1980 Finnish motorcycle Grand Prix

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Finland  1980 Finnish Grand Prix
Race details
Race 7 of 10 races in the
1980 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date27 July 1980
Official nameFinnish GP[1]
LocationImatra Circuit
Course
  • Permanent racing facility
  • 4.950 km (3.076 mi)
500 cc
Pole position
Rider Italy Graziano Rossi
Time 1:53.800
Fastest lap
Rider Italy Marco Lucchinelli
Time 1:55.900
Podium
First Netherlands Wil Hartog
Second United States Kenny Roberts
Third Italy 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 South Africa Kork Ballington
Second West Germany Anton Mang
Third Switzerland Roland Freymond
125 cc
Pole position
Rider Unknown
Fastest lap
Rider Unknown
Podium
First Spain Ángel Nieto
Second Italy Pier Paolo Bianchi
Third Switzerland 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

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.

Classification[edit]

500 cc[edit]

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

References[edit]

  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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