Grand Prix: | Dutch |
Flag: | Netherlands |
Official Name: | Dutch TT[1] [2] [3] |
Location: | TT Circuit Assen |
Course Mi: | 3.759 |
Course Km: | 6.049 |
Race No: | 9 |
Season No: | 15 |
Date: | 29 June |
Year: | 1991 |
Pole Rider 500: | Kevin Schwantz |
Pole Rider 500 Country: | USA |
Pole Time 500: | 2:03.437 |
Fast Rider 500: | Kevin Schwantz |
Fast Rider 500 Country: | USA |
Fast Time 500: | 2:02.443 |
First Rider 500: | Kevin Schwantz |
First Rider 500 Country: | USA |
Second Rider 500: | Wayne Rainey |
Second Rider 500 Country: | USA |
Third Rider 500: | Wayne Gardner |
Third Rider 500 Country: | Australia |
Pole Rider 250: | Pierfrancesco Chili |
Pole Rider 250 Country: | Italy |
Pole Time 250: | 2:08.295 |
Fast Rider 250: | Luca Cadalora |
Fast Rider 250 Country: | Italy |
Fast Time 250: | 2:08.178 |
First Rider 250: | Pierfrancesco Chili |
First Rider 250 Country: | Italy |
Second Rider 250: | Luca Cadalora |
Second Rider 250 Country: | Italy |
Third Rider 250: | Wilco Zeelenberg |
Third Rider 250 Country: | Netherlands |
Pole Rider 125: | Loris Capirossi |
Pole Rider 125 Country: | Italy |
Pole Time 125: | 2:19.646 |
Fast Rider 125: | Ralf Waldmann |
Fast Rider 125 Country: | Germany |
Fast Time 125: | 2:19.094 |
First Rider 125: | Ralf Waldmann |
First Rider 125 Country: | Germany |
Second Rider 125: | Loris Capirossi |
Second Rider 125 Country: | Italy |
Third Rider 125: | Alessandro Gramigni |
Third Rider 125 Country: | Italy |
The 1991 Dutch TT was the ninth round of the 1991 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 27–29 June 1991 at the TT Circuit Assen located in Assen, Netherlands.
Kevin Schwantz on pole, and he gets the start from Wayne Rainey and Mick Doohan. Rain brings out a red flag on lap 4, with Doohan in 1st and Rainey in 5th .85 seconds behind.
Race 2 will be on aggregate time. Rainey gets the first turn from Wayne Gardner and Doohan. Alex Barros bumps Schwantz’ Suzuki with his elbow.
Rainey is opening a gap to Doohan, Gardner, Schwantz and Eddie Lawson. Schwantz and Doohan fight for 2nd and Gardner drops to 4th.
Doohan lowsides out of second and slides into a bale-covered fence, hitting it hard with his upper body. He’s not getting up.
A win would put Rainey ahead of Doohan on points, but Schwantz is closing as they head into the last lap. Schwantz is too far away to pass on the brakes, but at the chicane, Rainey makes a big mistake and goes wide on the exit, having to sit up and ride through the grass. He exits just before Schwantz gets to him, but Schwantz has momentum and takes the win on the line.
On the cool down lap, Rainey and Schwantz exchange a handshake and teasing jabs and Rainey put his head on the tank in embarrassment. On the podium, Rainey is subdued but not angry-looking.
Schwantz: "On the last lap Wayne put together a lap that had absolutely no flaws in it anywhere. Coming into the chicane for the last time I'm sure he had me by more than three quarters of a second. He just outbroke himself going in, got on the grass and I managed to beat him across the line. I kind of feel that it was Hockenheim that caused it to happen, I know that's all Wayne was thinking about, that he wasn't going to let me do the same thing I'd done to him in Germany. I think had he taken a quick glance over his shoulder anywhere round that last lap he would have realised it wasn't down to an outbraking manoeuvre at the chicane, he had me beat."[4]
Pos. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Time/Retired | Points | |||
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1 | Kevin Schwantz | Lucky Strike Suzuki | Suzuki | 41:24.916 | 20 | |||
2 | Wayne Rainey | Marlboro Team Roberts | Yamaha | +1.090 | 17 | |||
3 | Wayne Gardner | Rothmans Honda Team | Honda | +12.766 | 15 | |||
4 | Eddie Lawson | Cagiva Corse | Cagiva | +16.973 | 13 | |||
5 | Didier de Radiguès | Lucky Strike Suzuki | Suzuki | +31.091 | 11 | |||
6 | John Kocinski | Marlboro Team Roberts | Yamaha | +32.094 | 10 | |||
7 | Alex Barros | Cagiva Corse | Cagiva | +34.476 | 9 | |||
8 | Jean Philippe Ruggia | Sonauto Yamaha Mobil 1 | Yamaha | +49.225 | 8 | |||
9 | Adrien Morillas | Sonauto Yamaha Mobil 1 | Yamaha | +1:18.055 | 7 | |||
10 | Sito Pons | Campsa Honda Team | Honda | +1:20.994 | 6 | |||
11 | Doug Chandler | Roberts B Team | Yamaha | +1:24.323 | 5 | |||
12 | Juan Garriga | Ducados Yamaha | Yamaha | +2:34.160 | 4 | |||
13 | Cees Doorakkers | HEK-Baumachines | Honda | +1 Lap | 3 | |||
14 | Michael Rudroff | Rallye Sport | Honda | +1 Lap | 2 | |||
15 | Nicholas Schmassman | Schmassman Technotron | Honda | +1 Lap | 1 | |||
Ret | Eddie Laycock | Millar Racing | Yamaha | Retirement | ||||
Ret | Helmut Schutz | Rallye Sport | Honda | Retirement | ||||
Ret | Damon Buckmaster | Padgett's Racing Team | Suzuki | Retirement | ||||
Ret | Hans Becker | Team Romero Racing | Yamaha | Retirement | ||||
Ret | Mick Doohan | Rothmans Honda Team | Honda | Retirement | ||||
DNQ | Andreas Leuthe | Librenti Corse | Suzuki | Did not qualify | ||||
DNQ | Martin Trösch | MT Racing | Honda | Did not qualify | ||||
Sources:[5] [6] |