1989 Dutch TT
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| Race 9 of 15 races in the 1989 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | 24 June 1989 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Official name | Dutch TT[1][2][3] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | TT Circuit Assen | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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]
500 cc race report[edit]
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[edit]
| Pos. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points | ||
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| 1 |  Wayne Rainey
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Team Lucky Strike Roberts | Yamaha | 20 | 43:42.080 | 2 | 20 | ||
| 2 | Eddie Lawson
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Rothmans Kanemoto Honda | Honda | 20 | +6.970 | 6 | 17 | ||
| 3 |  Christian Sarron
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Sonauto Gauloises Blondes Yamaha Mobil 1 | Yamaha | 20 | +9.840 | 4 | 15 | ||
| 4 |  Kevin Magee
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Team Lucky Strike Roberts | Yamaha | 20 | +22.110 | 5 | 13 | ||
| 5 |  Pierfrancesco Chili
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HB Honda Gallina Team | Honda | 20 | +30.080 | 3 | 11 | ||
| 6 | Wayne Gardner
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Rothmans Honda Team | Honda | 20 | +30.320 | 9 | 10 | ||
| 7 |  Ron Haslam
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Suzuki Pepsi Cola | Suzuki | 20 | +31.110 | 7 | 9 | ||
| 8 | Niall Mackenzie
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Marlboro Yamaha Team Agostini | Yamaha | 20 | +49.550 | 12 | 8 | ||
| 9 | Mick Doohan
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Rothmans Honda Team | Honda | 20 | +55.840 | 13 | 7 | ||
| 10 | Rob McElnea
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Cabin Racing Team | Honda | 20 | +1:25.430 | 14 | 6 | ||
| 11 | Randy Mamola
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Cagiva Corse | Cagiva | 20 | +2:04.960 | 10 | 5 | ||
| 12 | Alessandro Valesi
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Team Iberia | Yamaha | 19 | +1 Lap | 15 | 4 | ||
| 13 | Freddie Spencer
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Marlboro Yamaha Team Agostini | Yamaha | 19 | +1 Lap | 8 | 3 | ||
| 14 |  Marco Gentile
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Fior Marlboro | Fior | 19 | +1 Lap | 18 | 2 | ||
| 15 |  Cees Doorakkers
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HRK Motors | Honda | 19 | +1 Lap | 22 | 1 | ||
| 16 | Bruno Kneubühler
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Romer Racing Suisse | Honda | 19 | +1 Lap | 23 | |||
| 17 |  Michael Rudroff
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HRK Motors | Honda | 19 | +1 Lap | 26 | |||
| 18 | Michele Valdo
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Honda | 19 | +1 Lap | 25 | ||||
| 19 | Simon Buckmaster
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Racing Team Katayama | Honda | 19 | +1 Lap | 17 | |||
| 20 | Marco Papa
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Team Greco | Paton | 19 | +1 Lap | 21 | |||
| 21 | Petr Schleef
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Schuh Racing Team | Honda | 18 | +2 Laps | 35 | |||
| 22 | Martin Troesch
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Honda | 18 | +2 Laps | 33 | ||||
| 23 | Nicholas Schmassman
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FMS | Honda | 18 | +2 Laps | 29 | |||
| 24 | Felix Beck
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FMS | Honda | 18 | +2 Laps | 30 | |||
| 25 | Alois Meyer
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Rallye Sport | Honda | 18 | +2 Laps | 36 | |||
| Ret |  Pavel Dekanek
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Honda | Retirement | 34 | |||||
| Ret |  Andreas Leuthe
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Librenti Corse | Suzuki | Retirement | 31 | ||||
| Ret |  Josef Doppler
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Honda | Retirement | 27 | |||||
| Ret | Karl Truchsess
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Honda | Retirement | 24 | |||||
| Ret | Kevin Schwantz
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Suzuki Pepsi Cola | Suzuki | Retirement | 1 | ||||
| Ret |  Juan Lopez Mella
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Club Motocross Pozuelo | Honda | Retirement | 32 | ||||
| Ret |  Stephane Mertens
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Honda | Retirement | 16 | |||||
| Ret |  Peter Linden
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Team Heukeroff | Honda | Retirement | 19 | ||||
| Ret |  Eddie Laycock
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Honda | Retirement | 20 | |||||
| DNS | Dominique Sarron
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Team ROC Elf Honda | Honda | Did not start | 11 | ||||
| DNS | Rachel Nicotte
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Chevallier Yamaha | Did not start | 28 | |||||
| DNQ | Francisco Gonzales
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Club Motocross Pozuelo | Honda | Did not qualify | |||||
| DNQ | Ian Pratt
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Racing Team Katayama | Honda | Did not qualify | |||||
| DNQ | Tony Carey
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Spondon | Spondon Yamaha | Did not qualify | |||||
| Sources:[5][6] | |||||||||
References[edit]
- ^ "Alle Grand-Prix uitslagen en bijzonderheden, van 1973 (het jaar dat Jack begon met racen) tot heden". Archive.li. Archived from the original on 25 July 2015. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
- ^ Mitchell, Malcolm. "1989 500cc Class (FIM Grand Prix World Championship) Programmes – The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
- ^ "TT Circuit Assen – The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". 22 May 2018. Archived from the original on 22 May 2018. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
- ^ "Moto GP statistics". Moto GP. Retrieved 2018-02-19.
- ^ "1989 Dutch TT MotoGP – Motor Sport Magazine Database". Motorsportmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
- ^ "DUTCH TT · 500cc Race Classification 1989". Motogp.com. Retrieved 13 September 2018.