1980 Belgian motorcycle Grand Prix

The 1980 Belgian motorcycle Grand Prix was the sixth round of the 1980 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 4–6 July 1980 at the Circuit Zolder.

  1980 Belgian Grand Prix

Race details
Race 6 of 10 races in the 1980 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	6 July 1980
Official name	Grand Prix of Belgium[1][2]
Location	Circuit Zolder
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.262 km (2.648 mi)
500 cc
Pole position Rider Randy Mamola Time 1:40.410 Fastest lap Rider Marco Lucchinelli Time 1:40.820 Podium First Randy Mamola Second Marco Lucchinelli Third Kenny Roberts
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 Anton Mang Second Giampaolo Marchetti Third Patrick Fernandez
125 cc
Pole position Rider Unknown Fastest lap Rider Unknown Podium First Ángel Nieto Second Guy Bertin Third Loris Reggiani
50 cc
Pole position Rider Unknown Fastest lap Rider Unknown Podium First Stefan Dörflinger Second Eugenio Lazzarini Third Yves Dupont

This was the only time that a race was held in Zolder, after all the factory teams (with drivers such as Kenny Roberts, Franco Uncini, Graziano Rossi, Jack Middelburg and various others) retired due to the slippery and very dangerous conditions at Spa-Francorchamps after a resurfacing of the track.

Classification

500 cc

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Points
1	Randy Mamola	Suzuki	51'07.210	15
2	Marco Lucchinelli	Team Nava Olio Fiat	+12.400	12
3	Kenny Roberts	Yamaha Motor Company	+31.140	10
4	Graeme Crosby	Texaco Heron Team Suzuki	+34.930	8
5	Wil Hartog	Riemersma Racing	+40.750	6
6	Franco Uncini	Suzuki	+56.260	5
7	Carlo Perugini	Suzuki	+1'26.330	4
8	Patrick Pons	Team Sonauto Gauloises	+1'32.300	3
9	Boet van Dulmen	Yamaha Motor Company	+1'32.460	2
10	Bernard Fau	GME Motul GPA	+1'45.590	1
11	Philippe Coulon	Marlboro Nava Frankonia	+1 lap
12	Raymond Roche	Team Sonauto Gauloises	+1 lap
13	Maurizio Massimiani	Scuderia Naldoni Imola	+1 lap
14	Willem Zoet	Stimorol Racing	+1 lap
15	Sadao Asami	Yamaha Motor Company	+1 lap
16	Seppo Rossi	Suzuki	+1 lap
17	Kenny Blake	Yamaha	+2 laps
Ret	Jeff Sayle	George Beale Team Castrol	Retired
Ret	Johnny Cecotto	Venemotos Racing Team	Retired
Ret	Gustav Reiner	Nava Kucera Racing Team	Retired
Ret	Klaus Nies	Yamaha Motor Company	Retired
Ret	Dale Singleton	Beaulieu Racing	Retired
Ret	Freddie Spencer	Yamaha Motor Company	Fuel problem
Ret	Graziano Rossi	Team Nava Olio Fiat	Accident
Ret	Franck Gross	Elf Motor Racing Team	Retired
Ret	Michel Rougerie	Ecurie Ste Pernod	Retired
Ret	Franco Bonera	Yamaha	Retired
Ret	Patrick Fernandez	Ecurie Ste Pernod	Accident
Ret	Jack Middelburg	Yamaha IMN	Accident
DNS	Markku Matikainen	Suzuki	Did not start
DNQ	Peter Sjöström	Suzuki	Did not qualify
DNQ	Philippe Chaltin	Suzuki	Did not qualify
DNQ	Hubert Rigal	Moto Club de Monaco	Did not qualify
DNQ	Henk de Vries	Suzuki	Did not qualify
DNQ	Dave Potter	Yamaha IMN	Did not qualify
DNQ	Christian Estrosi	Team Furygan Suzuki	Did not qualify
DNQ	Steve Parrish	Steve Parrish Racing	Did not qualify
DNQ	Barry Sheene	Yamaha Motor Company	Did not qualify
DNQ	Gianni Pelletier	Morbidelli	Did not qualify
DNQ	Stuart Avant	Dieter Braun Team	Did not qualify
DNQ	Michel Frutschi	Elf Motor Racing Team	Did not qualify
DNQ	Sergio Pellandini	Suzuki	Did not qualify
DNQ	Albert Siegers	Suzuki	Did not qualify
DNQ	Carlo Prati	Suzuki	Did not qualify
DNQ	Dennis Ireland	Suzuki	Did not qualify
DNQ	Josef Hage	Suzuki	Did not qualify
DNQ	Masaru Iwasaki	Suzuki	Did not qualify
DNQ	Walter Koschine	Suzuki	Did not qualify
DNQ	Antonio Garcia	Yamaha	Did not qualify
DNQ	Henk Twikler	Suzuki	Did not qualify
DNQ	Jean Philippe Delers	Yamaha	Did not qualify
Sources:[3][4]

References

1. "Grand Prix uitslagen en bijzonderheden 1980". Archive.today. 5 September 2012. Archived from the original on 5 September 2012. Retrieved 13 July 2018.
2. Mitchell, Malcolm. "Zolder - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com. Retrieved 13 July 2018.
3. "1980 Belgian MotoGP". Motorsportmagazine.com. 29 January 2018. Retrieved 13 July 2018.
4. "motogp.com · BELGIUM GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1980". Motogp.com. Retrieved 13 July 2018.