1990 French motorcycle Grand Prix
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| Race 10 of 15 races in the 1990 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | 22 July 1990 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Official name | Grand prix de France[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Bugatti Circuit | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1990 French motorcycle Grand Prix was the tenth round of the 1990 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 20–22 July 1990 at the Bugatti Circuit located in Le Mans.[2]
500 cc race report[edit]
Kevin Schwantz on pole and race day is hot and sunny.
Wayne Rainey wheelies halfway down the straight, giving the first turn to Wayne Gardner, then it’s Mick Doohan in third place.
Gardner goes very wide on a turn and has to sit up, letting Rainey through and when he gets back on the racing line, he forces Doohan wide as well.
It’s still a tight race at the front between Rainey, Gardner, Schwantz, Doohan, Eddie Lawson and Christian Sarron.
Gardner takes Rainey on the straight, and in the same place Gardner went wide, Rainey goes a little off-line too, this time letting Schwantz through into second.
At La Chapelle Gardner goes wide again, and Schwantz takes the lead easily.
By the last lap, Schwantz has a good gap in first, followed by Gardner and Rainey.
500 cc classification[edit]
| Pos. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Time/Retired | Points | ||
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| 1 |  Kevin Schwantz
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Lucky Strike Suzuki | Suzuki | 48:05.213 | 20 | ||
| 2 |  Wayne Gardner
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Rothmans Honda Team | Honda | +2.420 | 17 | ||
| 3 | Wayne Rainey
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Marlboro Team Roberts | Yamaha | +3.333 | 15 | ||
| 4 | Mick Doohan
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Rothmans Honda Team | Honda | +4.865 | 13 | ||
| 5 | Eddie Lawson
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Marlboro Team Roberts | Yamaha | +10.157 | 11 | ||
| 6 |  Niall Mackenzie
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Lucky Strike Suzuki | Suzuki | +20.480 | 10 | ||
| 7 | Randy Mamola
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Cagiva Corse | Cagiva | +1:18.898 | 9 | ||
| 8 |  Juan Garriga
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Ducados Yamaha | Yamaha | +1:30.771 | 8 | ||
| 9 |  Marco Papa
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Team ROC Elf La Cinq | Honda | +1:41.299 | 7 | ||
| 10 | Ron Haslam
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Cagiva Corse | Cagiva | +1 Lap | 6 | ||
| 11 |  Eddie Laycock
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Millar Racing | Honda | +1 Lap | 5 | ||
| 12 |  Cees Doorakkers
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HRK Motors | Honda | +1 Lap | 4 | ||
| Ret |  Jean Philippe Ruggia
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Sonauto Gauloises | Yamaha | Retirement | |||
| Ret | Christian Sarron
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Sonauto Gauloises | Yamaha | Retirement | |||
| Ret |  Karl Truchsess
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Honda | Retirement | ||||
| Ret | Rachel Nicotte
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Plaisir Vitesse Internationale | Chevallier Yamaha | Retirement | |||
| Ret | Vittorio Scatola
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Team Elit | Paton | Retirement | |||
| Ret |  Martin Troesch
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Honda | Retirement | ||||
| Ret |  Alex Barros
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Cagiva Corse | Cagiva | Retirement | |||
| DNQ |  Nicholas Schmassman
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Team Schmassman | Honda | Did not qualify | |||
| Sources:[3][4] | |||||||
References[edit]
- ^ "Grand Prix uitslagen en bijzonderheden 1990". Archive.today. 25 July 2015. Archived from the original on 25 July 2015. Retrieved 20 May 2018.
- ^ "Moto GP statistics". Moto GP. Retrieved 2018-02-19.
- ^ "1990 French MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". 13 June 2017.
- ^ "motogp.com · FRENCH GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1990". www.motogp.com.