# 1989 Dutch TT > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/1989_Dutch_TT > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/1989_Dutch_TT.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1989_Dutch_TT > Source revision: 1353605785 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) 1989 motorcycle racing season round Motorcycle race 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 The **1989 Dutch TT** was the ninth round of the [1989 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season](/source/1989_Grand_Prix_motorcycle_racing_season). It took place on the weekend of 22–24 June 1989 at the [TT Circuit Assen](/source/TT_Circuit_Assen) located in [Assen](/source/Assen), [Netherlands](/source/Netherlands).[4] ## 500 cc race report [Wayne Gardner](/source/Wayne_Gardner) is back for the first time since the [Laguna](/source/1989_United_States_motorcycle_Grand_Prix) crash that broke his leg. [Kevin Schwantz](/source/Kevin_Schwantz) gets 5 poles in a row, with [Wayne Rainey](/source/Wayne_Rainey) second on the line. Green light and it's Schwantz, Rainey, [Pierfrancesco Chili](/source/Pierfrancesco_Chili) and [Eddie Lawson](/source/Eddie_Lawson) at the front. Down the field, Gardner get past [Mick Doohan](/source/Mick_Doohan), while Schwantz begins to get a gap. With one lap to go, Schwantz’ [Suzuki](/source/Suzuki) dies, and Rainey cruises to the win, followed by Lawson and [Christian Sarron](/source/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 Pavol Dekánek 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] ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Alle Grand-Prix uitslagen en bijzonderheden, van 1973 (het jaar dat Jack begon met racen) tot heden"](https://web.archive.org/web/20090901054313/http://www.jumpingjack.nl/GP-races_1989_heden.htm). *Jumping Jack*. Archived from [the original](http://www.jumpingjack.nl/GP-races_1989_heden.htm) on 1 September 2009. Retrieved 13 September 2018. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Mitchell, Malcolm. ["1989 500cc Class (FIM Grand Prix World Championship) Programmes – The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project"](http://www.progcovers.com/motor/500cc1989.html). *Progcovers.com*. Retrieved 13 September 2018. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["TT Circuit Assen – The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project"](https://web.archive.org/web/20180522041354/http://progcovers.com/motor/assen.html). 22 May 2018. Archived from [the original](http://progcovers.com/motor/assen.html) on 22 May 2018. Retrieved 13 September 2018. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Moto GP statistics"](http://www.motogp.com/en/Results+Statistics/1989/NED/500cc/RAC/Classification). [Moto GP](/source/Moto_GP). Retrieved 2018-02-19. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["1989 Dutch TT MotoGP – Motor Sport Magazine Database"](https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/database/races/1989-dutch-tt-motogp). *Motorsportmagazine.com*. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 13 September 2018. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["DUTCH TT · 500cc Race Classification 1989"](http://www.motogp.com/en/Results+Statistics/1989/NED/500cc/RAC/). *Motogp.com*. Retrieved 13 September 2018. Previous race: 1989 Yugoslavian Grand Prix FIM Grand Prix World Championship 1989 season Next race: 1989 Belgian Grand Prix Previous race: 1988 Dutch TT Dutch TT Next race: 1990 Dutch TT --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [1989 Dutch TT](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1989_Dutch_TT) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1989_Dutch_TT?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.