1990 Czechoslovakian motorcycle Grand Prix

1990 Czechoslovakian motorcycle Grand Prix

The 1990 Czechoslovakian motorcycle Grand Prix was the thirteenth round of the 1990 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 24th-26th August, 1990 at the Masaryk Circuit located in Brno, Czechoslovakia.

500 cc race report

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's closing 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's 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. [Scott, Michael: "Wayne Rainey", page 147. Haynes Publishing, 1997.]

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." [Ibid., page 146.]

500cc classification

References

MotoGP_race_report
Name_of_race = Czechoslovakian Grand Prix
Year_of_race = 1990
Previous_race_in_season = 1990 Swedish Grand Prix
Next_race_in_season = 1990 Hungarian Grand Prix
Previous_year's_race = 1989 Czechoslovakian Grand Prix
Next_year's_race = 1991 Czechoslovakian Grand Prix


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