1993 Austrian motorcycle Grand Prix

The 1993 Austrian motorcycle Grand Prix was the fifth round of the 1993 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 16 May 1993 at the Salzburgring.

Austria  1993 Austrian Grand Prix
Race details
Race 5 of 14 races in the
1993 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date16 May 1993
Official nameAustrian Grand Prix[1][2][3]
LocationSalzburgring
Course
  • Permanent racing facility
  • 4.326 km (2.688 mi)
500 cc
Pole position
RiderUnited States Kevin Schwantz
Time1:17.900
Fastest lap
RiderAustralia Mick Doohan
Time1:18.021
Podium
FirstUnited States Kevin Schwantz
SecondAustralia Mick Doohan
ThirdUnited States Wayne Rainey
250 cc
Pole position
RiderItaly Doriano Romboni
Time1:21.377
Fastest lap
RiderGermany Helmut Bradl
Time1:21.269
Podium
FirstItaly Doriano Romboni
SecondItaly Loris Capirossi
ThirdGermany Helmut Bradl
125 cc
Pole position
RiderJapan Kazuto Sakata
Time1:29.623
Fastest lap
RiderJapan Takeshi Tsujimura
Time1:29.241
Podium
FirstJapan Takeshi Tsujimura
SecondJapan Kazuto Sakata
ThirdGermany Dirk Raudies

500 cc race report

Mick Doohan’s rear brake is now operated by a thumb-lever on the left side. This is to compensate for not being able to use the right foot lever because of injuries from Assen '92.

Kevin Schwantz’ 5th pole in a row. Luca Cadalora takes the start from Doug Chandler, Doohan, Alex Barros and Schwantz.

Wayne Rainey and Schwantz start swapping 4th position.

Doohan into 1st, but Schwantz takes over the lead, then it's a gap back to Rainey and Barros. Rainey is happy with his third place after chatter and clutch trouble and having qualified 1.3 seconds behind Schwantz.

500cc classification

Pos.RiderTeamManufacturerTime/RetiredPoints
1 Kevin SchwantzLucky Strike SuzukiSuzuki38:15.61325
2 Mick DoohanRothmans Honda TeamHonda+0.49320
3 Wayne RaineyMarlboro Team RobertsYamaha+4.89216
4 Alex BarrosLucky Strike SuzukiSuzuki+4.95413
5 Luca CadaloraMarlboro Team RobertsYamaha+16.55011
6 Shinichi ItohHRC Rothmans HondaHonda+22.59510
7 Daryl BeattieRothmans Honda TeamHonda+28.1109
8 Doug ChandlerCagiva Team AgostiniCagiva+38.5598
9 José KuhnEuromotoROC Yamaha+1:17.7517
10 Matthew MladinCagiva Team AgostiniCagiva+1:17.8206
11 Niall MackenzieValvoline Team WCMROC Yamaha+1:17.9205
12 Laurent NaveauEuro TeamROC Yamaha+1 Lap4
13 Juan Lopez MellaLopez Mella Racing TeamROC Yamaha+1 Lap3
14 John ReynoldsPadgett's MotorcyclesHarris Yamaha+1 Lap2
15 Tsutomu UdagawaTeam UdagawaROC Yamaha+1 Lap1
16 Sean EmmettShell Team HarrisHarris Yamaha+1 Lap
17 Michael RudroffRallye SportHarris Yamaha+1 Lap
18 Simon CrafarPeter Graves Racing TeamHarris Yamaha+1 Lap
19 Thierry CrineVille de ParisROC Yamaha+1 Lap
20 Jeremy McWilliamsMillar RacingYamaha+1 Lap
21 Renato ColleoniTeam ElitROC Yamaha+1 Lap
22 Bruno BonhuilMTD Objectif 500ROC Yamaha+1 Lap
23 Bernard GarciaYamaha Motor FranceYamaha+1 Lap
24 Andreas MeklauAustrian Racing CompanyROC Yamaha+1 Lap
25 Marco PapaLibrenti CorseLibrenti+2 Laps
Ret Serge DavidTeam ROCROC YamahaRetirement
Ret Kevin MitchellMBM RacingHarris YamahaRetirement
Ret Alan ScottTeam HarrisHarris YamahaRetirement
Ret Cees DoorakkersDoorakkers RacingHarris YamahaRetirement
Ret Lucio PederciniTeam PederciniROC YamahaRetirement
Ret Àlex CrivilléMarlboro Honda PonsHondaRetirement
Ret Corrado CatalanoTeam ROCROC YamahaRetirement
Sources:[4][5]

250cc classification

PosRiderManufacturerTime/RetiredPoints
1 Doriano RomboniHonda35:48.64825
2 Loris CapirossiHonda+0.05020
3 Helmut BradlHonda+0.40716
4 Loris ReggianiAprilia+14.88813
5 Max BiaggiHonda+15.05111
6 Tetsuya HaradaYamaha+15.10510
7 John KocinskiSuzuki+26.2549
8 Pierfrancesco ChiliYamaha+26.3208
9 Alberto PuigHonda+31.8467
10 Andreas PreiningAprilia+32.2876
11 Eskil SuterAprilia+47.4285
12 Luis d'AntinHonda+1:01.3304
13 Adrian BosshardHonda+1:01.4393
14 Jochen SchmidYamaha+1:01.6922
15 Patrick vd GoorberghAprilia+1:01.8151
16 Luis MaurelAprilia+1 Lap
17 Jean-Michel BayleAprilia+1 Lap
18 Alessandro GramigniGilera+1 Lap
19 Jean-Pierre JeandatAprilia+1 Lap
20 Jurgen vd GoorberghAprilia+1 Lap
21 Massimo PennacchioliHonda+1 Lap
22 Gabriele DebbiaHonda+1 Lap
Ret Jean-Philippe RuggiaApriliaRetirement
Ret Bernd KassnerApriliaRetirement
Ret Nobuatsu AokiHondaRetirement
Ret Paolo CasoliGileraRetirement
Ret Tadayuki OkadaHondaRetirement
Ret Volker BährHondaRetirement
Ret Hannes MaxwaldApriliaRetirement
Ret Bernard HaenggeliApriliaRetirement
Ret Juan BorjaHondaRetirement
Ret Frédéric ProtatApriliaRetirement
Ret Wilco ZeelenbergApriliaRetirement
DNS Alexander WittingApriliaDid not start

References


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1993 Spanish Grand Prix
FIM Grand Prix World Championship
1993 season
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1993 German Grand Prix
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1991 Austrian Grand Prix
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1994 Austrian Grand Prix