1989 Yugoslavian motorcycle Grand Prix

  1989 Yugoslavian Grand Prix

Race details
Race 8 of 15 races in the 1989 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	11 June 1989
Official name	Yu Grand Prix
Location	Automotodrom Rijeka
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.168 km (2.590 mi)
500cc
Pole position Rider Kevin Schwantz Time 1:29.160 Fastest lap Rider Wayne Rainey Time 1:29.280 Podium First Kevin Schwantz Second Wayne Rainey Third Eddie Lawson
250cc
Pole position Rider Sito Pons Time 1:31.760 Fastest lap Rider Luca Cadalora Time 1:32.260 Podium First Sito Pons Second Reinhold Roth Third Jacques Cornu
80cc
Pole position Rider Stefan Dörflinger Time 1:41.893 Fastest lap Rider Unknown Podium First Peter Öttl Second Manuel Herreros Third Stefan Dörflinger

The 1989 Yugoslavian motorcycle Grand Prix was the eighth round of the 1989 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 9–11 June 1989 at the Automotodrom Grobnik circuit, near Rijeka.

500 cc race report

Another pole for Kevin Schwantz, but Wayne Rainey gets a little gap after the light, and is chased by Eddie Lawson, Schwantz, Kevin Magee and Pierfrancesco Chili. Soon, the usual trio develops at the front. Lawson takes the lead, but makes a mistake and goes off-track, letting Schwantz and Rainey through and getting dropped from the leading group, though remaining in the third place.

Schwantz wants a win and Rainey wants as many riders between him and Lawson, so Schwantz has to earn the gap he gets from Rainey. Magee and Sarron fight for fourth.

Schwantz wins it ahead of Rainey and Lawson, and Rainey pulls ahead slightly in the standings.

500 cc classification

Pos.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	Kevin Schwantz	Suzuki Pepsi Cola	Suzuki	30	45:10.967	1	20
2	Wayne Rainey	Team Lucky Strike Roberts	Yamaha	30	+1.193	2	17
3	Eddie Lawson	Rothmans Kanemoto Honda	Honda	30	+15.670	3	15
4	Kevin Magee	Team Lucky Strike Roberts	Yamaha	30	+41.545	4	13
5	Christian Sarron	Sonauto Gauloises Blondes Yamaha Mobil 1	Yamaha	30	+41.673	6	11
6	Mick Doohan	Rothmans Honda Team	Honda	30	+1:05.736	10	10
7	Randy Mamola	Cagiva Corse	Cagiva	30	+1:12.921	5	9
8	Ron Haslam	Suzuki Pepsi Cola	Suzuki	30	+1:22.452	9	8
9	Pierfrancesco Chili	HB Honda Gallina Team	Honda	30	+1:31.927	7	7
10	Dominique Sarron	Team ROC Elf Honda	Honda	29	+1 Lap	11	6
11	Rob McElnea	Cabin Racing Team	Honda	29	+1 Lap	12	5
12	Niall Mackenzie	Marlboro Yamaha Team Agostini	Yamaha	29	+1 Lap	13	4
13	Massimo Broccoli	Cagiva Corse	Cagiva	29	+1 Lap	16	3
14	Simon Buckmaster	Racing Team Katayama	Honda	29	+1 Lap	17	2
15	Michael Rudroff	HRK Motors	Honda	29	+1 Lap	19	1
16	Bruno Kneubühler	Romer Racing Suisse	Honda	29	+1 Lap	21
17	Marco Papa	Team Greco	Paton	28	+2 Laps	20
18	Stefan Klabacher		Honda	28	+2 Laps	25
19	Francisco Gonzales	Club Motocross Pozuelo	Honda	27	+3 Laps	27
20	Nicholas Schmassman	FMS	Honda	27	+3 Laps	24
21	Rudolf Zeller		Manhattan	27	+3 Laps	28
Ret	Vittorio Scatola		Honda		Retirement	18
Ret	Michael Kaplam		Honda		Retirement	26
Ret	Marco Gentile	Fior Marlboro	Fior		Retirement	15
Ret	Alessandro Valesi	Team Iberia	Yamaha		Retirement	14
Ret	Andreas Leuthe	Librenti Corse	Suzuki		Retirement	22
Ret	Freddie Spencer	Marlboro Yamaha Team Agostini	Yamaha		Retirement	8
DNS	Claude Albert		Suzuki		did not start	23
DNQ	Donato Battistoni		Honda		Did not qualify
DNQ	Helmut Schutz	Rallye Sport	Honda		Did not qualify
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