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