# 1987 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season

The 1987 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season was the 39th F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship season.

## Season summary

Wayne Gardner became Australia's first-ever 500cc World Champion in a season that saw him score points in every Grand Prix. Randy Mamola would finish second yet again, one point ahead of Eddie Lawson despite Lawson's five victories. The first Japanese Grand Prix in 20 years was held at the Suzuka Circuit. Along with rounds in Brazil and Argentina, the championship was becoming a real world championship.
Venezuelan Carlos Lavado's defense of his 250 crown was spoiled by injuries sustained in a pre-season crash. Anton Mang stepped up to claim his fifth world championship ahead of four other Hondas. A new brand would announce its arrival in the 250 class when an Aprilia ridden by Loris Reggiani won the San Marino Grand Prix. Garelli's Fausto Gresini won ten out of eleven races in the 125 class, but ruined his bid for a perfect season when he crashed at the last round in Jarama. Spain's Jorge Martinez won the 80cc crown for the second consecutive year.
The Portuguese round was held in Jarama, Spain because the Portuguese Federation had transferred their rights to the Jarama organisers. 1987 would be the first year that saw clutch starts replace push starts on the grounds of safety. The FIM also announced that the 80cc class would be discontinued after 1989 and that the 125 class would be restricted to single cylinder machines.
The last round was in Argentina, which had not hosted a motorcycle Grand Prix since 1982. But appalling organization of the event saw the race nearly boycotted by the riders and their teams, and the race turned out to be a farcical embarrassment for the organizers. The safety of the Autódromo Municipal del Parque Almirante Brown de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires was totally unsuitable for racing; the organization of this Grand Prix was so bad that spectators had easy access to the circuit while the races were going on. The Argentine Grand Prix did not return until 1994.

## 1987 Grand Prix season calendar

The following Grands Prix were scheduled to take place in 1987:
| Round | Date | Grand Prix | Circuit |
| 1 | 29 March | Grand Prix of Japan | Suzuka Circuit |
| 2 | 26 April | Marlboro Gran Premio de España | Circuito Permanente de Jerez |
| 3 | 17 May | Großer Preis von Deutschland | Hockenheimring |
| 4 | 24 May | Gran Premio delle Nazioni | Autodromo Nazionale Monza |
| 5 | 7 June | Großer Preis von Österreich | Salzburgring |
| 6 | 14 June | Yu Grand Prix | Automotodrom Rijeka |
| 7 | 27 June | Dutch TT | TT Circuit Assen |
| 8 | 19 July | Grand Prix de France | Bugatti Circuit |
| 9 | 2 August | Shell Oils British Motorcycle Grand Prix | Donington Park |
| 10 | 9 August | Swedish TT | Scandinavian Raceway |
| 11 | 23 August | Grand Prix ČSSR-Brno | Brno Circuit |
| 12 | 30 August | Grand Prix San Marino | Circuito Internazionale Santa Monica |
| 13 | 13 September | Gran Premio Marlboro de Portugal | Circuito Permanente Del Jarama |
| 14 | 27 September | GP Brasil | Autódromo Internacional de Goiânia |
| 15 | 4 October | Gran Prix da la República Argentina | Autódromo Oscar Alfredo Gálvez |

### Calendar changes

* The Japanese Grand Prix was added to the calendar after a 20-year absence. The venue hosting the race was the Suzuka Circuit instead of the previously used Fuji Speedway.
* The Spanish Grand Prix moved from the Jarama to the Jerez circuit.
* The Spanish Grand Prix was moved back, from 4 May to 29 April.
* The German Grand Prix moved from the Nürburgring to the Hockenheimring.
* The British Grand Prix moved from the Silverstone circuit to Donington Park.
* The Portuguese Grand Prix was added to the calendar. The Autódromo do Estoril was not yet suited for racing, so the Jarama circuit in Spain was chosen to host the venue instead.
* The Brazilian and Argentine Grand Prix were added to the calendar. The Brazilian round was completely new, while the Argentine round returned after a 4-year absence.

## Results and standings
### Grands Prix

| Round | Date | Race | Location | 80cc winner | 125cc winner | 250cc winner | 500cc winner | Report |
| 1 | 29 March | Japanese Grand Prix | Suzuka | | | Masaru Kobayashi | Randy Mamola | Report |
| 2 | 26 April | Spanish Grand Prix | Jerez | Jorge Martínez | Fausto Gresini | Martin Wimmer | Wayne Gardner | Report |
| 3 | 17 May | German Grand Prix | Hockenheim | Gerhard Waibel | Fausto Gresini | Anton Mang | Eddie Lawson | Report |
| 4 | 24 May | Italian Grand Prix | Monza | Jorge Martínez | Fausto Gresini | Anton Mang | Wayne Gardner | Report |
| 5 | 7 June | Austrian Grand Prix | Salzburgring | Jorge Martínez | Fausto Gresini | Anton Mang | Wayne Gardner | Report |
| 6 | 14 June | Yugoslavian Grand Prix | Automotodrom Rijeka | Jorge Martínez | | Carlos Lavado | Wayne Gardner | Report |
| 7 | 27 June | Dutch TT | Assen | Jorge Martínez | Fausto Gresini | Anton Mang | Eddie Lawson | Report |
| 8 | 19 July | French Grand Prix | Le Mans | | Fausto Gresini | Reinhold Roth | Randy Mamola | Report |
| 9 | 2 August | British Grand Prix | Donington | Jorge Martínez | Fausto Gresini | Anton Mang | Eddie Lawson | Report |
| 10 | 9 August | Swedish Grand Prix | Anderstorp | | Fausto Gresini | Anton Mang | Wayne Gardner | Report |
| 11 | 23 August | Czechoslovakian Grand Prix | Brno | Stefan Dörflinger | Fausto Gresini | Anton Mang | Wayne Gardner | Report |
| 12 | 30 August | San Marino Grand Prix | Misano | Manuel Herreros | Fausto Gresini | Loris Reggiani | Randy Mamola | Report |
| 13 | 13 September | Portuguese Grand Prix | Jarama | Jorge Martínez | Paolo Casoli | Anton Mang | Eddie Lawson | Report |
| 14 | 27 September | Brazilian Grand Prix | Goiania | | | Dominique Sarron | Wayne Gardner | Report |
| 15 | 4 October | Argentine Grand Prix | Buenos Aires | | | Sito Pons | Eddie Lawson | Report |

## Participants
### 500cc participants

| Team | Constructor | Motorcycle | No. | Rider | Rounds |
| Marlboro Yamaha Team Agostini | Yamaha | Yamaha YZR500 | 1 | Eddie Lawson | All |
| Marlboro Yamaha Team Agostini | Yamaha | Yamaha YZR500 | 5 | Rob McElnea | 1–14 |
| Marlboro Yamaha Team Agostini | Yamaha | Yamaha YZR500 | 21 | Tadahiko Taira | 1–7, 9–15 |
| Rothmans Honda/HRC | Honda | Honda NSR500 | 2 | Wayne Gardner | All |
| Rothmans Honda/HRC | Honda | Honda NSR500 | 16 | Shunji Yatsushiro | All |
| Rothmans Racing | Honda | Honda NSR500 | 12 | Roger Burnett | 1–13 |
| Team Lucky Strike Roberts | Yamaha | Yamaha YZR500 | 3 | Randy Mamola | All |
| Team Lucky Strike Roberts | Yamaha | Yamaha YZR500 | 4 | Mike Baldwin | 1–2, 13–15 |
| Team Lucky Strike Roberts | Yamaha | Yamaha YZR500 | 33 | Richard Scott | 2–12 |
| Team Roberts | Yamaha | Yamaha YZR500 | 40 17 34 | Kevin Magee | 1, 7, 13 |
| Team Sonauto Gauloises | Yamaha | Yamaha YZR500 | 6 | Christian Sarron | 1–5, 7–15 |
| Team Cagiva - Alstare | Cagiva | Cagiva C587 | 7 | Didier de Radiguès | 1–5, 7–15 |
| Team Cagiva - Alstare | Cagiva | Cagiva C587 | 8 | Raymond Roche | 1–8, 11–15 |
| Team Elf-ROC | Honda Elf | Honda NSR500 Elf 4 | 9 | Ron Haslam | 1–13 |
| HB Honda Gallina | Honda | Honda NSR500 | 10 | Pierfrancesco Chili | All |
| HB Honda/HRC | Honda | Honda NSR500 | 11 | Niall Mackenzie | 1–5, 7–15 |
| Honda Racing Corporation | Honda | Honda NSR500 | 19 | Freddie Spencer | 9–12 |
| Hein Gericke Racing | Honda | Honda RS500 Honda NSR500 | 14 | Gustav Reiner | 1–6, 8–9, 12–13 |
| Hein Gericke Racing | HG-Honda | ?? | 36 34 | Manfred Fischer | 3–5, 7–10, 12 |
| Servisco | Honda | Honda NS500 | 15 | Fabio Biliotti | 2–6, 9–13 |
| Heron Suzuki GB Ltd | Heron/Suzuki | Suzuki RGV500 | 18 | Kenny Irons | 1–12 |
| Heron Suzuki GB Ltd | Heron/Suzuki | Suzuki RGV500 | 34 | Kevin Schwantz | 2, 4, 8 |
| Heron Suzuki GB Ltd | Heron/Suzuki | Suzuki RGV500 | 34 | Donnie McLeod | 3 |
| Duckhams NLM Honda | Honda | Honda RS500 | 22 | Simon Buckmaster | 1–3, 5–13 |
| Team Iberna | Honda | Honda RS500 | 23 | Alessandro Valesi | 1–2, 4–13 |
| Frankonia-Suzuki | Suzuki | Suzuki RGB500 | 24 | Wolfgang von Muralt | 1–2, 4–14 |
| Lucky Strike Fior | Fior-Honda | Honda RS500 | 25 | Marco Gentile | All |
| Fior-SNCF | Fior-Honda | Honda RS500 | 53 26 | Thierry Rapicault | 2–4 |
| Fior-SNCF | Fior-Honda | Honda RS500 | 55 72 | Hervé Guilleux | 5–11, 13 |
| Suzuki Japan | Suzuki | Suzuki RGV500 | 32 | Takumi Ito | 1 |
| Andy Leuthe | Honda | Honda RS500 | 40 | Andy Leuthe | 4–6, 8 |
| ?? | Honda | Honda RS500 | 42 78 29 | Fabio Barchitta | 3–4, 6–13 |
| Bruno Kneubühler | Honda | Honda RS500 | 45 65 55 | Bruno Kneubühler | 2–13 |
| Honda Britain | Honda | Honda RS500 Honda NS500 | 57 33 | Richard Scott | 2–12 |
| H.D.J. B.Y | Honda | Honda RS500 | 61 44 | Maarten Duyzers | 2–3, 5, 8–10 |
| FE-GO | Honda | Honda RS500 | 75 50 | Silvo Habat | 6 |
| ?? | Honda | Honda RS500 | ?? | Gerold Fischer | 2–7, 10–11 |
| Yamaha Japan | Yamaha | Yamaha YZR500 | ?? | Shinji Katayama | 1 |
| Yamaha Japan | Yamaha | Yamaha YZR500 | ?? | Hiroyuki Kawasaki | 1 |
| Source: ||||||
Key :
* Regular Rider
* Wildcard Rider
* Replacement Rider

### 250cc participants

| Team | Constructor | Motorcycle | No. | Rider | Rounds |
| HB-Venemotos | Yamaha | Yamaha YZR 250 | 1 | Carlos Lavado | 2–10, 13–15 |
| Campsa-Honda | Honda | Honda NSR250 | 2 | Sito Pons | All |
| Rothmans Honda France | Honda | Honda NSR250 | 3 | Dominique Sarron | 1–6, 8–15 |
| Rothmans Honda | Honda | Honda NSR250 | 4 | Anton Mang | All |
| Pole Position/Ville d’Hyeres | Honda | Honda RS250R | 5 | Jean-François Baldé | 1, 3–6, 8–14 |
| Defi | Defi-Rotax | ?? | 5 | Jean-François Baldé | 1, 3–6, 8–14 |
| Marlboro Yamaha Team Agostini | Yamaha | Yamaha YZR 250 | 6 | Martin Wimmer | 1–2, 5–15 |
| Marlboro Yamaha Team Agostini | Yamaha | Yamaha YZR 250 | 22 | Luca Cadalora | 1–5, 7–15 |
| Marlboro Yamaha Team Agostini | Yamaha | Yamaha YZR 250 | ?? | Massimo Messere | ?? |
| Team Parisienne-Elf | Honda | Honda NSR250 | 7 | Jacques Cornu | 1–10 |
| Team Parisienne-Elf | Honda | Honda NSR250 | 23 | Urs Lüzi | 10–15 |
| Team Parisienne-Elf | Honda | Honda RS250R | 55 | Bernard Hänggeli | 2, 9, 11, 13 |
| Team Iberna | Honda | Honda RS250R | 8 | Fausto Ricci | 1–2, 12–13 |
| ?? | Honda | Honda RS250R | 10 | Donnie Mcleod | 1–13 |
| Pepsi/Ehrlich Automotive | EMC-Rotax | ?? | 10 | Donnie Mcleod | 1–13 |
| Team Ducados Angel Nieto | Honda | Honda NSR250 | 12 | Carlos Cardús | 1, 3–15 |
| Racing Team Katayama | Sekitoba-Honda | Honda RS250R | 14 | Stéphane Mertens | All |
| Racing Team Katayama | Sekitoba-Honda | Honda RS250R | 15 | Virginio Ferrari | 1 |
| Team Italia Garelli | Garelli | Garelli 250 GP | 16 | Maurizio Vitali | 1–6, 9–13 |
| Sonauto Gauloises | Yamaha | Yamaha YZR 250 | 17 | Patrick Igoa | 1–5, 7–15 |
| Sonauto Gauloises | Yamaha | Yamaha YZR 250 | 21 | Jean-Philippe Ruggia | All |
| Sonauto Yamaha | Yamaha | Yamaha TZ 250 | 21 | Jean-Philippe Ruggia | All |
| ?? | Chevallier-Yamaha | Yamaha TZ 250 | 19 | Jean Foray | 2–3, 6–8, 10, 12–15 |
| Atomic Road Racing Team | Honda | Honda RS250R | 20 | Hans Lindner | 3–11 |
| HB Römer Team | Honda | Honda NSR250 | 24 | Reinhold Roth | All |
| Römer Racing Team | Honda | Honda RS250R | 34 32 | Harald Eckl | 1–13 |
| Honda France | Honda | Honda RS250R | 25 | Jean-Michel Mattioli | All |
| ?? | Honda | Honda RS250R | 27 | Manfred Herweh | 1–2, 4–13 |
| Ducados-Yamaha Racing | Yamaha | Yamaha YZR 250 | 31 | Joan Garriga | 1–7, 11–15 |
| Team Aprilia | Aprilia AFI-Rotax | ?? | 32 18 30 41 36 34 | Loris Reggiani | 2–6, 8–15 |
| Pave d’Affinois | Honda | Honda RS250R | 36 | Guy Bertin | All |
| D Gallacher - Bradgate Containers | Yamaha Honda | Yamaha TZ 250 Honda RS250R | 38 | Kevin Mitchell | 1, 6–7, 9–11 |
| East West Transport | Honda | Honda RS250R | 41 | Garry Cowan | 3, 5–9, 11–12 |
| Ajinomoto | Honda | Honda NSR250 | 43 45 | Masahiro Shimizu | 1, 14–15 |
| Ajinomoto | Honda | Honda NSR250 | 44 | Masaru Kobayashi | 1 |
| HOMA Racing Team | Honda | Honda RS250R | 43 | Siegfried Minich | 2, 5–7 |
| Mitsui-Yamaha | Yamaha | Yamaha TZ 250 | 45 | Jochen Schmid | 2–10, 12 |
| M.T.D | Honda | Honda RS250R | 48 | Bruno Bonhuil | 1–4, 6, 8, 10–15 |
| F.M.V. | Yamaha | Yamaha TZ 250 | 49 33 | Iván Palazzese | 6, 11–12 |
| Gazzaniga Corse | Gazzaniga-Rotax | ?? | ?? | Stefano Caracchi | 2, 4, 7–10, 12–15 |
| Angelo Gazzaniga | Honda | Honda RS250R | 49 | Stefano Caracchi | 2, 4, 7–10, 12–15 |
| ?? | Yamaha | Yamaha TZ 250 | 55 | René Délaby | 2–13 |
| ?? | Honda | Honda RS250R | ?? | Alain Bronec | 2, 6, 8–11, 13–15 |
| Moriwaki | Honda | Honda NSR250 | ?? | Alan Carter | 1 |
| ?? | Honda | Honda RS250R | ?? | Hervé Duffard | 2, 8–10, 14–15 |
| ?? | Honda | Honda RS250R | ?? | Urs Lüzi | 10–15 |
| ?? | Honda | Honda RS250R | ?? | Alberto Rota | 2–3, 12–13 |
| Source: ||||||
Key :
* Regular Rider
* Wildcard Rider
* Replacement Rider

## Final standings
### 500cc standings
#### Scoring system

Points are awarded to the top ten finishers. A rider has to finish the race to earn points.
| Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th |
| Points | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Pos. | Rider | Bike | Team | JPN | ESP | GER | NAT | AUT | YUG | NED | FRA | GBR | SWE | CZE | SMR | POR | BRA | ARG | Pts |
| 1 | Wayne Gardner | Honda | Rothmans Honda | 2 | 1$^F$ | 10$^{PF}$ | 1$^{PF}$ | 1$^{PF}$ | 1$^{PF}$ | 2$^P$ | 4 | 2$^P$ | 1$^{PF}$ | 1$^{PF}$ | 3 | 4$^F$ | 1$^{PF}$ | 3$^P$ | 178 |
| 2 | Randy Mamola | Yamaha | Team Lucky Strike Roberts | 1$^F$ | 6 | 2 | Ret | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1$^F$ | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1$^F$ | 2$^P$ | 3 | 2 | 158 |
| 3 | Eddie Lawson | Yamaha | Marlboro Yamaha Team-Agostini | Ret | 2$^P$ | 1 | 2 | Ret | 3 | 1$^F$ | Ret | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2$^P$ | 1 | 2 | 1 | 157 |
| 4 | Ron Haslam | Honda | Elf-Honda | 5 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 14 | Ret | 9 | 11 | 10 | 72 |
| 5 | Niall Mackenzie | Honda | HB-Honda | Ret$^P$ | 4 | 7 | 10 | 3 | DNS | Ret | 7 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 61 |
| 6 | Tadahiko Taira | Yamaha | Marlboro Yamaha Team-Agostini | 6 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 18 | | 8$^F$ | 13 | 3 | 4 | Ret | 7 | 8 | 56 |
| 7 | Christian Sarron | Yamaha | Sonauto-Gauloises | Ret | Ret | Ret | 3 | 6 | DNS | Ret | 3$^P$ | 4 | Ret | 7 | 8 | 5 | 5 | Ret | 52 |
| 8 | Pierfrancesco Chili | Honda | HB Honda | 4 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 12 | Ret | 9 | Ret | 7 | 9 | 9 | 47 |
| 9 | Shunji Yatsushiro | Honda | Rothmans Honda | Ret | 8 | Ret | Ret | 7 | 8 | 14 | 8 | 11 | Ret | 6 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 40 |
| 10 | Robert McElnea | Yamaha | Marlboro Yamaha Team-Agostini | Ret | Ret | 5 | 4 | 5 | Ret | 4 | Ret | Ret | 4 | 8 | Ret | Ret | Ret | DNS | 39 |
| 11 | Roger Burnett | Honda | Rothmans Honda | 8 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 6 | Ret | | | 25 |
| 12 | Didier de Radigues | Cagiva | Team Cagiva-Alstare | Ret | Ret | 12 | Ret | 12 | DNS | 6 | Ret | 6 | 8 | 12 | Ret | Ret | 4 | Ret | 21 |
| 13 | Raymond Roche | Cagiva | Team Cagiva-Alstare | 10 | Ret | Ret | 9 | Ret | 5 | Ret | Ret | | | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 5 | 15 |
| 14 | Kenny Irons | Suzuki | Heron-Suzuki | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 10 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 9 | Ret | Ret | | | | 12 |
| 15 | Kevin Magee | Yamaha | Team Lucky Strike-Roberts | NC | | | | | | 10 | | | | | | 3 | | | 11 |
| 16 | Kevin Schwantz | Suzuki | Heron-Suzuki | | 5 | | 8 | | | | 9 | | | | | | | | 11 |
| 17 | Takumi Ito | Suzuki | Suzuki Japan | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 10 |
| 18 | Mike Baldwin | Yamaha | Team Lucky Strike Roberts | Ret | Ret | DNS | | | | | | | | | | | 10 | 6 | 6 |
| 19 | Gustav Reiner | Honda | Hein Gericke Racing | Ret | Ret | 9 | Ret | Ret | Ret | | Ret | Ret | | | 9 | 10 | | | 5 |
| 20 | Hiroyuki Kawasaki | Yamaha | Yamaha Japan | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 4 |
| 21 | Freddie Spencer | Honda | HRC | | | | | | DNS | | | | 7 | 11 | Ret | | DNS | | 4 |
| 22 | Richard Scott | Honda | Honda | | 10 | 13 | 13 | | | | | | 11 | | Ret | | | | 3 |
| 22 | Richard Scott | Yamaha | Team Lucky Strike Roberts | | | | | 11 | 9 | Ret | Ret | 13 | | 13 | | | | | 3 |
| 23 | Shinji Katayama | Yamaha | Yamaha Japan | 9 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 |
| 24 | Marco Gentile | Honda | Lucky Strike Fior | Ret | 12 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 23 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 21 | Ret | 10 | Ret | 12 | 11 | 1 |
| | Bruno Kneubühler | Honda | Bruno Kneubühler | | 18 | 11 | 14 | Ret | 15 | 21 | Ret | 17 | 14 | Ret | 15 | 11 | | | 0 |
| | Ray Swann | Honda | Honda | | | | | | | 11 | DNS | Ret | 22 | Ret | 14 | 13 | | | 0 |
| | Daniel Amatriain | Honda | Honda | | 16 | 19 | Ret | | | 22 | 17 | | | | 11 | Ret | | | 0 |
| | Norio Iobe | Honda | Honda | 11 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| | Fabio Biliotti | Honda | Servisco | | Ret | 14 | 20 | 13 | 12 | DNS | | 15 | 12 | Ret | Ret | Ret | | | 0 |
| | Manfred Fischer | Honda | Hein Gericke Racing | | | Ret | 12 | 18 | | Ret | 12 | Ret | 15 | | 16 | | | | 0 |
| | Simon Buckmaster | Honda | Duckhams NLM Honda | 13 | 15 | 20 | DNS | 17 | 16 | 12 | 13 | Ret | 17 | 17 | 18 | 14 | | | 0 |
| | Wolfgang von Muralt | Suzuki | Frankonia-Suzuki | 14 | 17 | | Ret | 14 | 14 | Ret | Ret | 16 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 12 | 13 | DNS | 0 |
| | Alessandro Valesi | Honda | Team Iberna | Ret | 14 | DNS | 18 | 15 | 13 | Ret | Ret | 19 | Ret | Ret | 12 | Ret | | | 0 |
| | Gerhard Vogt | Suzuki | Suzuki | | | | | | | | | | | | | 17 | 15 | 12 | 0 |
| | Hisashi Yamana | Yamaha | Yamaha | 12 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| | Fabio Barchitta | Honda | Honda | | | 16 | 17 | | 17 | 15 | Ret | 24 | 18 | 16 | 13 | Ret | | | 0 |
| | Vincenzo Cascino | Suzuki | Suzuki | | | | | | | | | | | 22 | | 18 | 14 | 13 | 0 |
| | Thierry Rapicault | Honda | Fior-SNCF | | 13 | Ret | Ret | | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| | Silvo Habat | Honda | FE-GO | | | Ret | | 21 | Ret | 19 | 14 | 25 | | Ret | Ret | | | | 0 |
| | Massimo Broccoli | Honda | Honda | | | | 15 | | 18 | | | | | 15 | Ret | | | | 0 |
| | Maarten Duyzers | Honda | H.D.J. B.Y. | | 19 | 22 | DNS | 22 | | | 15 | 23 | 20 | | | DNS | | | 0 |
| | Esko Kuparinen | Yamaha | Yamaha | 15 | | Ret | 22 | | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| | Henry Boerman | Assmex | Assmex | | | | | | | | | 26 | | | | | | | 0 |
| | Henry Boerman | Honda | Honda | | | | | | | | | | | | | 15 | | | 0 |
| | Donnie MacLeod | Suzuki | Heron Suzuki GB | | | 15 | | | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| | Gerold Fischer | Honda | Honda | | Ret | 21 | Ret | 19 | 21 | 16 | | | 24 | 18 | | | | | 0 |
| | Marco Papa | Honda | Honda | | | 18 | 16 | | | DNS | | | | | 17 | | | | 0 |
| | Karl Truchsess | Honda | Honda | | | | 16 | | Ret | | | | | Ret | 20 | | | | 0 |
| | Ian Pratt | Honda | Honda | | | | | | | | 20 | | | | | 16 | | | 0 |
| | Vittoria Scatola | Paton | Paton | | | | 21 | | Ret | | 16 | | | | Ret | | | | 0 |
| | Peter Sköld | Honda | Honda | | | | | | | | | | 16 | | | | | | 0 |
| | Steve Manley | Suzuki | Suzuki | | | 23 | | 24 | | 17 | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| | Ari Rämö | Honda | Honda | | | 17 | | | | | Ret | | 23 | | | | | | 0 |
| | Herve Guilleux | Fior [it] | Fior-SNCF | | | | | 20 | 20 | | Ret | 18 | Ret | Ret | | Ret | | | 0 |
| | Daniel Pauget | Honda | Honda | | | | | | | | 18 | | | | | | | | 0 |
| | Jean-Luc Maisto | Honda | Honda | | 20 | | | | | | 22 | | 19 | | | | | | 0 |
| | Jean-Luc Maisto | Plein-Pot | Plein-Pot | | | | | | Ret | | | 21 | | | | | | | 0 |
| | Rudolf Zeller | Honda | Honda | | | | | 25 | | | | | | 19 | | | | | 0 |
| | Andreas Leuthe | Honda | Andy Leuthe | | | | Ret | Ret | 19 | | Ret | | | | | | | | 0 |
| | Vittorio Gibertini | Suzuki | Suzuki | | | | 19 | | | | | | | | Ret | | | | 0 |
| | Rachel Nicotte | Suzuki | Suzuki | | | | | | | | 19 | | | | | | | | 0 |
| | Romolo Balbi | Honda | Honda | | | | | | | | | | | | 19 | | | | 0 |
| | Josef Doppler | Honda | Honda | | | | | Ret | | | | | | 20 | | | | | 0 |
| | Joey Dunlop | Honda | Honda | | | | | | | | | 20 | | | | | | | 0 |
| | Tony Carey | Suzuki | Suzuki | | 21 | | | | | | | | | | | Ret | | | 0 |
| | Alan Jeffery | Suzuki | Suzuki | | | | | | | Ret | 21 | | | | | | | | 0 |
| | Claus Wulff | Honda | Honda | | | | | | | | | | Ret | 21 | | | | | 0 |
| | Marco Marchesani | Suzuki | Suzuki | | | | Ret | | | | | | | | 21 | | | | 0 |
| | Georg Jung | Honda | Honda | | | 24 | | 23 | 22 | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| | Christoph Bürki | Honda | Honda | | 22 | | | Ret | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| | Alan Irwin | Honda | Honda | | | | | | | | | 22 | | | | | | | 0 |
| | Pavol Dekanek | Honda | Honda | | | | | | Ret | | | | Ret | 23 | | | | | 0 |
| | Larry Moreno Vacondio | Suzuki | Suzuki | | | | | | | | | | | 24 | | Ret | | | 0 |
| | Helmut Schütz | Honda | Honda | | | 25 | | Ret | Ret | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| | Dimitrios Papandreou | Suzuki | Suzuki | | | | | | 25 | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| | Geir Hestmann | Suzuki | Suzuki | | | | | | | | | | 25 | | | | | | 0 |
| | Dietmar Marehardt | Suzuki | Suzuki | | | | | | | | | | | 25 | | | | | 0 |
| | Michael Rudroff | Honda | Honda | | | Ret | | Ret | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| | Mark Phillips | Honda | Honda | | | | | | | Ret | | Ret | | | | | | | 0 |
| | Susumu Shimada | Suzuki | Suzuki | Ret | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| | Norihiko Fujiwara | Yamaha | Yamaha | Ret | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| | Keiji Kinoshita | Honda | Honda | Ret | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| | Masaru Mizutani | Suzuki | Suzuki | Ret | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| | José Parra | Suzuki | Suzuki | | Ret | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| | Franz Kaserer | Suzuki | Suzuki | | | | | Ret | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| | Rob Punt | Suzuki | Suzuki | | | | | | | Ret | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| | Henk van der Mark | Suzuki | Suzuki | | | | | | | Ret | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| | Kees van der Endt | Honda | Honda | | | | | | | | Ret | | | | | | | | 0 |
| | Roger Marshall | Honda | Honda | | | | | | | | | Ret | | | | | | | 0 |
| | Andy McGladdery | Honda | Honda | | | | | | | | | Ret | | | | | | | 0 |
| | Steve Henshaw | Honda | Honda | | | | | | | | | Ret | | | | | | | 0 |
| | Peter Linden | Honda | Honda | | | | | | | | | | Ret | | | | | | 0 |
| | Leandro Becheroni | Honda | Honda | | | | | | | | | | | | Ret | | | | 0 |
| | Osamu Hiwatashi | Honda | Honda | DNS | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| | Kenny Roberts | Yamaha | Team Lucky Strike Roberts | | | | DNS | | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| | Koos van Leijen | Suzuki | Suzuki | | | | | | | DNS | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| | Rolf Aljes | Suzuki | Suzuki | | | | | | | | DNS | | | | | | | | 0 |
| Pos. | Rider | Bike | Team | JPN | ESP | GER | NAT | AUT | YUG | NED | FRA | GBR | SWE | CZE | SMR | POR | BRA | ARG | Pts |

### 250cc standings

| Place | Rider | Number | Country | Team | Machine | Points | Wins |
| 1 | Anton Mang | 4 | West Germany | Rothmans-Honda | NSR250 | 136 | 8 |
| 2 | Reinhold Roth | 24 | West Germany | HB Römer-Honda | NSR250 | 108 | 1 |
| 3 | Sito Pons | 2 | Spain | Campsa-Honda | NSR250 | 108 | 1 |
| 4 | Dominique Sarron | 3 | France | Rothmans-Honda France | NSR250 | 97 | 1 |
| 5 | Carlos Cardús | 12 | Spain | Ducados-Honda | NSR250 | 70 | 0 |
| 6 | Loris Reggiani | 32 | Italy | Aprilia | RS250 | 68 | 1 |
| 7 | Luca Cadalora | 22 | Italy | Marlboro-Yamaha | YZR250 | 63 | 0 |
| 8 | Martin Wimmer | 6 | West Germany | Marlboro-Yamaha | YZR250 | 61 | 1 |
| 9 | Jacques Cornu | 7 | Switzerland | Parisienne Elf-Honda | NSR250 | 50 | 0 |
| 10 | Carlos Lavado | 1 | Venezuela | HB Venemotos-Yamaha | YZR250 | 46 | 1 |
| 11 | Juan Garriga | | Spain | Ducados-Yamaha | YZR250 | 46 | |
| 12 | Patrick Igoa | | France | Yamaha | YZR250 | 42 | |
| 13 | Masahiro Shimizu | | Japan | Honda | | 20 | |
| 14 | Masaru Kobayashi | | Japan | Honda | | 15 | 1 |
| 15 | Manfred Herweh | | West Germany | | | 11 | |
| 16 | Ivan Palazzese | | Venezuela | | | 9 | |
| 17 | Jean Philippe Ruggia | | France | Yamaha | | 7 | |
| 18 | Jean-François Baldé | | France | | | 6 | |
| 19 | Maurizio Vitali | | Italy | | | 6 | |
| 20 | Hans Lindner | | Austria | | | 5 | |
| 21 | Urs Lüzi | | Switzerland | | | 5 | |
| 22 | Donnie McLeod | | United Kingdom | | | 4 | |
| 23 | Stephane Mertens | | Belgium | | | 2 | |
| 24 | Masumitsu Taguchi | | Japan | | | 2 | |
| 25 | Guy Bertin | | France | | | 1 | |
| 26 | Stefano Caracchi | | France | | | 1 | |
| 27 | Takayoshi Yamamoto | | Japan | | | 1 | |

### 125cc standings

| Place | Rider | Number | Country | Machine | Points | Wins |
| 1 | Fausto Gresini | 2 | Italy | Garelli | 150 | 10 |
| 2 | Bruno Casanova | 23 | Italy | Garelli | 88 | 0 |
| 3 | Paolo Casoli | 14 | Italy | AGV | 61 | 1 |
| 4 | Domenico Brigaglia | 3 | Italy | AGV | 58 | 0 |
| 5 | August Auinger | 4 | Austria | MBA | 54 | 0 |
| 6 | Ezio Gianola | 5 | Italy | Honda | 45 | 0 |
| 7 | Pier Paolo Bianchi | 8 | Italy | MBA | 43 | 0 |
| 8 | Andres Sanchez | 26 | Spain | Ducados | 40 | 0 |
| 9 | Lucio Pietroniro | 7 | Belgium | MBA | 32 | 0 |
| 10 | Mike Leitner | 22 | Austria | MBA | 32 | 0 |
| 11 | Johnny Wickstroem | | Finland | | 21 | |
| 12 | Gastone Grassetti | | Italy | | 17 | |
| 13 | Jean Claude Selini | | France | | 16 | |
| 14 | Thierry Feuz | | Switzerland | | 13 | |
| 15 | Jussi Hautaniemi | | Finland | | 10 | |
| 16 | Adi Stadler | | West Germany | | 9 | |
| 17 | Ivan Troisi | | Venezuela | | 8 | |
| 18 | Claudio Macciotta | | Italy | | 6 | |
| 19 | Corrado Catalano | | Italy | | 6 | |
| 20 | Esa Kytölä | | Finland | | 4 | |
| 21 | Olivier Liégeois | | Belgium | | 4 | |
| 22 | Hakan Olsson | | Sweden | | 2 | |
| 23 | Robin Milton | | United Kingdom | | 2 | |
| 24 | Bady Hassaine | | Algeria | | 2 | |
| 25 | Flemming Kistrup | | Denmark | | 1 | |
| 26 | Norbert Peschke | | West Germany | | 1 | |
| 27 | Willy Perez | | Argentina | | 1 | |

### 80cc standings

| Place | Rider | Number | Country | Machine | Points | Wins |
| 1 | Jorge Martínez | 1 | Spain | Derbi | 129 | 7 |
| 2 | Manuel Herreros | 2 | Spain | Derbi | 86 | 1 |
| 3 | Gerhard Waibel | 5 | West Germany | Krauser | 82 | 1 |
| 4 | Stefan Dörflinger | 3 | Switzerland | Krauser | 75 | 1 |
| 5 | Ian McConnachie | 5 | United Kingdom | Krauser | 53 | 0 |
| 6 | Jörg Seel | 6 | West Germany | Seel | 38 | 0 |
| 7 | Hubert Abold | 9 | West Germany | Krauser | 33 | 0 |
| 8 | Luis Reyes | 22 | Spain | Autisa | 31 | 0 |
| 9 | Josef Fischer | 9 | Austria | Krauser | 19 | 0 |
| 10 | Julián Miralles | | Spain | Derbi | 18 | 0 |
| 11 | Àlex Crivillé | | usa | | 12 | |
| 12 | Günter Schirnhofer | | usa | | 12 | |
| 13 | Hans Spaan | | usa | | 11 | |
| 14 | Karoly Juhasz | | spa | | 10 | |
| 15 | Joan Bolart | | spa | | 10 | |
| 16 | Paolo Priori | | spa | | 9 | |
| 17 | Alex Barros | | Spa | | 8 | |
| 18 | Giuseppe Ascareggi | | fra | | 5 | |
| 19 | Heinz Paschen | | fra | | 4 | |
| 20 | Richard Bay | | fra | | 3 | |
| 21 | Peter Öttl | | ita | | 3 | |
| 22 | Ernst Gschwender | | Ita | | 2 | |
| 23 | Herri Torrontegui | | ita | | 1 | |
| 24 | Theo Timmer | | ita | | 1 | |
| 25 | Jacques Bernard | | aus | | 1 | |
| 26 | Ralf Waldmann | | jpn | | 1 | |