Motorcycling
Friendship Cup in 1989 brought the Soviet athletes only one victory in the team standings in the class of 250 cm3 (motorcycles manufactured in the Member States).
This is a step backward compared to 1988, when our riders have absolute supremacy in all classes.
Here are the final results. Class 250 cm production of member countries. Driver standings 1. N. Rivero (Cuba) 72 points;
Two. M. Lalai (USSR) 64, 3. M. Freudenberg (GDR) 55. Team results 1. USSR, 140 points 2. Cuba, 124;
Three. DDR 118, 4. Czechoslovakia, 86, 5. Poland 70, 6. Romania 66. Class 125 cm of any production. Driver standings 1. B. Nikolov (Bulgaria) 75 2. M. Katsko 55 3. F. Dusan (both Czechoslovakia) 52. Class 250 cm3 of any production. Driver standings 1. L. Nagy (Hungary) 64, 2. P. Koval (USSR) 52, 3. I. Lovashi (Hungary) 50. Overall team standings (125 cm3 and 250 cm ') 1. Czechoslovakia, 253; 2. Bulgaria 228, 3. Hungary 220 4. DDR 199, 5. USSR 177 6. Poland 57.
Swiss newspaper Motorshport aktuel annually determine the top ten athletes of the year. In 1989, among the riders (ring race), they become one. R. Roth (Germany) 2. K. Shvants (USA);
Three. J. Cornu (France) 4. E. Lawson (USA), 5. T. Rinne (Finland) 6. M. Wimmer, 7. M. Rudroff (both Germany), 8. S. Pons (Spain) 9. William Rainey (USA) 10. B. Nikolov (Bulgaria). Among the racers 1. A. Prost (France) 2. G. Berger (Austria) 3. N. Mansell (England);
4. A. Senna (Brazil) 5. A. Naknini (Italy), all Formula 1, 6. R. Ravaglia (Italy) Member of the European championship on cars 7. J. Aleey (France), formula 1, 8. I. Mass (FRG), a member of racing sports cars, prototypes, 9. N. Piquet (Brazil) 10. P. Martini (Italy), both formula 1.
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