1989 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season

Sports season 1989 F.I.M. Grand Prix motorcycle racing season 1988 1990 200 1989 World Champions Eddie Lawson 1989.jpg Eddie Lawson (pictured at Suzuka) became the 500cc world champion Sito Pons 1989 Japanese GP.jpg Sito Pons (pictured at Suzuka) became the 250cc world champion vertical The 1989 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season was the 41st F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship season. Season summary Defending champion Eddie Lawson stunned most observers by switching from the Yamaha to Honda in the offseason then proceeded to win the championship, becoming the first man to win two consecutive 500cc championships on two different brands. On why he left Yamaha for Honda: "Giacomo Agostini, the Marlboro Yamaha team manager, started playing games, saying stuff like, 'I don't know if we can pay you the same as we did in 1988.' I'd just won my third title, so that was tough to hear. Also, I found out Ago was talking to Kevin Schwantz. I met with Erv and told him that I needed a change. When Marlboro discovered I was talking with Honda, they doubled their offer, but it was too late. I actually took a pay cut to ride the Honda."http://www.cycleworld.com/article.asp?section_id=43&article_id=1810&cid=27 Eddie Lawson: 20 Years Later Nick Ienatsch CycleWorld.com December 2009 2009-12-18 Wayne Rainey and Kevin Schwantz continued to perform impressively while Freddie Spencer made a less than successful comeback attempt with the Marlboro Yamaha team. Australian Wayne Gardner was out for most of the season after breaking his leg at Laguna Seca but not before winning the inaugural Grand Prix in his home country. Another Australian made his Grand Prix debut for the Rothmans Honda team with Mick Doohan scoring a third-place finish at the Hockenheimring. The FIM awarded half points for the rain-drenched Belgian Grand Prix after organisers restarted the race three times contrary to FIM race regulations. The Nations Grand Prix at Misano was boycotted by most of the top riders for safety reasons. Sito Pons won a second consecutive 250 championship for Honda while Spanish teenager, Àlex Crivillé won the 125 crown on a Rotax-powered JJ Cobas motorcycle designed by Antonio Cobas. Derbi rider Manuel Herreros had the honor of winning the final 80cc world championship as the class would be discontinued after 1989. As of 2025, this was the last time Honda and the same engine manufacturer won the MotoGP and Formula One double world manufacturer's titles in the same year to date. 1989 Grand Prix season calendar The following Grands Prix were scheduled to take place in 1989:http://www.jumpingjack.nl/GP-races_1989_heden.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20090901054313/http://www.jumpingjack.nl/GP-races_1989_heden.htm dead 2009-09-01 Grand Prix uitslagen en bijzonderheden 1989 Jumping Jack 2018-06-12https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/database/championships/motogp/1989-world-motorcycle-championship 1989 World Motorcycle Championship 12 June 2017 RoundDateGrand PrixCircuit 1 26 March Japan 1870 Grand Prix of Japan Suzuka Circuit 2 9 April Australia Swan Premium Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit 3 16 April United States Dunlop USGP Laguna Seca Raceway 4 30 April Spain Marlboro Gran Premio de España de Motociclismo Circuito Permanente de Jerez 5 14 May Italy G.P. Delle Nazioni Circuito Internazionale Santa Monica 6 28 May Germany Großer Preis von Deutschland für Motorräder Hockenheimring 7 4 June Austria Großer Preis von Österreich Salzburgring 8 11 June Yugoslavia Yu Grand Prix Automotodrom Rijeka 9 24 June Netherlands Dutch TT TT Circuit Assen 10 2 July Belgium Belgium Motorcycle Grand Prix Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 11 16 July France Grand Prix de France Bugatti Circuit 12 6 August UK Shell British Motorcycle Grand Prix Donington Park 13 13 August Sweden Swedish TT Scandinavian Raceway 14 27 August Czechoslovakia Grand Prix CSSR-Brno Brno Circuit 15 17 September Brazil 1968 Brazilian Grand Prix Autódromo Internacional de Goiânia Calendar changes The Australian Grand Prix was added to the calendar. The Expo 92 Grand Prix was taken off the calendar, as well as the Jarama circuit. The Nations Grand Prix moved from the Imola circuit to the Circuito Internazionale Santa Monica. The German Grand Prix moved from the Nürburgring to the Hockenheimring. The French Grand Prix moved from the Paul Ricard circuit to the Bugatti Circuit in Le Mans. Participants 500cc participants TeamConstructorMotorcycleNo.RiderRounds Team Rothmans/Kanemoto Honda Honda Honda NSR500 1 USA Eddie Lawson 1–4, 6–15 Rothmans Honda/HRC Honda Honda NSR500 2 AUS Wayne Gardner 1–3, 9–13, 15 17 GBR Roger Burnett 12 27 AUS Mick Doohan 1–11, 15 Team Lucky Strike Roberts Yamaha Yamaha YZR500 3 USA Wayne Rainey 1–4, 6–15 5 AUS Kevin Magee 1–3, 6–15 26 JPN Norihiko Fujiwara 1 Team Roberts Yamaha Yamaha YZR500 49 USA John Kocinski 10 Team Gauloises Blondes Mobil 1 Yamaha Yamaha YZR500 4 FRA Christian Sarron 1–4, 6–15 Marlboro Yamaha Team Agostini Yamaha Yamaha YZR500 6 GBR Niall Mackenzie 1–4, 6, 8–15 19 USA Freddie Spencer 1–4, 6–11 53 ITA Luca Cadalora 12 25 ITA Alberto Rota 14 Team Elf Honda/ROC Honda Honda NSR500 7 FRA Dominique Sarron 1–4, 6–8, 12, 15 5556 FRA Adrien Morillas 11, 13–15 Team Pepsi Suzuki Suzuki Suzuki RGV500 8 GBR Ron Haslam 1–4, 6–9, 12–15 34 USA Kevin Schwantz AllSchick Advantage SuzukiSuzukiSuzuki RGV500 42 JPN Osamu Hiwatashi 1Team Suzuki DeutschlandSuzukiSuzuki RGV500 50 GER Ernst Gschwender 6Minolta Suzuki FranceSuzukiSuzuki RGV500 33 FRA Thierry Crine 11 HB Honda Gallina Team Honda Honda NSR500 9 ITA Pierfrancesco Chili All 3384 USA Fred Merkel 5, 11–12 Cabin Racing Team Honda Honda NSR500 10 GBR Rob McElnea 6–15 25 USA Bubba Shobert 1–3 Cagiva Corse Cagiva Cagiva C589 12 USA Randy Mamola 1–4, 6–11, 14–15 29 ITA Massimo Broccoli 4–6 29 FRA Raymond Roche 11 HRK Motors Honda Honda RS500 14 BRD Michael Rudroff 2–9, 14 5456 NED Cees Doorakkers 9–12, 14 Team Iberna Yamaha Yamaha YZR500 15 ITA Alessandro Valesi All Team Greco - Paton Paton Paton V115 500 16 ITA Marco Papa 4–5, 8–12, 14 Tech-21/Team Yamaha Yamaha Yamaha YZR500 21 JPN Tadahiko Taira 1–4, 13–14 26 JPN Norihiko Fujiwara 5–6Nescafe Can RT YamahaYamahaYamaha YZR500 48 JPN Kunio Machii 1 Römer Racing Switzerland Honda Honda RS500 24 CHE Bruno Kneubühler 3–4, 6–14 Marlboro Fior Team Fior Fior C89 32 CHE Marco Gentile 1–12 Racing Team Katayama Honda Honda RS500 354636 GBR Simon Buckmaster All 44 GBR Ian Pratt 4, 12 54 ITA Fabio Biliotti 11–14 Team Doppler Honda Honda RS500 35 AUT Josef Doppler 4–7, 9–10, 12, 14 Racing Team Librenti Corse LibrentiSuzuki Librenti 500Suzuki RG 500 3637 LUX Andy Leuthe 4–5, 8–9, 11–14 Dr. Browns Racing Suzuki Suzuki RG 500 48 USA Eugene Brown 3 Vincenzo CascinoSuzukiSuzuki RG 500 3253 ITA Vincenzo Cascino 3, 6, 14–15 Harry Heutmerkers Suzuki Suzuki RG 500 Bakker 39 NED Harry Heutmerkers 14 Torbjorn Bastiansen Suzuki Suzuki RGB 500 50 NOR Torbjorn Bastiansen 13 John MosseySuzukiSuzuki RGB 500 59 GBR John Mossey 12 MotoDepot Suzuki Suzuki RG 500 Gamma 51 FRA Jean Paul Lecointe 11 Fernando Gonzalez Honda Honda RS500 4033 SPA Fernando González de Nicolás 1–8, 10–12, 14–15 Club Moto Cross Pozuelo Honda Honda RS500 4130 SPA Juan López Mella 4–7, 9, 11–15 Team Schmassmann Honda Honda RS500 365638 CHE Niggi Schmassman 2–15 Yamaha Racing Australia Yamaha Yamaha YZR500 42 AUS Michael Dowson 2 HRC Honda Honda NSR500 11 JPN Shunji Yatsushiro 1 40 JPN Shinichi Ito 1 41 JPN Hikaru Miyagi 1 AUS Malcolm Campbell 2 Millar RacingHondaHonda RS500 93 IRL Eddie Laycock 9–12 Rob Holden RacingHondaHonda RS500 51 NZL Rob Holden 12 UvexManhattan HondaHonda RS500 Bakker 3033 AUT Rudolf Zeller 7, 14 WernbergerHondaHonda RS500 Bakker 41 TCH Pavol Dekánek 10, 14 Plaisir - Jacadi RacingChevallier HondaHonda RS500 44 FRA Rachel Nicotte 6, 9 Rallye SportHondaHonda RS500 30 GER Alois Meyer 6–7, 9, 14 16 GER Helmut Schutz 6, 8 Source: http://www.f1network.net/main/s180/st61870.htm Motorcycle Racing Online - 500cc Grand Prix entry list for 1989Key Regular Rider Wildcard Rider Replacement Rider 250cc participants TeamConstructorMotorcycleNo.RiderRounds Campsa Honda Team Honda Honda NSR250 1 SPA Sito Pons All Ducados Yamaha Team Yamaha Yamaha YZR 250 2 SPA Joan Garriga All Team Lucky Strike Elf Honda Honda NSR250 3 CHE Jacques Cornu All Aprilia Racing Team Aprilia-Rotax Aprilia AF1 4 BEL Didier de Radiguès All 18 VEN 1954 Iván Palazzese 2–5 Aprilia Aprilia-Rotax Aprilia AF1 59 ITA Marcellino Lucchi 6, 9 HB Römer Team Honda Honda NSR250 5 BRD Reinhold Roth All Marlboro Yamaha Team Agostini Yamaha Yamaha YZR 250 6 ITA Luca Cadalora All Team Gauloises Blondes Yamaha Yamaha Yamaha YZR 250 7 FRA Jean-Philippe Ruggia 1–11 Team Repsol Honda Honda Honda NSR250 8 SPA Carlos Cardús All Ajinomoto Honda/HRC Honda Honda NSR250 9 JPN Masahiro Shimizu 1–7, 9–15 FMV Honda Honda RS250R 10 VEN 1954 Carlos Lavado 1-8 Team Rudy Project Aprilia-Rotax Aprilia AF1 10 VEN 1954 Carlos Lavado 9–15 31 ITA Fabio Barchitta 1–6 HB CR1 Racing Team Honda Honda Honda NSR250 13 ITA Loris Reggiani 1–4, 6–12, 15 Team Hein Gericke Aprilia-Rotax Aprilia AF1 14 BRD Martin Wimmer 1–13, 15 Yamaha TZ 250 5537 BRD Bernhard Schick ?? Levior Yamaha Yamaha TZ 250 15 BRD Manfred Herweh 7, 10, 12–14 Hostettler / SPI Yamaha Yamaha TZ 250 16 AUT August Auinger 1–14 HB Rallye Sport Team Honda Honda NSR250 17 BRD Helmut Bradl All Team Yamaha Yamaha Yamaha YZR 250 19 USA John Kocinski 1, 3 Team Uvex Aprilia Telefix Aprilia-Rotax Aprilia AF1 20 BRD Harald Eckl All Team Italia Aprilia-Rotax Aprilia AF1 21 ITA Fausto Ricci 1–4, 7–14 5254 ITA Alberto Rota 14 Team Elit Aprilia-Rotax Aprilia AF1 22 ITA Renzo Colleoni 4–12, 14–15 SK Vöst Aprilia-Rotax Aprilia AF1 23 AUT Andy Preining 1–14 Racing Team Katayama Honda Honda RS250R 24 USA Andy Leisner ?? RTK Lotus Quartz Honda Honda NSR250 4049 SPA Daniel Amatriaín 1–14 Venemotos Racing Team Yamaha Yamaha TZ 250 25 BRA Alex Barros 1–3, 5, 7–15 26 VEN 1954 Luis Lavado 1–2, 10–11, 14–15 Yamaha Racing Team Yamaha Yamaha YZR 250 28 JPN Toshihiko Honma 1, 11–13 Team Ducados Yamaha Puig Yamaha Yamaha TZ 250 30 SPA Alberto Puig All Samson Sharp Racing Honda Honda RS250R 32 NED Wilco Zeelenberg 4–14 Docshop Wevamed Racing Team Yamaha Yamaha TZ 250 33 IRL Garry Cowan All 5048 NED Patrick van den Goorbergh 1–2, 4, 8–14 Team Ciampini Honda Honda RS250R 35 ITA Stefano Caracchi 3–6, 8–10, 12–14 St Yrian Motos Yamaha Yamaha TZ 250 36 FRA Jean Foray 2–5, 7–8, 11, 13–14 Schwabengarage & Reifenzenter Zürn Honda Honda RS250R 3841 BRD Jochen Schmid 1–8, 11–15 D Gallacher/Bradgate Containers Yamaha Yamaha TZ 250 39 GBR Kevin Mitchell 1, 4, 7–8, 11–12 Motul Forza Shoei Yamaha Yamaha TZ 250 4144 FRA Jean-François Baldé 1–3, 5–9, 12–15 Clermont Ferrand Yamaha Yamaha TZ 250 43 FRA Adrien Morillas 11, 13–15 Aprilia France Aprilia-Rotax Aprilia AF1 45 FRA Alain Bronec 4–8, 10–15 Nava Racing Team Seel-Yamaha Yamaha TZ 250 4634 BRD Hans Becker 5–13 AGV Pileri LM Honda Honda RS250R 515945 ITA Paolo Casoli 1–2, 4, 11–15 70464842 ITA Maurizio Vitali 5–14 Swiss Yamaha Team Yamaha Yamaha TZ 250 5650 CHE Urs Jücker 5, 8, 14 ?? Yamaha Yamaha TZ 250 57 AUS Darren Milner 2 Cabin Racing Honda Honda Honda NSR250 58 JPN Tadayuki Okada 1 Gazzaniga Corse Gazzaniga Gazzaniga 250 GP 6046 ITA Virginio Ferrari 6–7, 14 Edwin Honda Honda Honda NSR250 65 USA Jim Filice 1, 3 Yamaha Racing Team Yamaha Yamaha YZR 250 57 JPN Toshinobu Shiomori 1 Source: http://www.f1network.net/main/s180/st70564.htm Motorcycle Racing Online - 250cc Grand Prix entry list for 1989Key Regular Rider Wildcard Rider Replacement Rider Results and standings Grands Prix Round Date Race Location 80cc winner 125cc winner 250cc winner 500cc winner Report 1 26 March Japan Japanese Grand Prix Suzuka Italy Ezio Gianola United States John Kocinski United States Kevin Schwantz Report 2 9 April Australia Australian Grand Prix Phillip Island Spain Àlex Crivillé Spain Sito Pons Australia Wayne Gardner Report 3 16 April United States United States Grand Prix Laguna Seca United States John Kocinski United States Wayne Rainey Report 4 30 April Spain Spanish Grand Prix Jerez Spain Herri Torrontegui Spain Àlex Crivillé Italy Luca Cadalora United States Eddie Lawson Report 5 14 May Italy Nations Grand Prix Misano Spain Jorge Martínez Italy Ezio Gianola Spain Sito Pons Italy Pierfrancesco Chili Report 6 28 May Germany German Grand Prix Hockenheim West Germany Peter Öttl Spain Àlex Crivillé Spain Sito Pons United States Wayne Rainey Report 7 4 June Austria Austrian Grand Prix Salzburgring Netherlands Hans Spaan Spain Sito Pons United States Kevin Schwantz Report 8 11 June Yugoslavia Yugoslavian Grand Prix Automotodrom Rijeka West Germany Peter Öttl Spain Sito Pons United States Kevin Schwantz Report 9 24 June Netherlands Dutch TT Assen West Germany Peter Öttl Netherlands Hans Spaan Germany Reinhold Roth United States Wayne Rainey Report 10 2 July Belgium Belgian Grand Prix Spa Netherlands Hans Spaan Switzerland Jacques Cornu United States Eddie Lawson Report 11 16 July France French Grand Prix Le Mans Spain Jorge Martínez Spain Carlos Cardús United States Eddie Lawson Report 12 6 August UK British Grand Prix Donington Netherlands Hans Spaan Spain Sito Pons United States Kevin Schwantz Report 13 13 August Sweden Swedish Grand Prix Anderstorp Spain Àlex Crivillé Spain Sito Pons United States Eddie Lawson Report 14 27 August Czechoslovakia Czechoslovak Grand Prix Brno Spain Herri Torrontegui Spain Àlex Crivillé Germany Reinhold Roth United States Kevin Schwantz Report 15 17 September Brazil 1968 Brazilian Grand Prix Goiânia Italy Luca Cadalora United States Kevin Schwantz Report 500cc riders' standings Scoring system Points are awarded to the top fifteen finishers. A rider has to finish the race to earn points. Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th   11th   12th   13th   14th   15th  Points 20 17 15 13 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Pos Rider Team Machine JPNJPN AUSAUS USAUSA ESPESP NATITA GERGER AUTAUT YUGYUG NEDNED BELBEL FRAFRA GBRGBR SWESWE TCHTCH BRABRA PtsThe points for the Belgian round were halved because of too many restarts. 1 USA Eddie Lawson Rothmans-Kanemoto Honda-HRC NSR500 3 5 3 1 Ret 2 2 3 2 1 1 2 1 2 2 228 2 USA Wayne Rainey Team Lucky Strike Roberts YZR500 2 2 1 2 Ret 1 3 2 1 3 3 3 Ret 3 3 210.5 3 FRA Christian Sarron Sonauto Gauloises-Yamaha YZR500 7 3 6 4 Ret 5 4 5 3 4 4 5 2 4 8 165.5 4 USA Kevin Schwantz Team Pepsi Suzuki RGV500 1 Ret 2 Ret Ret Ret 1 1 Ret 2 2 1 Ret 1 1 162.5 5 AUS Kevin Magee Team Lucky Strike Roberts YZR500 5 4 4 7 5 4 4 7 5 6 5 7 6 138.5 6 ITA Pierfrancesco Chili HB Honda Gallina Team NSR500 Ret Ret 7 6 1 4 6 9 5 6 6 9 7 5 Ret 122 7 GBR Niall Mackenzie Marlboro Yamaha Team Agostini YZR500 6 Ret 5 3 Ret Ret 12 8 10 7 4 4 6 9 103 8 GBR Ron Haslam Team Pepsi Suzuki RGV500 12 7 Ret 7 Ret Ret 7 8 7 7 6 8 5 86 9 AUS Mick Doohan Rothmans Honda-HRC NSR500 Ret 8 8 Ret Ret 3 8 6 9 8 8 4 81 10 AUS Wayne Gardner Rothmans Honda-HRC NSR500 4 1 Ret 6 Ret Ret Ret 3 7 67 11 GBR Rob McElnea Cabin Racing Team NSR500 Ret 10 11 11 10 11 9 10 9 12 12 52.5 12 GBR Simon Buckmaster Racing Team Katayama RS500 12 13 13 2 14 13 14 19 15 14 15 12 21 14 43.5 13 ITA Alessandro Valesi Team Iberna YZR500 Ret 11 11 10 Ret 13 12 Ret 12 Ret 13 Ret 11 14 13 40 14 JPN Tadahiko Taira Tech-21/Team Yamaha YZR500 8 6 Ret 8 10 9 39 15 FRA Dominique Sarron Team Elf Honda/ROC NSR500 18 10 10 9 Ret 8 10 10 Ret Ret 39 16 USA Freddie Spencer Marlboro Yamaha Team Agostini YZR500 14 Ret 5 Ret 9 9 Ret 13 9 Ret 33.5 17 CHE Marco Gentile Marlboro Fior Team Fior C89 20 13 12 12 4 Ret 14 Ret 14 12 Ret 13 33 18 USA Randy Mamola Cagiva Corse C589 16 Ret Ret Ret Ret 12 Ret 7 11 23 11 11 11 33 19 FRA Adrien Morillas Team Elf Honda/ROC NSR500 10 8 10 10 26 20 DEU Michael Rudroff HRK Motors RS500 15 15 20 3 21 19 15 17 20 18 21 JPN Norihiko Fujiwara Tech-21/Team Yamaha YZR500 9 Ret 6 17 22 USA Bubba Shobert Cabin Racing Team NSR500 11 Ret 9 12 23 AUT Josef Doppler Team Doppler RS500 18 5 22 16 Ret 16 21 24 11 24 DEU Alois Mayer Rallye Sport RS500 6 Ret Ret 25 10 25 ITA Romolo Balbi RS500 7 9 26 ESP Fernando González de Nicolás Fernando González RS500 23 Ret 16 Ret 8 DNQ 22 19 DNQ 21 24 22 DNQ 25 16 8 27 ITA Luca Cadalora Marlboro Yamaha Team Agostini YZR500 8 8 28 ITA Massimo Broccoli Cagiva Corse C589 11 Ret 13 8 29 CHE Niggi Schmassman Team Schmassmann RS500 14 Ret Ret 10 Ret 21 20 23 19 21 Ret 16 Ret 17 8 30 AUS Michael Dowson Yamaha Racing Australia YZR500 9 7 31 LUX Andreas Leuthe Racing Team Librenti Corse Librenti 500/ RG500 Ret 9 DNQ Ret Ret Ret 20 Ret 23 7 32 JPN Shinichi Ito Honda HRC NSR500 10 6 33 ITA Fabio Biliotti Racing Team Katayama RS500 15 14 13 19 6 34 CHE Bruno Kneubühler Römer Racing Switzerland RS500 14 16 Ret 15 15 16 16 17 17 18 14 18 6 35 USA John Kocinski Team Roberts YZR500 5 5.5 36 DEU Ernst Gschwender Team Suzuki Deutschland RGV500 11 5 37 GBR Roger Burnett Rothmans Honda-HRC NSR500 12 4 38 FRA Thierry Crine Minolta Suzuki France RGV500 12 4 39 ESP Juan Manuel Lopez Mella Club Moto Cross Pozuelo RS500 14 Ret 19 Ret Ret 18 Ret 15 16 15 4 40 ITA Alberto Rota Marlboro Yamaha Team Agostini YZR500 13 3 41 JPN Shunji Yatsushiro Honda HRC NSR500 13 3 42 NED Cees Doorakkers HRK Motors RS500 15 13 25 Ret Ret 2.5 43 IRL Eddie Laycock Millar Racing RS500 15 Ret 14 16 DNQ 17 2 44 JPN Kunio Machii Nescafe Can RT Yamaha YZR500 15 1 45 SWE Peter Linden Team Heukeroff RS500 23 Ret Ret 15 1 46 DEU Hansjoerg Butz RS500 16 0 47 ITA Marco Papa Team Greco-Paton V115 500 Ret Ret DNQ 17 20 18 Ret 16 Ret 0 48 JPN Shinji Katayama Yamaha YZR500 17 0 49 CHI Vincenzo Cascino Vincenzo Cascino RG500 17 DNQ 26 Ret 0 50 FRA Claude Albert RG500 17 19 19 0 51 FRA Rachel Nicotte Plaisir-Jacadi Racing RS500 17 Ret Ret 0 52 DEU Georg Jung RS500 Ret 17 0 53 NZL Robert Holden Robert Holden Racing RS500 17 0 54 FIN Timo Paavilainen RG500 17 0 55 ITA Vittorio Scatola RG500 Ret 18 Ret DNQ 0 56 DEU Stefan Klabacher RS500 Ret 24 18 18 22 0 57 ITA Michele Valdo RS500 18 0 58 JPN Katsunori Shinozaki Suzuki RGV500 19 0 59 GBR Steve Williams YZR500 19 0 60 DEU Peter Schleef RS500 20 21 0 61 AUT Karl Dauer RS500 Ret 20 Ret 0 62 DEU Hans Klingebiel RS500 26 25 20 0 63 FRA Jean-Paul Lecointe MotoDepot RG500 20 0 64 JPN Keiji Kinoshita RS500 21 0 65 GBR Ian Pratt Racing Team Katayama RS500 21 DNQ Ret DNQ 0 66 AUT Rudolf Zeller Uvex Manhattan Honda Bakker RS500 24 21 27 0 67 JPN Kenmei Matsumoto RS500 22 0 68 FRA Fabian Pilloud RS500 22 0 69 DEU Martin Trosch RS500 Ret 22 0 70 GBR Mark Phillips RG500 22 Ret 0 71 FRA Pascal Seguela RS500 22 0 72 TCH Pavol Dekánek Wernberger RS500 23 Ret Ret 28 0 73 FRA Bernard Gitton Fior Fior C89 23 0 74 GBR Peter Graves RS500 23 0 75 CHE Felix Beck RS500 24 0 76 DEU Helmut Schutz Rallye Sport RS500 25 DNQ Ret 0 77 AUT Anton Berghammer RG500 26 0 78 ITA Dario Marchetti RS500 29 0 79 NED Harry Heutmekers Harry Heutmekers RG500 30 0 80 AUT Michael Kaplan RS500 Ret 31 0 81 GBR Alan Carter RS500 Ret Ret 0 82 USA Fred Merkel HB Honda Gallina Team RS500 Ret 11 5 83 USA Doug Polen Suzuki RGV500 Ret 0 84 JPN Hikaru Miyagi Honda HRC NSR500 Ret 0 85 JPN Norio Iobe Honda HRC RS500 Ret 0 86 JPN Osamu Hiwatashi Schick Advantage Suzuki RGV500 Ret 0 87 AUS Greg Drew PRP PRP Ret 0 88 AUS James Judd YZR500 Ret 0 89 AUS Malcolm Campbell Honda HRC RS500 Ret 0 90 USA Eugene Brown Dr. Browns Racing RG500 Ret 0 91 VEN Larry Moreno Vacondio RG500 DNQ Ret DNQ DNQ 0 92 FRA Raymond Roche Cagiva Corse C589 Ret Ret 0 93 DEU Roland Busch RS500 Ret 0 94 AUT Karl Truchsess RG500 Ret 0 95 BEL Stephane Mertens RS500 Ret 0 96 FRA Bernard Andrault RS500 Ret 0 97 FRA Patrick Leruste Fior Fior C89 Ret 0 98 FRA Patrick Salles Fior Fior C89 Ret 0 99 GBR David Crampton RG500 Ret 0 100 GBR John Mossey John Mossey RG500 Ret 0 101 NOR Torbjorn Bastiansen Torbjorn Bastiansen RG500 Ret 0Sources:https://www.motogp.com/en/world-standing/1989/500cc/championship-standings 1989 500cc World Championship race results at MotoGP.com motogp.com 19 March 2026https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/database/championships/1989-world-motorcycle-championship/ 1989 500cc World Championship race results at motorsportmagazine.com motorsportmagazine.com 19 March 2026 250cc standings Place Rider Number Country Team Machine Points Wins1 Spain Sito Pons1 Spain Campsa-Honda NSR25026272 Germany Reinhold Roth5 Germany HB Römer-Honda NSR25019023 Switzerland Jacques Cornu3 Switzerland Lucky Strike Elf-Honda NSR25018714 Spain Carlos Cardús8 Spain Repsol-Honda NSR25016215 Italy Luca Cadalora6 Italy Marlboro Yamaha-Agostini YZR25012726 Japan Masahiro Shimizu9 Japan Ajinomoto-Honda NSR25011607 France Jean-Philippe Ruggia7 France Gauloises Blondes-Yamaha YZR25011008 Spain Juan Garriga2 Spain Ducados-Yamaha YZR2509809 Germany Helmut Bradl17 Germany HB Rallye Sport-Honda NSR25088010 Germany Martin Wimmer14 Germany Hein Gericke-Aprilia RS250620 11Loris Reggiani 52 12Didier De Radigues 51 13Wilco Zeelenberg 41 14John Kocinski 40 15Toshihiko Honma 36 16Jochen Schmid 36 17Carlos Lavado 31 18Alex Barros 30 19Garry Cowan 25 20Jim Filice 22 21Renzo Colleoni 21 22Ivan Palazzese 19 23Alberto Puig 18 24Harald Eckl 18 25Marcellino Lucchi 17 26Daniel Amatriain 14 27Alain Bronec 11 28Tadayuki Okada 10 29Toshinobu Shiomori 9 30Jose Morillas 9 31Stefano Caracchi 9 32Fausto Ricci 8 33Alberto Rota 6 34Patrick van den Goorbergh 6 35Daryl Beattie 4 36Kevin Mitchell 4 37Paolo Casoli 4 38Andy Preining 4 39Maurizio Vitali 2 40Luis Lavado 2 41Junya Arai 1 41Harald Becker 1 41Manfred Herweh 1 41August Auinger 1 Sources:http://www.motogp.com/en/Results+Statistics/1989/BRA/250cc/World+Standing 1989 250cc Final Standings at MotoGP.com 2010-06-06 2012-09-17 https://web.archive.org/web/20120917054034/http://www.motogp.com/en/Results+Statistics/1989/BRA/250cc/World+Standing dead 1989 250cc Entries List at www.f1network.net 125cc standings Place Rider Number Country Machine Points Wins1 Spain Àlex Crivillé28 Spain JJ Cobas16652 Netherlands Hans Spaan3 Netherlands Honda15243 Italy Ezio Gianola2 Italy Honda13824 Japan Hisashi Unemoto11 Japan Honda1045 Italy Fausto Gresini22 Italy Aprilia1026 Japan Koji Takada18 Japan Honda997 West Germany Stefan Prein8 West Germany Honda928 Spain Julian Miralles4 Spain Derbi909 Spain Jorge Martínez1 Spain Derbi72110 United States Alan Scott12 United States Honda54 11Adi Stadler 53 12Robin Milton 46 13Luis Miguel Reyes 35 14Domenico Brigaglia 34 15Dirk Raudies 29 16Alfred Waibel 25 17Taru Rinne 23 18Lucio Pietroniro 22 19Bruno Casanova 20 20Doriano Romboni 20 21Flemming Kistrup 18 22Robin Appleyard 18 23Thierry Feuz 15 24Masayuki Hirose 13 25Herri Torrontegui 13 26Kenichi Yoshida 11 27Jean Claude Selini 11 28Masato Shima 10 29Corrado Catalano 10 30Johnny Wickstroem 10 31Yutaka Fujihara 9 32Kazuaki Yamashita 8 33Hubert Abold 8 34Shinichi Fujiyama 7 35Kazuja Yamada 6 36Gerhard Waibel 6 37Mike Leitner 4 38Gabriele Debbia 3 39Jean Pierre Jeandat 3 40Stuart Edwards 3 42Bady Hassaine 2 42Josef Fischer 2 44Alex Bedford 1 44Heinz Lüthi 1 44Herve Duffard 1 80cc standings Place Rider Number Country Machine Points Wins1 Spain Manuel Herreros4 Spain Derbi922 Switzerland Stefan Dörflinger3 Switzerland Krauser GmbH de Krauser (Unternehmen)803 West Germany Peter Öttl5 West Germany Krauser GmbH de Krauser (Unternehmen)7534 Spain Herri Torrontegui Spain Krauser GmbH de Krauser (Unternehmen)7525 Italy Gabriele Gnani10 Italy Gnani456 Italy Paolo Priori Italy Krauser GmbH de Krauser (Unternehmen)417 Bulgaria 1971 Bogdan Nikolov6 Bulgaria Krauser GmbH de Krauser (Unternehmen)408 Spain Jorge Martínez Spain Derbi3519 Spain Jaime Mariano Spain Casal3310 Germany Jörg Seel West Germany Seel32 11Andres Sanchez 30 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Continental Circus 1949-2000. Chronosports S.A. 2-940125-32-5 Peter Clifford (1989) Motocourse 1989-90, The World's Leading Grand Prix & Superbike Annual Hazleton Publishing 978-0905138633 The Official MotoGP website http://www.motogp.com/en/Results+Statistics/1989/NAT/500cc/World+Standing 2010-07-06 2012-09-20 https://web.archive.org/web/20120920045330/http://www.motogp.com/en/Results+Statistics/1989/NAT/500cc/World+Standing dead Category:Grand Prix motorcycle racing seasons