1989 Austrian motorcycle Grand Prix
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The 1989 Austrian motorcycle Grand Prix was held April 6 at the Salzburgring.
[edit] 500 cc race report
Another pole for Kevin Schwantz, with Eddie Lawson and Wayne Rainey on his left as the light turns green. Lawson leads a large group through the first lap, with Rainey, Schwantz and about 4 other riders. Soon it’s a trio of the leading riders, until Schwantz begins to desperately open a gap, his bike squirming and bucking into the corners. A red mist seems to descend on Rainey, as he passes Lawson on the outside to briefly move into second, while Ron Haslam leads a fight for fourth that includes Christian Sarron, Pierfrancesco Chili, Kevin Magee and Mick Doohan, the last going off track trying to come to terms with the pace.
Schwantz’ enlarges his gap, while Lawson drops Rainey, which turns out to be the podium order. Rainey’s 13 point lead over Lawson is down to 11.
| 1 |  Kevin Schwantz |
38:39.005 |
| 2 | Eddie Lawson |
+ 2.130 |
| 3 | Wayne Rainey |
+ 19.900 |
| 4 |  Christian Sarron |
+ 37.830 |
| 5 |  Kevin Magee |
+ 38.140 |
| 6 |  Pierfrancesco Chili |
+ 38.500 |
| 7 |  Ron Haslam |
+ 38.910 |
| 8 | Mick Doohan |
+ 56.770 |
| 9 | Freddie Spencer |
+ 58.040 |
| 10 | D. Sarron |
+ 1:03.590 |
| 11 | Rob McElnea |
+ 1:15.170 |
| 12 | A. Valesi |
+ 1 lap |
| 13 | D. Buckmaster |
+ 1 lap |
| 14 | M. Gentile |
+ 2 laps |
| 15 |  Bruno Kneubühler |
+ 2 laps |
| 16 |  J. Doppler |
+ 2 laps |
| 17 |  G. Jung |
+ 2 laps |
| 18 | S. Klabacher |
+ 2 laps |
| 19 | M. Rudroff |
+ 2 laps |
| 20 | M. Troesch |
+ 2 laps |
| 21 | N. Schmassman |
+ 2 laps |
| 22 |  F. Gonzáles |
+ 2 laps |
| 23 |  P. Dekanek |
+ 3 laps |
| 24 | R. Zeller |
+ 3 laps |
| 25 | H. Klingebiel |
+ 3 laps |
| 26 | T. Berghammer |
+ 3 laps |
| A. Meyer |
ret. | |
 N. Fujiwara |
ret. | |
| Randy Mamola |
ret. | |
| J. López Mella |
ret. |
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