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	Template:USA Fred Merkel
Constructor's Champion	Honda
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	peter rubatto	1-4, 7-10
Template:GBR BP Harris Racing Team [?]	Yamaha FZR750R OW01	78	Template:GBR marty bethridge	All
		56	tadahiko taira	All
Lucky Strike Fior [?]	Bimota YB4	1	Giancarlo Falappa	1-6, 9-12
			Bimota Corse [?]	Bimota Tesi 1/d	2	Davide Tardozzi	ALL
		4			Template:FRA Alex Vieira	All
Yoshimura Suzuki [?]	Suzuki GSX-R 750	23	Template:USA Doug Polen	All
		14	Template:USA Scott Russell	All
Flor Bath Honda [?]	Honda VFR750R 89	81	Marina Knezovic	All
		32	Zoè Ferrer	all
			Team Rumi RCM [?]	Honda VFR750R 90	12	Template:USA Fred Merkel	All
5	Template:USA Freddie Spencer	ALL
Squadra Lucchinelli Corse [?]	Ducati 851 Strada 89	78	Baldassarre Monti	All
		/Template:FRA Petronas Tech 3 Racing Group [?]	Yamaha FZR750 OW01	55	Template:FRA Dominique Sarron	All
Uponor Pennanen Racing [?]	Suzuki GSX-R750	11	Jari Suhonen	All
			Template:AUS Michael Dowson	All
Template:SUI Römer Racing [?]	Yamaha FZR-750 OW01	24	Template:SUI Andreas Hoffman	4, 7-9
		83	Gianluigi Spinelli	9
Fast by Ferracci [?]	Ducati 851 Strada 90	21	Template:FRA Raymond Roche	All
		6	Fabrizio Pirovano	All
Template:AUS Hardwick Racing [?]	Kawasaki ZXR-750	19	Template:AUS Peter Goddard	All
		111	Aaron Slight	All
Template:USA Rob Muzzy Racing [?]	Kawasaki ZXR-750	8	Template:USA Doug Chandler	All
		10	Template:GBR Carl Fogarty	All
			Moriwaki Engineering [?]	Honda VFR750R 90	15	Template:BEL Stéphane Mertens	All	All
40	Shinichi Itoh	All
Template:GBR Crighton Engineering [?]	Template:GBR Norton RCW588	27			Template:GBR Rob McElnea	All
		62	Template:GBR Darren Dixon	All
Template:GBR Neil Thruxton Racing [?]	Honda VFR750R 89	69	Template:GBR Terry Rymer	1-4, 7-10
98	Rui Coelho	1-4, 7-10
Scuderia Broccoli [?]	Ducati 851 88	54	Massimo Broccoli
Template:FRA Équipe Bolle [?]	Yamaha FZR-750 OW01	32	Template:FRA Pierre Bolle	1-2, 4, 8-10
Template:BEL Team Wanty[?]	Honda VFR750R 889	67	Template:BEL René Delaby	2, 4, 7-9
Template:USAVance and Hines Racing[?]	Honda VFR750R 88	90	Miguel Duhamel	5-6
		40	Template:USA Dale Quarterly	5
Jacuqes Guénette	6

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	Template:FRA Raymond Roche	Template:FRA Raymond Roche	Template:FRA Raymond Roche	Fast by Ferracci	Ducati
				10	Davide Tardozzi	Template:BEL Stéphane Mertens	Davide Tardozzi	Bimota Corse	Bimota
6	Template:USA Round of America	Road America	17-18 June	11	Template:FRA Raymond Roche	Template:FRA Alex Vieira	Davide Tardozzi	Bimota Corse	Bimota
				12	Fabrizio Pirovano	Template:FRA Raymond Roche	Template:FRA Raymond Roche	Fast by Ferracci	Ducati
7	Round of Italy	Imola	1-2 July	13	Template:USA Fred Merkel	Template:USA Fred Merkel	Template:USA Fred Merkel	Team Rumi RCM	Honda
				14	Template:USA Fred Merkel	Template:USA Fred Merkel	Template:USA Fred Merkel	Team Rumi RCM	Honda
8	Template:FRA Round of France	Paul Ricard	22-23 July	15	Template:USA Fred Merkel	Template:FRA Raymond Roche	Template:USA Fred Merkel	Team Rumi RCM	Honda
				16	Template:FRA Raymond Roche	Template:USA Fred Merkel	Template:USA Fred Merkel	Team Rumi RCM	Honda
9	Round of Spain	Jarama	29-30 July	17	Template:FRA Raymond Roche	Template:FRA Raymond Roche	Template:FRA Raymond Roche	Fast by Ferracci	Ducati
				18	Template:USA Fred Merkel	Template:GBR Carl Fogarty	Template:USA Fred Merkel	Team Rumi RCM	Honda
10	Round of Portugal	Estoril	5-6 August	19	Template:FRA Raymond Roche	Template:USA Fred Merkel	Template:FRA Raymond Roche	Fast by Ferracci	Ducati
				20	Template:USA Fred Merkel	Template:USA Fred Merkel	Template:USA Fred Merkel	Team Rumi RCM	Honda
11	Round of Japan	Sugo	26-27 August	21	Template:FRA Raymond Roche	Template:BEL Stéphane Mertens	Template:FRA Raymond Roche	Fast by Ferracci	Ducati
				22	Template:USA Fred Merkel	Template:USA Fred Merkel	Template:USA Fred Merkel	Team Rumi RCM	Honda
12	Template:AUS Round of Australia	Oran Park	9-10 September	23	Template:USA Fred Merkel	Template:FRA Raymond Roche	Template:FRA Raymond Roche	Fast by Ferracci	Ducati
				24	Template:FRA Raymond Roche	Template:GBR Carl Fogarty	Template:FRA Raymond Roche	Fast by Ferracci	Ducati

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 AUT Template:AUT CAN USA Template:USA ITA FRA Template:FRA ESP POR JPN AUS Template:AUS Pts 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 Template:FRA Raymond Roche Ducati 3 4 2 4 2 3 1 1 1 Ret Ret 1 2 3 202 2 Davide Tardozzi Bimota 4 Ret 3 2 3 2 4 2 3 1 1 3 10 6 193 3 Template:USA Fred Merkel Honda 9 8 1 1 1 1 8 3 5 Ret 5 5 1 1 191 4 Template:GBR Carl Fogarty Honda 1 1 Ret 3 5 4 2 Ret 2 6 3 2 4 11 173 5 Template:USA Doug Chandler Kawasaki 10 5 5 5 6 7 6 4 8 5 11 7 3 4 142 6 Fabrizio Pirovano Kawasaki 11 2 7 6 4 6 5 4 10 Ret 4 Ret 7 7 124 7 Template:FRA Alex Vieira Bimota 2 6 9 9 Ret 10 Ret Ret 6 2 2 6 Ret 9 116 8 Template:BEL Stéphane Mertens Ducati 14 13 6 11 8 8 3 Ret Ret 3 9 4 6 2 113 9 Template:USA Doug Polen Suzuki Ret 3 4 8 7 5 7 Ret Ret 8 7 Ret 5 5 101 10 Template:GBR Rob McElnea Suzuki 5 10 8 10 9 9 18 7 4 Ret 10 8 9 8 96 11 Template:FRA Dominique Sarron Yamaha 8 7 Ret 15 10 15 11 10 15 4 6 10 12 10 76 12 Template:GBR Roger Burnett Yamaha 15 9 11 7 20 24 14 6 12 11 17 9 8 14 60 13 Template:GBR Darren Dixon Norton 12 18 10 22 12 23 15 12 9 7 11 12 17 Ret 44 14 Template:USA Bubba Shobert Honda 7 Ret 23 13 14 13 17 9 7 Ret 8 Ret 15 16 42 15 Template:AUS Malcolm Campbell Yamaha 16 Ret Ret 12 21 26 10 13 13 10 13 13 13 Ret 31 16 Shinichi Itoh Honda 25 23 12 20 Ret 14 9 8 16 9 Ret 14 Ret Ret 30 17 Anders Andersson Kawasaki 6 20 14 16 19 17 28 5 14 12 29 18 Template:GBR Terry Rymer Norton 19 Ret 18 14 11 11 13 17 Ret 14 Ret Ret 11 13 25 19 Giancarlo Falappa Bimota 13 14 Ret 23 13 12 16 11 17 19 Ret Ret INJ INJ INJ INJ 17 20 Aaron Slight Yamaha 21 26 16 17 15 16 27 14 11 13 18 11 18 18 16 21 Template:GBR Kevin Mitchell Yamaha Ret 11 Ret 25 16 22 12 21 14 16 14 15 16 28 13 22 Fabio Bilotti Ducati 17 12 13 27 29 21 25 16 Ret 17 24 26 22 20 7 23 Baldassarre Monti Bimota 24 15 15 18 17 18 31 18 25 12 16 22 21 19 6 24 Violetta Cacciatori Honda 23 Ret 30 32 22 29 33 Ret 19 Ret 15 16 24 25 1 25 Cees Dorakkers Ducati 28 24 20 29 27 30 26 22 18 15 20 24 29 24 1 26 Template:GBR Paul Iddon Kawasaki 30 22 19 19 23 28 21 15 24 24 Ret 19 28 26 1 27 Michael Galinski Kawasaki Ret 19 28 24 24 19 30 Ret 20 15 1 28 Massimo Broccoli Ducati 26 16 17 26 26 25 20 20 21 18 23 25 26 21 0 29 Zoè Ferrer Honda Ret 17 21 21 28 27 23 19 22 20 Ret 20 25 17 0 30 Jari Suhonen Suzuki 20 21 25 Ret 30 31 24 24 23 21 Ret 17 Ret Ret 0 31 Template:BEL Rene Delaby Honda 18 25 26 Ret 31 20 32 27 27 23 21 18 27 23 0 32 Template:FRA Pierre Bolle Bimota 22 Ret 22 Ret 18 33 19 23 20 25 19 27 23 Ret 0 33 Marco Brambilla Bimota 19 Ret 0 34 Template:SUI Nicholas Schmassmann Bimota 31 28 24 30 32 Ret 22 26 Ret 26 25 21 Ret 27 0 35 Template:GBR Andy McGladdery Bimota 27 27 27 28 25 32 29 25 26 22 Ret Ret Ret 22 0 36 Karel Vandroogenbroeck Ducati 29 29 29 31 Ret 34 34 Ret 28 27 22 23 Ret 29 0