1990 German motorcycle Grand Prix

The 1990 German motorcycle Grand Prix was the fifth round of the 1990 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 25–27 May 1990 at the Nürburgring race track.^[4]

  1990 German Grand Prix

Race details
Race 5 of 15 races in the 1990 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	27 May 1990
Official name	Großer Preis von Deutschland[1][2][3]
Location	Nürburgring
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.542 km (2.822 mi)
500cc
Pole position Rider Kevin Schwantz Time 1:38.185 Fastest lap Rider Kevin Schwantz Time 1:39.048 Podium First Kevin Schwantz Second Wayne Rainey Third Niall Mackenzie
250cc
Pole position Rider Luca Cadalora Time 1:42.518 Fastest lap Rider Wilco Zeelenberg Time 1:43.046 Podium First Wilco Zeelenberg Second Carlos Cardús Third John Kocinski
125cc
Pole position Rider Doriano Romboni Time 1:51.766 Fastest lap Rider Jorge Martínez Time 1:51.433 Podium First Doriano Romboni Second Dirk Raudies Third Loris Capirossi

500 cc race report

Though recovering from injury, Wayne Gardner refuses to stay off the bike, and breaks his foot badly in practice. In qualifying, Wayne Rainey falls off and breaks a finger, but makes the start.

Through the first turn it’s Kevin Schwantz, Mick Doohan and Pierfrancesco Chili. Rainey is down at 6th.

After a few laps it’s Schwantz, Doohan and Chili, then a small gap to Christian Sarron, Sito Pons and Rainey. In a bizarre accident, Doohan and Chili, without touching, have simultaneous highsides. Doohan’s crash is messy, his bike riding him off the track.

Schwantz is safely away, and Rainey takes the lead in the new fight for second. Rainey leaves the group, and the fight for third is split three-ways between Mackenzie, Sarron and Pons.

500 cc classification

Pos.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Points
1	Kevin Schwantz	Lucky Strike Suzuki	Suzuki	50:18.517	20
2	Wayne Rainey	Marlboro Team Roberts	Yamaha	+11.868	17
3	Niall Mackenzie	Lucky Strike Suzuki	Suzuki	+27.206	15
4	Christian Sarron	Sonauto Gauloises	Yamaha	+35.129	13
5	Sito Pons	Campsa Banesto	Honda	+44.015	11
6	Jean Philippe Ruggia	Sonauto Gauloises	Yamaha	+1:02.188	10
7	Juan Garriga	Ducados Yamaha	Yamaha	+1:21.646	9
8	Alex Barros	Cagiva Corse	Cagiva	+1 Lap	8
9	Randy Mamola	Cagiva Corse	Cagiva	+1 Lap	7
10	Cees Doorakkers	HRK Motors	Honda	+1 Lap	6
11	Marco Papa	Team ROC Elf La Cinq	Honda	+1 Lap	5
12	Andreas Leuthe	Librenti Corse	Honda	+1 Lap	4
13	Nicholas Schmassman	Team Schmassman	Honda	+1 Lap	3
14	Hansjoerg Butz		Honda	+1 Lap	2
15	Peter Linden		Honda	+1 Lap	1
16	Vittorio Scatola	Team Elit	Paton	+6 Laps
Ret	Mick Doohan	Rothmans Honda Team	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Pierfrancesco Chili	Team ROC Elf La Cinq	Honda	Retirement
DNQ	Alois Meyer	Rallye Sport	Honda	Did not qualify
Sources:[5][6]

References

1. "Grand Prix uitslagen en bijzonderheden 1990". 25 July 2015. Archived from the original on 25 July 2015.
2. Mitchell, Malcolm. "1990 500cc Class (FIM Grand Prix World Championship) Programmes - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". www.progcovers.com.
3. "Nürburgring | The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com. Retrieved 2018-05-20.
4. "Moto GP statistics". Moto GP. Retrieved 2018-02-19.
5. "1990 German MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". 13 June 2017.
6. "motogp.com · WEST GERMANY GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1990". www.motogp.com.

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