1991 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix

The 1991 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix was the fourth round of the 1991 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 10–12 May 1991 at the Jerez circuit.

  1991 Spanish Grand Prix
Race details
Race 4 of 15 races in the
1991 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date12 May 1991
Official nameGran Premio de España[1]
LocationCircuito de Jerez
Course
  • Permanent racing facility
  • 4.218 km (2.621 mi)
500 cc
Pole position
Rider Wayne Rainey Yamaha
Time 1:46.881
Fastest lap
Rider Wayne Rainey Yamaha
Time 1:47.615
Podium
First Michael Doohan Honda
Second John Kocinski Yamaha
Third Wayne Rainey Yamaha
250 cc
Pole position
Rider Helmut Bradl Honda
Time 1:49.108
Fastest lap
Rider Helmut Bradl Honda
Time 1:50.002
Podium
First Helmut Bradl Honda
Second Luca Cadalora Honda
Third Loris Reggiani Aprilia
125 cc
Pole position
Rider Noboru Ueda Honda
Time 1:54.647
Fastest lap
Rider Ezio Gianola Derbi
Time 1:54.038
Podium
First Noboru Ueda Honda
Second Fausto Gresini Honda
Third Loris Capirossi Honda
Sidecar (B2A)
Pole position
Rider Alain Michel Krauser
Time 1:50.817
Fastest lap
Rider Steve Webster Krauser
Time 1:52.237
Podium
First Steve Webster Krauser
Second Paul Güdel LCR-Krauser
Third Steve Abbott LCR-Krauser

500 cc race report

Wayne Rainey’s 3rd pole in 4 races; takes turn 1 from Mick Doohan, John Kocinski, Eddie Lawson and Kevin Schwantz.

Rainey and Doohan get a little gap to Kocinski, then it's a large gap to 4th. Doohan starts to open a gap from Rainey, who starts to get pressure from his teammate Kocinski.

Kocinski passes Rainey without much finesse. Doohan wins with a large gap and Kocinski’s 2nd place takes 2 points from Rainey’s standing, so he's now 4 points behind Doohan.

Rainey says that his tire blistered and had to nurse it on the right-handers.[2] Schwantz' Suzuki holed a piston while he was battling for 4th place.

500 cc classification
Pos. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time Grid Points
1 Mick Doohan Rothmans Honda Team Honda 29 52:42.650 3 20
2 John Kocinski Marlboro Team Roberts Yamaha 29 +9.920 2 17
3 Wayne Rainey Marlboro Team Roberts Yamaha 29 +13.463 1 15
4 Juan Garriga Ducados Yamaha Yamaha 29 +34.955 6 13
5 Jean-Philippe Ruggia Sonauto Yamaha Mobil 1 Yamaha 29 +39.276 9 11
6 Eddie Lawson Cagiva Corse Cagiva 29 +46.684 5 10
7 Wayne Gardner Rothmans Honda Team Honda 29 +53.944 7 9
8 Didier de Radiguès Lucky Strike Suzuki Suzuki 29 +55.155 10 8
9 Adrien Morillas Sonauto Yamaha Mobil 1 Yamaha 29 +1:11.117 11 7
10 Doug Chandler Roberts B Team Yamaha 29 +1:31.628 8 6
11 Eddie Laycock Millar Racing Yamaha 28 +1 lap 12 5
12 Marco Papa Team Marco Papa Honda 28 +1 lap 13 4
13 Cees Doorakkers HEK-Baumachines Honda 28 +1 lap 14 3
14 Hans Becker Team Romero Racing Yamaha 27 +2 laps 15 2
15 Michael Rudroff Rallye Sport Honda 27 +2 laps 1
Ret Kevin Schwantz Lucky Strike Suzuki Suzuki 11 Retired 4
Ret Niggi Schmassman Schmassman Technotron Honda 6 Retired
DNQ Helmut Schutz Rallye Sport Honda Did not qualify
DNQ Martin Trosch MT Racing Honda Did not qualify
DNQ Andreas Leuthe Librenti Corse Suzuki Did not qualify
[3][4][5]

250 cc classification
Pos Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Grid Points
1 Helmut Bradl Honda 24 44:22.222 1 20
2 Luca Cadalora Honda 24 +0.451 2 17
3 Loris Reggiani Aprilia 24 +4.156 7 15
4 Masahiro Shimizu Honda 24 +6.285 3 13
5 Pierfrancesco Chili Aprilia 24 +6.793 4 11
6 Carlos Cardús Honda 24 +8.186 5 10
7 Jochen Schmid Honda 24 +37.638 13 9
8 Martin Wimmer Suzuki 24 +41.905 11 8
9 Doriano Romboni Honda 24 +46.974 7
10 Alberto Puig Yamaha 24 +49.647 12 6
11 Carlos Lavado Yamaha 24 +1:04.453 15 5
12 Jean-Pierre Jeandat Honda 24 +1:11.980 4
13 Leon van der Heyden Honda 24 +1:14.709 3
14 Patrick van der Goorbergh Yamaha 24 +1:17.124 2
15 Urs Jucker Yamaha 24 +1:25.505 1
16 Jaime Mariano Aprilia 24 +1:38.203
17 Bernard Hänggeli Aprilia 24 +1:39.797
18 Ian Newton Yamaha 23 +1 lap
19 Fausto Ricci Yamaha 23 +1 lap
20 Jean Foray Yamaha 23 +1 lap
Ret Erkka Korpiaho Aprilia 21 Retired
Ret Renzo Colleoni Aprilia 16 Retired 14
Ret Paolo Casoli Yamaha 15 Retired 9
Ret Corrado Catalano Honda 9 Retired
Ret Àlex Crivillé JJ Cobas 7 Retired 8
Ret Andreas Preining Aprilia 6 Retired 10
Ret Frédéric Protat Aprilia 4 Retired
Ret Kevin Mitchell Yamaha 4 Retired
Ret Marcellino Lucchi Aprilia 2 Retired
Ret Wilco Zeelenberg Honda 1 Retired 6
Ret Dominique Sarron Yamaha 1 Retired
Ret Harald Eckl Aprilia 1 Retired
DNS Stefan Prein Honda
[6]

125 cc classification
Pos Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Grid Points
1 Noboru Ueda Honda 22 42:23.780 1 20
2 Fausto Gresini Honda 22 +0.987 3 17
3 Loris Capirossi Honda 22 +15.199 11 15
4 Gabriele Debbia Aprilia 22 +15.440 10 13
5 Jorge Martínez JJ Cobas 22 +15.860 2 11
6 Bruno Casanova Honda 22 +23.815 9 10
7 Ralf Waldmann Honda 22 +27.403 5 9
8 Hans Spaan Honda 22 +36.338 13 8
9 Dirk Raudies Honda 22 +36.422 7
10 Manuel Herreros JJ Cobas 22 +48.602 6
11 Hisashi Unemoto Honda 22 +53.170 14 5
12 Herri Torrontegui JJ Cobas 22 +53.521 4
13 Adolf Stadler JJ Cobas 22 +53.845 8 3
14 Julián Miralles JJ Cobas 22 +54.021 2
15 Luis Alvaro Derbi 22 +54.883 15 1
16 Alessandro Gramigni Aprilia 22 +54.930 12
17 Peter Öttl Rotax 22 +58.183
18 Steve Patrickson Honda 22 +59.052
19 Arie Molenaar Honda 22 +1:03.016
20 Ian McConnachie Honda 22 +1:04.666
21 Nobuyuki Wakai Honda 22 +1:05.208
22 Robin Appleyard Honda 22 +1:12.692
23 Manuel Hernández Honda 22 +1:18.821
24 Alain Bronec Honda 22 +1:21.511
25 Javier Debon JJ Cobas 22 +1:26.182
26 Jos van Dongen Honda 22 +1:29.294
27 Peter Galvin Honda 21 +1 lap
Ret Ezio Gianola Derbi 20 Retired 4
Ret Emilio Cuppini Gazzaniga 12 Retired
Ret Thierry Feuz Honda 10 Retired
Ret Heinz Lüthi Honda 6 Retired 7
Ret Koji Takada Honda 6 Retired
Ret Alfred Waibel Honda 3 Retired
Ret Gimmi Bosio Honda 1 Retired 6
Ret Kazuto Sakata Honda 0 Retired
Ret Maurizio Vitali Gazzaniga 0 Retired
DNS Serafino Foti Honda
DNQ Stefan Bragger Honda
DNQ Hans Koopman Honda
DNQ Kinya Wada Honda
DNQ Alan Patterson Honda
DNQ Stefan Kurfiss Honda
DNQ Hubert Abold Honda
DNQ Wolfgang Fritz Honda
DNQ René Dünki Honda
DNQ Taru Rinne Honda
DNQ Phillip Unhola Honda
[6]

Sidecar classification
Pos Rider Passenger Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 Steve Webster Gavin Simmons Krauser 22 41:53.700 2 20
2 Paul Güdel Charly Güdel LCR-Krauser 22 +4.062 4 17
3 Steve Abbott Shaun Smith LCR-Krauser 22 +4.380 5 15
4 Rolf Biland Kurt Waltisperg LCR-ADM 22 +4.594 3 13
5 Yoshisada Kumagaya Bryan Houghton Krauser 22 +35.154 8 11
6 Markus Egloff Urs Egloff Yamaha 22 +50.510 6 10
7 Derek Brindley Nick Roche LCR 22 +53.098 12 9
8 Ralph Bohnhorst Geral de Haas LCR 22 +1:18.654 8
9 Masato Kumano Eckhart Rösinger LCR-Yamaha 22 +1:19.320 7
10 Tony Wyssen Killian Wyssen LCR-Krauser 22 +1:26.836 13 6
11 Theo van Kempen Jan Kuyt LCR-Krauser 22 +1:28.089 15 5
12 Klaus Klaffenböck Christian Parzer LCR 22 +1:50.872 14 4
13 Werner Kraus Thomas Schröder ADM 22 +1:58.758 3
14 Tony Baker Simon Prior LCR-Krauser 22 +1:58.834 2
15 René Progin Gary Irlam LCR 21 +1 lap 1
16 Kenny Howles Alan Langton Krauser 21 +1 lap
17 Egbert Streuer Peter Essaff LCR-Yamaha 21 +1 lap 10
18 Alain Michel Simon Birchall Krauser 21 +1 lap 1
19 Billy Gällros Peter Berglund Krauser 21 +1 lap
20 Gary Thomas Michel van Puyvelde Krauser 21 +1 lap
21 Alfred Zurbrügg Martin Zurbrügg LCR-Yamaha 20 +2 laps 7
Ret Darren Dixon Sean Dixon LCR-Krauser 3 Retired 11
Ret Barry Brindley Tony Atkinson LCR-Yamaha 2 Retired 9
Ret Markus Bösiger Bruno Hiler ADM 1 Retired
Ret Barry Smith David Smith Windle-ADM 1 Retired
DNQ Frank Voigt Holger Voigt Schuh-Spezial
DNQ Reiner Kosta Jurg Egli Yamaha
[7]

References
  1. "Grand Prix uitslagen en bijzonderheden 1991". 25 July 2015. Archived from the original on 25 July 2015.
  2. Scott, Michael: "Wayne Rainey", page 153. Haynes Publishing, 1997.
  3. "1991 Spanish MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". 13 June 2017.
  4. "motogp.com · SPANISH GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1991". www.motogp.com.
  5. Scott, Michael (ed.). Motocourse 1991-1992. Hazleton Publishing. pp. 88–89. ISBN 0-905138-88-0.
  6. Scott, Michael (ed.). Motocourse 1991-1992. Hazleton Publishing. ISBN 0-905138-88-0.
  7. Scott, Michael (ed.). Motocourse 1991-1992. Hazleton Publishing. pp. 80–81. ISBN 0-905138-88-0.
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