1989 Dutch TT

The 1989 Dutch TT was the ninth round of the 1989 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 22–24 June 1989 at the TT Circuit Assen located in Assen, Netherlands.^[4]

  1989 Dutch TT

Race details
Race 9 of 15 races in the 1989 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	24 June 1989
Official name	Dutch TT[1][2][3]
Location	TT Circuit Assen
Course	Permanent racing facility 6.049 km (3.759 mi)
500cc
Pole position Rider Kevin Schwantz Time 2:09.850 Fastest lap Rider Kevin Schwantz Time 2:09.160 Podium First Wayne Rainey Second Eddie Lawson Third Christian Sarron
250cc
Pole position Rider Sito Pons Time 2:15.100 Fastest lap Rider Sito Pons Time 2:15.090 Podium First Reinhold Roth Second Sito Pons Third Jacques Cornu
125cc
Pole position Rider Hans Spaan Time 2:25.200 Fastest lap Rider Ezio Gianola Time 2:24.840 Podium First Hans Spaan Second Àlex Crivillé Third Julián Miralles
80cc
Pole position Rider Stefan Dörflinger Time 2:33.359 Fastest lap Rider Peter Öttl Time 2:31.900 Podium First Peter Öttl Second Manuel Herreros Third Stefan Dörflinger

500 cc race report

Wayne Gardner is back for the first time since the Laguna crash that broke his leg. Kevin Schwantz gets 5 poles in a row, with Wayne Rainey second on the line. Green light and it's Schwantz, Rainey, Pierfrancesco Chili and Eddie Lawson at the front.

Down the field, Gardner get past Mick Doohan, while Schwantz begins to get a gap. With one lap to go, Schwantz’ Suzuki dies, and Rainey cruises to the win, followed by Lawson and Christian Sarron.

500 cc classification

Pos.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	Wayne Rainey	Team Lucky Strike Roberts	Yamaha	20	43:42.080	2	20
2	Eddie Lawson	Rothmans Kanemoto Honda	Honda	20	+6.970	6	17
3	Christian Sarron	Sonauto Gauloises Blondes Yamaha Mobil 1	Yamaha	20	+9.840	4	15
4	Kevin Magee	Team Lucky Strike Roberts	Yamaha	20	+22.110	5	13
5	Pierfrancesco Chili	HB Honda Gallina Team	Honda	20	+30.080	3	11
6	Wayne Gardner	Rothmans Honda Team	Honda	20	+30.320	9	10
7	Ron Haslam	Suzuki Pepsi Cola	Suzuki	20	+31.110	7	9
8	Niall Mackenzie	Marlboro Yamaha Team Agostini	Yamaha	20	+49.550	12	8
9	Mick Doohan	Rothmans Honda Team	Honda	20	+55.840	13	7
10	Rob McElnea	Cabin Racing Team	Honda	20	+1:25.430	14	6
11	Randy Mamola	Cagiva Corse	Cagiva	20	+2:04.960	10	5
12	Alessandro Valesi	Team Iberia	Yamaha	19	+1 Lap	15	4
13	Freddie Spencer	Marlboro Yamaha Team Agostini	Yamaha	19	+1 Lap	8	3
14	Marco Gentile	Fior Marlboro	Fior	19	+1 Lap	18	2
15	Cees Doorakkers	HRK Motors	Honda	19	+1 Lap	22	1
16	Bruno Kneubühler	Romer Racing Suisse	Honda	19	+1 Lap	23
17	Michael Rudroff	HRK Motors	Honda	19	+1 Lap	26
18	Michele Valdo		Honda	19	+1 Lap	25
19	Simon Buckmaster	Racing Team Katayama	Honda	19	+1 Lap	17
20	Marco Papa	Team Greco	Paton	19	+1 Lap	21
21	Petr Schleef	Schuh Racing Team	Honda	18	+2 Laps	35
22	Martin Troesch		Honda	18	+2 Laps	33
23	Nicholas Schmassman	FMS	Honda	18	+2 Laps	29
24	Felix Beck	FMS	Honda	18	+2 Laps	30
25	Alois Meyer	Rallye Sport	Honda	18	+2 Laps	36
Ret	Pavel Dekanek		Honda		Retirement	34
Ret	Andreas Leuthe	Librenti Corse	Suzuki		Retirement	31
Ret	Josef Doppler		Honda		Retirement	27
Ret	Karl Truchsess		Honda		Retirement	24
Ret	Kevin Schwantz	Suzuki Pepsi Cola	Suzuki		Retirement	1
Ret	Juan Lopez Mella	Club Motocross Pozuelo	Honda		Retirement	32
Ret	Stephane Mertens		Honda		Retirement	16
Ret	Peter Linden	Team Heukeroff	Honda		Retirement	19
Ret	Eddie Laycock		Honda		Retirement	20
DNS	Dominique Sarron	Team ROC Elf Honda	Honda		Did not start	11
DNS	Rachel Nicotte		Chevallier Yamaha		Did not start	28
DNQ	Francisco Gonzales	Club Motocross Pozuelo	Honda		Did not qualify
DNQ	Ian Pratt	Racing Team Katayama	Honda		Did not qualify
DNQ	Tony Carey	Spondon	Spondon Yamaha		Did not qualify
Sources:[5][6]