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1993 Austrian motorcycle Grand Prix

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)
500cc
Pole position
Rider United States Kevin Schwantz
Time 1:17.900
Fastest lap
Rider Australia Mick Doohan
Time 1:18.021
Podium
First United States Kevin Schwantz
Second Australia Mick Doohan
Third United States Wayne Rainey
250cc
Pole position
Rider Italy Doriano Romboni
Time 1:21.377
Fastest lap
Rider Germany Helmut Bradl
Time 1:21.269
Podium
First Italy Doriano Romboni
Second Italy Loris Capirossi
Third Germany Helmut Bradl
125cc
Pole position
Rider Japan Kazuto Sakata
Time 1:29.623
Fastest lap
Rider Japan Takeshi Tsujimura
Time 1:29.241
Podium
First Japan Takeshi Tsujimura
Second Japan Kazuto Sakata
Third Germany Dirk Raudies

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.

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. Rider Team Manufacturer Time/Retired Points
1 United States Kevin Schwantz Lucky Strike Suzuki Suzuki 38:15.613 25
2 Australia Mick Doohan Rothmans Honda Team Honda +0.493 20
3 United States Wayne Rainey Marlboro Team Roberts Yamaha +4.892 16
4 Brazil Alex Barros Lucky Strike Suzuki Suzuki +4.954 13
5 Italy Luca Cadalora Marlboro Team Roberts Yamaha +16.550 11
6 Japan Shinichi Itoh HRC Rothmans Honda Honda +22.595 10
7 Australia Daryl Beattie Rothmans Honda Team Honda +28.110 9
8 United States Doug Chandler Cagiva Team Agostini Cagiva +38.559 8
9 France José Kuhn Euromoto ROC Yamaha +1:17.751 7
10 Australia Matthew Mladin Cagiva Team Agostini Cagiva +1:17.820 6
11 United Kingdom Niall Mackenzie Valvoline Team WCM ROC Yamaha +1:17.920 5
12 Belgium Laurent Naveau Euro Team ROC Yamaha +1 Lap 4
13 Spain Juan Lopez Mella Lopez Mella Racing Team ROC Yamaha +1 Lap 3
14 United Kingdom John Reynolds Padgett's Motorcycles Harris Yamaha +1 Lap 2
15 Japan Tsutomu Udagawa Team Udagawa ROC Yamaha +1 Lap 1
16 United Kingdom Sean Emmett Shell Team Harris Harris Yamaha +1 Lap
17 Germany Michael Rudroff Rallye Sport Harris Yamaha +1 Lap
18 New Zealand Simon Crafar Peter Graves Racing Team Harris Yamaha +1 Lap
19 France Thierry Crine Ville de Paris ROC Yamaha +1 Lap
20 United Kingdom Jeremy McWilliams Millar Racing Yamaha +1 Lap
21 Italy Renato Colleoni Team Elit ROC Yamaha +1 Lap
22 France Bruno Bonhuil MTD Objectif 500 ROC Yamaha +1 Lap
23 France Bernard Garcia Yamaha Motor France Yamaha +1 Lap
24 Austria Andreas Meklau Austrian Racing Company ROC Yamaha +1 Lap
25 Italy Marco Papa Librenti Corse Librenti +2 Laps
Ret Switzerland Serge David Team ROC ROC Yamaha Retirement
Ret United Kingdom Kevin Mitchell MBM Racing Harris Yamaha Retirement
Ret United States Alan Scott Team Harris Harris Yamaha Retirement
Ret Netherlands Cees Doorakkers Doorakkers Racing Harris Yamaha Retirement
Ret Italy Lucio Pedercini Team Pedercini ROC Yamaha Retirement
Ret Spain Àlex Crivillé Marlboro Honda Pons Honda Retirement
Ret Italy Corrado Catalano Team ROC ROC Yamaha Retirement
Sources:[4][5]

250cc classification

Pos Rider Manufacturer Time/Retired Points
1 Italy Doriano Romboni Honda 35:48.648 25
2 Italy Loris Capirossi Honda +0.050 20
3 Germany Helmut Bradl Honda +0.407 16
4 Italy Loris Reggiani Aprilia +14.888 13
5 Italy Max Biaggi Honda +15.051 11
6 Japan Tetsuya Harada Yamaha +15.105 10
7 United States John Kocinski Suzuki +26.254 9
8 Italy Pierfrancesco Chili Yamaha +26.320 8
9 Spain Alberto Puig Honda +31.846 7
10 Austria Andreas Preining Aprilia +32.287 6
11 Switzerland Eskil Suter Aprilia +47.428 5
12 Spain Luis d'Antin Honda +1:01.330 4
13 Switzerland Adrian Bosshard Honda +1:01.439 3
14 Germany Jochen Schmid Yamaha +1:01.692 2
15 Netherlands Patrick vd Goorbergh Aprilia +1:01.815 1
16 Spain Luis Maurel Aprilia +1 Lap
17 France Jean-Michel Bayle Aprilia +1 Lap
18 Italy Alessandro Gramigni Gilera +1 Lap
19 France Jean-Pierre Jeandat Aprilia +1 Lap
20 Netherlands Jurgen vd Goorbergh Aprilia +1 Lap
21 Italy Massimo Pennacchioli Honda +1 Lap
22 Italy Gabriele Debbia Honda +1 Lap
Ret France Jean-Philippe Ruggia Aprilia Retirement
Ret Germany Bernd Kassner Aprilia Retirement
Ret Japan Nobuatsu Aoki Honda Retirement
Ret Italy Paolo Casoli Gilera Retirement
Ret Japan Tadayuki Okada Honda Retirement
Ret Germany Volker Bähr Honda Retirement
Ret Austria Hannes Maxwald Aprilia Retirement
Ret Switzerland Bernard Haenggeli Aprilia Retirement
Ret Spain Juan Borja Honda Retirement
Ret France Frédéric Protat Aprilia Retirement
Ret Netherlands Wilco Zeelenberg Aprilia Retirement
DNS Austria Alexander Witting Aprilia Did not start

References


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1993 Spanish Grand Prix
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