1989 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season

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This article recaps the 1989 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season.

Contents 1 Season summary 2 1989 500 cc Season review 2.1 1989 500 cc Roadracing World Championship final standings 3 1989 250 cc Season Review 3.1 1989 250 cc Roadracing World Championship final standings 4 1989 125 cc Season Review 4.1 1989 125 cc Roadracing World Championship final standings 5 1989 80 cc Season Review 5.1 1989 80 cc Roadracing World Championship final standings

[edit] Season summary

Defending champion Eddie Lawson stunned most observers by switching from the Yamaha to Honda in the offseason then proceeded to win the championship, becoming the first man to win two consecutive 500cc championships on two different brands. Wayne Rainey and Kevin Schwantz continued to perform impressively while Freddie Spencer made a less than successful comeback attempt with the Marlboro Yamaha team. Australian Wayne Gardner was out for most of the season after breaking his leg at Laguna Seca but not before winning the inaugural Grand Prix in his home country. Another Australian made his Grand Prix debut for the Rothmans Honda team with Mick Doohan scoring a third place finish at the Hockenheimring. The FIM awarded half points for the rain-drenched Belgian Grand Prix after organisers restarted the race three times contrary to FIM race regulations. The Nations Grand Prix at Misano was boycotted by most of the top riders for safety reasons.

Sito Pons won a second consecutive 250 championship for Honda while Spanish teenager, Alex Criville won the 125 crown on a JJ Cobas. Derbi rider Manuel Herreros had the honor of winning the final 80cc championship as the class would be discontinued after 1989.

[edit] 1989 500 cc Season review

Round	Race	Location	Winning rider	Winning team	Report
1	Japanese Grand Prix	Suzuka	Kevin Schwantz	Suzuki	Report
2	Australian Grand Prix	Phillip Island	Wayne Gardner	Honda	Report
3	United States Grand Prix	Laguna Seca	Wayne Rainey	Yamaha	Report
4	Spanish Grand Prix	Jerez	Eddie Lawson	Honda	Report
5	Nations Grand Prix	Misano	Christian Sarron	Yamaha	Report
6	West German Grand Prix	Hockenheimring	Wayne Rainey	Yamaha	Report
7	Austrian Grand Prix	Salzburgring	Kevin Schwantz	Suzuki	Report
8	Yugoslavian Grand Prix	Rijeka	Kevin Schwantz	Suzuki	Report
9	Dutch TT	Assen	Wayne Rainey	Yamaha	Report
10	Belgian Grand Prix	Spa	Eddie Lawson	Honda	Report
11	French Grand Prix	Le Mans	Eddie Lawson	Honda	Report
12	British Grand Prix	Donington	Kevin Schwantz	Suzuki	Report
13	Swedish Grand Prix	Anderstorp	Eddie Lawson	Honda	Report
14	Czechoslovakian Grand Prix	Brno	Kevin Schwantz	Suzuki	Report
15	Brazilian Grand Prix	Goiania	Kevin Schwantz	Suzuki	Report

[edit] 1989 500 cc Roadracing World Championship final standings

Place	Rider	Number	Country	Machine	Points[1]	Wins
1	Eddie Lawson	1	United States	Rothmans-Honda	228	4
2	Wayne Rainey	3	United States	Lucky Strike-Yamaha	210.5	3
3	Christian Sarron	4	France	Gauloises-Yamaha	165.5	0
4	Kevin Schwantz	34	United States	Pepsi-Suzuki	162.5	6
5	Kevin Magee	5	Australia	Lucky Strike-Yamaha	138.5	0
6	Pier-Francesco Chili	9	Italy	HB-Honda	122	1
7	Niall Mackenzie	5	United Kingdom	Marlboro-Yamaha	103	0
8	Ron Haslam	8	United Kingdom	Pepsi-Suzuki	86	0
9	Michael Doohan	27	Australia	Rothmans-Honda	81	0
10	Wayne Gardner	2	Australia	Rothmans-Honda	67	1

1. ^ The points for the Belgian round are halved because of too many re-starts.

[edit] 1989 250 cc Season Review

Round	Race	Location	Winning rider	Winning team	Report
1	Japanese Grand Prix	Suzuka	John Kocinski	Yamaha	Report
2	Australian Grand Prix	Phillip Island	Sito Pons	Honda	Report
3	United States Grand Prix	Laguna Seca	John Kocinski	Yamaha	Report
4	Spanish Grand Prix	Jerez	Luca Cadalora	Yamaha	Report
5	Nations Grand Prix	Misano	Sito Pons	Honda	Report
6	West German Grand Prix	Hockenheimring	Sito Pons	Honda	Report
7	Austrian Grand Prix	Salzburgring	Sito Pons	Honda	Report
8	Yugoslavian Grand Prix	Rijeka	Sito Pons	Honda	Report
9	Dutch TT	Assen	Reinhold Roth	Honda	Report
10	Belgian Grand Prix	Spa	Jacques Cornu	Honda	Report
11	French Grand Prix	Le Mans	Carlos Cardús	Honda	Report
12	British Grand Prix	Donington	Sito Pons	Honda	Report
13	Swedish Grand Prix	Anderstorp	Sito Pons	Honda	Report
14	Czechoslovakian Grand Prix	Brno	Reinhold Roth	Honda	Report
15	Brazilian Grand Prix	Goiania	Luca Cadalora	Yamaha	Report

[edit] 1989 250 cc Roadracing World Championship final standings

Place	Rider	Number	Country	Machine	Points	Wins
1	Sito Pons	1	Spain	Honda	262	7
2	Reinhold Roth	5	West Germany	Honda	190	2
3	Jacques Cornu	3	Switzerland	Honda	187	1
4	Carlos Cardús	9	Spain	Honda	162	1
5	Luca Cadalora	6	Italy	Yamaha	127	2
6	Masahiro Shimizu	10	Japan	Honda	116	0
7	Jean-Philippe Ruggia	7	France	Yamaha	110	0
8	Juan Garriga	2	Spain	Yamaha	98	0
9	Helmut Bradl		West Germany	Honda	88	0
10	Martin Wimmer		West Germany	Aprilia	62	0

[edit] 1989 125 cc Season Review

Round	Race	Location	Winning rider	Winning team	Report
1	Japanese Grand Prix	Suzuka	Ezio Gianola	Honda	Report
2	Australian Grand Prix	Phillip Island	Alex Criville	JJ Cobas	Report
3	Spanish Grand Prix	Jerez	Alex Criville	JJ Cobas	Report
4	Nations Grand Prix	Misano	Ezio Gianola	Honda	Report
5	West German Grand Prix	Hockenheimring	Alex Criville	JJ Cobas	Report
6	Austrian Grand Prix	Salzburgring	Hans Spaan	Honda	Report
7	Dutch TT	Assen	Hans Spaan	Honda	Report
8	Belgian Grand Prix	Spa	Hans Spaan	Honda	Report
9	French Grand Prix	Le Mans	Jorge Martinez	Derbi	Report
10	British Grand Prix	Donington	Hans Spaan	Honda	Report
11	Swedish Grand Prix	Anderstorp	Alex Criville	JJ Cobas	Report
12	Czechoslovakian Grand Prix	Brno	Alex Criville	JJ Cobas	Report

[edit] 1989 125 cc Roadracing World Championship final standings

Place	Rider	Number	Country	Machine	Points	Wins
1	Alex Criville		Spain	JJ Cobas	166	5
2	Hans Spaan	3	Netherlands	Honda	152	4
3	Ezio Gianola	2	Italy	Honda	138	2
4	Hisashi Unemoto		Japan	Honda	104	0
5	Fausto Gresini		Italy	Aprilia	102	0
6	Koji Takada		Japan	Honda	99	0
7	Stefan Prein	8	West Germany	Honda	92	0
8	Julian Miralles	4	Spain	Derbi	90	0
9	Jorge Martinez	1	Spain	Derbi	72	0
10	Allan Scott		United States	Honda	54	0

[edit] 1989 80 cc Season Review

Round	Race	Location	Winning Rider	Winning team	Report
1	Spanish Grand Prix	Jerez	Herri Torrontegui	Krauser	Report
2	Nations Grand Prix	Misano	Jorge Martinez	Derbi	Report
3	West German Grand Prix	Hockenheimring	Peter Öttl	Krauser	Report
4	Yugoslavian Grand Prix	Rijeka	Peter Öttl	Krauser	Report
5	Dutch TT	Assen	Peter Öttl	Krauser	Report
6	Czechoslovakian Grand Prix	Brno	Herri Torrontegui	Krauser	Report

[edit] 1989 80 cc Roadracing World Championship final standings

Place	Rider	Number	Country	Machine	Points	Wins
1	Manuel Herreros	4	Spain	Derbi	92	0
2	Stefan Dörflinger	3	Switzerland	Krauser	80	0
3	Peter Öttl	5	West Germany	Krauser	75	3
4	Herri Torrontegui		Spain	Krauser	75	2
5	Gabriele Gnani	10	Italy	Gnani	45	0
6	Paolo Priori		Italy	Krauser	41	0
7	Bogdan Nikolov	6	Bulgaria	Krauser	40	0
8	Jorge Martinez		Spain	Derbi	35	1
9	Jaime Mariano		Spain	Casal	33	0
10	Jorg Seel		West Germany	Seel	32	0

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