1989 Superbike World Championship

none Superbike World Championship 1989 The 1989 Superbike World Championship was the second FIM Superbike World Championship season. The season started on 27 March at Donington Park and finished on 19 November at Manfeild Autocourse after 11 rounds. American Fred Merkel won his second riders' championship and Honda won the manufacturers' championship. Race calendar and results 1989 Superbike World Championship Calendar FIM Superbike World Championship Results 1989 Motorsport Stats https://motorsportstats.com/series/fim-superbike-world-championship/results/1989 https://web.archive.org/web/20231027005511/https://motorsportstats.com/series/fim-superbike-world-championship/results/1989 2026-10-06 2023-10-27 Round Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning rider Winning team Report 1 R1 GBR Donington 27 March FRA Raymond Roche GBR Roger Burnett ITA Fabrizio Pirovano Belgarda Yamaha Report R2 FRA Raymond Roche ITA Giancarlo Falappa Bimota SpA 2 R1 HUN Hungaroring 30 April USA Fred Merkel FRA Raymond Roche USA Fred Merkel Team Rumi RCM Report R2 USA Fred Merkel USA Fred Merkel Team Rumi RCM 3 R1 CAN Mosport 4 June USA Fred Merkel FRA Raymond Roche USA Fred Merkel Team Rumi RCM Report R2 USA Fred Merkel ITA Giancarlo Falappa Bimota SpA 4 R1 USA Brainerd 11 June USA Fred Merkel Not recordedhttp://www.wsb-archives.co.uk/results/event-schedule.php?eventID=1990-USA Brainerd 1990 wsb-archives.co.uk 17 December 2014 Lap record: None (Not recorded in 1989) 17 December 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20141217175306/http://www.wsb-archives.co.uk/results/event-schedule.php?eventID=1990-USA dead FRA Raymond Roche Squadra Corse Ducati Lucchinelli Report R2 Not recorded FRA Raymond Roche Squadra Corse Ducati Lucchinelli 5 R1 AUT Österreichring 2 July FRA Raymond Roche ITA Baldassarre Monti PRT Alex Vieira Honda Motul Report R2 BEL Stéphane Mertens BEL Stéphane Mertens Total Bel Ray 6 R1 FRA Paul Ricard 30 July FRA Raymond Roche USA Mike Baldwin BEL Stéphane Mertens Total Bel Ray Report R2 ITA Giancarlo Falappa ITA Giancarlo Falappa Bimota SpA 7 R1 JPN Sugo 27 August USA Doug Polen AUS Michael Dowson USA Doug Polen Yoshimura Suzuki Sietto GP-1 Report R2 JPN Kenihiro Iwahashi AUS Michael Dowson Marlboro Yamaha Dealer Team 8 R1 FRG Hockenheim 17 September FRA Raymond Roche FRA Raymond Roche FRA Raymond Roche Squadra Corse Ducati Lucchinelli Report R2 FRA Raymond Roche FRA Raymond Roche Squadra Corse Ducati Lucchinelli 9 R1 ITA Pergusa 24 September ITA Giancarlo Falappa BEL Stéphane Mertens BEL Stéphane Mertens Total Bel Ray Report R2 FRA Raymond Roche FRA Raymond Roche Squadra Corse Ducati Lucchinelli 10 R1 AUS Oran Park 12 November AUS Michael Dowson AUS Malcolm Campbell AUS Peter Goddard Marlboro Yamaha Dealer Team Report R2 ITA Fabrizio Pirovano AUS Michael Dowson Marlboro Yamaha Dealer Team 11 R1 NZL Manfeild 19 November USA Fred Merkel AUS Michael Dowson GBR Terry Rymer Team Loctite Yamaha Report R2 NZL Aaron Slight BEL Stéphane Mertens Total Bel Ray Championship standings Riders' standings Rank Rider Manufacturer Points Wins 1 USA Fred Merkel JPN Honda 272 3 2 BEL Stéphane Mertens JPN Honda 265 4 3 FRA Raymond Roche ITA Ducati 222 5 4 ITA Fabrizio Pirovano JPN Yamaha 208 1 5 SWE Anders Andersson JPN Yamaha 159 0 6 ITA Giancarlo Falappa ITA Bimota 139 3 7 GBR Terry Rymer JPN Yamaha 134 1 8 ITA Baldassarre Monti ITA Ducati 99 0 9 FIN Jari Suhonen JPN Yamaha 90 0 10 AUS Michael Dowson JPN Yamaha 79 2 11 AUS Rob Phillis JPN Kawasaki 79 0 12 USA Mike Baldwin ITA Bimota 74 0 13 FRA Patrick Igoa JPN Kawasaki 64 0 14 NZL Aaron Slight JPN Kawasaki 54 0 15 POR Alex Vieira JPN Honda 51 1 16 AUS Malcolm Campbell JPN Honda 48 0 17 ITA Davide Tardozzi ITA Bimota 39 0 18 CAN Reuben McMurter JPN Honda 38 0 19 GBR Roger Burnett JPN Honda 36 0 20 JPN Tadahiko Sohwa JPN Kawasaki 36 0 21 USA Doug Polen JPN Suzuki 33 1 22 GBR Rob McElnea JPN Yamaha 28 0 23 FRG Ernst Gschwender JPN Suzuki 28 0 24 JPN Kenihiro Iwahashi JPN Honda 27 0 25 CHE Andreas Hofmann JPN Honda 27 0 26 ITA Massimo Broccoli ITA Ducati 26 0 27 DNK Renè Rasmussen JPN Suzuki 26 0 28 AUS Peter Goddard JPN Yamaha 20 1 29 CAN Steve Crevier JPN Yamaha 20 0 30 CAN Tommy Douglas JPN Yamaha 20 0 31 JPN Tetsuro Arata JPN Yamaha 18 0 32 DEU Peter Rubatto ITA Bimota 17 0 33 ITA Fabio Biliotti ITA Bimota 17 0 34 GBR Brian Morrison JPN Honda 17 0 35 CAN Gary Goodfellow JPN Suzuki 16 0 36 FRA Jean Yves Mounier JPN Yamaha 15 0 37 AUS Renè Bongers JPN Yamaha 15 0 38 FRA Pierre Bolle JPN Kawasaki 14 0 39 GBR Paul Iddon JPN Yamaha 14 0 40 GBR Andy McGladdery JPN Honda 14 0 Manufacturers' standings Pos Manufacturer Pts 1 JPN Honda 368 2 JPN Yamaha 335 3 ITA Ducati 270 4 ITA Bimota 208 5 JPN Kawasaki 166 6 JPN Suzuki 120 Notes The points allocation system was: 1st=20, 2nd=17, 3rd=15, 4th=13, 5th=11, 6th=10, 7th=9, 8th=8, 9th=7, 10th=6, 11th=5, 12th=4, 13th=3, 14th=2, 15th=1 References Peter Clifford (1989) Motocourse 1989-90, The World's Leading Grand Prix & Superbike Annual Hazleton Publishing 978-0905138633 Superbike racing Category:Superbike World Championship seasons