The 1990 Hungarian motorcycle Grand Prix was the penultimate round of the 1990 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 31 August–2 September 1990 at the Hungaroring circuit.
500 cc race report Wayne Rainey gets the start, then it’s Eddie Lawson, Kevin Schwantz, Wayne Gardner and Mick Doohan. Randy Mamola has a small highside and looks like he’s going to save it, but heads into the gravel and it falls as he bumps the tire barrier.
Doohan is on the move as he passes Gardner and Schwantz and catches up to Lawson. It’s a small gap up to Rainey. As they brake at the end of the start-finish straight, Lawson makes a mistake and goes wide, losing contact with Doohan, who catches Rainey.
Doohan passes Rainey on the straight as he did with Lawson, but Rainey can’t fight back as his bike breaks down. This is his first DNF, but the championship is sewn-up.
Doohan takes a big win, his first in 500s.
500 cc classification Pos. Rider Team Manufacturer Time/Retired Points 1 Mick Doohan Rothmans Honda Team Honda 49:14.920 20 2 Eddie Lawson Marlboro Team Roberts Yamaha +25.442 17 3 Kevin Schwantz Lucky Strike Suzuki Suzuki +54.401 15 4 Wayne Gardner Rothmans Honda Team Honda +1:02.632 13 5 Juan Garriga Ducados Yamaha Yamaha +1:04.794 11 6 Jean Philippe Ruggia Sonauto Gauloises Yamaha +1:05.970 10 7 Niall Mackenzie Lucky Strike Suzuki Suzuki +1:06.248 9 8 Carl Fogarty Team ROC Elf La Cinq Honda +1:15.589 8 9 Alex Barros Cagiva Corse Cagiva +1:34.000 7 10 Sito Pons Campsa Banesto Honda +1:39.945 6 11 Ron Haslam Cagiva Corse Cagiva +1:46.026 5 12 Marco Papa Team ROC Elf La Cinq Honda +1 Lap 4 13 Rachel Nicotte Plaisir Vitesse Internationale Plaisir +1 Lap 3 14 Eddie Laycock Millar Racing Honda +1 Lap 2 15 Martin Troesch Honda +2 Laps 1 16 Cees Doorakkers HRK Motors Honda +2 Laps Ret Wayne Rainey Marlboro Team Roberts Yamaha Retirement Ret Andreas Leuthe Librenti Corse Honda Retirement Ret Karl Truchsess Honda Retirement Ret Christian Sarron Sonauto Gauloises Yamaha Retirement Ret Peter Linden Honda Retirement Ret Randy Mamola Cagiva Corse Cagiva Retirement Sources:
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