1990 Czechoslovak motorcycle Grand Prix

  1990 Czechoslovak Grand Prix

Race details
Race 13 of 15 races in the 1990 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	26 August 1990
Location	Brno
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

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.

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.^[1]:147

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."^[1]:146

500 cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Points
1	Wayne Rainey	Yamaha	+47:50.847	20
2	Wayne Gardner	Honda	+2.003	17
3	Eddie Lawson	Yamaha	+19.531	15
4	Niall Mackenzie	Suzuki	+35.174	13
5	Juan Garriga	Yamaha	+42.617	11
6	Christian Sarron	Yamaha	+46.250	10
7	Sito Pons	Honda	+51.386	9
8	Jean Philippe Ruggia	Yamaha	+1:06.249	8
9	Mick Doohan	Honda	+1:07.917	7
10	Carl Fogarty	Honda	+1:19.415	6
11	Randy Mamola	Cagiva	+1:38.932	5
12	Ron Haslam	Cagiva	+2:06.055	4
13	Marco Papa	Honda	+1 Lap	3
14	Eddie Laycock	Honda	+1 Lap	2
15	Rachel Nicotte	Plaisir	+1 Lap	1
16	Cees Doorakkers	Honda	+1 Lap
17	M. Troesch	Honda	+2 Laps
Ret	Kevin Schwantz	Suzuki	Retirement
Ret	Karl Truchsess	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Alex Barros	Cagiva	Retirement

References

1. Scott, Michael: "Wayne Rainey". Haynes Publishing, 1997.