The 1989 Yugoslavian motorcycle Grand Prix was the eighth round of the 1989 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 9–11 June 1989 at the Automotodrom Grobnik circuit, near Rijeka.
500 cc race report Another pole for Kevin Schwantz, but Wayne Rainey gets a little gap after the light, and is chased by Eddie Lawson, Schwantz, Kevin Magee and Pierfrancesco Chili. Soon, the usual trio develops at the front. Lawson takes the lead, but makes a mistake and goes off-track, letting Schwantz and Rainey through and getting dropped from the leading group, though remaining in the third place.
Schwantz wants a win and Rainey wants as many riders between him and Lawson, so Schwantz has to earn the gap he gets from Rainey. Magee and Sarron fight for fourth.
Schwantz wins it ahead of Rainey and Lawson, and Rainey pulls ahead slightly in the standings.
500 cc classification Pos. Rider Team ManufacturerLaps Time/RetiredGrid Points 1 Kevin Schwantz Suzuki Pepsi Cola Suzuki30 45:10.9671 20 2 Wayne Rainey Team Lucky Strike Roberts Yamaha30 +1.1932 17 3 Eddie Lawson Rothmans Kanemoto Honda Honda30 +15.6703 15 4 Kevin Magee Team Lucky Strike Roberts Yamaha30 +41.5454 13 5 Christian Sarron Sonauto Gauloises Blondes Yamaha Mobil 1 Yamaha30 +41.6736 11 6 Mick Doohan Rothmans Honda Team Honda30 +1:05.73610 10 7 Randy Mamola Cagiva Corse Cagiva30 +1:12.9215 9 8 Ron Haslam Suzuki Pepsi Cola Suzuki30 +1:22.4529 8 9 Pierfrancesco Chili HB Honda Gallina Team Honda30 +1:31.9277 7 10 Dominique Sarron Team ROC Elf Honda Honda29 +1 Lap11 6 11 Rob McElnea Cabin Racing Team Honda29 +1 Lap12 5 12 Niall Mackenzie Marlboro Yamaha Team Agostini Yamaha29 +1 Lap13 4 13 Massimo Broccoli Cagiva Corse Cagiva29 +1 Lap16 3 14 Simon Buckmaster Racing Team Katayama Honda29 +1 Lap17 2 15 Michael Rudroff HRK Motors Honda29 +1 Lap19 1 16 Bruno Kneubühler Romer Racing Suisse Honda29 +1 Lap21 17 Marco Papa Team Greco Paton28 +2 Laps20 18 Stefan Klabacher Honda28 +2 Laps25 19 Francisco Gonzales Club Motocross Pozuelo Honda27 +3 Laps27 20 Nicholas Schmassman FMS Honda27 +3 Laps24 21 Rudolf Zeller Manhattan27 +3 Laps28 Ret Vittorio Scatola Honda Retirement18 Ret Michael Kaplam Honda Retirement26 Ret Marco Gentile Fior Marlboro Fior Retirement15 Ret Alessandro Valesi Team Iberia Yamaha Retirement14 Ret Andreas Leuthe Librenti Corse Suzuki Retirement22 Ret Freddie Spencer Marlboro Yamaha Team Agostini Yamaha Retirement8 DNS Claude Albert Suzuki did not start23 DNQ Donato Battistoni Honda Did not qualify DNQ Helmut Schutz Rallye Sport Honda Did not qualify Sources:
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