1989 Czechoslovakian motorcycle Grand Prix

  1989 Czechoslovak Grand Prix

Race details
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
Course	Permanent racing facility 5.403 km (3.357 mi)
500cc
Pole position Rider Kevin Schwantz Time 2:03.160 Fastest lap Rider Kevin Schwantz Time 2:04.400 Podium First Kevin Schwantz Second Eddie Lawson Third Wayne Rainey
250cc
Pole position Rider Reinhold Roth Time 2:08.500 Fastest lap Rider Juan Garriga Time 2:09.670 Podium First Reinhold Roth Second Masahiro Shimizu Third Jacques Cornu
125cc
Pole position Rider Àlex Crivillé Time 2:16.370 Fastest lap Rider Koji Takada Time 2:17.250 Podium First Àlex Crivillé Second Hans Spaan Third Stefan Prein
80cc
Pole position Rider Stefan Dörflinger Time 2:24.605 Fastest lap Rider Unknown Podium First Herri Torrontegui Second Manuel Herreros Third Jorge Martínez

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
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	Pavol Dekánek		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	Marián 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]

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