1989 motorcycle world championship

1989 motorcycle world championship

500 cm³ world champion
Driver:	Eddie Lawson
Constructor:	Honda
250 cc world champion
Driver:	Sito Pons
Constructor:	Honda
125 cc world champion
Driver:	Àlex Crivillé
Constructor:	Honda
80 cm³ world champion
Driver:	Manuel Herreros
Constructor:	Krauser
Team (500 cm³) world champions
Driver:	Steve Webster Tony Hewitt
Constructor:	LCR - Krauser
<1988 season	1990 season>

The 1989 motorcycle world championship season was the 41st in the history of the FIM - motorcycle road world championship .

In the classes up to 500 cm³ and up to 250 cm³, 15 races were held , in the class up to 125 cm³ twelve, in the class up to 80 cm³ six and in the sidecar nine races.

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.

500 cc class

Race results

	date	run	route	1st place	place 2	place 3	Pole position	Nice Race lap
1	26.03.	Japanese GP	Suzuka	Kevin Schwantz	Wayne Rainey	Eddie Lawson	Tadahiko Taira	Kevin Schwantz
2	04/09	Australian GP	Phillip Island	Wayne Gardner	Wayne Rainey	Christian Sarron	Kevin Schwantz	Pierfrancesco chili
3	04/16	US GP	Laguna Seca	Wayne Rainey	Kevin Schwantz	Eddie Lawson	Wayne Rainey	Wayne Gardner
4th	04/30	GP of Spain	Jerez	Eddie Lawson	Wayne Rainey	Niall Mackenzie	Wayne Rainey	Kevin Schwantz
5	14.05.	GP of Nations	Misano	Pierfrancesco chili	Simon Buckmaster	Michael Rudroff	Kevin Schwantz	Eddie Lawson
6th	05/28	GP of Germany	Hockenheim	Wayne Rainey	Eddie Lawson	Mick Doohan	Kevin Schwantz	Kevin Schwantz
7th	04.06.	Austrian GP	Salzburgring	Kevin Schwantz	Eddie Lawson	Wayne Rainey	Kevin Schwantz	Kevin Schwantz
8th	06/11	GP of Yugoslavia	Rijeka	Kevin Schwantz	Wayne Rainey	Eddie Lawson	Kevin Schwantz	Wayne Rainey
9	June 24th	59. Dutch TT	Aces	Wayne Rainey	Eddie Lawson	Christian Sarron	Kevin Schwantz	Kevin Schwantz
10	02.07.	Belgian GP	Spa Francorchamps	Eddie Lawson	Kevin Schwantz	Wayne Rainey	Kevin Schwantz	Kevin Schwantz
11	July 16	French GP	Le Mans	Eddie Lawson	Kevin Schwantz	Wayne Rainey	Eddie Lawson	Kevin Schwantz
12	06.08.	British GP	Donington	Kevin Schwantz	Eddie Lawson	Wayne Rainey	Kevin Schwantz	Eddie Lawson
13	08/13	Swedish GP	Anderstorp	Eddie Lawson	Christian Sarron	Wayne Gardner	Wayne Rainey	Christian Sarron
14th	08/27	Czechoslovakian GP	Brno	Kevin Schwantz	Eddie Lawson	Wayne Rainey	Kevin Schwantz	Kevin Schwantz
15th	17.09.	Brazilian GP	Goiânia	Kevin Schwantz	Eddie Lawson	Wayne Rainey	Wayne Rainey	Eddie Lawson

Driver ranking

1  Eddie Lawson Honda 228 2  Wayne Rainey Yamaha 210.5 3  Christian Sarron Yamaha 165.5 4th  Kevin Schwantz Suzuki 162.5 5  Kevin Magee Yamaha 138.5 6th  Pierfrancesco chili Honda 122 7th  Niall Mackenzie Suzuki 103 8th  Ron Haslam Suzuki 86 9  Mick Doohan Honda 81 10  Wayne Gardner Honda 67 11  Rob McElnea Honda 52.5 12  Simon Buckmaster Honda 43.5 13  Alessandro Valesi Yamaha 40 14th  Tadahiko Taira Yamaha 39 15th  Dominique Sarron Honda 39 16  Freddie Spencer Yamaha 33.5 17th  Marco Gentile (†) Fior 33 18th  Randy Mamola Cagiva 33 19th  Jose Morillas Honda 26th 20th  Michael Rudroff Honda 18th 21st  Norihiko Fujiwara Yamaha 17th 22nd  Bubba Shobert Honda 12 23  Sepp Doppler Honda 11

24  Alois Mayer Honda 10 25th  F. González De Nicolás Honda 9 26th  Romolo Balbi Honda 8th  Luca Cadalora Yamaha 8th 28  Niggi Schmassmann Honda 8th 29  Massimo Broccoli Cagiva 8th 30th  Michael Dowson Yamaha 7th  Andreas Leuthe Suzuki 7th 32  Shin'ichi Ito Honda 6th 33  Fabio Biliotti Honda 6th 34  Bruno Kneubühler Honda 6th 35  John Kocinski Yamaha 5.5 36  Ernst Gschwender Suzuki 5  Fred Merkel Honda 5 38  Thierry Crine Suzuki 4th  Roger Burnett Honda 4th 40  Juan López Mella Honda 4th 41  Shunji Yatsushiro Honda 3  Alberto Rota Yamaha 3 43  Cees Doorakkers Honda 2.5 44  Eddie Laycock Honda 2 45  Kunio Machii Yamaha 1  Peter Lindén Honda 1

Constructors' championship

The design engineer title was awarded to Honda .

250 cc class

Race results

	date	run	route	1st place	place 2	place 3	Pole position	Nice Race lap
1	26.03.	Japanese GP	Suzuka	John Kocinski	Sito Pons	Luca Cadalora	John Kocinski	John Kocinski
2	04/09	Australian GP	Phillip Island	Sito Pons	Jean-Philippe Ruggia	Luca Cadalora	Jean-Philippe Ruggia	Luca Cadalora
3	04/16	US GP	Laguna Seca	John Kocinski	Jim Filice	Luca Cadalora	John Kocinski	John Kocinski
4th	04/30	GP of Spain	Jerez	Luca Cadalora	Sito Pons	Jean-Philippe Ruggia	Luca Cadalora	Juan Garriga
5	14.05.	GP of Nations	Misano	Sito Pons	Jean-Philippe Ruggia	Jacques Cornu	Luca Cadalora	Juan Garriga
6th	05/28	GP of Germany	Hockenheim	Sito Pons	Reinhold Roth	Masahiro Shimizu	Helmut Bradl	Sito Pons
7th	04.06.	Austrian GP	Salzburgring	Sito Pons	Jacques Cornu	Martin Wimmer	Sito Pons	Sito Pons
8th	06/11	GP of Yugoslavia	Rijeka	Sito Pons	Reinhold Roth	Jacques Cornu	Sito Pons	Luca Cadalora
9	June 24th	59. Dutch TT	Aces	Reinhold Roth	Sito Pons	Jacques Cornu	Sito Pons	Sito Pons
10	02.07.	Belgian GP	Spa Francorchamps	Jacques Cornu	Sito Pons	Carlos Cardus	Didier de Radiguès	Sito Pons
11	July 16	French GP	Le Mans	Carlos Cardus	Jacques Cornu	Sito Pons	Jean-Philippe Ruggia	Sito Pons
12	06.08.	British GP	Donington	Sito Pons	Reinhold Roth	Masahiro Shimizu	Luca Cadalora	Sito Pons
13	08/13	Swedish GP	Anderstorp	Sito Pons	Reinhold Roth	Jacques Cornu	Carlos Cardus	Sito Pons
14th	08/27	Czechoslovakian GP	Brno	Reinhold Roth	Masahiro Shimizu	Jacques Cornu	Reinhold Roth	Juan Garriga
15th	17.09.	Brazilian GP	Goiânia	Luca Cadalora	Masahiro Shimizu	Loris Reggiani	Loris Reggiani	Luca Cadalora

Driver ranking

1  Sito Pons Honda 262 2  Reinhold Roth Honda 190 3  Jacques Cornu Honda 187 4th  Carlos Cardus Honda 166 5  Luca Cadalora Yamaha 127 6th  Masao Shimizu Honda 116 7th  Jean-Philippe Ruggia Yamaha 110 8th  Juan Garriga Yamaha 98 9  Helmut Bradl Honda 88 10  Martin Wimmer Aprilia 62 11  Loris Reggiani Honda 52 12  Didier de Radiguès Aprilia 51 13  Wilco Zeelenberg Honda 41 14th  John Kocinski Yamaha 40 15th  Toshihiko Honma Yamaha 36 16  Jochen Schmid Honda 36 17th  Carlos Lavado Aprilia Rotax 31 18th  Alex Barros Yamaha 30th 19th  Gary Cowan Yamaha 25th 20th  Jim Filice Honda 22nd 21st  Renzo Colleoni Aprilia Rotax 21st 22nd  Iván Palazzese (†) Aprilia 19th

23  Alberto Puig Yamaha 18th 24  Harald Eckl Aprilia Rotax 18th 25th  Marcellino Lucchi Aprilia 17th 26th  Daniel Amatriaín Honda 14th 27  Alain Bronec Aprilia / Rotax 10 28  Tadayuki Okada Honda 10 29  Toshinobu Shiomori Yamaha 9 30th  Adrien Morillas Yamaha 9 31  Fausto Ricci Aprilia 8th 32  Alberto Rota Aprilia 6th 33  Stefano Caracchi Honda 5 34  Andreas Preining Aprilia Rotax 5  Patrick van den Goorbergh Yamaha 5 36  Daryl Beattie Honda 4th  Kevin Mitchell Yamaha 4th  Paolo Casoli Honda 4th 39  Maurizio Vitali Honda 2  Luis Lavado Yamaha 2 41  Junya Arai Honda 1  August Auinger Yamaha 1  Hans Becker Yamaha 1  Manfred Herweh Yamaha 1

Constructors' championship

The design engineer title was awarded to Honda .

125 cc class

Race results

	date	run	route	1st place	place 2	place 3	Pole position	Nice Race lap
1	26.03.	Japanese GP	Suzuka	Ezio Gianola	Hisashi Unemoto	Kohji Takada	Ezio Gianola	Ezio Gianola
2	04/09	Australian GP	Phillip Island	Àlex Crivillé	Robin Milton	Allan Scott	Jorge Martínez	Jorge Martínez
3	04/30	GP of Spain	Jerez	Àlex Crivillé	Jorge Martínez	Kohji Takada	Àlex Crivillé	Àlex Crivillé
4th	14.05.	GP of Nations	Misano	Ezio Gianola	Hans Spaan	Fausto Gresini	Hans Spaan	Àlex Crivillé
5	05/28	GP of Germany	Hockenheim	Àlex Crivillé	Ezio Gianola	Julián Miralles	Ezio Gianola	Julián Miralles
6th	04.06.	Austrian GP	Salzburgring	Hans Spaan	Julián Miralles	Àlex Crivillé	Jorge Martínez	Àlex Crivillé
7th	June 24th	59. Dutch TT	Aces	Hans Spaan	Àlex Crivillé	Julián Miralles	Hans Spaan	Ezio Gianola
8th	02.07.	Belgian GP	Spa Francorchamps	Hans Spaan	Ezio Gianola	Hisashi Unemoto	Ezio Gianola	Hans Spaan
9	July 16	French GP	Le Mans	Jorge Martínez	Àlex Crivillé	Ezio Gianola	Jorge Martínez	Jorge Martínez
10	06.08.	British GP	Donington	Hans Spaan	Àlex Crivillé	Ezio Gianola	Hans Spaan	Hans Spaan
11	08/13	Swedish GP	Anderstorp	Àlex Crivillé	Hans Spaan	Kohji Takada	Àlex Crivillé	Àlex Crivillé
12	08/27	Czechoslovakian GP	Brno	Àlex Crivillé	Hans Spaan	Stefan Prein	Àlex Crivillé	Kohji Takada

Driver ranking

1  Àlex Crivillé JJ Cobas - Rotax 166 2  Hans Spaan Honda 152 3  Ezio Gianola Honda 138 4th  Hisashi Unemoto Honda 104 5  Fausto Gresini Aprilia 102 6th  Koji Takada Honda 99 7th  Stefan Prein Honda 92 8th  Julián Miralles Derbi 90 9  Jorge Martínez Derbi 72 10  Allan Scott Honda 54 11  Adi Stadler Honda 53 12  Robin Milton Honda 46 13  Luis Miguel Reyes Honda 35 14th  Domenico Brigaglia Garelli 34 15th  Dirk Raudies Honda 29 16  Alfred Waibel Honda 25th 17th  Taru gutter Honda 23 18th  Lucio Pietroniro Honda 22nd 19th  Bruno Casanova Aprilia 20th 20th  Doriano Romboni Honda 20th 21st  Flemming Kistrup Honda 18th 22nd  Robin Appleyard Honda 18th 23  Thierry Feuz Honda 15th

24  Masayuki Hirose Honda 13 25th  Herri Torrontegui Honda 13 26th  Kenishi Yoshida Honda 11 27  Jean-Claude Selini Honda 11 28  Masato Shima Honda 10 29  Corrado Catalano Gazzaniga -Rotax 10 30th  Johnny Wickström Honda 10 31  Yukata Fujiwara Honda 9 32  Kazuaki Yamashita Honda 8th 33  Hubert Abold Honda 8th 34  Shin'ichi Fujiyama Honda 7th 35  Kasuya Yamada Honda 6th  Gerhard Waibel Honda 6th 37  Mike Leitner Honda 4th 38  Ian Saunders Honda 3  Gabriele Debbia Aprilia 3  Jean-Pierre Jeandat Honda 3  Stuart Edwards Honda 3 42  Josef Fischer Honda 2  Bady Hassaine Honda 2  Alex Bedford EMC-Rotax 2 45  Hervé Duffard Honda 1  Heinz Lüthi Honda 1

Constructors' championship

The design engineer title was awarded to Honda .

80 cc class

Race results

	date	run	route	1st place	place 2	place 3	Pole position	Nice Race lap
1	04/30	GP of Spain	Jerez	Herri Torrontegui	Stefan Dörflinger	Peter Öttl	Stefan Dörflinger	Stefan Dörflinger
2	14.05.	GP of Nations	Misano	Jorge Martínez	Gabriele Gnani	Herri Torrontegui	Stefan Dörflinger	Peter Öttl
3	05/28	GP of Germany	Hockenheim	Peter Öttl	Manuel Herreros	Herri Torrontegui	Stefan Dörflinger	Peter Öttl
4th	06/11	GP of Yugoslavia	Rijeka	Peter Öttl	Manuel Herreros	Stefan Dörflinger	Stefan Dörflinger	Peter Öttl
5	June 24th	59. Dutch TT	Aces	Peter Öttl	Manuel Herreros	Stefan Dörflinger	Stefan Dörflinger	Stefan Dörflinger
6th	08/27	Czechoslovakian GP	Brno	Herri Torrontegui	Manuel Herreros	Jorge Martínez	Stefan Dörflinger	Herri Torrontegui

Driver ranking

1  Manuel Herreros Derbi 92 2  Stefan Dörflinger Krauser 80 3  Peter Öttl 75 4th  Herri Torrontegui 75 5  Gabriele Gnani Gnani 45 6th  Paolo Priori 41 7th  Bogdan Nikolov 40 8th  Jorge Martínez Derbi 35 9  Jaime Mariano Casal 33 10  Jörg Seel Seel 32 11  Antonio Sánchez Cobas 30th 12  Julián Miralles Derbi 26th 13  Hans Koopman Ziegler 26th 14th  Ralf Waldmann Seel 23 15th  José Saez 20th 16  Bernd Völkel Seel 13 17th  Jos van Dongen Casal 13

18th  Bert Smit 12  Stefan Kurfiss 12 20th  Luis Alvaro 10 21st  Giuseppe Ascareggi BBFT 9 22nd  Roberto Sassone Unimoto 7th 23  János Szabó 6th 24  Jacques Bernard Fantic 5  Zdravko Matulja Casal 5 26th  Janez Pintar Eberhardt 4th 27  Stefan Brägger Casal 4th 28  René Dünki LCR -Krauser (Company) | 3  Günter Schirnhofer 3  Thomas Engl 3 31  Mathias Ehinger 2 32  Javier Arumi 1  Heinz Paschen Casal 1

Constructors' championship

The design engineer title was awarded to Krauser .

Carriages (500 cm³)

Race results

	date	run	route	1st place	place 2	place 3	Pole position	Nice Race lap
1	04/16	US GP	Laguna Seca	Steve Webster / Tony Hewitt	Alain Michel / Jean-Marc Fresc	Markus Egloff / Urs Egloff	Markus Egloff / Urs Egloff	Rolf Biland / Kurt Waltisperg
2	05/28	GP of Germany	Hockenheim	Steve Webster / Tony Hewitt	Egbert Streuer / Geral de Haas	Masato Kumano / Markus Fährni	Steve Webster / Tony Hewitt	Egbert Streuer / Geral de Haas
3	04.06.	Austrian GP	Salzburgring	Rolf Biland / Kurt Waltisperg	Egbert Streuer / Geral de Haas	Alain Michel / Jean-Marc Fresc	Steve Webster / Tony Hewitt	Rolf Biland / Kurt Waltisperg
4th	June 24th	59. Dutch TT	Aces	Steve Webster / Tony Hewitt	Egbert Streuer / Geral de Haas	Rolf Biland / Kurt Waltisperg	Rolf Biland / Kurt Waltisperg	Egbert Streuer / Geral de Haas
5	02.07.	Belgian GP	Spa Francorchamps	Egbert Streuer / Geral de Haas	Steve Webster / Tony Hewitt	Rolf Biland / Kurt Waltisperg	Steve Webster / Tony Hewitt	Egbert Streuer / Geral de Haas
6th	July 16	French GP	Le Mans	Rolf Biland / Kurt Waltisperg	Steve Webster / Tony Hewitt	Egbert Streuer / Geral de Haas	Rolf Biland / Kurt Waltisperg	Rolf Biland / Kurt Waltisperg
7th	06.08.	British GP	Donington	Steve Webster / Tony Hewitt	Egbert Streuer / Geral de Haas	Rolf Biland / Kurt Waltisperg	Rolf Biland / Kurt Waltisperg	Steve Webster / Tony Hewitt
8th	08/13	Swedish GP	Anderstorp	Rolf Biland / Kurt Waltisperg	Alain Michel / Jean-Marc Fresc	Steve Webster / Tony Hewitt	Steve Webster / Tony Hewitt	Alain Michel / Jean-Marc Fresc
9	08/27	Czechoslovakian GP	Brno	Egbert Streuer / Geral de Haas	Markus Egloff / Urs Egloff	Steve Webster / Tony Hewitt	Rolf Biland / Kurt Waltisperg	Egbert Streuer / Geral de Haas

Driver ranking

1	Steve Webster	Tony Hewitt	LCR - Krauser	145
2	Egbert Streuer	Geral de Haas	LCR- Yamaha	136
3	Alain Michel	Jean-Marc Fresc		109
4th	Rolf Biland	Kurt Waltisperg		105
5	Markus Egloff	Urs Egloff and Gavin Simmons	SMS Yamaha	73
6th	Fritz Stölzle	Hubert Stölzle		69
7th	Masato Kumano	Markus Fährni and Gavin Simmons	LCR Yamaha	67
8th	Rolf Steinhausen	Bruno Hiller	bush	57
9	Barry Brindley	Graham Rose	Fowler-Yamaha	56
10	Steve Abbott	Shaun Smith	LCR-Yamaha / Windle -Yamaha	46
11	Bernd Scherer	Thomas Schröder		39
12	Derek Jones	Peter Brown	LCR Yamaha	37
13	Yoshisada Kumagaya	Brian Barlow or Peter Lindén or Phillip Coombes	Windle -Yamaha	37
14th	Theo van Kempen	Simon Birchall		34
15th	Alfred Zurbrügg	Martin Zurbrügg	LCR Yamaha	31
16	René Progin	Laurent Magnenat and Yvan Hunziker		27
17th	Tony Wyssen	Kilian Wyssen		25th
18th	Yvan Nigrowsky	Jacques Corbier	LCR-JPX	18th
19th	Billy Gallros	Håkan Olsson and Julian Tailford	Yamaha	14th
20th	Barry Smith	David Smith	Windle -ADM	10
21st	Wolfgang Stropek	Steve Campbell Wolfgang Bock		9
22nd	Tony Baker	Trevor Hopkinson		9
23	Gary Thomas	Eckart Rösinger		6th
	Kenny Howles	Steve Pointer		6th
25th	Ray Gardner	Tony Strevens		5
26th	Judd Drew	Brian Houghton	LCR-JPX	4th
27	Clive Stirrat	Simon Prior		3
28	George Hardwick	Steve Parker or Gary Irlam	LCR Yamaha	2

Constructors' championship

The design engineer title was awarded to LCR - Krauser .

Web links

Commons : Motorcycle World Championship 1989  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Official website of the motorcycle world championship
• Detailed statistics for the 1989 season at racingmemo.free.fr (French)