1991 Australian motorcycle Grand Prix
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Race 2 of 15 races in the 1991 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date | 7 April 1991 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Official name | Tooheys Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix[1][2][3] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Location | Eastern Creek Raceway | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1991 Australian motorcycle Grand Prix was the second round of the 1991 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. The race took place on the weekend of 5–7 April 1991 at Eastern Creek Raceway in Sydney, New South Wales. It was the first of six times the Australian motorcycle Grand Prix would be held at Eastern Creek before moving permanently back to Phillip Island in 1997.
500 cc classification
Pos. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Grid | Points |
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1 | Wayne Rainey | Marlboro Team Roberts | Yamaha | 32 | 49:14.411 | 1 | 20 |
2 | Michael Doohan | Rothmans Honda Team | Honda | 32 | +2.549 | 3 | 17 |
3 | John Kocinski | Marlboro Team Roberts | Yamaha | 32 | +9.457 | 4 | 15 |
4 | Wayne Gardner | Rothmans Honda Team | Honda | 32 | +24.437 | 2 | 13 |
5 | Kevin Schwantz | Lucky Strike Suzuki | Suzuki | 32 | +29.177 | 6 | 11 |
6 | Eddie Lawson | Cagiva Corse | Cagiva | 32 | +31.155 | 5 | 10 |
7 | Jean-Philippe Ruggia | Sonauto Yamaha Mobil 1 | Yamaha | 32 | +37.849 | 9 | 9 |
8 | Alex Barros | Cagiva Corse | Cagiva | 32 | +59.646 | 7 | 8 |
9 | Adrien Morillas | Sonauto Yamaha Mobil 1 | Yamaha | 32 | +59.702 | 10 | 7 |
10 | Didier de Radiguès | Lucky Strike Suzuki | Suzuki | 32 | +1:01.652 | 12 | 6 |
11 | Kevin Magee | Team Roberts | Suzuki | 32 | +1:20.599 | 11 | 5 |
12 | Doug Chandler | Roberts B Team | Yamaha | 32 | +1:28.598 | 13 | 4 |
13 | Eddie Laycock | Millar Racing | Yamaha | 31 | +1 lap | 15 | 3 |
14 | Cees Doorakkers | HEK-Baumachines | Honda | 30 | +2 laps | 16 | 2 |
15 | Steve Spray | Team Roton | Roton | 29 | +3 laps | 17 | 1 |
16 | Niggi Schmassman | Schmassman Technotron | Honda | 28 | +4 laps | 18 | |
Ret | Juan Garriga | Ducados Yamaha | Yamaha | 13 | Retired | 8 | |
Ret | Sito Pons | Campsa Honda Team | Honda | 12 | Retired | 14 | |
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250 cc classification
125 cc classification
Pos | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Grid | Points |
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1 | Loris Capirossi | Honda | 24 | 40:15.516 | 1 | 20 |
2 | Fausto Gresini | Honda | 24 | +5.764 | 5 | 17 |
3 | Noboru Ueda | Honda | 24 | +13.068 | 3 | 15 |
4 | Ezio Gianola | Derbi | 24 | +16.617 | 2 | 13 |
5 | Ralf Waldmann | Honda | 24 | +22.713 | 8 | 11 |
6 | Koji Takada | Honda | 24 | +34.286 | 10 | |
7 | Heinz Lüthi | Honda | 24 | +34.725 | 4 | 9 |
8 | Alessandro Gramigni | Aprilia | 24 | +34.780 | 10 | 8 |
9 | Hans Spaan | Honda | 24 | +42.294 | 13 | 7 |
10 | Jorge Martínez | JJ Cobas | 24 | +47.291 | 9 | 6 |
11 | Dirk Raudies | Honda | 24 | +47.581 | 15 | 5 |
12 | Maurizio Vitali | Gazzaniga | 24 | +47.659 | 11 | 4 |
13 | Steve Patrickson | Honda | 24 | +47.939 | 3 | |
14 | Peter Galvin | Honda | 24 | +48.364 | 14 | 2 |
15 | Hisashi Unemoto | Honda | 24 | +57.904 | 1 | |
16 | Kazuto Sakata | Honda | 24 | +58.009 | ||
17 | Julián Miralles | JJ Cobas | 24 | +59.981 | ||
18 | Herri Torrontegui | JJ Cobas | 24 | +1:01.287 | ||
19 | Emilio Cuppini | Gazzaniga | 24 | +1:08.358 | ||
20 | Johnny Wickström | Honda | 24 | +1:15.742 | ||
21 | Robin Appleyard | Honda | 24 | +1:15.941 | ||
22 | Gimmi Bosio | Honda | 24 | +1:18.526 | ||
23 | Alfred Waibel | Honda | 24 | +1:26.064 | ||
24 | Kinya Wada | Honda | 24 | +1:26.303 | ||
25 | Thierry Feuz | Honda | 24 | +1:26.644 | ||
26 | Alan Patterson | Honda | 24 | +1:46.388 | ||
27 | Hubert Abold | Honda | 23 | +1 lap | ||
28 | Linda Walsh | Honda | 23 | +1 lap | ||
29 | René Dünki | Honda | 23 | +1 lap | ||
30 | Kenneth Fisher | Honda | 23 | +1 lap | ||
31 | Tony Daly | Honda | 23 | +1 lap | ||
32 | Tony Sims | Honda | 23 | +1 lap | ||
33 | Peter Scott | Honda | 22 | +2 laps | ||
Ret | Gabriele Debbia | Aprilia | 17 | Retired | 6 | |
Ret | Manuel Herreros | JJ Cobas | 17 | Retired | ||
Ret | Javier Debon | JJ Cobas | 11 | Retired | ||
Ret | Bruno Casanova | Honda | 9 | Retired | 12 | |
Ret | Olivier Petrucciani | Aprilia | 7 | Retired | ||
Ret | Adolf Stadler | JJ Cobas | 3 | Retired | 7 | |
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References
- ^ "Grand Prix uitslagen en bijzonderheden 1991". 25 July 2015. Archived from the original on 25 July 2015.
- ^ Mitchell, Malcolm. "1991 500cc Class (FIM Grand Prix World Championship) Programmes - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". www.progcovers.com.
- ^ Mitchell, Malcolm. "Sydney Motorsport Park - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". www.progcovers.com.
- ^ "1991 Australian MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". 13 June 2017.
- ^ "motogp.com · AUSTRALIAN GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1991". www.motogp.com.
- ^ a b c Scott, Michael, ed. (1991). Motocourse 1991–1992. Hazleton Publishing. pp. 72–73. ISBN 0-905138-88-0.