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.

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