The 1990 Swedish motorcycle Grand Prix was the twelfth round of the 1990 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 10–12 August 1990 at the Anderstorp.
500 cc race report Last year, Wayne Rainey lost any chance at the championship by crashing on this track, and this year he has a points advantage on Kevin Schwantz, but a DNF would just about erase the lead. He’s asked: Q: “Is this going to be one of the occasions when you go for points rather than a win?” WR: “Well, I’m going to go for both; it’s going to be tough tomorrow for those guys that have been going fast—if they go the same speed tomorrow; so we’re just going to ride around, have some fun and collect all the points we can get.” Q: “You’ll be satisfied then if you don’t win?” WR: “No.”Duke Video: "Bike GP 1990 Review". Videocassette.
At the light, Rainey gets the start and is followed by Eddie Lawson, Mick Doohan, Randy Mamola, Carl Fogarty and Wayne Gardner. Schwantz is behind with another bad start.
Schwantz soon moves into fourth place, but then crashes out and ends much hope for the championship.
The race develops into two pairs: Rainey and Lawson on the Yamahas, then a small gap to the Hondas of Doohan and Gardner. Will Lawson stay behind Rainey and help him out as he said he would earlier in the season?
Gardner leaves Doohan and shows Lawson a wheel, but Lawson keeps Gardner under control for the moment. Ron Haslam crashes and runs off the track just as the leaders zoom in.
Gardner isn’t able to match Rainey and Lawson’s pace and finishes in third, and Lawson’s second place may have been deliberate in order to help teammate Rainey.
500 cc classification Pos. Rider Team Manufacturer Time/Retired Points 1 Wayne Rainey Marlboro Team Roberts Yamaha 46:01.689 20 2 Eddie Lawson Marlboro Team Roberts Yamaha +1.149 17 3 Wayne Gardner Rothmans Honda Team Honda +3.564 15 4 Mick Doohan Rothmans Honda Team Honda +22.564 13 5 Niall Mackenzie Lucky Strike Suzuki Suzuki +49.333 11 6 Carl Fogarty Team ROC Elf La Cinq Honda +1:07.973 10 7 Jean Philippe Ruggia Sonauto Gauloises Yamaha +1:08.831 9 8 Juan Garriga Ducados Yamaha Yamaha +1:20.431 8 9 Alex Barros Cagiva Corse Cagiva +1 Lap 7 10 Ron Haslam Cagiva Corse Cagiva +1 Lap 6 11 Marco Papa Team ROC Elf La Cinq Honda +1 Lap 5 12 Cees Doorakkers HRK Motors Honda +1 Lap 4 13 Peter Linden Honda +1 Lap 3 Ret Eero Kuparinen Honda Retirement Ret Randy Mamola Cagiva Corse Cagiva Retirement Ret Kevin Schwantz Lucky Strike Suzuki Suzuki Retirement Ret Andreas Leuthe Librenti Corse Honda Retirement Ret Christian Sarron Sonauto Gauloises Yamaha Retirement Sources:
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