1989 Austrian motorcycle Grand Prix

  1989 Austrian Grand Prix

Race details
Race 7 of 15 races in the 1989 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	4 June 1989
Location	Salzburgring
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.326 km (2.688 mi)
500 cc
Pole position Rider Kevin Schwantz Time 1:19.230 Fastest lap Rider Kevin Schwantz Time 1:19.150 Podium First Kevin Schwantz Second Eddie Lawson Third Wayne Rainey
250 cc
Pole position Rider Sito Pons Time 1:24.690 Fastest lap Rider Sito Pons Time 1:24.690 Podium First Sito Pons Second Jacques Cornu Third Martin Wimmer
125 cc
Pole position Rider Jorge Martínez Time 1:32.580 Fastest lap Rider Àlex Crivillé Time 1:38.130 Podium First Hans Spaan Second Julián Miralles Third Àlex Crivillé

The 1989 Austrian motorcycle Grand Prix was the seventh round of the 1989 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 2–4 June 1989 at the Salzburgring.

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.

500cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Points
1	Kevin Schwantz	Suzuki	38:39.005	20
2	Eddie Lawson	Honda	+2.130	17
3	Wayne Rainey	Yamaha	+19.900	15
4	Christian Sarron	Yamaha	+37.830	13
5	Kevin Magee	Yamaha	+38.140	11
6	Pierfrancesco Chili	Honda	+38.500	10
7	Ron Haslam	Suzuki	+38.910	9
8	Mick Doohan	Honda	+56.770	8
9	Freddie Spencer	Yamaha	+58.040	7
10	Dominique Sarron	Honda	+1:03.590	6
11	Rob McElnea	Honda	+1:15.170	5
12	Alessandro Valesi	Yamaha	+1 Lap	4
13	Damon Buckmaster	Honda	+1 Lap	3
14	Marco Gentile	Fior	+2 Laps	2
15	Bruno Kneubuhler	Honda	+2 Laps	1
16	Josef Doppler	Honda	+2 Laps
17	Georg Robert Jung	Honda	+2 Laps
18	Stefan Klabacher	Honda	+2 Laps
19	Michael Rudroff	Honda	+2 Laps
20	Karl Dauer	Honda	+2 Laps
21	Nicholas Schmassman	Honda	+2 Laps
22	Francisco Gonzales	Honda	+2 Laps
23	Pavel Dekanek	Honda	+3 Laps
24	Rudolf Zeller	Manhattan	+3 Laps
25	Hans Klingebiel	Honda	+3 Laps
26	Thomas Berghammer	Suzuki	+3 Laps
Ret	Alois Meyer	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Norihiko Fujiwara	Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Randy Mamola	Cagiva	Retirement
Ret	Juan Lopez Mella	Honda	Retirement