1989 Superbike World Championship

Template:Short description Template:Motorsport championship The 1989 Superbike World Championship was the second FIM Superbike World Championship season. The season started on 27 March at Donington Park and finished on 19 November at Manfeild Autocourse after 11 rounds.

American Fred Merkel won his second riders' championship and Honda won the manufacturers' championship.

Race calendar and results

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning rider	Winning team	Report
1	R1	Template:Flagicon Donington	27 March	Template:Flagicon Raymond Roche	Template:Flagicon Roger Burnett	Template:Flagicon Fabrizio Pirovano	Belgarda Yamaha	Report
	R2				Template:Flagicon Raymond Roche	Template:Flagicon Giancarlo Falappa	Bimota SpA
2	R1	Template:Flagicon Hungaroring	30 April	Template:Flagicon Fred Merkel	Template:Flagicon Raymond Roche	Template:Flagicon Fred Merkel	Team Rumi RCM	Report
	R2				Template:Flagicon Fred Merkel	Template:Flagicon Fred Merkel	Team Rumi RCM
3	R1	Template:Flagicon Mosport	4 June	Template:Flagicon Fred Merkel	Template:Flagicon Raymond Roche	Template:Flagicon Fred Merkel	Team Rumi RCM	Report
	R2				Template:Flagicon Fred Merkel	Template:Flagicon Giancarlo Falappa	Bimota SpA
4	R1	Template:Flagicon Brainerd	11 June	Template:Flagicon Fred Merkel	Not recorded	Template:Flagicon Raymond Roche	Squadra Corse Ducati Lucchinelli	Report
	R2				Not recorded	Template:Flagicon Raymond Roche	Squadra Corse Ducati Lucchinelli
5	R1	Template:Flagicon Österreichring	2 July	Template:Flagicon Raymond Roche	Template:Flagicon Baldassarre Monti	Template:Flagicon Alex Vieira	Honda Motul	Report
	R2				Template:Flagicon Stéphane Mertens	Template:Flagicon Stéphane Mertens	Total Bel Ray
6	R1	Template:Flagicon Paul Ricard	30 July	Template:Flagicon Raymond Roche	Template:Flagicon Mike Baldwin	Template:Flagicon Stéphane Mertens	Total Bel Ray	Report
	R2				Template:Flagicon Giancarlo Falappa	Template:Flagicon Giancarlo Falappa	Bimota SpA
7	R1	Template:Flagicon Sugo	27 August	Template:Flagicon Doug Polen	Template:Flagicon Michael Dowson	Template:Flagicon Doug Polen	Yoshimura Suzuki Sietto GP-1	Report
	R2				Template:Flagicon Kenihiro Iwahashi	Template:Flagicon Michael Dowson	Marlboro Yamaha Dealer Team
8	R1	Template:Flagicon Hockenheim	17 September	Template:Flagicon Raymond Roche	Template:Flagicon Raymond Roche	Template:Flagicon Raymond Roche	Squadra Corse Ducati Lucchinelli	Report
	R2				Template:Flagicon Raymond Roche	Template:Flagicon Raymond Roche	Squadra Corse Ducati Lucchinelli
9	R1	Template:Flagicon Pergusa	24 September	Template:Flagicon Giancarlo Falappa	Template:Flagicon Stéphane Mertens	Template:Flagicon Stéphane Mertens	Total Bel Ray	Report
	R2				Template:Flagicon Raymond Roche	Template:Flagicon Raymond Roche	Squadra Corse Ducati Lucchinelli
10	R1	Template:Flagicon Oran Park	12 November	Template:Flagicon Michael Dowson	Template:Flagicon Malcolm Campbell	Template:Flagicon Peter Goddard	Marlboro Yamaha Dealer Team	Report
	R2				Template:Flagicon Fabrizio Pirovano	Template:Flagicon Michael Dowson	Marlboro Yamaha Dealer Team
11	R1	Template:Flagicon Manfeild	19 November	Template:Flagicon Fred Merkel	Template:Flagicon Michael Dowson	Template:Flagicon Terry Rymer	Team Loctite Yamaha	Report
	R2				Template:Flagicon Aaron Slight	Template:Flagicon Stéphane Mertens	Total Bel Ray

Championship standings

Riders' standings

Rank	Rider	Manufacturer	Points	Wins
1	Template:Flagicon Fred Merkel	Template:Flagicon Honda	272	3
2	Template:Flagicon Stéphane Mertens	Template:Flagicon Honda	265	4
3	Template:Flagicon Raymond Roche	Template:Flagicon Ducati	222	5
4	Template:Flagicon Fabrizio Pirovano	Template:Flagicon Yamaha	208	1
5	Template:Flagicon Anders Andersson	Template:Flagicon Yamaha	159	0
6	Template:Flagicon Giancarlo Falappa	Template:Flagicon Bimota	139	3
7	Template:Flagicon Terry Rymer	Template:Flagicon Yamaha	134	1
8	Template:Flagicon Baldassarre Monti	Template:Flagicon Ducati	99	0
9	Template:Flagicon Jari Suhonen	Template:Flagicon Yamaha	90	0
10	Template:Flagicon Michael Dowson	Template:Flagicon Yamaha	79	2
11	Template:Flagicon Rob Phillis	Template:Flagicon Kawasaki	79	0
12	Template:Flagicon Mike Baldwin	Template:Flagicon Bimota	74	0
13	Template:Flagicon Patrick Igoa	Template:Flagicon Kawasaki	64	0
14	Template:Flagicon Aaron Slight	Template:Flagicon Kawasaki	54	0
15	Template:Flagicon Alex Vieira	Template:Flagicon Honda	51	1
16	Template:Flagicon Malcolm Campbell	Template:Flagicon Honda	48	0
17	Template:Flagicon Davide Tardozzi	Template:Flagicon Bimota	39	0
18	Template:Flagicon Reuben McMurter	Template:Flagicon Honda	38	0
19	Template:Flagicon Roger Burnett	Template:Flagicon Honda	36	0
20	Template:Flagicon Tadahiko Sohwa	Template:Flagicon Kawasaki	36	0
21	Template:Flagicon Doug Polen	Template:Flagicon Suzuki	33	1
22	Template:Flagicon Rob McElnea	Template:Flagicon Yamaha	28	0
23	Template:Flagicon Ernst Gschwender	Template:Flagicon Suzuki	28	0
24	Template:Flagicon Kenihiro Iwahashi	Template:Flagicon Honda	27	0
25	Template:Flagicon Andreas Hofmann	Template:Flagicon Honda	27	0
26	Template:Flagicon Massimo Broccoli	Template:Flagicon Ducati	26	0
27	Template:Flagicon Renè Rasmussen	Template:Flagicon Suzuki	26	0
28	Template:Flagicon Peter Goddard	Template:Flagicon Yamaha	20	1
29	Template:Flagicon Steve Crevier	Template:Flagicon Yamaha	20	0
30	Template:Flagicon Tommy Douglas	Template:Flagicon Yamaha	20	0
31	Template:Flagicon Tetsuro Arata	Template:Flagicon Yamaha	18	0
32	Template:Flagicon Peter Rubatto	Template:Flagicon Bimota	17	0
33	Template:Flagicon Fabio Biliotti	Template:Flagicon Bimota	17	0
34	Template:Flagicon Brian Morrison	Template:Flagicon Honda	17	0
35	Template:Flagicon Gary Goodfellow	Template:Flagicon Suzuki	16	0
36	Template:Flagicon Jean Yves Mounier	Template:Flagicon Yamaha	15	0
37	Template:Flagicon Renè Bongers	Template:Flagicon Yamaha	15	0
38	Template:Flagicon Pierre Bolle	Template:Flagicon Kawasaki	14	0
39	Template:Flagicon Paul Iddon	Template:Flagicon Yamaha	14	0
40	Template:Flagicon Andy McGladdery	Template:Flagicon Honda	14	0

Manufacturers' standings

Pos	Manufacturer	Pts
1	Template:Flagicon Honda	368
2	Template:Flagicon Yamaha	335
3	Template:Flagicon Ducati	270
4	Template:Flagicon Bimota	208
5	Template:Flagicon Kawasaki	166
6	Template:Flagicon Suzuki	120

Notes

• The points allocation system was: 1st=20, 2nd=17, 3rd=15, 4th=13, 5th=11, 6th=10, 7th=9, 8th=8, 9th=7, 10th=6, 11th=5, 12th=4, 13th=3, 14th=2, 15th=1