1991 Austrian motorcycle Grand Prix

The 1991 Austrian motorcycle Grand Prix was the seventh round of the 1991 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 7–9 June 1991 at the Salzburgring.

  1991 Austrian Grand Prix
Race details
Race 7 of 15 races in the
1991 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date9 June 1991
Official nameGroßer Preis von Österreich[1][2][3]
LocationSalzburgring
Course
  • Permanent racing facility
  • 4.243 km (2.636 mi)
500 cc
Pole position
Rider Mick Doohan Honda
Time 1:17.826
Fastest lap
Rider Wayne Rainey Yamaha
Time 1:18.085
Podium
First Mick Doohan Honda
Second Wayne Rainey Yamaha
Third Kevin Schwantz Suzuki
250 cc
Pole position
Rider Helmut Bradl Honda
Time 1:22.948
Fastest lap
Rider Carlos Cardús Honda
Time 1:22.631
Podium
First Helmut Bradl Honda
Second Carlos Cardús Honda
Third Wilco Zeelenberg Honda
125 cc
Pole position
Rider Ralf Waldmann Honda
Time 1:31.417
Fastest lap
Rider Jorge Martínez Honda
Time 1:30.874
Podium
First Fausto Gresini Honda
Second Ralf Waldmann Honda
Third Noboru Ueda Honda
Sidecar (B2A)
Pole position
Rider Steve Webster Krauser
Time 1:24.823
Fastest lap
Rider Ralph Bohnhorst Bohnhorst
Time 1:25.149
Podium
First Steve Webster Krauser
Second Rolf Biland LCR-ADM
Third Masato Kumano LCR-Yamaha

500 cc race report

Mick Doohan dominates qualifying with more than a second under Kevin Schwantz in 2nd place.

At the start, Wayne Rainey gets the first turn from Wayne Gardner, Doohan and John Kocinski. Doohan gets past Gardner and he and Rainey start forming a gap at the front. Kocinski starts putting pressure on Gardner.

Doohan takes the lead, with Rainey doing everything he can to stay in contact. Schwantz starts moving through the field. It ends in that order.

Schwantz complains that with two laps to go, Gardner almost pushed him into a barrier, and there are heated words after the race.[4]

500 cc classification
Pos. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time Grid Points
1 Mick Doohan Rothmans Honda Team Honda 29 38:03.841 1 20
2 Wayne Rainey Marlboro Team Roberts Yamaha 29 +0.185 3 17
3 Kevin Schwantz Lucky Strike Suzuki Suzuki 29 +15.625 2 15
4 Wayne Gardner Rothmans Honda Team Honda 29 +15.827 4 13
5 Eddie Lawson Cagiva Corse Cagiva 29 +38.688 6 11
6 Juan Garriga Ducados Yamaha Yamaha 29 +59.489 8 10
7 Doug Chandler Roberts B Team Yamaha 29 +1:13.608 9 9
8 Didier de Radiguès Lucky Strike Suzuki Suzuki 28 +1 lap 7 8
9 John Kocinski Marlboro Team Roberts Yamaha 28 +1 lap 5 7
10 Eddie Laycock Millar Racing Yamaha 28 +1 lap 11 6
11 Michael Rudroff Rallye Sport Honda 27 +2 laps 13 5
12 Marco Papa Cagiva Corse Cagiva 27 +2 laps 12 4
Ret Adrien Morillas Sonauto Yamaha Mobil 1 Yamaha 4 Retired 10
DNQ Cees Doorakkers HEK-Baumachines Honda Did not qualify
DNQ Sepp Doppler Doppler Racing Yamaha Did not qualify
DNQ Hans Becker Team Romero Racing Yamaha Did not qualify
DNQ Helmut Schutz Rallye Sport Honda Did not qualify
DNQ Andreas Leuthe Librenti Corse Suzuki Did not qualify
DNQ Nicolas Schmassman Schmassman Technotron Honda Did not qualify
DNQ Martin Trösch MT Racing Honda Did not qualify
Sources:[5][6][7]

250 cc classification
Pos Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Grid Points
1 Helmut Bradl Honda 24 33:23.857 1 20
2 Carlos Cardús Honda 24 +7.818 3 17
3 Wilco Zeelenberg Honda 24 +8.157 5 15
4 Pierfrancesco Chili Aprilia 24 +9.054 2 13
5 Luca Cadalora Honda 24 +18.878 7 11
6 Masahiro Shimizu Honda 24 +32.197 9 10
7 Jochen Schmid Honda 24 +36.707 10 9
8 Loris Reggiani Aprilia 24 +48.198 6 8
9 Àlex Crivillé JJ Cobas 24 +1:03.281 8 7
10 Stefan Prein Honda 24 +1:03.387 14 6
11 Paolo Casoli Yamaha 24 +1:08.090 11 5
12 Harald Eckl Aprilia 24 +1:20.874 4
13 Martin Wimmer Suzuki 24 +1:21.043 12 3
14 Erkka Korpiaho Aprilia 24 +1:21.234 2
15 Corrado Catalano Honda 24 +1:22.801 1
16 Fausto Ricci Yamaha 24 +1:23.529
17 Eskil Suter Aprilia 24 +1:40.552
18 Jaime Mariano Aprilia 23 +1 lap
19 Stefano Pennese Aprilia 23 +1 lap
20 Bernd Kassner Yamaha 23 +1 lap
21 Katsuyoshi Kozono Honda 23 +1 lap
22 Bernard Hänggeli Aprilia 23 +1 lap
23 Patrick van der Goorbergh Yamaha 23 +1 lap
24 Renato Colleoni Aprilia 23 +1 lap
25 Renzo Colleoni Aprilia 23 +1 lap
26 Ian Newton Yamaha 23 +1 lap
27 Jean Foray Yamaha 23 +1 lap
28 Wayne Doran Yamaha 23 +1 lap
Ret Urs Jucker Yamaha 23 Retired
Ret Andreas Preining Aprilia 18 Retired 4
Ret Jean-Pierre Jeandat Honda 10 Retired
Ret Peter Linden Honda 8 Retired
Ret Doriano Romboni Honda 5 Retired 13
Ret Frédéric Protat Aprilia 4 Retired
Ret Marcellino Lucchi Aprilia 2 Retired 15
DNS Carlos Lavado Yamaha
DNS Kevin Mitchell Yamaha
[7]

125 cc classification
Pos Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Grid Points
1 Fausto Gresini Honda 22 33:47.096 5 20
2 Ralf Waldmann Honda 22 +0.048 1 17
3 Noboru Ueda Honda 22 +0.452 6 15
4 Dirk Raudies Honda 22 +1.427 7 13
5 Hans Spaan Honda 22 +1.580 9 11
6 Loris Capirossi Honda 22 +3.609 2 10
7 Jorge Martínez Honda 22 +3.800 9
8 Adolf Stadler JJ Cobas 22 +3.834 8 8
9 Heinz Lüthi Honda 22 +4.287 4 7
10 Peter Öttl Rotax 22 +7.017 11 6
11 Alessandro Gramigni Aprilia 22 +29.176 10 5
12 Nobuyuki Wakai Honda 22 +29.231 4
13 Olivier Petrucciani Aprilia 22 +29.288 3
14 Maurizio Vitali Gazzaniga 22 +29.538 2
15 Alain Bronec Honda 22 +29.620 1
16 Julián Miralles JJ Cobas 22 +30.405
17 Gimmi Bosio Honda 22 +30.532
18 Herri Torrontegui JJ Cobas 22 +30.597
19 Hisashi Unemoto Honda 22 +30.747
20 Luis Alvaro Derbi 22 +30.797
21 Gabriele Debbia Aprilia 22 +30.993 3
22 Ezio Gianola Derbi 22 +51.228 13
23 Peter Galvin Honda 22 +53.468
24 Ian McConnachie Honda 22 +53.568
25 Johnny Wickström Honda 22 +53.896
26 Alfred Waibel Honda 22 +54.289 15
27 Steve Patrickson Honda 22 +54.489
28 Jos van Dongen Honda 22 +56.592
29 Wolfgang Fritz Honda 22 +1:33.788
30 Kinya Wada Honda 21 +1 lap
31 Emilio Cuppini Gazzaniga 18 +4 laps
Ret Thierry Feuz Honda 21 Retired
Ret Bruno Casanova Honda 14 Retired 12
Ret Serafino Foti Honda 12 Retired
Ret Arie Molenaar Honda 10 Retired
Ret Kazuto Sakata Honda 9 Retired 14
DNQ Stefan Kurfiss Honda
DNQ Manuel Hernández Honda
DNQ Robin Appleyard Honda
DNQ Hans Koopman Honda
DNQ Janez Pintar Honda
DNQ Stefan Brägger Honda
DNQ Alan Patterson Honda
DNQ René Dünki Honda
DNQ Hubert Abold Honda
DNQ Taru Rinne Honda
DNQ Jean-Claude Selini Honda
[7]

Sidecar classification
Pos Rider Passenger Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 Steve Webster Gavin Simmons Krauser 22 31:43.039 1 20
2 Rolf Biland Kurt Waltisperg LCR-ADM 22 +15.773 3 17
3 Masato Kumano Eckhart Rösinger LCR-Yamaha 22 +16.174 15
4 Klaus Klaffenböck Christian Parzer LCR 22 +16.511 9 13
5 Paul Güdel Charly Güdel LCR-Krauser 22 +16.735 5 11
6 Steve Abbott Shaun Smith LCR-Krauser 22 +17.141 10
7 Ralph Bohnhorst Bruno Hiller Bohnhorst 22 +18.107 11 9
8 Egbert Streuer Peter Essaff LCR-Yamaha 22 +30.693 10 8
9 Derek Brindley Nick Roche LCR 22 +50.156 7
10 Theo van Kempen Jan Kuyt LCR-Krauser 22 +51.465 13 6
11 René Progin Gary Irlam LCR 22 +51.594 12 5
12 Werner Kraus Thomas Schröder ADM 22 +53.107 4
13 Markus Bösiger Peter Markwalder LCR-ADM 22 +57.867 3
14 Gary Thomas Michel van Puyvelde Krauser 22 +59.430 2
15 Darren Dixon Sean Dixon LCR-Krauser 22 +1:27.816 15 1
16 Markus Egloff Urs Egloff Yamaha 22 +1:30.638 4
17 Jos van Stekelenburg Rinie Bettgens LCR 21 +1 lap
Ret Barry Smith David Smith Windle-ADM 10 Retired
Ret Yoshisada Kumagaya Bryan Houghton Krauser 8 Retired 7
Ret Tony Wyssen Killian Wyssen LCR-Krauser 7 Retired 6
Ret Tony Baker Simon Prior LCR-Krauser 4 Retired
Ret Alain Michel Simon Birchall Krauser 0 Retired 2
Ret Alfred Zurbrügg Martin Zurbrügg LCR-Yamaha 0 Retired 14
DNS Barry Brindley Trevor Hopkinson LCR-Yamaha 8
DNQ Hans Hügli Adolf Hänni LCR
DNQ Peter Lemstra Guy Scott LCR
DNQ Billy Gällros Peter Berglund LCR
DNQ Reiner Kosta Jurg Egli Yamaha
[7]

References
  1. "Grand Prix uitslagen en bijzonderheden 1991". Archive.today. 25 July 2015. Archived from the original on 25 July 2015. Retrieved 20 May 2018.
  2. Mitchell, Malcolm. "1991 500cc Class (FIM Grand Prix World Championship) Programmes - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". www.progcovers.com.
  3. Mitchell, Malcolm. "Salzburgring - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com. Retrieved 20 May 2018.
  4. Schwantz, Kevin: Blurred Past Archived 2006-05-19 at the Wayback Machine kevinschwantz.com 1994.
  5. "1991 Austrian MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". 13 June 2017.
  6. "motogp.com · AUSTRIAN GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1991". www.motogp.com.
  7. Scott, Michael (ed.). Motocourse 1991-1992. Hazleton Publishing. pp. 112–113. ISBN 0-905138-88-0.
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