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.

  1993 Austrian Grand Prix

Race details
Race 5 of 14 races in the 1993 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	16 May 1993
Official name	Austrian Grand Prix
Location	Salzburgring
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.326 km (2.688 mi)
500 cc
Pole position Rider Kevin Schwantz Time 1:17.900 Fastest lap Rider Mick Doohan Time 1:18.021 Podium First Kevin Schwantz Second Mick Doohan Third Wayne Rainey
250 cc
Pole position Rider Doriano Romboni Time 1:21.377 Fastest lap Rider Helmut Bradl Time 1:21.269 Podium First Doriano Romboni Second Loris Capirossi Third Helmut Bradl
125 cc
Pole position Rider Kazuto Sakata Time 1:29.623 Fastest lap Rider Takeshi Tsujimura Time 1:29.241 Podium First Takeshi Tsujimura Second Kazuto Sakata Third 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.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Points
1	Kevin Schwantz	Lucky Strike Suzuki	Suzuki	38:15.613	25
2	Mick Doohan	Rothmans Honda Team	Honda	+0.493	20
3	Wayne Rainey	Marlboro Team Roberts	Yamaha	+4.892	16
4	Alex Barros	Lucky Strike Suzuki	Suzuki	+4.954	13
5	Luca Cadalora	Marlboro Team Roberts	Yamaha	+16.550	11
6	Shinichi Itoh	HRC Rothmans Honda	Honda	+22.595	10
7	Daryl Beattie	Rothmans Honda Team	Honda	+28.110	9
8	Doug Chandler	Cagiva Team Agostini	Cagiva	+38.559	8
9	José Kuhn	Euromoto	ROC Yamaha	+1:17.751	7
10	Matthew Mladin	Cagiva Team Agostini	Cagiva	+1:17.820	6
11	Niall Mackenzie	Valvoline Team WCM	ROC Yamaha	+1:17.920	5
12	Laurent Naveau	Euro Team	ROC Yamaha	+1 Lap	4
13	Juan Lopez Mella	Lopez Mella Racing Team	ROC Yamaha	+1 Lap	3
14	John Reynolds	Padgett's Motorcycles	Harris Yamaha	+1 Lap	2
15	Tsutomu Udagawa	Team Udagawa	ROC Yamaha	+1 Lap	1
16	Sean Emmett	Shell Team Harris	Harris Yamaha	+1 Lap
17	Michael Rudroff	Rallye Sport	Harris Yamaha	+1 Lap
18	Simon Crafar	Peter Graves Racing Team	Harris Yamaha	+1 Lap
19	Thierry Crine	Ville de Paris	ROC Yamaha	+1 Lap
20	Jeremy McWilliams	Millar Racing	Yamaha	+1 Lap
21	Renato Colleoni	Team Elit	ROC Yamaha	+1 Lap
22	Bruno Bonhuil	MTD Objectif 500	ROC Yamaha	+1 Lap
23	Bernard Garcia	Yamaha Motor France	Yamaha	+1 Lap
24	Andreas Meklau	Austrian Racing Company	ROC Yamaha	+1 Lap
25	Marco Papa	Librenti Corse	Librenti	+2 Laps
Ret	Serge David	Team ROC	ROC Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Kevin Mitchell	MBM Racing	Harris Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Alan Scott	Team Harris	Harris Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Cees Doorakkers	Doorakkers Racing	Harris Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Lucio Pedercini	Team Pedercini	ROC Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Àlex Crivillé	Marlboro Honda Pons	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Corrado Catalano	Team ROC	ROC Yamaha	Retirement
Sources:

250cc classification

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