1989 Superbike World Championship

1989 Superbike World Championship
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The 1989 Superbike World Championship was the second FIM Superbike World Championship season. The season started on 27 March at Donington Park and finished on 19 November at Manfeild Autocourse after 11 rounds.

American Fred Merkel won his second riders' championship and Honda won the manufacturers' championship.

Race calendar and results

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Round Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning rider Winning team Report
1 R1   Donington 27 March   Raymond Roche   Roger Burnett   Fabrizio Pirovano Belgarda Yamaha Report
R2   Raymond Roche   Giancarlo Falappa Bimota SpA
2 R1   Hungaroring 30 April   Fred Merkel   Raymond Roche   Fred Merkel Team Rumi RCM Report
R2   Fred Merkel   Fred Merkel Team Rumi RCM
3 R1   Mosport 4 June   Fred Merkel   Raymond Roche   Fred Merkel Team Rumi RCM Report
R2   Fred Merkel   Giancarlo Falappa Bimota SpA
4 R1   Brainerd 11 June   Fred Merkel Not recorded[1]   Raymond Roche Squadra Corse Ducati Lucchinelli Report
R2 Not recorded[1]   Raymond Roche Squadra Corse Ducati Lucchinelli
5 R1   Österreichring 2 July   Raymond Roche   Baldassarre Monti   Alex Vieira Honda Motul Report
R2   Stéphane Mertens   Stéphane Mertens Total Bel Ray
6 R1   Paul Ricard 30 July   Raymond Roche   Mike Baldwin   Stéphane Mertens Total Bel Ray Report
R2   Giancarlo Falappa   Giancarlo Falappa Bimota SpA
7 R1   Sugo 27 August   Doug Polen   Michael Dowson   Doug Polen Yoshimura Suzuki Sietto GP-1 Report
R2   Kenihiro Iwahashi   Michael Dowson Marlboro Yamaha Dealer Team
8 R1   Hockenheim 17 September   Raymond Roche   Raymond Roche   Raymond Roche Squadra Corse Ducati Lucchinelli Report
R2   Raymond Roche   Raymond Roche Squadra Corse Ducati Lucchinelli
9 R1   Pergusa 24 September   Giancarlo Falappa   Stéphane Mertens   Stéphane Mertens Total Bel Ray Report
R2   Raymond Roche   Raymond Roche Squadra Corse Ducati Lucchinelli
10 R1   Oran Park 12 November   Michael Dowson   Malcolm Campbell   Peter Goddard Marlboro Yamaha Dealer Team Report
R2   Fabrizio Pirovano   Michael Dowson Marlboro Yamaha Dealer Team
11 R1   Manfeild 19 November   Fred Merkel   Michael Dowson   Terry Rymer Team Loctite Yamaha Report
R2   Aaron Slight   Stéphane Mertens Total Bel Ray

Championship standings

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Riders' standings

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Rank Rider Manufacturer Points Wins
1   Fred Merkel   Honda 272 3
2   Stéphane Mertens   Honda 265 4
3   Raymond Roche   Ducati 222 5
4   Fabrizio Pirovano   Yamaha 208 1
5   Anders Andersson   Yamaha 159 0
6   Giancarlo Falappa   Bimota 139 3
7   Terry Rymer   Yamaha 134 1
8   Baldassarre Monti   Ducati 99 0
9   Jari Suhonen   Yamaha 90 0
10   Michael Dowson   Yamaha 79 2
11   Rob Phillis   Kawasaki 79 0
12   Mike Baldwin   Bimota 74 0
13   Patrick Igoa   Kawasaki 64 0
14   Aaron Slight   Kawasaki 54 0
15   Alex Vieira   Honda 51 1
16   Malcolm Campbell   Honda 48 0
17   Davide Tardozzi   Bimota 39 0
18   Reuben McMurter   Honda 38 0
19   Roger Burnett   Honda 36 0
20   Tadahiko Sohwa   Kawasaki 36 0
21   Doug Polen   Suzuki 33 1
22   Rob McElnea   Yamaha 28 0
23   Ernst Gschwender   Suzuki 28 0
24   Kenihiro Iwahashi   Honda 27 0
25   Andreas Hofmann   Honda 27 0
26   Massimo Broccoli   Ducati 26 0
27   Renè Rasmussen   Suzuki 26 0
28   Peter Goddard   Yamaha 20 1
29   Steve Crevier   Yamaha 20 0
30   Tommy Douglas   Yamaha 20 0
31   Tetsuro Arata   Yamaha 18 0
32   Peter Rubatto   Bimota 17 0
33   Fabio Biliotti   Bimota 17 0
34   Brian Morrison   Honda 17 0
35   Gary Goodfellow   Suzuki 16 0
36   Jean Yves Mounier   Yamaha 15 0
37   Renè Bongers   Yamaha 15 0
38   Pierre Bolle   Kawasaki 14 0
39   Paul Iddon   Yamaha 14 0
40   Andy McGladdery   Honda 14 0

Manufacturers' standings

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Pos Manufacturer Pts
1   Honda 368
2   Yamaha 335
3   Ducati 270
4   Bimota 208
5   Kawasaki 166
6   Suzuki 120

Notes

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  • The points allocation system was: 1st=20, 2nd=17, 3rd=15, 4th=13, 5th=11, 6th=10, 7th=9, 8th=8, 9th=7, 10th=6, 11th=5, 12th=4, 13th=3, 14th=2, 15th=1

References

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  1. ^ a b "Brainerd 1990". wsb-archives.co.uk. Archived from the original on 17 December 2014. Retrieved 17 December 2014. Lap record: None (Not recorded in 1989)