1989 Superbike World Championship season

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The 1989 Superbike World Championship season was the 2nd F.I.M. Superbike World Championship season. The season started on March 27 at Donington Park, and finished on November 19 at Manfeild Autocourse after 11 rounds.

American Fred Merkel won his 2nd rider's championship and Honda won the manufacturer's championship.

Contents 1 Season Calendar 2 Season standings 2.1 Rider standings 2.2 Manufacturers standings 3 Participants 4 Notes

[edit] Season Calendar

No	Date	Round	Circuit	Race 1 Winner	Race 2 Winner	Report
1	March 27	United Kingdom	Donington	Fabrizio Pirovano	Giancarlo Falappa	Report
2	April 30	Hungary	Hungaroring	Fred Merkel	Fred Merkel	Report
3	June 04	Canada	Mosport	Fred Merkel	Giancarlo Falappa	Report
4	June 11	United States	Brainerd	Raymond Roche	Raymond Roche	Report
5	July 02	Austria	Österreichring	Alex Vieira	Stéphane Mertens	Report
6	July 30	France	Paul Ricard	Stéphane Mertens	Giancarlo Falappa	Report
7	August 27	Japan	Sugo	Doug Polen	Michael Dowson	Report
8	September 17	Germany	Hockenheim	Raymond Roche	Raymond Roche	Report
9	September 24	Italy	Pergusa	Stéphane Mertens	Raymond Roche	Report
10	November 12	Australia	Oran Park	Peter Goddard	Michael Dowson	Report
11	November 19	New Zealand	Manfeild	Terry Rymer	Stéphane Mertens	Report

[edit] Season standings

[edit] Rider standings

Rank	Rider	Manufacturer	Points	Wins
1	Fred Merkel	Honda	272	3
2	Stéphane Mertens	Honda	265	4
3	Raymond Roche	Ducati	222	5
4	Fabrizio Pirovano	Yamaha	208	1
5	Anders Andersson	Yamaha	159	0
6	Giancarlo Falappa	Bimota	139	3
7	Terry Rymer	Yamaha	134	1
8	Baldassarre Monti	Ducati	99	0
9	Jari Suhonen	Yamaha	90	0
10	Michael Dowson	Yamaha	79	2
11	Rob Phillis	Kawasaki	79	0
12	Mike Baldwin	Bimota	74	0
13	Patrick Igoa	Kawasaki	64	0
14	Aaron Slight	Kawasaki	54	0
15	Alex Vieira	Honda	51	1
16	Malcom Campbell	Honda	48	0
17	Davide Tardozzi	Bimota	39	0
18	Reuben McMurter	Honda	38	0
19	Roger Burnett	Honda	36	0
20	Tadahiko Sohwa	Kawasaki	36	0
21	Doug Polen	Suzuki	33	1
22	Robert McElnea	Yamaha	28	0
23	Ernst Gschwender	Suzuki	28	0
24	Kenihiro Iwahashi	Honda	27	0
25	Andreas Hofmann	Honda	27	0
26	Massimo Broccoli	Ducati	26	0
27	Renè Rasmussen	Suzuki	26	0
28	Peter Goddard	Yamaha	20	1
29	Steve Crevier	Yamaha	20	0
30	Tommy Douglas	Yamaha	20	0
31	Tetsuro Arata	Yamaha	18	0
32	Peter Rubatto	Bimota	17	0
33	Fabio Biliotti	Bimota	17	0
34	Brian Morrison	Honda	17	0
35	Gary Goodfellow	Suzuki	16	0
36	Jean Yves Mounier	Yamaha	15	0
37	Renè Bongers	Yamaha	15	0
38	Pierre Bolle	Kawasaki	14	0
39	Paul Iddon	Yamaha	14	0
40	Andy McGladdery	Honda	14	0

[edit] Manufacturers standings

Pos	Manufacturer	Pts
1	Honda	368
2	Yamaha	335
3	Ducati	270
4	Bimota	208
5	Kawasaki	166
6	Suzuki	120

[edit] Participants

1	Anders Andersson
2	Tetsuro Arata
3	Mike Baldwin
4	Fabio Biliotti
5	Pierre Bolle
6	Renè Bongers
7	Massimo Broccoli
8	Roger Burnett
9	Malcom Campbell
10	Steve Crevier
11	Tommy Douglas
12	Michael Dowson
13	Giancarlo Falappa
14	Peter Goddard
15	Gary Goodfellow
16	Ernst Gschwender
17	Andreas Hofmann
18	Paul Iddon
19	Patrick Igoa
20	Kenihiro Iwahashi
21	Robert McElnea
22	Andy McGladdery
23	Reuben McMurter
24	Fred Merkel
25	Stéphane Mertens
26	Baldassarre Monti
27	Brian Morrison
28	Jean Yves Mounier
29	Rob Phillis
30	Fabrizio Pirovano
31	Doug Polen
32	Renè Rasmussen
33	Raymond Roche
34	Peter Rubatto
35	Terry Rymer
36	Aaron Slight
37	Tadahiko Sohwa
38	Jari Suhonen
39	Davide Tardozzi
40	Alex Vieira

[edit] Notes

• The points allocation system was: 1st=20, 2nd=17, 3rd=15, 4th=13, 5th=11, 6th=10, 7th=9, 8th=8, 9th=7, 10th=6, 11th=5, 12th=4, 13th=3, 14th=2, 15th=1

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