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1265:Randy Mamola
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408:Ezio Gianola
378:Ezio Gianola
214:Eddie Lawson
197:Wayne Rainey
29:Race details
1952:1989 season
1761:Retirement
1726:Retirement
1712:Mick Doohan
1691:Retirement
1657:Retirement
1623:Retirement
1589:Retirement
1554:Retirement
771:Kevin Magee
472:Koji Takada
392:Fastest lap
263:Fastest lap
134:Fastest lap
2000:Categories
1947:Grand Prix
1837:2018-09-07
1813:References
1806:Sources:
1678:Norio Iobe
1541:Doug Polen
1351:+2:12.130
1315:+1:46.240
1280:+1:45.800
1241:+1:29.480
1196:+1:26.000
1151:+1:25.670
1106:+1:23.880
1086:Ron Haslam
1061:+1:18.990
1016:+1:09.280
971:+1:09.280
611:48:48.370
326:Sito Pons
1520:+2 Laps
1486:+2 Laps
1137:Team HRC
1002:Team HRC
926:+48.540
881:+48.470
836:+39.540
791:+36.420
746:+35.190
701:+30.670
417:2:26.490
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288:2:16.720
258:2:17.040
159:2:11.800
129:2:11.860
68:Location
1453:+1 Lap
1420:+1 Lap
1386:+1 Lap
656:+0.420
574:Points
1617:Suzuki
1583:Yamaha
1548:Suzuki
1379:Suzuki
1308:Yamaha
1273:Cagiva
1233:Yamaha
1188:Yamaha
1098:Suzuki
963:Yamaha
918:Yamaha
873:Yamaha
828:Yamaha
783:Yamaha
648:Yamaha
603:Suzuki
556:Rider
444:Second
422:Podium
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164:Podium
78:Course
1790:Honda
1755:Honda
1720:Honda
1685:Honda
1651:Honda
1513:Honda
1479:Honda
1446:Honda
1414:Fior
1344:Honda
1143:Honda
1053:Honda
1008:Honda
738:Honda
693:Honda
571:Grid
565:Laps
559:Team
553:Pos.
461:Third
427:First
397:Rider
367:Rider
353:125cc
332:Third
298:First
268:Rider
238:Rider
224:250cc
203:Third
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109:Rider
95:500cc
1771:DNS
1736:Ret
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514:and
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52:Date
1944:FIM
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