1989 Formula TT Season

The 1989 Formula TT Sseason was the 13th in the history of the Formula TT and was the last time the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme organized it as an Official World Championship.

Six races were held at six events.

Scoring System

In each race, points were awarded as follows:

Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th   11th   12th   13th   14th   15th 
Points 20 17 15 13 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1


All results counted towards the Championship.

Class-System

Race results

Date Race Circuit 1st Place 2nd Place 3rd Place
1 14th of May  Japan Sugo Michael Dowson Yasutomo Nagai Yukiya Ōshima
2 3rd of June  Isle of Man Mountain Course Steve Hislop Brian Morrison Nick Jefferies
3 23rd of June  Netherlands Assen Carl Fogarty Andreas Hofmann Roger Burnett
4 2nd of July  Portugal Vila Real Steve Hislop Carl Fogarty Brian Morrison
5 16th of July  Finland Kouvola Carl Fogarty Steve Hislop Jari Suhonen
6 12th of August  Northern Ireland Dundrod Steve Hislop Carl Fogarty Steven Cull

Riders' standings

1 Carl Fogarty Honda 90
2 Steve Hislop Honda 82
3 Joey Dunlop Honda 54
4 Brian Morrison Honda 42
5 Charlie Corner Honda 30
6 Jari Suhonen Yamaha 28
7 Nick Jefferies Yamaha 25
8 Steve Williams Yamaha 25
9 Jamie Whitham Suzuki 21
10 Michael Dowson Yamaha 20
11 Dave Leach Yamaha 19
12 Yasutomo Nagai Yamaha 17
Andreas Hofmann Kawasaki 17
14 Yukiya Ōshima Suzuki 15
Roger Burnett Honda 15
Steven Cull Norton 15
17 Robert Holden Honda 14
18 Sam McClements Honda 14
19 Rob Phillis Kawasaki 13
20 Ken’ichirō Iwahashi Honda 11
Graeme McGregor Honda 11
22 Doug Polen Suzuki 10
Jeffrey de Vries Yamaha 10
24 Noboru Miura Honda 9
Mikael Lundvall Kawasaki 9
26 Phillip McCallen Honda 9
27 Mistuo Saito Yamaha 8
Andy McGladdery Honda 8
Ian Jones Ducati 8
Esko Kuparinen Honda 8
31 Jun Maeda Honda 7
Toni Rohrer Honda 7
Pedro Batista Honda 7
Christer Lindholm Suzuki 7
35 Shoji Miyazaki Honda 6
Colin Gable Honda 6
Trevor Nation Yamaha 6
Russell Benney Honda 6
Erkki Siukola Suzuki 6
Dennis Ireland Honda 6
41 Shoichi Tsukamoto Kawasaki 5
Eddie Laycock Honda 5
43 Tony Moran Yamaha 5
44 Tadaaki Hanamura Yamaha 4
Steve Ward Honda 4
Brent Gladwin Honda 4
Woolsey Coulter Honda 4
48 Peter Rubatto Bimota 3
Göran Forsslund Suzuki 3
50 Tadashi Ohshima Honda 2
Bob Jackson Honda 2
Peter Sköld Honda 2
53 Tatsuro Arata Yamaha 1
Peter Lindén Honda 1
Steve Lindsell Yamaha 1
  • Vincent Glon. "FIM TT Formula Cup 1989" (in French). racingmemo.free.fr. Retrieved 6 July 2010.