500cc Grand Prix Standings 1989
101 riders · 1989 season
| Position | Rider | Points | Gap to leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eddie Lawson Team Rothmans/Kanemoto Honda | 228 | Leader |
| 2 | Wayne Rainey Team Lucky Strike Roberts | 210.5 | −17.5 |
| 3 | Christian Sarron Team Gauloises Blondes Mobil 1 | 165.5 | −62.5 |
| 4 | Kevin Schwantz Team Pepsi Suzuki | 162.5 | −65.5 |
| 5 | Kevin Magee Team Lucky Strike Roberts | 138.5 | −89.5 |
| 6 | Pierfrancesco Chili HB Honda Gallina Team | 122 | −106 |
| 7 | Niall Mackenzie Marlboro Yamaha Team Agostini | 103 | −125 |
| 8 | Ron Haslam Team Pepsi Suzuki | 86 | −142 |
| 9 | Mick Doohan Rothmans Honda/HRC | 81 | −147 |
| 10 | Wayne Gardner Rothmans Honda/HRC | 67 | −161 |
| 11 | Rob McElnea Cabin Racing Team | 52.5 | −175.5 |
| 12 | Simon Buckmaster Racing Team Katayama | 43.5 | −184.5 |
| 13 | Alessandro Valesi Team Iberna | 40 | −188 |
| 14 | Tadahiko Taira Tech-21/Team Yamaha | 39 | −189 |
| 15 | Dominique Sarron Team Elf Honda/ROC | 39 | −189 |
| 16 | Freddie Spencer Marlboro Yamaha Team Agostini | 33.5 | −194.5 |
| 17 | Marco Gentile Marlboro Fior Team | 33 | −195 |
| 18 | Randy Mamola Cagiva Corse | 33 | −195 |
| 19 | Adrien Morillas Team Elf Honda/ROC | 26 | −202 |
| 20 | Michael Rudroff HRK Motors | 18 | −210 |
| 21 | Norihiko Fujiwara Tech-21/Team Yamaha | 17 | −211 |
| 22 | Bubba Shobert Cabin Racing Team | 12 | −216 |
| 23 | Josef Doppler Team Doppler | 11 | −217 |
| 24 | Alois Meyer Rallye Sport | 10 | −218 |
| 25 | Romolo Balbi Honda | 9 | −219 |
| 26 | Fernando González de Nicolás Fernando González | 8 | −220 |
| 27 | Luca Cadalora Marlboro Yamaha Team Agostini | 8 | −220 |
| 28 | Massimo Broccoli Cagiva Corse | 8 | −220 |
| 29 | Niggi Schmassman Team Schmassmann | 8 | −220 |
| 30 | Michael Dowson Yamaha Racing Australia | 7 | −221 |
| 31 | Andreas Leuthe Racing Team Librenti Corse | 7 | −221 |
| 32 | Shinichi Ito Honda HRC | 6 | −222 |
| 33 | Fabio Biliotti Racing Team Katayama | 6 | −222 |
| 34 | Bruno Kneubühler Römer Racing Switzerland | 6 | −222 |
| 35 | John Kocinski Team Roberts | 5.5 | −222.5 |
| 36 | Ernst Gschwender Team Suzuki Deutschland | 5 | −223 |
| 37 | Fred Merkel HB Honda Gallina Team | 5 | −223 |
| 38 | Roger Burnett Rothmans Honda-HRC | 4 | −224 |
| 39 | Thierry Crine Minolta Suzuki France | 4 | −224 |
| 40 | Juan Manuel Lopez Mella Club Moto Cross Pozuelo | 4 | −224 |
| 41 | Alberto Rota Marlboro Yamaha Team Agostini | 3 | −225 |
| 42 | Shunji Yatsushiro Honda HRC | 3 | −225 |
| 43 | Cees Doorakkers HRK Motors | 2.5 | −225.5 |
| 44 | Eddie Laycock Millar Racing | 2 | −226 |
| 45 | Kunio Machii Nescafe Can RT Yamaha | 1 | −227 |
| 46 | Peter Linden Team Heukeroff | 1 | −227 |
| 47 | Hansjoerg Butz Honda | 0 | −228 |
| 48 | Marco Papa Team Greco-Paton | 0 | −228 |
| 49 | Shinji Katayama Yamaha | 0 | −228 |
| 50 | Vincenzo Cascino Vincenzo Cascino | 0 | −228 |
| 51 | Claude Albert Suzuki | 0 | −228 |
| 52 | Rachel Nicotte Plaisir-Jacadi Racing | 0 | −228 |
| 53 | Georg Jung Honda | 0 | −228 |
| 54 | Robert Holden Robert Holden Racing | 0 | −228 |
| 55 | Timo Paavilainen Suzuki | 0 | −228 |
| 56 | Vittorio Scatola Suzuki | 0 | −228 |
| 57 | Stefan Klabacher Honda | 0 | −228 |
| 58 | Michele Valdo Honda | 0 | −228 |
| 59 | Katsunori Shinozaki Suzuki | 0 | −228 |
| 60 | Steve Williams Yamaha | 0 | −228 |
| 61 | Peter Schleef Honda | 0 | −228 |
| 62 | Karl Dauer Honda | 0 | −228 |
| 63 | Hans Klingebiel Honda | 0 | −228 |
| 64 | Jean-Paul Lecointe MotoDepot | 0 | −228 |
| 65 | Keiji Kinoshita Honda | 0 | −228 |
| 66 | Ian Pratt Racing Team Katayama | 0 | −228 |
| 67 | Rudolf Zeller Uvex Manhattan Honda | 0 | −228 |
| 68 | Kenmei Matsumoto Honda | 0 | −228 |
| 69 | Fabian Pilloud Honda | 0 | −228 |
| 70 | Martin Trosch Honda | 0 | −228 |
| 71 | Mark Phillips Suzuki | 0 | −228 |
| 72 | Pascal Seguela Honda | 0 | −228 |
| 73 | Pavol Dekánek Wernberger | 0 | −228 |
| 74 | Bernard Gitton Fior | 0 | −228 |
| 75 | Peter Graves Honda | 0 | −228 |
| 76 | Felix Beck Honda | 0 | −228 |
| 77 | Helmut Schutz Rallye Sport | 0 | −228 |
| 78 | Anton Berghammer Suzuki | 0 | −228 |
| 79 | Dario Marchetti Honda | 0 | −228 |
| 80 | Harry Heutmekers Harry Heutmekers | 0 | −228 |
| 81 | Michael Kaplan Honda | 0 | −228 |
| 82 | Alan Carter Honda | 0 | −228 |
| 83 | Doug Polen Suzuki | 0 | −228 |
| 84 | Hikaru Miyagi Honda HRC | 0 | −228 |
| 85 | Norio Iobe Honda HRC | 0 | −228 |
| 86 | Osamu Hiwatashi Schick Advantage Suzuki | 0 | −228 |
| 87 | Greg Drew PRP | 0 | −228 |
| 88 | James Judd Yamaha | 0 | −228 |
| 89 | Malcolm Campbell Honda HRC | 0 | −228 |
| 90 | Eugene Brown Dr. Browns Racing | 0 | −228 |
| 91 | Larry Moreno Vacondio Honda | 0 | −228 |
| 92 | Raymond Roche Cagiva Corse | 0 | −228 |
| 93 | Roland Busch Honda | 0 | −228 |
| 94 | Karl Truchsess Suzuki | 0 | −228 |
| 95 | Stephane Mertens Honda | 0 | −228 |
| 96 | Bernard Andrault Honda | 0 | −228 |
| 97 | Patrick Leruste Fior | 0 | −228 |
| 98 | Patrick Salles Fior | 0 | −228 |
| 99 | David Crampton Suzuki | 0 | −228 |
| 100 | John Mossey John Mossey | 0 | −228 |
| 101 | Torbjorn Bastiansen Torbjorn Bastiansen | 0 | −228 |
Who won the 1989 500cc World Championship?
Eddie Lawson (Team Rothmans/Kanemoto Honda) won the 1989 500cc World Championship with 228 points. Wayne Rainey (Team Lucky Strike Roberts) finished second on 210.5 points, 17.5 points behind, with Christian Sarron (Team Gauloises Blondes Mobil 1) third on 165.5 points. These are the final standings for the 1989 500cc World Championship season.
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