1989 British motorcycle Grand Prix

April 2022 British UK Shell British Motorcycle Grand Prixhttp://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 2018https://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/donington.html Donington Park | the Motor Racing Programme Covers Project 2018-05-21 https://web.archive.org/web/20180521191513/http://progcovers.com/motor/donington.html 2018-05-21 dead Donington 2.5 4.023 12 15 6 August 1989 Donington as of 2006.svg Kevin Schwantz USA 1:34.050 Eddie Lawson USA 1:34.510 Kevin Schwantz USA Eddie Lawson USA Wayne Rainey USA Luca Cadalora Italy 1:38.310 Sito Pons Spain 1:38.330 Sito Pons Spain Reinhold Roth West Germany Masahiro Shimizu Japan Hans Spaan Netherlands 1:43.750 Hans Spaan Netherlands 1:44.670 Hans Spaan Netherlands Àlex Crivillé Spain Ezio Gianola Italy The 1989 British motorcycle Grand Prix was the twelfth round of the 1989 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 4–6 August 1989 at Donington Park.http://www.motogp.com/en/Results+Statistics/1989/GBR/500cc/RAC/Classification Moto GP statistics Moto GP 2018-02-19 500 cc race report Luca Cadalora is brought in to replace Freddie Spencer, who's been released by team manager Giacomo Agostini. In the first lap Wayne Rainey’s in front of a group of 4 riders, with Kevin Schwantz, Christian Sarron and Eddie Lawson. Rainey and Schwantz trade the lead, while Niall Mackenzie comes up from behind. Mackenzie is having a good day, as he passes Lawson and Rainey to move into second behind Schwantz. Mackenzie takes the lead for half a lap, but Schwantz gets it back at the chicane, and soon Lawson passes him as well. Wayne Gardner retires with a mechanical. Rainey passes Mackenzie, but Schwantz and Lawson have gotten far ahead. Schwantz takes the win from Lawson by a few bike lengths, and Rainey comes in third. With 3 rounds to go, Lawson is less than 7 points away from Rainey with 60 points still to be decided. thumb|Race winner Kevin Schwantz, celebrating after winning the 500cc race. 500 cc classification Pos. Rider Team ManufacturerLaps Time/RetiredGrid Points 1 USA Kevin Schwantz Suzuki Pepsi Cola Suzuki30 47:45.6701 20 2 USA Eddie Lawson Rothmans Kanemoto Honda Honda30 +0.9702 17 3 USA Wayne Rainey Team Lucky Strike Roberts Yamaha30 +8.6003 15 4 GBR Niall Mackenzie Marlboro Yamaha Team Agostini Yamaha30 +10.9406 13 5 FRA Christian Sarron Sonauto Gauloises Blondes Yamaha Mobil 1 Yamaha30 +28.3104 11 6 AUS Kevin Magee Team Lucky Strike Roberts Yamaha30 +38.4908 10 7 GBR Ron Haslam Suzuki Pepsi Cola Suzuki30 +47.3609 9 8 ITA Luca Cadalora Marlboro Yamaha Team Agostini Yamaha30 +51.7705 8 9 ITA Pierfrancesco Chili HB Honda Gallina Team Honda30 +1:27.7107 7 10 GBR Rob McElnea Cabin Racing Team Honda29 +1 Lap11 6 11 USA Fred Merkel HB Honda Gallina Team Honda29 +1 Lap14 5 12 GBR Roger Burnett Rothmans Honda Team Honda29 +1 Lap13 4 13 CHE Marco Gentile Fior Marlboro Fior29 +1 Lap15 3 14 ITA Fabio Biliotti Racing Team Katayama Honda29 +1 Lap20 2 15 GBR Simon Buckmaster Racing Team Katayama Honda29 +1 Lap17 1 16 ITA Marco Papa Team Greco Paton28 +2 Laps23 17 NZL Robert Holden Honda28 +2 Laps26 18 CHE Bruno Kneubühler Romer Racing Suisse Honda28 +2 Laps27 19 FRA Claude Albert Suzuki28 +2 Laps22 20 LUX Andreas Leuthe Librenti Corse Suzuki28 +2 Laps30 21 AUT Josef Doppler Honda28 +2 Laps29 22 ESP Francisco Gonzales Club Motocross Pozuelo Honda28 +2 Laps31 23 GBR Peter Graves Honda28 +2 Laps36 Ret GBR Ian Pratt Racing Team Katayama Suzuki Retirement33 Ret AUS Wayne Gardner Rothmans Honda Team Honda Retirement10 Ret GBR Mark Phillips Suzuki Retirement32 Ret FRA Dominique Sarron Team ROC Elf Honda Honda Retirement12 Ret CHE Nicholas Schmassman FMS Honda Retirement25 Ret FRA Rachel Nicotte Chevallier Yamaha Retirement16 Ret ESP Juan Lopez Mella Club Motocross Pozuelo Honda Retirement24 Ret NLD Cees Doorakkers HRK Motors Honda Retirement19 Ret GBR John Mossey Suzuki Retirement34 Ret GBR David Crampton Suzuki Retirement35 Ret ITA Alessandro Valesi Team Iberia Yamaha Retirement21 Ret GBR Alan Carter Honda Retirement18 DNS GBR Andy McGladdery Honda Did not start28 DNQ VEN 1930 Larry Moreno Vacondio Honda Did not qualify DNQ IRL Eddie Laycock Honda Did not qualify Sources:https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/database/races/1989-british-motogp 1989 British MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database 13 June 2017 Motorsportmagazine.com 14 September 2018http://www.motogp.com/en/Results+Statistics/1989/GBR/500cc/RAC/ BRITISH GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1989 Motogp.com 14 September 2018 14 September 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180914165632/http://www.motogp.com/en/Results+Statistics/1989/GBR/500cc/RAC/ dead References British Grand Prix 1989 1989 French Grand Prix 1989 Swedish Grand Prix 1988 British Grand Prix 1990 British Grand Prix Category:British motorcycle Grand Prix British Motorcycle Grand Prix