1989 Austrian motorcycle Grand Prix
# 1989 Austrian motorcycle Grand Prix

The 1989 Austrian motorcycle Grand Prix was the seventh round of the 1989 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 2–4 June 1989 at the Salzburgring.

## 500 cc race report

Another pole for Kevin Schwantz, with Eddie Lawson and Wayne Rainey on his left as the light turns green. Lawson leads a large group through the first lap, with Rainey, Schwantz and about 4 other riders. Soon it’s a trio of the leading riders, until Schwantz begins to desperately open a gap, his bike squirming and bucking into the corners. A red mist seems to descend on Rainey, as he passes Lawson on the outside to briefly move into second, while Ron Haslam leads a fight for fourth that includes Christian Sarron, Pierfrancesco Chili, Kevin Magee and Mick Doohan, the last going off track trying to come to terms with the pace.

Schwantz enlarges his gap, while Lawson drops Rainey, which turns out to be the podium order. Rainey’s 13 point lead over Lawson is down to 11.

## 500cc classification

| Pos. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Kevin Schwantz | Suzuki Pepsi Cola | Suzuki | 29 | 38:39.005 | 1 | 20 |
| 2 | Eddie Lawson | Rothmans Kanemoto Honda | Honda | 29 | +2.130 | 2 | 17 |
| 3 | Wayne Rainey | Team Lucky Strike Roberts | Yamaha | 29 | +19.900 | 3 | 15 |
| 4 | Christian Sarron | Sonauto Gauloises Blondes Yamaha Mobil 1 | Yamaha | 29 | +37.830 | 5 | 13 |
| 5 | Kevin Magee | Team Lucky Strike Roberts | Yamaha | 29 | +38.140 | 7 | 11 |
| 6 | Pierfrancesco Chili | HB Honda Gallina Team | Honda | 29 | +38.500 | 4 | 10 |
| 7 | Ron Haslam | Suzuki Pepsi Cola | Suzuki | 29 | +38.910 | 6 | 9 |
| 8 | Mick Doohan | Rothmans Honda Team | Honda | 29 | +56.770 | 10 | 8 |
| 9 | Freddie Spencer | Marlboro Yamaha Team Agostini | Yamaha | 29 | +58.040 | 9 | 7 |
| 10 | Dominique Sarron | Team ROC Elf Honda | Honda | 29 | +1:03.590 | 8 | 6 |
| 11 | Rob McElnea | Cabin Racing Team | Honda | 29 | +1:15.170 | 11 | 5 |
| 12 | Alessandro Valesi | Team Iberia | Yamaha | 28 | +1 Lap | 14 | 4 |
| 13 | Simon Buckmaster | Racing Team Katayama | Honda | 28 | +1 Lap | 15 | 3 |
| 14 | Marco Gentile | Fior Marlboro | Fior | 27 | +2 Laps | 16 | 2 |
| 15 | Bruno Kneubühler | Romer Racing Suisse | Honda | 27 | +2 Laps | 17 | 1 |
| 16 | Josef Doppler | | Honda | 27 | +2 Laps | 19 | |
| 17 | Georg Robert Jung | Romer Telefix | Honda | 27 | +2 Laps | 18 | |
| 18 | Stefan Klabacher | | Honda | 27 | +2 Laps | 21 | |
| 19 | Michael Rudroff | HRK Motors | Honda | 27 | +2 Laps | 22 | |
| 20 | Karl Dauer | PC Racing | Honda | 27 | +2 Laps | 24 | |
| 21 | Nicholas Schmassman | FMS | Honda | 27 | +2 Laps | 23 | |
| 22 | Francisco Gonzales | Club Motocross Pozuelo | Honda | 27 | +2 Laps | 26 | |
| 23 | Pavel Dekanek | | Honda | 26 | +3 Laps | 30 | |
| 24 | Rudolf Zeller | | Manhattan | 26 | +3 Laps | 27 | |
| 25 | Hans Klingebiel | | Honda | 26 | +3 Laps | 25 | |
| 26 | Thomas Berghammer | | Suzuki | 26 | +3 Laps | 29 | |
| Ret | Alois Meyer | Rallye Sport | Honda | | Retirement | 28 | |
| Ret | Randy Mamola | Cagiva Corse | Cagiva | | Retirement | 12 | |
| Ret | Juan Lopez Mella | Club Motocross Pozuelo | Honda | | Retirement | 20 | |
| DNS | Norihiko Fujiwara | Yamaha Motor Company | Yamaha | | Did not start | 13 | |
| DNQ | Larry Moreno Vacondio | | Suzuki | | Did not qualify | | |
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