1991 Dutch TT

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The 1991 Dutch TT was the ninth round of the 1991 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 27th-29th June, 1991 at the TT Circuit Assen located in Assen, Netherlands.

[edit] 500 cc race report

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."^[1]

[edit] 500cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Points
1	Kevin Schwantz	Suzuki	41:24.916	20
2	Wayne Rainey	Yamaha	+1.090	17
3	Wayne Gardner	Honda	+12.766	15
4	Eddie Lawson	Cagiva	+16.973	13
5	Didier de Radiguès	Suzuki	+31.091	11
6	John Kocinski	Yamaha	+32.094	10
7	Alex Barros	Cagiva	+34.476	9
8	Jean Philippe Ruggia	Yamaha	+49.225	8
9	Adrien Morillas	Yamaha	+1:18.055	7
10	Sito Pons	Honda	+1:20.994	6
11	Doug Chandler	Yamaha	+1:24.323	5
12	Juan Garriga	Yamaha	+2:34.160	4
13	Cees Doorakkers	Honda	+1 Lap	3
14	Michael Rudroff	Honda	+1 Lap	2
15	Nicholas Schmassman	Honda	+1 Lap	1
Ret	Eddie Laycock	Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Helmut Schutz	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Damon Buckmaster	Suzuki	Retirement
Ret	Hans Becker	Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Mick Doohan	Honda	Retirement

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