1989 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season

The 1989 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season was the 41st F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship season.

1989 World Champions

Eddie Lawson (pictured at Suzuka) became the 500cc world champion

Sito Pons (pictured at Suzuka) became the 250cc world champion

Season summary

Defending champion Eddie Lawson stunned most observers by switching from the Yamaha to Honda in the offseason then proceeded to win the championship, becoming the first man to win two consecutive 500cc championships on two different brands. On why he left Yamaha for Honda: "Giacomo Agostini, the Marlboro Yamaha team manager, started playing games, saying stuff like, 'I don't know if we can pay you the same as we did in 1988.' I'd just won my third title, so that was tough to hear. Also, I found out Ago was talking to Kevin Schwantz. I met with Erv and told him that I needed a change. When Marlboro discovered I was talking with Honda, they doubled their offer, but it was too late. I actually took a pay cut to ride the Honda."^[1]

Wayne Rainey and Kevin Schwantz continued to perform impressively while Freddie Spencer made a less than successful comeback attempt with the Marlboro Yamaha team. Australian Wayne Gardner was out for most of the season after breaking his leg at Laguna Seca but not before winning the inaugural Grand Prix in his home country. Another Australian made his Grand Prix debut for the Rothmans Honda team with Mick Doohan scoring a third-place finish at the Hockenheimring. The FIM awarded half points for the rain-drenched Belgian Grand Prix after organisers restarted the race three times contrary to FIM race regulations. The Nations Grand Prix at Misano was boycotted by most of the top riders for safety reasons.

Sito Pons won a second consecutive 250 championship for Honda while Spanish teenager, Àlex Crivillé won the 125 crown on a Rotax-powered JJ Cobas motorcycle designed by Antonio Cobas. Derbi rider Manuel Herreros had the honor of winning the final 80cc world championship as the class would be discontinued after 1989.

1989 Grand Prix season calendar

The following Grands Prix were scheduled to take place in 1989:^[2]^[3]

Round	Date	Grand Prix	Circuit
1	26 March	Grand Prix of Japan	Suzuka Circuit
2	9 April	Swan Premium Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix	Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit
3	16 April	Dunlop USGP	Laguna Seca Raceway
4	30 April	Marlboro Gran Premio de España de Motociclismo	Circuito Permanente de Jerez
5	14 May	G.P. Delle Nazioni	Circuito Internazionale Santa Monica
6	28 May	Großer Preis von Deutschland für Motorräder	Hockenheimring
7	4 June	Großer Preis von Österreich	Salzburgring
8	11 June	Yu Grand Prix	Automotodrom Rijeka
9	24 June	Dutch TT	TT Circuit Assen
10	2 July	Belgium Motorcycle Grand Prix	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps
11	16 July	Grand Prix de France	Bugatti Circuit
12	6 August	Shell British Motorcycle Grand Prix	Donington Park
13	13 August	Swedish TT	Scandinavian Raceway
14	27 August	Grand Prix CSSR-Brno	Brno Circuit
15	17 September	Brazilian Grand Prix	Autódromo Internacional de Goiânia

Calendar changes

The Australian Grand Prix was added to the calendar.
The Expo 92 Grand Prix was taken off the calendar, as well as the Jarama circuit.
The Nations Grand Prix moved from the Imola circuit to the Circuito Internazionale Santa Monica.
The German Grand Prix moved from the Nürburgring to the Hockenheimring.
The French Grand Prix moved from the Paul Ricard circuit to the Bugatti Circuit in Le Mans.

Participants

500cc participants

Team	Constructor	Motorcycle	No.	Rider	Rounds
Team Rothmans/Kanemoto Honda	Honda	Honda NSR500	1	Eddie Lawson	1–4, 6–15
Rothmans Honda/HRC	Honda	Honda NSR500	2	Wayne Gardner	1–3, 9–13, 15
			17	Roger Burnett	12
			27	Mick Doohan	1–11, 15
Team Lucky Strike Roberts	Yamaha	Yamaha YZR500	3	Wayne Rainey	1–4, 6–15
Team Lucky Strike Roberts	Yamaha	Yamaha YZR500	5	Kevin Magee	1–3, 6–15
Team Roberts	Yamaha	Yamaha YZR500	49	John Kocinski	10
Team Gauloises Blondes Mobil 1	Yamaha	Yamaha YZR500	4	Christian Sarron	1–4, 6–15
Marlboro Yamaha Team Agostini	Yamaha	Yamaha YZR500	6	Niall Mackenzie	1–4, 6, 8–15
			19	Freddie Spencer	1–4, 6–11
			53	Luca Cadalora	12
			25	Alberto Rota	14
Team Elf Honda/ROC	Honda	Honda NSR500	7	Dominique Sarron	1–4, 6–8, 12, 15
Team Elf Honda/ROC	Honda	Honda NSR500	55 56	Adrien Morillas	11, 13–15
Team Pepsi Suzuki	Suzuki	Suzuki RGV500	8	Ron Haslam	1–4, 6–9, 12–15
Team Pepsi Suzuki	Suzuki	Suzuki RGV500	34	Kevin Schwantz	All
HB Honda Gallina Team	Honda	Honda NSR500	9	Pierfrancesco Chili	All
HB Honda Gallina Team	Honda	Honda NSR500	33 84	Fred Merkel	5, 11–12
Cabin Racing Team	Honda	Honda NSR500	10	Rob McElnea	6–15
Cabin Racing Team	Honda	Honda NSR500	25	Bubba Shobert	1–3
Cagiva Corse	Cagiva	Cagiva C589	12	Randy Mamola	1–4, 6–11, 14–15
			29	Massimo Broccoli	4–6
			29	Raymond Roche	11
HRK Motors	Honda	Honda RS500	14	Michael Rudroff	2–9, 14
HRK Motors	Honda	Honda RS500	54 56	Cees Doorakkers	9–12, 14
Team Iberna	Yamaha	Yamaha YZR500	15	Alessandro Valesi	All
Team Greco - Paton	Paton	Paton V115 500	16	Marco Papa	4–5, 8–12, 14
Tech-21/Team Yamaha	Yamaha	Yamaha YZR500	21	Tadahiko Taira	1–4, 13–14
Yamaha [Tech-21]	Yamaha	Yamaha YZR500	26	Norihiko Fujiwara	1
Yamaha [Tech-21]	Yamaha	Yamaha YZR500	26	Norihiko Fujiwara	5–6
Römer Racing Switzerland	Honda	Honda RS500	24	Bruno Kneubühler	3–4, 6–14
Marlboro Fior Team	Fior	Fior C89	32	Marco Gentile	1–12
Racing Team Katayama	Honda	Honda RS500	35 46 36	Simon Buckmaster	All
			44	Ian Pratt	4, 12
			54	Fabio Biliotti	11–14
??	Honda	Honda RS500	35	Josef Doppler	4–7, 9–10, 12, 14
Racing Team Librenti Corse	Librenti Suzuki	?? Suzuki RGV500	36 37	Andy Leuthe	4–5, 8–9, 11–14
??	Honda	Honda RS500	40 33	Fernando González	1–8, 10–12, 14–15
Club Moto Cross Pozuelo	Honda	Honda RS500	41 30	Juan López Mella	4–7, 9, 11–15
??	Honda	Honda RS500	56 38	Niggi Schmassman	2–15
Marlboro	Yamaha	Yamaha YZR500	42	Michael Dowson	2
HRC	Honda	Honda NSR500	11	Shunji Yatsushiro	1
Source: ^[4]

Key
Regular Rider
Wildcard Rider
Replacement Rider

250cc participants

Team	Constructor	Motorcycle	No.	Rider	Rounds
Campsa Honda Team	Honda	Honda NSR250	1	Sito Pons	All
Ducados Yamaha Team	Yamaha	Yamaha YZR 250	2	Joan Garriga	All
Team Lucky Strike Elf	Honda	Honda NSR250	3	Jacques Cornu	All
Aprilia Racing Team	Aprilia-Rotax	Aprilia AF1	4	Didier de Radiguès	All
Aprilia Racing Team	Aprilia-Rotax	Aprilia AF1	18	Iván Palazzese	2–5
Aprilia	Aprilia-Rotax	Aprilia AF1	??	Marcellino Lucchi	6, 9
HB Römer Team	Honda	Honda NSR250	5	Reinhold Roth	All
Marlboro Yamaha Team Agostini	Yamaha	Yamaha YZR 250	6	Luca Cadalora	All
Team Gauloises Blondes Yamaha	Yamaha	Yamaha YZR 250	7	Jean-Philippe Ruggia	1–11
Team Repsol Honda	Honda	Honda NSR250	8	Carlos Cardús	All
Ajinomoto Honda/HRC	Honda	Honda NSR250	9	Masahiro Shimizu	1–7, 9–15
FMV	Honda	Honda RS250R	10	Carlos Lavado	??
Team Rudy Project	Aprilia-Rotax	Aprilia AF1	10	Carlos Lavado	–15
Team Rudy Project	Aprilia-Rotax	Aprilia AF1	31	Fabio Barchitta	1–6
HB CR1 Racing Team Honda	Honda	Honda NSR250	13	Loris Reggiani	1–4, 6–12, 15
Team Hein Gericke	Aprilia-Rotax	Aprilia AF1	14	Martin Wimmer	1–13, 15
Team Hein Gericke	Aprilia-Rotax	Yamaha TZ 250	55 37	Bernhard Schick	??
Levior	Yamaha	Yamaha TZ 250	15	Manfred Herweh	7, 10, 12–14
Hostettler / SPI	Yamaha	Yamaha TZ 250	16	August Auinger	1–14
HB Rallye Sport Team	Honda	Honda NSR250	17	Helmut Bradl	All
Team Yamaha	Yamaha	Yamaha YZR 250	19	John Kocinski	1, 3
Team Uvex Aprilia Telefix	Aprilia-Rotax	Aprilia AF1	20	Harald Eckl	All
Team Italia	Aprilia-Rotax	Aprilia AF1	21	Fausto Ricci	1–4, 7–14
Team Italia	Aprilia-Rotax	Aprilia AF1	52 54	Alberto Rota	14
Team Elit	Aprilia-Rotax	Aprilia AF1	22	Renzo Colleoni	4–12, 14–15
SK Vöst	Aprilia-Rotax	Aprilia AF1	23	Andy Preining	1–14
Racing Team Katayama	Honda	Honda RS250R	24	Andy Leisner	??
RTK Lotus Quartz	Honda	Honda NSR250	40 49	Daniel Amatriaín	1–14
Venemotos Racing Team	Yamaha	Yamaha TZ 250	25	Alex Barros	1–3, 5, 7–15
Venemotos Racing Team	Yamaha	Yamaha TZ 250	26	Luis Lavado	1–2, 10–11, 14–15
Yamaha Racing Team	Yamaha	Yamaha YZR 250	28	Toshihiko Honma	1, 11–13
Team Ducados Yamaha Puig	Yamaha	Yamaha TZ 250	30	Alberto Puig	All
Samson Sharp Racing	Honda	Honda RS250R	32	Wilco Zeelenberg	4–14
Docshop Wevamed Racing Team	Yamaha	Yamaha TZ 250	33	Garry Cowan	All
Docshop Wevamed Racing Team	Yamaha	Yamaha TZ 250	50 48	Patrick van den Goorbergh	1–2, 4, 8–14
Team Ciampini	Honda	Honda RS250R	35	Stefano Caracchi	3–6, 8–10, 12–14
St Yrian Motos	Yamaha	Yamaha TZ 250	36	Jean Foray	2–5, 7–8, 11, 13–14
Schwabengarage & Reifenzenter Zürn	Honda	Honda RS250R	38 41	Jochen Schmid	1–8, 11–15
D Gallacher/Bradgate Containers	Yamaha	Yamaha TZ 250	39	Kevin Mitchell	1, 4, 7–8, 11–12
Motul Forza Shoei	Yamaha	Yamaha TZ 250	41 44	Jean-François Baldé	1–3, 5–9, 12–15
Clermont Ferrand	Yamaha	Yamaha TZ 250	43	Adrien Morillas	11, 13–15
Aprilia France	Aprilia-Rotax	Aprilia AF1	45	Alain Bronec	4–8, 10–15
Nava Racing Team	Seel-Yamaha	Yamaha TZ 250	46 34	Hans Becker	5–13
AGV Pileri LM	Honda	Honda RS250R	51 59 45	Paolo Casoli	1–2, 4, 11–15
AGV Pileri LM	Honda	Honda RS250R	70 46 48 42	Maurizio Vitali	5–14
Swiss Yamaha Team	Yamaha	Yamaha TZ 250	56 50	Urs Jücker	5, 8, 14
??	Yamaha	Yamaha TZ 250	57	Darren Milner	2
Cabin	Honda	Honda NSR250	58	Tadayuki Okada	1
Gazzaniga Corse	Gazzaniga	??	60 46	Virginio Ferrari	6–7, 14
Edwin	Honda	Honda NSR250	65	Jim Filice	1, 3
??	Yamaha	Yamaha YZR 250	??	Toshinobu Shiomori	1
Source: ^[5]

Key
Regular Rider
Wildcard Rider
Replacement Rider

Results and standings

Grands Prix

Round	Date	Race	Location	80cc winner	125cc winner	250cc winner	500cc winner	Report
1	26 March	Japanese Grand Prix	Suzuka		Ezio Gianola	John Kocinski	Kevin Schwantz	Report
2	9 April	Australian Grand Prix	Phillip Island		Àlex Crivillé	Sito Pons	Wayne Gardner	Report
3	16 April	United States Grand Prix	Laguna Seca			John Kocinski	Wayne Rainey	Report
4	30 April	Spanish Grand Prix	Jerez	Herri Torrontegui	Àlex Crivillé	Luca Cadalora	Eddie Lawson	Report
5	14 May	Nations Grand Prix	Misano	Jorge Martínez	Ezio Gianola	Sito Pons	Pierfrancesco Chili	Report
6	28 May	German Grand Prix	Hockenheim	Peter Öttl	Àlex Crivillé	Sito Pons	Wayne Rainey	Report
7	4 June	Austrian Grand Prix	Salzburgring		Hans Spaan	Sito Pons	Kevin Schwantz	Report
8	11 June	Yugoslavian Grand Prix	Automotodrom Rijeka	Peter Öttl		Sito Pons	Kevin Schwantz	Report
9	24 June	Dutch TT	Assen	Peter Öttl	Hans Spaan	Reinhold Roth	Wayne Rainey	Report
10	2 July	Belgian Grand Prix	Spa		Hans Spaan	Jacques Cornu	Eddie Lawson	Report
11	16 July	French Grand Prix	Le Mans		Jorge Martínez	Carlos Cardús	Eddie Lawson	Report
12	6 August	British Grand Prix	Donington		Hans Spaan	Sito Pons	Kevin Schwantz	Report
13	13 August	Swedish Grand Prix	Anderstorp		Àlex Crivillé	Sito Pons	Eddie Lawson	Report
14	27 August	Czechoslovakian Grand Prix	Brno	Herri Torrontegui	Àlex Crivillé	Reinhold Roth	Kevin Schwantz	Report
15	17 September	Brazilian Grand Prix	Goiânia			Luca Cadalora	Kevin Schwantz	Report

500cc riders' standings

Scoring system

Points are awarded to the top fifteen finishers. A rider has to finish the race to earn points.

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th
Points	20	17	15	13	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1

Pos	Rider	Bike	JPN	AUS	USA	ESP	NAT	GER	AUT	YUG	NED	BEL	FRA	GBR	SWE	CZE	BRA	Pts^[6]
1	Eddie Lawson	Honda	3	5	3	1	Ret	2	2	3	2	1	1	2	1	2	2	228
2	Wayne Rainey	Yamaha	2	2	1	2	Ret	1	3	2	1	3	3	3	Ret	3	3	210.5
3	Christian Sarron	Yamaha	7	3	6	4	Ret	5	4	5	3	4	4	5	2	4	8	165.5
4	Kevin Schwantz	Suzuki	1	Ret	2	Ret	Ret	Ret	1	1	Ret	2	2	1	Ret	1	1	162.5
5	Kevin Magee	Yamaha	5	4	4			7	5	4	4	7	5	6	5	7	6	138.5
6	Pierfrancesco Chili	Honda	Ret	Ret	7	6	1	4	6	9	5	6	6	9	7	5	Ret	122
7	Niall Mackenzie	Yamaha	6	Ret	5	3	Ret	Ret		12	8	10	7	4	4	6	9	103
8	Ron Haslam	Suzuki	12	7	Ret	7	Ret	Ret	7	8	7			7	6	8	5	86
9	Mick Doohan	Honda	Ret	8	8	Ret	Ret	3	8	6	9	8	8				4	81
10	Wayne Gardner	Honda	4	1	Ret						6	Ret	Ret	Ret	3		7	67
11	Rob McElnea	Honda					Ret	10	11	11	10	11	9	10	9	12	12	52.5
12	Simon Buckmaster	Honda		12	13	13	2	14	13	14	19	15	14	15	12	21	14	43.5
13	Alessandro Valesi	Yamaha	Ret	11	11	10	Ret	13	12	Ret	12	Ret	13	Ret	11	14	13	40
14	Tadahiko Taira	Yamaha	8	6	Ret	8									10	9		39
15	Dominique Sarron	Honda	18	10	10	9	Ret	8	10	10				Ret			Ret	39
16	Freddie Spencer	Yamaha	14	Ret		5	Ret	9	9	Ret	13	9	Ret					33.5
17	Marco Gentile [nl]	Fior	20	13	12	12	4	Ret	14	Ret	14	12	Ret	13				33
18	Randy Mamola	Cagiva	16	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	12	Ret	7	11	23	11			11	11	33
19	Adrien Morillas	Honda											10		8	10	10	26
20	Michael Rudroff	Honda		15	15	20	3	21	19	15	17					20		18
21	Norihiko Fujiwara	Yamaha	9				Ret	6										17
22	Bubba Shobert	Honda	11	Ret	9													12
23	Josef Doppler	Honda				18	5	22	16		Ret	16		21		24		11
24	Alois Mayer	Honda					6	Ret	Ret		25							10
25	Romolo Balbi	Honda					7											9
26	Fernando Gonzales de Nicolas	Honda	23	Ret	16	Ret	8	DNQ	22	19	DNQ	21	24	22	DNQ	25	16	8
27	Luca Cadalora	Yamaha												8				8
28	Massimo Broccoli	Cagiva				11	Ret			13								8
29	Niggi Schmassman	Honda		14	Ret	Ret	10	Ret	21	20	23	19	21	Ret	16	Ret	17	8
30	Michael Dowson	Yamaha		9														7
31	Andy Leuthe	Suzuki				Ret	9	DNQ		Ret	Ret		Ret	20	Ret	23		7
32	Shinichi Ito	Honda	10															6
33	Fabio Biliotti	Honda											15	14	13	19		6
34	Bruno Kneubühler	Honda			14	16	Ret	15	15	16	16	17	17	18	14	18		6
35	John Kocinski	Yamaha										5						5.5
36	Ernst Gschwender	Suzuki						11										5
37	Roger Burnett	Honda												12				4
38	Thierry Crine	Suzuki											12					4
39	Juan Manuel Lopez Mella	Honda				14	Ret	19	Ret		Ret		18	Ret	15	16	15	4
40	Alberto Rota	Yamaha														13		3
41	Shunji Yatsushiro	Honda	13															3
42	Cees Doorakkers	Honda									15	13	25	Ret		Ret		2.5
43	Eddie Laycock	Honda				15					Ret	14	16	DNQ		17		2
44	Kunio Machii	Yamaha	15															1
45	Peter Linden	Honda						23			Ret				Ret	15		1
46	Hansjoerg Butz	Honda						16										0
47	Marco Papa	Paton				Ret	Ret	DNQ		17	20	18	Ret	16		Ret		0
48	Shinji Katayama	Yamaha	17															0
49	Vincenzo Cascino	Honda			17			DNQ								26	Ret	0
50	Claude Albert	Suzuki				17							19	19				0
51	Rachel Nicotte	Honda						17						Ret	Ret			0
52	Georg Jung	Honda						Ret	17									0
53	Robert Holden	Honda												17				0
54	Timo Paavilainen	Suzuki													17			0
55	Vittorio Scatola	Honda					Ret	18		Ret			DNQ					0
56	Stefan Klabacher	Honda					Ret	24	18	18						22		0
57	Michele Valdo	Honda									18							0
58	Katsunori Shinozaki	Suzuki	19															0
59	Steve Williams	Yamaha				19												0
60	Peter Schleef	Honda						20			21							0
61	Karl Dauer	Honda						Ret	20							Ret		0
62	Hans Klingebiel	Honda						26	25			20						0
63	Jean-Paul Lecointe	Suzuki											20					0
64	Keiji Kinoshita	Honda	21															0
65	Ian Pratt	Honda				21					DNQ			Ret	DNQ			0
66	Rudolf Zeller	Manhattan							24	21						27		0
67	Kenmei Matsumoto	Honda	22															0
68	Fabian Pilloud	Honda				22												0
69	Martin Trosch	Honda						Ret			22							0
70	Mark Phillips	Suzuki										22		Ret				0
71	Pascal Seguela	Honda											22					0
72	Pavol Dekanek	Honda							23		Ret	Ret				28		0
73	Bernard Gitton	Fior											23					0
74	Peter Graves	Honda												23				0
75	Felix Beck	Honda									24							0
76	Helmut Schutz	Honda						25		DNQ						Ret		0
77	Anton Berghammer	Suzuki							26									0
78	Dario Marchetti	Honda														29		0
79	Harry Heutmekers	Suzuki														30		0
80	Michael Kaplan	Honda								Ret						31		0
81	Alan Carter	Honda												Ret	Ret			0
82	Fred Merkel	Honda					Ret						11					5
83	Doug Polen	Suzuki	Ret															0
84	Hikaru Miyagi	Honda	Ret															0
85	Norio Iobe	Honda	Ret															0
86	Osamu Hiwatashi	Suzuki	Ret															0
87	Greg Drew	PRP		Ret														0
88	James Judd	Yamaha		Ret														0
89	Malcolm Campbell	Honda		Ret														0
90	Eugene Brown	Suzuki			Ret													0
91	Larry Moreno Vacondio	Suzuki				DNQ	Ret		DNQ					DNQ				0
92	Raymond Roche	Cagiva					Ret						Ret					0
93	Roland Busch	Honda						Ret										0
94	Karl Truchsess	Honda									Ret							0
95	Stephane Mertens	Honda									Ret							0
96	Bernard Andrault	Honda											Ret					0
97	Patrick Leruste	Fior											Ret					0
98	Patrick Salles	Fior											Ret					0
99	David Crampton	Suzuki												Ret				0
100	John Mossey	Suzuki												Ret				0
101	Torbjorn Bastiansen	Suzuki													Ret			0

250cc standings

Place	Rider	Number	Country	Team	Machine	Points	Wins
1	Sito Pons	1	Spain	Campsa-Honda	NSR250	262	7
2	Reinhold Roth	5	Germany	HB Römer-Honda	NSR250	190	2
3	Jacques Cornu	3	Switzerland	Lucky Strike Elf-Honda	NSR250	187	1
4	Carlos Cardús	9	Spain	Repsol-Honda	NSR250	162	1
5	Luca Cadalora	6	Italy	Marlboro Yamaha-Agostini	YZR250	127	2
6	Masahiro Shimizu	10	Japan	Ajinomoto-Honda	NSR250	116	0
7	Jean-Philippe Ruggia	7	France	Gauloises Blondes-Yamaha	YZR250	110	0
8	Juan Garriga	2	Spain	Ducados-Yamaha	YZR250	98	0
9	Helmut Bradl	17	Germany	HB Rallye Sport-Honda	NSR250	88	0
10	Martin Wimmer	14	Germany	Hein Gericke-Aprilia	RS250	62	0
11	Loris Reggiani					52
12	Didier de Radiguès					51
13	Wilco Zeelenberg					41
14	John Kocinski	19	USA	Team Yamaha	YZR250	40	2
15	Toshihiko Honma					36
16	Jochen Schmid					36
17	Carlos Lavado					31
18	Alex Barros					30
19	Garry Cowan					25
20	Jim Filice					22
21	Renzo Colleoni					21
22	Ivan Palazzese					19
23	Alberto Puig					18
24	Harald Eckl					18
25	Marcellino Lucchi					17
26	Daniel Amatriain					14
27	Alain Bronec					11
28	Tadayuki Okada					10
29	Toshinobu Shiomori					9
30	Jose Morillas					9
31	Stefano Caracchi					9
32	Fausto Ricci					8
33	Alberto Rota					6
34	Hans Spaan					6
35	Daryl Beattie					4
36	Kevin Mitchell					4
37	Paolo Casoli					4
38	Andy Preining					4
39	Maurizio Vitali					2
40	Luis Lavado					2
41	Junya Arai					1
41	Harald Becker					1
41	Manfred Herweh					1
41	August Auinger					1

^[7]^[8]

125cc standings

Place	Rider	Number	Country	Machine	Points	Wins
1	Àlex Crivillé	28	Spain	JJ Cobas	166	5
2	Hans Spaan	3	Netherlands	Honda	152	4
3	Ezio Gianola	2	Italy	Honda	138	2
4	Hisashi Unemoto	11	Japan	Honda	104
5	Fausto Gresini	22	Italy	Aprilia	102
6	Koji Takada	18	Japan	Honda	99
7	Stefan Prein	8	West Germany	Honda	92
8	Julián Miralles	4	Spain	Derbi	90
9	Jorge Martínez	1	Spain	Derbi	72	1
10	Alan Scott	12	United States	Honda	54
11	Adi Stadler				53
12	Robin Milton				46
13	Luis Miguel Reyes				35
14	Domenico Brigaglia				34
15	Dirk Raudies				29
16	Alfred Waibel				25
17	Taru Rinne				23
18	Lucio Pietroniro				22
19	Bruno Casanova				20
20	Doriano Romboni				20
21	Flemming Kistrup				18
22	Robin Appleyard				18
23	Thierry Feuz				15
24	Masayuki Hirose				13
25	Herri Torrontegui				13
26	Kenichi Yoshida				11
27	Jean Claude Selini				11
28	Masato Shima				10
29	Corrado Catalano				10
30	Johnny Wickstroem				10
31	Yutaka Fujihara				9
32	Kazuaki Yamashita				8
33	Hubert Abold				8
34	Shinichi Fujiyama				7
35	Kazuya Yamada				6
36	Gerhard Waibel				6
37	Mike Leitner				4
38	Gabriele Debbia				3
39	Jean Pierre Jeandat				3
40	Stuart Edwards				3
42	Bady Hassaine				2
42	Josef Fischer				2
44	Alex Bedford				1
44	Heinz Lüthi				1
44	Herve Duffard				1

80cc standings

Place	Rider	Number	Country	Machine	Points	Wins
1	Manuel Herreros	4	Spain	Derbi	92
2	Stefan Dörflinger	3	Switzerland	Krauser	80
3	Peter Öttl	5	West Germany	Krauser	75	3
4	Herri Torrontegui		Spain	Krauser	75	2
5	Gabriele Gnani	10	Italy	Gnani	45
6	Paolo Priori		Italy	Krauser	41
7	Bogdan Nikolov	6	Bulgaria	Krauser	40
8	Jorge Martínez		Spain	Derbi	35	1
9	Jaime Mariano		Spain	Casal	33
10	Jörg Seel		West Germany	Seel	32
11	Antonio Sánchez				30
12	Julián Miralles				26
13	Hans Koopman				23
14	Ralf Waldmann				23
15	Josè Saez				20
16	Bernd Völkel				13
17	Jos Van Dongen				13
18	Bert Smit				12
19	Stefan Kurfiss				12
20	Luis Alvaro				10
21	Giuseppe Ascareggi				9
22	Roberto Sassone				7
23	Janos Szabo				6
24	Zdravko Matulja				5
25	Jacques Bernard				5
26	Janez Pintar				4
27	Stefan Brägger				4
28	Thomas Engl				3
29	Günter Schrinhofer				3
30	René Dünki				3
31	Mathias Ehinger				2
32	Heinz Paschen				1
33	Xavier Arumi				1

References

Büla, Maurice & Schertenleib, Jean-Claude (2001). Continental Circus 1949-2000. Chronosports S.A. ISBN 2-940125-32-5
"The Official MotoGP website". Retrieved 2010-07-06.

^ Ienatsch, Nick (December 2009). "Eddie Lawson: 20 Years Later". CycleWorld.com. Retrieved 2009-12-18.
^ "Grand Prix uitslagen en bijzonderheden 1989". Archive.li. Archived from the original on 2015-07-25. Retrieved 2018-06-12.
^ "1989 World Motorcycle Championship". 12 June 2017.
^ "Motorcycle Racing Online - 500cc Grand Prix entry list for 1989".
^ "Motorcycle Racing Online - 250cc Grand Prix entry list for 1989".
^ The points for the Belgian round were halved because of too many restarts.
^ "motogp.com · 250cc World Standing 1989". www.motogp.com. Archived from the original on 2012-09-17. Retrieved 2010-06-06.
^ "250cc Grand Prix entry list for 1989".

[1] Ienatsch, Nick (December 2009). "Eddie Lawson: 20 Years Later". CycleWorld.com. Retrieved 2009-12-18.

[2] "Grand Prix uitslagen en bijzonderheden 1989". Archive.li. Archived from the original on 2015-07-25. Retrieved 2018-06-12.

[3] "1989 World Motorcycle Championship". 12 June 2017.

[4] "Motorcycle Racing Online - 500cc Grand Prix entry list for 1989".

[5] "Motorcycle Racing Online - 250cc Grand Prix entry list for 1989".

[points-6] The points for the Belgian round were halved because of too many restarts.

[7] "motogp.com · 250cc World Standing 1989". www.motogp.com. Archived from the original on 2012-09-17. Retrieved 2010-06-06.

[8] "250cc Grand Prix entry list for 1989".

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