1990 German motorcycle Grand Prix

  1990 German Grand Prix

Race details
Race 5 of 15 races in the 1990 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	27 May 1990
Location	Nürburgring
Course	Permanent racing facility 5.148 km (3.199 mi)
500 cc
Pole position Rider Kevin Schwantz Time 1:38.185 Fastest lap Rider Kevin Schwantz Time 1:39.048 Podium First Kevin Schwantz Second Wayne Rainey Third Niall Mackenzie
250 cc
Pole position Rider Luca Cadalora Time 1:42.518 Fastest lap Rider Wilco Zeelenberg Time 1:43.046 Podium First Wilco Zeelenberg Second Carlos Cardús Third John Kocinski
125 cc
Pole position Rider Doriano Romboni Time 1:51.766 Fastest lap Rider Jorge Martínez Time 1:51.433 Podium First Doriano Romboni Second Dirk Raudies Third Loris Capirossi

The 1990 German motorcycle Grand Prix was the fifth round of the 1990 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 25–27 May 1990 at the Nürburgring race track.

500 cc race report

Though recovering from injury, Wayne Gardner refuses to stay off the bike, and breaks his foot badly in practice. In qualifying, Wayne Rainey falls off and breaks a finger, but makes the start.

Through the first turn it’s Kevin Schwantz, Mick Doohan and Pierfrancesco Chili. Rainey is down at 6th.

After a few laps it’s Schwantz, Doohan and Chili, then a small gap to Christian Sarron, Sito Pons and Rainey. In a bizarre accident, Doohan and Chili, without touching, have simultaneous highsides. Doohan’s crash is messy, his bike riding him off the track.

Schwantz is safely away, and Rainey takes the lead in the new fight for second. Rainey leaves the group, and the fight for third is split three-ways between Mackenzie, Sarron and Pons.

500 cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Points
1	Kevin Schwantz	Suzuki	50:18.517	20
2	Wayne Rainey	Yamaha	+11.868	17
3	Niall Mackenzie	Suzuki	+27.206	15
4	Christian Sarron	Yamaha	+35.129	13
5	Sito Pons	Honda	+44.015	11
6	Jean Philippe Ruggia	Yamaha	+1:02.188	10
7	Juan Garriga	Yamaha	+1:21.646	9
8	Alex Barros	Cagiva	+1 Lap	8
9	Randy Mamola	Cagiva	+1 Lap	7
10	Cees Doorakkers	Honda	+1 Lap	6
11	Marco Papa	Honda	+1 Lap	5
12	Andreas Leuthe	Honda	+1 Lap	4
13	Nicholas Schmassman	Honda	+1 Lap	3
14	Hansjoerg Butz	Honda	+1 Lap	2
15	Peter Linden	Honda	+1 Lap	1
16	Vittorio Scatola	Paton	+6 Laps
Ret	Mick Doohan	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Pierfrancesco Chili	Honda	Retirement