1981 Dutch TT

Race details
Race 8 of 14 races in the 1981 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	27 June 1981
Official name	Dutch TT Assen[1][2][3]
Location	TT Circuit Assen
Course	Permanent racing facility 7.685 km (4.775 mi)
500cc
Pole position Rider Marco Lucchinelli Time 2:51.400 Fastest lap Rider Kork Ballington Time 3:04.370 Podium First Marco Lucchinelli Second Boet van Dulmen Third Kork Ballington
350cc
Pole position Rider Unknown Fastest lap Rider Unknown Podium First Anton Mang Second Carlos Lavado Third Jean-François Baldé
250cc
Pole position Rider Unknown Fastest lap Rider Unknown Podium First Anton Mang Second Carlos Lavado Third Patrick Fernandez
125cc
Pole position Rider Unknown Fastest lap Rider Unknown Podium First Ángel Nieto Second Loris Reggiani Third Pier Paolo Bianchi
50cc
Pole position Rider Unknown Fastest lap Rider Unknown Podium First Ricardo Tormo Second Henk van Kessel Third Rolf Blatter

The 1981 Dutch TT was the eighth round of the 1981 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 26–27 June 1981 at the TT Circuit Assen located in Assen, Netherlands.

Pos.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Points
1	Marco Lucchinelli	Team Nava Suzuki	Suzuki	50'16.050	15
2	Boet van Dulmen		Yamaha	+32.890	12
3	Kork Ballington	Team Kawasaki	Kawasaki	+37.950	10
4	Willem Zoet	Stimorol Racing	Suzuki	+42.330	8
5	Jack Middelburg	Racing Westland	Suzuki	+1'14.620	6
6	Dave Potter		Yamaha	+1'21.340	5
7	Bernard Fau		Yamaha	+1'38.280	4
8	Sergio Pellandini		Suzuki	+1'41.620	3
9	Guido Paci		Yamaha	+2'14.340	2
10	Sadao Asami		Yamaha	+2'28.620	1
11	Seppo Rossi		Suzuki	+2'31.490
12	Dick Alblas	Hollande Isolatie	Suzuki	+2'36.790
13	Marc Fontan	Team Sonauto Gauloises	Yamaha	+2'37.430
14	Gregg Hansford	Team Kawasaki Australia	Kawasaki	+2'37.890
15	Philippe Coulon		Suzuki	+2'39.260
16	Michel Frutschi	Elf Motor Racing Team	Yamaha	+1 lap
17	Christian Sarron	Team Sonauto Gauloises	Yamaha	+1 lap
18	Steve Parrish	Team Mitsui Yamaha	Yamaha	+1 lap
19	Stuart Avant	Ellis Racing	Suzuki	+1 lap
20	Kimmo Kopra		Suzuki	+1 lap
Ret	Takazumi Katayama	Honda International Racing	Honda	Retired
Ret	Gianni Pelletier		Morbidelli	Retired
Ret	Christian Estrosi		Suzuki	Retired
Ret	Dale Singleton	Beaulieu Racing	Suzuki	Retired
Ret	Randy Mamola	Ingersoll Herin Team Suzuki	Suzuki	Accident
Ret	Franco Uncini		Suzuki	Retired
Ret	Graziano Rossi	Morbidelli	Morbidelli	Retired
Ret	Graeme Crosby	Ingersoll Herin Team Suzuki	Suzuki	Accident
Ret	Barry Sheene		Yamaha	Retired
DNS	Kenny Roberts	Yamaha Motor Company	Yamaha	Did not start
DNQ	Carlo Perugini	Moto Sanvenero	Sanvenero	Did not qualify
DNQ	Keith Huewen	Heron Suzuki GB	Suzuki	Did not qualify
DNQ	Virginio Ferrari	Cagiva Corse	Cagiva	Did not qualify
DNQ	Josef Hage	Dieter Braun Team	Yamaha	Did not qualify
DNQ	Henk de Vries	Henk de Vries Motoren	Suzuki	Did not qualify
DNQ	Rob Punt		Suzuki	Did not qualify
DNQ	Franck Gross		Suzuki	Did not qualify
Sources:[4][5]