| Grand Prix: | Czechoslovak |
| Flag: | Czechoslovakia |
| Official Name: | Grand Prix ČSSR-Brno[1] [2] [3] |
| Location: | Brno Circuit |
| Course Mi: | 3.357 |
| Course Km: | 5.403 |
| Race No: | 14 |
| Season No: | 15 |
| Date: | 27 August |
| Year: | 1989 |
| Pole Rider 500 Country: | USA |
| Pole Time 500: | 2:03.160 |
| Fast Rider 500: | Kevin Schwantz |
| Fast Rider 500 Country: | USA |
| Fast Time 500: | 2:04.400 |
| First Rider 500: | Kevin Schwantz |
| First Rider 500 Country: | USA |
| Second Rider 500: | Eddie Lawson |
| Second Rider 500 Country: | USA |
| Third Rider 500 Country: | USA |
| Pole Rider 250 Country: | West Germany |
| Pole Time 250: | 2:08.500 |
| Fast Rider 250: | Juan Garriga |
| Fast Rider 250 Country: | Spain |
| Fast Time 250: | 2:09.670 |
| First Rider 250 Country: | West Germany |
| Second Rider 250 Country: | Japan |
| Third Rider 250: | Jacques Cornu |
| Third Rider 250 Country: | Switzerland |
| Pole Rider 125 Country: | Spain |
| Pole Time 125: | 2:16.370 |
| Fast Rider 125 Country: | Japan |
| Fast Time 125: | 2:17.250 |
| First Rider 125 Country: | Spain |
| Second Rider 125: | Hans Spaan |
| Second Rider 125 Country: | Netherlands |
| Third Rider 125: | Stefan Prein |
| Third Rider 125 Country: | West Germany |
| Pole Rider 80: | Stefan Dörflinger |
| Pole Rider 80 Country: | Switzerland |
| Pole Time 80: | 2:24.605 |
| Fast Rider 80: | Unknown |
| First Rider 80: | Herri Torrontegui |
| First Rider 80 Country: | Spain |
| Second Rider 80: | Manuel Herreros |
| Second Rider 80 Country: | Spain |
| Third Rider 80: | Jorge Martínez |
| Third Rider 80 Country: | Spain |
The 1989 Czechoslovak motorcycle Grand Prix was the penultimate round of the 1989 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 25–27 August 1989 at the Masaryk Circuit located in Brno, Czechoslovakia.[4]
8th pole position for Kevin Schwantz, with Eddie Lawson behind. Wayne Gardner crashes in practice and is unable to make the start.
Despite Schwantz' poles, more often than not it's Wayne Rainey who gets the start, today being followed by Lawson, Schwantz, Christian Sarron, Pierfrancesco Chili, Kevin Magee.
Schwantz gets past Lawson and Rainey for the lead, while Sarron settles into fourth with a growing gap back to fifth place.
Lawson passes Rainey for second and then gets past Schwantz for the lead. The battle for fifth is split between Ron Haslam, Chili and Magee.
Lawson and Schwantz leave Rainey behind as they start to encounter back-marker traffic. Lawson need only finish just behind Rainey in the remaining two races, but it looks like he wants the win today, staying fast enough to keep Schwantz behind him for a little, until Schwantz overtakes again.
Niall Mackenzie moves up to fifth spot, ahead of Haslam, and Chili.
Making it look easy, Schwantz drops Lawson, who's fighting for grip a good ways back. Further back, Rainey is caught by Sarron, but team orders prevail as Rainey is allowed to stay in third spot. The podium is Schwantz, Lawson and Rainey, the last now 15.5 points behind Lawson in the standings.
| Pos. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Points | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kevin Schwantz | Suzuki Pepsi Cola | Suzuki | 23 | 48:20.649 | 20 | |||
| 2 | Eddie Lawson | Rothmans Kanemoto Honda | Honda | 23 | +5.977 | 17 | |||
| 3 | Wayne Rainey | Team Lucky Strike Roberts | Yamaha | 23 | +26.031 | 15 | |||
| 4 | Christian Sarron | Sonauto Gauloises Blondes Yamaha Mobil 1 | Yamaha | 23 | +26.056 | 13 | |||
| 5 | Pierfrancesco Chili | HB Honda Gallina Team | Honda | 23 | +51.153 | 11 | |||
| 6 | Niall Mackenzie | Marlboro Yamaha Team Agostini | Yamaha | 23 | +51.158 | 10 | |||
| 7 | Kevin Magee | Team Lucky Strike Roberts | Yamaha | 23 | +52.931 | 9 | |||
| 8 | Ron Haslam | Suzuki Pepsi Cola | Suzuki | 23 | +55.071 | 8 | |||
| 9 | Tadahiko Taira | Yamaha Motor Company | Yamaha | 23 | +1:19.178 | 7 | |||
| 10 | Adrien Morillas | Team ROC Elf Honda | Honda | 23 | +1:25.785 | 6 | |||
| 11 | Randy Mamola | Cagiva Corse | Cagiva | 23 | +1:28.975 | 5 | |||
| 12 | Rob McElnea | Cabin Racing Team | Honda | 23 | +1:50.777 | 4 | |||
| 13 | Alberto Rota | Marlboro Yamaha Team Agostini | Yamaha | 22 | +1 Lap | 3 | |||
| 14 | Alessandro Valesi | Team Iberia | Yamaha | 22 | +1 Lap | 2 | |||
| 15 | Peter Linden | Team Heukeroff | Honda | 22 | +1 Lap | 1 | |||
| 16 | Juan Lopez Mella | Club Motocross Pozuelo | Honda | 22 | +1 Lap | ||||
| 17 | Eddie Laycock | Honda | 22 | +1 Lap | |||||
| 18 | Bruno Kneubühler | Romer Racing Suisse | Honda | 22 | +1 Lap | ||||
| 19 | Fabio Biliotti | Racing Team Katayama | Honda | 22 | +1 Lap | ||||
| 20 | Michael Rudroff | HRK Motors | Honda | 22 | +1 Lap | ||||
| 21 | Simon Buckmaster | Racing Team Katayama | Honda | 22 | +1 Lap | ||||
| 22 | Stefan Klabacher | Honda | 22 | +1 Lap | |||||
| 23 | Andreas Leuthe | Librenti Corse | Suzuki | 22 | +1 Lap | ||||
| 24 | Josef Doppler | Honda | 22 | +1 Lap | |||||
| 25 | Francisco Gonzalez | Club Motocross Pozuelo | Honda | 21 | +2 Laps | ||||
| 26 | Vincenzo Cascino | Suzuki | 21 | +2 Laps | |||||
| 27 | Rudolf Zeller | Honda | 21 | +2 Laps | |||||
| 28 | Pavel Dekanek | Honda | 21 | +2 Laps | |||||
| 29 | Dario Marchetti | Honda | 21 | +2 Laps | |||||
| 30 | Harry Heutmekers | Suzuki | 21 | +2 Laps | |||||
| 31 | Michael Kaplam | Honda | 21 | +2 Laps | |||||
| Ret | Helmut Schutz | Rallye Sport | Honda | Retirement | |||||
| Ret | Cees Doorakkers | HRK Motors | Honda | Retirement | |||||
| Ret | Marco Papa | Team Greco | Paton | Retirement | |||||
| Ret | Karl Dauer | PC Racing | Honda | Retirement | |||||
| Ret | Nicholas Schmassman | FMS | Honda | Retirement | |||||
| DNS | Wayne Gardner | Rothmans Honda Team | Honda | Did not start | |||||
| DNQ | Marian Troliga | Suzuki | Did not qualify | ||||||
| DNQ | Anton Berghammer | Suzuki | Did not qualify | ||||||
| DNQ | Peter Graves | Honda | Did not qualify | ||||||
| DNQ | Hans Klingebiel | Honda | Did not qualify | ||||||
| DNQ | Tony Carey | Spondon | Spondon Yamaha | Did not qualify | |||||
| DNQ | Norbert Heiles | Suzuki | Did not qualify | ||||||
| Sources:[5] [6] | |||||||||