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