The 1989 Swedish motorcycle Grand Prix was the thirteenth round of the 1989 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 11–13 August 1989 at the Anderstorp circuit.
500 cc race report Wayne Rainey takes pole, then it's Kevin Schwantz and Eddie Lawson. Rainey gets the start, and Lawson moves into second, followed by Schwantz.
A lead group forms, with Rainey, a small gap to Lawson, then another small gap to Schwantz, Kevin Magee and Christian Sarron.
Schwantz cruises into the pits with a mechanical, and Lawson closes the gap to Rainey and moves into the lead. Sarron is in third a couple of bike lengths behind, and Wayne Gardner passes Magee for fourth spot.
With two laps to go, Rainey is right behind Lawson and highsides on the exit of a right-hander. It's a long tumble, but he gets up and doesn't try to pick up the bike. Though it's Rainey's only real mistake all year, Lawson's consistency and improvement brings him the win and a lead in the standings by 13.5 points. Sarron takes second, Gardner third.
Says Lawson of the lap that saw Rainey go down: "That was my fastest lap of the race; I'd never got on the throttle that early all race. When I cracked it open, Wayne followed me, and there was no way the Dunlop was going to do that. It wasn’t Wayne, it was the tyres."Scott, Michael: "Wayne Rainey", page 140. Haynes Publishing, 1997
500 cc classification Pos. Rider Team ManufacturerLaps Time/Retired Points 1 Eddie Lawson Rothmans Kanemoto Honda Honda30 46:31.950 20 2 Christian Sarron Sonauto Gauloises Blondes Yamaha Mobil 1 Yamaha30 +5.650 17 3 Wayne Gardner Rothmans Honda Team Honda30 +25.030 15 4 Niall Mackenzie Marlboro Yamaha Team Agostini Yamaha30 +31.630 13 5 Kevin Magee Team Lucky Strike Roberts Yamaha30 +51.550 11 6 Ron Haslam Suzuki Pepsi Cola Suzuki30 +55.450 10 7 Pierfrancesco Chili HB Honda Gallina Team Honda30 +55.660 9 8 Adrien Morillas Team ROC Elf Honda Honda30 +55.840 8 9 Rob McElnea Cabin Racing Team Honda30 +1:33.500 7 10 Tadahiko Taira Yamaha Motor Company Yamaha29 +1 Lap 6 11 Alessandro Valesi Team Iberia Yamaha29 +1 Lap 5 12 Simon Buckmaster Racing Team Katayama Honda29 +1 Lap 4 13 Fabio Biliotti Racing Team Katayama Honda28 +2 Laps 3 14 Bruno Kneubühler Romer Racing Suisse Honda28 +2 Laps 2 15 Juan Lopez Mella Club Motocross Pozuelo Honda28 +2 Laps 1 16 Nicholas Schmassman FMS Honda28 +2 Laps 17 Timo Paavilainen Suzuki28 +2 Laps Ret Torbjorn Bastiansen Suzuki Retirement Ret Andreas Leuthe Librenti Corse Suzuki Retirement Ret Wayne Rainey Team Lucky Strike Roberts Yamaha Retirement Ret Alan Carter Honda Retirement Ret Kevin Schwantz Suzuki Pepsi Cola Suzuki Retirement Ret Rachel Nicotte Chevallier Yamaha Retirement Ret Peter Linden Team Heukeroff Honda Retirement DNS Marco Gentile Fior Marlboro Fior Did not start DNS Josef Doppler Honda Did not start DNS Luca Cadalora Marlboro Yamaha Team Agostini Yamaha Did not start DNQ Francisco Gonzales Club Motocross Pozuelo Honda Did not qualify DNQ Ian Pratt Suzuki Did not qualify DNQ Aki Dahli Honda Did not qualify Sources:
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