1980 Finnish motorcycle Grand Prix

The 1980 Finnish motorcycle Grand Prix was the seventh round of the 1980 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 25-27 July 1980 at the Imatra Circuit.

  1980 Finnish Grand Prix

Race details
Race 7 of 10 races in the 1980 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	27 July 1980
Official name	Finnish GP[1]
Location	Imatra Circuit
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.950 km (3.076 mi)
500 cc
Pole position Rider Graziano Rossi Time 1:53.800 Fastest lap Rider Marco Lucchinelli Time 1:55.900 Podium First Wil Hartog Second Kenny Roberts Third Franco Uncini
350 cc
Pole position Rider No 350cc race was held Fastest lap Rider No 350cc race was held Podium First No 350cc race was held Second No 350cc race was held Third No 350cc race was held
250 cc
Pole position Rider Unknown Fastest lap Rider Unknown Podium First Kork Ballington Second Anton Mang Third Roland Freymond
125 cc
Pole position Rider Unknown Fastest lap Rider Unknown Podium First Ángel Nieto Second Pier Paolo Bianchi Third Hans Müller
50 cc
Pole position Rider No 50cc race was held Fastest lap Rider No 50cc race was held Podium First No 50cc race was held Second No 50cc race was held Third No 50cc race was held

Classification

500 cc

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Points
1	Wil Hartog	Riemersma Racing	50'51.800	15
2	Kenny Roberts	Yamaha Motor Company	+9.500	12
3	Franco Uncini	Suzuki	+22.800	10
4	Randy Mamola	Suzuki	+33.300	8
5	Kork Ballington	Team Kawasaki	+40.300	6
6	Patrick Pons	Team Sonauto Gauloises	+43.400	5
7	Carlo Perugini	Suzuki	+46.700	4
8	Philippe Coulon	Marlboro Nava Frankonia	+1'05.600	3
9	Sadao Asami	Yamaha Motor Company	+1'16.700	2
10	Raymond Roche	Team Sonauto Gauloises	+1'21.400	1
11	Franck Gross	Elf Motor Racing Team	+1'24.900
12	Lennart Bäckström	Suzuki	+1'38.900
13	Seppo Rossi	Suzuki	+1'39.600
14	Patrick Fernandez	Ecurie Ste Pernod	+1'59.000
15	Michel Rougerie	Ecurie Ste Pernod	+2'09.200
16	Werner Nenning	Mobel Nenning Racing Team	+1 lap
17	Hubert Rigal	Moto Club de Monaco	+1 lap
18	Michel Frutschi	Elf Motor Racing Team	+1 lap
19	Max Wiener	Suzuki	+1 lap
Ret	Kimmo Kopra	Yamaha	Retired
Ret	Jack Middelburg	Yamaha IMN	Retired
Ret	Marco Lucchinelli	Team Nava Olio Fiat	Retired
Ret	Adelio Faccioli	Suzuki	Retired
Ret	Peter Sköld	Suzuki	Retired
Ret	Eddie Grant	Suzuki	Retired
Ret	Willem Zoet	Stimorol Racing	Retired
Ret	Graziano Rossi	Team Nava Olio Fiat	Retired
Ret	Bernard Fau	GME Motul GPA	Retired
Ret	Boet van Dulmen	Yamaha Motor Company	Retired
Ret	Peter Sjöström	Suzuki	Retired
DNS	Takazumi Katayama	Suzuki	Did not start
DNS	Anton Mang	Kawasaki	Did not start
DNS	Christian Estrosi	Team Furygan Suzuki	Did not start
DNQ	Henk de Vries	Suzuki	Did not qualify
DNQ	Timo Pohjola	Suzuki	Did not qualify
DNQ	Markku Matikainen	Suzuki	Did not qualify
Sources:[2][3]

References

1. "Grand Prix uitslagen en bijzonderheden 1980". 5 September 2012. Archived from the original on 5 September 2012.
2. "1980 Finnish MotoGP". 15 January 2018.
3. "motogp.com · FINLAND GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1980". www.motogp.com.

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