Английская Википедия:1989 Nations motorcycle Grand Prix
Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Infobox Grand Prix motorcycle race report
The 1989 Nations motorcycle Grand Prix was the fifth race of the 1989 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 12–14 May 1989 at the Misano circuit, located near the town of Misano Adriatico (Province of Rimini) in the frazione of Santa Monica-Cella.
500 cc race report
Before the race, riders were concerned about the track surface, considering it too slippery, and should it rain, even dangerous.
Dry track and dark clouds for the green light with Kevin Schwantz on pole. Pierfrancesco Chili got a good start and led briefly, then Schwantz, Wayne Rainey and Christian Sarron settled into the lead. Short afterwards, the rain started and Schwantz raised his hand to stop the race.
The top riders had a meeting and decided they wanted a practice session before restarting in the wet, but the request was refused by the race organizers and the riders decided to boycott the race. Eddie Lawson says, "This place is unique in that the track surface is very, very slippery, and when it has water on it you can’t ride on it. All the top riders felt it was too dangerous, and it is, and so we didn’t ride. It’s as simple as that. … We go to plenty of racetracks where we test all week, in the sunshine, and then it starts to rain; well, we put rain tires on and we race. This place, you can’t do that. Regardless of not testing or anything else, you just can’t ride in the wet, it’s just too dangerous. It was unfortunate."[1]
A notable dissenter is Chili, who wants to race, along with other riders. Chili manages to stay upright in the downpour and wins the race, with Lawson sarcastically cheering from the stands and Sarron blowing a kiss.
500 cc classification
| Pos. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Шаблон:Flagicon Pierfrancesco Chili | HB Honda Gallina Team | Honda | 33 | 59:21.035 | 3 | 20 | ||
| 2 | Шаблон:Flagicon Simon Buckmaster | Racing Team Katayama | Honda | 33 | +32.271 | 17 | 17 | ||
| 3 | Шаблон:Flagicon Michael Rudroff | HRK Motors | Honda | 33 | +32.599 | 24 | 15 | ||
| 4 | Шаблон:Flagicon Marco Gentile | Fior Marlboro | Fior | 33 | +1:32.451 | 19 | 13 | ||
| 5 | Шаблон:Flagicon Josef Doppler | Honda | 33 | +1:51.120 | 25 | 11 | |||
| 6 | Шаблон:Flagicon Alois Meyer | Rallye Sport | Honda | 32 | +1 Lap | 31 | 10 | ||
| 7 | Шаблон:Flagicon Romolo Balbi | Honda | 32 | +1 Lap | 23 | 9 | |||
| 8 | Шаблон:Flagicon Francisco Gonzales | Club Motocross Pozuelo | Honda | 32 | +1 Lap | 32 | 8 | ||
| 9 | Шаблон:Flagicon Andreas Leuthe | Librenti Corse | Suzuki | 31 | +2 Laps | 28 | 7 | ||
| 10 | Шаблон:Flagicon Nicholas Schmassman | FMS | Honda | 31 | +2 Laps | 29 | 6 | ||
| Ret | Шаблон:Flagicon Christian Sarron | Sonauto Gauloises Blondes Yamaha Mobil 1 | Yamaha | Retirement | 5 | ||||
| Ret | Шаблон:Flagicon Raymond Roche | Cagiva Corse | Cagiva | Retirement | 18 | ||||
| Ret | Шаблон:Flagicon Alessandro Valesi | Team Iberia | Yamaha | Retirement | 15 | ||||
| Ret | Шаблон:Flagicon Norihiko Fujiwara | Yamaha Motor Company | Yamaha | Retirement | 14 | ||||
| Ret | Шаблон:Flagicon Freddie Spencer | Marlboro Yamaha Team Agostini | Yamaha | Retirement | 7 | ||||
| Ret | Шаблон:Flagicon Ron Haslam | Suzuki Pepsi Cola | Suzuki | Retirement | 8 | ||||
| Ret | Шаблон:Flagicon Eddie Lawson | Rothmans Kanemoto Honda | Honda | Retirement | 2 | ||||
| Ret | Шаблон:Flagicon Wayne Rainey | Team Lucky Strike Roberts | Yamaha | Retirement | 4 | ||||
| Ret | Шаблон:Flagicon Juan Lopez Mella | Club Motocross Pozuelo | Honda | Retirement | 21 | ||||
| Ret | Шаблон:Flagicon Massimo Broccoli | Cagiva Corse | Cagiva | Retirement | 16 | ||||
| Ret | Шаблон:Flagicon Kevin Schwantz | Suzuki Pepsi Cola | Suzuki | Retirement | 1 | ||||
| Ret | Шаблон:Flagicon Rob McElnea | Cabin Racing Team | Honda | Retirement | 12 | ||||
| Ret | Шаблон:Flagicon Stefan Klabacher | Honda | Retirement | 30 | |||||
| Ret | Шаблон:Flagicon Dominique Sarron | Team ROC Elf Honda | Honda | Retirement | 13 | ||||
| Ret | Шаблон:Flagicon Vittorio Scatola | Suzuki | Retirement | 22 | |||||
| Ret | Шаблон:Flagicon Larry Moreno Vacondio | Suzuki | Retirement | 33 | |||||
| Ret | Шаблон:Flagicon Bruno Kneubühler | Romer Racing Suisse | Honda | Retirement | 20 | ||||
| Ret | Шаблон:Flagicon Fred Merkel | HB Honda Gallina Team | Honda | Retirement | 10 | ||||
| Ret | Шаблон:Flagicon Niall Mackenzie | Marlboro Yamaha Team Agostini | Yamaha | Retirement | 6 | ||||
| Ret | Шаблон:Flagicon Claude Albert | Suzuki | Retirement | 5 | |||||
| Ret | Шаблон:Flagicon Marco Papa | Team Greco | Paton | Retirement | 27 | ||||
| Ret | Шаблон:Flagicon Randy Mamola | Cagiva Corse | Cagiva | Retirement | 11 | ||||
| Ret | Шаблон:Flagicon Mick Doohan | Rothmans Honda Team | Honda | Retirement | 9 | ||||
| DNS | Шаблон:Flagicon Claude Albert | Suzuki | Did not start | 26 | |||||
| Sources: [2][3] | |||||||||
References
- ↑ Duke Video: "Bike GP 500 Review". Videocassette.
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
