1990 Belgian motorcycle Grand Prix

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]

  1990 Belgian Grand Prix
Race details
Race 9 of 15 races in the
1990 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date7 July 1990
Official nameBelgian Motorcycle Grand Prix[1][2][3]
LocationCircuit 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

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]

References
  1. "Grand Prix uitslagen en bijzonderheden 1990". Archive.today. 25 July 2015. Archived from the original on 25 July 2015. Retrieved 20 May 2018.
  2. Mitchell, Malcolm. "1990 500cc Class (FIM Grand Prix World Championship) Programmes - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". www.progcovers.com.
  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2018-05-21. Retrieved 2018-05-20.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. "Moto GP statistics". Moto GP. Retrieved 2018-02-19.
  5. "1990 Belgian MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". 13 June 2017.
  6. "motogp.com · BELGIUM GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1990". www.motogp.com.
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