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
Date	27 August 1989
Official name	Grand Prix ČSSR-Brno[1][2][3]
Location	Brno 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	Time/Retired	Points
1	Kevin Schwantz	Suzuki Pepsi Cola	Suzuki	48:20.649	20
2	Eddie Lawson	Rothmans Kanemoto Honda	Honda	+5.977	17
3	Wayne Rainey	Team Lucky Strike Roberts	Yamaha	+26.031	15
4	Christian Sarron	Sonauto Gauloises Blondes Yamaha Mobil 1	Yamaha	+26.056	13
5	Pierfrancesco Chili	HB Honda Gallina Team	Honda	+51.153	11
6	Niall Mackenzie	Marlboro Yamaha Team Agostini	Yamaha	+51.158	10
7	Kevin Magee	Team Lucky Strike Roberts	Yamaha	+52.931	9
8	Ron Haslam	Suzuki Pepsi Cola	Suzuki	+55.071	8
9	Tadahiko Taira	Yamaha Motor Company	Yamaha	+1:19.178	7
10	Adrien Morillas	Team ROC Elf Honda	Honda	+1:25.785	6
11	Randy Mamola	Cagiva Corse	Cagiva	+1:28.975	5
12	Rob McElnea	Cabin Racing Team	Honda	+1:50.777	4
13	Alberto Rota	Marlboro Yamaha Team Agostini	Yamaha	+1 Lap	3
14	Alessandro Valesi	Team Iberia	Yamaha	+1 Lap	2
15	Peter Linden	Team Heukeroff	Honda	+1 Lap	1
16	Juan Lopez Mella	Club Motocross Pozuelo	Honda	+1 Lap
17	Eddie Laycock		Honda	+1 Lap
18	Bruno Kneubühler	Romer Racing Suisse	Honda	+1 Lap
19	Fabio Biliotti	Racing Team Katayama	Honda	+1 Lap
20	Michael Rudroff	HRK Motors	Honda	+1 Lap
21	Simon Buckmaster	Racing Team Katayama	Honda	+1 Lap
22	Stefan Klabacher		Honda	+1 Lap
23	Andreas Leuthe	Librenti Corse	Suzuki	+1 Lap
24	Josef Doppler		Honda	+1 Lap
25	Francisco Gonzalez	Club Motocross Pozuelo	Honda	+2 Laps
26	Vincenzo Cascino		Suzuki	+2 Laps
27	Rudolf Zeller		Honda	+2 Laps
28	Pavel Dekanek		Honda	+2 Laps
29	Dario Marchetti		Honda	+2 Laps
30	Harry Heutmekers		Suzuki	+2 Laps
31	Michael Kaplam		Honda	+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

1. "Alle Grand-Prix uitslagen en bijzonderheden, van 1973 (het jaar dat Jack begon met racen) tot heden". Archive.li. Archived from the original on 25 July 2015. Retrieved 15 September 2018.
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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