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Race details
Race 6 of 15 races in the 1990 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	10 June 1990
Official name	Großer Preis von Österreich
Location	Salzburgring
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.326 km (2.688 mi)
500cc
Pole position Rider Kevin Schwantz Time 1:18.411 Fastest lap Rider Kevin Schwantz Time 1:18.341 Podium First Kevin Schwantz Second Wayne Rainey Third Mick Doohan
250cc
Pole position Rider Carlos Cardús Time 1:23.709 Fastest lap Rider Luca Cadalora Time 1:23.935 Podium First Luca Cadalora Second Martin Wimmer Third John Kocinski
125cc
Pole position Rider Hans Spaan Time 1:31.821 Fastest lap Rider Stefan Prein Time 1:34.979 Podium First Jorge Martínez Second Loris Capirossi Third Stefan Prein

The 1990 Austrian motorcycle Grand Prix was the sixth round of the 1990 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 8–10 June 1990 at the Salzburgring.

500 cc race report

Eddie Lawson is still out, as is Wayne Gardner.

First turn, it’s Wayne Rainey, Mick Doohan, Sito Pons, Kevin Schwantz, Pierfrancesco Chili, Niall Mackenzie and Christian Sarron. Schwantz begins to get a small gap from Rainey and Doohan, then there's another gap to Chili.

Rainey begins to bridge the gap to Schwantz, leaving Doohan. Rainey catches and tries a draft pass, but Schwantz denies it on the brakes. Rainey claws his way to the lead, but on the uphill drag, the 160 bhp Suzuki seems more than a match for the Yamaha as Schwantz passes Rainey again. On the last lap, Schwantz’ lead holds as he wins over Rainey and Doohan.

500cc classification

Pos.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Points
1	Kevin Schwantz	Lucky Strike Suzuki	Suzuki	38:21.304	20
2	Wayne Rainey	Marlboro Team Roberts	Yamaha	+0.561	17
3	Mick Doohan	Rothmans Honda Team	Honda	+25.304	15
4	Pierfrancesco Chili	Team ROC Elf La Cinq	Honda	+37.304	13
5	Niall Mackenzie	Lucky Strike Suzuki	Suzuki	+46.434	11
6	Sito Pons	Campsa Banesto	Honda	+46.871	10
7	Christian Sarron	Sonauto Gauloises	Yamaha	+1:06.073	9
8	Jean Philippe Ruggia	Sonauto Gauloises	Yamaha	+1:19.575	8
9	Juan Garriga	Ducados Yamaha	Yamaha	+1 Lap	7
10	Randy Mamola	Cagiva Corse	Cagiva	+1 Lap	6
11	Alex Barros	Cagiva Corse	Cagiva	+1 Lap	5
12	Ron Haslam	Cagiva Corse	Cagiva	+1 Lap	4
13	Marco Papa	Team ROC Elf La Cinq	Honda	+2 Laps	3
14	Cees Doorakkers	HRK Motors	Honda	+2 Laps	2
15	Karl Truchsess		Honda	+2 Laps	1
DNQ	Hansjoerg Butz		Honda	Did not qualify
DNQ	Alois Meyer	Rallye Sport	Honda	Did not qualify
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References

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2. Mitchell, Malcolm. "1990 500cc Class (FIM Grand Prix World Championship) Programmes - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". www.progcovers.com.
3. Mitchell, Malcolm. "Salzburgring - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com. Retrieved 20 May 2018.
4. "Moto GP statistics". Moto GP. Retrieved 2018-02-19.
5. "1990 Austrian MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". 13 June 2017.
6. "motogp.com · AUSTRIAN GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1990". www.motogp.com.

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