1990 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix

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]

  1990 Spanish Grand Prix

Race details
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
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.428 km (2.751 mi)
500cc
Pole position Rider Mick Doohan Time 1:47.891 Fastest lap Rider Mick Doohan Time 1:48.290 Podium First Wayne Gardner Second Wayne Rainey Third Kevin Schwantz
250cc
Pole position Rider Helmut Bradl Time 1:49.420 Fastest lap Rider Luca Cadalora Time 1:50.318 Podium First John Kocinski Second Luca Cadalora Third Helmut Bradl
125cc
Pole position Rider Jorge Martínez Time 1:56.252 Fastest lap Rider Stefan Prein Time 1:56.223 Podium First Jorge Martínez Second Stefan Prein Third Fausto Gresini

500 cc race report

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.

500 cc classification

Pos.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Points
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]