The 1989 Czechoslovak motorcycle Grand Prix was the penultimate round of the 1989 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 25–27 August 1989 at the Masaryk Circuit located in Brno, Czechoslovakia.^[4]

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  1989 Czechoslovak Grand Prix

Race details
Race 14 of 15 races in the 1989 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	27 August 1989
Official name	Grand Prix ČSSR-Brno[1][2][3]
Location	Brno Circuit
Course	Permanent racing facility 5.403 km (3.357 mi)
500 cc
Pole position Rider Kevin Schwantz Time 2:03.160 Fastest lap Rider Kevin Schwantz Time 2:04.400 Podium First Kevin Schwantz Second Eddie Lawson Third Wayne Rainey
250 cc
Pole position Rider Reinhold Roth Time 2:08.500 Fastest lap Rider Juan Garriga Time 2:09.670 Podium First Reinhold Roth Second Masahiro Shimizu Third Jacques Cornu
125 cc
Pole position Rider Àlex Crivillé Time 2:16.370 Fastest lap Rider Koji Takada Time 2:17.250 Podium First Àlex Crivillé Second Hans Spaan Third Stefan Prein
80 cc
Pole position Rider Stefan Dörflinger Time 2:24.605 Fastest lap Rider Unknown Podium First Herri Torrontegui Second Manuel Herreros Third Jorge Martínez

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8th pole position for Kevin Schwantz, with Eddie Lawson behind. Wayne Gardner crashes in practice and is unable to make the start.

Despite Schwantz' poles, more often than not it's Wayne Rainey who gets the start, today being followed by Lawson, Schwantz, Christian Sarron, Pierfrancesco Chili, Kevin Magee.

Schwantz gets past Lawson and Rainey for the lead, while Sarron settles into fourth with a growing gap back to fifth place.

Lawson passes Rainey for second and then gets past Schwantz for the lead. The battle for fifth is split between Ron Haslam, Chili and Magee.

Lawson and Schwantz leave Rainey behind as they start to encounter back-marker traffic. Lawson need only finish just behind Rainey in the remaining two races, but it looks like he wants the win today, staying fast enough to keep Schwantz behind him for a little, until Schwantz overtakes again.

Niall Mackenzie moves up to fifth spot, ahead of Haslam, and Chili.

Making it look easy, Schwantz drops Lawson, who's fighting for grip a good ways back. Further back, Rainey is caught by Sarron, but team orders prevail as Rainey is allowed to stay in third spot. The podium is Schwantz, Lawson and Rainey, the last now 15.5 points behind Lawson in the standings.