1990 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
1990 F.I.M. Grand Prix motorcycle racing season | |||
Previous: | 1989 | Next: | 1991 |
The 1990 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season was the 42nd F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship season.
Season summary
1990 marked the beginning of the Rainey era with the Marlboro-Yamaha rider taking 7 wins and scoring points in every race but Hungary after he had already clinched the championship.[1] Rainey's teammate was 1989 champion Eddie Lawson, but he was unable to defend his championship after breaking his left ankle in the first round and then severely shattering his right ankle the following round at Laguna Seca. Rainey on having Lawson as a teammate: “I just wanted to devastate Eddie. I don’t think he was ready for a team-mate like me. Maybe he thought he could control me, but at that stage I was past being controlled.”[2] Rainey switched from Dunlop to Michelin tires this year.
Kevin Schwantz continued to win on his Suzuki but just as often he would crash.[1] Australian Mick Doohan would win his first Grand Prix for Honda at the Hungaroring.[1]
The 1990 season continued the trend of crashes as riders tried to cope with the harsh power output of the V4 two-strokes.[1] Honda put forth a proposition limiting the top class to 375cc and 3 cylinders, but that never caught on.[1] Still, with 500cc lap times becoming stagnant, it was clear that something needed to be done.[1]
Newcomer John Kocinski took the 250 title for Kenny Roberts' Marlboro-Yamaha squad after a tight points battle with Carlos Cardús that was not decided until the final race of the season.[1] Despite five Grand Prix victories for Hans Spaan, seventeen-year-old Loris Capirossi became the youngest-ever world champion when he claimed the 125 crown for Honda.[1]
1990 Grand Prix season calendar
Final standings
Scoring system
Points are awarded to the top fifteen finishers. Rider has to finish the race to earn points.[3]
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 |
500cc standings[4]
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Bold – Pole Position |
250cc standings[5]
Place | Rider | Number | Country | Team | Machine | Points | Wins |
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1 | ![]() |
19 | United States | Marlboro-Yamaha Roberts | YZR250 | 223 | 7 |
2 | ![]() |
4 | Spain | Repsol-Honda | NSR250 | 208 | 4 |
3 | ![]() |
5 | Italy | Marlboro-Yamaha Agostini | YZR250 | 184 | 3 |
4 | ![]() |
9 | Germany | HB-Honda | NSR250 | 150 | 0 |
5 | ![]() |
14 | Netherlands | Sharp-Samson Honda | NSR250 | 127 | 1 |
6 | ![]() |
10 | Germany | Hein Gericke Aprilia | RS250 | 118 | 0 |
7 | ![]() |
6 | Japan | Ajinomoto-Honda | NSR250 | 100 | 0 |
8 | ![]() |
16 | Germany | HB-Honda | NSR250 | 92 | 0 |
9 | ![]() |
3 | Switzerland | Lucky Strike-Elf Honda | NSR250 | 86 | 0 |
10 | ![]() |
8 | France | Rothmans-Honda | NSR250 | 78 | 0 |
11 | ![]() |
Spain | 76 | ||||
12 | ![]() |
Belgium | 66 | ||||
13 | ![]() |
Italy | 63 | ||||
14 | ![]() |
Germany | 52 | ||||
15 | ![]() |
Venezuela | 37 | ||||
16 | Alberto Puig | 32 | |||||
17 | ![]() |
Italy | 32 | ||||
18 | Andy Preining | 30 | |||||
19 | Marcellino Lucchi | 23 | |||||
20 | Adrien Morillas | 22 | |||||
21 | Renzo Colleoni | 17 | |||||
22 | Daryl Beattie | 13 | |||||
23 | Harald Eckl | 13 | |||||
24 | Jorge Martinez | 13 | |||||
25 | Toshihiko Honma | 10 | |||||
26 | Corrado Catalano | 10 | |||||
27 | Tetsuya Harada | 9 | |||||
28 | Andrea Borgonovo | 9 | |||||
29 | Nobuatsu Aoki | 8 | |||||
30 | Alberto Rota | 8 | |||||
31 | Masumitsu Taguchi | 7 | |||||
32 | Tsumoto Udagawa | 6 | |||||
33 | Niall Mackenzie | 5 | |||||
34 | Jean Pierre Jeandat | 4 | |||||
35 | Junzo Suzuki | 4 | |||||
36 | Bernd Kassner | 4 | |||||
37 | Josè Barresi | 4 | |||||
38 | Bernard Haenggeli | 4 | |||||
39 | Rich Oliver | 3 | |||||
40 | Alan Carter | 3 | |||||
41 | Trevor Manley | 2 | |||||
42 | Kevin Mitchell | 2 | |||||
43 | Urs Jücker | 2 | |||||
44 | Yukio Nukumi | 1 | |||||
45 | Ricky Rice | 1 | |||||
46 | Jean Foray | 1 | |||||
125cc standings[6]
Place | Rider | Number | Country | Machine | Points | Wins |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() |
65 | Italy | Honda | 182 | 3 |
2 | ![]() |
2 | Netherlands | Honda | 173 | 5 |
3 | ![]() |
7 | Germany | Honda | 169 | 1 |
4 | ![]() |
Italy | Honda | 130 | 2 | |
5 | ![]() |
Germany | Honda | 113 | 0 | |
6 | ![]() |
Spain | Derbi | 105 | 3 | |
7 | ![]() |
8 | Italy | Honda | 102 | 0 |
8 | ![]() |
4 | Italy | Honda | 97 | 0 |
9 | ![]() |
Italy | Aprilia | 84 | 0 | |
10 | ![]() |
Switzerland | Honda | 78 | 0 | |
11 | Adi Stadler | 77 | ||||
12 | Gabriele Debbia | 55 | ||||
13 | Julian Miralles | 46 | ||||
14 | Maurizio Vitali | 44 | ||||
15 | Manuel Hernandez | 40 | ||||
16 | Koji Takada | 39 | ||||
17 | Steve Patrickson | 32 | ||||
18 | Robin Appleyard | 32 | ||||
19 | Alfred Waibel | 31 | ||||
20 | Hisashi Unemoto | 30 | ||||
21 | Robin Milton | 28 | ||||
22 | Kinya Wada | 26 | ||||
23 | Ralf Waldmann | 19 | ||||
24 | Emilio Cuppini | 15 | ||||
25 | Herri Torrontegui | 14 | ||||
26 | Johnny Wickstroem | 13 | ||||
27 | Stefan Kurfiss | 11 | ||||
28 | Yoshifumi Ichimiya | 8 | ||||
29 | Hans Koopman | 7 | ||||
30 | Yukiho Hinokio | 6 | ||||
31 | Domenico Brigaglia | 6 | ||||
32 | Fuyuki Yamazaki | 5 | ||||
33 | Thierry Feuz | 5 | ||||
34 | Noboiuki Wakai | 3 | ||||
35 | Flemming Kistrup | 3 | ||||
36 | Sinya Sato | 2 | ||||
37 | Alan Scott | 1 | ||||
38 | Jaime Mariano | 1 | ||||
39 | Antonio Sanchez | 1 | ||||
40 | Stuart Edwards | 1 | ||||
References
- Büla, Maurice & Schertenleib, Jean-Claude (2001). Continental Circus 1949-2000. Chronosports S.A. ISBN 2-940125-32-5
- "The Official MotoGP website". Retrieved 2010-07-06.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Noyes, Dennis; Scott, Michael (1999), Motocourse: 50 Years Of Moto Grand Prix, Hazleton Publishing Ltd, ISBN 1-874557-83-7
- ↑ Scott, Michael: "Wayne Rainey", page 142. Haynes Publishing, 1997.
- ↑ Guinness Motorcycle Sport Fact Book by Ian Morrison page 14 (1991)(1st Edition) Guinness Publishing The Bath Press ISBN 0-85112-953-6
- ↑ "500cc Final Standings". motogp.com. Retrieved 6 August 2012.
- ↑ "250cc Final Standings". motogp.com. Retrieved 6 August 2012.
- ↑ "125cc Final Standings". motogp.com. Retrieved 6 August 2012.