1990 Austrian motorcycle Grand Prix

  1990 Austrian Grand Prix

Race details
Race 6 of 15 races in the 1990 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	10 June 1990
Location	Salzburgring
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.326 km (2.688 mi)
500 cc
Pole position
Rider	Kevin Schwantz
Time	1:18.411
Fastest lap
Rider	Kevin Schwantz
Time	1:18.341
Podium
First	Kevin Schwantz
Second	Wayne Rainey
Third	Mick Doohan
250 cc
Pole position
Rider	Carlos Cardús
Time	1:23.709
Fastest lap
Rider	Luca Cadalora
Time	1:23.935
Podium
First	Luca Cadalora
Second	Martin Wimmer
Third	John Kocinski
125 cc
Pole position
Rider	Hans Spaan
Time	1:31.821
Fastest lap
Rider	Stefan Prein
Time	1:34.979
Podium
First	Jorge Martínez
Second	Loris Capirossi
Third	Stefan Prein

The 1990 Austrian motorcycle Grand Prix was the sixth round of the 1990 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 8–10 June 1990 at the Salzburgring.

500 cc race report

Eddie Lawson is still out, as is Wayne Gardner.

First turn, it’s Wayne Rainey, Mick Doohan, Sito Pons, Kevin Schwantz, Pierfrancesco Chili, Niall Mackenzie and Christian Sarron. Schwantz begins to get a small gap from Rainey and Doohan, then there's another gap to Chili.

Rainey begins to bridge the gap to Schwantz, leaving Doohan. Rainey catches and tries a draft pass, but Schwantz denies it on the brakes. Rainey claws his way to the lead, but on the uphill drag, the 160 bhp Suzuki seems more than a match for the Yamaha as Schwantz passes Rainey again. On the last lap, Schwantz’ lead holds as he wins over Rainey and Doohan.

500cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Points
1	Kevin Schwantz	Suzuki	38:21.304	20
2	Wayne Rainey	Yamaha	+0.561	17
3	Mick Doohan	Honda	+25.304	15
4	Pierfrancesco Chili	Honda	+37.304	13
5	Niall Mackenzie	Suzuki	+46.434	11
6	Sito Pons	Honda	+46.871	10
7	Christian Sarron	Yamaha	+1:06.073	9
8	Jean Philippe Ruggia	Yamaha	+1:19.575	8
9	Juan Garriga	Yamaha	+1 Lap	7
10	Randy Mamola	Cagiva	+1 Lap	6
11	Alex Barros	Cagiva	+1 Lap	5
12	Ron Haslam	Cagiva	+1 Lap	4
13	Marco Papa	Honda	+2 Laps	3
14	Cees Doorakkers	Honda	+2 Laps	2
15	Karl Truchsess	Honda	+2 Laps	1