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1984 Belgian motorcycle Grand Prix

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Belgium  1984 Belgian Grand Prix
Race details
Race 9 of 12 races in the
1984 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date8 July 1984
Official nameJohnson GP of Belgium[1][2][3]
LocationCircuit de Spa-Francorchamps
Course
  • Permanent racing facility
  • 6.940 km (4.312 mi)
500cc
Pole position
Rider United States Freddie Spencer
Time 2:31.660
Fastest lap
Rider United States Freddie Spencer
Time 2:32.780
Podium
First United States Freddie Spencer
Second United States Randy Mamola
Third France Raymond Roche
250cc
Pole position
Rider West Germany Manfred Herweh
Time 2:39.550
Fastest lap
Rider West Germany Manfred Herweh
Time 2:39.990
Podium
First West Germany Manfred Herweh
Second Spain Sito Pons
Third France Christian Sarron
125cc
Pole position
Rider No 125cc race was held
Fastest lap
Rider No 125cc race was held
Podium
First No 125cc race was held
Second No 125cc race was held
Third No 125cc race was held
80cc
Pole position
Rider Switzerland Stefan Dörflinger
Time 2:55.840
Fastest lap
Rider Switzerland Stefan Dörflinger
Time 2:58.240
Podium
First Switzerland Stefan Dörflinger
Second Spain Jorge Martínez
Third Netherlands Hans Spaan

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.

Classification

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500 cc

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Pos. Rider Team Manufacturer Time/Retired Points
1 United States Freddie Spencer Honda Racing Corporation Honda 51'33.170 15
2 United States Randy Mamola RM Promotions Honda 5.710 12
3 France Raymond Roche Honda Total Honda 6.760 10
4 United States Eddie Lawson Marlboro Team Agostini Yamaha 20.250 8
5 United Kingdom Ron Haslam Honda Racing Corporation Honda 29.790 6
6 Japan Tadahiko Taira Yamaha 58.610 5
7 Australia Wayne Gardner Honda Britain Honda 1'20.380 4
8 Switzerland Sergio Pellandini HB Suzuki GP Team Suzuki 1'22.170 3
9 United Kingdom Barry Sheene Heron Team Suzuki Suzuki 1'40.330 2
10 West Germany Gustav Reiner Olymp-Hemden Racing Honda 1'59.640 1
11 Italy Walter Magliorati Suzuki 2'01.440
12 France Franck Gross Honda 2'10.400
13 Switzerland Wolfgang von Muralt Frankonia-Suzuki Suzuki 2'11.600
14 Zimbabwe Dave Petersen Suzuki 2'20.100
15 Italy Lorenzo Ghiselli Suzuki 2'30.030
16 United Kingdom Steve Parrish Yamaha 2'34.600
17 Finland Eero Hyvärinen Suzuki 2'37.260
18 Italy Fabio Biliotti Honda 1 lap
19 United Kingdom Mark Salle Suzuki 1 lap
20 West Germany Klaus Klein Dieter Braun Team Suzuki 1 lap
21 Denmark Børge Nielsen Suzuki 1 lap
22 South Africa Brett Hudson Romer Racing Suisse Honda 1 lap
Ret France Hervé Moineau Cagiva Motor Italia Cagiva Retired
Ret Switzerland Marco Gentile Yamaha Retired
Ret West Germany Reinhold Roth Romer Racing Suisse Honda Retired
Ret France Louis-Luc Maisto Honda Retired
Ret Italy Leandro Beccheroni Suzuki Retired
Ret Italy Virginio Ferrari Marlboro Team Agostini Yamaha Accident
Ret Belgium Didier de Radiguès Team Elf Chevallier Johnson Honda Retired
Ret United Kingdom Keith Huewen David Attwood Honda Retired
Ret Italy Massimo Broccoli Honda Retired
Ret Australia Paul Lewis Suzuki Retired
Ret Netherlands Rob Punt Suzuki Accident
Ret Netherlands Henk van der Mark Honda Retired
Ret Netherlands Boet van Dulmen Suzuki Retired
Ret France Christian Le Liard Team Elf Chevallier Johnson Honda Retired
DNS Italy Attilio Riondato Heron Team Suzuki Suzuki Did not start
DNS United Kingdom Kevin Wrettom Suzuki Fatal accident in practice
Sources: [4][5]

References

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  1. ^ "Grand Prix uitslagen en bijzonderheden 1984". Archive.li. Archived from the original on 2015-07-25. Retrieved 2018-06-22.
  2. ^ Mitchell, Malcolm. "1984 500cc Class (FIM Grand Prix World Championship) Programmes - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
  3. ^ Mitchell, Malcolm. "Spa-Francorchamps - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com.
  4. ^ "1984 Belgian MotoGP". Motorsportmagazine.com. 9 October 2017.
  5. ^ "BELGIUM GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1984". Motogp.com.


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