1989 Superbike World Championship

The 1989 Superbike World Championship was the second FIM Superbike World Championship season. The season started on 27 March at Donington Park and finished on 19 November at Manfeild Autocourse after 11 rounds.

American Fred Merkel won his second riders' championship and Honda won the manufacturers' championship.

Race calendar and results[]

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning rider	Winning team	Report
1	R1	Donington	27 March	Raymond Roche	Roger Burnett	Fabrizio Pirovano	Belgarda Yamaha
	R2				Raymond Roche	Giancarlo Falappa	Bimota SpA
2	R1	Hungaroring	30 April	Fred Merkel	Raymond Roche	Fred Merkel	Team Rumi RCM
	R2				Fred Merkel	Fred Merkel	Team Rumi RCM
3	R1	Mosport	4 June	Fred Merkel	Raymond Roche	Fred Merkel	Team Rumi RCM
	R2				Fred Merkel	Giancarlo Falappa	Bimota SpA
4	R1	Brainerd	11 June	Fred Merkel	Not recorded[1]	Raymond Roche	Squadra Corse Ducati Lucchinelli
	R2				Not recorded[1]	Raymond Roche	Squadra Corse Ducati Lucchinelli
5	R1	Österreichring	2 July	Raymond Roche			Honda Motul
	R2				Stéphane Mertens	Stéphane Mertens	Total Bel Ray
6	R1	Paul Ricard	30 July	Raymond Roche	Mike Baldwin	Stéphane Mertens	Total Bel Ray
	R2				Giancarlo Falappa	Giancarlo Falappa	Bimota SpA
7	R1	Sugo	27 August	Doug Polen		Doug Polen	Yoshimura Suzuki Sietto GP-1
	R2						Marlboro Yamaha Dealer Team
8	R1	Hockenheim	17 September	Raymond Roche	Raymond Roche	Raymond Roche	Squadra Corse Ducati Lucchinelli
	R2				Raymond Roche	Raymond Roche	Squadra Corse Ducati Lucchinelli
9	R1	Pergusa	24 September	Giancarlo Falappa	Stéphane Mertens	Stéphane Mertens	Total Bel Ray
	R2				Raymond Roche	Raymond Roche	Squadra Corse Ducati Lucchinelli
10	R1	Oran Park	12 November			Peter Goddard	Marlboro Yamaha Dealer Team
	R2				Fabrizio Pirovano		Marlboro Yamaha Dealer Team
11	R1	Manfeild	19 November	Fred Merkel		Terry Rymer	Team Loctite Yamaha
	R2				Aaron Slight	Stéphane Mertens	Total Bel Ray

Championship standings[]

Riders' 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		Yamaha	159	0
6	Giancarlo Falappa	Bimota	139	3
7	Terry Rymer	Yamaha	134	1
8		Ducati	99	0
9		Yamaha	90	0
10		Yamaha	79	2
11	Rob Phillis	Kawasaki	79	0
12	Mike Baldwin	Bimota	74	0
13		Kawasaki	64	0
14	Aaron Slight	Kawasaki	54	0
15		Honda	51	1
16		Honda	48	0
17	Davide Tardozzi	Bimota	39	0
18		Honda	38	0
19	Roger Burnett	Honda	36	0
20		Kawasaki	36	0
21	Doug Polen	Suzuki	33	1
22	Rob McElnea	Yamaha	28	0
23		Suzuki	28	0
24		Honda	27	0
25		Honda	27	0
26		Ducati	26	0
27		Suzuki	26	0
28	Peter Goddard	Yamaha	20	1
29		Yamaha	20	0
30		Yamaha	20	0
31		Yamaha	18	0
32		Bimota	17	0
33		Bimota	17	0
34		Honda	17	0
35		Suzuki	16	0
36		Yamaha	15	0
37		Yamaha	15	0
38		Kawasaki	14	0
39		Yamaha	14	0
40		Honda	14	0

Manufacturers' standings[]

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

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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