1989 French motorcycle Grand Prix
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Race 11 of 15 races in the 1989 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date | 16 July 1989 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Official name | Grand Prix de France[1][2][3] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Location | Bugatti Circuit | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Course |
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500 cc | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1989 French motorcycle Grand Prix was the eleventh round of the 1989 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 14–16 July 1989 at the Bugatti Circuit located in Le Mans.[4]
500 cc race report
Eddie Lawson on pole. At the start, Wayne Rainey gets around Lawson, with Freddie Spencer in third, followed by Pierfrancesco Chili and Christian Sarron. Soon it’s the California duo with a small gap, and Kevin Schwantz has made up for his bad start by moving into third, with Kevin Magee in fourth.
Wayne Gardner crashes out, and Schwantz joins the fight for first, with back-marker traffic making life difficult for Lawson and Rainey.
Schwantz is braking very late and making it stick, and he and Lawson start to drop Rainey. Lawson manages to get past Schwantz on the start-finish straight, and though very few win a last lap battle with Schwantz, Lawson manages it, putting Schwantz in a crucial second place to extract maximum points from Rainey in third.
500 cc classification
Pos. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Time/Retired | Points | ||
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1 | ![]() |
Rothmans Kanemoto Honda | Honda | 50:16.940 | 20 | ||
2 | ![]() |
Suzuki Pepsi Cola | Suzuki | +0.770 | 17 | ||
3 | ![]() |
Team Lucky Strike Roberts | Yamaha | +15.530 | 15 | ||
4 | ![]() |
Sonauto Gauloises Blondes Yamaha Mobil 1 | Yamaha | +23.590 | 13 | ||
5 | ![]() |
Team Lucky Strike Roberts | Yamaha | +24.210 | 11 | ||
6 | ![]() |
HB Honda Gallina Team | Honda | +37.000 | 10 | ||
7 | ![]() |
Marlboro Yamaha Team Agostini | Yamaha | +53.540 | 9 | ||
8 | ![]() |
Rothmans Honda Team | Honda | +59.120 | 8 | ||
9 | ![]() |
Cabin Racing Team | Honda | +1:26.290 | 7 | ||
10 | ![]() |
Team ROC Elf Honda | Honda | +1:31.460 | 6 | ||
11 | ![]() |
Cagiva Corse | Cagiva | +1 Lap | 5 | ||
12 | ![]() |
Minolta Suzuki Racing Team | Suzuki | +1 Lap | 4 | ||
13 | ![]() |
Team Iberia | Yamaha | +1 Lap | 3 | ||
14 | ![]() |
Racing Team Katayama | Honda | +1 Lap | 2 | ||
15 | ![]() |
Racing Team Katayama | Honda | +2 Laps | 1 | ||
16 | ![]() |
Honda | +2 Laps | ||||
17 | ![]() |
Romer Racing Suisse | Honda | +2 Laps | |||
18 | ![]() |
Club Motocross Pozuelo | Honda | +2 Laps | |||
19 | ![]() |
Suzuki | +2 Laps | ||||
20 | ![]() |
Motodepot | Suzuki | +2 Laps | |||
21 | ![]() |
FMS | Honda | +2 Laps | |||
22 | ![]() |
Honda | +2 Laps | ||||
23 | ![]() |
Byblos | Fior | +2 Laps | |||
24 | ![]() |
Club Motocross Pozuelo | Honda | +2 Laps | |||
25 | ![]() |
HRK Motors | Honda | +2 Laps | |||
Ret | ![]() |
Marlboro Yamaha Team Agostini | Yamaha | Retirement | |||
Ret | ![]() |
Librenti Corse | Suzuki | Retirement | |||
Ret | ![]() |
Fior Marlboro | Fior | Retirement | |||
Ret | ![]() |
Rothmans Honda Team | Honda | Retirement | |||
Ret | ![]() |
Team Greco | Paton | Retirement | |||
Ret | ![]() |
Fior Honda | Retirement | ||||
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Fior | Retirement | ||||
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Honda | Retirement | ||||
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HB Honda Gallina Team | Honda | Retirement | |||
Ret | ![]() |
Cagiva Corse | Cagiva | Retirement | |||
DNS | ![]() |
Team ROC Elf Honda | Honda | Did not start | |||
DNQ | ![]() |
Honda | Did not qualify | ||||
Sources: [5][6] |
References
- ↑ "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 14 September 2018.
- ↑ Mitchell, Malcolm. "1989 500cc Class (FIM Grand Prix World Championship) Programmes - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com. Retrieved 14 September 2018.
- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2018-05-21. Retrieved 2018-05-21.
- ↑ "Moto GP statistics". Moto GP. Retrieved 2018-02-19.
- ↑ "1989 French MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". Motorsportmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 14 September 2018.
- ↑ "FRENCH GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1989". Motogp.com. Retrieved 14 September 2018.
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