The 1990 Nations motorcycle Grand Prix was the fourth race of the

1990 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season The 1990 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season was the 42nd Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme, F.I.M. Road racing, Road Racing World Championship season. Season summary 1990 marked the beginning of the Wayne Rainey, Rainey era with the ...

. It took place on the weekend of 18–20 May 1990 at the Misano circuit.

500 cc race report

In practice Christian Sarron falls in front of

Wayne Gardner Wayne Michael Gardner (born 11 October 1959) is an Australian former professional motorcycle and touring car racer. He competed in the Grand Prix motorcycle racing world championships from to , most prominently as a member of the Honda factor ...

, bringing him down and causing Gardner to race with broken ribs. At the first turn,

Wayne Rainey Wayne Wesley Rainey (born October 23, 1960) is an American former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer. He competed in the FIM Grand Prix motorcycle racing world championships in 1984 and from 1988 to 1993. He won the 500cc World Championship th ...

and

Kevin Schwantz Kevin James Schwantz (born June 19, 1964) is an American former professional motorcycle road racer. He competed in the FIM Grand Prix motorcycle racing world championships from 1988 to 1995, most prominently as a member of the Suzuki factory rac ...

go first, but

Pierfrancesco Chili Pierfrancesco 'Frankie' Chili, (born 20 June 1964 in Bologna, Italy) is a former motorcycle racer who competed in the Superbike World Championship and the 250 cc and 500 cc classes in Grand Prix. In September 2020 he confirmed he was su ...

gets knocked off by Gardner, who came across the racing line. Chili kicks furiously at the gravel as he's escorted off the track. A trio forms at the front: Rainey, Schwantz and

Mick Doohan Michael Sydney Doohan ( ; born 4 June 1965) is an Australian former Grand Prix motorcycle racing, Grand Prix motorcycle road racing List of Grand Prix motorcycle racing World Champions, World Champion, who won five consecutive List of 500cc/Mo ...

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crashes out for a second race in a row. Drops of rain bring out the red flag and memories of Spa ’89, when 3 races were run; a second race on aggregate time will follow. New start in the dry and Doohan gets the first turn, followed by Rainey and Mamola. It soon turns into Rainey, Doohan, Gardner and Schwantz at the front. It’s a very aggressive group of four, who pass each other two at a time. Schwantz takes the lead, and can’t suppress his tic of looking back while exiting on the throttle, a habit that caused him a crash last season. Though the order crossing the line is Schwantz, Gardner, Rainey and Doohan, Rainey takes the win based on aggregate time.

500 cc classification

References

{{Motorcycle Grands Prix 1990–1999 Italian motorcycle Grand Prix

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