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6 wins in 1989, Japan, Austria, Yugoslavia, Great Britain, Czechoslovakia, and Brazil, propelled Kevin to 4th place in the championship point standings. Dazzling was the word that most used to describe him in 1989, tire skipping, machine shimmying, knees and elbows sticking out, he was almost always the fastest 500 rider.
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During the early years of Kevin's Grand Prix career was of brilliance denied. Denied the ultimate accolade either because of machine problems or human failings. The failings were sometimes as spectacular as the successes. The reasons for them are as hard to pinpoint as the problems encountered with Suzuki. For whatever reason the combination was inconsistent. Oh but when it was right, it was without equal. |
| 1989 | TTL | JAP | AUS | USA | SPA | ITA | GER | AUT | YUG | NED | BEL | FRA | GBR | SWE | CZE | BRA | |||
| 1 | Eddie Lawson | USA | Honda | 228 | 15 | 11 | 15 | 20 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 17 | 10 | 20 | 17 | 20 | 17 | 17 | |
| 2 | Wayne Rainey | USA | Yamaha | 211 | 17 | 17 | 20 | 17 | 20 | 15 | 17 | 20 | 7.5 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | ||
| 3 | Christian Sarron | FRA | Yamaha | 166 | 9 | 15 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 15 | 6.5 | 13 | 11 | 17 | 13 | 8 | |
| 4 | Kevin Schwantz | USA | Suzuki | 163 | 20 | 17 | 20 | 20 | 8.5 | 17 | 20 | 20 | 20 | ||||||
| 5 | Kevin Magee | AUS | Yamaha | 139 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 4.5 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 10 | ||
| 6 | PierFrancesco Chili | ITA | Honda | 122 | 9 | 10 | 20 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 11 | |||
| 7 | Nial Mackenzie | GBR | Yamaha | 103 | 10 | 11 | 15 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 7 | ||||
| 8 | Ron Halsam | GBR | Suzuki | 86 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 11 | |||||
| 9 | Michael Doohan | AUS | Honda | 81 | 8 | 8 | 15 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 13 | ||||||
| 10 | Waynbe Gardner | AUS | Honda | 67 | 13 | 20 | 10 | 15 | 9 | ||||||||||
| 1ST=20, 2ND=17, 3RD=15, 4=13, 5=11, 6=10, 7=9, 8=8, 9=7, 10=6, 11=5, 12=4, 13=3, 14=2, 15=1 | |||||||||||||||||||
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