Английская Википедия:1989 United States motorcycle Grand Prix
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The 1989 United States Motorcycle Grand Prix was the third round of the 1989 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It occurred from April 14 to April 16, 1989 at Laguna Seca.[1]
500 cc race report
Шаблон:Tone Leading the pack are Wayne Rainey, Kevin Schwantz, Wayne Gardner, Kevin Magee, and Christian Sarron. Eddie Lawson swiftly moves from 6th to 2nd position in the first turn. Rainey begins to widen the gap, while Lawson and Schwantz engage in a close battle. However, Lawson makes a mistake while entering the Corkscrew, causing him to fall back into the group of Gardner, Magee, and Sarron.
Gardner crashes, fracturing his leg. Lawson capitalizes on fuel-delivery issues with Magee's Yamaha YZR 500 on the final lap, securing an all-American podium with Rainey taking first place and Schwantz in second.
During the cooldown lap, Magee, frustrated, initiates a burnout just after turn five. Bubba Shobert, conversing with Eddie Lawson at a low cruising speed, fails to notice Magee and accidentally collides with his right side, resulting in a forceful impact with the pavement. Shobert sustains severe head injuries that mark the end of his racing career, while Magee suffers a broken ankle. With both Magee and Gardner injured, Wayne Rainey's lead in the standings becomes vulnerable, depending on Lawson's ability to optimize the Honda setup or Schwantz's consistency in finishing races.
500 cc classification
| Pos. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Шаблон:Flagicon Wayne Rainey | Team Lucky Strike Roberts | Yamaha | 40 | 58:56.179 | 1 | 20 | ||
| 2 | Шаблон:Flagicon Kevin Schwantz | Suzuki Pepsi Cola | Suzuki | 40 | +6.849 | 2 | 17 | ||
| 3 | Шаблон:Flagicon Eddie Lawson | Rothmans Kanemoto Honda | Honda | 40 | +19.912 | 6 | 15 | ||
| 4 | Шаблон:Flagicon Kevin Magee | Team Lucky Strike Roberts | Yamaha | 40 | +23.732 | 4 | 13 | ||
| 5 | Шаблон:Flagicon Niall Mackenzie | Marlboro Yamaha Team Agostini | Yamaha | 40 | +28.223 | 7 | 11 | ||
| 6 | Шаблон:Flagicon Christian Sarron | Sonauto Gauloises Blondes Yamaha Mobil 1 | Yamaha | 40 | +30.595 | 5 | 10 | ||
| 7 | Шаблон:Flagicon Pierfrancesco Chili | HB Honda Gallina Team | Honda | 40 | +1:29.901 | 11 | 9 | ||
| 8 | Шаблон:Flagicon Mick Doohan | Rothmans Honda Team | Honda | 39 | +1 Lap | 12 | 8 | ||
| 9 | Шаблон:Flagicon Bubba Shobert | Cabin Racing Team | Honda | 39 | +1 Lap | 13 | 7 | ||
| 10 | Шаблон:Flagicon Dominique Sarron | Team ROC Elf Honda | Honda | 39 | +1 Lap | 15 | 6 | ||
| 11 | Шаблон:Flagicon Alessandro Valesi | Team Iberia | Yamaha | 38 | +2 Laps | 16 | 5 | ||
| 12 | Шаблон:Flagicon Marco Gentile | Fior Marlboro | Fior | 38 | +2 Laps | 17 | 4 | ||
| 13 | Шаблон:Flagicon Simon Buckmaster | Racing Team Katayama | Honda | 38 | +2 Laps | 18 | 3 | ||
| 14 | Шаблон:Flagicon Bruno Kneubuhler | Romer Racing Suisse | Honda | 38 | +2 Laps | 19 | 2 | ||
| 15 | Шаблон:Flagicon Michael Rudroff | HRK Motors | Honda | 38 | +3 Laps | 21 | 1 | ||
| 16 | Шаблон:Flagicon Francisco Gonzales | Club Motocross Pozuelo | Honda | 37 | +4 Laps | 23 | |||
| 17 | Шаблон:Flagicon Vincenzo Cascino | Honda | 37 | +4 Laps | 22 | ||||
| Ret | Шаблон:Flagicon Ron Haslam | Suzuki Pepsi Cola | Suzuki | Retirement | 10 | ||||
| Ret | Шаблон:Flagicon Tadahiko Taira | Yamaha Motor Company | Yamaha | Retirement | 8 | ||||
| Ret | Шаблон:Flagicon Nicholas Schmassman | FMS | Honda | Retirement | 20 | ||||
| Ret | Шаблон:Flagicon Randy Mamola | Cagiva Corse | Cagiva | Retirement | 14 | ||||
| Ret | Шаблон:Flagicon Eugene Brown | Suzuki | Retirement | 24 | |||||
| Ret | Шаблон:Flagicon Wayne Gardner | Rothmans Honda Team | Honda | Retirement | 3 | ||||
| DNS | Шаблон:Flagicon Freddie Spencer | Marlboro Yamaha Team Agostini | Yamaha | Did not Start | 9 | ||||
| DNQ | Шаблон:Flagicon David Busby | Honda | Did not Qualify | ||||||
| DNQ | Шаблон:Flagicon Michael Wild | Suzuki | Did not Qualify | ||||||
| Sources:[2][3] | |||||||||
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