1990 Hungarian motorcycle Grand Prix

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	Template:Flagicon Mick Doohan	Rothmans Honda Team	Honda	49:14.920	20
2	Template:Flagicon Eddie Lawson	Marlboro Team Roberts	Yamaha	+25.442	17
3	Template:Flagicon Kevin Schwantz	Lucky Strike Suzuki	Suzuki	+54.401	15
4	Template:Flagicon Wayne Gardner	Rothmans Honda Team	Honda	+1:02.632	13
5	Template:Flagicon Juan Garriga	Ducados Yamaha	Yamaha	+1:04.794	11
6	Template:Flagicon Jean Philippe Ruggia	Sonauto Gauloises	Yamaha	+1:05.970	10
7	Template:Flagicon Niall Mackenzie	Lucky Strike Suzuki	Suzuki	+1:06.248	9
8	Template:Flagicon Carl Fogarty	Team ROC Elf La Cinq	Honda	+1:15.589	8
9	Template:Flagicon Alex Barros	Cagiva Corse	Cagiva	+1:34.000	7
10	Template:Flagicon Sito Pons	Campsa Banesto	Honda	+1:39.945	6
11	Template:Flagicon Ron Haslam	Cagiva Corse	Cagiva	+1:46.026	5
12	Template:Flagicon Marco Papa	Team ROC Elf La Cinq	Honda	+1 Lap	4
13	Template:Flagicon Rachel Nicotte	Plaisir Vitesse Internationale	Plaisir	+1 Lap	3
14	Template:Flagicon Eddie Laycock	Millar Racing	Honda	+1 Lap	2
15	Template:Flagicon Martin Troesch		Honda	+2 Laps	1
16	Template:Flagicon Cees Doorakkers	HRK Motors	Honda	+2 Laps
Ret	Template:Flagicon Wayne Rainey	Marlboro Team Roberts	Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Template:Flagicon Andreas Leuthe	Librenti Corse	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Template:Flagicon Karl Truchsess		Honda	Retirement
Ret	Template:Flagicon Christian Sarron	Sonauto Gauloises	Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Template:Flagicon Peter Linden		Honda	Retirement
Ret	Template:Flagicon Randy Mamola	Cagiva Corse	Cagiva	Retirement
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