1989 Czechoslovak motorcycle Grand Prix
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| Race 14 of 15 races in the 1989 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date | 27 August 1989 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Official name | Grand Prix ČSSR-Brno[1][2][3] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Brno Circuit | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1989 Czechoslovak motorcycle Grand Prix was the penultimate round of the 1989 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 25–27 August 1989 at the Masaryk Circuit located in Brno, Czechoslovakia.[4]
500 cc race report
8th pole position for Kevin Schwantz, with Eddie Lawson behind. Wayne Gardner crashes in practice and is unable to make the start.
Wayne Rainey gains the race lead from the start over pole-sitter Schwantz, who is also passed by Lawson followed by Christian Sarron, Pierfrancesco Chili, Kevin Magee.
Schwantz gets past Lawson and Rainey for the lead, while Sarron settles into fourth with a growing gap back to fifth place.
Lawson passes Rainey for second and then gets past Schwantz for the lead. The battle for fifth is split between Ron Haslam, Chili and Magee.
Lawson and Schwantz leave Rainey behind as they start to encounter back-marker traffic. Lawson need only finish just behind Rainey in the remaining two races, but it looks like he wants the win today, staying fast enough to keep Schwantz behind him for a little, until Schwantz overtakes again.
Niall Mackenzie moves up to fifth spot, ahead of Haslam, and Chili.
Schwantz gains from Lawson, who is fighting for grip further back. Despite Sarron catching Rainey, team orders allow Rainey to retain third position. Schwantz finishes first, followed by Lawson and Rainey in second and third respectively.
After this race Lawson held a 15.5 point lead on Rainey in the standings.
500 cc classification
| Pos. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Points | ||
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| 1 | Kevin Schwantz | Suzuki Pepsi Cola | Suzuki | 23 | 48:20.649 | 20 | ||
| 2 | Eddie Lawson | Rothmans Kanemoto Honda | Honda | 23 | +5.977 | 17 | ||
| 3 | Wayne Rainey | Team Lucky Strike Roberts | Yamaha | 23 | +26.031 | 15 | ||
| 4 | Christian Sarron | Sonauto Gauloises Blondes Yamaha Mobil 1 | Yamaha | 23 | +26.056 | 13 | ||
| 5 | Pierfrancesco Chili | HB Honda Gallina Team | Honda | 23 | +51.153 | 11 | ||
| 6 | Niall Mackenzie | Marlboro Yamaha Team Agostini | Yamaha | 23 | +51.158 | 10 | ||
| 7 | Kevin Magee | Team Lucky Strike Roberts | Yamaha | 23 | +52.931 | 9 | ||
| 8 | Ron Haslam | Suzuki Pepsi Cola | Suzuki | 23 | +55.071 | 8 | ||
| 9 | Tadahiko Taira | Yamaha Motor Company | Yamaha | 23 | +1:19.178 | 7 | ||
| 10 | Adrien Morillas | Team ROC Elf Honda | Honda | 23 | +1:25.785 | 6 | ||
| 11 | Randy Mamola | Cagiva Corse | Cagiva | 23 | +1:28.975 | 5 | ||
| 12 | Rob McElnea | Cabin Racing Team | Honda | 23 | +1:50.777 | 4 | ||
| 13 | Alberto Rota | Marlboro Yamaha Team Agostini | Yamaha | 22 | +1 Lap | 3 | ||
| 14 | Alessandro Valesi | Team Iberia | Yamaha | 22 | +1 Lap | 2 | ||
| 15 | Peter Linden | Team Heukeroff | Honda | 22 | +1 Lap | 1 | ||
| 16 | Juan Lopez Mella | Club Motocross Pozuelo | Honda | 22 | +1 Lap | |||
| 17 | Eddie Laycock | Honda | 22 | +1 Lap | ||||
| 18 | Bruno Kneubühler | Romer Racing Suisse | Honda | 22 | +1 Lap | |||
| 19 | Fabio Biliotti | Racing Team Katayama | Honda | 22 | +1 Lap | |||
| 20 | Michael Rudroff | HRK Motors | Honda | 22 | +1 Lap | |||
| 21 | Simon Buckmaster | Racing Team Katayama | Honda | 22 | +1 Lap | |||
| 22 | Stefan Klabacher | Honda | 22 | +1 Lap | ||||
| 23 | Andreas Leuthe | Librenti Corse | Suzuki | 22 | +1 Lap | |||
| 24 | Josef Doppler | Honda | 22 | +1 Lap | ||||
| 25 | Francisco Gonzalez | Club Motocross Pozuelo | Honda | 21 | +2 Laps | |||
| 26 | Vincenzo Cascino | Suzuki | 21 | +2 Laps | ||||
| 27 | Rudolf Zeller | Honda | 21 | +2 Laps | ||||
| 28 | Pavel Dekanek | Honda | 21 | +2 Laps | ||||
| 29 | Dario Marchetti | Honda | 21 | +2 Laps | ||||
| 30 | Harry Heutmekers | Suzuki | 21 | +2 Laps | ||||
| 31 | Michael Kaplam | Honda | 21 | +2 Laps | ||||
| Ret | Helmut Schutz | Rallye Sport | Honda | Retirement | ||||
| Ret | Cees Doorakkers | HRK Motors | Honda | Retirement | ||||
| Ret | Marco Papa | Team Greco | Paton | Retirement | ||||
| Ret | Karl Dauer | PC Racing | Honda | Retirement | ||||
| Ret | Nicholas Schmassman | FMS | Honda | Retirement | ||||
| DNS | Wayne Gardner | Rothmans Honda Team | Honda | Did not start | ||||
| DNQ | Marian Troliga | Suzuki | Did not qualify | |||||
| DNQ | Anton Berghammer | Suzuki | Did not qualify | |||||
| DNQ | Peter Graves | Honda | Did not qualify | |||||
| DNQ | Hans Klingebiel | Honda | Did not qualify | |||||
| DNQ | Tony Carey | Spondon | Spondon Yamaha | Did not qualify | ||||
| DNQ | Norbert Heiles | Suzuki | Did not qualify | |||||
| Sources:[5][6] | ||||||||
References
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- ^ "Moto GP statistics". Moto GP. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
- ^ "1989 Czechoslovakian MotoGP – Motor Sport Magazine Database". Motorsportmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 15 September 2018.
- ^ "CZECH REPUBLIC GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1989". Motogp.com. Retrieved 15 September 2018.