1990 Belgian motorcycle Grand Prix

  1990 Belgian Grand Prix

Race details
Race 9 of 15 races in the 1990 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	7 July 1990
Official name	Belgian Motorcycle Grand Prix[1][2][3]
Location	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps
Course	Permanent racing facility 7.004 km (4.352 mi)
500 cc
Pole position Rider Kevin Schwantz Time 2:23.264 Fastest lap Rider Wayne Rainey Time 2:45.784 Podium First Wayne Rainey Second Jean-Philippe Ruggia Third Eddie Lawson
250 cc
Pole position Rider John Kocinski Time 2:31.106 Fastest lap Rider John Kocinski Time 2:47.579 Podium First John Kocinski Second Didier de Radiguès Third Carlos Cardús
125 cc
Pole position Rider Jorge Martínez Time 2:41.811 Fastest lap Rider Hans Spaan Time 2:58.280 Podium First Hans Spaan Second Loris Capirossi Third Bruno Casanova

The 1990 Belgian motorcycle Grand Prix was the ninth round of the 1990 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 5–7 July 1990 at Spa-Francorchamps.^[4]

500 cc race report

Last year, Spa organizers ran three races because of rain, but it’s dry for qualifying, with Kevin Schwantz taking pole; Pierfrancesco Chili falls off at high-speed 6th-gear left-hander, breaking his arm.

Race day is wet, and as is often the case, Schwantz gets the pole but Wayne Rainey gets the start, ahead of Eddie Lawson, Mick Doohan, and Wayne Gardner.

Race order becomes Rainey, Lawson, Christian Sarron, Schwantz, Doohan, Randy Mamola, Gardner and Jean-Philippe Ruggia.

Rainey opens up a gap to Lawson, then a small gap to a group of Schwantz, Sarron and Mamola. Mamola gets a wriggle on and passes Sarron and Schwantz.

Schwantz is stuck in place, while Mamola and Ruggia leave him behind and catch up to Lawson. When Mamola shows Lawson a front wheel, Lawson fights back and keeps him behind. Mamola makes a mistake and falls out of third place, leaving Ruggia to battle with Lawson for second place. Ruggia soon leaves Lawson behind and starts to close the gap to Rainey, but it’s too much. Schwantz finishes in 7th.

500 cc classification

Pos.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Points
1	Wayne Rainey	Marlboro Team Roberts	Yamaha	50:29.205	20
2	Jean Philippe Ruggia	Sonauto Gauloises	Yamaha	+4.522	17
3	Eddie Lawson	Marlboro Team Roberts	Yamaha	+20.566	15
4	Christian Sarron	Sonauto Gauloises	Yamaha	+45.258	13
5	Alex Barros	Cagiva Corse	Cagiva	+51.060	11
6	Mick Doohan	Rothmans Honda Team	Honda	+1:18.021	10
7	Kevin Schwantz	Lucky Strike Suzuki	Suzuki	+1:20.961	9
8	Ron Haslam	Cagiva Corse	Cagiva	+1:23.596	8
9	Juan Garriga	Ducados Yamaha	Yamaha	+1:24.073	7
10	Wayne Gardner	Rothmans Honda Team	Honda	+1:50.520	6
11	Norihiko Fujiwara	Yamaha Motor Company	Yamaha	+2:01.935	5
12	Niall Mackenzie	Lucky Strike Suzuki	Suzuki	+2:20.060	4
13	Eddie Laycock	Millar Racing	Honda	+1 Lap	3
14	Karl Truchsess		Paton	+1 Lap	2
15	Cees Doorakkers	HRK Motors	Honda	+1 Lap	1
Ret	Marco Papa	Team ROC Elf La Cinq	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Nicholas Schmassman	Team Schmassman	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Vittorio Scatola	Team Elit	Paton	Retirement
Ret	Randy Mamola	Cagiva Corse	Cagiva	Retirement
Ret	Pierfrancesco Chili	Team ROC Elf La Cinq	Honda	Retirement
Sources: [5][6]

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