1980 British motorcycle Grand Prix

The 1980 British motorcycle Grand Prix was the eighth round of the 1980 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 8–10 August 1980 at the Silverstone Circuit.

  1980 British Grand Prix

Race details
Race 8 of 10 races in the 1980 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	10 August 1980
Official name	Marlboro British Grand Prix^[1]^[2]
Location	Silverstone Circuit
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.711 km (2.927 mi)
500 cc
Pole position Rider Kenny Roberts Time 1:30.710 Fastest lap Rider Kenny Roberts Time 1:30.700 Podium First Randy Mamola Second Kenny Roberts Third Marco Lucchinelli
350 cc
Pole position Rider Anton Mang Time 1:32.780 Fastest lap Rider Anton Mang Time 1:33.790 Podium First Anton Mang Second Jon Ekerold Third Éric Saul
250 cc
Pole position Rider Anton Mang Time 1:35.190 Fastest lap Rider Anton Mang Time 1:34.980 Podium First Kork Ballington Second Anton Mang Third Thierry Espié
125 cc
Pole position Rider Guy Bertin Time 1:41.230 Fastest lap Rider Ángel Nieto Time 1:41.480 Podium First Loris Reggiani Second Bruno Kneubühler Third Pier Paolo Bianchi
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	Randy Mamola	Suzuki	42'52.710	15
2	Kenny Roberts	Yamaha Motor Company	+11.150	12
3	Marco Lucchinelli	Team Nava Olio Fiat	+26.390	10
4	Graziano Rossi	Team Nava Olio Fiat	+26.510	8
5	Johnny Cecotto	Venemotos Racing Team	+46.210	6
6	Franco Uncini	Suzuki	+49.780	5
7	Kork Ballington	Team Kawasaki	+56.020	4
8	Philippe Coulon	Marlboro Nava Frankonia	+1'03.500	3
9	Jack Middelburg	Yamaha IMN	+1'10.670	2
10	Dave Potter	Yamaha IMN	+1'16.230	1
11	Dale Singleton	Beaulieu Racing	+1'16.420
12	John Newbold	Team Appleby Glade	+1'18.570
13	Graeme Crosby	Texaco Heron Team Suzuki	+1'19.910
14	Raymond Roche	Team Sonauto Gauloises	+1'39.160
15	Takazumi Katayama	Suzuki	+1 lap
16	Boet van Dulmen	Yamaha Motor Company	+1 lap
17	Steve Parrish	Steve Parrish Racing	+1 lap
18	Roger Marshall	George Beale Team Castrol	+1 lap
19	Willem Zoet	Stimorol Racing	+1 lap
20	Peter Sjöström	Suzuki	+1 lap
21	Phil Henderson	Suzuki	+1 lap
22	Gustav Reiner	Nava Kucera Racing Team	+1 lap
23	Werner Nenning	Mobel Nenning Racing Team	+1 lap
24	Gerhard Vogt	Suzuki	+1 lap
25	Henk de Vries	Suzuki	+1 lap
Ret	Carlo Perugini	Suzuki	Retired
Ret	Wil Hartog	Riemersma Racing	Retired
Ret	Graham Wood	Yamaha	Retired
Ret	Barry Sheene	Yamaha Motor Company	Retired
Ret	Gianni Rolando	Suzuki	Retired
Ret	Steve Manship	Yamaha	Retired
Ret	Bernard Fau	GME Motul GPA	Retired
Ret	Hubert Rigal	Moto Club de Monaco	Retired
Ret	Michel Frutschi	Elf Motor Racing Team	Retired
Ret	Jeff Sayle	George Beale Team Castrol	Retired
Ret	Seppo Rossi	Suzuki	Retired
Ret	Sadao Asami	Yamaha Motor Company	Retired
Ret	Stuart Avant	Dieter Braun Team	Retired
Ret	Patrick Pons	Team Sonauto Gauloises	Fatal accident
Ret	Michel Rougerie	Ecurie Ste Pernod	Retired
DNS	Ron Haslam	Yamaha Motor Company	Did not start
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 14 July 2018.
2. Mitchell, Malcolm. "Silverstone Circuit - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com. Retrieved 14 July 2018.
3. "1980 British MotoGP". Motorsportmagazine.com. 15 January 2018. Retrieved 14 July 2018.
4. "motogp.com · BRITISH GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1980". Motogp.com. Retrieved 14 July 2018.

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