The 1989 Austrian motorcycle Grand Prix was the seventh round of the 1989 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 2–4 June 1989 at the Salzburgring.
500 cc race report Another pole for Kevin Schwantz, with Eddie Lawson and Wayne Rainey on his left as the light turns green. Lawson leads a large group through the first lap, with Rainey, Schwantz and about 4 other riders. Soon it’s a trio of the leading riders, until Schwantz begins to desperately open a gap, his bike squirming and bucking into the corners. A red mist seems to descend on Rainey, as he passes Lawson on the outside to briefly move into second, while Ron Haslam leads a fight for fourth that includes Christian Sarron, Pierfrancesco Chili, Kevin Magee and Mick Doohan, the last going off track trying to come to terms with the pace.
Schwantz enlarges his gap, while Lawson drops Rainey, which turns out to be the podium order. Rainey’s 13 point lead over Lawson is down to 11.
500cc classification Pos. Rider Team ManufacturerLaps Time/RetiredGrid Points 1 Kevin Schwantz Suzuki Pepsi Cola Suzuki29 38:39.0051 20 2 Eddie Lawson Rothmans Kanemoto Honda Honda29 +2.1302 17 3 Wayne Rainey Team Lucky Strike Roberts Yamaha29 +19.9003 15 4 Christian Sarron Sonauto Gauloises Blondes Yamaha Mobil 1 Yamaha29 +37.8305 13 5 Kevin Magee Team Lucky Strike Roberts Yamaha29 +38.1407 11 6 Pierfrancesco Chili HB Honda Gallina Team Honda29 +38.5004 10 7 Ron Haslam Suzuki Pepsi Cola Suzuki29 +38.9106 9 8 Mick Doohan Rothmans Honda Team Honda29 +56.77010 8 9 Freddie Spencer Marlboro Yamaha Team Agostini Yamaha29 +58.0409 7 10 Dominique Sarron Team ROC Elf Honda Honda29 +1:03.5908 6 11 Rob McElnea Cabin Racing Team Honda29 +1:15.17011 5 12 Alessandro Valesi Team Iberia Yamaha28 +1 Lap14 4 13 Simon Buckmaster Racing Team Katayama Honda28 +1 Lap15 3 14 Marco Gentile Fior Marlboro Fior27 +2 Laps16 2 15 Bruno Kneubühler Romer Racing Suisse Honda27 +2 Laps17 1 16 Josef Doppler Honda27 +2 Laps19 17 Georg Robert Jung Romer Telefix Honda27 +2 Laps18 18 Stefan Klabacher Honda27 +2 Laps21 19 Michael Rudroff HRK Motors Honda27 +2 Laps22 20 Karl Dauer PC Racing Honda27 +2 Laps24 21 Nicholas Schmassman FMS Honda27 +2 Laps23 22 Francisco Gonzales Club Motocross Pozuelo Honda27 +2 Laps26 23 Pavol Dekánek Honda26 +3 Laps30 24 Rudolf Zeller Manhattan26 +3 Laps27 25 Hans Klingebiel Honda26 +3 Laps25 26 Thomas Berghammer Suzuki26 +3 Laps29 Ret Alois Meyer Rallye Sport Honda Retirement28 Ret Randy Mamola Cagiva Corse Cagiva Retirement12 Ret Juan Lopez Mella Club Motocross Pozuelo Honda Retirement20 DNS Norihiko Fujiwara Yamaha Motor Company Yamaha Did not start13 DNQ Larry Moreno Vacondio Suzuki Did not qualify Sources:
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