1991 French motorcycle Grand Prix
The 1991 French motorcycle Grand Prix was the tenth round of the 1991 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 19–21 July 1991 at the Paul Ricard circuit
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| Race 10 of 15 races in the 1991 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | 21 July 1991 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Official name | Grand Prix de France[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Circuit Paul Ricard | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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500 cc race report
Wayne Rainey on pole, Mick Doohan 2nd at .5 second, John Kocinski 3rd and Kevin Schwantz 4th on the grid. Doohan gets the start from Schwantz, Eddie Lawson and Rainey. After a bad start, Kocinski crashes out hard on the first lap.
By the end of the first lap, Rainey is showing Doohan a front wheel and it’s a 2-man fight for 1st very early with a 4-man group fighting for 3rd.
Rainey takes the lead from Doohan and Lawson and Schwantz remain behind to determine 3rd place.
On the last lap, Rainey expertly zigzags across the Mistral Straight, preventing Doohan from draft-passing, and Lawson wins his fight from Schwantz.
500 cc classification
| Pos. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Time/Retired | Points | ||
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| 1 |  |
Marlboro Team Roberts | Yamaha | 44:13.070 | 20 | ||
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Rothmans Honda Team | Honda | +4.000 | 17 | ||
| 3 | |
Cagiva Corse | Cagiva | +23.646 | 15 | ||
| 4 | |
Lucky Strike Suzuki | Suzuki | +23.730 | 13 | ||
| 5 |  |
Sonauto Yamaha Mobil 1 | Yamaha | +31.387 | 11 | ||
| 6 | |
Roberts B Team | Yamaha | +49.660 | 10 | ||
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Lucky Strike Suzuki | Suzuki | +55.097 | 9 | ||
| 8 | |
Sonauto Yamaha Mobil 1 | Yamaha | +1:12.584 | 8 | ||
| 9 |  |
Campsa Honda Team | Honda | +1:17.300 | 7 | ||
| 10 | |
Rothmans Honda Team | Honda | +2 Laps | 6 | ||
| 11 | |
Ducados Yamaha | Yamaha | +2 Laps | 5 | ||
| 12 |  |
HEK-Baumachines | Honda | +2 Laps | 4 | ||
| 13 |  |
Team Marco Papa | Honda | +2 Laps | 3 | ||
| 14 |  |
Rallye Sport | Honda | +2 Laps | 2 | ||
| 15 |  |
Doppler Racing | Yamaha | +3 Laps | 1 | ||
| Ret |  |
Schmassman Technotron | Honda | Retirement | |||
| Ret | |
Team Romero Racing | Yamaha | Retirement | |||
| Ret | |
Marlboro Team Roberts | Yamaha | Retirement | |||
| DNS | |
Cagiva Corse | Cagiva | Did not start | |||
| DNQ |  |
Librenti Corse | Suzuki | Did not qualify | |||
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Rallye Sport | Honda | Did not qualify | |||
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MT Racing | Honda | Did not qualify | |||
| DNQ |  |
Padgett's Racing Team | Suzuki | Did not qualify | |||
| Sources:[2][3] | |||||||
References
- "Grand Prix uitslagen en bijzonderheden 1991". Archive.today. 25 July 2015. Archived from the original on 25 July 2015. Retrieved 20 May 2018.
- "1991 French MotoGP". Motorsportmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 20 May 2018.
- "motogp.com · FRENCH GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1991". www.motogp.com.
| Previous race: 1991 Dutch TT |
FIM Grand Prix World Championship 1991 season |
Next race: 1991 British Grand Prix |
| Previous race: 1990 French Grand Prix |
French motorcycle Grand Prix | Next race: 1992 French Grand Prix |