1989 Nations motorcycle Grand Prix

Motorcycle race in Italy Nations Italy G.P. Delle NazioniGrand Prix uitslagen en bijzonderheden 1989 http://www.jumpingjack.nl/GP-races_1989_heden.htm 5 July 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20150725175216/http://www.jumpingjack.nl/GP-races_1989_heden.htm 25 July 2015 Dutch Circuito Internazionale Santa Monica Misano World Circuit (pre-1993).svg 2.167 3.488 5 15 14 May 1989 Kevin Schwantz USA 1:17.424 Eddie Lawson USA 1:19.169 Pierfrancesco Chili Italy Simon Buckmaster UK Michael Rudroff Germany Luca Cadalora Italy 1:19.750 Juan Garriga Spain 1:20.342 Sito Pons Spain Jean-Philippe Ruggia France Jacques Cornu Switzerland Hans Spaan Netherlands 1:25.530 Àlex Crivillé Spain 1:25.768 Ezio Gianola Italy Hans Spaan Netherlands Fausto Gresini Italy Stefan Dörflinger Switzerland 1:29.616 Peter Öttl BRD 1:30.136 Jorge Martínez Spain Gabriele Gnani Italy Herri Torrontegui Spain The 1989 Nations motorcycle Grand Prix was the fifth race of the 1989 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 12–14 May 1989 at the Misano circuit, located near the town of Misano Adriatico (Province of Rimini) in the frazione of Santa Monica-Cella. 500cc Race Report Before the race, riders were concerned about the track surface, considering it too slippery, and should it rain, even dangerous. Dry track and dark clouds for the green light with Kevin Schwantz on pole. Pierfrancesco Chili got a good start and led briefly, then Schwantz, Wayne Rainey and Christian Sarron settled into the lead. Short afterwards, the rain started and Schwantz raised his hand to stop the race. The top riders had a meeting and decided they wanted a practice session before restarting in the wet, but the request was refused by the race organizers and the riders decided to boycott the race. Eddie Lawson says, "This place is unique in that the track surface is very, very slippery, and when it has water on it you can’t ride on it. All the top riders felt it was too dangerous, and it is, and so we didn’t ride. It’s as simple as that. ... We go to plenty of racetracks where we test all week, in the sunshine, and then it starts to rain; well, we put rain tires on and we race. This place, you can’t do that. Regardless of not testing or anything else, you just can’t ride in the wet, it’s just too dangerous. It was unfortunate."Duke Video: "Bike GP 500 Review". Videocassette. A notable dissenter is Chili, who wants to race, along with other riders. Chili manages to stay upright in the downpour and wins the race, with Lawson sarcastically cheering from the stands and Sarron blowing a kiss. 500cc Classification Pos. Rider Team ManufacturerLaps Time/RetiredGrid Points 1 ITA Pierfrancesco Chili HB Honda Gallina Team Honda33 59:21.0353 20 2 UK Simon Buckmaster Racing Team Katayama Honda33 +32.27117 17 3 GER Michael Rudroff HRK Motors Honda33 +32.59924 15 4 SUI Marco Gentile Fior Marlboro Fior33 +1:32.45119 13 5 AUT Josef Doppler Honda33 +1:51.12025 11 6 GER Alois Meyer Rallye Sport Honda32 +1 Lap31 10 7 ITA Romolo Balbi Honda32 +1 Lap23 9 8 SPA Francisco Gonzales Club Motocross Pozuelo Honda32 +1 Lap32 8 9 LUX Andreas Leuthe Librenti Corse Suzuki31 +2 Laps28 7 10 SUI Nicholas Schmassman FMS Honda31 +2 Laps29 6 Ret FRA Christian Sarron Sonauto Gauloises Blondes Yamaha Mobil 1 Yamaha Retirement5 Ret FRA Raymond Roche Cagiva Corse Cagiva Retirement18 Ret ITA Alessandro Valesi Team Iberia Yamaha Retirement15 Ret JPN Norihiko Fujiwara Yamaha Motor Company Yamaha Retirement14 Ret USA Freddie Spencer Marlboro Yamaha Team Agostini Yamaha Retirement7 Ret UK Ron Haslam Suzuki Pepsi Cola Suzuki Retirement8 Ret USA Eddie Lawson Rothmans Kanemoto Honda Honda Retirement2 Ret USA Wayne Rainey Team Lucky Strike Roberts Yamaha Retirement4 Ret SPA Juan Lopez Mella Club Motocross Pozuelo Honda Retirement21 Ret ITA Massimo Broccoli Cagiva Corse Cagiva Retirement16 Ret USA Kevin Schwantz Suzuki Pepsi Cola Suzuki Retirement1 Ret UK Rob McElnea Cabin Racing Team Honda Retirement12 Ret GER Stefan Klabacher Honda Retirement30 Ret FRA Dominique Sarron Team ROC Elf Honda Honda Retirement13 Ret ITA Vittorio Scatola Suzuki Retirement22 Ret VEN 1930 Larry Moreno Vacondio Suzuki Retirement33 Ret SUI Bruno Kneubühler Romer Racing Suisse Honda Retirement20 Ret USA Fred Merkel HB Honda Gallina Team Honda Retirement10 Ret UK Niall Mackenzie Marlboro Yamaha Team Agostini Yamaha Retirement6 Ret FRA Claude Albert Suzuki Retirement5 Ret ITA Marco Papa Team Greco Paton Retirement27 Ret USA Randy Mamola Cagiva Corse Cagiva Retirement11 Ret AUS Mick Doohan Rothmans Honda Team Honda Retirement9 DNS FRA Claude Albert Suzuki Did not start26 Sources: https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/database/races/1989-nations-motogp 1989 Nations MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database 13 June 2017http://www.motogp.com/en/Results+Statistics/1989/NAT/500cc/RAC/ motogp.com · NATIONS GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1989 www.motogp.com 2018-09-12 2018-09-13 https://web.archive.org/web/20180913040023/http://www.motogp.com/en/Results+Statistics/1989/NAT/500cc/RAC/ dead References Nations Grand Prix 1989 1989 Spanish Grand Prix 1989 German Grand Prix 1988 Nations Grand Prix 1990 Nations Grand Prix Category:Italian motorcycle Grand Prix Nations Motorcycle Category:Motorcycle racing controversies