1990 Czechoslovak motorcycle Grand Prix

The 1990 Czechoslovak Motorcycle Grand Prix was the thirteenth round of the 1990 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 24–26 August 1990 at the Masaryk Circuit located in Brno, Czechoslovakia.

  1990 Czechoslovak Grand Prix

Race details
Race 13 of 15 races in the 1990 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	26 August 1990
Official name	Grand Prix Brno-ČSFR
Location	Brno Circuit
Course	Permanent racing facility 5.403 km (3.357 mi)
500 cc
Pole position Rider Kevin Schwantz Time 2:02.725 Fastest lap Rider Wayne Rainey Time 2:03.718 Podium First Wayne Rainey Second Wayne Gardner Third Eddie Lawson
250 cc
Pole position Rider Helmut Bradl Time 2:07.404 Fastest lap Rider Carlos Cardús Time 2:07.341 Podium First Carlos Cardús Second John Kocinski Third Helmut Bradl
125 cc
Pole position Rider Unknown Fastest lap Rider Unknown Podium First Hans Spaan Second Stefan Prein Third Alessandro Gramigni

500 cc race

Wayne Gardner crashes twice in the same qualifying session, without serious injury, and Eddie Lawson highsides.

Wayne Rainey gets the start, followed closely by Gardner, then Lawson, Mick Doohan and Kevin Schwantz. Gardner through into first, Schwantz into third.

As he closes the gap to the pair in front, Schwantz's front-end tucks in and he crashes out of third place. He runs to the bike to pick it up, but it is starting to burn.

Rainey is only just managing to stay on Gardner's wheel, and eventually passes. By the last lap, Rainey is well ahead of Gardner, and he wins the race and the championship. Lawson takes third, but is absent from the podium celebrations. While it may have been a coincidence that Lawson disappeared on the day he lost his title to Rainey, Lawson had a big fight with crew chief Warren Willing about the bike and left the facilities before the podium ceremonies.

Rainey: "Then, when I crossed the finish line, and I was World Champion, I had a burst of emotion. I felt really great, for about two tenths of a second. Then it was gone, and it was like – wow, what happened to everything? Here I am, with the thing I've devoted everything to win, and there wasn't anything there. It left me feeling really disappointed. It meant so much more to me emotionally losing the title in Sweden when I crashed out than it did winning it. It felt strange."

500 cc classification

Pos.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Points
1	Wayne Rainey	Marlboro Team Roberts	Yamaha	+47:50.847	20
2	Wayne Gardner	Rothmans Honda Team	Honda	+2.003	17
3	Eddie Lawson	Marlboro Team Roberts	Yamaha	+19.531	15
4	Niall Mackenzie	Lucky Strike Suzuki	Suzuki	+35.174	13
5	Juan Garriga	Ducados Yamaha	Yamaha	+42.617	11
6	Christian Sarron	Sonauto Gauloises	Yamaha	+46.250	10
7	Sito Pons	Campsa Banesto	Honda	+51.386	9
8	Jean Philippe Ruggia	Sonauto Gauloises	Yamaha	+1:06.249	8
9	Mick Doohan	Rothmans Honda Team	Honda	+1:07.917	7
10	Carl Fogarty	Team ROC Elf La Cinq	Honda	+1:19.415	6
11	Randy Mamola	Cagiva Corse	Cagiva	+1:38.932	5
12	Ron Haslam	Cagiva Corse	Cagiva	+2:06.055	4
13	Marco Papa	Team ROC Elf La Cinq	Honda	+1 Lap	3
14	Eddie Laycock	Millar Racing	Honda	+1 Lap	2
15	Rachel Nicotte	Plaisir Vitesse Internationale	Plaisir	+1 Lap	1
16	Cees Doorakkers	HRK Motors	Honda	+1 Lap
17	Martin Troesch		Honda	+2 Laps
Ret	Kevin Schwantz	Lucky Strike Suzuki	Suzuki	Retirement
Ret	Karl Truchsess		Honda	Retirement
Ret	Alex Barros	Cagiva Corse	Cagiva	Retirement
Ret	Andreas Leuthe	Librenti Corse	Honda	Retirement
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