1990 motorcycle world championship

1990 motorcycle world championship

500 cm³ world champion
Driver:	Wayne Rainey
Constructor:	Yamaha
250 cc world champion
Driver:	John Kocinski
Constructor:	Yamaha
125 cc world champion
Driver:	Loris Capirossi
Constructor:	Honda
Team (500 cm³) world champions
Driver:	Alain Michel Simon Birchall
Constructor:	LCR - Krauser
<1989 season	1991 season>

The 1990 motorcycle world championship season was the 42nd in the history of the FIM - motorcycle road world championship .

15 races were held in the classes up to 500 cm³ and up to 250 cm³, 14 in the class up to 125 cm³ and 13 races for the sidecar .

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	25.03.	Japanese GP	Suzuka	Wayne Rainey	Wayne Gardner	Kevin Schwantz	Wayne Rainey	Wayne Rainey
2	April 8th	US GP	Laguna Seca	Wayne Rainey	Mick Doohan	Pierfrancesco chili	Wayne Gardner	Kevin Schwantz
3	06.05.	GP of Spain	Jerez	Wayne Gardner	Wayne Rainey	Kevin Schwantz	Mick Doohan	Mick Doohan
4th	05/20	GP of Nations	Misano	Wayne Rainey	Kevin Schwantz	Mick Doohan	Wayne Rainey	Wayne Rainey
5	05/27	GP of Germany	Nürburgring	Kevin Schwantz	Wayne Rainey	Niall Mackenzie	Kevin Schwantz	Kevin Schwantz
6th	10.06.	Austrian GP	Salzburgring	Kevin Schwantz	Wayne Rainey	Mick Doohan	Kevin Schwantz	Kevin Schwantz
7th	17.06.	GP of Yugoslavia	Rijeka	Wayne Rainey	Kevin Schwantz	Niall Mackenzie	Wayne Rainey	Wayne Rainey
8th	30.06.	60. Dutch TT	Aces	Kevin Schwantz	Wayne Rainey	Eddie Lawson	Kevin Schwantz	Kevin Schwantz
9	07.07.	Belgian GP	Spa Francorchamps	Wayne Rainey	Jean-Philippe Ruggia	Eddie Lawson	Kevin Schwantz	Wayne Rainey
10	07/22	French GP	Le Mans	Kevin Schwantz	Wayne Gardner	Wayne Rainey	Kevin Schwantz	Kevin Schwantz
11	08/05	British GP	Donington	Kevin Schwantz	Wayne Rainey	Eddie Lawson	Wayne Gardner	Kevin Schwantz
12	08/12	Swedish GP	Anderstorp	Wayne Rainey	Eddie Lawson	Wayne Gardner	Kevin Schwantz	Wayne Rainey
13	08/26	Czechoslovakian GP	Brno	Wayne Rainey	Wayne Gardner	Eddie Lawson	Kevin Schwantz	Wayne Rainey
14th	02.09.	Hungarian GP	Hungaroring	Mick Doohan	Eddie Lawson	Kevin Schwantz	Mick Doohan	Mick Doohan
15th	16.09.	Australian GP	Phillip Island	Wayne Gardner	Mick Doohan	Wayne Rainey	Mick Doohan	Wayne Gardner

Driver ranking

1 Wayne Rainey Yamaha 255 2 Kevin Schwantz Suzuki 188 3 Mick Doohan Honda 179 4th Niall Mackenzie Suzuki 140 5 Wayne Gardner Honda 138 6th Juan Garriga Yamaha 121 7th Eddie Lawson Yamaha 118 8th Jean-Philippe Ruggia Yamaha 110 9 Christian Sarron Yamaha 84 10 Sito Pons Honda 76 11 Pierfrancesco chili Honda 63 12 Alex Barros Cagiva 57 13 Randy Mamola Honda 55 14th Marco dad Cagiva 55 15th Ron Haslam Cagiva 46 16 Cees Doorakkers Honda 39 17th Eddie Laycock Honda 30th 18th Carl Fogarty Honda 24 19th Niggi Schmassmann Honda 23

20th Peter Lindén Honda 15th 21st Kevin Magee Suzuki 13 22nd Karl Truchsess Honda 12 23 Tadahiko Taira Yamaha 10 24 Peter Goddard Yamaha 8th 25th Andreas Leuthe Honda / Librenti 8th 26th Shin'ichi Ito Honda 7th 27 Romolo Balbi Honda 6th 28 Hikaru Miyagi Honda 5 Michele Valdo Honda 5 Norihiko Fujiwara Yamaha 5 31 Shinji Katayama Yamaha 4th 32 Rachel Nicotte Chevallier Honda 4th 33 Osamu Hiwatashi Suzuki 3 34 Hansjörg Butz Honda 3 35 Vittorio Scatola Paton 1 Martin Trösch Honda 1

Constructors' championship

1	Yamaha	272
2	Honda	233
3	Suzuki	223
4th	Cagiva	80
5	Chevallier	4th
6th	Paton	1

250 cc class

Race results

	date	run	route	1st place	place 2	place 3	Pole position	Nice Race lap
1	25.03.	Japanese GP	Suzuka	Luca Cadalora	Carlos Cardus	Wilco Zeelenberg	John Kocinski	Jacques Cornu
2	April 8th	US GP	Laguna Seca	John Kocinski	Luca Cadalora	Wilco Zeelenberg	Luca Cadalora	John Kocinski
3	06.05.	GP of Spain	Jerez	John Kocinski	Luca Cadalora	Helmut Bradl	Helmut Bradl	Luca Cadalora
4th	05/20	GP of Nations	Misano	John Kocinski	Helmut Bradl	Wilco Zeelenberg	John Kocinski	John Kocinski
5	05/27	GP of Germany	Nürburgring	Wilco Zeelenberg	Carlos Cardus	John Kocinski	Luca Cadalora	Wilco Zeelenberg
6th	10.06.	Austrian GP	Salzburgring	Luca Cadalora	Martin Wimmer	John Kocinski	Carlos Cardus	Luca Cadalora
7th	17.06.	GP of Yugoslavia	Rijeka	Carlos Cardus	John Kocinski	Martin Wimmer	John Kocinski	Reinhold Roth
8th	30.06.	60. Dutch TT	Aces	John Kocinski	Carlos Cardus	Wilco Zeelenberg	Carlos Cardus	John Kocinski
9	07.07.	Belgian GP	Spa Francorchamps	John Kocinski	Didier de Radiguès	Carlos Cardus	John Kocinski	John Kocinski
10	07/22	French GP	Le Mans	Carlos Cardus	Luca Cadalora	Loris Reggiani	Carlos Cardus	John Kocinski
11	08/05	British GP	Donington	Luca Cadalora	Masahiro Shimizu	Helmut Bradl	John Kocinski	Luca Cadalora
12	08/12	Swedish GP	Anderstorp	Carlos Cardus	John Kocinski	Masahiro Shimizu	John Kocinski	John Kocinski
13	08/26	Czechoslovakian GP	Brno	Carlos Cardus	John Kocinski	Helmut Bradl	Helmut Bradl	Carlos Cardus
14th	02.09.	Hungarian GP	Hungaroring	John Kocinski	Helmut Bradl	Carlos Cardus	John Kocinski	John Kocinski
15th	16.09.	Australian GP	Phillip Island	John Kocinski	Helmut Bradl	Luca Cadalora	John Kocinski	John Kocinski

Driver ranking

1 John Kocinski Yamaha 223 2 Carlos Cardus Honda 208 3 Luca Cadalora Honda 184 4th Helmut Bradl Honda 150 5 Wilco Zeelenberg Honda 127 6th Martin Wimmer Aprilia 118 7th Masao Shimizu Honda 100 8th Jochen Schmid Honda 92 9 Jacques Cornu Honda 86 10 Dominique Sarron Honda 78 11 Àlex Crivillé Yamaha 76 12 Didier de Radiguès Aprilia 66 13 Loris Reggiani Aprilia 63 14th Reinhold Roth Honda 52 15th Carlos Lavado Aprilia 37 16 Alberto Puig Yamaha 32 17th Paolo Casoli Yamaha 32 18th Andreas Preining Aprilia / Honda 30th 19th Marcellino Lucchi Aprilia 23 20th Jose Morillas Aprilia 22nd 21st Renzo Colleoni Aprilia 17th 22nd Jorge Martínez JJ Cobas - Rotax 13 23 Daryl Beattie Honda 13 24 Harald Eckl Aprilia 13

25th Toshihiko Honma Yamaha 10 26th Corrado Catalano Aprilia 10 27 Tetsuya Harada Yamaha 9 28 Andrea Borgonovo Aprilia 9 29 Nobuatsu Aoki Honda 8th 30th Alberto Rota Aprilia 8th 31 Masumitsu Taguchi Honda 7th 32 Tsumoto Udagawa Honda 6th 33 Niall Mackenzie Yamaha 5 34 Junzo Suzuki Honda 4th Jean-Pierre Jeandat Honda 4th 36 Bernd Kassner Yamaha / Honda 4th José Barresi Yamaha 4th 38 Bernard Haenggeli Aprilia 4th 39 Rich Oliver Yamaha 3 Alan Carter Moriwaki -Honda / Honda 3 Clive Horton Yamaha 3 42 Kevin Mitchell Yamaha 2 Ateve Manley Yamaha 2 44 Urs Jücker Yamaha 2 45 Yukio Nukumi Yamaha 1 Jean Foray Yamaha 1 Ricky Rice Yamaha 1

Constructors' championship

1	Yamaha	283
2	Honda	260
3	Aprilia	156
4th	JJ Cobas	14th

125 cc class

Race results

	date	run	route	1st place	place 2	place 3	Pole position	Nice Race lap
1	25.03.	Japanese GP	Suzuka	Hans Spaan	Stefan Prein	Kohji Takada	Kin'ya Wada	Stefan Prein
2	06.05.	GP of Spain	Jerez	Jorge Martínez	Stefan Prein	Fausto Gresini	Jorge Martínez	Stefan Prein
3	05/20	GP of Nations	Misano	Jorge Martínez	Dirk Raudies	Loris Capirossi	Jorge Martínez	Stefan Prein
4th	05/27	GP of Germany	Nürburgring	Doriano Romboni	Dirk Raudies	Loris Capirossi	Doriano Romboni	Jorge Martínez
5	10.06.	Austrian GP	Salzburgring	Jorge Martínez	Loris Capirossi	Stefan Prein	Hans Spaan	Stefan Prein
6th	17.06.	GP of Yugoslavia	Rijeka	Stefan Prein	Loris Capirossi	Bruno Casanova	Jorge Martínez	Doriano Romboni
7th	30.06.	60. Dutch TT	Aces	Doriano Romboni	Bruno Casanova	Adi Stadler	Hans Spaan	Doriano Romboni
8th	07.07.	Belgian GP	Spa Francorchamps	Hans Spaan	Loris Capirossi	Bruno Casanova	Jorge Martínez	Hans Spaan
9	07/22	French GP	Le Mans	Hans Spaan	Doriano Romboni	Stefan Prein	Doriano Romboni	Doriano Romboni
10	08/05	British GP	Donington	Loris Capirossi	Doriano Romboni	Hans Spaan	Stefan Prein	Hans Spaan
11	08/12	Swedish GP	Anderstorp	Hans Spaan	Alessandro Gramigni	Doriano Romboni	Stefan Prein	Stefan Prein
12	08/26	Czechoslovakian GP	Brno	Hans Spaan	Stefan Prein	Alessandro Gramigni	Doriano Romboni	Dirk Raudies
13	02.09.	Hungarian GP	Hungaroring	Loris Capirossi	Heinz Lüthi	Bruno Casanova	Bruno Casanova	Bruno Casanova
14th	16.09.	Australian GP	Phillip Island	Loris Capirossi	Bruno Casanova	Doriano Romboni	Hans Spaan	Doriano Romboni

Driver ranking

1 Loris Capirossi Honda 182 2 Hans Spaan Honda 173 3 Stefan Prein Honda 169 4th Doriano Romboni Honda 130 5 Dirk Raudies Honda 113 6th Jorge Martínez JJ Cobas - Rotax 105 7th Bruno Casanova Honda 103 8th Fausto Gresini Honda 102 9 Alessandro Gramigni Aprilia 84 10 Heinz Lüthi Honda 78 11 Adi Stadler JJ Cobas-Rotax 77 12 Gabriele Debbia Aprilia 55 13 Julián Miralles JJ Cobas-Rotax 55 14th Maurizio Vitali Gazzaniga -Rotax 44 15th Manuel Hernández Honda 40 16 Koji Takada Honda 39 17th Steve Patrickson Honda 32 18th Robin Appleyard Honda 32 19th Alfred Waibel Honda 31 20th Hisashi Unemoto Aprilia 30th

21st Robin Milton Honda 28 22nd Kin'ya Wada Honda 26th 23 Ralf Waldmann JJ Cobas-Rotax 19th 24 Emilio Cuppini Honda 15th 25th Herri Torrontegui Honda 14th 26th Johnny Wickström JJ Cobas-Rotax 13 27 Stefan Kurfiss Honda 11 28 Yoshifumi Ichimiya Honda 8th 29 Hans Koopman Honda 7th 30th Yukio Hinokio Honda 6th 31 Domenico Brigaglia Honda 6th 32 Fuyuki Yamazaki Honda 5 33 Thierry Feuz Honda 5 34 Noboyuki Wakai Honda 3 35 Flemming Kistrup Honda 3 36 Sinya Sato Honda 2 37 Allan Scott Honda 1 Stuart Edwards Honda 1 Jaime Mariano Honda 1 Antonio Sánchez JJ Cobas-Rotax 1

Constructors' championship

1	Honda	271
2	JJ Cobas	161
3	Aprilia	96
4th	Gazzaniga	44
5	Garelli	1

Carriages (500 cm³)

Race results

	date	run	route	1st place	place 2	place 3	Pole position	Nice Race lap
1	April 8th	US GP	Laguna Seca	Alain Michel / Simon Birchall	Steve Webster / Gavin Simmons	Steve Abbott / Shaun Smith	Alain Michel / Simon Birchall	Rolf Biland / Kurt Waltisperg
2	06.05.	GP of Spain	Jerez	Steve Webster / Gavin Simmons	Alain Michel / Simon Birchall	Rolf Biland / Kurt Waltisperg	Steve Webster / Gavin Simmons	Steve Webster / Gavin Simmons
3	05/20	GP of Nations	Misano	Rolf Biland / Kurt Waltisperg	Steve Webster / Gavin Simmons	Egbert Streuer / Geral de Haas	Alain Michel / Simon Birchall	Rolf Biland / Kurt Waltisperg
4th	05/27	GP of Germany	Nürburgring	Steve Webster / Gavin Simmons	Paul Güdel / Charly Güdel	Steve Abbott / Shaun Smith	Alain Michel / Simon Birchall	Egbert Streuer / Geral de Haas
5	10.06.	Austrian GP	Salzburgring	Egbert Streuer / Geral de Haas	Steve Webster / Gavin Simmons	Alain Michel / Simon Birchall	Alain Michel / Simon Birchall	Egbert Streuer / Geral de Haas
6th	17.06.	GP of Yugoslavia	Rijeka	Alain Michel / Simon Birchall	Egbert Streuer / Geral de Haas	Steve Webster / Gavin Simmons	Rolf Biland / Kurt Waltisperg	Alain Michel / Simon Birchall
7th	30.06.	60. Dutch TT	Aces	Alain Michel / Simon Birchall	Rolf Biland / Kurt Waltisperg	Egbert Streuer / Geral de Haas	Alain Michel / Simon Birchall	Rolf Biland / Kurt Waltisperg
8th	07.07.	Belgian GP	Spa Francorchamps	Egbert Streuer / Geral de Haas	Alain Michel / Simon Birchall	Yoshisada Kumagaya / Brian Houghton	Steve Webster / Gavin Simmons	Egbert Streuer / Geral de Haas
9	07/22	French GP	Le Mans	Steve Webster / Gavin Simmons	Egbert Streuer / Geral de Haas	Steve Abbott / Shaun Smith	Steve Webster / Gavin Simmons	Alain Michel / Simon Birchall
10	08/05	British GP	Donington	Egbert Streuer / Geral de Haas	Alain Michel / Simon Birchall	Rolf Biland / Kurt Waltisperg	Steve Webster / Gavin Simmons	Egbert Streuer / Geral de Haas
11	08/12	Swedish GP	Anderstorp	Alain Michel / Simon Birchall	Egbert Streuer / Geral de Haas	Rolf Biland / Kurt Waltisperg	Alain Michel / Simon Birchall	Egbert Streuer / Geral de Haas
12	08/26	Czechoslovakian GP	Brno	Alain Michel / Simon Birchall	Steve Webster / Gavin Simmons	Alfred Zurbrügg / Martin Zurbrügg	Egbert Streuer / Geral de Haas	Markus Egloff / Urs Egloff
13	02.09.	Hungarian GP	Hungaroring	Paul Güdel / Charly Güdel	Rolf Biland / Kurt Waltisperg	Egbert Streuer / Scott Whiteside	Alain Michel / Simon Birchall	Paul Güdel / Charly Güdel

Driver ranking

1	Alain Michel	Simon Birchall	LCR - Krauser	178
2	Egbert Streuer	Geral de Haas and Scott Whiteside	LCR- Yamaha	167
3	Steve Webster	Gavin Simmons		166
4th	Rolf Biland	Kurt Waltisperg		134
5	Paul Güdel	Charly Güdel	LCR Yamaha	125
6th	Steve Abbott	Shaun Smith	Windle -Yamaha / LCR-Yamaha / LCR-JPX	117
7th	Yoshisada Kumagaya	Brian Houghton Wolfgang Bock	Windle-JPX / LCR-JPX	115
8th	Markus Egloff	Urs Egloff	SMS Yamaha	114
9	Masato Kumano	Eckart Rösinger	LCR-TEC	89
10	Alfred Zurbrügg	Martin Zurbrügg		82
11	Derek Jones	Peter Brown	LCR Yamaha	71
12	Ralph Bohnhorst	Thomas Boettcher	LCR Yamaha	48
13	Theo van Kempen	Jan Kuyt		47
14th	Fritz Stölzle	Hubert Stölzle		37
15th	Barry Brindley	Julian Tailford and Graham Rose and Steve Parker	LCR Yamaha	35
16	René Progin	Gary Irlam		30th
17th	Klaus Klaffenböck	Christian Parzer	LCR Yamaha	30th
18th	Barry Smith	David Smith	Windle ADM	26th
19th	Tony Wyssen	Kilian Wyssen		24
20th	Billy Gallros	Peter Lindén or Mikael Melander or Peter Berglund	Spreader Yamaha	18th
21st	Tony Baker	Trevor Hopkinson or Trevor Crone or Phillip Coombes or Kevin Morgan	LCR Yamaha	16
22nd	Bernd Scherer	Bruno Hiller		11
23	Kenny Howles	Steve Pointer		8th
24	Wolfgang Stropek	Karl Paul and Robert Aichlseder	LCR-ADM	6th
25th	Gary Thomas	Tony Strevens		3
26th	Hans Hügli	Adolf Hänni	LCR Yamaha	3

Constructors' championship

The design engineer title was awarded to LCR - Krauser .

Web links

Commons : Motorcycle World Cup 1990 season  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website of the motorcycle world championship
• Detailed statistics for the 1990 season at racingmemo.free.fr (French)