The 1984 Belgian motorcycle Grand Prix was the ninth round of the 1984 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 6–8 July 1984 at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps. The race was marred by the fatal accident of rider Kevin Wrettom in practice leading up to the race.
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Race 9 of 12 races in the 1984 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date | 8 July 1984 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Official name | Johnson GP of Belgium[1][2][3] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Location | Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Course |
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Classification
edit500 cc
editPos. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Time/Retired | Points | ||
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1 | Freddie Spencer | Honda Racing Corporation | Honda | 51'33.170 | 15 | ||
2 | Randy Mamola | RM Promotions | Honda | +5.710 | 12 | ||
3 | Raymond Roche | Honda Total | Honda | +6.760 | 10 | ||
4 | Eddie Lawson | Marlboro Team Agostini | Yamaha | +20.250 | 8 | ||
5 | Ron Haslam | Honda Racing Corporation | Honda | +29.790 | 6 | ||
6 | Tadahiko Taira | Yamaha | +58.610 | 5 | |||
7 | Wayne Gardner | Honda Britain | Honda | +1'20.380 | 4 | ||
8 | Sergio Pellandini | HB Suzuki GP Team | Suzuki | +1'22.170 | 3 | ||
9 | Barry Sheene | Heron Team Suzuki | Suzuki | +1'40.330 | 2 | ||
10 | Gustav Reiner | Olymp-Hemden Racing | Honda | +1'59.640 | 1 | ||
11 | Walter Magliorati | Suzuki | +2'01.440 | ||||
12 | Franck Gross | Honda | +2'10.400 | ||||
13 | Wolfgang von Muralt | Frankonia-Suzuki | Suzuki | +2'11.600 | |||
14 | Dave Petersen | Suzuki | +2'20.100 | ||||
15 | Lorenzo Ghiselli | Suzuki | +2'30.030 | ||||
16 | Steve Parrish | Yamaha | +2'34.600 | ||||
17 | Eero Hyvärinen | Suzuki | +2'37.260 | ||||
18 | Fabio Biliotti | Honda | +1 lap | ||||
19 | Mark Salle | Suzuki | +1 lap | ||||
20 | Klaus Klein | Dieter Braun Team | Suzuki | +1 lap | |||
21 | Børge Nielsen | Suzuki | +1 lap | ||||
22 | Brett Hudson | Romer Racing Suisse | Honda | +1 lap | |||
Ret | Hervé Moineau | Cagiva Motor Italia | Cagiva | Retired | |||
Ret | Marco Gentile | Yamaha | Retired | ||||
Ret | Reinhold Roth | Romer Racing Suisse | Honda | Retired | |||
Ret | Louis-Luc Maisto | Honda | Retired | ||||
Ret | Leandro Beccheroni | Suzuki | Retired | ||||
Ret | Virginio Ferrari | Marlboro Team Agostini | Yamaha | Accident | |||
Ret | Didier de Radiguès | Team Elf Chevallier Johnson | Honda | Retired | |||
Ret | Keith Huewen | David Attwood | Honda | Retired | |||
Ret | Massimo Broccoli | Honda | Retired | ||||
Ret | Paul Lewis | Suzuki | Retired | ||||
Ret | Rob Punt | Suzuki | Accident | ||||
Ret | Henk van der Mark | Honda | Retired | ||||
Ret | Boet van Dulmen | Suzuki | Retired | ||||
Ret | Christian Le Liard | Team Elf Chevallier Johnson | Honda | Retired | |||
DNS | Attilio Riondato | Heron Team Suzuki | Suzuki | Did not start | |||
DNS | Kevin Wrettom | Suzuki | Fatal accident in practice | ||||
Sources: [4][5] |
References
edit- ^ "Grand Prix uitslagen en bijzonderheden 1984". Archive.li. Archived from the original on 2015-07-25. Retrieved 2018-06-22.
- ^ Mitchell, Malcolm. "1984 500cc Class (FIM Grand Prix World Championship) Programmes - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
- ^ Mitchell, Malcolm. "Spa-Francorchamps - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com.
- ^ "1984 Belgian MotoGP". Motorsportmagazine.com. 9 October 2017.
- ^ "BELGIUM GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1984". Motogp.com.