1989 Czechoslovak motorcycle Grand Prix

The 1989 Czechoslovak motorcycle Grand Prix was the penultimate round of the 1989 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 25–27 August 1989 at the Masaryk Circuit located in Brno, Czechoslovakia.[4]

  1989 Czechoslovak Grand Prix
Race details
Race 14 of 15 races in the
1989 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date27 August 1989
Official nameGrand Prix ČSSR-Brno[1][2][3]
LocationBrno Circuit
Course
  • Permanent racing facility
  • 5.403 km (3.357 mi)
500 cc
Pole position
Rider Kevin Schwantz
Time 2:03.160
Fastest lap
Rider Kevin Schwantz
Time 2:04.400
Podium
First Kevin Schwantz
Second Eddie Lawson
Third Wayne Rainey
250 cc
Pole position
Rider Reinhold Roth
Time 2:08.500
Fastest lap
Rider Juan Garriga
Time 2:09.670
Podium
First Reinhold Roth
Second Masahiro Shimizu
Third Jacques Cornu
125 cc
Pole position
Rider Àlex Crivillé
Time 2:16.370
Fastest lap
Rider Koji Takada
Time 2:17.250
Podium
First Àlex Crivillé
Second Hans Spaan
Third Stefan Prein
80 cc
Pole position
Rider Stefan Dörflinger
Time 2:24.605
Fastest lap
Rider Unknown
Podium
First Herri Torrontegui
Second Manuel Herreros
Third Jorge Martínez

500 cc race report

8th pole position for Kevin Schwantz, with Eddie Lawson behind. Wayne Gardner crashes in practice and is unable to make the start.

Despite Schwantz' poles, more often than not it's Wayne Rainey who gets the start, today being followed by Lawson, Schwantz, Christian Sarron, Pierfrancesco Chili, Kevin Magee.

Schwantz gets past Lawson and Rainey for the lead, while Sarron settles into fourth with a growing gap back to fifth place.

Lawson passes Rainey for second and then gets past Schwantz for the lead. The battle for fifth is split between Ron Haslam, Chili and Magee.

Lawson and Schwantz leave Rainey behind as they start to encounter back-marker traffic. Lawson need only finish just behind Rainey in the remaining two races, but it looks like he wants the win today, staying fast enough to keep Schwantz behind him for a little, until Schwantz overtakes again.

Niall Mackenzie moves up to fifth spot, ahead of Haslam, and Chili.

Making it look easy, Schwantz drops Lawson, who's fighting for grip a good ways back. Further back, Rainey is caught by Sarron, but team orders prevail as Rainey is allowed to stay in third spot. The podium is Schwantz, Lawson and Rainey, the last now 15.5 points behind Lawson in the standings.

500 cc classification
Pos. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Points
1 Kevin Schwantz Suzuki Pepsi Cola Suzuki 23 48:20.649 20
2 Eddie Lawson Rothmans Kanemoto Honda Honda 23 +5.977 17
3 Wayne Rainey Team Lucky Strike Roberts Yamaha 23 +26.031 15
4 Christian Sarron Sonauto Gauloises Blondes Yamaha Mobil 1 Yamaha 23 +26.056 13
5 Pierfrancesco Chili HB Honda Gallina Team Honda 23 +51.153 11
6 Niall Mackenzie Marlboro Yamaha Team Agostini Yamaha 23 +51.158 10
7 Kevin Magee Team Lucky Strike Roberts Yamaha 23 +52.931 9
8 Ron Haslam Suzuki Pepsi Cola Suzuki 23 +55.071 8
9 Tadahiko Taira Yamaha Motor Company Yamaha 23 +1:19.178 7
10 Adrien Morillas Team ROC Elf Honda Honda 23 +1:25.785 6
11 Randy Mamola Cagiva Corse Cagiva 23 +1:28.975 5
12 Rob McElnea Cabin Racing Team Honda 23 +1:50.777 4
13 Alberto Rota Marlboro Yamaha Team Agostini Yamaha 22 +1 Lap 3
14 Alessandro Valesi Team Iberia Yamaha 22 +1 Lap 2
15 Peter Linden Team Heukeroff Honda 22 +1 Lap 1
16 Juan Lopez Mella Club Motocross Pozuelo Honda 22 +1 Lap
17 Eddie Laycock Honda 22 +1 Lap
18 Bruno Kneubühler Romer Racing Suisse Honda 22 +1 Lap
19 Fabio Biliotti Racing Team Katayama Honda 22 +1 Lap
20 Michael Rudroff HRK Motors Honda 22 +1 Lap
21 Simon Buckmaster Racing Team Katayama Honda 22 +1 Lap
22 Stefan Klabacher Honda 22 +1 Lap
23 Andreas Leuthe Librenti Corse Suzuki 22 +1 Lap
24 Josef Doppler Honda 22 +1 Lap
25 Francisco Gonzalez Club Motocross Pozuelo Honda 21 +2 Laps
26 Vincenzo Cascino Suzuki 21 +2 Laps
27 Rudolf Zeller Honda 21 +2 Laps
28 Pavel Dekanek Honda 21 +2 Laps
29 Dario Marchetti Honda 21 +2 Laps
30 Harry Heutmekers Suzuki 21 +2 Laps
31 Michael Kaplam Honda 21 +2 Laps
Ret Helmut Schutz Rallye Sport Honda Retirement
Ret Cees Doorakkers HRK Motors Honda Retirement
Ret Marco Papa Team Greco Paton Retirement
Ret Karl Dauer PC Racing Honda Retirement
Ret Nicholas Schmassman FMS Honda Retirement
DNS Wayne Gardner Rothmans Honda Team Honda Did not start
DNQ Marian Troliga Suzuki Did not qualify
DNQ Anton Berghammer Suzuki Did not qualify
DNQ Peter Graves Honda Did not qualify
DNQ Hans Klingebiel Honda Did not qualify
DNQ Tony Carey Spondon Spondon Yamaha Did not qualify
DNQ Norbert Heiles Suzuki Did not qualify
Sources:[5][6]

References
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  2. Mitchell, Malcolm. "1989 500cc Class (FIM Grand Prix World Championship) Programmes – The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com. Retrieved 15 September 2018.
  3. "Motor Racing Programme Covers". Archived from the original on 22 May 2018. Retrieved 21 May 2018.
  4. "Moto GP statistics". Moto GP. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
  5. "1989 Czechoslovakian MotoGP – Motor Sport Magazine Database". Motorsportmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 15 September 2018.
  6. "CZECH REPUBLIC GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1989". Motogp.com. Retrieved 15 September 2018.
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