Wayne
Gardner
Australia,
500cc
world motorcycle champion 1987
|
| 1959 |
|
| 1974 |
- Australian
Minibike championship; runner-up
|
| 1979 |
- Castrol
6 Hour Production race; winner 750cc with John Pace
|
| 1981 |
|
| 1982 |
- world
TT F1 championship, Honda 1000; 1 win (Portuguese)
- British
TT F1 championship
- wins
Castrol 6 Hour with Wayne Clarke
|
| 1983 |
- wins
British TT F1 championship
- voted
"Motorcycle Man of the Year" in UK
|
| 1984 |
- 500
cc GP debut with Honda
- best
finish 3rd at Swedish GP
- finished
7th overall from 5 races out of 12 rounds
|
| 1985 |
- joins
factory Honda team
- wins
Suzuka 8 hour
- 4th overall
on Honda V3 500cc
|
| 1986 |
- runner-up
with Honda V4 500cc
- 3 GP
wins
- wins
Suzuka 8 hour
|
| 1987 |
- wins
500cc world championship with Honda
- 7 wins
(Spanish,Italian, Austrian, Yugoslav, Swedish, Czech, Brazilian
GPs)
|
| 1988 |
- 4 wins
- 2nd overall
- retires
from motorcycle racing and moves to car racing
|
| 1991 |
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| 1992 |
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| 1993 |
- starts
4 wheel racing career
- Australian
Touring Car Championship (V8 Supercar)
|
| 1994 |
- team
owner and driver - Gardner Holden team
- Australian
Touring Car Championship (V8 Supercar)
|
| 1998 |
- All
Japan GT championship with Toyota
|
| 2003 |
- February:
announce retirement from motorsport
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