1990 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix

  1990 Spanish Grand Prix

Race details
Race 3 of 15 races in the 1990 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	6 May 1990
Location	Jerez
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.428 km (2.751 mi)
500 cc
Pole position
Rider	Mick Doohan
Time	1:47.891
Fastest lap
Rider	Mick Doohan
Time	1:48.290
Podium
First	Wayne Gardner
Second	Wayne Rainey
Third	Kevin Schwantz
250 cc
Pole position
Rider	Helmut Bradl
Time	1:49.420
Fastest lap
Rider	Luca Cadalora
Time	1:50.318
Podium
First	John Kocinski
Second	Luca Cadalora
Third	Helmut Bradl
125 cc
Pole position
Rider	Jorge Martínez
Time	1:56.252
Fastest lap
Rider	Stefan Prein
Time	1:56.223
Podium
First	Jorge Martínez
Second	Stefan Prein
Third	Fausto Gresini

The 1990 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix was the third round of the 1990 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 4–6 May 1990 at the Jerez circuit.

500 cc race report

Niall Mackenzie takes Kevin Magee’s seat (who was injured at the previous round), and Mick Doohan gets pole position.

Doohan gets crowded back at the first turn, with Wayne Rainey, Christian Sarron, Wayne Gardner, and Kevin Schwantz ahead of him.

The riders are getting strung out: Rainey, with a small gap to Gardner, a small gap to Schwantz, and a small gap to a group that gets smaller by Alex Barros crashing out of it. Gardner catches and passes Rainey, and takes the win.

500 cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Points
1	Wayne Gardner	Honda	52:58.021	20
2	Wayne Rainey	Yamaha	+7.307	17
3	Kevin Schwantz	Suzuki	+22.088	15
4	Mick Doohan	Honda	+28.729	13
5	Pierfrancesco Chili	Honda	+40.920	11
6	Sito Pons	Honda	+1:07.157	10
7	Christian Sarron	Yamaha	+1:12.205	9
8	Niall Mackenzie	Suzuki	+1:13.260	8
9	Juan Garriga	Yamaha	+1:25.360	7
10	Jean Philippe Ruggia	Yamaha	+1:34.395	6
11	Eddie Laycock	Honda	+1 Lap	5
12	Nicholas Schmassman	Honda	+2 Laps	4
13	Cees Doorakkers	Honda	+2 Laps	3
14	Andreas Leuthe	Honda	+2 Laps	2
15	Hansjoerg Butz	Honda	+3 Laps	1
Ret	Vittorio Scatola	Paton	Retirement
Ret	Alex Barros	Cagiva	Retirement
Ret	Randy Mamola	Cagiva	Retirement
Ret	Ron Haslam	Cagiva	Retirement