-align:center;", 1 , Jorge Martínez , style="text-align:center;", 2 ,

Derbi Derbi is a manufacturer of motorcycles, scooters, mopeds and recreational all-terrain vehicles produced by Nacional Motor S.A.U., a Spanish subsidiary of Piaggio & Co. SpA. History Derbi's origins began with a little bicycle workshop in the v ...

, style="text-align:center;", 94 , style="text-align:center;", 4 , - , style="text-align:center;", 2 , Manuel Herreros , style="text-align:center;", 4 ,

, style="text-align:center;", 85 , style="text-align:center;", 1 , - , style="text-align:center;", 3 , Stefan Dörflinger , style="text-align:center;", 1 , Krauser , style="text-align:center;", 82 , style="text-align:center;", 1 , - , style="text-align:center;", 4 , Hans Spaan , , Huvo , style="text-align:center;", 57 , style="text-align:center;", 0 , - , style="text-align:center;", 5 , Gerhard Waibel , style="text-align:center;", 5 ,

Real Real may refer to: Currencies * Brazilian real (R$) * Central American Republic real * Mexican real * Portuguese real * Spanish real * Spanish colonial real Music Albums * ''Real'' (L'Arc-en-Ciel album) (2000) * ''Real'' (Bright album) (2010) ...

, style="text-align:center;", 51 , style="text-align:center;", 1 , - , style="text-align:center;", 6 , Ian McConnachie , style="text-align:center;", 6 , Krauser , style="text-align:center;", 50 , style="text-align:center;", 1 , - , style="text-align:center;", 7 , Ángel Nieto , style="text-align:center;", 9 ,

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, , Seel , style="text-align:center;", 44 , style="text-align:center;", 1 , - , style="text-align:center;", 9 , Josef Fischer , , Krauser , style="text-align:center;", 13 , style="text-align:center;", 0 , - , style="text-align:center;", 10 , Gerd Kafka , , Krauser , style="text-align:center;", 9 , style="text-align:center;", 0 , - , style="text-align:center;", 11 , Wilco Zeelenberg , style="text-align:center;", ,

Casal Metalurgia Casal was the largest Portuguese motorcycle manufacturer, based in Aveiro. It was founded in 1964 with João Casal as the managing director and Robert Zipprich and other ex-Zundapp engineers as the technical managers. Its first p ...

, style="text-align:center;", 8 , , - , style="text-align:center;", 12 , Hubert Abold , style="text-align:center;", , , style="text-align:center;", 8 , style="text-align:center;", , - , style="text-align:center;", 13 , Theo Timmer , style="text-align:center;", , , style="text-align:center;", 6 , style="text-align:center;", , - , style="text-align:center;", 14 , Joan Bolart , style="text-align:center;", , , style="text-align:center;", 6 , style="text-align:center;", , - , style="text-align:center;", 15 ,

Rudolf Kunz Rudolf Kunz was a German former professional motorcycle road racer. He competed in Grand Prix motorcycle racing from 1964 to 1977. In 1965, Kunz set a land speed record of riding a supercharged 50 cc Kreidler motorcycle at Bonneville Spee ...

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Alex Barros Alexandre Barros (born October 18, 1970) is a Brazilian former professional motorcycle road racer who is a 7-time 500cc/ MotoGP race winner and also a race winner in Superbike World Championship. After a long Grand Prix career, in 2006 he move ...

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Rieju Rieju is a manufacturer of mopeds and motorcycles from Spain. It is based in Figueres. They specialise in small-displacement motorcycles (between 49 and 450cc) using Minarelli engines. Their products are available in almost all European countries ...

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Autisa , style="text-align:center;", 6 , style="text-align:center;", , - , style="text-align:center;", 17 , Henk Van Kessel , style="text-align:center;", , , style="text-align:center;", 5 , style="text-align:center;", , - , style="text-align:center;", 18 , Domingo Gil , style="text-align:center;", , , style="text-align:center;", 5 , style="text-align:center;", , - , style="text-align:center;", 19 , Rainer Scheidhauer , style="text-align:center;", , , style="text-align:center;", 4 , style="text-align:center;", , - , style="text-align:center;", 20 , Alfred Waibel , style="text-align:center;", , , style="text-align:center;", 3 , style="text-align:center;", , - , style="text-align:center;", 21 , Felix Rodriguez , style="text-align:center;", , , style="text-align:center;", 3 , style="text-align:center;", , - , style="text-align:center;", 22 ,

Luis Miguel Reyes Luis is a given name. It is the Spanish form of the originally Germanic name or . Other Iberian Romance languages have comparable forms: (with an accent mark on the i) in Portuguese and Galician, in Aragonese and Catalan, while is archai ...

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References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:1986 Grand Prix Motorcycle Racing Season Grand Prix motorcycle racing seasons Grand Prix motorcycle racing season