1989 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season

1989 F.I.M. Grand Prix motorcycle racing season

1989 World Champions

Eddie Lawson (pictured at Suzuka) became the 500cc world champion

Sito Pons (pictured at Suzuka) became the 250cc world champion

The 1989 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season was the 41st F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship season.

Season summary

Defending champion Eddie Lawson stunned most observers by switching from the Yamaha to Honda in the offseason then proceeded to win the championship, becoming the first man to win two consecutive 500cc championships on two different brands. On why he left Yamaha for Honda: "Giacomo Agostini, the Marlboro Yamaha team manager, started playing games, saying stuff like, 'I don't know if we can pay you the same as we did in 1988.' I'd just won my third title, so that was tough to hear. Also, I found out Ago was talking to Kevin Schwantz. I met with Erv and told him that I needed a change. When Marlboro discovered I was talking with Honda, they doubled their offer, but it was too late. I actually took a pay cut to ride the Honda."

Wayne Rainey and Kevin Schwantz continued to perform impressively while Freddie Spencer made a less than successful comeback attempt with the Marlboro Yamaha team. Australian Wayne Gardner was out for most of the season after breaking his leg at Laguna Seca but not before winning the inaugural Grand Prix in his home country. Another Australian made his Grand Prix debut for the Rothmans Honda team with Mick Doohan scoring a third-place finish at the Hockenheimring. The FIM awarded half points for the rain-drenched Belgian Grand Prix after organisers restarted the race three times contrary to FIM race regulations. The Nations Grand Prix at Misano was boycotted by most of the top riders for safety reasons.

Sito Pons won a second consecutive 250 championship for Honda while Spanish teenager, Àlex Crivillé won the 125 crown on a Rotax-powered JJ Cobas motorcycle designed by Antonio Cobas. Derbi rider Manuel Herreros had the honor of winning the final 80cc world championship as the class would be discontinued after 1989.

As of 2025, this was the last time Honda and the same engine manufacturer won the MotoGP and Formula One double world manufacturer's titles in the same year to date.

1989 Grand Prix season calendar

The following Grands Prix were scheduled to take place in 1989:

Round	Date	Grand Prix	Circuit
1	26 March	Grand Prix of Japan	Suzuka Circuit
2	9 April	Swan Premium Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix	Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit
3	16 April	Dunlop USGP	Laguna Seca Raceway
4	30 April	Marlboro Gran Premio de España de Motociclismo	Circuito Permanente de Jerez
5	14 May	G.P. Delle Nazioni	Circuito Internazionale Santa Monica
6	28 May	Großer Preis von Deutschland für Motorräder	Hockenheimring
7	4 June	Großer Preis von Österreich	Salzburgring
8	11 June	Yu Grand Prix	Automotodrom Rijeka
9	24 June	Dutch TT	TT Circuit Assen
10	2 July	Belgium Motorcycle Grand Prix	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps
11	16 July	Grand Prix de France	Bugatti Circuit
12	6 August	Shell British Motorcycle Grand Prix	Donington Park
13	13 August	Swedish TT	Scandinavian Raceway
14	27 August	Grand Prix CSSR-Brno	Brno Circuit
15	17 September	Brazilian Grand Prix	Autódromo Internacional de Goiânia

Calendar changes

• The Australian Grand Prix was added to the calendar.
• The Expo 92 Grand Prix was taken off the calendar, as well as the Jarama circuit.
• The Nations Grand Prix moved from the Imola circuit to the Circuito Internazionale Santa Monica.
• The German Grand Prix moved from the Nürburgring to the Hockenheimring.
• The French Grand Prix moved from the Paul Ricard circuit to the Bugatti Circuit in Le Mans.

Participants

500cc participants

Team Constructor Motorcycle No. Rider Rounds Team Rothmans/Kanemoto Honda Honda Honda NSR500 1 Eddie Lawson 1–4, 6–15 Rothmans Honda/HRC Honda Honda NSR500 2 Wayne Gardner 1–3, 9–13, 15 17 Roger Burnett 12 27 Mick Doohan 1–11, 15 Team Lucky Strike Roberts Yamaha Yamaha YZR500 3 Wayne Rainey 1–4, 6–15 5 Kevin Magee 1–3, 6–15 26 Norihiko Fujiwara 1 Team Roberts Yamaha Yamaha YZR500 49 John Kocinski 10 Team Gauloises Blondes Mobil 1 Yamaha Yamaha YZR500 4 Christian Sarron 1–4, 6–15 Marlboro Yamaha Team Agostini Yamaha Yamaha YZR500 6 Niall Mackenzie 1–4, 6, 8–15 19 Freddie Spencer 1–4, 6–11 53 Luca Cadalora 12 25 Alberto Rota 14 Team Elf Honda/ROC Honda Honda NSR500 7 Dominique Sarron 1–4, 6–8, 12, 15 55 56 Adrien Morillas 11, 13–15 Team Pepsi Suzuki Suzuki Suzuki RGV500 8 Ron Haslam 1–4, 6–9, 12–15 34 Kevin Schwantz All Schick Advantage Suzuki Suzuki Suzuki RGV500 42 Osamu Hiwatashi 1 Team Suzuki Deutschland Suzuki Suzuki RGV500 50 Ernst Gschwender 6 Minolta Suzuki France Suzuki Suzuki RGV500 33 Thierry Crine 11 HB Honda Gallina Team Honda Honda NSR500 9 Pierfrancesco Chili All 33 84 Fred Merkel 5, 11–12 Cabin Racing Team Honda Honda NSR500 10 Rob McElnea 6–15 25 Bubba Shobert 1–3 Cagiva Corse Cagiva Cagiva C589 12 Randy Mamola 1–4, 6–11, 14–15 29 Massimo Broccoli 4–6 29 Raymond Roche 11 HRK Motors Honda Honda RS500 14 Michael Rudroff 2–9, 14 54 56 Cees Doorakkers 9–12, 14 Team Iberna Yamaha Yamaha YZR500 15 Alessandro Valesi All Team Greco - Paton Paton Paton V115 500 16 Marco Papa 4–5, 8–12, 14 Tech-21/Team Yamaha Yamaha Yamaha YZR500 21 Tadahiko Taira 1–4, 13–14 26 Norihiko Fujiwara 5–6 Nescafe Can RT Yamaha Yamaha Yamaha YZR500 48 Kunio Machii 1 Römer Racing Switzerland Honda Honda RS500 24 Bruno Kneubühler 3–4, 6–14 Marlboro Fior Team Fior Fior C89 32 Marco Gentile 1–12 Racing Team Katayama Honda Honda RS500 35 46 36 Simon Buckmaster All 44 Ian Pratt 4, 12 54 Fabio Biliotti 11–14 Team Doppler Honda Honda RS500 35 Josef Doppler 4–7, 9–10, 12, 14 Racing Team Librenti Corse Librenti Suzuki Librenti 500 Suzuki RG 500 36 37 Andy Leuthe 4–5, 8–9, 11–14 Dr. Browns Racing Suzuki Suzuki RG 500 48 Eugene Brown 3 Vincenzo Cascino Suzuki Suzuki RG 500 32 53 Vincenzo Cascino 3, 6, 14–15 Harry Heutmerkers Suzuki Suzuki RG 500 Bakker 39 Harry Heutmerkers 14 Torbjorn Bastiansen Suzuki Suzuki RGB 500 50 Torbjorn Bastiansen 13 John Mossey Suzuki Suzuki RGB 500 59 John Mossey 12 MotoDepot Suzuki Suzuki RG 500 Gamma 51 Jean Paul Lecointe 11 Fernando Gonzalez Honda Honda RS500 40 33 Fernando González de Nicolás 1–8, 10–12, 14–15 Club Moto Cross Pozuelo Honda Honda RS500 41 30 Juan López Mella 4–7, 9, 11–15 Team Schmassmann Honda Honda RS500 36 56 38 Niggi Schmassman 2–15 Yamaha Racing Australia Yamaha Yamaha YZR500 42 Michael Dowson 2 HRC Honda Honda NSR500 11 Shunji Yatsushiro 1 40 Shinichi Ito 1 41 Hikaru Miyagi 1 Malcolm Campbell 2 Millar Racing Honda Honda RS500 93 Eddie Laycock 9–12 Rob Holden Racing Honda Honda RS500 51 Rob Holden 12 Uvex Manhattan Honda Honda RS500 Bakker 30 33 Rudolf Zeller 7, 14 Wernberger Honda Honda RS500 Bakker 41 Pavol Dekánek 10, 14 Plaisir - Jacadi Racing Chevallier Honda Honda RS500 44 Rachel Nicotte 6, 9 Rallye Sport Honda Honda RS500 30 Alois Meyer 6–7, 9, 14 16 Helmut Schutz 6, 8 Source:

Key Regular Rider Wildcard Rider Replacement Rider

250cc participants

Team Constructor Motorcycle No. Rider Rounds Campsa Honda Team Honda Honda NSR250 1 Sito Pons All Ducados Yamaha Team Yamaha Yamaha YZR 250 2 Joan Garriga All Team Lucky Strike Elf Honda Honda NSR250 3 Jacques Cornu All Aprilia Racing Team Aprilia-Rotax Aprilia AF1 4 Didier de Radiguès All 18 Iván Palazzese 2–5 Aprilia Aprilia-Rotax Aprilia AF1 59 Marcellino Lucchi 6, 9 HB Römer Team Honda Honda NSR250 5 Reinhold Roth All Marlboro Yamaha Team Agostini Yamaha Yamaha YZR 250 6 Luca Cadalora All Team Gauloises Blondes Yamaha Yamaha Yamaha YZR 250 7 Jean-Philippe Ruggia 1–11 Team Repsol Honda Honda Honda NSR250 8 Carlos Cardús All Ajinomoto Honda/HRC Honda Honda NSR250 9 Masahiro Shimizu 1–7, 9–15 FMV Honda Honda RS250R 10 Carlos Lavado 1-8 Team Rudy Project Aprilia-Rotax Aprilia AF1 10 Carlos Lavado 9–15 31 Fabio Barchitta 1–6 HB CR1 Racing Team Honda Honda Honda NSR250 13 Loris Reggiani 1–4, 6–12, 15 Team Hein Gericke Aprilia-Rotax Aprilia AF1 14 Martin Wimmer 1–13, 15 Yamaha TZ 250 55 37 Bernhard Schick ?? Levior Yamaha Yamaha TZ 250 15 Manfred Herweh 7, 10, 12–14 Hostettler / SPI Yamaha Yamaha TZ 250 16 August Auinger 1–14 HB Rallye Sport Team Honda Honda NSR250 17 Helmut Bradl All Team Yamaha Yamaha Yamaha YZR 250 19 John Kocinski 1, 3 Team Uvex Aprilia Telefix Aprilia-Rotax Aprilia AF1 20 Harald Eckl All Team Italia Aprilia-Rotax Aprilia AF1 21 Fausto Ricci 1–4, 7–14 52 54 Alberto Rota 14 Team Elit Aprilia-Rotax Aprilia AF1 22 Renzo Colleoni 4–12, 14–15 SK Vöst Aprilia-Rotax Aprilia AF1 23 Andy Preining 1–14 Racing Team Katayama Honda Honda RS250R 24 Andy Leisner ?? RTK Lotus Quartz Honda Honda NSR250 40 49 Daniel Amatriaín 1–14 Venemotos Racing Team Yamaha Yamaha TZ 250 25 Alex Barros 1–3, 5, 7–15 26 Luis Lavado 1–2, 10–11, 14–15 Yamaha Racing Team Yamaha Yamaha YZR 250 28 Toshihiko Honma 1, 11–13 Team Ducados Yamaha Puig Yamaha Yamaha TZ 250 30 Alberto Puig All Samson Sharp Racing Honda Honda RS250R 32 Wilco Zeelenberg 4–14 Docshop Wevamed Racing Team Yamaha Yamaha TZ 250 33 Garry Cowan All 50 48 Patrick van den Goorbergh 1–2, 4, 8–14 Team Ciampini Honda Honda RS250R 35 Stefano Caracchi 3–6, 8–10, 12–14 St Yrian Motos Yamaha Yamaha TZ 250 36 Jean Foray 2–5, 7–8, 11, 13–14 Schwabengarage & Reifenzenter Zürn Honda Honda RS250R 38 41 Jochen Schmid 1–8, 11–15 D Gallacher/Bradgate Containers Yamaha Yamaha TZ 250 39 Kevin Mitchell 1, 4, 7–8, 11–12 Motul Forza Shoei Yamaha Yamaha TZ 250 41 44 Jean-François Baldé 1–3, 5–9, 12–15 Clermont Ferrand Yamaha Yamaha TZ 250 43 Adrien Morillas 11, 13–15 Aprilia France Aprilia-Rotax Aprilia AF1 45 Alain Bronec 4–8, 10–15 Nava Racing Team Seel-Yamaha Yamaha TZ 250 46 34 Hans Becker 5–13 AGV Pileri LM Honda Honda RS250R 51 59 45 Paolo Casoli 1–2, 4, 11–15 70 46 48 42 Maurizio Vitali 5–14 Swiss Yamaha Team Yamaha Yamaha TZ 250 56 50 Urs Jücker 5, 8, 14 ?? Yamaha Yamaha TZ 250 57 Darren Milner 2 Cabin Racing Honda Honda Honda NSR250 58 Tadayuki Okada 1 Gazzaniga Corse Gazzaniga Gazzaniga 250 GP 60 46 Virginio Ferrari 6–7, 14 Edwin Honda Honda Honda NSR250 65 Jim Filice 1, 3 Yamaha Racing Team Yamaha Yamaha YZR 250 57 Toshinobu Shiomori 1 Source:

Key Regular Rider Wildcard Rider Replacement Rider

Results and standings

Grands Prix

Round	Date	Race	Location	80cc winner	125cc winner	250cc winner	500cc winner	Report
1	26 March	Japanese Grand Prix	Suzuka		Ezio Gianola	John Kocinski	Kevin Schwantz	Report
2	9 April	Australian Grand Prix	Phillip Island		Àlex Crivillé	Sito Pons	Wayne Gardner	Report
3	16 April	United States Grand Prix	Laguna Seca			John Kocinski	Wayne Rainey	Report
4	30 April	Spanish Grand Prix	Jerez	Herri Torrontegui	Àlex Crivillé	Luca Cadalora	Eddie Lawson	Report
5	14 May	Nations Grand Prix	Misano	Jorge Martínez	Ezio Gianola	Sito Pons	Pierfrancesco Chili	Report
6	28 May	German Grand Prix	Hockenheim	Peter Öttl	Àlex Crivillé	Sito Pons	Wayne Rainey	Report
7	4 June	Austrian Grand Prix	Salzburgring		Hans Spaan	Sito Pons	Kevin Schwantz	Report
8	11 June	Yugoslavian Grand Prix	Automotodrom Rijeka	Peter Öttl		Sito Pons	Kevin Schwantz	Report
9	24 June	Dutch TT	Assen	Peter Öttl	Hans Spaan	Reinhold Roth	Wayne Rainey	Report
10	2 July	Belgian Grand Prix	Spa		Hans Spaan	Jacques Cornu	Eddie Lawson	Report
11	16 July	French Grand Prix	Le Mans		Jorge Martínez	Carlos Cardús	Eddie Lawson	Report
12	6 August	British Grand Prix	Donington		Hans Spaan	Sito Pons	Kevin Schwantz	Report
13	13 August	Swedish Grand Prix	Anderstorp		Àlex Crivillé	Sito Pons	Eddie Lawson	Report
14	27 August	Czechoslovak Grand Prix	Brno	Herri Torrontegui	Àlex Crivillé	Reinhold Roth	Kevin Schwantz	Report
15	17 September	Brazilian Grand Prix	Goiânia			Luca Cadalora	Kevin Schwantz	Report

500cc riders' standings

Scoring system

Points are awarded to the top fifteen finishers. A rider has to finish the race to earn points.

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th
Points	20	17	15	13	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1

Pos Rider Team Machine JPN AUS USA ESP NAT GER AUT YUG NED BEL FRA GBR SWE TCH BRA Pts 1 Eddie Lawson Rothmans-Kanemoto Honda-HRC NSR500 3 5 3 1 Ret 2 2 3 2 1 1 2 1 2 2 228 2 Wayne Rainey Team Lucky Strike Roberts YZR500 2 2 1 2 Ret 1 3 2 1 3 3 3 Ret 3 3 210.5 3 Christian Sarron Sonauto Gauloises-Yamaha YZR500 7 3 6 4 Ret 5 4 5 3 4 4 5 2 4 8 165.5 4 Kevin Schwantz Team Pepsi Suzuki RGV500 1 Ret 2 Ret Ret Ret 1 1 Ret 2 2 1 Ret 1 1 162.5 5 Kevin Magee Team Lucky Strike Roberts YZR500 5 4 4 7 5 4 4 7 5 6 5 7 6 138.5 6 Pierfrancesco Chili HB Honda Gallina Team NSR500 Ret Ret 7 6 1 4 6 9 5 6 6 9 7 5 Ret 122 7 Niall Mackenzie Marlboro Yamaha Team Agostini YZR500 6 Ret 5 3 Ret Ret 12 8 10 7 4 4 6 9 103 8 Ron Haslam Team Pepsi Suzuki RGV500 12 7 Ret 7 Ret Ret 7 8 7 7 6 8 5 86 9 Mick Doohan Rothmans Honda-HRC NSR500 Ret 8 8 Ret Ret 3 8 6 9 8 8 4 81 10 Wayne Gardner Rothmans Honda-HRC NSR500 4 1 Ret 6 Ret Ret Ret 3 7 67 11 Rob McElnea Cabin Racing Team NSR500 Ret 10 11 11 10 11 9 10 9 12 12 52.5 12 Simon Buckmaster Racing Team Katayama RS500 12 13 13 2 14 13 14 19 15 14 15 12 21 14 43.5 13 Alessandro Valesi Team Iberna YZR500 Ret 11 11 10 Ret 13 12 Ret 12 Ret 13 Ret 11 14 13 40 14 Tadahiko Taira Tech-21/Team Yamaha YZR500 8 6 Ret 8 10 9 39 15 Dominique Sarron Team Elf Honda/ROC NSR500 18 10 10 9 Ret 8 10 10 Ret Ret 39 16 Freddie Spencer Marlboro Yamaha Team Agostini YZR500 14 Ret 5 Ret 9 9 Ret 13 9 Ret 33.5 17 Marco Gentile Marlboro Fior Team Fior C89 20 13 12 12 4 Ret 14 Ret 14 12 Ret 13 33 18 Randy Mamola Cagiva Corse C589 16 Ret Ret Ret Ret 12 Ret 7 11 23 11 11 11 33 19 Adrien Morillas Team Elf Honda/ROC NSR500 10 8 10 10 26 20 Michael Rudroff HRK Motors RS500 15 15 20 3 21 19 15 17 20 18 21 Norihiko Fujiwara Tech-21/Team Yamaha YZR500 9 Ret 6 17 22 Bubba Shobert Cabin Racing Team NSR500 11 Ret 9 12 23 Josef Doppler Team Doppler RS500 18 5 22 16 Ret 16 21 24 11 24 Alois Mayer Rallye Sport RS500 6 Ret Ret 25 10 25 Romolo Balbi RS500 7 9 26 Fernando González de Nicolás Fernando González RS500 23 Ret 16 Ret 8 DNQ 22 19 DNQ 21 24 22 DNQ 25 16 8 27 Luca Cadalora Marlboro Yamaha Team Agostini YZR500 8 8 28 Massimo Broccoli Cagiva Corse C589 11 Ret 13 8 29 Niggi Schmassman Team Schmassmann RS500 14 Ret Ret 10 Ret 21 20 23 19 21 Ret 16 Ret 17 8 30 Michael Dowson Yamaha Racing Australia YZR500 9 7 31 Andreas Leuthe Racing Team Librenti Corse Librenti 500/ RG500 Ret 9 DNQ Ret Ret Ret 20 Ret 23 7 32 Shinichi Ito Honda HRC NSR500 10 6 33 Fabio Biliotti Racing Team Katayama RS500 15 14 13 19 6 34 Bruno Kneubühler Römer Racing Switzerland RS500 14 16 Ret 15 15 16 16 17 17 18 14 18 6 35 John Kocinski Team Roberts YZR500 5 5.5 36 Ernst Gschwender Team Suzuki Deutschland RGV500 11 5 37 Roger Burnett Rothmans Honda-HRC NSR500 12 4 38 Thierry Crine Minolta Suzuki France RGV500 12 4 39 Juan Manuel Lopez Mella Club Moto Cross Pozuelo RS500 14 Ret 19 Ret Ret 18 Ret 15 16 15 4 40 Alberto Rota Marlboro Yamaha Team Agostini YZR500 13 3 41 Shunji Yatsushiro Honda HRC NSR500 13 3 42 Cees Doorakkers HRK Motors RS500 15 13 25 Ret Ret 2.5 43 Eddie Laycock Millar Racing RS500 15 Ret 14 16 DNQ 17 2 44 Kunio Machii Nescafe Can RT Yamaha YZR500 15 1 45 Peter Linden Team Heukeroff RS500 23 Ret Ret 15 1 46 Hansjoerg Butz RS500 16 0 47 Marco Papa Team Greco-Paton V115 500 Ret Ret DNQ 17 20 18 Ret 16 Ret 0 48 Shinji Katayama Yamaha YZR500 17 0 49 Vincenzo Cascino Vincenzo Cascino RG500 17 DNQ 26 Ret 0 50 Claude Albert RG500 17 19 19 0 51 Rachel Nicotte Plaisir-Jacadi Racing RS500 17 Ret Ret 0 52 Georg Jung RS500 Ret 17 0 53 Robert Holden Robert Holden Racing RS500 17 0 54 Timo Paavilainen RG500 17 0 55 Vittorio Scatola RG500 Ret 18 Ret DNQ 0 56 Stefan Klabacher RS500 Ret 24 18 18 22 0 57 Michele Valdo RS500 18 0 58 Katsunori Shinozaki Suzuki RGV500 19 0 59 Steve Williams YZR500 19 0 60 Peter Schleef RS500 20 21 0 61 Karl Dauer RS500 Ret 20 Ret 0 62 Hans Klingebiel RS500 26 25 20 0 63 Jean-Paul Lecointe MotoDepot RG500 20 0 64 Keiji Kinoshita RS500 21 0 65 Ian Pratt Racing Team Katayama RS500 21 DNQ Ret DNQ 0 66 Rudolf Zeller Uvex Manhattan Honda Bakker RS500 24 21 27 0 67 Kenmei Matsumoto RS500 22 0 68 Fabian Pilloud RS500 22 0 69 Martin Trosch RS500 Ret 22 0 70 Mark Phillips RG500 22 Ret 0 71 Pascal Seguela RS500 22 0 72 Pavol Dekánek Wernberger RS500 23 Ret Ret 28 0 73 Bernard Gitton Fior Fior C89 23 0 74 Peter Graves RS500 23 0 75 Felix Beck RS500 24 0 76 Helmut Schutz Rallye Sport RS500 25 DNQ Ret 0 77 Anton Berghammer RG500 26 0 78 Dario Marchetti RS500 29 0 79 Harry Heutmekers Harry Heutmekers RG500 30 0 80 Michael Kaplan RS500 Ret 31 0 81 Alan Carter RS500 Ret Ret 0 82 Fred Merkel HB Honda Gallina Team RS500 Ret 11 5 83 Doug Polen Suzuki RGV500 Ret 0 84 Hikaru Miyagi Honda HRC NSR500 Ret 0 85 Norio Iobe Honda HRC RS500 Ret 0 86 Osamu Hiwatashi Schick Advantage Suzuki RGV500 Ret 0 87 Greg Drew PRP PRP Ret 0 88 James Judd YZR500 Ret 0 89 Malcolm Campbell Honda HRC RS500 Ret 0 90 Eugene Brown Dr. Browns Racing RG500 Ret 0 91 Larry Moreno Vacondio RG500 DNQ Ret DNQ DNQ 0 92 Raymond Roche Cagiva Corse C589 Ret Ret 0 93 Roland Busch RS500 Ret 0 94 Karl Truchsess RG500 Ret 0 95 Stephane Mertens RS500 Ret 0 96 Bernard Andrault RS500 Ret 0 97 Patrick Leruste Fior Fior C89 Ret 0 98 Patrick Salles Fior Fior C89 Ret 0 99 David Crampton RG500 Ret 0 100 John Mossey John Mossey RG500 Ret 0 101 Torbjorn Bastiansen Torbjorn Bastiansen RG500 Ret 0 Sources: 250cc standings Place Rider Number Country Team Machine Points Wins 1 Sito Pons 1 Spain Campsa-Honda NSR250 262 7 2 Reinhold Roth 5 Germany HB Römer-Honda NSR250 190 2 3 Jacques Cornu 3 Switzerland Lucky Strike Elf-Honda NSR250 187 1 4 Carlos Cardús 8 Spain Repsol-Honda NSR250 162 1 5 Luca Cadalora 6 Italy Marlboro Yamaha-Agostini YZR250 127 2 6 Masahiro Shimizu 9 Japan Ajinomoto-Honda NSR250 116 0 7 Jean-Philippe Ruggia 7 France Gauloises Blondes-Yamaha YZR250 110 0 8 Juan Garriga 2 Spain Ducados-Yamaha YZR250 98 0 9 Helmut Bradl 17 Germany HB Rallye Sport-Honda NSR250 88 0 10 Martin Wimmer 14 Germany Hein Gericke-Aprilia RS250 62 0 11 Loris Reggiani 52 12 Didier De Radigues 51 13 Wilco Zeelenberg 41 14 John Kocinski 40 15 Toshihiko Honma 36 16 Jochen Schmid 36 17 Carlos Lavado 31 18 Alex Barros 30 19 Garry Cowan 25 20 Jim Filice 22 21 Renzo Colleoni 21 22 Ivan Palazzese 19 23 Alberto Puig 18 24 Harald Eckl 18 25 Marcellino Lucchi 17 26 Daniel Amatriain 14 27 Alain Bronec 11 28 Tadayuki Okada 10 29 Toshinobu Shiomori 9 30 Jose Morillas 9 31 Stefano Caracchi 9 32 Fausto Ricci 8 33 Alberto Rota 6 34 Patrick van den Goorbergh 6 35 Daryl Beattie 4 36 Kevin Mitchell 4 37 Paolo Casoli 4 38 Andy Preining 4 39 Maurizio Vitali 2 40 Luis Lavado 2 41 Junya Arai 1 41 Harald Becker 1 41 Manfred Herweh 1 41 August Auinger 1 Sources: 125cc standings Place Rider Number Country Machine Points Wins 1 Àlex Crivillé 28 Spain JJ Cobas 166 5 2 Hans Spaan 3 Netherlands Honda 152 4 3 Ezio Gianola 2 Italy Honda 138 2 4 Hisashi Unemoto 11 Japan Honda 104 5 Fausto Gresini 22 Italy Aprilia 102 6 Koji Takada 18 Japan Honda 99 7 Stefan Prein 8 West Germany Honda 92 8 Julian Miralles 4 Spain Derbi 90 9 Jorge Martínez 1 Spain Derbi 72 1 10 Alan Scott 12 United States Honda 54 11 Adi Stadler 53 12 Robin Milton 46 13 Luis Miguel Reyes 35 14 Domenico Brigaglia 34 15 Dirk Raudies 29 16 Alfred Waibel 25 17 Taru Rinne 23 18 Lucio Pietroniro 22 19 Bruno Casanova 20 20 Doriano Romboni 20 21 Flemming Kistrup 18 22 Robin Appleyard 18 23 Thierry Feuz 15 24 Masayuki Hirose 13 25 Herri Torrontegui 13 26 Kenichi Yoshida 11 27 Jean Claude Selini 11 28 Masato Shima 10 29 Corrado Catalano 10 30 Johnny Wickstroem 10 31 Yutaka Fujihara 9 32 Kazuaki Yamashita 8 33 Hubert Abold 8 34 Shinichi Fujiyama 7 35 Kazuja Yamada 6 36 Gerhard Waibel 6 37 Mike Leitner 4 38 Gabriele Debbia 3 39 Jean Pierre Jeandat 3 40 Stuart Edwards 3 42 Bady Hassaine 2 42 Josef Fischer 2 44 Alex Bedford 1 44 Heinz Lüthi 1 44 Herve Duffard 1 80cc standings Place Rider Number Country Machine Points Wins 1 Manuel 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