1989 World Superbike Championship

1989 World Superbike Championship

World Champion
Driver:	Fred Merkel
Constructor:	Honda
<1988 season	1990 season>

The 1989 Superbike World Championship season was the second in the history of the FIM - Superbike World Championship . 22 races were held at eleven events.

Distribution of points

Scoring
space	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th
Points	20th	17th	15th	13	11	10	9	8th	7th	6th	5	4th	3	2	1

All the results achieved were included in the evaluation.

Race results

	date	run	route	Pole position	Run	1st place	place 2	place 3	Nice Race lap
1	27.03.	Great Britain	Donington	Raymond Roche	1	Fabrizio Pirovano	Roger Burnett	Terry Rymer	Roger Burnett
					2	Giancarlo Falappa	Terry Rymer	Roger Burnett	Raymond Roche
2	04/30	Hungary	Hungaroring	Fred Merkel	1	Fred Merkel	Raymond Roche	Fabrizio Pirovano	Raymond Roche
					2	Fred Merkel	Fabrizio Pirovano	Rob McElnea	Fred Merkel
3	04.06.	Canada	Mosport	Fred Merkel	1	Fred Merkel	Raymond Roche	Reuben McMurter	Raymond Roche
					2	Giancarlo Falappa	Reuben McMurter	Fred Merkel	Fred Merkel
4th	06/11	United States	Brainerd	Fred Merkel	1	Raymond Roche	Fabrizio Pirovano	Stéphane Mertens	not known
					2	Raymond Roche	Stéphane Mertens	Fred Merkel	not known
5	02.07.	Austria	Österreichring	Raymond Roche	1	Alex Vieira	Raymond Roche	Stéphane Mertens	Baldassarre Monti
					2	Stéphane Mertens	Fabrizio Pirovano	Fred Merkel	Stéphane Mertens
6th	07/30	France	Paul Ricard	Raymond Roche	1	Stéphane Mertens	Mike Baldwin	Raymond Roche	Mike Baldwin
					2	Giancarlo Falappa	Raymond Roche	Stéphane Mertens	Giancarlo Falappa
7th	08/27	Japan	Sugo	Doug Poland	1	Doug Poland	Michael Dowson	Rob Phillis	Michael Dowson
					2	Michael Dowson	Ken'ichirō Iwahashi	Giancarlo Falappa	Ken'ichirō Iwahashi
8th	17.09.	Germany	Hockenheim	Raymond Roche	1	Raymond Roche	Stéphane Mertens	Alex Vieira	Raymond Roche
					2	Raymond Roche	Giancarlo Falappa	Stéphane Mertens	Raymond Roche
9	24.09.	Italy	Enna Pergusa	Giancarlo Falappa	1	Stéphane Mertens	Fred Merkel	Fabrizio Pirovano	Stéphane Mertens
					2	Raymond Roche	Fred Merkel	Baldassarre Monti	Raymond Roche
10	11/12	Australia	Oran Park	Michael Dowson	1	Peter Goddard	Rob Phillis	Fabrizio Pirovano	Malcolm Campbell
					2	Michael Dowson	Raymond Roche	Rob Phillis	Fabrizio Pirovano
11	November 19	New Zealand	Manfeild	Fred Merkel	1	Terry Rymer	Aaron Slight	Fred Merkel	Michael Dowson
					2	Stéphane Mertens	Malcolm Campbell	Fred Merkel	Aaron Slight

Driver ranking

1  Fred Merkel Honda RCM - Team Rumi 272 2  Stéphane Mertens Honda Total Bel-Ray Media Team 265 3  Raymond Roche Ducati Squadra Corse Ducati 222 4th  Fabrizio Pirovano Yamaha FJ Valli - Belgarda 208 5  Andersson is different Yamaha Yamaha Sweden 159 6th  Giancarlo Falappa Bimota Bimota SpA 139 7th  Terry Rymer Yamaha Loctite Yamaha 134 8th  Baldassarre Monti Ducati Squadra Corse Ducati 99 9  Jari Suhonen Yamaha Arwidson Yamaha 90 10  Michael Dowson Yamaha Marlboro Yamaha Dealer Team 79 11  Rob Phillis Kawasaki Team Kawasaki Australia 79 12  Mike Baldwin Bimota Bimota SpA 74 13  Patrick Igoa Kawasaki Team Kawasaki France 64 14th  Aaron Slight Kawasaki Team Kawasaki Australia 54 15th  Alex Vieira Honda Honda Motul 51 16  Malcolm Campbell Honda Citizen Honda 48 17th  Davide Tardozzi Bimota Speed ​​Shadows Racing 39 18th  Reuben McMurter Honda Action Accessories Ltd - Shoei 37 19th  Roger Burnett Honda HRC - Honda UK 36 20th  Takahiro Sohwa Kawasaki KRT 36 21st  Doug Poland Suzuki Yoshimura Suzuki 33 22nd  Rob McElnea Yamaha Padgett's 28 23  Ernst Gschwender Suzuki Suzuki Germany 28 24  Ken'ichirō Iwahashi Honda Yamamoto Honda 27 25th  Andreas Hofmann Honda Eckert motorcycle technology 27 26th  Massimo Broccoli Ducati Squadra Corse Ducati 26th 27  René Rasmussen Suzuki Pepsi Suzuki 26th 28  Peter Goddard Yamaha Marlboro Yamaha Dealer Team 20th 29  Steve Crevier Yamaha 20th 30th  Tommy Douglas Yamaha 20th

31  Tatsuro Arata Yamaha 18th 32  Brian Morrison Honda 17th  Peter Rubatto Bimota 17th 34  Fabio Biliotti Bimota 16 35  Jean-Yves Mounier Yamaha 15th 36  Rene Bongers Yamaha 15th 37  Gary Goodfellow Suzuki 15th 38  Pierre Bolle Kawasaki 14th 39  Paul Iddon Yamaha 14th 40  Andy McGladdery Honda 14th 41  Steve Hislop Honda 13 42  Marco Lucchinelli Ducati 13 43  Carl Fogarty Honda 12 44  Marino Fabbri Bimota 12 45  Simon Crafar Yamaha 12 46  Thierry Crine Suzuki 11 47  Mark Phillips Yamaha 11 48  Andrew Stroud Yamaha 10 49  Christophe Bouhaben Kawasaki 10 50  Piergiorgio Bontempi Honda 10 51  Shōichi Tsukamoto Kawasaki 10  Bodo Schmidt Yamaha 10  Árpád Harmati Honda 10 54  Glen Williams Ducati 8th 55  Scott Doohan Bimota 8th 56  Matthew Blair Suzuki 7th 57  Michel Mercier Suzuki 7th  Maurice Coq Yamaha 7th 59  Eddie Kattenberg Suzuki 7th 60  Richard Arnaiz Yamaha 6th

Naoto Abe Honda 6th  Marco Dall'Aglio Yamaha 6th  Graeme Morris Ducati 6th 64  Corrado Manici Ducati 6th  Aldeo Presciutti Yamaha 6th 66  René Delaby Honda 6th 67  Robert Scolyer Honda 5  Edwin Weibel Kawasaki 5  Russel Josiah Kawasaki 5 70  Doug Chandler Kawasaki 4th  Grant Ramage Suzuki 4th 72  John Richards Yamaha 4th 73  Mauro Ricci Kawasaki 3  Jeffrey de Vries Yamaha 3  Udo Mark Yamaha 3  Andy Roberts Yamaha 3 77  Wolfgang von Muralt Honda 3 78  Hervé Moineau Suzuki 2  Koichi Kobayashi Honda 2  Silvano Ricchetti Honda 2 81  Didier Hamdi Yamaha 1  Eric Delcamp Yamaha 1  Kou Takeuchi Yamaha 1  Graeme McGregor Honda 1  Adriano Narducci Honda 1  Oscar La Ferla Yamaha 1  Steve Martin Suzuki 1  Brian Bernhard Suzuki 1  Scott Williams Yamaha 1

Constructors' championship

1	Honda	368
2	Yamaha	335
3	Ducati	270
4th	Bimota	208
5	Kawasaki	208
6th	Suzuki	120

Web links

• Official website of the Superbike World Championship