1989 Alternate WSBK season

1989 World Superbike Championship season
The 1989 season was the Second season of the World Superbike Championship
Season
Races
Start date	1st-2nd April 1989
Start Event	Template:GBR Round of Britain
End date	11th-12th September 1989
End Event	Template:AUS Round of Australia
Awards
Driver's Champion	TBD
Constructor's Champion	TBD
Seasons
Previous season	Next season
1988	1990

The 1989 World Superbike Championship season was the second season of the World Superbike Championship, the highest level of FIM-Sanctioned, Highly modified production Motorcycle racing.

The inaugural World Superbike champion, Australian Mick Doohan, left the series to join Honda Racing Corporation's factory team in the 500cc World Championship, meaning a new champion will be crowned. The biggest news of the offseason sees British manufacturer Norton enter the series for the first time, using their Groundbreaking, Wankel Rotary-engined RCW588, with the FIM granting an exception for the Birmingham outfit, allowing them to use the engine.

They weren't the only new bike on the 1989 grid, however: Japanese brand Kawasaki will enter its radical ZXR-750, replacing the GPX750R used in 1988. Finally, all other manufacturers from 1988 came back with updates to their current models, with Yamaha, unsatisfied with their less than ideal 1988 season, equipping their FZR750R with a new engine rumoured to be among the most powerful on the grid. 1988 manufacturers champions Bimota, eager to defend their title, will equip their bikes with the new Yamaha powerplant.

Teams and riders

All teams and riders used Michelin tyres

Team	Bike	#	Rider	Rounds
Team Green Kawasaki Deutschland [?]	Kawasaki ZXR-750	20	Anders Andersson	1-4, 7-10
		28	Michael Galinski	1-4, 7-10
Template:GBR BP Harris Racing Team [?]	Yamaha FZR750R OW01	78	Template:GBR Roger Burnett	All
		56	Template:GBR Kevin Mitchell	All
Lucky Strike Fior [?]	Bimota YB4 88	1	Giancarlo Falappa	All
		21	Baldassarre Monti	All
Bimota Corse [?]	Bimota YB4 89	2	Davide Tardozzi	ALL
		4	Template:FRA Alex Vieira	All
Yoshimura Suzuki [?]	Suzuki GSX-R 750 89	23	Template:USA Doug Polen	All
		14	Template:GBR Rob McElnea	All
Flor Bath Honda [?]	Honda VFR750R 88	81	violetta Cacciatorri	All
		32	Zoè Ferrer	All
Team Rumi RCM [?]	Honda VFR750R 89	12	Template:USA Fred Merkel	All
		5	Template:GBR Carl Fogarty	ALL
De Kruiser De Ruyter [?]	Ducati 851 Strada 88	78	Karel Vandroogenbroeck	All
		99	Cees Dorakkers	All
/Template:FRA Petronas Tech 3 Racing Group [?]	Yamaha FZR750 OW01	55	Template:FRA Dominique Sarron	All
Uponor Pennanen Racing [?]	Suzuki GSX-R750 88	11	Jari Suhonen	All
Template:SUI Römer Racing [?]	Bimota YB4 88	24	Template:SUI Nicholas Schmassmann	All
		83	Template:GBR Andy McGladdery	All
Fast by Ferracci [?]	Ducati 851 Strada 89	21	Template:FRA Raymond Roche	All
		6	Template:BEL Stéphane Mertens	All
Template:AUS Hardwick Racing [?]	Yamaha FZR750 OW01	19	Template:AUS Malcom Campbell	All
		111	Aaron Slight	All
Template:USA Rob Muzzy Racing [?]	Kawasaki ZXR-750	8	Template:USA Doug Chandler	All
		10	Fabrizio Pirovano	All
Moriwaki Engineering [?]	Honda VFR750R 89	15	Template:USA Bubba Shobert	All
		40	Shinichi Itoh	All
Template:GBR Crighton Engineering [?]	Template:GBR Norton RCW588	27	Template:GBR Terry Rymer	All
		62	Template:GBR Darren Dixon	All
Template:GBR BP Juniors [?]	Kawasaki GPX-R750	69	Template:GBR Paul Iddon	All

Calendar

Championship Grands Prix

	Event	Track	Date	Race	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning rider	Team	Manufacturer
1	Template:GBR Round of Donington	Donington Park	1-2 April	1	Template:FRA Alex Vieira	Template:FRA Raymond Roche	Template:GBR Carl Fogarty	Team Rumi RCM	Honda
				2	Template:FRA Raymond Roche	Template:GBR Carl Fogarty	Template:GBR Carl Fogarty	Team Rumi RCM	Honda
2	Round of Hungary	Hungaroring	29-30 April	3	Template:USA Fred Merkel	Template:USA Fred Merkel	Template:USA Fred Merkel	Team Rumi RCM	Honda
				4	Template:USA Fred Merkel	Template:USA Doug Chandler	Template:USA Fred Merkel	Team Rumi RCM	Honda
3	Round of Germany	Hockenheimring	7-8 May	5	Template:USA Fred Merkel	Template:USA Fred Merkel	Template:USA Fred Merkel	Team Rumi RCM	Honda
				6	Template:USA Fred Merkel	Template:USA Fred Merkel	Template:USA Fred Merkel	Team Rumi RCM	Honda
4	Template:AUT Round of Austria	Österreichring	13-14 May	7	Template:FRA Alex Vieira	Template:FRA Raymond Roche	Template:FRA Raymond Roche	Fast by Ferracci	Ducati
				8	Template:FRA Raymond Roche	Template:FRA Raymond Roche	Template:FRA Raymond Roche	Fast by Ferracci	Ducati
5	Round of Canada	Mosport Park	3-4 June	9	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD
				10	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD
6	Template:USA Round of America	Road America	17-18 June	11	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD
				12	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD
7	Round of Italy	Imola	1-2 July	13	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD
				14	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD
8	Template:FRA Round of France	Paul Ricard	22-23 July	15	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD
				16	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD
9	Round of Spain	Jarama	29-30 July	17	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD
				18	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD
10	Round of Portugal	Estoril	5-6 August	19	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD
				20	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD
11	Round of Japan	Sugo	26-27 August	21	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD
				22	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD
12	Template:AUS Round of Australia	Oran Park	9-10 September	23	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD
				24	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD

Standings

Riders' Championship

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th
Points	20	17	15	13	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1

Pos Rider Manufacturer GBR Template:GBR HUN GER Pts 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 Template:USA Fred Merkel Honda 9 8 1 1 1 1 95 2 Template:FRA Raymond Roche Ducati 3 4 2 4 2 3 90 3 Template:GBR Carl Fogarty Honda 1 1 Ret 3 5 4 79 4 Davide Tardozzi Bimota 4 Ret 3 2 3 2 77 5 Fabrizio Pirovano Kawasaki 11 2 7 6 4 6 63 6 Template:USA Doug Chandler Kawasaki 10 5 5 5 6 7 58 7 Template:USA Doug Polen Suzuki Ret 3 4 8 7 5 56 8 Template:FRA Alex Vieira Bimota 2 6 9 9 Ret 10 47 9 Template:GBR Rob McElnea Suzuki 5 10 8 10 9 9 45 10 Template:BEL Stéphane Mertens Ducati 14 13 6 11 8 8 36 11 Template:FRA Dominique Sarron Yamaha 8 7 Ret 15 10 15 25 12 Template:GBR Roger Burnett Yamaha 15 9 11 7 20 24 22 13 Template:USA Bubba Shobert Honda 7 Ret 23 13 14 13 17 14 Template:GBR Darren Dixon Norton 12 18 10 22 12 23 14 15 Anders Andersson Kawasaki 6 20 14 16 19 17 12 16 Template:GBR Terry Rymer Norton 19 Ret 18 14 11 11 12 17 Giancarlo Falappa Bimota 13 14 Ret 23 13 12 12 18 Fabio Bilotti Ducati 17 12 13 27 29 21 7 19 Shinichi Itoh Honda 25 23 12 20 Ret 14 6 20 Template:GBR Kevin Mitchell Yamaha Ret 11 Ret 25 16 22 5 21 Template:AUS Malcom Campbell Yamaha 16 Ret Ret 12 21 26 4 22 Baldassarre Monti Bimota 24 15 15 18 17 18 2 23 Aaron Slight Yamaha 21 26 16 17 15 16 1 24 Massimo Broccoli Ducati 26 16 17 26 26 25 0 25 Zoè Ferrer Honda Ret 17 21 21 28 27 0 26 Template:BEL Rene Delaby Honda 18 25 26 Ret 31 20 0 27 Template:FRA Pierre Bolle Bimota 22 Ret 22 Ret 18 33 0 28 Template:GBR Paul Iddon Kawasaki 30 22 19 19 23 28 0 29 Michael Galinski Kawasaki Ret 19 28 24 24 19 0 30 Jari Suhonen Suzuki 20 21 25 Ret 30 31 0 31 Cees Dorakkers Ducati 28 24 20 29 27 30 0 32 Violetta Cacciatorri Honda 23 Ret 30 32 22 29 0 33 Template:SUI Nicholas Schmassmann Bimota 31 28 24 30 32 Ret 0 34 Template:GBR Andy McGladdery Bimota 27 27 27 28 25 32 0 35 Karel Vandroogenbroeck Ducati 29 29 29 31 Ret 34 0