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1989 Japanese GP results

Round 1 · March 26, 1989 · Suzuka

Winners

• 500cc Kevin Schwantz Suzuki
• 250cc John Kocinski
• 125cc Ezio Gianola Honda

500cc 22 laps

Pole: Tadahiko Taira

Pos	No.	Rider	Bike · team	Time/Gap
1+20		Kevin Schwantz	Suzuki	48:48.370
2+17		Wayne Rainey	Yamaha	+0.430
3+15		Eddie Lawson	Honda	+30.680
4+13		Wayne Gardner	Honda	+35.190
5+11		Kevin Magee	Yamaha	+36.420
6+10		Niall Mackenzie	Yamaha	+39.540
7+9		Christian Sarron	Yamaha	+48.480
8+8		Tadahiko Taira	Yamaha	+48.540
9+7		Norihiko Fujiwara	Yamaha	+1:09.280
10+6		Shinichi Ito	Honda	+1:09.280
11+5		Bubba Shobert	Honda	+1:18.990
12+4		Ron Haslam	Suzuki	+1:23.880
13+3		Shunji Yatsushiro	Honda	+1:25.680
14+2		Freddie Spencer	Yamaha	+1:26.010
15+1		Kunio Machii	Yamaha	+1:29.480
16		Randy Mamola	Cagiva
17		Shinji Katayama	Yamaha
18		Dominique Sarron	Honda
20		Marco Gentile	Fior
23		Fernando Gonzalez	Honda
—		Pierfrancesco Chili	Honda	DNF
—		Mick Doohan	Rieju	DNF
—		Hikaru Miyagi	Honda	DNF
—		Osamu Hiwatashi	Suzuki	DNF
—		Alessandro Valesi	Yamaha	DNF

250cc

Pole: John Kocinski

This race has no result in the official data. Source: Wikipedia (italiano)

Pos	No.	Rider	Bike · team	Time/Gap
1+20		John Kocinski		46:04.294
2+17		Sito Pons		+1.022
3+15		Luca Cadalora		+6.773
4+13		Toshihiko Honma		+6.774
5+11		Jean Philippe Ruggia		+14.134
6+10		Tadayuki Okada		+22.998
7+9		Toshinobu Shiomori		+35.637
8+8		Carlos Cardús		+35.696
9+7		Jacques Cornu		+39.689
10+6		Juan Garriga		+41.270
11+5		Jim Filice
12+4		Helmut Bradl
13+3		Masao Shimizu
14+2		Didier De Radigues
15+1		Junya Arai
16		Masumitsu Taguchi
17		Paolo Casoli
18		Masaru Kobayashi
19		Loris Reggiani
20		Junzo Suzuki
21		Martin Wimmer
22		Kyoji Nanba
23		Jochen Schmid
24		Daniel Amatriain
25		Harald Eckl
26		Fabio Barchitta
27		August Auinger
28		Alberto Rota
29		Kevin Mitchell
30		Javier Cardelús
31		Garry Cowan
—		Fausto Ricci		DNF
—		Patrick Vd Goorbergh		DNF
—		Luis Lavado		DNF
—		Alberto Puig		DNF
—		Manfred Herweh		Did not start
—		Reinhold Roth		DNF
—		Yoshiari Hori		DNF
—		Ivan Palazzese		DNF
—		Andy Preining		DNF
—		Alex Barros		DNF

125cc 16 laps

Pole: Ezio Gianola

Pos	No.	Rider	Bike · team	Time/Gap
1+20		Ezio Gianola	Honda	39:20.640
2+17		Hisashi Unemoto	Honda	+21.130
3+15		Koji Takada	Honda	+21.270
4+13		Masayuki Hirose	Honda	+21.830
5+11		Kenichi Yoshida	Honda	+28.960
6+10		Masato Shima	Honda	+36.460
7+9		Yutaka Fujiwara	Honda	+49.590
8+8		Kazuaki Yamashita	Honda	+49.830
9+7		Shinichi Fujiyama	Honda	+54.450
10+6		Kazuja Yamada	Honda	+58.110
11+5		Fausto Gresini	Aprilia	+1:07.670
12+4		Robin Milton	Honda	+1:09.570
13+3		Allan Scott	Honda	+1:25.180
14+2		Luis Miguel Reyes	Honda	+1:25.270
15+1		Adi Stadler	Honda	+1:25.540

Source: official results DB | Scope: 1989 Japanese GP, 3 races | How points work