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1989 Swedish motorcycle Grand Prix

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Sweden  1989 Swedish Grand Prix
Race details
Race 13 of 15 races in the
1989 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date13 August 1989
Official nameSwedish TT[1][2][3]
LocationScandinavian Raceway
Course
  • Permanent racing facility
  • 4.025 km (2.501 mi)
500cc
Pole position
Rider United States Wayne Rainey
Time 1:32.490
Fastest lap
Rider France Christian Sarron
Time 1:31.990
Podium
First United States Eddie Lawson
Second France Christian Sarron
Third Australia Wayne Gardner
250cc
Pole position
Rider Spain Carlos Cardús
Time 1:36.740
Fastest lap
Rider Spain Sito Pons
Time 1:36.360
Podium
First Spain Sito Pons
Second West Germany Reinhold Roth
Third Switzerland Jacques Cornu
125cc
Pole position
Rider Spain Àlex Crivillé
Time 1:43.610
Fastest lap
Rider Spain Àlex Crivillé
Time 1:42.770
Podium
First Spain Àlex Crivillé
Second Netherlands Hans Spaan
Third Japan Koji Takada

The 1989 Swedish motorcycle Grand Prix was the thirteenth round of the 1989 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 11–13 August 1989 at the Anderstorp circuit.

500 cc race report

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Wayne Rainey takes pole, then it's Kevin Schwantz and Eddie Lawson. Rainey gets the start, and Lawson moves into second, followed by Schwantz.

A lead group forms, with Rainey, a small gap to Lawson, then another small gap to Schwantz, Kevin Magee and Christian Sarron.

Schwantz cruises into the pits with a mechanical, and Lawson closes the gap to Rainey and moves into the lead. Sarron is in third a couple of bike lengths behind, and Wayne Gardner passes Magee for fourth spot.

With two laps to go, Rainey is right behind Lawson and highsides on the exit of a right-hander. It's a long tumble, but he gets up and doesn't try to pick up the bike. Though it's Rainey's only real mistake all year, Lawson's consistency and improvement brings him the win and a lead in the standings by 13.5 points. Sarron takes second, Gardner third.

Says Lawson of the lap that saw Rainey go down: "That was my fastest lap of the race; I'd never got on the throttle that early all race. When I cracked it open, Wayne followed me, and there was no way the Dunlop was going to do that. It wasn’t Wayne, it was the tyres."[4]

500 cc classification

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Pos. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Points
1 United States Eddie Lawson Rothmans Kanemoto Honda Honda 30 46:31.950 20
2 France Christian Sarron Sonauto Gauloises Blondes Yamaha Mobil 1 Yamaha 30 +5.650 17
3 Australia Wayne Gardner Rothmans Honda Team Honda 30 +25.030 15
4 United Kingdom Niall Mackenzie Marlboro Yamaha Team Agostini Yamaha 30 +31.630 13
5 Australia Kevin Magee Team Lucky Strike Roberts Yamaha 30 +51.550 11
6 United Kingdom Ron Haslam Suzuki Pepsi Cola Suzuki 30 +55.450 10
7 Italy Pierfrancesco Chili HB Honda Gallina Team Honda 30 +55.660 9
8 France Adrien Morillas Team ROC Elf Honda Honda 30 +55.840 8
9 United Kingdom Rob McElnea Cabin Racing Team Honda 30 +1:33.500 7
10 Japan Tadahiko Taira Yamaha Motor Company Yamaha 29 +1 Lap 6
11 Italy Alessandro Valesi Team Iberia Yamaha 29 +1 Lap 5
12 United Kingdom Simon Buckmaster Racing Team Katayama Honda 29 +1 Lap 4
13 Italy Fabio Biliotti Racing Team Katayama Honda 28 +2 Laps 3
14 Switzerland Bruno Kneubühler Romer Racing Suisse Honda 28 +2 Laps 2
15 Spain Juan Lopez Mella Club Motocross Pozuelo Honda 28 +2 Laps 1
16 Switzerland Nicholas Schmassman FMS Honda 28 +2 Laps
17 Finland Timo Paavilainen Suzuki 28 +2 Laps
Ret Norway Torbjorn Bastiansen Suzuki Retirement
Ret Luxembourg Andreas Leuthe Librenti Corse Suzuki Retirement
Ret United States Wayne Rainey Team Lucky Strike Roberts Yamaha Retirement
Ret United Kingdom Alan Carter Honda Retirement
Ret United States Kevin Schwantz Suzuki Pepsi Cola Suzuki Retirement
Ret France Rachel Nicotte Chevallier Yamaha Retirement
Ret Sweden Peter Linden Team Heukeroff Honda Retirement
DNS Switzerland Marco Gentile Fior Marlboro Fior Did not start
DNS Austria Josef Doppler Honda Did not start
DNS Italy Luca Cadalora Marlboro Yamaha Team Agostini Yamaha Did not start
DNQ Spain Francisco Gonzales Club Motocross Pozuelo Honda Did not qualify
DNQ United Kingdom Ian Pratt Suzuki Did not qualify
DNQ Sweden Aki Dahli Honda Did not qualify
Sources:[5][6]

References

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  1. ^ "Alle Grand-Prix uitslagen en bijzonderheden, van 1973 (het jaar dat Jack begon met racen) tot heden". Archive.li. Archived from the original on 25 July 2015. Retrieved 15 September 2018.
  2. ^ Mitchell, Malcolm. "1989 500cc Class (FIM Grand Prix World Championship) Programmes - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com. Retrieved 15 September 2018.
  3. ^ "Anderstorp Raceway | the Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Archived from the original on 2018-05-21. Retrieved 2018-05-21.
  4. ^ Scott, Michael: "Wayne Rainey", page 140. Haynes Publishing, 1997
  5. ^ "1989 Swedish MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". Motorsportmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 15 September 2018.
  6. ^ "SWEDISH GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1989". Motogp.com. Retrieved 15 September 2018.


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