1989 Yugoslavian motorcycle Grand Prix

The 1989 Yugoslavian motorcycle Grand Prix was the eighth round of the 1989 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 9–11 June 1989 at the Automotodrom Grobnik circuit, near Rijeka.

500 cc race report

Another pole for Kevin Schwantz, but Wayne Rainey gets a little gap after the light, and is chased by Eddie Lawson, Schwantz, Kevin Magee and Pierfrancesco Chili. Soon, the usual trio develops at the front. Lawson takes the lead, but makes a mistake and goes off-track, letting Schwantz and Rainey through and getting dropped from the leading group, though remaining in the third place.

Schwantz wants a win and Rainey wants as many riders between him and Lawson, so Schwantz has to earn the gap he gets from Rainey. Magee and Sarron fight for fourth.

Schwantz wins it ahead of Rainey and Lawson, and Rainey pulls ahead slightly in the standings.

500 cc classification

Pos.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	Template:Flagicon Kevin Schwantz	Suzuki Pepsi Cola	Suzuki	30	45:10.967	1	20
2	Template:Flagicon Wayne Rainey	Team Lucky Strike Roberts	Yamaha	30	+1.193	2	17
3	Template:Flagicon Eddie Lawson	Rothmans Kanemoto Honda	Honda	30	+15.670	3	15
4	Template:Flagicon Kevin Magee	Team Lucky Strike Roberts	Yamaha	30	+41.545	4	13
5	Template:Flagicon Christian Sarron	Sonauto Gauloises Blondes Yamaha Mobil 1	Yamaha	30	+41.673	6	11
6	Template:Flagicon Mick Doohan	Rothmans Honda Team	Honda	30	+1:05.736	10	10
7	Template:Flagicon Randy Mamola	Cagiva Corse	Cagiva	30	+1:12.921	5	9
8	Template:Flagicon Ron Haslam	Suzuki Pepsi Cola	Suzuki	30	+1:22.452	9	8
9	Template:Flagicon Pierfrancesco Chili	HB Honda Gallina Team	Honda	30	+1:31.927	7	7
10	Template:Flagicon Dominique Sarron	Team ROC Elf Honda	Honda	29	+1 Lap	11	6
11	Template:Flagicon Rob McElnea	Cabin Racing Team	Honda	29	+1 Lap	12	5
12	Template:Flagicon Niall Mackenzie	Marlboro Yamaha Team Agostini	Yamaha	29	+1 Lap	13	4
13	Template:Flagicon Massimo Broccoli	Cagiva Corse	Cagiva	29	+1 Lap	16	3
14	Template:Flagicon Simon Buckmaster	Racing Team Katayama	Honda	29	+1 Lap	17	2
15	Template:Flagicon Michael Rudroff	HRK Motors	Honda	29	+1 Lap	19	1
16	Template:Flagicon Bruno Kneubühler	Romer Racing Suisse	Honda	29	+1 Lap	21
17	Template:Flagicon Marco Papa	Team Greco	Paton	28	+2 Laps	20
18	Template:Flagicon Stefan Klabacher		Honda	28	+2 Laps	25
19	Template:Flagicon Francisco Gonzales	Club Motocross Pozuelo	Honda	27	+3 Laps	27
20	Template:Flagicon Nicholas Schmassman	FMS	Honda	27	+3 Laps	24
21	Template:Flagicon Rudolf Zeller		Manhattan	27	+3 Laps	28
Ret	Template:Flagicon Vittorio Scatola		Honda		Retirement	18
Ret	Template:Flagicon Michael Kaplam		Honda		Retirement	26
Ret	Template:Flagicon Marco Gentile	Fior Marlboro	Fior		Retirement	15
Ret	Template:Flagicon Alessandro Valesi	Team Iberia	Yamaha		Retirement	14
Ret	Template:Flagicon Andreas Leuthe	Librenti Corse	Suzuki		Retirement	22
Ret	Template:Flagicon Freddie Spencer	Marlboro Yamaha Team Agostini	Yamaha		Retirement	8
DNS	Template:Flagicon Claude Albert		Suzuki		did not start	23
DNQ	Template:Flagicon Donato Battistoni		Honda		Did not qualify
DNQ	Template:Flagicon Helmut Schutz	Rallye Sport	Honda		Did not qualify
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