1989 United States motorcycle Grand Prix
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Race 3 of 15 races in the 1989 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date | April 16, 1989 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Official name | Dunlop USGP[1][2][3] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Location | Laguna Seca Raceway | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1989 United States Motorcycle Grand Prix was the third round of the 1989 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It occurred from April 14 to April 16, 1989, at Laguna Seca.[4]
500 cc race report
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Leading the pack are Wayne Rainey, Kevin Schwantz, Wayne Gardner, Kevin Magee, and Christian Sarron. Eddie Lawson swiftly moves from 6th to 2nd position in the first turn. Rainey begins to widen the gap, while Lawson and Schwantz engage in a close battle. However, Lawson makes a mistake while entering the Corkscrew, causing him to fall back into the group of Gardner, Magee, and Sarron.
Gardner crashes, fracturing his leg. Lawson capitalizes on fuel-delivery issues with Magee's Yamaha YZR 500 on the final lap, securing an all-American podium with Rainey taking first place and Schwantz in second.
During the cooldown lap, Magee, frustrated, initiates a burnout just after turn five. Bubba Shobert, conversing with Eddie Lawson at a low cruising speed, fails to notice Magee and accidentally collides with his right side, resulting in a forceful impact with the pavement. Shobert sustains severe head injuries that mark the end of his racing career, while Magee suffers a broken ankle. With both Magee and Gardner injured, Wayne Rainey's lead in the standings becomes vulnerable, depending on Lawson's ability to optimize the Honda setup or Schwantz's consistency in finishing races.
500 cc classification
[edit]Pos. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points | ||
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Team Lucky Strike Roberts | Yamaha | 40 | 58:56.179 | 1 | 20 | ||
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Suzuki Pepsi Cola | Suzuki | 40 | +6.849 | 2 | 17 | ||
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Rothmans Kanemoto Honda | Honda | 40 | +19.912 | 6 | 15 | ||
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Team Lucky Strike Roberts | Yamaha | 40 | +23.732 | 4 | 13 | ||
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Marlboro Yamaha Team Agostini | Yamaha | 40 | +28.223 | 7 | 11 | ||
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Sonauto Gauloises Blondes Yamaha Mobil 1 | Yamaha | 40 | +30.595 | 5 | 10 | ||
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HB Honda Gallina Team | Honda | 40 | +1:29.901 | 11 | 9 | ||
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Rothmans Honda Team | Honda | 39 | +1 Lap | 12 | 8 | ||
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Cabin Racing Team | Honda | 39 | +1 Lap | 13 | 7 | ||
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Team ROC Elf Honda | Honda | 39 | +1 Lap | 15 | 6 | ||
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Team Iberia | Yamaha | 38 | +2 Laps | 16 | 5 | ||
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Fior Marlboro | Fior | 38 | +2 Laps | 17 | 4 | ||
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Racing Team Katayama | Honda | 38 | +2 Laps | 18 | 3 | ||
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Romer Racing Suisse | Honda | 38 | +2 Laps | 19 | 2 | ||
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HRK Motors | Honda | 38 | +3 Laps | 21 | 1 | ||
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Club Motocross Pozuelo | Honda | 37 | +4 Laps | 23 | |||
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Honda | 37 | +4 Laps | 22 | ||||
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Suzuki Pepsi Cola | Suzuki | Retirement | 10 | ||||
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Yamaha Motor Company | Yamaha | Retirement | 8 | ||||
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FMS | Honda | Retirement | 20 | ||||
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Cagiva Corse | Cagiva | Retirement | 14 | ||||
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Suzuki | Retirement | 24 | |||||
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Rothmans Honda Team | Honda | Retirement | 3 | ||||
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Marlboro Yamaha Team Agostini | Yamaha | Did not Start | 9 | ||||
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Honda | Did not Qualify | ||||||
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Suzuki | Did not Qualify | ||||||
Sources:[5][6] |
References
[edit]- ^ "Grand Prix uitslagen en bijzonderheden 1989". Archive.li. Archived from the original on July 25, 2015. Retrieved September 12, 2018.
- ^ Mitchell, Malcolm. "1989 500cc Class (FIM Grand Prix World Championship) Programmes - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". www.progcovers.com.
- ^ Mitchell, Malcolm. "Laguna Seca Raceway - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". progcovers.com.
- ^ "Moto GP statistics". Moto GP. Retrieved February 19, 2018.
- ^ "1989 United States MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". June 13, 2017.
- ^ "motogp.com · UNITED STATES GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1989". www.motogp.com.