1989 French motorcycle Grand Prix

French France Grand Prix de Francehttp://www.jumpingjack.nl/GP-races_1989_heden.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20090901054313/http://www.jumpingjack.nl/GP-races_1989_heden.htm dead 1 September 2009 Alle Grand-Prix uitslagen en bijzonderheden, van 1973 (het jaar dat Jack begon met racen) tot heden. Jumping Jack 14 September 2018http://www.progcovers.com/motor/500cc1989.html 1989 500cc Class (FIM Grand Prix World Championship) Programmes - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project Malcolm Mitchell Progcovers.com 14 September 2018http://progcovers.com/motor/lemans.html Le Mans | the Motor Racing Programme Covers Project 2018-05-21 https://web.archive.org/web/20180521191708/http://progcovers.com/motor/lemans.html 2018-05-21 dead Bugatti Circuit 4.352 7.004 11 15 16 July 1989 Bugatti Circuit 1991-1996.png Eddie Lawson USA 1:42.330 Kevin Schwantz USA 1:42.970 Eddie Lawson USA Kevin Schwantz USA Wayne Rainey USA Jean-Philippe Ruggia France 1:46.760 Sito Pons Spain 1:47.300 Carlos Cardús Spain Jacques Cornu Switzerland Sito Pons Spain Jorge Martínez Spain 1:55.420 Jorge Martínez Spain 1:55.240 Jorge Martínez Spain Àlex Crivillé Spain Ezio Gianola Italy The 1989 French motorcycle Grand Prix was the eleventh round of the 1989 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 14–16 July 1989 at the Bugatti Circuit located in Le Mans.http://www.motogp.com/en/Results+Statistics/1989/FRA/500cc/RAC/Classification Moto GP statistics Moto GP 2018-02-19 500 cc race report Eddie Lawson on pole. At the start, Wayne Rainey gets around Lawson, with Freddie Spencer in third, followed by Pierfrancesco Chili and Christian Sarron. Soon it’s the California duo with a small gap, and Kevin Schwantz has made up for his bad start by moving into third, with Kevin Magee in fourth. Wayne Gardner crashes out, and Schwantz joins the fight for first, with back-marker traffic making life difficult for Lawson and Rainey. Schwantz is braking very late and making it stick, and he and Lawson start to drop Rainey. Lawson manages to get past Schwantz on the start-finish straight, and though very few win a last lap battle with Schwantz, Lawson manages it, putting Schwantz in a crucial second place to extract maximum points from Rainey in third. 500 cc classification Pos. Rider Team ManufacturerLaps Time/RetiredGrid Points 1 USA Eddie Lawson Rothmans Kanemoto Honda Honda29 50:16.9401 20 2 USA Kevin Schwantz Suzuki Pepsi Cola Suzuki29 +0.7702 17 3 USA Wayne Rainey Team Lucky Strike Roberts Yamaha29 +15.5303 15 4 FRA Christian Sarron Sonauto Gauloises Blondes Yamaha Mobil 1 Yamaha29 +23.5905 13 5 AUS Kevin Magee Team Lucky Strike Roberts Yamaha29 +24.2104 11 6 ITA Pierfrancesco Chili HB Honda Gallina Team Honda29 +37.0007 10 7 GBR Niall Mackenzie Marlboro Yamaha Team Agostini Yamaha29 +53.5406 9 8 AUS Mick Doohan Rothmans Honda Team Honda29 +59.1208 8 9 GBR Rob McElnea Cabin Racing Team Honda29 +1:26.29011 7 10 FRA Adrien Morillas Team ROC Elf Honda Honda29 +1:31.46015 6 11 USA Randy Mamola Cagiva Corse Cagiva28 +1 Lap13 5 12 FRA Thierry Crine Minolta Suzuki Racing Team Suzuki28 +1 Lap16 4 13 ITA Alessandro Valesi Team Iberia Yamaha28 +1 Lap19 3 14 GBR Simon Buckmaster Racing Team Katayama Honda28 +1 Lap21 2 15 ITA Fabio Biliotti Racing Team Katayama Honda27 +2 Laps27 1 16 IRL Eddie Laycock Honda27 +2 Laps20 17 CHE Bruno Kneubühler Romer Racing Suisse Honda27 +2 Laps22 18 ESP Juan Lopez Mella Club Motocross Pozuelo Honda27 +2 Laps26 19 FRA Claude Albert Suzuki27 +2 Laps23 20 FRA Jean Paul Lecointe Motodepot Suzuki27 +2 Laps28 21 CHE Nicholas Schmassman FMS Honda27 +2 Laps31 22 FRA Pascal Seguela Honda27 +2 Laps34 23 FRA Bernard Gitton Byblos Fior27 +2 Laps35 24 ESP Francisco Gonzales Club Motocross Pozuelo Honda27 +2 Laps36 25 NLD Cees Doorakkers HRK Motors Honda27 +2 Laps24 Ret USA Freddie Spencer Marlboro Yamaha Team Agostini Yamaha Retirement9 Ret LUX Andreas Leuthe Librenti Corse Suzuki Retirement33 Ret CHE Marco Gentile Fior Marlboro Fior Retirement18 Ret AUS Wayne Gardner Rothmans Honda Team Honda Retirement10 Ret ITA Marco Papa Team Greco Paton Retirement25 Ret FRA Patrick Salles Fior Honda Retirement30 Ret FRA Patrick Lerustre Fior Retirement29 Ret FRA Bernard Andrault Honda Retirement32 Ret USA Fred Merkel HB Honda Gallina Team Honda Retirement12 Ret FRA Raymond Roche Cagiva Corse Cagiva Retirement17 DNS FRA Dominique Sarron Team ROC Elf Honda Honda Did not start14 DNQ ITA Vittorio Scatola Honda Did not qualify Sources:https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/database/races/1989-french-motogp 1989 French MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database 13 June 2017 Motorsportmagazine.com 14 September 2018http://www.motogp.com/en/Results+Statistics/1989/FRA/500cc/RAC/ FRENCH GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1989 Motogp.com 14 September 2018 14 September 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180914165553/http://www.motogp.com/en/Results+Statistics/1989/FRA/500cc/RAC/ dead References French motorcycle Grand Prix 1989 1989 Belgian Grand Prix 1989 British Grand Prix 1988 French Grand Prix 1990 French Grand Prix Category:French motorcycle Grand Prix French Motorcycle Grand Prix