1990 Hungarian motorcycle Grand Prix

  1990 Hungarian Grand Prix

Race details
Race 14 of 15 races in the 1990 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	2 September 1990
Location	Hungaroring
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.381 km (2.722 mi)
500 cc
Pole position
Rider	Mick Doohan
Time	1:43.971
Fastest lap
Rider	Mick Doohan
Time	1:44.390
Podium
First	Mick Doohan
Second	Eddie Lawson
Third	Kevin Schwantz
250 cc
Pole position
Rider	John Kocinski
Time	1:45.952
Fastest lap
Rider	John Kocinski
Time	1:46.266
Podium
First	John Kocinski
Second	Helmut Bradl
Third	Carlos Cardús
125 cc
Pole position
Rider	Bruno Casanova
Time	1:52.300
Fastest lap
Rider	Bruno Casanova
Time	1:52.866
Podium
First	Loris Capirossi
Second	Heinz Lüthi
Third	Bruno Casanova

The 1990 Hungarian motorcycle Grand Prix was the penultimate round of the 1990 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 31 August-2 September 1990 at the Hungaroring circuit.

500 cc race report

Wayne Rainey gets the start, then it’s Eddie Lawson, Kevin Schwantz, Wayne Gardner and Mick Doohan. Randy Mamola has a small highside and looks like he’s going to save it, but heads into the gravel and it falls as he bumps the tire barrier.

Doohan is on the move as he passes Gardner and Schwantz and catches up to Lawson. It’s a small gap up to Rainey. As they brake at the end of the start-finish straight, Lawson makes a mistake and goes wide, losing contact with Doohan, who catches Rainey.

Doohan passes Rainey on the straight as he did with Lawson, but Rainey can’t fight back as his bike breaks down. This is his first DNF, but the championship is sewn-up.

Doohan takes a big win, his first in 500s.

500 cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Points
1	Mick Doohan	Honda	49:14.920	20
2	Eddie Lawson	Yamaha	+25.442	17
3	Kevin Schwantz	Suzuki	+54.401	15
4	Wayne Gardner	Honda	+1:02.632	13
5	Juan Garriga	Yamaha	+1:04.794	11
6	Jean Philippe Ruggia	Yamaha	+1:05.970	10
7	Niall Mackenzie	Suzuki	+1:06.248	9
8	Carl Fogarty	Honda	+1:15.589	8
9	Alex Barros	Cagiva	+1:34.000	7
10	Sito Pons	Honda	+1:39.945	6
11	Ron Haslam	Cagiva	+1:46.026	5
12	Marco Papa	Honda	+1 Lap	4
13	Rachel Nicotte	Plaisir	+1 Lap	3
14	Eddie Laycock	Honda	+1 Lap	2
15	Martin Troesch	Honda	+2 Laps	1
16	Cees Doorakkers	Honda	+2 Laps
Ret	Wayne Rainey	Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Andreas Leuthe	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Karl Truchsess	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Christian Sarron	Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Peter Linden	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Randy Mamola	Cagiva	Retirement