1989 Czechoslovak motorcycle Grand Prix

  1989 Czechoslovak Grand Prix

Race details
Race 14 of 15 races in the 1989 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	27 August 1989
Location	Brno
Course	Permanent racing facility 5.403 km (3.357 mi)
500 cc
Pole position
Rider	Kevin Schwantz
Time	2:03.160
Fastest lap
Rider	Kevin Schwantz
Time	2:04.400
Podium
First	Kevin Schwantz
Second	Eddie Lawson
Third	Wayne Rainey
250 cc
Pole position
Rider	Reinhold Roth
Time	2:08.500
Fastest lap
Rider	Juan Garriga
Time	2:09.670
Podium
First	Reinhold Roth
Second	Masahiro Shimizu
Third	Jacques Cornu
125 cc
Pole position
Rider	Àlex Crivillé
Time	2:16.370
Fastest lap
Rider	Koji Takada
Time	2:17.250
Podium
First	Àlex Crivillé
Second	Hans Spaan
Third	Stefan Prein
80 cc
Pole position
Rider	Stefan Dörflinger
Time	2:24.605
Fastest lap
Rider	Unknown
Podium
First	Herri Torrontegui
Second	Manuel Herreros
Third	Jorge Martínez

The 1989 Czechoslovak motorcycle Grand Prix was the penultimate round of the 1989 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 25–27 August 1989 at the Masaryk Circuit located in Brno, Czechoslovakia.

500 cc race report

8th pole position for Kevin Schwantz, with Eddie Lawson behind. Wayne Gardner crashes in practice and is unable to make the start.

Despite Schwantz’ poles, more often than not it’s Wayne Rainey who gets the start, today being followed by Lawson, Schwantz, Christian Sarron, Pierfrancesco Chili, Kevin Magee.

Schwantz gets past Lawson and Rainey for the lead, while Sarron settles into fourth with a growing gap back to fifth place.

Lawson passes Rainey for second and then gets past Schwantz for the lead. The battle for fifth is split between Ron Haslam, Chili and Magee.

Lawson and Schwantz leave Rainey behind as they start to encounter back-marker traffic. Lawson need only finish just behind Rainey in the remaining two races, but it looks like he wants the win today, staying fast enough to keep Schwantz behind him for a little, until Schwantz overtakes again.

Niall Mackenzie moves up to fifth spot, ahead of Haslam, and Chili.

Making it look easy, Schwantz drops Lawson, who’s fighting for grip a good ways back. Further back, Rainey is caught by Sarron, but team orders prevail as Rainey is allowed to stay in third spot. The podium is Schwantz, Lawson and Rainey, the last now 15.5 points behind Lawson in the standings.

500 cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Points
1	Kevin Schwantz	Suzuki	48:20.649	20
2	Eddie Lawson	Honda	+5.977	17
3	Wayne Rainey	Yamaha	+26.031	15
4	Christian Sarron	Yamaha	+26.056	13
5	Pierfrancesco Chili	Honda	+51.153	11
6	Niall Mackenzie	Yamaha	+51.158	10
7	Kevin Magee	Yamaha	+52.931	9
8	Ron Haslam	Suzuki	+55.071	8
9	Tadahiko Taira	Yamaha	+1:19.178	7
10	Adrien Morillas	Honda	+1:25.785	6
11	Randy Mamola	Cagiva	+1:28.975	5
12	Rob McElnea	Honda	+1:50.777	4
13	Alberto Rota	Yamaha	+1 Lap	3
14	Alessandro Valesi	Yamaha	+1 Lap	2
15	Peter Linden	Honda	+1 Lap	1
16	Juan Lopez Mella	Honda	+1 Lap
17	Eddie Laycock	Honda	+1 Lap
18	Bruno Kneubuhler	Honda	+1 Lap
19	Fabio Biliotti	Honda	+1 Lap
20	Michael Rudroff	Honda	+1 Lap
21	Damon Buckmaster	Honda	+1 Lap
22	Stefan Klabacher	Honda	+1 Lap
23	Andreas Leuthe	Suzuki	+1 Lap
24	Josef Doppler	Honda	+1 Lap
25	Francisco Gonzalez	Honda	+2 Laps
26	Vincenzo Cascino	Suzuki	+2 Laps
27	Rudolf Zeller	Honda	+2 Laps
28	Pavel Dekanek	Honda	+2 Laps
29	Dario Marchetti	Honda	+2 Laps
30	Harry Heutmekers	Suzuki	+2 Laps
31	Michael Kaplam	Honda	+2 Laps
Ret	Helmut Schutz	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Cees Doorakkers	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Marco Papa	Paton	Retirement
Ret	Marian Troliga	Suzuki	Retirement
Ret	Wayne Gardner	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Thomas Berghammer	Suzuki	Retirement
Ret	Peter Graves	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Karl Dauer	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Hans Klingebiel	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Nicholas Schmassman	Honda	Retirement