1993 Australian motorcycle Grand Prix

The 1993 Australian motorcycle Grand Prix was the first round of the 1993 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 28 March 1993 at Eastern Creek Raceway.

Australia  1993 Australian Grand Prix
Race details
Race 1 of 14 races in the
1993 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date28 March 1993
Official nameFoster's Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix[1][2][3]
LocationEastern Creek Raceway
Course
  • Permanent racing facility
  • 3.930 km (2.442 mi)
500cc
Pole position
Rider United States Kevin Schwantz
Time 1:31.188
Fastest lap
Rider United States Wayne Rainey
Time 1:31.807
Podium
First United States Kevin Schwantz
Second United States Wayne Rainey
Third United States Doug Chandler
250cc
Pole position
Rider Italy Loris Capirossi
Time 1:32.896
Fastest lap
Rider Japan Tetsuya Harada
Time 1:32.894
Podium
First Japan Tetsuya Harada
Second United States John Kocinski
Third Italy Max Biaggi
125cc
Pole position
Rider Spain Carlos Giró
Time 1:37.858
Fastest lap
Rider Germany Dirk Raudies
Time 1:37.819
Podium
First Germany Dirk Raudies
Second Japan Kazuto Sakata
Third Spain Herri Torrontegui

500 cc race report

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Beattie and Chandler get a small gap, then Beattie starts pulling away.

Schwantz, Chandler, Rainey are closing on Beattie. Doohan goes out with a mechanical. Freddie Spencer crashes out hard.

Schwantz arrives and passes into 1st. Rainey, desperate to get to the leaders, brushes Chandler's front tire with his knee as he passes into 2nd, then passes Schwantz for 1st, but cannot hold him off.

 
Doug Chandler, pictured with Italian legend Giacomo Agostini in the Cagiva pits. He went on to finish third at the 500cc race.

500 cc classification

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Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 34   Kevin Schwantz Lucky Strike Suzuki Suzuki 30 46:21.885 1 25
2 1   Wayne Rainey Marlboro Team Roberts Yamaha 30 +3.118 2 20
3 5   Doug Chandler Cagiva Team Agostini Cagiva 30 +6.111 4 16
4 4   Daryl Beattie Rothmans Honda Team Honda 30 +12.430 3 13
5 9   Alex Barros Lucky Strike Suzuki Suzuki 30 +36.435 7 11
6 8   Àlex Crivillé Marlboro Honda Pons Honda 30 +36.672 5 10
7 6   Shinichi Itoh HRC Rothmans Honda Honda 30 +39.192 6 9
8 7   Luca Cadalora Marlboro Team Roberts Yamaha 30 +52.962 10 8
9 12   Mat Mladin Cagiva Team Agostini Cagiva 30 +1:16.298 12 7
10 11   Niall Mackenzie Valvoline Team WCM ROC Yamaha 30 +1:20.844 13 6
11 21   Laurent Naveau Euro Team ROC Yamaha 29 +1 Lap 24 5
12 18   Bernard Garcia Yamaha Motor France Yamaha 29 +1 Lap 18 4
13 32   José Kuhn Euromoto ROC Yamaha 29 +1 Lap 17 3
14 15   Tsutomu Udagawa Team Udagawa ROC Yamaha 29 +1 Lap 15 2
15 23   Serge David Team ROC ROC Yamaha 29 +1 Lap 22 1
16 29   Sean Emmett Shell Team Harris Harris Yamaha 29 +1 Lap 26
17 27   Renato Colleoni Team Elit ROC Yamaha 29 +1 Lap 25
18 36   Lucio Pedercini Team Pedercini ROC Yamaha 29 +1 Lap 27
19 33   Andreas Meklau Austrian Racing Company ROC Yamaha 29 +1 Lap 30
20 35   Jean Luc Romanens Argus Racing Team ROC Yamaha 28 +2 Laps 31
21 24   Cees Doorakkers Doorakkers Racing Harris Yamaha 28 +2 Laps 32
22 44   Alan Scott Team Harris Harris Yamaha 27 +3 Laps 33
23 13   Toshiyuki Arakaki Team ROC ROC Yamaha 25 +5 Laps 21
Ret 46   Peter Goddard Lucky Strike Suzuki Suzuki 28 Retirement 9
Ret 30   Juan Lopez Mella Lopez Mella Racing Team ROC Yamaha 27 Retirement 19
Ret 16   Michael Rudroff Rallye Sport Harris Yamaha 25 Retirement 16
Ret 19   Freddie Spencer Yamaha Motor France Yamaha 19 Retirement 11
Ret 22   Kevin Mitchell MBM Racing Harris Yamaha 18 Retirement 20
Ret 2   Mick Doohan Rothmans Honda Team Honda 17 Retirement 8
Ret 25   Thierry Crine Ville de Paris ROC Yamaha 8 Retirement 29
Ret 28   John Reynolds Padgett's Motorcycles Harris Yamaha 8 Retirement 14
Ret 20   Jeremy McWilliams Millar Racing Yamaha 7 Retirement 23
Ret 14   Marco Papa Librenti Corse Librenti 4 Retirement 34
Ret 31   Bruno Bonhuil MTD Objectif 500 ROC Yamaha 4 Retirement 28
Sources:[4][5]

250 cc classification

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Pos No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 31   Tetsuya Harada Yamaha 28 43:57.049 3 25
2 19   John Kocinski Suzuki 28 +0.030 4 20
3 5   Max Biaggi Honda 28 +6.160 2 16
4 18   Tadayuki Okada Honda 28 +9.597 9 13
5 14   Nobuatsu Aoki Honda 28 +9.599 5 11
6 8   Carlos Cardús Honda 28 +9.946 7 10
7 10   Doriano Romboni Honda 28 +10.569 6 9
8 4   Helmut Bradl Honda 28 +13.571 10 8
9 17   Jean-Philippe Ruggia Aprilia 28 +19.507 11 7
10 3   Pierfrancesco Chili Yamaha 28 +19.949 14 6
11 11   Wilco Zeelenberg Aprilia 28 +32.632 8 5
12 7   Jochen Schmid Yamaha 28 +56.034 12 4
13 6   Alberto Puig Honda 28 +57.581 20 3
14 13   Loris Reggiani Aprilia 28 +57.996 13 2
15 28   Adrian Bosshard Honda 28 +1:06.575 15 1
16 21   Paolo Casoli Gilera 28 +1:08.841 18
17 25   Jurgen van den Goorbergh Aprilia 28 +1:19.138 24
18 51   Jean-Pierre Jeandat Aprilia 28 +1:21.333 21
19 44   Jean-Michel Bayle Aprilia 28 +1:27.160 29
20 26   Bernd Kassner Aprilia 28 +1:27.625 30
21 15   Noboyuki Wakai Suzuki 28 +1:31.277 17
22 47   Rene Bongers Honda 27 +1 lap 34
23 12   Gabriele Debbia Honda 27 +1 lap 33
24 43   Massimo Pennacchioli Honda 26 +2 laps 36
Ret 27   Frédéric Protat Aprilia 26 Retirement 28
Ret 16   Andreas Preining Aprilia 22 Retirement 22
Ret 22   Luis Maurel Aprilia 20 Retirement 32
Ret 65   Loris Capirossi Honda 17 Retirement 1
Ret 23   Bernard Haenggeli Aprilia 17 Retirement 25
Ret 30   Juan Borja Honda 12 Retirement 27
Ret 24   Patrick van den Goorbergh Aprilia 5 Retirement 26
Ret 39   Alessandro Gramigni Gilera 5 Retirement 19
Ret 34   Luis d'Antin Honda 2 Retirement 16
Ret 20   Eskil Suter Aprilia 2 Retirement 23
Ret 32   Volker Bähr Honda 0 Retirement 35
Ret 46   Steven Whitehouse Yamaha 0 Retirement 31

References

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  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. ^ Mitchell, Malcolm. "1993 500cc Class (FIM Grand Prix World Championship) Programmes - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". www.progcovers.com.
  3. ^ Mitchell, Malcolm. "Sydney Motorsport Park - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". www.progcovers.com.
  4. ^ "1993 Australian MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". 13 June 2017.
  5. ^ "motogp.com · AUSTRALIAN GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1993". www.motogp.com.


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