1980 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix

The 1980 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix was the second round of the 1980 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 16–18 May 1980 at the Circuito Permanente del Jarama.

  1980 Spanish Grand Prix

Race details
Race 2 of 10 races in the 1980 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	18 May 1980
Official name	Gran Premio de España[1][2]
Location	Circuito Permanente del Jarama
Course	Permanent racing facility 3.404 km (2.115 mi)
500 cc
Pole position Rider Kenny Roberts Time 1:31.790 Fastest lap Rider Kenny Roberts Time 1:31.550 Podium First Kenny Roberts Second Marco Lucchinelli Third Randy Mamola
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 Kork Ballington Time 1:35.910 Fastest lap Rider Unknown Podium First Kork Ballington Second Anton Mang Third Thierry Espié
125 cc
Pole position Rider Pier Paolo Bianchi Time 1:39.860 Fastest lap Rider Unknown Podium First Pier Paolo Bianchi Second Iván Palazzese Third Bruno Kneubühler
50 cc
Pole position Rider Ricardo Tormo Time 1:51.050 Fastest lap Rider Unknown Podium First Eugenio Lazzarini Second Stefan Dörflinger Third Henk van Kessel

Classification

500 cc

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Points
1	Kenny Roberts	Yamaha Motor Company	55'59.570	15
2	Marco Lucchinelli	Team Nava Olio Fiat	+4.140	12
3	Randy Mamola	Suzuki	+18.750	10
4	Takazumi Katayama	Suzuki	+22.200	8
5	Barry Sheene	Yamaha Motor Company	+49.680	6
6	Johnny Cecotto	Venemotos Racing Team	+53.500	5
7	Franco Uncini	Suzuki	+58.080	4
8	Philippe Coulon	Marlboro Nava Frankonia	+59.850	3
9	Michel Frutschi	Elf Motor Racing Team	+1'13.140	2
10	Carlo Perugini	Suzuki	+1'18.000	1
11	Michel Rougerie	Ecurie Ste Pernod	+1'21.510
12	Graeme Crosby	Texaco Heron Team Suzuki	+1'21.910
13	Kork Ballington	Team Kawasaki	+1'24.930
14	Seppo Rossi	Suzuki	+1 lap
15	Jack Middelburg	Yamaha IMN	+1 lap
16	Christian Estrosi	Team Furygan Suzuki	+1 lap
17	Hubert Rigal	Moto Club de Monaco	+1 lap
18	Boet van Dulmen	Yamaha Motor Company	+1 lap
19	Markku Matikainen	Saga Racing	+1 lap
Ret	Sadao Asami	Yamaha Motor Company	Retired
Ret	Gianni Rolando	Suzuki	Retired
Ret	Werner Nenning	Mobel Nenning Racing Team	Retired
Ret	Patrick Fernandez	Ecurie Ste Pernod	Retired
Ret	Bernard Fau	GME Motul GPA	Retired
Ret	Graziano Rossi	Team Nava Olio Fiat	Accident
Ret	Sergio Pellandini	Suzuki	Retired
Ret	Wil Hartog	Riemersma Racing	Accident
Ret	Richard Hubin	Yamaha Motor Company	Retired
Ret	Skip Aksland	Yamaha Motor Company	Accident
Ret	Christian Sarron	Team Sonauto Gauloises	Retired
DNQ	Gianni Pelletier	Morbidelli	Did not qualify
DNQ	Peter Sjöström	Suzuki	Did not qualify
DNQ	Elmar Renner	Suzuki	Did not qualify
Sources:[3][4]

References

1. "Alle Grand-Prix uitslagen en bijzonderheden, van 1973 (het jaar dat Jack begon met racen) tot heden". Archive.fo. Archived from the original on 5 September 2012. Retrieved 12 July 2018.
2. Mitchell, Malcolm. "Jarama - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com. Retrieved 12 July 2018.
3. "1980 Spanish MotoGP". Motorsportmagazine.com. 29 January 2018. Retrieved 12 July 2018.
4. "motogp.com · SPANISH GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1980". Motogp.com. Retrieved 12 July 2018.