1989 Yugoslavian motorcycle Grand Prix

  1989 Yugoslavian Grand Prix

Race details
Race 8 of 15 races in the 1989 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	11 June 1989
Location	Grobnik-Rijeka
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.168 km (2.590 mi)
500 cc
Pole position Rider Kevin Schwantz Time 1:29.160 Fastest lap Rider Wayne Rainey Time 1:29.280 Podium First Kevin Schwantz Second Wayne Rainey Third Eddie Lawson
250 cc
Pole position Rider Sito Pons Time 1:31.760 Fastest lap Rider Luca Cadalora Time 1:32.260 Podium First Sito Pons Second Reinhold Roth Third Jacques Cornu
80 cc
Pole position Rider Stefan Dörflinger Time 1:41.893 Fastest lap Rider Unknown Podium First Peter Öttl Second Manuel Herreros Third Stefan Dörflinger

The 1989 Yugoslavian motorcycle Grand Prix was the eighth round of the 1989 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 9–11 June 1989 at the Automotodrom Grobnik circuit, near Rijeka.

500 cc race report

Another pole for Kevin Schwantz, but Wayne Rainey gets a little gap after the light, and is chased by Eddie Lawson, Schwantz, Kevin Magee and Pierfrancesco Chili. Soon, the usual trio develops at the front. Lawson takes the lead, but makes a mistake and goes off-track, letting Schwantz and Rainey through and getting dropped from the leading group, though remaining in the third place.

Schwantz wants a win and Rainey wants as many riders between him and Lawson, so Schwantz has to earn the gap he gets from Rainey. Magee and Christian Sarron fight for fourth.

Schwantz wins it ahead of Rainey and Lawson, and Rainey pulls ahead slightly in the standings.

500 cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Points
1	Kevin Schwantz	Suzuki	45:10.967	20
2	Wayne Rainey	Yamaha	+1.193	17
3	Eddie Lawson	Honda	+15.670	15
4	Kevin Magee	Yamaha	+41.545	13
5	Christian Sarron	Yamaha	+41.673	11
6	Mick Doohan	Honda	+1:05.736	10
7	Randy Mamola	Cagiva	+1:12.921	9
8	Ron Haslam	Suzuki	+1:22.452	8
9	Pierfrancesco Chili	Honda	+1:31.927	7
10	Dominique Sarron	Honda	+1 Lap	6
11	Rob McElnea	Honda	+1 Lap	5
12	Niall Mackenzie	Yamaha	+1 Lap	4
13	Massimo Broccoli	Cagiva	+1 Lap	3
14	Damon Buckmaster	Honda	+1 Lap	2
15	Michael Rudroff	Honda	+1 Lap	1
16	Bruno Kneubuhler	Honda	+1 Lap
17	Marco Papa	Paton	+2 Laps
18	Stefan Klabacher	Honda	+2 Laps
19	Francisco Gonzales	Honda	+3 Laps
20	Nicholas Schmassman	Honda	+3 Laps
21	Rudolf Zeller	Manhattan	+3 Laps
22	Vittorio Scatola	Honda	+3 Laps
23	Michael Kaplam	Honda	+3 Laps
24	Marco Gentile	Fior	+4 Laps
25	Alessandro Valesi	Yamaha	+4 Laps
26	Andreas Leuthe	Suzuki	+4 Laps
27	Freddie Spencer	Yamaha	+4 Laps
Ret	Donato Battistoni	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Claude Albert	Suzuki	Retirement
Ret	Helmut Schutz	Honda	Retirement