1990 British motorcycle Grand Prix

  1990 British Grand Prix

Race details
Race 11 of 15 races in the 1990 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	5 August 1990
Official name	Shell British Motorcycle Grand Prix[1][2][3]
Location	Donington Park
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.023 km (2.500 mi)
500cc
Pole position Rider Wayne Gardner Time 1:33.415 Fastest lap Rider Kevin Schwantz Time 1:33.762 Podium First Kevin Schwantz Second Wayne Rainey Third Eddie Lawson
250cc
Pole position Rider John Kocinski Time 1:37.009 Fastest lap Rider Luca Cadalora Time 1:37.326 Podium First Luca Cadalora Second Masahiro Shimizu Third Helmut Bradl
125cc
Pole position Rider Stefan Prein Time 1:44.100 Fastest lap Rider Hans Spaan Time 1:44.379 Podium First Loris Capirossi Second Doriano Romboni Third Hans Spaan

The 1990 British motorcycle Grand Prix was the eleventh round of the 1990 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 3–5 August 1990 at Donington Park.^[4]

500 cc race report

Cagiva announces that after 10 years of participation it will withdraw from GP at the end of the season, citing cost overruns and lack of results. it is a false alarm, as they continue until 1994. Pierfrancesco Chili is replaced by Carl Fogarty.

Wayne Rainey gets a good start, but by the Craner Curves he is passed by Eddie Lawson, and is followed by Niall Mackenzie, Mick Doohan and Kevin Schwantz.

Rainey retakes the lead from Lawson, but Schwantz is now behind them. Wayne Gardner is out of the race with a mechanical and Fogarty crashes out.

Rainey still ahead, but Schwantz has moved into second ahead of Lawson at the chicane. Schwantz picks that same spot for his pass on Rainey, and is now in first. He opens up the gap and cruises to the win ahead of Rainey and Lawson.

500 cc classification

Pos.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Points
1	Kevin Schwantz	Lucky Strike Suzuki	Suzuki	47:15.770	20
2	Wayne Rainey	Marlboro Team Roberts	Yamaha	+2.138	17
3	Eddie Lawson	Marlboro Team Roberts	Yamaha	+9.436	15
4	Mick Doohan	Rothmans Honda Team	Honda	+40.383	13
5	Niall Mackenzie	Lucky Strike Suzuki	Suzuki	+59.608	11
6	Randy Mamola	Cagiva Corse	Cagiva	+1:07.650	10
7	Juan Garriga	Ducados Yamaha	Yamaha	+1:21.386	9
8	Christian Sarron	Sonauto Gauloises	Yamaha	+1:22.684	8
9	Jean Philippe Ruggia	Sonauto Gauloises	Yamaha	+1:26.385	7
10	Ron Haslam	Cagiva Corse	Cagiva	+1:35.549	6
11	Alex Barros	Cagiva Corse	Cagiva	+1:36.041	5
12	Eddie Laycock	Millar Racing	Honda	+1 Lap	4
13	Marco Papa	Team ROC Elf La Cinq	Honda	+1 Lap	3
14	Andreas Leuthe	Librenti Corse	Honda	+1 Lap	2
Ret	Wayne Gardner	Rothmans Honda Team	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Carl Fogarty	Team ROC Elf La Cinq	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Cees Doorakkers	HRK Motors	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Sito Pons	Campsa Banesto	Honda	Retirement
Sources:[5][6]

References

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

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