1993 European motorcycle Grand Prix

The 1993 European motorcycle Grand Prix was the eighth round of the 1993 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the 4 July 1993, at the Circuit de Catalunya. This was the 500th race to contribute to the Grand Prix motorcycle racing championship.

  1993 European Grand Prix
Race details
Race 8 of 14 races in the
1993 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date4 July 1993
Official nameGran Premi Pepsi d'Europa[1]
LocationCircuit de Catalunya
Course
  • Permanent racing facility
  • 4.747 km (2.950 mi)
500 cc
Pole position
Rider Mick Doohan
Time 1:48.947
Fastest lap
Rider Wayne Rainey
Time 1:49.340
Podium
First Wayne Rainey
Second Mick Doohan
Third Kevin Schwantz
250 cc
Pole position
Rider Max Biaggi
Time 1:50.701
Fastest lap
Rider Max Biaggi
Time 1:51.661
Podium
First Max Biaggi
Second Tadayuki Okada
Third Alberto Puig
125 cc
Pole position
Rider Takeshi Tsujimura
Time 1:56.699
Fastest lap
Rider Ralf Waldmann
Time 1:57.230
Podium
First Noboru Ueda
Second Ralf Waldmann
Third Akira Saito

500 cc race report

Yamaha allows Wayne Rainey to use a chassis from the ROC team.

Mick Doohan on pole. Rainey gets the start from Doohan and Kevin Schwantz.

Àlex Crivillé crashes out of 4th. Shinichi Itoh touches Doug Chandler’s back tire and crashes out, taking Chandler with him.

Rainey gets a gap to Doohan, then a gap to Schwantz. Rainey credits the wind more than the new frame: “The tailwind down the straight helped the Yamaha’s speed, but coming the other way I was able to use the wind to help get the bike to turn in.” [2]

500 cc classification
Pos. Rider Team Manufacturer Time/Retired Points
1 Wayne Rainey Marlboro Team Roberts Yamaha 45:58.314 25
2 Mick Doohan Rothmans Honda Team Honda +3.898 20
3 Kevin Schwantz Lucky Strike Suzuki Suzuki +18.992 16
4 Daryl Beattie Rothmans Honda Team Honda +46.625 13
5 Alex Barros Lucky Strike Suzuki Suzuki +55.799 11
6 Niall Mackenzie Valvoline Team WCM ROC Yamaha +55.806 10
7 Juan Lopez Mella Lopez Mella Racing Team ROC Yamaha +1:05.880 9
8 José Kuhn Euromoto ROC Yamaha +1:05.962 8
9 Juan Garriga Cagiva Corse Cagiva +1:36.568 7
10 Renato Colleoni Team Elit ROC Yamaha +1:46.964 6
11 Jeremy McWilliams Millar Racing Yamaha +1:49.221 5
12 Sean Emmett Shell Team Harris Harris Yamaha +1 Lap 4
13 Andreas Meklau Austrian Racing Company ROC Yamaha +1 Lap 3
14 Cees Doorakkers Doorakkers Racing Harris Yamaha +1 Lap 2
15 Luca Cadalora Marlboro Team Roberts Yamaha +1 Lap 1
16 Andrew Stroud Team Harris Harris Yamaha +1 Lap
17 Michael Rudroff Rallye Sport Harris Yamaha +1 Lap
Ret Bernard Garcia Yamaha Motor France Yamaha Retirement
Ret Serge David Team ROC ROC Yamaha Retirement
Ret Tsutomu Udagawa Team Udagawa ROC Yamaha Retirement
Ret Laurent Naveau Euro Team ROC Yamaha Retirement
Ret Thierry Crine Ville de Paris ROC Yamaha Retirement
Ret Lucio Pedercini Team Pedercini ROC Yamaha Retirement
Ret Kevin Mitchell MBM Racing Harris Yamaha Retirement
Ret Bruno Bonhuil MTD Objectif 500 ROC Yamaha Retirement
Ret Marco Papa Librenti Corse Librenti Retirement
Ret Doug Chandler Cagiva Team Agostini Cagiva Retirement
Ret Shinichi Itoh HRC Rothmans Honda Honda Retirement
Ret Simon Crafar Peter Graves Racing Team Harris Yamaha Retirement
Ret Àlex Crivillé Marlboro Honda Pons Honda Retirement
DNS John Reynolds Padgett's Motorcycles Harris Yamaha Did not start
Sources:[3][4]

250 cc classification
Pos Rider Manufacturer Time/Retired Points
1 Max Biaggi Honda 43:09.388 25
2 Tadayuki Okada Honda +2.601 20
3 Alberto Puig Honda +3.458 16
4 Nobuatsu Aoki Honda +3.655 13
5 Jean-Philippe Ruggia Aprilia +3.814 11
6 Carlos Cardús Honda +6.489 10
7 Luis d'Antin Honda +14.734 9
8 Wilco Zeelenberg Aprilia +30.893 8
9 Andreas Preining Aprilia +32.577 7
10 Simon Crafar Suzuki +37.442 6
11 Helmut Bradl Honda +42.873 5
12 Jochen Schmid Yamaha +44.854 4
13 Patrick van den Goorbergh Aprilia +50.262 3
14 Bernd Kassner Aprilia +53.657 2
15 Jean-Pierre Jeandat Aprilia +53.960 1
16 Bernard Haenggeli Aprilia +54.089
17 Pere Riba Honda +57.620
18 Jean-Michel Bayle Aprilia +1:14.164
19 Volker Bähr Honda +1:35.478
20 Óscar Sainz Yamaha +2:23.918
21 Luis Maurel Aprilia +1 Lap
22 Massimo Pennacchioli Honda +1 Lap
23 Loek Bodelier Honda +1 Lap
Ret Eskil Suter Aprilia Retirement
Ret Alessandro Gramigni Gilera Retirement
Ret Adrian Bosshard Honda Retirement
Ret Frédéric Protat Aprilia Retirement
Ret Alex Sirera Yamaha Retirement
Ret Jurgen van den Goorbergh Aprilia Retirement
Ret Loris Capirossi Honda Retirement
Ret Loris Reggiani Aprilia Retirement
Ret Pierfrancesco Chili Yamaha Retirement
Ret Tetsuya Harada Yamaha Retirement

References
  1. "Grand Prix uitslagen en bijzonderheden 1993". Archive.today. 25 July 2015. Archived from the original on 25 July 2015. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
  2. Scott, Michael. Wayne Rainey: His Own Story. Page 181. Sparkford: Haynes Publishing, 1997.
  3. "1993 European MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". 13 June 2017.
  4. "motogp.com · EUROPEAN GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1993". www.motogp.com.
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