To many the battle for the 1989 500cc World Championship title had been one of the best for many years and as the teams gathered at Brno for the Czech GP, the penultimate round of the season, there was still an element of uncertainty about the outcome of the series.

With Schwantz intent on winning more GPs than anyone in 1989, both Lawson and Rainey knew they would have their work cut out. Watch the excellent action captured by the superbly placed cameras, as the battle for the 500cc World Championship began to fire it's final shots.