1989 Austrian motorcycle Grand Prix

The 1989 Austrian motorcycle Grand Prix was the seventh round of the 1989 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 2–4 June 1989 at the Salzburgring.[4]

  1989 Austrian Grand Prix

Race details
Race 7 of 15 races in the 1989 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	4 June 1989
Official name	Großer Preis von Österreich[1][2][3]
Location	Salzburgring
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.326 km (2.688 mi)
500 cc
Pole position Rider Kevin Schwantz Time 1:19.230 Fastest lap Rider Kevin Schwantz Time 1:19.150 Podium First Kevin Schwantz Second Eddie Lawson Third Wayne Rainey
250 cc
Pole position Rider Sito Pons Time 1:24.690 Fastest lap Rider Sito Pons Time 1:24.690 Podium First Sito Pons Second Jacques Cornu Third Martin Wimmer
125 cc
Pole position Rider Jorge Martínez Time 1:32.580 Fastest lap Rider Àlex Crivillé Time 1:38.130 Podium First Hans Spaan Second Julián Miralles Third Àlex Crivillé

500 cc race report

Another pole for Kevin Schwantz, with Eddie Lawson and Wayne Rainey on his left as the light turns green. Lawson leads a large group through the first lap, with Rainey, Schwantz and about 4 other riders. Soon it’s a trio of the leading riders, until Schwantz begins to desperately open a gap, his bike squirming and bucking into the corners. A red mist seems to descend on Rainey, as he passes Lawson on the outside to briefly move into second, while Ron Haslam leads a fight for fourth that includes Christian Sarron, Pierfrancesco Chili, Kevin Magee and Mick Doohan, the last going off track trying to come to terms with the pace.

Schwantz enlarges his gap, while Lawson drops Rainey, which turns out to be the podium order. Rainey’s 13 point lead over Lawson is down to 11.

500cc classification

Pos.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Points
1	Kevin Schwantz	Suzuki Pepsi Cola	Suzuki	38:39.005	20
2	Eddie Lawson	Rothmans Kanemoto Honda	Honda	+2.130	17
3	Wayne Rainey	Team Lucky Strike Roberts	Yamaha	+19.900	15
4	Christian Sarron	Sonauto Gauloises Blondes Yamaha Mobil 1	Yamaha	+37.830	13
5	Kevin Magee	Team Lucky Strike Roberts	Yamaha	+38.140	11
6	Pierfrancesco Chili	HB Honda Gallina Team	Honda	+38.500	10
7	Ron Haslam	Suzuki Pepsi Cola	Suzuki	+38.910	9
8	Mick Doohan	Rothmans Honda Team	Honda	+56.770	8
9	Freddie Spencer	Marlboro Yamaha Team Agostini	Yamaha	+58.040	7
10	Dominique Sarron	Team ROC Elf Honda	Honda	+1:03.590	6
11	Rob McElnea	Cabin Racing Team	Honda	+1:15.170	5
12	Alessandro Valesi	Team Iberia	Yamaha	+1 Lap	4
13	Simon Buckmaster	Racing Team Katayama	Honda	+1 Lap	3
14	Marco Gentile	Fior Marlboro	Fior	+2 Laps	2
15	Bruno Kneubühler	Romer Racing Suisse	Honda	+2 Laps	1
16	Josef Doppler		Honda	+2 Laps
17	Georg Robert Jung	Romer Telefix	Honda	+2 Laps
18	Stefan Klabacher		Honda	+2 Laps
19	Michael Rudroff	HRK Motors	Honda	+2 Laps
20	Karl Dauer	PC Racing	Honda	+2 Laps
21	Nicholas Schmassman	FMS	Honda	+2 Laps
22	Francisco Gonzales	Club Motocross Pozuelo	Honda	+2 Laps
23	Pavel Dekanek		Honda	+3 Laps
24	Rudolf Zeller		Manhattan	+3 Laps
25	Hans Klingebiel		Honda	+3 Laps
26	Thomas Berghammer		Suzuki	+3 Laps
Ret	Alois Meyer	Rallye Sport	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Randy Mamola	Cagiva Corse	Cagiva	Retirement
Ret	Juan Lopez Mella	Club Motocross Pozuelo	Honda	Retirement
DNS	Norihiko Fujiwara	Yamaha Motor Company	Yamaha	Did not start
DNQ	Larry Moreno Vacondio		Suzuki	Did not qualify
Sources:[5][6]

References

1. "Grand Prix uitslagen en bijzonderheden 1989". Archive.li. Archived from the original on 2015-07-25. Retrieved 2018-09-13.
2. Mitchell, Malcolm. "1989 500cc Class (FIM Grand Prix World Championship) Programmes - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". www.progcovers.com.
3. "Info". Archived from the original on 2018-05-21. Retrieved 2018-05-21.
4. "Moto GP statistics". Moto GP. Retrieved 2018-02-19.
5. "1989 Austrian MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". 13 June 2017.
6. "motogp.com · AUSTRIAN GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1989". www.motogp.com.