The 1990 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix was the third round of the 1990 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 4–6 May 1990 at the Jerez circuit.
500 cc race report Niall Mackenzie takes Kevin Magee’s seat (who was injured at the previous round), and Mick Doohan gets pole position.
Doohan gets crowded back at the first turn, with Wayne Rainey, Christian Sarron, Wayne Gardner, and Kevin Schwantz ahead of him.
The riders are getting strung out: Rainey, with a small gap to Gardner, a small gap to Schwantz, and a small gap to a group that gets smaller by Alex Barros crashing out of it. Gardner catches and passes Rainey, and takes the win.
500 cc classification Pos. Rider Team Manufacturer Time/Retired Points 1 Wayne Gardner Rothmans Honda Team Honda 52:58.021 20 2 Wayne Rainey Marlboro Team Roberts Yamaha +7.307 17 3 Kevin Schwantz Lucky Strike Suzuki Suzuki +22.088 15 4 Mick Doohan Rothmans Honda Team Honda +28.729 13 5 Pierfrancesco Chili Team ROC Elf La Cinq Honda +40.920 11 6 Sito Pons Campsa Banesto Honda +1:07.157 10 7 Christian Sarron Sonauto Gauloises Yamaha +1:12.205 9 8 Niall Mackenzie Lucky Strike Suzuki Suzuki +1:13.260 8 9 Juan Garriga Ducados Yamaha Yamaha +1:25.360 7 10 Jean Philippe Ruggia Sonauto Gauloises Yamaha +1:34.395 6 11 Eddie Laycock Millar Racing Honda +1 Lap 5 12 Nicholas Schmassman Team Schmassman Honda +2 Laps 4 13 Cees Doorakkers HRK Motors Honda +2 Laps 3 14 Andreas Leuthe Librenti Corse Honda +2 Laps 2 15 Hansjoerg Butz Honda +3 Laps 1 Ret Vittorio Scatola Team Elit Paton Retirement Ret Alex Barros Cagiva Corse Cagiva Retirement Ret Randy Mamola Cagiva Corse Cagiva Retirement Ret Ron Haslam Cagiva Corse Cagiva Retirement Sources:
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