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.
Wayne Rainey gains the race lead from the start over pole-sitter Schwantz, who is also passed by Lawson followed by 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.
Schwantz gains from Lawson, who is fighting for grip further back. Despite Sarron catching Rainey, team orders allow Rainey to retain third position. Schwantz finishes first, followed by Lawson and Rainey in second and third respectively.
After this race Lawson held a 15.5 point lead on Rainey in the standings.
500 cc classification Pos. Rider Team ManufacturerLaps Time/Retired Points 1 Kevin Schwantz Suzuki Pepsi Cola Suzuki23 48:20.649 20 2 Eddie Lawson Rothmans Kanemoto Honda Honda23 +5.977 17 3 Wayne Rainey Team Lucky Strike Roberts Yamaha23 +26.031 15 4 Christian Sarron Sonauto Gauloises Blondes Yamaha Mobil 1 Yamaha23 +26.056 13 5 Pierfrancesco Chili HB Honda Gallina Team Honda23 +51.153 11 6 Niall Mackenzie Marlboro Yamaha Team Agostini Yamaha23 +51.158 10 7 Kevin Magee Team Lucky Strike Roberts Yamaha23 +52.931 9 8 Ron Haslam Suzuki Pepsi Cola Suzuki23 +55.071 8 9 Tadahiko Taira Yamaha Motor Company Yamaha23 +1:19.178 7 10 Adrien Morillas Team ROC Elf Honda Honda23 +1:25.785 6 11 Randy Mamola Cagiva Corse Cagiva23 +1:28.975 5 12 Rob McElnea Cabin Racing Team Honda23 +1:50.777 4 13 Alberto Rota Marlboro Yamaha Team Agostini Yamaha22 +1 Lap 3 14 Alessandro Valesi Team Iberia Yamaha22 +1 Lap 2 15 Peter Linden Team Heukeroff Honda22 +1 Lap 1 16 Juan Lopez Mella Club Motocross Pozuelo Honda22 +1 Lap 17 Eddie Laycock Honda22 +1 Lap 18 Bruno Kneubühler Romer Racing Suisse Honda22 +1 Lap 19 Fabio Biliotti Racing Team Katayama Honda22 +1 Lap 20 Michael Rudroff HRK Motors Honda22 +1 Lap 21 Simon Buckmaster Racing Team Katayama Honda22 +1 Lap 22 Stefan Klabacher Honda22 +1 Lap 23 Andreas Leuthe Librenti Corse Suzuki22 +1 Lap 24 Josef Doppler Honda22 +1 Lap 25 Francisco Gonzalez Club Motocross Pozuelo Honda21 +2 Laps 26 Vincenzo Cascino Suzuki21 +2 Laps 27 Rudolf Zeller Honda21 +2 Laps 28 Pavol Dekánek Honda21 +2 Laps 29 Dario Marchetti Honda21 +2 Laps 30 Harry Heutmekers Suzuki21 +2 Laps 31 Michael Kaplam Honda21 +2 Laps Ret Helmut Schutz Rallye Sport Honda Retirement Ret Cees Doorakkers HRK Motors Honda Retirement Ret Marco Papa Team Greco Paton Retirement Ret Karl Dauer PC Racing Honda Retirement Ret Nicholas Schmassman FMS Honda Retirement DNS Wayne Gardner Rothmans Honda Team Honda Did not start DNQ Marián Troliga Suzuki Did not qualify DNQ Anton Berghammer Suzuki Did not qualify DNQ Peter Graves Honda Did not qualify DNQ Hans Klingebiel Honda Did not qualify DNQ Tony Carey Spondon Spondon Yamaha Did not qualify DNQ Norbert Heiles Suzuki Did not qualify Sources:
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