The 1990 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix was the third round of the 1990 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 4–6 May 1990 at the Jerez circuit.[2]
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Race 3 of 15 races in the 1990 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date | 6 May 1990 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Official name | Gran Premio de España[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Location | Circuito de Jerez | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Niall Mackenzie takes Kevin Magee’s seat (who was injured at the previous round), and Mick Doohan gets pole position.
Doohan gets crowded back at the first turn, with Wayne Rainey, Christian Sarron, Wayne Gardner, and Kevin Schwantz ahead of him.
The riders are getting strung out: Rainey, with a small gap to Gardner, a small gap to Schwantz, and a small gap to a group that gets smaller by Alex Barros crashing out of it. Gardner catches and passes Rainey, and takes the win.
Pos. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Time/Retired | Points | ||
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1 | Wayne Gardner | Rothmans Honda Team | Honda | 52:58.021 | 20 | ||
2 | Wayne Rainey | Marlboro Team Roberts | Yamaha | +7.307 | 17 | ||
3 | Kevin Schwantz | Lucky Strike Suzuki | Suzuki | +22.088 | 15 | ||
4 | Mick Doohan | Rothmans Honda Team | Honda | +28.729 | 13 | ||
5 | Pierfrancesco Chili | Team ROC Elf La Cinq | Honda | +40.920 | 11 | ||
6 | Sito Pons | Campsa Banesto | Honda | +1:07.157 | 10 | ||
7 | Christian Sarron | Sonauto Gauloises | Yamaha | +1:12.205 | 9 | ||
8 | Niall Mackenzie | Lucky Strike Suzuki | Suzuki | +1:13.260 | 8 | ||
9 | Juan Garriga | Ducados Yamaha | Yamaha | +1:25.360 | 7 | ||
10 | Jean Philippe Ruggia | Sonauto Gauloises | Yamaha | +1:34.395 | 6 | ||
11 | Eddie Laycock | Millar Racing | Honda | +1 Lap | 5 | ||
12 | Nicholas Schmassman | Team Schmassman | Honda | +2 Laps | 4 | ||
13 | Cees Doorakkers | HRK Motors | Honda | +2 Laps | 3 | ||
14 | Andreas Leuthe | Librenti Corse | Honda | +2 Laps | 2 | ||
15 | Hansjoerg Butz | Honda | +3 Laps | 1 | |||
Ret | Vittorio Scatola | Team Elit | Paton | Retirement | |||
Ret | Alex Barros | Cagiva Corse | Cagiva | Retirement | |||
Ret | Randy Mamola | Cagiva Corse | Cagiva | Retirement | |||
Ret | Ron Haslam | Cagiva Corse | Cagiva | Retirement | |||
Sources:[3][4] |