1982 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
The 1982 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season was the 34th F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship season.
1982 F.I.M. Grand Prix motorcycle racing season | |||
Previous: | 1981 | Next: | 1983 |
1982 World Champions 500cc – Franco Uncini (Suzuki) 350cc - Anton Mang (Kawasaki) 250cc – Jean-Louis Tournadre (Yamaha) 125cc – Ángel Nieto (Garelli) 80cc – Stefan Dörflinger (Kreidler) |
Season summary
Italian Franco Uncini on the Roberto Gallina backed Suzuki took a well-earned championship for Roberto Gallina's Italian Suzuki team in the 500cc class.[1]
Yamaha introduced a new motorcycle with a V4 engine for Kenny Roberts but, suffered from having to develop a new bike during the season.[1] Roberts was also now using Dunlop tires after Goodyear withdrew from motorcycle racing. Honda abandoned its NR500 four-stroke in favor of a V3 two-stroke NS500 piloted by American newcomer, Freddie Spencer, defending champion Marco Lucchinelli and veteran Takazumi Katayama.[1] Spencer would give Honda its first 500cc win since the 1967 season and its first with a two-stroke.[1] Roberts injured a finger and a knee at the British Grand Prix and would miss the remainder of the season.[1] Barry Sheene was lying third in the championship, tied on points with Roberts after eight rounds however, his season was brought to a premature end while testing the new Yamaha V4. He hit the obscured fallen machine of Frenchman Patrick Igoa during practice at Silverstone and badly broke both legs and an arm.[1] Most of the factory sponsored riders boycotted the French round at Nogaro in protest of the unsafe track conditions.[1]
Anton Mang successfully defended his 350 title for Kawasaki despite winning only one race.[1] He would be the final 350 world champion as the class would be discontinued after 1982.[1] Mang lost his 250 crown to Jean-Louis Tournadre by one point despite winning five races.[1] Tournadre's only victory would be at the boycotted French round.[1] The Frenchman would become France's first world champion.[1] Angel Nieto clinched his eleventh title in the 125 class on a Garelli.[1] In the 50cc class, Eugenio Lazzarini and Stefan Dörflinger traded wins, each rider winning three races, but Dörflinger took the title because of his three second-place finishes.[2]
1982 Grand Prix season calendar
The following Grands Prix were scheduled to take place in 1982:[3][4]
Round | Date | Grand Prix | Circuit |
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1 | 29 March | Autódromo Municipal de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires | |
2 | 2 May | Salzburgring | |
3 | 9 May | Circuit de Nogaro | |
4 | 23 May | Circuito Permanente Del Jarama | |
5 | 30 May | Circuito Internazionale Santa Monica | |
6 | 26 June | TT Circuit Assen | |
7 | 4 July | Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | |
8 | 18 July | Autodrom Rijeka | |
9 | 1 August | Silverstone Circuit | |
10 | 8 August | Scandinavian Raceway | |
11 | 15 August | Imatra Circuit | |
12 | 29 August | Brno Circuit | |
13 | 5 September | Autodromo Internazionale del Mugello | |
14 | 26 September | Hockenheimring |
Calendar changes
- The German Grand Prix was moved back, from 3 May to 26 September.
- The French Grand Prix moved from the Paul Ricard circuit to the Circuit de Nogaro.
- The Nations Grand Prix moved from the Autodromo Nazionale Monza to the Circuito Internazionale Santa Monica.
- The Yugoslavian Grand Prix was moved back, from 31 May to 18 July.
- The San Marino Grand Prix was moved back, from 12 July to 5 September.
- The San Marino Grand Prix moved from the Autodromo Dino Ferrari to the Autodromo Internazionale del Mugello.
Results and standings
1982 Grand Prix season results
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 |
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Points | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
350cc standings
250cc standings
125cc standings
50cc standings
Bibliography
References
External links
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