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1989 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season

Sports season

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."

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:

Round	Date	Grand Prix
26 March	Japan Grand Prix of Japan	Suzuka Circuit
9 April	Australia Swan Premium Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix	Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit
16 April	United States Dunlop USGP	Laguna Seca Raceway
30 April	Spain Marlboro Gran Premio de España de Motociclismo	Circuito Permanente de Jerez
14 May	Italy G.P. Delle Nazioni	Circuito Internazionale Santa Monica
28 May	Germany Großer Preis von Deutschland für Motorräder	Hockenheimring
4 June	Austria Großer Preis von Österreich	Salzburgring
11 June	Yugoslavia Yu Grand Prix	Automotodrom Rijeka
24 June	Netherlands Dutch TT	TT Circuit Assen
2 July	Belgium Belgium Motorcycle Grand Prix	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps
16 July	France Grand Prix de France	Bugatti Circuit
6 August	UK Shell British Motorcycle Grand Prix	Donington Park
13 August	Sweden Swedish TT	Scandinavian Raceway
27 August	Czechoslovakia Grand Prix CSSR-Brno	Brno Circuit
17 September	Brazil 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

Team	Constructor	Motorcycle	No.	Rider	Rounds	Honda	Honda	Yamaha	Yamaha	Yamaha	Yamaha	Honda	Suzuki	Suzuki	Suzuki	Suzuki	Honda	Honda
Suzuki	Suzuki	Suzuki	Suzuki	Suzuki	Suzuki	Suzuki	Honda	Honda	Honda	Yamaha	Honda	Honda	Honda	Manhattan Honda	Honda	Chevallier Honda	Honda	Source:
Team Rothmans/Kanemoto Honda	Honda NSR500	1	USA Eddie Lawson	1–4, 6–15
Rothmans Honda/HRC	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 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 YZR500	49	USA John Kocinski	10
Team Gauloises Blondes Mobil 1	Yamaha YZR500	4	FRA Christian Sarron	1–4, 6–15
Marlboro Yamaha Team Agostini	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 NSR500	7	FRA Dominique Sarron	1–4, 6–8, 12, 15
55
56	FRA Adrien Morillas	11, 13–15
Team Pepsi Suzuki	Suzuki RGV500	8	GBR Ron Haslam	1–4, 6–9, 12–15
34	USA Kevin Schwantz	All
Schick Advantage Suzuki	Suzuki RGV500	42	JPN Osamu Hiwatashi	1
Team Suzuki Deutschland	Suzuki RGV500	50	GER Ernst Gschwender	6
Minolta Suzuki France	Suzuki RGV500	33	FRA Thierry Crine	11
HB Honda Gallina Team	Honda NSR500	9	ITA Pierfrancesco Chili	All
33
84	USA Fred Merkel	5, 11–12
Cabin Racing Team	Honda NSR500	10	GBR Rob McElnea	6–15
25	USA Bubba Shobert	1–3
Cagiva Corse	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 RS500	14	BRD Michael Rudroff	2–9, 14
54
56	NED Cees Doorakkers	9–12, 14
Team Iberna	Yamaha YZR500	15	ITA Alessandro Valesi	All
Team Greco - Paton	Paton V115 500	16	ITA Marco Papa	4–5, 8–12, 14
Tech-21/Team Yamaha	Yamaha YZR500	21	JPN Tadahiko Taira	1–4, 13–14
26	JPN Norihiko Fujiwara	5–6
Nescafe Can RT Yamaha	Yamaha YZR500	48	JPN Kunio Machii	1
Römer Racing Switzerland	Honda RS500	24	CHE Bruno Kneubühler	3–4, 6–14
Marlboro Fior Team	Fior C89	32	CHE Marco Gentile	1–12
Racing Team Katayama	Honda RS500	35
46
36	GBR Simon Buckmaster	All
44	GBR Ian Pratt	4, 12
54	ITA Fabio Biliotti	11–14
Team Doppler	Honda RS500	35	AUT Josef Doppler	4–7, 9–10, 12, 14
Racing Team Librenti Corse	Librenti 500
Suzuki RG 500	36
37	LUX Andy Leuthe	4–5, 8–9, 11–14
Dr. Browns Racing	Suzuki RG 500	48	USA Eugene Brown	3
Vincenzo Cascino	Suzuki RG 500	32
53	ITA Vincenzo Cascino	3, 6, 14–15
Harry Heutmerkers	Suzuki RG 500 Bakker	39	NED Harry Heutmerkers	14
Torbjorn Bastiansen	Suzuki RGB 500	50	NOR Torbjorn Bastiansen	13
John Mossey	Suzuki RGB 500	59	GBR John Mossey	12
MotoDepot	Suzuki RG 500 Gamma	51	FRA Jean Paul Lecointe	11
Fernando Gonzalez	Honda RS500	40
33	SPA Fernando González de Nicolás	1–8, 10–12, 14–15
Club Moto Cross Pozuelo	Honda RS500	41
30	SPA Juan López Mella	4–7, 9, 11–15
Team Schmassmann	Honda RS500	36
56
38	CHE Niggi Schmassman	2–15
Yamaha Racing Australia	Yamaha YZR500	42	AUS Michael Dowson	2
HRC	Honda NSR500	11	JPN Shunji Yatsushiro	1
40	JPN Shinichi Ito	1
41	JPN Hikaru Miyagi	1
AUS Malcolm Campbell	2
Millar Racing	Honda RS500	93	IRL Eddie Laycock	9–12
Rob Holden Racing	Honda RS500	51	NZL Rob Holden	12
Uvex	Honda RS500 Bakker	30
33	AUT Rudolf Zeller	7, 14
Wernberger	Honda RS500 Bakker	41	CZE Pavel Dekanek	10, 14
Plaisir - Jacadi Racing	Honda RS500	44	FRA Rachel Nicotte	6, 9
Rallye Sport	Honda RS500	30	GER Alois Meyer	6–7, 9, 14
16	GER Helmut Schutz	6, 8

Key
Regular Rider
Wildcard Rider
Replacement Rider

250cc participants

Team	Constructor	Motorcycle	No.	Rider
Campsa Honda Team	Honda NSR250	1	SPA Sito Pons	All
Ducados Yamaha Team	Yamaha YZR 250	2	SPA Joan Garriga	All
Team Lucky Strike Elf	Honda NSR250	3	CHE Jacques Cornu	All
Aprilia Racing Team	Aprilia AF1	4	BEL Didier de Radiguès	All
18	VEN Iván Palazzese	2–5
Aprilia	Aprilia AF1	59	ITA Marcellino Lucchi	6, 9
HB Römer Team	Honda NSR250	5	BRD Reinhold Roth	All
Marlboro Yamaha Team Agostini	Yamaha YZR 250	6	ITA Luca Cadalora	All
Team Gauloises Blondes Yamaha	Yamaha YZR 250	7	FRA Jean-Philippe Ruggia	1–11
Team Repsol Honda	Honda NSR250	8	SPA Carlos Cardús	All
Ajinomoto Honda/HRC	Honda NSR250	9	JPN Masahiro Shimizu	1–7, 9–15
FMV	Honda RS250R	10	VEN Carlos Lavado	1-8
Team Rudy Project	Aprilia AF1	10	VEN Carlos Lavado	9–15
31	ITA Fabio Barchitta	1–6
HB CR1 Racing Team Honda	Honda NSR250	13	ITA Loris Reggiani	1–4, 6–12, 15
Team Hein Gericke	Aprilia AF1	14	BRD Martin Wimmer	1–13, 15
Yamaha TZ 250	55
37	BRD Bernhard Schick	??
Levior	Yamaha TZ 250	15	BRD Manfred Herweh	7, 10, 12–14
Hostettler / SPI	Yamaha TZ 250	16	AUT August Auinger	1–14
HB Rallye Sport Team	Honda NSR250	17	BRD Helmut Bradl	All
Team Yamaha	Yamaha YZR 250	19	USA John Kocinski	1, 3
Team Uvex Aprilia Telefix	Aprilia AF1	20	BRD Harald Eckl	All
Team Italia	Aprilia AF1	21	ITA Fausto Ricci	1–4, 7–14
52
54	ITA Alberto Rota	14
Team Elit	Aprilia AF1	22	ITA Renzo Colleoni	4–12, 14–15
SK Vöst	Aprilia AF1	23	AUT Andy Preining	1–14
Racing Team Katayama	Honda RS250R	24	USA Andy Leisner	??
RTK Lotus Quartz	Honda NSR250	40
49	SPA Daniel Amatriaín	1–14
Venemotos Racing Team	Yamaha TZ 250	25	BRA Alex Barros	1–3, 5, 7–15
26	VEN Luis Lavado	1–2, 10–11, 14–15
Yamaha Racing Team	Yamaha YZR 250	28	JPN Toshihiko Honma	1, 11–13
Team Ducados Yamaha Puig	Yamaha TZ 250	30	SPA Alberto Puig	All
Samson Sharp Racing	Honda RS250R	32	NED Wilco Zeelenberg	4–14
Docshop Wevamed Racing Team	Yamaha TZ 250	33	IRL Garry Cowan	All
50
48	NED Patrick van den Goorbergh	1–2, 4, 8–14
Team Ciampini	Honda RS250R	35	ITA Stefano Caracchi	3–6, 8–10, 12–14
St Yrian Motos	Yamaha TZ 250	36	FRA Jean Foray	2–5, 7–8, 11, 13–14
Schwabengarage & Reifenzenter Zürn	Honda RS250R	38
41	BRD Jochen Schmid	1–8, 11–15
D Gallacher/Bradgate Containers	Yamaha TZ 250	39	GBR Kevin Mitchell	1, 4, 7–8, 11–12
Motul Forza Shoei	Yamaha TZ 250	41
44	FRA Jean-François Baldé	1–3, 5–9, 12–15
Clermont Ferrand	Yamaha TZ 250	43	FRA Adrien Morillas	11, 13–15
Aprilia France	Aprilia AF1	45	FRA Alain Bronec	4–8, 10–15
Nava Racing Team	Yamaha TZ 250	46
34	BRD Hans Becker	5–13
AGV Pileri LM	Honda RS250R	51
59
45	ITA Paolo Casoli	1–2, 4, 11–15
70
46
48
42	ITA Maurizio Vitali	5–14
Swiss Yamaha Team	Yamaha TZ 250	56
50	CHE Urs Jücker	5, 8, 14
??	Yamaha TZ 250	57	AUS Darren Milner	2
Cabin Racing Honda	Honda NSR250	58	JPN Tadayuki Okada	1
Gazzaniga Corse	Gazzaniga 250 GP	60
46	ITA Virginio Ferrari	6–7, 14
Edwin Honda	Honda NSR250	65	USA Jim Filice	1, 3
Yamaha Racing Team	Yamaha YZR 250	57	JPN Toshinobu Shiomori	1

Key
Regular Rider
Wildcard Rider
Replacement Rider

Results and standings

Grands Prix

Round	Date	Race	Location	80cc winner	125cc winner	250cc winner	500cc winner
26 March	Japan Japanese Grand Prix	Suzuka		Italy Ezio Gianola	United States John Kocinski	United States Kevin Schwantz	[Report](1989-japanese-motorcycle-grand-prix)
9 April	Australia Australian Grand Prix	Phillip Island		Spain Àlex Crivillé	Spain Sito Pons	Australia Wayne Gardner	[Report](1989-australian-motorcycle-grand-prix)
16 April	United States United States Grand Prix	Laguna Seca			United States John Kocinski	United States Wayne Rainey	[Report](1989-united-states-motorcycle-grand-prix)
30 April	Spain Spanish Grand Prix	Jerez	Spain Herri Torrontegui	Spain Àlex Crivillé	Italy Luca Cadalora	United States Eddie Lawson	[Report](1989-spanish-motorcycle-grand-prix)
14 May	Italy Nations Grand Prix	Misano	Spain Jorge Martínez	Italy Ezio Gianola	Spain Sito Pons	Italy Pierfrancesco Chili	[Report](1989-nations-motorcycle-grand-prix)
28 May	Germany German Grand Prix	Hockenheim	West Germany Peter Öttl	Spain Àlex Crivillé	Spain Sito Pons	United States Wayne Rainey	[Report](1989-german-motorcycle-grand-prix)
4 June	Austria Austrian Grand Prix	Salzburgring		Netherlands Hans Spaan	Spain Sito Pons	United States Kevin Schwantz	[Report](1989-austrian-motorcycle-grand-prix)
11 June	Yugoslavia Yugoslavian Grand Prix	Automotodrom Rijeka	West Germany Peter Öttl		Spain Sito Pons	United States Kevin Schwantz	[Report](1989-yugoslavian-motorcycle-grand-prix)
24 June	Netherlands Dutch TT	Assen	West Germany Peter Öttl	Netherlands Hans Spaan	Germany Reinhold Roth	United States Wayne Rainey	[Report](1989-dutch-tt)
2 July	Belgium Belgian Grand Prix	Spa		Netherlands Hans Spaan	Switzerland Jacques Cornu	United States Eddie Lawson	[Report](1989-belgian-motorcycle-grand-prix)
16 July	France French Grand Prix	Le Mans		Spain Jorge Martínez	Spain Carlos Cardús	United States Eddie Lawson	[Report](1989-french-motorcycle-grand-prix)
6 August	UK British Grand Prix	Donington		Netherlands Hans Spaan	Spain Sito Pons	United States Kevin Schwantz	[Report](1989-british-motorcycle-grand-prix)
13 August	Sweden Swedish Grand Prix	Anderstorp		Spain Àlex Crivillé	Spain Sito Pons	United States Eddie Lawson	[Report](1989-swedish-motorcycle-grand-prix)
27 August	Czechoslovakia Czechoslovak Grand Prix	Brno	Spain Herri Torrontegui	Spain Àlex Crivillé	Germany Reinhold Roth	United States Kevin Schwantz	[Report](1989-czechoslovak-motorcycle-grand-prix)
17 September	Brazil Brazilian Grand Prix	Goiânia			Italy Luca Cadalora	United States Kevin Schwantz	[Report](1989-brazilian-motorcycle-grand-prix)

500cc riders' standings

;Scoring system Points are awarded to the top fifteen finishers. A rider has to finish the race to earn points.

Position	Points
1st	2nd
20	17

Pos	Rider	Bike	[JPN](1989-japanese-motorcycle-grand-prix)
JPN	[AUS](1989-australian-motorcycle-grand-prix)
AUS	[USA](1989-united-states-motorcycle-grand-prix)
USA	[ESP](1989-spanish-motorcycle-grand-prix)
ESP	[NAT](1989-nations-motorcycle-grand-prix)
ITA	[GER](1989-german-motorcycle-grand-prix)
GER	[AUT](1989-austrian-motorcycle-grand-prix)
AUT	[YUG](1989-yugoslavian-motorcycle-grand-prix)
YUG	[NED](1989-dutch-tt)
NED	[BEL](1989-belgian-motorcycle-grand-prix)
BEL	[FRA](1989-french-motorcycle-grand-prix)
FRA	[GBR](1989-british-motorcycle-grand-prix)
GBR	[SWE](1989-swedish-motorcycle-grand-prix)
SWE	[CZE](1989-czechoslovak-motorcycle-grand-prix)
CZE	[BRA](1989-brazilian-motorcycle-grand-prix)
BRA	Pts
1	USA Eddie Lawson	Honda	3	5	3	1	Ret	2	2	3	2	1	1	2	1	2	2	228
2	USA Wayne Rainey	Yamaha	2	2	1	2	Ret	1	3	2	1	3	3	3	Ret	3	3	210.5
3	FRA Christian Sarron	Yamaha	7	3	6	4	Ret	5	4	5	3	4	4	5	2	4	8	165.5
4	USA Kevin Schwantz	Suzuki	1	Ret	2	Ret	Ret	*Ret*	*1*	1	*Ret*	*2*	2	1	Ret	*1*	1	162.5
5	AUS Kevin Magee	Yamaha	5	4	4			7	5	4	4	7	5	6	5	7	6	138.5
6	ITA Pierfrancesco Chili	Honda	Ret	Ret	7	6	1	4	6	9	5	6	6	9	7	5	Ret	122
7	GBR Niall Mackenzie	Yamaha	6	Ret	5	3	Ret	Ret		12	8	10	7	4	4	6	9	103
8	GBR Ron Haslam	Suzuki	12	7	Ret	7	Ret	Ret	7	8	7			7	6	8	5	86
9	AUS Mick Doohan	Honda	Ret	8	8	Ret	Ret	3	8	6	9	8	8				4	81
10	AUS Wayne Gardner	Honda	4	1	Ret						6	Ret	Ret	Ret	3		7	67
11	GBR Rob McElnea	Honda					Ret	10	11	11	10	11	9	10	9	12	12	52.5
12	GBR Simon Buckmaster	Honda		12	13	13	2	14	13	14	19	15	14	15	12	21	14	43.5
13	ITA Alessandro Valesi	Yamaha	Ret	11	11	10	Ret	13	12	Ret	12	Ret	13	Ret	11	14	13	40
14	JPN Tadahiko Taira	Yamaha	8	6	Ret	8									10	9		39
15	FRA Dominique Sarron	Honda	18	10	10	9	Ret	8	10	10				Ret			Ret	39
16	USA Freddie Spencer	Yamaha	14	Ret		5	Ret	9	9	Ret	13	9	Ret					33.5
17	CHE Marco Gentile	Fior	20	13	12	12	4	Ret	14	Ret	14	12	Ret	13				33
18	USA Randy Mamola	Cagiva	16	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	12	Ret	7	11	23	11			11	11	33
19	FRA Adrien Morillas	Honda											10		8	10	10	26
20	DEU Michael Rudroff	Honda		15	15	20	3	21	19	15	17					20		18
21	JPN Norihiko Fujiwara	Yamaha	9				Ret	6										17
22	USA Bubba Shobert	Honda	11	Ret	9													12
23	AUT Josef Doppler	Honda				18	5	22	16		Ret	16		21		24		11
24	DEU Alois Mayer	Honda					6	Ret	Ret		25							10
25	ITA Romolo Balbi	Honda					7											9
26	ESP Fernando González de Nicolás	Honda	23	Ret	16	Ret	8	DNQ	22	19	DNQ	21	24	22	DNQ	25	16	8
27	ITA Luca Cadalora	Yamaha												8				8
28	ITA Massimo Broccoli	Cagiva				11	Ret			13								8
29	CHE Niggi Schmassman	Honda		14	Ret	Ret	10	Ret	21	20	23	19	21	Ret	16	Ret	17	8
30	AUS Michael Dowson	Yamaha		9														7
31	LUX Andy Leuthe	Suzuki				Ret	9	DNQ		Ret	Ret		Ret	20	Ret	23		7
32	JPN Shinichi Ito	Honda	10															6
33	ITA Fabio Biliotti	Honda											15	14	13	19		6
34	CHE Bruno Kneubühler	Honda			14	16	Ret	15	15	16	16	17	17	18	14	18		6
35	USA John Kocinski	Yamaha										5						5.5
36	DEU Ernst Gschwender	Suzuki						11										5
37	GBR Roger Burnett	Honda												12				4
38	FRA Thierry Crine	Suzuki											12					4
39	ESP Juan Manuel Lopez Mella	Honda				14	Ret	19	Ret		Ret		18	Ret	15	16	15	4
40	ITA Alberto Rota	Yamaha														13		3
41	JPN Shunji Yatsushiro	Honda	13															3
42	NED Cees Doorakkers	Honda									15	13	25	Ret		Ret		2.5
43	IRL Eddie Laycock	Honda				15					Ret	14	16	DNQ		17		2
44	JPN Kunio Machii	Yamaha	15															1
45	SWE Peter Linden	Honda						23			Ret				Ret	15		1
46	DEU Hansjoerg Butz	Honda						16										0
47	ITA Marco Papa	Paton				Ret	Ret	DNQ		17	20	18	Ret	16		Ret		0
48	JPN Shinji Katayama	Yamaha	17															0
49	CHI Vincenzo Cascino	Honda			17			DNQ								26	Ret	0
50	FRA Claude Albert	Suzuki				17							19	19				0
51	FRA Rachel Nicotte	Honda						17						Ret	Ret			0
52	DEU Georg Jung	Honda						Ret	17									0
53	NZL Robert Holden	Honda												17				0
54	FIN Timo Paavilainen	Suzuki													17			0
55	ITA Vittorio Scatola	Honda					Ret	18		Ret			DNQ					0
56	DEU Stefan Klabacher	Honda					Ret	24	18	18						22		0
57	ITA Michele Valdo	Honda									18							0
58	JPN Katsunori Shinozaki	Suzuki	19															0
59	GBR Steve Williams	Yamaha				19												0
60	DEU Peter Schleef	Honda						20			21							0
61	AUT Karl Dauer	Honda						Ret	20							Ret		0
62	DEU Hans Klingebiel	Honda						26	25			20						0
63	FRA Jean-Paul Lecointe	Suzuki											20					0
64	JPN Keiji Kinoshita	Honda	21															0
65	GBR Ian Pratt	Honda				21					DNQ			Ret	DNQ			0
66	AUT Rudolf Zeller	Manhattan							24	21						27		0
67	JPN Kenmei Matsumoto	Honda	22															0
68	FRA Fabian Pilloud	Honda				22												0
69	DEU Martin Trosch	Honda						Ret			22							0
70	GBR Mark Phillips	Suzuki										22		Ret				0
71	FRA Pascal Seguela	Honda											22					0
72	CZE Pavol Dekanek	Honda							23		Ret	Ret				28		0
73	FRA Bernard Gitton	Fior											23					0
74	GBR Peter Graves	Honda												23				0
75	CHE Felix Beck	Honda									24							0
76	DEU Helmut Schutz	Honda						25		DNQ						Ret		0
77	AUT Anton Berghammer	Suzuki							26									0
78	ITA Dario Marchetti	Honda														29		0
79	NED Harry Heutmekers	Suzuki														30		0
80	AUT Michael Kaplan	Honda								Ret						31		0
81	GBR Alan Carter	Honda												Ret	Ret			0
82	USA Fred Merkel	Honda					Ret						11					5
83	USA Doug Polen	Suzuki	Ret															0
84	JPN Hikaru Miyagi	Honda	Ret															0
85	JPN Norio Iobe	Honda	Ret															0
86	JPN Osamu Hiwatashi	Suzuki	Ret															0
87	AUS Greg Drew	PRP		Ret														0
88	AUS James Judd	Yamaha		Ret														0
89	AUS Malcolm Campbell	Honda		Ret														0
90	USA Eugene Brown	Suzuki			Ret													0
91	VEN Larry Moreno Vacondio	Suzuki				DNQ	Ret		DNQ					DNQ				0
92	FRA Raymond Roche	Cagiva					Ret						Ret					0
93	DEU Roland Busch	Honda						Ret										0
94	AUT Karl Truchsess	Honda									Ret							0
95	BEL Stephane Mertens	Honda									Ret							0
96	FRA Bernard Andrault	Honda											Ret					0
97	FRA Patrick Leruste	Fior											Ret					0
98	FRA Patrick Salles	Fior											Ret					0
99	GBR David Crampton	Suzuki												Ret				0
100	GBR John Mossey	Suzuki												Ret				0
101	NOR Torbjorn Bastiansen	Suzuki													Ret			0

250cc standings

Place	Rider	Number	Country	Team	Machine	Points	Wins
1	Spain Sito Pons	1	Spain	Campsa-Honda	NSR250	262	7
2	Germany Reinhold Roth	5	Germany	HB Römer-Honda	NSR250	190	2
3	Switzerland Jacques Cornu	3	Switzerland	Lucky Strike Elf-Honda	NSR250	187	1
4	Spain Carlos Cardús	9	Spain	Repsol-Honda	NSR250	162	1
5	Italy Luca Cadalora	6	Italy	Marlboro Yamaha-Agostini	YZR250	127	2
6	Japan Masahiro Shimizu	10	Japan	Ajinomoto-Honda	NSR250	116	0
7	France Jean-Philippe Ruggia	7	France	Gauloises Blondes-Yamaha	YZR250	110	0
8	Spain Juan Garriga	2	Spain	Ducados-Yamaha	YZR250	98	0
9	Germany Helmut Bradl	17	Germany	HB Rallye Sport-Honda	NSR250	88	0
10	Germany Martin Wimmer	14	Germany	Hein Gericke-Aprilia	RS250	62	0
11	Loris Reggiani		usa			52
12	Didier de Radiguès		usa			51
13	Wilco Zeelenberg		usa			41
14	USA John Kocinski	19	USA	Team Yamaha	YZR250	40	2
15	Toshihiko Honma		fra			36
16	Jochen Schmid		fra			36
17	Carlos Lavado		fra			31
18	Alex Barros		ita			30
19	Garry Cowan		ita			25
20	Jim Filice		ita			22
21	Renzo Colleoni		spa			21
22	Ivan Palazzese		spa			19
23	Alberto Puig		spa			18
24	Harald Eckl		irl			18
25	Marcellino Lucchi		Irl			17
26	Daniel Amatriain		irl			14
27	Alain Bronec		Isl			11
28	Tadayuki Okada		isl			10
29	Toshinobu Shiomori		isl			9
30	Jose Morillas		nor			9
31	Stefano Caracchi		Nor			9
32	Fausto Ricci		nor			8
33	Alberto Rota		fin			6
34	Hans Spaan		fin			6
35	Daryl Beattie		fin			4
36	Kevin Mitchell		swe			4
37	Paolo Casoli		swe			4
38	Andy Preining		swe			4
39	Maurizio Vitali		can			2
40	Luis Lavado		Can			2
41	Junya Arai		can			1
41	Harald Becker		jpn			1
41	Manfred Herweh		jpn			1
41	August Auinger		Jpn			1

125cc standings

Place	Rider	Number	Country	Machine	Points	Wins
1	Spain Àlex Crivillé	28	Spain	JJ Cobas	166	5
2	Netherlands Hans Spaan	3	Netherlands	Honda	152	4
3	Italy Ezio Gianola	2	Italy	Honda	138	2
4	Japan Hisashi Unemoto	11	Japan	Honda	104
5	Italy Fausto Gresini	22	Italy	Aprilia	102
6	Japan Koji Takada	18	Japan	Honda	99
7	West Germany Stefan Prein	8	West Germany	Honda	92
8	Spain Julián Miralles	4	Spain	Derbi	90
9	Spain Jorge Martínez	1	Spain	Derbi	72	1
10	United States Alan Scott	12	United States	Honda	54
11	Adi Stadler		jpn		53
12	Robin Milton		Jpn		46
13	Luis Miguel Reyes		Jpn		35
14	Domenico Brigaglia		Spa		34
15	Dirk Raudies		spa		29
16	Alfred Waibel		spa		25
17	Taru Rinne		spa		23
18	Lucio Pietroniro		fra		22
19	Bruno Casanova		fra		20
20	Doriano Romboni		fra		20
21	Flemming Kistrup		ita		18
22	Robin Appleyard		ita		18
23	Thierry Feuz		Ita		15
24	Masayuki Hirose		irl		13
25	Herri Torrontegui		Irl		13
26	Kenichi Yoshida		Irl		11
27	Jean Claude Selini		Isl		11
28	Masato Shima		isl		10
29	Corrado Catalano		Isl		10
30	Johnny Wickstroem		Nor		10
31	Yutaka Fujihara		Nor		9
32	Kazuaki Yamashita		nor		8
33	Hubert Abold		swe		8
34	Shinichi Fujiyama		Swe		7
35	Kazuya Yamada		swe		6
36	Gerhard Waibel		fin		6
37	Mike Leitner		fin		4
38	Gabriele Debbia		Fin		3
39	Jean Pierre Jeandat		fin		3
40	Stuart Edwards		aus		3
42	AlgeriaBady Hassaine		aus		2
42	Josef Fischer		Aus		2
44	Alex Bedford		nze		1
44	Heinz Lüthi		nze		1
44	Herve Duffard		nze		1

80cc standings

Place	Rider	Number	Country	Machine	Points	Wins
1	Spain Manuel Herreros	4	Spain	Derbi	92
2	Switzerland Stefan Dörflinger	3	Switzerland	Krauser	80
3	West Germany Peter Öttl	5	West Germany	Krauser	75	3
4	Spain Herri Torrontegui		Spain	Krauser	75	2
5	Italy Gabriele Gnani	10	Italy	Gnani	45
6	Italy Paolo Priori		Italy	Krauser	41
7	Bulgaria Bogdan Nikolov	6	Bulgaria	Krauser	40
8	Spain Jorge Martínez		Spain	Derbi	35	1
9	Spain Jaime Mariano		Spain	Casal	33
10	Germany Jörg Seel		West Germany	Seel	32
11	Antonio Sánchez		usa		30
12	Julián Miralles		usa		26
13	Hans Koopman		usa		23
14	Ralf Waldmann		spa		23
15	Josè Saez		spa		20
16	Bernd Völkel		spa		13
17	Jos Van Dongen		fra		13
18	Bert Smit		fra		12
19	Stefan Kurfiss		fra		12
20	Luis Alvaro		ita		10
21	Giuseppe Ascareggi		ita		9
22	Roberto Sassone		ita		7
23	Janos Szabo		irl		6
24	Zdravko Matulja		irl		5
25	Jacques Bernard		irl		5
26	Janez Pintar		ger		4
27	Stefan Brägger		ger		4
28	Thomas Engl		ger		3
29	Günter Schrinhofer		fin		3
30	René Dünki		fin		3
31	Mathias Ehinger		fin		2
32	Heinz Paschen		jpn		1
33	Xavier Arumi		aus		1

References

Büla, Maurice & Schertenleib, Jean-Claude (2001). Continental Circus 1949-2000. Chronosports S.A.

References

Ienatsch, Nick. (December 2009). "Eddie Lawson: 20 Years Later". CycleWorld.com.
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The points for the Belgian round were halved because of too many restarts.
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