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1990 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season

Sports season

The 1990 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season was the 42nd F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship season.

Season summary

1990 marked the beginning of the Rainey era with the Marlboro-Yamaha rider taking 7 wins and scoring points in every race but Hungary after he had already clinched the championship. Rainey's teammate was 1989 champion Eddie Lawson, but he was unable to defend his championship after breaking his left ankle in the first round and then severely shattering his right ankle the following round at Laguna Seca. Rainey on having Lawson as a teammate: “I just wanted to devastate Eddie. I don’t think he was ready for a team-mate like me. Maybe he thought he could control me, but at that stage I was past being controlled.” Rainey switched from Dunlop to Michelin tires this year.

Kevin Schwantz continued to win on his Suzuki but just as often he would crash. Australian Mick Doohan would win his first Grand Prix for Honda at the Hungaroring.

The 1990 season continued the trend of crashes as riders tried to cope with the harsh power output of the V4 two-strokes. Honda put forth a proposition limiting the top class to 375cc and 3 cylinders, but that never caught on. Still, with 500cc lap times becoming stagnant, it was clear that something needed to be done.

Newcomer John Kocinski took the 250 title for Kenny Roberts' Marlboro-Yamaha squad after a tight points battle with Carlos Cardús that was not decided until the final race of the season. Despite five Grand Prix victories for Hans Spaan, seventeen-year-old Loris Capirossi became the youngest-ever world champion when he claimed the 125 crown for Honda.

1990 Grand Prix season calendar

The following Grands Prix were scheduled to take place in 1990:

Round	Date	Grand Prix
25 March	Japan Kibun Japanese Grand Prix	Suzuka Circuit
8 April	United States U.S. Budweiser International Grand Prix	Laguna Seca Raceway
6 May	Spain Gran Premio de España	Circuito Permanente de Jerez
20 May	Italy G.P d'Italia	Circuito Internazionale Santa Monica
27 May	Germany Großer Preis von Deutschland	Nürburgring
10 June	Austria Großer Preis von Österreich	Salzburgring
17 June	Yugoslavia Yu Grand Prix	Automotodrom Rijeka
30 June	Netherlands Dutch TT	TT Circuit Assen
7 July	Belgium Belgian Motorcycle Grand Prix	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps
22 July	France Grand Prix de France	Bugatti Circuit
5 August	UK Shell British Motorcycle Grand Prix	Donington Park
12 August	Sweden Nordic TT	Scandinavian Raceway
26 August	Czechoslovakia Grand Prix Brno-CSFR	Brno Circuit
2 September	Hungary Grand Prix Magyar Nagydíj	Hungaroring
16 September	Australia Drink/Drive Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix	Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit

Calendar changes

The Australian Grand Prix was moved back from 9 April to 16 September.
The German Grand Prix moved from the Hockenheimring to the Nürburgring.
The Hungarian Grand Prix was added to the calendar.
The Brazilian Grand Prix was taken off the calendar due to organisational problems.

Participants

500cc participants

Team	Constructor	Motorcycle	No.	Rider
Marlboro Team Roberts	Yamaha YZR500	1	USA Eddie Lawson	1, 8–15
2	USA Wayne Rainey	All
38	AUS Peter Goddard	15
Gauloises Blondes Yamaha/Mobil 1	Yamaha YZR500	3	FRA Christian Sarron	1–3, 5–6, 8–11, 13–15
14	FRA Jean-Philippe Ruggia	All
Team Lucky Strike Suzuki	Suzuki RGV500	4	AUS Kevin Magee	1–2
7	GBR Niall Mackenzie	3–15
34	USA Kevin Schwantz	All
Team Suzuki	Suzuki RGV500	40	JPN Satoshi Tsujimoto	1
La Cinq/ROC	Honda NSR500	5	ITA Pierfrancesco Chili	1–8, 15
55	ITA Marco Papa	9–10
55	GBR Carl Fogarty	11–14
Campsa Banesto	Honda NSR500	6	SPA Sito Pons	1–7, 13–15
Cagiva Corse	Cagiva C590	8	GBR Ron Haslam	1–2, 6–14
18	USA Randy Mamola	1–2, 4–14
28	BRA Alex Barros	1–14
Rothmans Honda	Honda NSR500	9	AUS Mick Doohan	All
10	AUS Wayne Gardner	1–4, 8–15
Ducados Yamaha Team	Yamaha YZR500	11	SPA Joan Garriga	All
Yamaha Motor Company Motorsports	Yamaha YZR500	15	JPN Norihiko Fujiwara	1, 8–9
Tech 21/Yamaha Motor Company	Yamaha YZR500	21	JPN Tadahiko Taira	1, 15
Honda Sweden	Honda RS500	17	SWE Peter Lindén	4–5, 12
Autohaus Butz	Honda RS500	19	BRD Hansjörg Butz	3, 5
RS Rallye Sport Team GmbH	Honda RS500	20	BRD Michael Rudroff	??
RS Rallye Sport	Honda RS500	32
35
42	BRD Alois Meyer	0 (5–6)
Sampo	Honda RS500	23	FIN Esko Kuparinen	8, 12
Millar Racing	Honda RS500	24
54	IRL Eddie Laycock	3, 8–11, 13–15
Librenti Corse	Honda RS500	25	LUX Andy Leuthe	3–5, 11–14
FMS/N Schmassmann	Honda RS500	26	CHE Niggi Schmassman	2–5, 7–8
Levior	Honda RS500	30	BRD Martin Trösch	10, 13–14
Motoclub Perugia	Honda RS500	31
37
38	ITA Marco Papa	4–8, 11–15
Shell	Honda RS500	33
35
36
43	AUT Karl Truchsess	6–10, 14
Ys Racing	Honda NSR500	35	JPN Shunji Yatsushiro	0 (1)
Team Elit Paton	Paton V115 500	35
42
37	ITA Vittorio Scatola	3–5, 7–10
Nescafé	Yamaha YZR500	36	JPN Kunio Machii	1
Teera	Honda NSR500	37	JPN Hikaru Miyagi	1
Schick Advantage	Suzuki RGV500	38	JPN Osamu Hiwatashi	1
HRC/Pentax	Honda NSR500	39	JPN Shinichi Ito	1
Avia	Honda RS500	39	ITA Michele Valdo	4
UCC	Yamaha YZR500	41	JPN Shinji Katayama	1
HRK Motors	Honda RS500	40
41
36	NED Cees Doorakkers	3–15
Camel	Yamaha YZR500	43	JPN Keiji Ohishi	1
??	Honda RS500	43	FRA Rachel Nicotte	10, 13–14
Meikoh	Honda NS500	44	JPN Kenmei Matsumoto	0 (1)
??	??	??	CHL Vincenzo Cascino	??
??	??	??	AUS Greg Drew	0 (15)
??	Yamaha YZR500	??	AUS Craig Harwood	0 (15)
??	Suzuki RGV500	??	AUS Scott Mitchell	0 (15)

Key
Regular Rider
Wildcard Rider
Replacement Rider

250cc participants

Team	Constructor	Motorcycle	No.	Rider
HB Honda Team	Honda NSR250	2	BRD Reinhold Roth	1–2, 4–7
9	BRD Helmut Bradl	1–7, 11–15
16	BRD Jochen Schmid	All
41	BRD Bernd Kassner	14
Team Lucky Strike Elf	Honda NSR250	3	CHE Jacques Cornu	1, 6–15
16	BRD Jochen Schmid	All
Repsol Honda	Honda NSR250	4	SPA Carlos Cardús	All
Marlboro Yamaha Team Agostini	Yamaha YZR 250	5	ITA Luca Cadalora	All
28	SPA Àlex Crivillé	2–15
Ajinomoto Honda/HRC	Honda NSR250	6	JPN Masahiro Shimizu	All
Castrol Mortimer Racing	Yamaha TZ 250	7	GBR Niall Mackenzie	1–2
Rothmans Honda	Honda NSR250	8	FRA Dominique Sarron	1–4, 6, 10–15
34
39
35	AUT Andy Preining	1–4, 6–15
Hein Gericke Racing Team	Aprilia AF1	10	BRD Martin Wimmer	2–15
HB Gallina Aprilia Team	Aprilia AF1	11	ITA Loris Reggiani	All
Honda Britain	Honda RS250R	12	GBR Alan Carter	1–2, 10–11
Sharp-Samson Racing Team	Honda NSR250	14	GBR Alan Carter	1–6, 8–15
UCC	Yamaha YZR 250	15	JPN Toshihiko Honma	1
Team AGV HB	Honda RS250R	16	BRD Jochen Schmid	All
Team Greco	Aprilia AF1	17	VEN Carlos Lavado	1–10
29	ITA Renzo Colleoni	2–15
Marlboro Team Roberts	Yamaha YZR 250	19	USA John Kocinski	All
Yamaha TZ 250	97	USA Rich Oliver	2
AMS Racing Team	Aprilia AF1	20	ITA Andrea Borgonovo	1–12
Aprilia	Aprilia AF1	21	ITA Marcellino Lucchi	3–11, 13–15
GP Trade & Promotion	Yamaha TZ 250	22	AUT Erich Neumair	1–8, 10–14
Gauloises Blondes	Aprilia AF1	23	FRA Adrien Morillas	3–14
??	Honda NSR250	26	JPN Tadayuki Okada	1
Iberna/Team Motoracing	Aprilia AF1	27	BEL Didier de Radiguès	1, 3–15
Venemotos Racing Team	Yamaha TZ 250	30	VEN José Barresi	1, 3–14
Ducados Yamaha Puig	Yamaha TZ 250
Yamaha YZR 250	31	SPA Alberto Puig	6–13
JF Aprilia - Kuhnert	Aprilia AF1	32	BRD Harald Eckl	1–2, 4–14
ÖKM/SK Vöst	Aprilia AF1	34
39
35	AUT Andy Preining	1–4, 6–15
Moto Club Bergamo	Aprilia AF1	34
45	ITA Alberto Rota	3–7, 10–12
Plaisir Vitesse International	Various	35
47	FRA Rachel Nicotte	10, 13–14
Team St Yrian Motos	Yamaha TZ 250	36
41	FRA Jean Foray	3–11, 13–14
Team Italia	Aprilia AF1	37	ITA Corrado Catalano	3–4, 7–10, 13
Marlboro Aprilia Team Elf	Aprilia AF1	38
39	CHE Bernard Haenggeli	2–15
HRC	Honda NSR250	38	AUS Daryl Beattie	15
D Gallacher/B & M Motorcycles	Yamaha TZ 250	39
40
36	GBR Kevin Mitchell	1, 3, 5–13
Swiss Yamaha Team	Yamaha TZ 250	39
33	CHE Urs Jücker	2–15
HB Team Racing	Yamaha TZ 250
Yamaha YZR 250	40	BRD Bernd Kassner	4–11
??	Yamaha TZ 250	44	JPN Tetsuya Harada	1
Romero Racing Team	Yamaha TZ 250	45
34	BRD Hans Becker	2, 5–11, 13
Cup Noodle Racing Team	Honda NSR250	47	JPN Nobuatsu Aoki	1
Moto Club Crostolo	Yamaha TZ 250	48
42	ITA Paolo Casoli	3–14
Fior Racing	Aprilia AF1	49
44	FRA Alain Bronec	3–4, 7–10
Ducados JJ Cobas	??	55	SPA Jorge Martínez	1–6, 8–15

Key
Regular Rider
Wildcard Rider
Replacement Rider

125cc participants

Team	Constructor	Motorcycle	No.	Rider
Sharp-Samson Racing Team	Honda RS125R	2	NED Hans Spaan	1, 3–14
Nacional Moto SA - Derbi	Aprilia AF1	3	ITA Ezio Gianola	1
38	SPA Luis Alvaro	1, 9–11
Team Unemoto	Honda RS125R	4	JPN Hisashi Unemoto	1, 3–6, 8–15
AGV Pileri Corse	Honda RS125R	5	ITA Fausto Gresini	1, 3–4, 6–15
65
48
67
75
47
59	ITA Loris Capirossi	1, 3–15
Team Takeshima	Honda RS125R	6	JPN Koji Takada	1, 3–4, 15
68
67	JPN Kinya Wada	1, 10–15
Lanson Honda Racing	Honda RS125R	7	BRD Stefan Prein	1, 3–15
Coronas Racing Team	??	8	SPA Julián Miralles	1, 3–15
Allan Scott Racing	Honda RS125R	10
9	USA Allan Scott	1, 3, 6–7, 11–12, 14–15
Garelli	Garelli 125 GP	10
9	USA Allan Scott	1, 3, 6–7, 11–12, 14–15
14	SPA Luis Miguel Reyes	10–13
RS Rallye Sport Racing Team	Rotax 125 GP	11	BRD Adi Stadler	1, 3–13
24	BRD Peter Öttl	6, 8–9, 13
Robin Milton	Honda RS125R	12	GBR Robin Milton	1, 3–4, 6–13, 15
AMC Biberach/Riss e.V im ADAC	Honda RS125R	16	BRD Dirk Raudies	1, 3–15
Gerstmann Racing	Honda RS125R	17	BRD Alfred Waibel	3–15
Team Rumi	Honda RS125R	18	FIN Taru Rinne	1, 8, 13–15
Moto Club Crostolo	Honda RS125R	20	ITA Doriano Romboni	3–15
Marlboro Aprilia Team Dörflinger	Aprilia AF1	21	CHE Stefan Dörflinger	1, 3, 5–6, 9, 13–14
Cepsa	??	22	SPA Manuel Herreros	1, 4–14
Semprucci/Club del Motore-Forli	Honda RS125R	23	ITA Bruno Casanova	3–11, 13–15
Repsol Honda	Honda RS125R	25	SPA Herri Torrontégui	3, 5–6, 10–14
Antonio Sánchez Ballesteros	??	29	SPA Antonio Sánchez	3, 6, 8–12, 14
Viplex Plastics Holland	Honda RS125R	30	NED Hans Koopman	3–14
Schuh Racing Team	Rotax 125 GP	31	BRD Ralf Waldmann	3–15
José Saez Calabuig	Honda RS125R	32	SPA José Saez	3–4
Timspeed Casal	Various	33	SPA Jaime Mariano	5, 8–12
Ringelberg Team	Honda RS125R	34	NED Jos van Dongen	3–5, 7, 9, 14
Stefan Kurfiss	Honda RS125R	36	BRD Stefan Kurfiss	3–11, 14–15
Team Italia	Aprilia AF1	37	ITA Gabriele Debbia	4–15
39	ITA Alessandro Gramigni	3–15
Team Driza Bone	Honda RS125R	40	AUS Peter Galvin	1, 5, 7–9, 12, 14–15
Thomas Moller Pedersen	Honda RS125R	42	DEN Flemming Kistrup	3–6, 8–14
Colin Appleyard Ltd	Honda RS125R	43
47	GBR Robin Appleyard	1, 3–15
BP Racing Team Switzerland	Honda RS125R	45	CHE Thierry Feuz	1, 3–7, 9, 13
Silja Line	Honda RS125R	46	FIN Johnny Wickström	1, 3–15
Hervé Duffard	Honda RS125R	49
62	FRA Hervé Duffard	3–5, 10–11, 13
Derek Clarke Racing Team	Honda RS125R	50
54
63	GBR Steve Patrickson	1, 3–5, 7–8, 11–15
Stuart Edwards	Honda RS125R	51
52
64	GBR Stuart Edwards	1, 5, 8–10
Gazzaniga Corse	Gazzaniga 125	52
51
59	ITA Maurizio Vitali	1, 3–15
Mori Sport Laverda	Various	53
57	CHE Stefan Brägger	12–15
Team Lucky Strike Elf	Honda RS125R	54
64
66	CHE Heinz Lüthi	3–15
Ducados JJ Cobas	Rotax 125 GP	55	SPA Jorge Martínez	1, 3–15
Digitec	Honda RS125R	56
65
49	ALG Bady Hassaine	1, 5–7, 9–10, 14
Team Honda Liqor 43	Honda RS125R	57
63
43
55	SPA Manuel Hernández	1, 3–12, 14–15
EMCO Sports Team	Honda RS125R	60
48	AUT Mike Leitner	3–8, 10–13
Hubert Abold	Honda RS125R	61
53	BRD Hubert Abold	3–10, 12, 14–15
T. C. Winchester Racing Team	Honda RS125R	61	ITA Emilio Cuppini	4–6
Moto Club Biccirelli	Honda RS125R	66	ITA Emilio Cuppini	8–14

Key
Regular Rider
Wildcard Rider
Replacement Rider

Results and standings

Grands Prix

Round	Date	Race	Location	125cc winner	250cc winner	500cc winner
25 March	Japan Japanese Grand Prix	Suzuka	Netherlands Hans Spaan	Italy Luca Cadalora	United States Wayne Rainey	[Report](1990-japanese-motorcycle-grand-prix)
8 April	United States United States Grand Prix	Laguna Seca		United States John Kocinski	United States Wayne Rainey	[Report](1990-united-states-motorcycle-grand-prix)
6 May	Spain Spanish Grand Prix	Jerez	Spain Jorge Martínez	United States John Kocinski	Australia Wayne Gardner	[Report](1990-spanish-motorcycle-grand-prix)
20 May	Italy Nations Grand Prix	Misano	Spain Jorge Martínez	United States John Kocinski	United States Wayne Rainey	[Report](1990-italian-motorcycle-grand-prix)
27 May	Germany German Grand Prix	Nürburgring	Italy Doriano Romboni	Netherlands Wilco Zeelenberg	United States Kevin Schwantz	[Report](1990-german-motorcycle-grand-prix)
10 June	Austria Austrian Grand Prix	Salzburgring	Spain Jorge Martínez	Italy Luca Cadalora	United States Kevin Schwantz	[Report](1990-austrian-motorcycle-grand-prix)
17 June	Yugoslavia Yugoslavian Grand Prix	Rijeka	West Germany Stefan Prein	Spain Carlos Cardús	United States Wayne Rainey	[Report](1990-yugoslavian-motorcycle-grand-prix)
30 June	Netherlands Dutch TT	Assen	Italy Doriano Romboni	United States John Kocinski	United States Kevin Schwantz	[Report](1990-dutch-tt)
7 July	Belgium Belgian Grand Prix	Spa	Netherlands Hans Spaan	United States John Kocinski	United States Wayne Rainey	[Report](1990-belgian-motorcycle-grand-prix)
22 July	France French Grand Prix	Le Mans	Netherlands Hans Spaan	Spain Carlos Cardús	United States Kevin Schwantz	[Report](1990-french-motorcycle-grand-prix)
5 August	UK British Grand Prix	Donington	Italy Loris Capirossi	Italy Luca Cadalora	United States Kevin Schwantz	[Report](1990-british-motorcycle-grand-prix)
12 August	Sweden Swedish Grand Prix	Anderstorp	Netherlands Hans Spaan	Spain Carlos Cardús	United States Wayne Rainey	[Report](1990-swedish-motorcycle-grand-prix)
26 August	Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakian Grand Prix	Brno	Netherlands Hans Spaan	Spain Carlos Cardús	United States Wayne Rainey	[Report](1990-czechoslovakian-motorcycle-grand-prix)
2 September	Hungary Hungarian Grand Prix	Hungaroring	Italy Loris Capirossi	United States John Kocinski	Australia Mick Doohan	[Report](1990-hungarian-motorcycle-grand-prix)
16 September	Australia Australian Grand Prix	Phillip Island	Italy Loris Capirossi	United States John Kocinski	Australia Wayne Gardner	[Report](1990-australian-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](1990-japanese-motorcycle-grand-prix)
Japan	[USA](1990-united-states-motorcycle-grand-prix)
United States	[ESP](1990-spanish-motorcycle-grand-prix)
Spain	[NAT](1990-nations-motorcycle-grand-prix)
Italy	[GER](1990-german-motorcycle-grand-prix)
Germany	[AUT](1990-austrian-motorcycle-grand-prix)
Austria	[YUG](1990-yugoslav-motorcycle-grand-prix)
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia	[NED](1990-dutch-tt)
Netherlands	[BEL](1990-belgian-motorcycle-grand-prix)
Belgium	[FRA](1990-french-motorcycle-grand-prix)
France	[GBR](1990-british-motorcycle-grand-prix)
Great Britain	[SWE](1990-swedish-motorcycle-grand-prix)
Sweden	[CZE](1990-czechoslovakian-motorcycle-grand-prix)
Czech Republic	[HUN](1990-hungarian-motorcycle-grand-prix)
Hungary	[AUS](1990-australian-motorcycle-grand-prix)
Australia	Pts	1	255	2	188	3	179	4	140	5	138	6	121	7	118	8	110	9	84	10	76	11	63	12	57	13	55	14	55	15	46	16	38	17	30	18	24	19	23	20	15	21	13	22	12	23	10	24	8	25	8	26	7	27	6	28	5	29	5	30	5	31	4	32	4	33	3	34	3	35	1	36	1	Pos	Rider	Bike	[JPN](1990-japanese-motorcycle-grand-prix)
Japan	[USA](1990-united-states-motorcycle-grand-prix)
United States	[ESP](1990-spanish-motorcycle-grand-prix)
Spain	[NAT](1990-nations-motorcycle-grand-prix)
Italy	[GER](1990-german-motorcycle-grand-prix)
Germany	[AUT](1990-austrian-motorcycle-grand-prix)
Austria	[YUG](1990-yugoslav-motorcycle-grand-prix)
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia	[NED](1990-dutch-tt)
Netherlands	[BEL](1990-belgian-motorcycle-grand-prix)
Belgium	[FRA](1990-french-motorcycle-grand-prix)
France	[GBR](1990-british-motorcycle-grand-prix)
Great Britain	[SWE](1990-swedish-motorcycle-grand-prix)
Sweden	[CZE](1990-czechoslovakian-motorcycle-grand-prix)
Czech Republic	[HUN](1990-hungarian-motorcycle-grand-prix)
Hungary	[AUS](1990-australian-motorcycle-grand-prix)
Australia	Pts
United States Wayne Rainey	Yamaha	1	1	2	1	2	2	1	2	1	3	2	1	1	Ret	3
United States Kevin Schwantz	Suzuki	3	Ret	3	2	1	1	2	1	7	1	1	Ret	Ret	3	Ret
Australia Mick Doohan	Honda	Ret	2	4	3	Ret	3	4	4	6	4	4	4	9	1	2
United Kingdom Niall Mackenzie	Suzuki			8	5	3	5	3	5	12	6	5	5	4	7	5
Australia Wayne Gardner	Honda	2	Ret	1	4				Ret	10	2	Ret	3	2	4	1
Spain Juan Garriga	Yamaha	10	6	9	8	7	9	Ret	6	9	8	7	8	5	5	6
United States Eddie Lawson	Yamaha	Ret							3	3	5	3	2	3	2	4
France Jean-Philippe Ruggia	Yamaha	8	5	10	Ret	6	8	5	11	2	Ret	9	7	8	6	Ret
France Christian Sarron	Yamaha	Ret	4	7		4	7		7	4	Ret	8		6	Ret	Ret
Spain Sito Pons	Honda	5	Ret	6	6	5	6	Ret						7	10	7
Italy Pierfrancesco Chili	Honda	7	3	5	Ret	Ret	4	Ret	8							9
Brazil Alex Barros	Cagiva	Ret	8	Ret	Ret	8	11	Ret	10	5	Ret	11	9	Ret	9
Italy Marco Papa	Honda				9	11	13	6	14	Ret	9	13	11	13	12	10
United States Randy Mamola	Cagiva	Ret	7		7	9	10	Ret	18	Ret	7	6	Ret	11	Ret
United Kingdom Ron Haslam	Cagiva	Ret	Ret	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	12	DNS	9	8	10	10	10	12	11
Netherlands Cees Doorakkers	Honda			13	14	10	14	7	13	15	12	Ret	12	16	16	12
Ireland Eddie Laycock	Honda			11					12	13	11	12		14	14	11
United Kingdom Carl Fogarty	Honda											Ret	6	10	8
Switzerland Niggi Schmassman	Honda		10	12	13	13		9	16
Sweden Peter Linden	Honda		9		12	15							13
Australia Kevin Magee	Suzuki	4	Ret
Austria Karl Truchsess	Honda						15	8	15	14	Ret				Ret
Japan Tadahiko Taira	Yamaha	6														Ret
Australia Peter Goddard	Yamaha															8
Luxembourg Andy Leuthe	Honda			14	Ret	12						14	Ret	Ret	Ret
Japan Shinichi Ito	Honda	9
Italy Romolo Balbi	Honda				10
Italy Michele Valdo	Honda				11
Japan Hikaru Miyagi	Honda	11
Japan Norihiko Fujiwara	Honda	Ret							Ret	11
Japan Shinji Katayama	Yamaha	12
France Rachel Nicotte	Honda										Ret			15	13
Japan Osamu Hiwatashi	Suzuki	13
Germany Hansjörg Butz	Honda			15		14
Germany Martin Trösch	Honda										Ret			17	15
Italy Vittorio Scatola	Paton			Ret	15	16		Ret	Ret	DNS	Ret

Bold – Pole Position |}

250cc standings

Place	Rider	Country	Team	Machine	Points	Wins
1	United States John Kocinski	United States	Marlboro-Yamaha Roberts	YZR250	223	7
2	Spain Carlos Cardús	Spain	Repsol-Honda	NSR250	208	4
3	Italy Luca Cadalora	Italy	Marlboro-Yamaha Agostini	YZR250	184	3
4	West Germany Helmut Bradl	Germany	HB-Honda	NSR250	150	0
5	Netherlands Wilco Zeelenberg	Netherlands	Sharp-Samson Honda	NSR250	127	1
6	West Germany Martin Wimmer	Germany	Hein Gericke Aprilia	RS250	118	0
7	Japan Masahiro Shimizu	Japan	Ajinomoto-Honda	NSR250	100	0
8	West Germany Jochen Schmid	Germany	HB-Honda	NSR250	92	0
9	Switzerland Jacques Cornu	Switzerland	Lucky Strike-Elf Honda	NSR250	86	0
10	France Dominique Sarron	France	Rothmans-Honda	NSR250	78	0
11	Spain Àlex Crivillé	Spain	Yamaha	YZR250	76	0
12	Belgium Didier de Radiguès	Belgium	Aprilia	RS250	66	0
13	Italy Loris Reggiani	Italy	Aprilia	RS250	63	0
14	Germany Reinhold Roth	Germany	Honda	NSR250	52	0
15	Venezuela Carlos Lavado	Venezuela	Aprilia	RS250	37	0
16	Spain Alberto Puig	Spain	Yamaha	YZR250	32	0
17	Italy Paolo Casoli	Italy	Yamaha	YZR250	32	0
18	Austria Andy Preining	Austria	Aprilia	RS250	30	0
19	Italy Marcellino Lucchi	Italy	Aprilia	RS250	23	0
20	Spain Adrien Morillas	Spain	Aprilia	RS250	22	0
21	Italy Renzo Colleoni	Italy	Aprilia	RS250	17	0
22	Australia Daryl Beattie	Australia	Honda	NSR250	13	0
23	Austria Harald Eckl	Austria	Aprilia	RS250	13	0
24	Spain Jorge Martínez	Spain	JJ Cobas	JJ-Cobas 250GP	13	0
25	Japan Toshihiko Honma	Japan	Yamaha	YZR250	10	0
26	Italy Corrado Catalano	Italy	Aprilia	RS250	10	0
27	JapanTetsuya Harada	Japan	Yamaha	YZR250	9	0
28	Italy Andrea Borgonovo	Italy	Aprilia	RS250	9	0
29	Japan Nobuatsu Aoki	Japan	Honda	NSR250	8	0
30	Italy Alberto Rota	Italy	Aprilia	RS250	8	0
31	Japan Masumitsu Taguchi	Japan	Honda	NSR250	7	0
32	Japan Tsutomu Udagawa	Japan	Honda	NSR250	6	0
33	Great Britain Niall Mackenzie	Great Britain	Yamaha	YZR250	5	0
34	France Jean Pierre Jeandat	France	Honda	NSR250	4	0
35	Japan Junzo Suzuki	Japan	Honda	NSR250	4	0
36	Germany Bernd Kassner	Germany	Yamaha	YZR250	4	0
37	Venezuela Josè Barresi	Venezuela	Yamaha	YZR250	4	0
38	Switzerland Bernard Haenggeli	Switzerland	Aprilia	RS250	4	0
39	USA Rich Oliver	United States	Yamaha	YZR250	3	0
40	Great Britain Alan Carter	Great Britain	Honda	NSR250	3	0
41	Great Britain Clive Horton	Great Britain	Yamaha	YZR250	3	0
42	Great Britain Steve Manley	Great Britain	Yamaha	YZR250	2	0
43	Great Britain Kevin Mitchell	Great Britain	Yamaha	YZR250	2	0
44	Switzerland Urs Jücker	Switzerland	Yamaha	YZR250	2	0
45	Japan Yukio Nukumi	Japan	Yamaha	YZR250	1	0
46	Australia Ricky Rice	Australia	Yamaha	YZR250	1	0
47	France Jean Foray	France	Yamaha	YZR250	1	0

125cc standings

Pos	Rider	Bike	[JPN](1990-japanese-motorcycle-grand-prix)
Japan	[ESP](1990-spanish-motorcycle-grand-prix)
Spain	[NAT](1990-nations-motorcycle-grand-prix)
Italy	[GER](1990-german-motorcycle-grand-prix)
Germany	[AUT](1990-austrian-motorcycle-grand-prix)
Austria	[YUG](1990-yugoslav-motorcycle-grand-prix)
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia	[NED](1990-dutch-tt)
Netherlands	[BEL](1990-belgian-motorcycle-grand-prix)
Belgium	[FRA](1990-french-motorcycle-grand-prix)
France	[GBR](1990-british-motorcycle-grand-prix)
Great Britain	[SWE](1990-swedish-motorcycle-grand-prix)
Sweden	[CZE](1990-czechoslovakian-motorcycle-grand-prix)
Czech Republic	[HUN](1990-hungarian-motorcycle-grand-prix)
Hungary	[AUS](1990-australian-motorcycle-grand-prix)
Australia	Pts	1	182	2	173	3	169	4	130	5	113	6	105	7	102	8	97	9	84	10	78	11	77	12	55	13	46	14	44	15	40	16	39	17	32	18	32	19	31	20	30	21	28	22	26	23	19	24	15	25	14	26	13	27	11	28	8	29	7	30	6	31	6	32	5	33	5	34	3	35	3	36	2	37	1	38	1	39	1	40	1
ITA Loris Capirossi	Honda	6	7	3	3	2	2	Ret	2	4	1	7	Ret	1	1
NED Hans Spaan	Honda	1	DNS	4	4	12	12	Ret	1	1	3	1	1	5	4
GER Stefan Prein	Honda	2	2	Ret	5	3	1	6	4	3	5	4	2	6
ITA Doriano Romboni	Honda		Ret	Ret	1	6	5	1	11	2	2	3	Ret	Ret	3
GER Dirk Raudies	Honda	4	10	2	2	Ret	13	11	6	8	13	8	6	13	6
ESP Jorge Martinez	JJ Cobas	Ret	1	1	Ret	1	Ret	5	Ret	6	4	17	8	Ret	13
ITA Fausto Gresini	Honda	7	3	Ret		Ret	6	8	8	Ret	8	5	7	4	5
ITA Bruno Casanova	Aprilia		Ret	21	Ret	4	3	2	3	Ret	Ret		11	3	2
ITA Alessandro Gramigni	Aprilia		23	22	7	8	9	10	22	9	Ret	2	3	8	9
SUI Heinz Lüthi	Honda	DNS	Ret	10	6	20	11	7	Ret	7	Ret	11	5	2	10
GER Adi Stadler	JJ Cobas	9	9	Ret	9	7	7	3	7	Ret	12	6	Ret
ITA Gabriele Debbia	Aprilia		DNS	12	15	9	Ret	4	15	11	Ret	12	4	9	17
ESP Julian Miralles	JJ Cobas	Ret	6		Ret	10	Ret	Ret	5	20	9	9	DSQ	Ret	11
ITA Maurizio Vitali	Gazzaniga	19	11	9	Ret	28	8	12	12	10	6	29	Ret	Ret	Ret
ESP Manuel Hernández	Honda	17	8	6	10	5	17	17	Ret	12	24	Ret		17	15
JPN Koji Takada	Honda	3	4	5	DNS										26
GBR Steve Patrickson	Honda	15	5	Ret	Ret		Ret	Ret	DNQ	DNQ	7	13	10	14	Ret
GBR Robin Appleyard	Honda	Ret	15	24	17	22	15	14	9	13	18	15	14	10	7
GER Alfred Waibel	Honda		12	11	12	14	Ret	22	13	Ret	Ret	10	9	Ret	Ret
JPN Hisashi Unemoto	Honda	12	13	8	14	18	Ret	21	16	5	14	16	Ret	18	16
GBR Robin Milton	Honda		Ret	7	DNQ	17	10	Ret	10	Ret	11	18	16		14
JPN Kin'ya Wada	Honda	5								Ret	17	Ret	13	12	8
GER Ralf Waldmann	Rotax		Ret	25	11	16	4	Ret	Ret	Ret	15	23	Ret	Ret	Ret
ITA Emilio Cuppini	Honda			14	Ret	26	Ret	Ret	17	Ret	Ret	20	12	7
ESP Herri Torrontegui	Honda	DNS	25	DNQ	13	11	DNQ			Ret	10	19	17	Ret
FIN Johnny Wickström	JJ Cobas	18	21	15	8	Ret	14	18	19	16	16	14	18	20	18
GER Stefan Kurfiss	Honda		Ret	19	21	Ret	16	9	20	18	21	DNQ	DSQ	19	12
JPN Yoshifumi Ichimiya	Honda	8
NED Hans Koopman	Honda		20	18	16	29	18	16	14	17	25		19	11
JPN Yukiho Hinokio	Honda	10
ITA Domenico Brigaglia	Honda			13				13			Ret
JPN Fuyuki Yamazaki	Honda	11
SUI Thierry Feuz	Honda	Ret	14	Ret		13	Ret	DNS	Ret	DNS			Ret
JPN Nobuyuki Wakai	Honda	13
DEN Flemming Kistrup	Honda		16		Ret	21	DNQ	25	Ret	14	19	22	15	21
JPN Sinya Sato	Honda	14
USA Allan Scott	Honda	Ret	Ret	DNQ		15	Ret	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	Ret	Ret		Ret	Ret
ESP Jaime Mariano	Casal		DNQ	DNQ	Ret	DNQ	DNQ	20	Ret	15	22	Ret
ESP Antonio Sanchez	JJ Cobas		17	DNQ	DNQ	19	DNQ	19	18	Ret	23	24		15
GBR Stuart Edwards	Honda	Ret	DNQ	DNQ	18	DNQ	DNQ	15			DNQ	DNQ

References

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

References

(1999). "Motocourse: 50 Years Of Moto Grand Prix". Hazleton Publishing Ltd.
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"500cc Final Standings". motogp.com.
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"125cc Final Standings". motogp.com.

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