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1989 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix

FieldValue
Grand PrixSpanish
flagSpain
Official_NameMarlboro Gran Premio de España de Motociclismo
LocationCircuito Permanente de Jerez
Course_mi2.751
Course_km4.428
Race_No4
Season_No15
Date30 April
Year1989
ImageCircuito de Jerez (1985-1992).svg
Pole_Rider_500Wayne Rainey
Pole_Rider_500_CountryUSA
Pole_Time_5001:48.640
Fast_Rider_500Kevin Schwantz
Fast_Rider_500_CountryUSA
Fast_Time_5001:48.790
First_Rider_500Eddie Lawson
First_Rider_500_CountryUSA
Second_Rider_500Wayne Rainey
Second_Rider_500_CountryUSA
Third_Rider_500Niall Mackenzie
Third_Rider_500_CountryUK
Pole_Rider_250Luca Cadalora
Pole_Rider_250_CountryItaly
Pole_Time_2501:50.520
Fast_Rider_250Juan Garriga
Fast_Rider_250_CountrySpain
Fast_Time_2501:51.080
First_Rider_250Luca Cadalora
First_Rider_250_CountryItaly
Second_Rider_250Sito Pons
Second_Rider_250_CountrySpain
Third_Rider_250Jean-Philippe Ruggia
Third_Rider_250_CountryFrance
Pole_Rider_125Àlex Crivillé
Pole_Rider_125_CountrySpain
Pole_Time_1251:56.330
Fast_Rider_125Àlex Crivillé
Fast_Rider_125_CountrySpain
Fast_Time_1251:56.610
First_Rider_125Àlex Crivillé
First_Rider_125_CountrySpain
Second_Rider_125Jorge Martínez
Second_Rider_125_CountrySpain
Third_Rider_125Koji Takada
Third_Rider_125_CountryJapan
Pole_Rider_80Stefan Dörflinger
Pole_Rider_80_CountrySwitzerland
Pole_Time_802:02.640
Fast_Rider_80Unknown
First_Rider_80Herri Torrontegui
First_Rider_80_CountrySpain
Second_Rider_80Stefan Dörflinger
Second_Rider_80_CountrySwitzerland
Third_Rider_80Peter Öttl
Third_Rider_80_CountryWest Germany

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The 1989 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix was the fourth round of the 1989 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 28–30 April 1989 at the Jerez circuit.

500 cc race report

Wayne Rainey on pole goes into the first turn ahead of Pierfrancesco Chili, Eddie Lawson, and Kevin Schwantz. Schwantz wastes little time in catching and passing Rainey. As Schwantz pulls ahead, Rainey battles Lawson for the first time in the season, Lawson seeming to come to terms with the Honda. Rainey can only watch as Lawson passes and claws away at a gap.

Meanwhile, Chili tries passing Ron Haslam on the hairpin leading into the straight by braking late on the inside. Chili clumsily bumps Haslam, who’s in no mood to be shoved and decides to shove back, taking them both off-track, though Haslam’s detour end up being much longer than Chili’s.

Up ahead, Schwantz is enjoying a large lead with 5 laps to go when he throws it away, clutching his head in disbelief as he walks through the gravel. Lawson is handed the win, followed by Rainey and Mackenzie.

Schwantz:

"At Jerez there was four laps to go and I was almost six seconds in front of Eddie. I had watched the race the previous year after the bike broke and I remembered watching him haul in Rainey and keep Rainey from winning his first Grand Prix. I was thinking to myself, come on you've just got to keep above those five seconds. Get it down to less than five laps with more than five seconds and there's no way he can catch you.' " "I had got there and done that. I went over the line and around the back of the big Kodak box that is a scoreboard with all the times on it. As I went past the back it changed to show four laps to go and more than five seconds, I thought, 'yeah I've got it,' and immediately fell off. It was just a loss of concentration, I thought I had it in the bag. I went into the corner, didn't have it down on my knee where I needed to be. The front end pushed and before I could even think, 'Oh shit', I was sitting on the haybales."

The gap between Lawson and Rainey is now 10 points.

500 cc classification

Pos.RiderTeamManufacturerLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints12345678910111213141516171819202122RetRetRetRetRetRetRetDNQSources:
USA Eddie LawsonRothmans Kanemoto HondaHonda3055:11.260420
USA Wayne RaineyTeam Lucky Strike RobertsYamaha30+10.170117
GBR Niall MackenzieMarlboro Yamaha Team AgostiniYamaha30+17.480315
FRA Christian SarronSonauto Gauloises Blondes Yamaha Mobil 1Yamaha30+27.300513
USA Freddie SpencerMarlboro Yamaha Team AgostiniYamaha30+51.000611
ITA Pierfrancesco ChiliHB Honda Gallina TeamHonda30+1:19.040810
GBR Ron HaslamSuzuki Pepsi ColaSuzuki30+1:29.450109
JPN Tadahiko TairaYamaha Motor CompanyYamaha30+1:43.44078
FRA Dominique SarronTeam ROC Elf HondaHonda30+1:46.870127
ITA Alessandro ValesiTeam IberiaYamaha30+1:53.860136
ITA Massimo BroccoliCagiva CorseCagiva29+1 Lap165
CHE Marco GentileFior MarlboroFior29+1 Lap144
GBR Simon BuckmasterRacing Team KatayamaHonda29+1 Lap153
ESP Juan Lopez MellaClub Motocross PozueloHonda29+1 Lap172
IRL Eddie LaycockHonda29+1 Lap211
CHE Bruno KneubuhlerRomer Racing SuisseHonda29+1 Lap18
FRA Claude AlbertSuzuki29+1 Lap24
AUT Josef DopplerHonda29+1 Lap25
GBR Steve WilliamsFlower MotorcyclesHonda29+1 Lap22
FRG Michael RudroffHRK MotorsHonda29+1 Lap23
GBR Ian PrattRacing Team KatayamaHonda29+1 Lap27
FRA Fabian PilloudHonda29+1 Lap29
CHE Nicholas SchmassmanFMSHondaRetirement20
LUX Andreas LeutheLibrenti CorseSuzukiRetirement26
USA Kevin SchwantzSuzuki Pepsi ColaSuzukiRetirement2
USA Randy MamolaCagiva CorseCagivaRetirement9
ESP Francisco GonzalesClub Motocross PozueloHondaRetirement28
ITA Marco PapaTeam GrecoPatonRetirement19
AUS Mick DoohanRothmans Honda TeamHondaRetirement11
VEN Larry Moreno VacondioSuzukiDid not qualify

References

| Previous_year's_race = 1988 Spanish Grand Prix | Next_year's_race = 1990 Spanish Grand Prix

References

  1. "Grand Prix uitslagen en bijzonderheden 1989". Archive.li.
  2. link. (2006-05-19 kevinschwantz.com 1994.)
  3. (13 June 2017). "1989 Spanish MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database".
  4. "motogp.com · SPANISH GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1989".
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