1980 Czechoslovak motorcycle Grand Prix

1980 Czechoslovak Grand Prix
Race details
Race 9 of 10 races in the; 1980 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	17 August 1980
Official name	Grand Prix ČSSR-Brno
Location	Brno Circuit
Course	Permanent racing facility; 5.403 km (3.357 mi);
500cc
Rider
Pole position
Rider	No 500cc race was held
Podium
First	No 500cc race was held
Second	No 500cc race was held
Third	No 500cc race was held
350cc
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Anton Mang
Podium
First	Anton Mang
Second	Jean-François Baldé
Third	Jeffrey Sayle
250cc
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Anton Mang
Podium
First	Anton Mang
Second	Kork Ballington
Third	Jean-François Baldé
125cc
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Guy Bertin
Podium
First	Guy Bertin
Second	Maurizio Massimiani
Third	Bruno Kneubühler
80cc
Rider
Pole position
Rider	No 80cc race was held
Podium
First	No 80cc race was held
Second	No 80cc race was held
Third	No 80cc race was held
50cc
Rider
Pole position
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

The 1980 Czechoslovak motorcycle Grand Prix was the ninth race of the 1980 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 15–17 August 1980 at the Masaryk Circuit in Brno, Czechoslovakia.^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]

350cc classification

Pos.	Rider	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Points
1	Anton Mang	Krauser	49'00.770	15
2	Jean-François Baldé	Kawasaki	49'55.260	12
3	Jeffrey Sayle	Yamaha	50'07.910	10
4	Jacques Cornu	Yamaha	50'08.220	8
5	Jacques Bolle	Yamaha	50'16.290	6
6	Tony Head	Yamaha	50'43.230	5
7	Loris Reggiani	Yamaha	50'51.040	4
8	Massimo Matteoni	Yamaha	50'51.310	3
9	Carlos Lavado	Yamaha	50'56.440	2
10	Jon Ekerold	Yamaha	50'56.780	1
11	Eric Saul	Yamaha	51'07.220
12	Ernst Fagerer	Yamaha	51'08.720
13	Eero Hyvärinen	Yamaha	51'13.190
14	Graeme McGregor	Yamaha	51'13.550
15	Siegfried Minich	Yamaha	51'18.490
16	Roland Kopf	Yamaha	51'47.330
17	Yoshimi Matsumoto	Yamaha	51'58.890
18	René Delaby	Yamaha	52'23.440
19	Murray Sayle	Yamaha	52'43.840
20	Reino Eskelinen	Yamaha	52'45.260
21	Armand Gras	Yamaha	52'50.270
22	Patrick de Radriguez	Yamaha	+1 lap
23	Alan Roethlisberger	Yamaha	+1 lap
Source:^[7]

Pos.	Rider	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Points
1	Anton Mang	Krauser	43'01.000	15
2	Kork Ballington	Kawasaki	43'20.570	12
3	Jean-François Baldé	Kawasaki	43'48.590	10
4	Roland Freymond	Yamaha	43'49.370	8
5	Hans Müller	Yamaha	44'14.640	6
6	Thierry Espié	Yamaha	44'15.020	5
7	Edi Stöllinger	Kawasaki	44'15.550	4
8	André Gouin	Yamaha	44'16.020	3
9	Walter Villa	Yamaha	44'16.520	2
10	Jean-Louis Tournadre	Yamaha	44'30.630	1
11	Jean-Marc Toffolo	Yamaha	44'31.190
12	Chas Mortimer	Cotton	44'35.660
13	René Delaby	Yamaha	44'40.030
14	Siegfried Minich	Yamaha	44'40.620
15	Jean-Louis Guignabodet	Kawasaki	44'41.700
16	Alain Béraud	Yamaha	44'46.500
17	Eero Hyvärinen	Yamaha	45'09.260
18	Stefan Klabacher	Kawasaki	45'10.140
19	Roland Kopf	Yamaha	45'11.030
20	Tony Head	Yamaha	45'16.600
21	Jean-Jacques Peyre	Yamaha	45'18.210
22	Klaas Hernamdt	Yamaha	45'32.300
23	Olivier Liegeois	Yamaha	45'51.200
24	Bruno Lüscher	Yamaha	45'56.120
25	Thierry Laurens	Yamaha	46'04.810
26	Guy Batesti	Yamaha	46'16.390
27	Fernando Gonzáles de Nicolás	Yamaha	+1 lap
Source:^[8]

Pos.	Rider	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Points
1	Guy Bertin	Motobécane	46'00.590	15
2	Maurizio Massimiani	Minarelli	46'00.650	12
3	Hans Müller	MBA	46'07.200	10
4	Bruno Kneubühler	MBA	46'09.910	8
5	Pier-Paolo Bianchi	MBA	46'36.120	6
6	János Drapál	Morbidelli	46'36.680	5
7	Harald Bartol	MBA	46'49.340	4
8	Iván Palazzese	MBA	47'05.590	3
9	Rolf Blatter	MBA	47'15.050	2
10	Stefan Dörflinger	Morbidelli	47'30.070	1
11	Walter Koschine	MBA	47'36.350
12	Michel Galbit	MBA	48'06.360
13	Hans-Jürgen Hummel	MBA	48'09.560
14	Martin van Soest	MBA	48'10.140
15	Fernando de Nicolás	MBA	48'45.860
16	Alfred Waibel	MBA	48'46.190
17	Hagen Klein	Hess	48'53.160
18	Chris Baert	MBA	48'54.450
19	Johnny Wickström	MBA	48'56.220
20	Per-Edvard Carlsson	MBA	48'59.600
21	Stefan Janssen	Morbidelli	49'18.370
22	Italo Zerbini	MBA	49'22.410
23	René Rénier	MBA	49'23.200
24	Gerhard Waibel	MBA	50'17.540
25	Alojz Pavlic	MBA	+1 lap
26	Zbynek Havdra	MBA	+1 lap
27	Wolfgang Glawaty	Rora	+1 lap
28	Paolo Santorini	MBA	+1 lap
Source:^[9]

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