500cc 1991 Assen Final Lap

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  • This is the final lap the 1991 500cc Dutch Grand Prix held at Assen. In a two-part race, Schwantz held a narrow gap over Rainey on aggregate, but with Rainey holding a small gap on track it was actually very close! It was a real pressure contest between the two, with an unlikely victor.
    Commentary from the wonderful Keith Huewen and Julian Ryder.
    Thanks to DennisF1 for transferring this one to DVD
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  • @colinpuffett4834
    @colinpuffett4834 3 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    I love the camera angles that show the terrain better than modern days, all helicopters and towers which make it all look flat - this gives a sense of the geography

  • @toucheturtle3840
    @toucheturtle3840 2 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    What Kevin could do with the Suzuki is astonishing…My all time favourite.

  • @uweclaunitzer7170
    @uweclaunitzer7170 3 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    The two of them really provided us with such awesome moments during that year.We had Assen, Donington and Hockenheim, all of which were nail-biting finishes. Tremendous!!!

    • @pabloperez4063
      @pabloperez4063 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Le Mans too

    • @TenGreenRangers
      @TenGreenRangers 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      There is no boxing match worth watching without 2 great competitors. Rainey and Schwantz brought it.. and we all benefitted.

  • @olivertoeknuckle4664
    @olivertoeknuckle4664 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Greatest era of MotoGP. May the Schwantz be with you.

  • @caspardejonge5902
    @caspardejonge5902 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Rare and not needed mistake by Rainey. Two greats of the sport

  • @zxr-cade2026
    @zxr-cade2026 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Fantastic racing Schwartz was completely fearless and Rainey knew it

  • @neochase1
    @neochase1 12 ปีที่แล้ว +63

    god i miss this version of assen! what an amazing track!

    • @pabloperez4063
      @pabloperez4063 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The BEST ever

    • @mjrydsfast
      @mjrydsfast 3 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Yes. Removing the North Loop ruined it.

  • @geoffreycasey875
    @geoffreycasey875 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Fantastic video. The great days of real GP racing.. 👍🇮🇪🍀

  • @franciscooton1155
    @franciscooton1155 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    The very best years of our lives

  • @jefferyobryan6351
    @jefferyobryan6351 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I remember Rainey's quote after this race like it was yesterday, he said "you can't give em away any better than that"😢😢😢

    • @EmperorNerox
      @EmperorNerox 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      He got owned if Kevin wasn't on his ass he wouldn't have fkd up like that.

  • @detomasopantera1966
    @detomasopantera1966 5 ปีที่แล้ว +58

    When moto GP was at its best..500s rule💚

    • @supergrasshigh3563
      @supergrasshigh3563 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Days of Thunder Pantera!

    • @detomasopantera1966
      @detomasopantera1966 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @VeteranCape Yamaha Honda Suzuki Gagiva 500s👌

    • @d1want34
      @d1want34 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      WGP : Schwantz, Rainey, Doohan
      F1: Senna, Prost, Schumacher
      Group B, Group C
      greatest era of motorsport

  • @user-gt1sm8pl4w
    @user-gt1sm8pl4w 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    この頃のGPが、一番楽しいです

  • @AKA001
    @AKA001 5 ปีที่แล้ว +100

    Real MotoGP two stroke were the days.

    • @pummyy
      @pummyy 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Yawn...its much more exciting and faster now...typical moan

    • @frankburdodrums8984
      @frankburdodrums8984 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      They were the most unpredictable, had the most raw power, and took the most talent to ride. And if it was wet or raining forget about it.
      That would be suicide.

    • @frankburdodrums8984
      @frankburdodrums8984 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@pummyy NOT!!!
      LAME AS SHIT THESE DAYS

    • @pabloperez4063
      @pabloperez4063 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@frankburdodrums8984both times have its pros and cons...but today has 2 things: there are more good pilots (only 5 in 1991)...and bikes are way faster (7"), and lean much more.
      Of course, we dont have Wayne(x2), Eddie, Kevin or Mick....but we have 93#

    • @frankburdodrums8984
      @frankburdodrums8984 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@pabloperez4063 What a JOKE.
      You were doing so well until you compared #93 to the greats.
      He's washed up. So many better than him for years.

  • @gixxerthouk4
    @gixxerthouk4 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    that goes to show in racing NEVER GIVE UP amazing racing

  • @IMMORTALDIO
    @IMMORTALDIO 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Never gets old ...... fantastic racing ....A most glorious win .

  • @frankburdodrums8984
    @frankburdodrums8984 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    2 of the absolute all time greats.
    Coming in 1st was all either one ever cared about but regardless the were both Champions of Moto GP

  • @Jacky-san
    @Jacky-san 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    vraiment pas de change pour W. Rainey ! victoire méritée pour K. Schwanzt. 2 grands pilotes !

  • @ManuelOrtegaLANAVECELTA
    @ManuelOrtegaLANAVECELTA ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Lucha antológica entre dos grandes en la historia del motociclismo. También añoro el circuito de Assen con sus casi siete kilómetros de puro espectáculo.

  • @camronbay1
    @camronbay1 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Man Schwantz was unreal.

  • @BringBack500s
    @BringBack500s 7 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Massive Revvin Kevin fan here but, that was troll level > 9000 from the #34 lol
    Rainey had just pinned what was perhaps the perfect lap, maybe the best lap ever ridden on a 500 on the real Assen, and just one tenth of a second late on the anchors.
    Just shows how pinned #34 was tho, aced the brakes, avoided a collision when Rainey got back onto the track after mowing the grass on the exit, and snatched it away.
    So, bring back 500s!

  • @hhoward14
    @hhoward14 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    An age old racing saying: "they count the winners at the end"....

  • @dixieleeful
    @dixieleeful 6 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    I watched those 2 race at Road Atlanta in 87.They raced each other for a lot of years.Great racers!

    • @BTP62
      @BTP62 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Enjoyed the way they competed against each other superbikes and gp. It sometime looked as if they didn't like each other.

    • @waynegacyii9010
      @waynegacyii9010 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Remember the Fabulous Thunderbirds playing in infield?

    • @pabloperez4063
      @pabloperez4063 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@waynegacyii9010J.Vaughan,s band?

  • @clarknawrocki3851
    @clarknawrocki3851 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    2 strokes are the way to go

  • @Merfy55
    @Merfy55 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I had a pulse, went to tears and a smile like a child. it's great! and this is a wonderful Gixer!

    • @geoffreycasey875
      @geoffreycasey875 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      It's not a gsxr

    • @peterherrington3300
      @peterherrington3300 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Gsxr's are across the frame 4 strokes .
      These are 4 square 2 strokes .
      "suzuki" written on them is about the only thing they've got in common.

  • @paulscrapman
    @paulscrapman 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Assen never disappoints.

  • @user-td7hy7tn4k
    @user-td7hy7tn4k 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    あったあった!!アッセンのこのシーンは当時観てたなぁ。最後まで優勝をあきらめないシュワンツさんの執念。そして全く表彰台だろうが2位以下では満足しない貪欲さにシビレたし、プレッシャーをかけ続けて当時抜群の安定感だったレイニーさんのミスを最終ラップで誘うという奇跡を観てなんだか涙が出て来たのを思い出すね。

  • @tonyfearn2452
    @tonyfearn2452 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    absolutely real racing from real men riding real bikes !! awesome and happy days when watching the 500cc grand prix on TV was compulsive viewing !!

  • @carlclark6356
    @carlclark6356 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Definitely the best era of racing, 500 2 strokes,

  • @adwaving
    @adwaving 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    流石、シュワンツ最終コーナーで逆転勝利! 魅せますねぇ。。。

  • @hAnD90
    @hAnD90 12 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    If you time it from 3 corners to the finish of the penultimate lap to the same place in the last lap Wayne's lap would have been a 2:01,9 - half a second faster than Schwantz's lap record that wasn't beaten until the circuit was modified. Just to get an idea of how hard they were riding that final lap!
    But, of course, first you have to finish such a lap to get the record. God, how I miss those times and the Schwantz-Rainey battles!

    • @pabloperez4063
      @pabloperez4063 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      you are quite right....a pity Wayne had this mistake....it would have been SUCH an amazing record...

  • @lriper4702
    @lriper4702 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This is the original Grand Prix sound!

  • @utuberickvick
    @utuberickvick 6 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    Turn on captions and go to 1:48

    • @johnc3403
      @johnc3403 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      aaah brilliant dude. How the hell did you spot that?

    • @gertnood
      @gertnood 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      I hope the ladies got the jizz too!

    • @user-dr2lu1cw4l
      @user-dr2lu1cw4l 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      やっちまったなぁ

    • @AMULET72
      @AMULET72 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      What are ye on about here lads?

    • @bragee
      @bragee 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      L O L

  • @bohica4893
    @bohica4893 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I find these old motogp racing fascinating than the current crop of motogp. I guess I'm curious how in the world they rode those beasts with no rider's aid.

    • @sumitdaniel6630
      @sumitdaniel6630 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Bohica Pure guts 'n skill....not to take anything away from today's guys...

    • @pabloperez4063
      @pabloperez4063 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I sometimes think ABOUT it.
      .and I am sure the top 5 of todays would be ABLE TO manage the 500 poroficiently...but It mere especulation

  • @stevenlangdon-griffiths293
    @stevenlangdon-griffiths293 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Fantastic video thanks

  • @sopirahful
    @sopirahful 10 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    one of epic finish of all time

  • @xipingpooh5783
    @xipingpooh5783 6 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Schwantz was living rent free in Wayne’s head on that last lap

  • @peterflynn9123
    @peterflynn9123 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Beautiful riding at a beautiful circuit - magnificant

  • @mikegass2272
    @mikegass2272 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    They raced like their lives depended on it. Real racing,

    • @pabloperez4063
      @pabloperez4063 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Also today, in the 3 classes, all of them are lunátic

  • @EJ25RUN
    @EJ25RUN 14 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    What a day that was.
    34!

  • @GSXRFOREVER
    @GSXRFOREVER 11 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    What a race...

  • @mightress
    @mightress 5 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    I really mis them screaming two strokes

  • @gixxerthouk4
    @gixxerthouk4 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    one word AWESOME

  • @klesarhr-bz5of
    @klesarhr-bz5of 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    kevin forced him to push it over the limit...amazing race

    • @dannyhughes8187
      @dannyhughes8187 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      klesar.hr thats racing at that level. Damn that is part of what makes it is what it is. This one is used for education worldwide. Amazing bit of racing from two greats.

  • @stevebigansky9372
    @stevebigansky9372 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    crazy - leading every lap but the one that counted- you probably wouldn't want to be back in the Marlboro garage after that one -

  • @angiolettocassetti2443
    @angiolettocassetti2443 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Semplicemente fantastico !!!

  • @mauricerose3082
    @mauricerose3082 ปีที่แล้ว

    ...I remember watching this race live...the phrase 'anything can happen' was coined on that day...

  • @BlackRat-vw9jv
    @BlackRat-vw9jv 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The golden age of motogp, nice to hear the screaming two stroke engines again.

  • @LuccianoNova
    @LuccianoNova 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Always wanted to see what its like to ride one of those 5cc 2 strokes. They look like monsters.

    • @ross_ulbright7779
      @ross_ulbright7779 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      I had a Yamaha RD350 two stroke. It was as fast as a modern 600cc four stroke and a blast at the racetrack.

  • @giveall9695
    @giveall9695 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    This old Assen was such a beast track... I always loved the "arena" part from Haatbocht to Strubben... And it's not even original :D

  • @JoeRocket-sf6qs
    @JoeRocket-sf6qs ปีที่แล้ว

    Awesome finish.

  • @stefanos2692
    @stefanos2692 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    What amazing colours and sponsor ... both bikes!!

    • @otaviofrn_adv
      @otaviofrn_adv 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Colours yeah, sponsor.... Eh

  • @steve5825
    @steve5825 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Im sure it’s not just nostalgia - the racing WAS better back then. These beast bikes looked so lairy to ride and while today’s riders are no doubt just as skilful there isn’t the same feeling that they are riding at the absolute limit of control and it could all go tits up at any moment. Two strokes were awesome.

  • @billmago7991
    @billmago7991 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Love the strokers

  • @vigneshwaran7437
    @vigneshwaran7437 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Looks lot of fun

  • @henrymisisca2065
    @henrymisisca2065 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    THE BEST MACHINE

  • @irsancarista7785
    @irsancarista7785 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Kevin Schwantz ❤

  • @FCT8306onTwoWheels
    @FCT8306onTwoWheels ปีที่แล้ว

    2:52 ooh those jackets. What a lap that was

  • @EJ25RUN
    @EJ25RUN 14 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    @jimcarrey14
    Correction. Old Assen was a great circuit.

  • @rockers2rockers616
    @rockers2rockers616 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Those bikes were brutal machines. I still ride my RG500

  • @henrymorgan3982
    @henrymorgan3982 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Never surrender!

  • @74sjakie
    @74sjakie 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I was at that race 🤩😃👍🏻

    • @pabloperez4063
      @pabloperez4063 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I at Jarama , 2 weeks before

  • @gilbyadams7360
    @gilbyadams7360 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Schwantz was legend

  • @bluebee7689
    @bluebee7689 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    U can almost smell them. Glorious 2 strokes

  • @captainscum5726
    @captainscum5726 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The old layout was really better than the new one

  • @jjuanbarrau
    @jjuanbarrau 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    kewin y wayne , dos grandes

  • @motero2665
    @motero2665 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    DOS MUY BUENOS PILOTOS , GRANDES

  • @JH-rr4bc
    @JH-rr4bc ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Best driver ever

  • @igorbrezovic
    @igorbrezovic 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Can't get enough og that... Still

  • @stevel6939
    @stevel6939 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Pure balls riding then. No fly by wire like today.

  • @d1want34
    @d1want34 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Assen always produce some spectacular accident in those days, i remembered a carnage in the 125cc where a rider got his by a bike and flipped but i cant find the video

  • @galihgore4938
    @galihgore4938 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    ks34 avoid the touch but still open the gass ,, epic !

  • @PIROPIROOON
    @PIROPIROOON 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    1ヒートでのギャップを埋めるためレイニーも必死だったけど最後にやらかしてしまった。ホッケンハイムの悪夢が再び?この2人でなければここまで記憶に残るレースにはならなかったと思う。

  • @javiervazquez-vm4ug
    @javiervazquez-vm4ug 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Que bonito era assen. Público a tope. Y que careto, tenía rayne en el podium. dos genios

  • @rafazx6r
    @rafazx6r 14 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    si estos pilotazos cojen las motogp actuales dejarian unos records eternos

    • @pabloperez4063
      @pabloperez4063 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Es especular.... igual si, igual no

  • @hirtac6819
    @hirtac6819 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    あのバトルでのガッツポーズゴールは最高♪

  • @FTMJarra
    @FTMJarra 13 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    @EJ25RUN exactly....they killed it.!! RIP old Assen.!!

  • @stevebigansky9372
    @stevebigansky9372 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Nobody better yhan Kevin at applying the pressure to force someone into a mistake - And ESPECIALLY Rainey - uncharacteristic for someone with so much experience- that one probably stung for a while

  • @harummf
    @harummf 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    EPIC BATTLE IN THE FINAL CORNER ASSEN
    Ukawa Vs Checa - Assen 2002
    Edwards Vs Hayden - Assen 2006
    Rossi Vs Marquez - Assen 2015
    Anyting else?

    • @pabloperez4063
      @pabloperez4063 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Sito Pons vs Sarron 250 CC 1988

    • @pabloperez4063
      @pabloperez4063 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      And even though there was no Battle un ThE chicsne, WE must aLWAYS have un mind ThE amazing MOTO GP 2018 race....My God!

  • @travisguide4516
    @travisguide4516 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    probably had scwantz in the back of his mind at the end to thinking about how he might be right behind him doing something desperate to win and lost focus or something he did that corner in the other laps

  • @user-tz7wc5zq4e
    @user-tz7wc5zq4e 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    It is really a lucky strike at all , however he plays his very best till last corner so he deserves to win the game .
    👍👍👍👏👏👏💪💪💪

  • @Musicrecords10
    @Musicrecords10 6 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Man he choked at the end

  • @erwindoornbos5704
    @erwindoornbos5704 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    was there that day

  • @resomony
    @resomony 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    jus shows to go---never give up

  • @adrianpastor7944
    @adrianpastor7944 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Cuando las motos eran motos sin ningún tipo de electrónica hay se veia estos pilotos inolvidables fenómenos

  • @EmperorNerox
    @EmperorNerox 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Schwantz 34 the legend puts his hand up before he crosses the finish line., Humiliating Rainey ahahaha

  • @andrewperry605
    @andrewperry605 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Damn. i forgot that one. Kevin put a bit of pressure back on mr Cool

  • @StewartGartland
    @StewartGartland 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    When you've just remembered you made a million dollar bet that you would come second!

  • @KEVIN-mb8gc
    @KEVIN-mb8gc 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Che spettacolo!!!

  • @muhammadfairus9691
    @muhammadfairus9691 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Kevin Scwhantz 😎👍

  • @BergasJuergas
    @BergasJuergas 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Full Race please!?

    • @samblack5313
      @samblack5313 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I cant support this comment more. Please give us all of these old races.

  • @jimv3352
    @jimv3352 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wow!

  • @pjroyse
    @pjroyse 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love Shwantzs if he would’ve rode for Honda or Yamaha he would be a household name !!!!

  • @Altroman1
    @Altroman1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Amazing pilots......

  • @refalf1774
    @refalf1774 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Amazing.
    Suzuki kevin schwants vs Yamaha wayne rainey 👍
    The winer is Suzuki 👍👍

  • @jefferson8653
    @jefferson8653 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    A esperança é a última que morre

  • @jeancharlesrabaux5658
    @jeancharlesrabaux5658 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Veri good job duk

  • @markcarli8259
    @markcarli8259 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    In an age when "former" champions were flushed. We keep pulling the chain and he just won't go.

  • @bragee
    @bragee 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I remember this race as a Schwantz fan.
    Crazy mistake by Rainey, definitely unusuale.
    Old Assen TT was probably the best track for bikes (but definitely too dangerous)...

  • @GrrMeister
    @GrrMeister 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Went to this race on my trusty steed RG500 CH (1989) Pepsi-Suzuki "Kevin
    Schwantz" GP Race Replica. Fabulous Bike. Got huge crowds whenever parked up as banned in Europe (Emissions I ask you 600 miles per litre of Castrol 'R' - Vegetable Oil !!!!! - I envied those behind me as the smell was to die for !
    Regards Ron & Kevin (Grahame W UK)
    Burned off perhaps ¾ of a litre there and back, so I suppose I am to blame for 'Global Warming' and not the millions of Diesel Lorries, Trains, Ships etc.
    Note only 6,276 RG500's built and of those hugely improved CH Model, mine was no 873 - then they threw away the mould, as banned everywhere US/Canada/Japan and World Wide market sales collapsed. I Blame interference from idiotic 'Politicians' who know absolutely F' All. Get real we are in the middle of an Ice Age, 12,000 years ago where I live was under a mile thick Ice sheet - what would you sooner have ?
    12,000 years time probably only under ¾ of a mile Ice Sheet, so I told you, but did you listen !!!!

    • @ross_ulbright7779
      @ross_ulbright7779 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You alone are responsible for global warming!😂

    • @juanmontoya6622
      @juanmontoya6622 ปีที่แล้ว

      Around that time, Senator John Danforth was keen in destroying Superbikes in the US.

  • @Team-fabulous
    @Team-fabulous 13 ปีที่แล้ว

    Bloody hell...