1990 British motorcycle Grand Prix

  1990 British Grand Prix

Race details
Race 11 of 15 races in the 1990 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	5 August 1990
Location	Donington
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.023 km (2.5 mi)
500 cc
Pole position
Rider	Wayne Gardner
Time	1:33.415
Fastest lap
Rider	Kevin Schwantz
Time	1:33.762
Podium
First	Kevin Schwantz
Second	Wayne Rainey
Third	Eddie Lawson
250 cc
Pole position
Rider	John Kocinski
Time	1:37.009
Fastest lap
Rider	Luca Cadalora
Time	1:37.326
Podium
First	Luca Cadalora
Second	Masahiro Shimizu
Third	Helmut Bradl
125 cc
Pole position
Rider	Stefan Prein
Time	1:44.100
Fastest lap
Rider	Hans Spaan
Time	1:44.379
Podium
First	Loris Capirossi
Second	Doriano Romboni
Third	Hans Spaan

The 1990 British motorcycle Grand Prix was the eleventh round of the 1990 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 3–5 August 1990 at Donington Park.

500 cc race report

Cagiva announces that after 10 years of participation it will withdraw from GP at the end of the season, citing cost overruns and lack of results. It's a false alarm, as they continue until 1994. Pierfrancesco Chili is replaced by Carl Fogarty.

Wayne Rainey gets a good start, but by the Craner Curves he’s passed by Eddie Lawson, and is followed by Niall Mackenzie, Mick Doohan and Kevin Schwantz.

Rainey retakes the lead from Lawson, but Schwantz is now behind them. Wayne Gardner is out of the race with a mechanical and Fogarty crashes out.

Rainey still ahead, but Schwantz has moved into second ahead of Lawson at the chicane. Schwantz picks that same spot for his pass on Rainey, and is now in first. He opens up the gap and cruises to the win ahead of Rainey and Lawson.

500 cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Points
1	Kevin Schwantz	Suzuki	47:15.770	20
2	Wayne Rainey	Yamaha	+2.138	17
3	Eddie Lawson	Yamaha	+9.436	15
4	Mick Doohan	Honda	+40.383	13
5	Niall Mackenzie	Suzuki	+59.608	11
6	Randy Mamola	Cagiva	+1:07.650	10
7	Juan Garriga	Yamaha	+1:21.386	9
8	Christian Sarron	Yamaha	+1:22.684	8
9	Jean Philippe Ruggia	Yamaha	+1:26.385	7
10	Ron Haslam	Cagiva	+1:35.549	6
11	Alex Barros	Cagiva	+1:36.041	5
12	Eddie Laycock	Honda	+1 Lap	4
13	Marco Papa	Honda	+1 Lap	3
14	Andreas Leuthe	Honda	+1 Lap	2
Ret	Wayne Gardner	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Carl Fogarty	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Cees Doorakkers	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Sito Pons	Honda	Retirement

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