Formula TT 1985

The 1985 Formula TT season was the ninth in the history of Formula TT and was announced by the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme as the official world championship. Six races were held in the TT-F1 class and four races in the TT-F2 class.

Distribution of points

Scoring
space	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10
Points	15th	12	10	8th	6th	5	4th	3	2	1

All the results achieved were included in the evaluation.

useful information

• The Formula TT was advertised in two classes in 1985.
  • In the TT-F1 class were four-stroke engine of 600 to 1000  cc displacement , and two-stroke engine allows cm³ with displacements of 350 to 500.
  • In the TT-F2 class, four-stroke engines from 400 to 600 cm³ and two-stroke engines from 250 to 350 cm³ were allowed.
• The race in the Netherlands was held as part of the Dutch TT motorcycle world championship.

TT-F1 class

Race results

	date	run	route	1st place	place 2	place 3
1	01.06.	67th Isle of Man TT	Mountain Course	Joey Dunlop	Tony Rutter	Sam McClements
2	29.06.	55. Dutch TT	Aces	Joey Dunlop	Mick Grant	Mark Salle
3	07.07.	Portugal	Vila Real	Joey Dunlop	Graeme McGregor	Mick Grant
4th	07/13	Spain	Montjuïc	Joey Dunlop	Dieter Rechtenbach	Kees van der Endt
5	08/17	56th Ulster Grand Prix	Dundrod	Joey Dunlop	Mick Grant	Graeme McGregor
6th	29.09.	Germany	Hockenheim	Joey Dunlop	Andersson is different	Mario Rubatto

Driver ranking

1  Joey Dunlop Honda 750 90 2  Mick Grant Suzuki 750 40 3  Graeme McGregor Suzuki 750 32 4th  Tony Rutter Suzuki 750 / Ducati 750 18th 5  Mark Salle Suzuki 750 15th 6th  Dieter Rechtenbach Cagiva 750 12 7th  Andersson is different Suzuki 750 12 8th  Sam McClements Yamaha 750 10  Kees van der Endt Kawasaki 750 10  Mario Rubatto Suzuki 750 10  Christian Monsch Honda 750 / Suzuki 750 10 12  Barry's Yamaha 750 10 13  Peter Rubatto Honda 750 8th  Gary Padgett Yamaha 500 8th  Holger Krause Yamaha 750 8th  Phil Mellor Yamaha 500 8th 17th  Ray Swann Kawasaki 750 7th 18th  Dave Dean Suzuki 750 6th  Roland Brown Suzuki 750 6th  Hans Coster Kawasaki 750 6th

21st  Patrick Orban Yamaha 750 6th 22nd  Dirk Brand Suzuki 750 5  Christian van Nieuwenhuyse Suzuki 750 5  Johnny Rea Yamaha 750 5  Steve Parrish Yamaha 750 5 26th  Geoff Johnson Yamaha 500 5 27  Rob Vine Yamaha 750 4th  Steven Cull Ducati 750 4th  Mark van der Endt Honda 750 4th  Asa Moyce Kawasaki 750 4th  Bernd Caspers Suzuki 750 4th 32  Helmut Dähne Yamaha 750 3  Henk de Vries Yamaha 750 3  Kenny Irons Yamaha 750 3 35  Eddie Roberts Suzuki 750 2  Patrick Bettendorf Honda 750 2  Alan jackson jr. Suzuki 750 2 38  Andy McGladdery Suzuki 750 2 39  Bill Simson Kawasaki 750 1  Gary Lingham Suzuki 750 1

TT-F2 class

Race results

	date	run	route	1st place	place 2	place 3
1	01.06.	67th Isle of Man TT	Mountain Course	Tony Rutter	John Weeden	Gary Padgett
2	07.07.	Portugal	Vila Real	Brian Reid	Tony Rutter	Gary Padgett
3	07/13	Spain	Montjuïc	Brian Reid	John Weeden	Tony Rutter
4th	08/17	56th Ulster Grand Prix	Dundrod	Brian Reid	Eddie Laycock	Neil Tuxworth

Driver ranking

1  Brian Reid Yamaha 350 45 2  Tony Rutter Ducati 600 37 3  John Weeden Yamaha 350 24 4th  Gary Padgett Yamaha 350 20th 5  Walter Hoffmann Yamaha 350 19th 6th  Neil Tuxworth Yamaha 350 16 7th  Ray Swann Kawasaki 550 13 8th  Eddie Laycock Yamaha 350 12 9  Steven Cull Ducati 600 11 10  Barry's Yamaha 350 9 11  Con Law Yamaha 350 8th 12  Steve Williams Yamaha 350 8th

Gene McDonnell Yamaha 350 8th 14th  Geoff Johnson Yamaha 350 8th 15th  John Brindley Yamaha 350 6th 16  Andy McGladdery Ducati 600 5 17th  Franz Willems Ducati 600 5 18th  Bill McCormack Kawasaki 600 3 19th  Mick Hunt Kawasaki 600 2  Marc Granié Ducati 600 2 21st  Nick Jefferies Yamaha 350 1  Ronan sherry Ducati 600 1  Ignazio Galofre Kawasaki 550 1

Web links

• Vincent Glon: FIM TT Formula Cup 1985. racingmemo.free.fr, accessed July 7, 2010 (French). 
• Video from the run in Portugal at vimeo.com