1989 Superbike World Championship

The 1989 Superbike World Championship was the second FIM Superbike World Championship season. The season started on 27 March at Donington Park and finished on 19 November at Manfeild Autocourse after 11 rounds.

American Fred Merkel won his second riders' championship and Honda won the manufacturers' championship.

Race calendar and results

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning rider	Winning team	Report
1	R1	Donington	27 March	Raymond Roche	Roger Burnett	Fabrizio Pirovano	Belgarda Yamaha	Report
	R2				Raymond Roche	Giancarlo Falappa	Bimota SpA
2	R1	Hungaroring	30 April	Fred Merkel	Raymond Roche	Fred Merkel	Team Rumi RCM	Report
	R2				Fred Merkel	Fred Merkel	Team Rumi RCM
3	R1	Mosport	4 June	Fred Merkel	Raymond Roche	Fred Merkel	Team Rumi RCM	Report
	R2				Fred Merkel	Giancarlo Falappa	Bimota SpA
4	R1	Brainerd	11 June	Fred Merkel	Not recorded[1]	Raymond Roche	Squadra Corse Ducati Lucchinelli	Report
	R2				Not recorded[1]	Raymond Roche	Squadra Corse Ducati Lucchinelli
5	R1	Österreichring	2 July	Raymond Roche	Baldassarre Monti	Alex Vieira	Honda Motul	Report
	R2				Stéphane Mertens	Stéphane Mertens	Total Bel Ray
6	R1	Paul Ricard	30 July	Raymond Roche	Mike Baldwin	Stéphane Mertens	Total Bel Ray	Report
	R2				Giancarlo Falappa	Giancarlo Falappa	Bimota SpA
7	R1	Sugo	27 August	Doug Polen	Michael Dowson	Doug Polen	Yoshimura Suzuki Sietto GP-1	Report
	R2				Kenihiro Iwahashi	Michael Dowson	Marlboro Yamaha Dealer Team
8	R1	Hockenheim	17 September	Raymond Roche	Raymond Roche	Raymond Roche	Squadra Corse Ducati Lucchinelli	Report
	R2				Raymond Roche	Raymond Roche	Squadra Corse Ducati Lucchinelli
9	R1	Pergusa	24 September	Giancarlo Falappa	Stéphane Mertens	Stéphane Mertens	Total Bel Ray	Report
	R2				Raymond Roche	Raymond Roche	Squadra Corse Ducati Lucchinelli
10	R1	Oran Park	12 November	Michael Dowson	Malcolm Campbell	Peter Goddard	Marlboro Yamaha Dealer Team	Report
	R2				Fabrizio Pirovano	Michael Dowson	Marlboro Yamaha Dealer Team
11	R1	Manfeild	19 November	Fred Merkel	Michael Dowson	Terry Rymer	Team Loctite Yamaha	Report
	R2				Aaron Slight	Stéphane Mertens	Total Bel Ray

Championship standings

Riders' standings

Rank	Rider	Manufacturer	Points	Wins
1	Fred Merkel	Honda	272	3
2	Stéphane Mertens	Honda	265	4
3	Raymond Roche	Ducati	222	5
4	Fabrizio Pirovano	Yamaha	208	1
5	Anders Andersson	Yamaha	159	0
6	Giancarlo Falappa	Bimota	139	3
7	Terry Rymer	Yamaha	134	1
8	Baldassarre Monti	Ducati	99	0
9	Jari Suhonen	Yamaha	90	0
10	Michael Dowson	Yamaha	79	2
11	Rob Phillis	Kawasaki	79	0
12	Mike Baldwin	Bimota	74	0
13	Patrick Igoa	Kawasaki	64	0
14	Aaron Slight	Kawasaki	54	0
15	Alex Vieira	Honda	51	1
16	Malcolm Campbell	Honda	48	0
17	Davide Tardozzi	Bimota	39	0
18	Reuben McMurter	Honda	38	0
19	Roger Burnett	Honda	36	0
20	Tadahiko Sohwa	Kawasaki	36	0
21	Doug Polen	Suzuki	33	1
22	Rob McElnea	Yamaha	28	0
23	Ernst Gschwender	Suzuki	28	0
24	Kenihiro Iwahashi	Honda	27	0
25	Andreas Hofmann	Honda	27	0
26	Massimo Broccoli	Ducati	26	0
27	Renè Rasmussen	Suzuki	26	0
28	Peter Goddard	Yamaha	20	1
29	Steve Crevier	Yamaha	20	0
30	Tommy Douglas	Yamaha	20	0
31	Tetsuro Arata	Yamaha	18	0
32	Peter Rubatto	Bimota	17	0
33	Fabio Biliotti	Bimota	17	0
34	Brian Morrison	Honda	17	0
35	Gary Goodfellow	Suzuki	16	0
36	Jean Yves Mounier	Yamaha	15	0
37	Renè Bongers	Yamaha	15	0
38	Pierre Bolle	Kawasaki	14	0
39	Paul Iddon	Yamaha	14	0
40	Andy McGladdery	Honda	14	0

Manufacturers' standings

Pos	Manufacturer	Pts
1	Honda	368
2	Yamaha	335
3	Ducati	270
4	Bimota	208
5	Kawasaki	166
6	Suzuki	120

Notes

• The points allocation system was: 1st=20, 2nd=17, 3rd=15, 4th=13, 5th=11, 6th=10, 7th=9, 8th=8, 9th=7, 10th=6, 11th=5, 12th=4, 13th=3, 14th=2, 15th=1

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