1993 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season

1993 F.I.M. Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
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1993 World Champions 500cc – Kevin Schwantz (Suzuki) 250cc – Tetsuya Harada (Yamaha) 125cc – Dirk Raudies (Honda)

The 1993 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season was the 45th F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship season.

1993 World Champions

Kevin Schwantz (pictured at Suzuka) became the 500cc world champion

Tetsuya Harada (pictured at Suzuka) became the 250cc world champion

Season summary

Kevin Schwantz won the 1993 world championship in a season marred by the tragic end to his rival Wayne Rainey's career. Schwantz started the season strongly with four wins by the midpoint of the season. With three races remaining, Rainey had battled back to take the championship points lead while Schwantz nursed a wrist injury. At the Italian Grand Prix, Rainey had just taken the lead and was pulling away when he fell. He suffered serious spinal injuries and would never walk again. Rainey's accident marked the end of an era of American domination in Grand Prix racing.

Newcomers Daryl Beattie and Alex Barros took their first wins (Barros after twice crashing out of the lead) while Mick Doohan struggled to recover from his serious leg injuries. Freddie Spencer made one more comeback attempt but crashed in two of the first three rounds. Honda entered factory test rider Shinichi Itoh on a third bike with development parts, rumored to include electronic fuel injection, as he was noticeably faster in a straight line that the other Honda riders. When Itoh broke the 200 mph barrier at Hockenheim, it gave credence to these rumors. Officially, all three bikes gained the injection system at the same time

A new star emerged on the 250 scene with Tetsuya Harada taking the crown in a tight battle with Loris Capirossi. German privateer, Dirk Raudies won the 125 crown with 9 victories on a Honda.

The 1993 season also marks the last time a rider is allowed to compete in two different classes at the same race.

1993 Grand Prix season calendar

The following Grands Prix were scheduled to take place in 1993:

Round	Date	Grand Prix	Circuit
1	28 March	Foster's Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix	Eastern Creek Raceway
2	4 April	Malaysia Grand Prix	Shah Alam Circuit
3	18 April	Marlboro GP	Suzuka Circuit
4	2 May	Gran Premio de España Ducados	Circuito Permanente de Jerez
5	16 May	Austrian Grand Prix	Salzburgring
6	13 June	Grand Prix von Deutschland	Hockenheimring
7	26 June	Lucky Strike Dutch Grand Prix	TT Circuit Assen
8	4 July	Gran Premi Pepsi d'Europa	Circuit de Catalunya
9	18 July	Gran Premio di San Marino	Mugello Circuit
10	1 August	British Grand Prix	Donington Park
11	22 August	Grand Prix České republiky	Brno Circuit
12	5 September	Gran Premio d'Italia	Circuito Internazionale Santa Monica
13	12 September	United States Motorcycle Grand Prix	Laguna Seca Raceway
14	26 September	Gran Premio FIM de la Comunidad de Madrid	Circuito Permanente Del Jarama

Calendar changes

• The Australian Grand Prix replaced the Japanese Grand Prix with hosting the opening round Grand Prix.
• The Hungarian, French (which was held at the Magny-Cours circuit) and Brazilian Grand Prix (which was held at the Interlagos circuit) were taken off the calendar after Bernie Ecclestone focused his interest completely on Formula 1 again.
• The Austrian, San Marino, Czech Republic (before called the Czechoslovak Grand Prix) and United States Grand Prix returned on the calendar after the shift of interest to Formula 1 by Bernie Ecclestone.
• The FIM Grand Prix was added to the calendar as a one-off Grand Prix to replace the South African Grand Prix.

Participants

500cc participants

Team Constructor Motorcycle No. Rider Rounds Marlboro Team Roberts Yamaha Yamaha YZR500 1 Wayne Rainey 1-12 7 Luca Cadalora All Rothmans Honda Team Honda Honda NSR500 2 Mick Doohan 1-13 4 Daryl Beattie All HRC Rothmans Honda Honda Honda NSR500 6 Shinichi Ito All Cagiva Team Agostini Cagiva Cagiva C593 3 John Kocinski 11-14 5 Doug Chandler All 12 Mat Mladin 1-7, 9-14 63 Juan Garriga 8 68 Carl Fogarty 10 Marlboro Honda Pons Honda Honda NSR500 8 Àlex Crivillé All Team Lucky Strike Suzuki Suzuki Suzuki RGV500 9 Alex Barros All 34 Kevin Schwantz All 46 Peter Goddard 1 Team Valvoline/WCM ROC-Yamaha ROC-Yamaha GP1 11 Niall Mackenzie All Team ROC ROC-Yamaha ROC-Yamaha GP1 13 Toshiyuki Arakaki 1-3 23 Serge David All Yamaha Yamaha YZR500 32 José Kuhn 12-14 ROC-Yamaha ROC-Yamaha GP1 38 Corrado Catalano 4-6 45 Ron Haslam 10 Librenti Corse Librenti Librenti 500 14 Marco Papa 1-8, 12-13 Team Udagawa Yamaha Yamaha YZR500 15 Tsutomu Udagawa 1-9, 11-14 Rallye Sport Harris-Yamaha Harris-Yamaha SLS500 16 Michael Rudroff All Yamaha Motor France Yamaha Yamaha YZR500 18 Bernard Garcia All 19 Freddie Spencer 1, 11-12 32 José Kuhn 5-11 39 Toshihiko Honma 3 40 Jehan d’Orgeix 4 51 Jean-Marc Delétang 14 Team Millar Yamaha Yamaha YZR500 20 Jeremy McWilliams All Euro Team ROC-Yamaha ROC-Yamaha GP1 21 Laurent Naveau 1-13 69 James Haydon 14 M.B.M. Racing Team Harris-Yamaha Harris-Yamaha SLS500 22 Kevin Mitchell All Team Doorakkers Racing Harris-Yamaha Harris-Yamaha SLS500 24 Cees Doorakkers All Team Ville de Paris ROC-Yamaha ROC-Yamaha GP1 25 Thierry Criné All Team Elit ROC-Yamaha ROC-Yamaha GP1 27 Renzo Colleoni All Padgett's Motorcycles Harris-Yamaha Harris-Yamaha SLS500 28 John Reynolds 1-7, 9-14 Shell Team Harris Team Harris Harris-Yamaha Harris-Yamaha SLS500 29 Sean Emmett All 41 Darren Dixon 6 42 Andrew Stroud 7-14 44 Alan Scott 1-5 López Mella Racing Team ROC-Yamaha ROC-Yamaha GP1 30 Juan López Mella All M.T.D. Objectif 500 ROC-Yamaha ROC-Yamaha GP1 31 Bruno Bonhuil All Euromoto ROC-Yamaha ROC-Yamaha GP1 32 José Kuhn 1-4 ARC-Austrian Racing Company ROC-Yamaha ROC-Yamaha GP1 33 Andreas Meklau All Argus Racing Team ROC-Yamaha ROC-Yamaha GP1 35 Jean-Luc Romanens 1-7 59 Niggi Schmassmann 6 Team Pedercini ROC-Yamaha ROC-Yamaha GP1 36 Lucio Pedercini 1-6, 8-14 Peter Graves Racing Team Harris-Yamaha Harris-Yamaha SLS500 37 Simon Crafar 4-8 43 David Jefferies 9-14 Kirin Mets RT Yamaha Yamaha Yamaha YZR500 50 Norihiko Fujiwara 3 Team Great Britain ROC-Yamaha ROC-Yamaha GP1 69 James Haydon 10 Se.Te.Ces.Co ROC-Yamaha ROC-Yamaha GP1 72 Aldeo Presciutti 12 Gibi Team ROC-Yamaha ROC-Yamaha GP1 73 Romolo Balbi 12 Southwest Motorsports Harris-Yamaha Harris-Yamaha SLS500 74 Danny Walker 13 Team G.O.J. Motor Harris-Yamaha Harris-Yamaha SLS500 76 Dario Marchetti 14 Nihontelecom RT Yamaha Yamaha Yamaha YZR500 88 Kevin Magee 3 Source:

Key Regular Rider Wildcard Rider Replacement Rider

250cc participants

Team Constructor Motorcycle No. Rider Rounds Telkor Yamaha Valesi Racing Yamaha Yamaha TZ250M 3 Pierfrancesco Chili All 31 Tetsuya Harada All HB Honda Germany Honda Honda NSR250 4 Helmut Bradl All 32 Volker Bähr All Rothmans Kanemoto Honda Honda Honda NSR250 5 Max Biaggi All Ducados Honda Pons Honda Honda NSR250 6 Alberto Puig All JTR Mitsui Yamaha Racing Yamaha Yamaha TZ250M 7 Jochen Schmid All Team Carlos Cardús Honda Honda Honda NSR250 8 Carlos Cardús 1-3, 6-8 36 Pere Riba Cabana 8 HB Racing Team Italy Honda Honda NSR250 10 Doriano Romboni 1-7, 11-14 Exact Software DC Sports Aprilia Aprilia RSV 250 11 Wilco Zeelenberg All 24 Patrick van den Goorbergh All Daytona Pit Lane Racing Honda Honda RS250R 12 Gabriele Debbia 1-6 35 Loek Bodelier 7-8 38 Carlos Checa 8-14 Aprilia Racing Team Aprilia Unlimited Jeans Chesterfield Aprilia Racing Team Aprilia Aprilia RSV 250 13 Loris Reggiani All 17 Jean-Philippe Ruggia All 67 Marcellino Lucchi 11 Kanemoto Racing Cup Noodle Kanemoto Honda Honda NSR250 14 Nobuatsu Aoki All Racing Supply Lucky Strike Keiyu Suzuki Suzuki Suzuki RGV250 15 Nobuyuki Wakai 1-3 Team Preining Aprilia Aprilia RSV 250 16 Andy Preining All HRC Rothmans Honda Honda Honda NSR250 18 Tadayuki Okada All Team Lucky Strike Suzuki 250 Suzuki Suzuki RGV250 19 John Kocinski 1-7 37 Simon Crafar 8-14 67 Jim Filice 13 Mohag Aprilia Aprilia Aprilia RSV 250 20 Eskil Suter All Gilera Racing Team Gilera Gilera GFR 250 21 Paolo Casoli 1-7, 10, 12 39 Alessandro Gramigni 1-10, 12 PR2-Ducados Aprilia Aprilia Aprilia RSV 250 22 Luis Maurel All Marlboro Aprilia Suisse Aprilia Aprilia RSV 250 23 Bernard Häenggeli All Van den Goorbergh Racing Aprilia Aprilia RSV 250 25 Jurgen van den Goorbergh 1-12, 14 Rallye Sport Racing Team Munich Aprilia Aprilia RSV 250 26 Bernd Kassner All FP Racing Aprilia Aprilia RSV 250 27 Frédéric Protat All 51 Jean-Pierre Jeandat 1-2, 4-10, 12-14 Honda Suisse Mühlebach Honda Honda RS250R 28 Adrian Bosshard All Team Aspar Honda Honda RS250R 30 Juan Borja 1-6, 10-14 36 Pere Riba Cabana 10-14 45 Jorge Martínez 9 S.S.P. Competicion Honda Honda RS250R 34 Luis d'Antin 1-9 Honda NSR250 10-13 P.M. Racing Honda Honda RS250R 43 Massimo Pennacchioli All Chesterfield Team de Radiguès Aprilia Aprilia RSV 250 44 Jean-Michel Bayle All Cup Noodle Honda Honda Honda NSR250 50 Takuma Aoki 3 Marlboro Team Pileri Honda Honda NSR250 65 Loris Capirossi All Team Roberts Yamaha Yamaha TZ250 75 Kenny Roberts Jr. 13 Marlboro Team Roberts Yamaha Yamaha TZ250 77 Sete Gibernau 14 Source:

Key Regular Rider Wildcard Rider Replacement Rider

125cc participants

Team Constructor Motorcycle No. Rider Rounds Marlboro Team Pileri Honda Honda RS125R 2 Fausto Gresini 1-10, 12-14 7 Noboru Ueda All Marlboro Aprilia Aprilia Aprilia RS125R 3 Ralf Waldmann All 15 Oliver Petrucciani All Scot Racing Team Aprilia Aprilia RS125R 4 Bruno Casanova 3-6, 9-14 66 Ivan Cremonini 9 Team Europa Raudies Honda Honda RS125R 5 Dirk Raudies All Team Aspar Honda Honda RS125R 6 Jorge Martínez All F.C.C. Technical Sports Honda Honda RS125R 8 Kazuto Sakata All 36 Takeshi Tsujimura All Ducados Aprilia Aprilia Aprilia RS125R 9 Carlos Giro Jr. All Exact Software DC Sports Moto Rumi Rumi 125 GP 10 Hans Spaan 1-6 Honda Honda RS125R 7-14 Team Aprilia Deutschland Aprilia Aprilia RS125R 11 Peter Öttl 3-14 21 Stefan Kurfiss 1-9, 12-14 37 Manfred Geissler 1-2, 10-14 Team Semprucci Aprilia Aprilia RS125R 12 Herri Torrontegui All 30 Giovanni Palmieri All GP Team Ditter Plastic Honda Honda RS125R 14 Oliver Koch All Daytona Pit Lane Racing Honda Honda RS125R 16 Ezio Gianola All 35 Loek Bodelier 1-4 65 Gabriele Debbia 5-14 Elf Team Kepla Honda Honda RS125R 17 Akira Saito 1-13 44 Nicolas Dussauge 14 Jha Racing Honda Honda RS125R 19 Kinya Wada All 52 Hideyuki Nakajyo 3 Team Baumann Honda Honda RS125R 20 Manfred Baumann All Gazzaniga Corse Gazzaniga Gazzaniga 125 22 Lucio Cecchinello 2-13 Team+Co Promotion Honda Honda RS125R 23 Maik Stief 1-8 33 Stefan Prein 9-14 37 Manfred Geissler 1-2, 10-14 Moto Bum Honda Cup Noodle Moto Bum Honda Honda Honda RS125R 24 Haruchika Aoki All Burnett Racing Honda Honda RS125R 25 Neil Hodgson All Team IPA Corse Effeuno Honda Honda RS125R 26 Maurizio Vitali 5-6 28 Luigi Ancona All 38 Emilio Cuppini 7-9 39/67 Daniela Tognoli 9 11-14 Arie Molenaar Racing Honda Honda RS125R 27 Julián Miralles All Miralles Racing Team Honda Honda RS125R 29 Julián Miralles All AGV-Team Germany Aprilia Aprilia RS125R 31 Garry McCoy 1-3, 6-14 38 Emilio Cuppini 4 40 Simone Giannecchini 5 Team Unemoto & Harc-Pro. Honda Honda RS125R 32 Masafumi Ono 1-4 39 Aki Ajo 5 42 Sinya Sato 6-14 Zwafink Racing Honda Honda RS125R 33 Stefan Prein 1-5 41 Luis Alvaro 6-14 Team Rumi 125 GP Moto Rumi Rumi 125 GP 34 Stefano Caracchi 1-4, 6 Team Hernández Aprilia/Sandroni Aprilia RS125R/Sandroni 125 GP 43 Manuel Hernández All M.C. Manresa Petrocat Honda Honda RS125R 63 Carlos Checa 8 Source:

Key Regular Rider Wildcard Rider Replacement Rider

Results and standings

Grands Prix

Round	Date	Race	Location	125cc winner	250cc winner	500cc winner	Report
1	28 March	Australian motorcycle Grand Prix	Eastern Creek	Dirk Raudies	Tetsuya Harada	Kevin Schwantz	Report
2	4 April	Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix	Shah Alam	Dirk Raudies	Nobuatsu Aoki	Wayne Rainey	Report
3	18 April	Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix	Suzuka	Dirk Raudies	Tetsuya Harada	Wayne Rainey	Report
4	2 May	Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix	Jerez	Kazuto Sakata	Tetsuya Harada	Kevin Schwantz	Report
5	16 May	Austrian motorcycle Grand Prix	Salzburgring	Takeshi Tsujimura	Doriano Romboni	Kevin Schwantz	Report
6	13 June	German motorcycle Grand Prix	Hockenheim	Dirk Raudies	Doriano Romboni	Daryl Beattie	Report
7	26 June	Dutch TT	Assen	Dirk Raudies	Loris Capirossi	Kevin Schwantz	Report
8	4 July	European motorcycle Grand Prix	Catalunya	Noboru Ueda	Max Biaggi	Wayne Rainey	Report
9	18 July	San Marino motorcycle Grand Prix	Mugello	Dirk Raudies	Loris Capirossi	Mick Doohan	Report
10	1 August	British motorcycle Grand Prix	Donington	Dirk Raudies	Jean-Philippe Ruggia	Luca Cadalora	Report
11	22 August	Czech Republic motorcycle Grand Prix	Brno	Kazuto Sakata	Loris Reggiani	Wayne Rainey	Report
12	5 September	Italian motorcycle Grand Prix	Misano	Dirk Raudies	Jean-Philippe Ruggia	Luca Cadalora	Report
13	12 September	United States motorcycle Grand Prix	Laguna Seca	Dirk Raudies	Loris Capirossi	John Kocinski	Report
14	26 September	FIM motorcycle Grand Prix	Jarama	Ralf Waldmann	Tetsuya Harada	Alex Barros	Report

500cc riders' standings

Scoring system

Points are awarded to the top fifteen finishers. A rider has to finish the race to earn points.

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th
Points	25	20	16	13	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1

Pos Rider Bike AUS MAL JPN ESP AUT GER NED EUR RSM GBR CZE ITA USA FIM Pts 1 Kevin Schwantz Suzuki 1 3 2 1 1 2 1 3 2 Ret 5 3 4 3 248 2 Wayne Rainey Yamaha 2 1 1 2 3 5 5 1 3 2 1 Ret 214 3 Daryl Beattie Honda 4 2 3 6 7 1 Ret 4 6 6 6 7 5 2 176 4 Mick Doohan Honda Ret 4 7 4 2 Ret 2 2 1 Ret 3 2 Ret 156 5 Luca Cadalora Yamaha 8 DNS Ret 5 5 8 7 15 5 1 2 1 3 Ret 145 6 Alex Barros Suzuki 5 7 6 Ret 4 Ret Ret 5 7 Ret 10 5 2 1 125 7 Shinichi Ito Honda 7 6 4 Ret 6 3 6 Ret 4 5 7 8 6 Ret 119 8 Àlex Crivillé Honda 6 5 5 3 Ret 4 3 Ret Ret Ret 8 6 7 4 117 9 Niall Mackenzie Yamaha 10 8 13 7 11 9 8 6 8 3 Ret 9 8 8 103 10 Doug Chandler Cagiva 3 9 11 Ret 8 6 4 Ret DNS DNS 9 10 Ret 5 83 11 John Kocinski Cagiva 4 4 1 Ret 51 12 Juan López Mella Yamaha Ret 13 Ret 8 13 14 Ret 7 Ret 7 14 12 10 Ret 46 13 Mat Mladin Cagiva 9 10 Ret Ret 10 7 Ret 9 DNS DNS Ret Ret 6 45 14 Jose Kuhn Yamaha 13 Ret 19 14 9 Ret 13 8 10 12 15 16 11 10 45 15 John Reynolds Yamaha Ret 12 Ret Ret 14 17 10 Ret 9 12 11 9 9 42 16 Bernard Garcia Yamaha 12 Ret Ret DNS 23 10 11 Ret 11 13 11 13 Ret 7 40 17 Renzo Colleoni Yamaha 17 15 22 13 21 19 18 10 12 8 17 20 Ret Ret 22 18 Laurent Naveau Yamaha 11 11 16 Ret 12 12 15 Ret Ret 15 Ret 21 15 21 19 Sean Emmett Yamaha 16 14 15 9 16 Ret 16 12 Ret Ret Ret Ret 13 14 19 20 Tsumoto Udagawa Yamaha 14 Ret 14 10 15 11 14 Ret Ret 23 17 Ret 18 21 Michael Rudroff Yamaha Ret 17 Ret Ret 17 13 12 17 Ret 10 13 15 18 Ret 17 22 Jeremy McWilliams Yamaha Ret DNS Ret Ret 20 Ret Ret 11 13 Ret 16 19 12 11 17 23 Carl Fogarty Cagiva 4 13 24 Toshihiko Honma Yamaha 8 8 25 Juan Garriga Cagiva 9 7 26 Kevin Magee Yamaha 9 7 27 Simon Crafar Yamaha Ret 18 Ret 9 Ret 7 28 Norihiko Fujiwara Yamaha 10 6 29 Lucio Pedercini Yamaha 18 16 Ret 12 Ret Ret 15 Ret 20 17 Ret 15 6 30 Serge David Yamaha 15 18 Ret 15 Ret 16 Ret Ret 14 Ret Ret Ret 14 Ret 6 31 Corrado Catalano Yamaha 11 Ret Ret 5 32 James Haydon Yamaha 11 Ret 5 33 Toshiyuki Arakaki Yamaha 23 23 12 4 34 Andrew Stroud Yamaha 20 16 16 Ret Ret 18 Ret 12 4 35 Kevin Mitchell Yamaha Ret 24 18 17 Ret Ret 19 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 13 3 36 Andreas Meklau Yamaha 19 21 24 18 24 18 17 13 Ret 17 18 24 19 Ret 3 37 Freddie Spencer Yamaha Ret Ret 14 2 38 Cees Doorakkers Yamaha 21 19 23 16 Ret 20 21 14 Ret 19 Ret Ret Ret 21 2 39 Ron Haslam Yamaha 14 2 40 Bruno Bonhuil Yamaha Ret 22 20 20 22 15 Ret Ret Ret 18 22 25 20 17 1 Pos Rider Bike AUS MAL JPN ESP AUT GER NED EUR RSM GBR CZE ITA USA FIM Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not participate (DNP) Did not arrive (DNA) Excluded (EX) Bold – Pole

250cc riders' standings

Scoring system

Points are awarded to the top fifteen finishers. A rider has to finish the race to earn points.

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th
Points	25	20	16	13	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1

Pos Rider N. Nationality Team Bike AUS MAL JPN ESP AUT GER NED EUR SMR GBR CZE ITA USA FIM Points Wins 1 Tetsuya Harada 31 Japan Telkor Valesi-Yamaha TZ250M 1 2 1 1 6 6 2 Ret 3 Ret 6 Ret 5 1 197 4 2 Loris Capirossi 65 Italy Marlboro-Honda NSR250 Ret 12 10 10 2 2 1 Ret 1 2 5 2 1 5 193 3 3 Loris Reggiani 13 Italy Aprilia RSV250 14 7 Ret Ret 4 5 6 Ret 2 3 1 3 3 2 158 1 4 Max Biaggi 5 Italy Rothmans-Honda NSR250 3 17 Ret 2 5 4 Ret 1 5 6 2 Ret Ret 3 142 1 5 Doriano Romboni 10 Italy HB-Honda Italy NSR250 7 4 3 8 1 1 Ret 4 Ret 2 6 139 2 6 Jean-Philippe Ruggia 17 France Aprilia RSV250 9 19 5 3 Ret 8 4 5 4 1 Ret 1 Ret Ret 129 2 7 Helmut Bradl 4 Germany HB-Honda Germany NSR250 8 6 6 5 3 3 5 11 7 Ret 7 4 8 Ret 126 0 8 Tadayuki Okada 18 Japan Rothmans-Honda NSR250 4 3 2 7 Ret Ret 2 6 5 11 7 9 Ret 120 0 9 Alberto Puig 6 Spain Ducados-Honda NSR250 13 8 15 Ret 9 11 9 3 10 Ret 3 5 4 4 106 0 10 Pierfrancesco Chili 3 Italy Telkor Valesi-Yamaha TZ250M 10 9 7 12 8 7 8 Ret 8 4 8 8 6 8 106 0 11 Nobuatsu Aoki 14 Japan Kanemoto Racing Honda NSR250 5 1 4 Ret Ret DNS 10 4 9 Ret 10 6 7 Ret 100 12 John Kocinski 19 United States Team Lucky Strike Suzuki RGV250 2 5 9 4 7 12 3 80 13 Wilco Zeelenberg 11 Netherlands Exact Software – DC Sports Aprilia RSV250 11 Ret 16 6 Ret Ret 7 8 Ret 11 12 9 Ret 14 50 14 Jochen Schmid 7 Germany JTR – Mitsui Yamaha TZ250M 12 Ret 14 9 14 13 Ret 12 15 7 9 10 Ret 11 50 15 Luis D'Antin 34 Spain S.S.P Competicion Honda NSR250 Ret 10 13 11 12 10 11 7 Ret Ret Ret 11 43 16 Patrick van den Goorbergh 24 Netherlands Exact Software – DC Sports Aprilia RSV250 Ret 13 12 Ret 15 Ret Ret 13 17 9 14 14 16 7 31 17 Andy Preining 16 Austria Team Preining Aprilia RSV250 Ret 14 11 15 10 Ret 13 9 23 Ret Ret 13 Ret 13 30 18 Carlos Cardús 8 Spain Carlos Cardús Honda NSR250 6 18 Ret DNS 9 Ret 6 27 19 Eskil Suter 20 Switzerland Mohag Aprilia RSV250 Ret 15 17 18 11 Ret 14 Ret 12 10 Ret Ret Ret 10 24 20 Adrian Bosshard 28 Switzerland Honda Suisse Mulebach NSR250 15 11 Ret 13 13 21 12 Ret 19 14 17 15 15 15 21 21 Simon Crafar 37 New Zealand Lucky Strike Suzuki RGV250 10 13 Ret 13 11 Ret Ret 17 23 Jean-Michel Bayle 44 France Chesterfield Team De Radigues Aprilia RSV250 19 16 21 14 17 14 16 18 18 8 Ret 19 Ret 12 16 23 Carlos Checa 38 Spain Daytona – Pit Lane Honda NSR250 21 25 Ret 20 14 9 9 24 Takuma Aoki 50 Japan Cup Noodle Honda NSR250 8 8 25 Frédéric Protat 27 France FP Racing Aprilia RSV250 Ret Ret 20 16 Ret 16 Ret Ret 16 12 15 Ret 13 19 8 26 Paolo Casoli 21 Italy Gilera 16 Ret Ret Ret Ret 19 Ret 13 12 7 27 Kenny Roberts Jr. 75 United States Team Roberts Yamaha TZ250M 10 6 28 Marcellino Lucchi 67 Italy Aprilia RSV250 11 5 29 Juan Borja 30 Spain Aspar Honda NSR250 Ret Ret 23 17 Ret 15 Ret 18 Ret Ret 12 Ret 5 30 Alessandro Gramigni 39 Italy Gilera Ret Ret 18 Ret 18 24 Ret Ret 14 16 Ret 2 30 Bernd Kassner 26 Germany Rallye Sport Team Munich Aprilia RSV250 20 22 22 Ret Ret 18 17 14 20 17 Ret 21 20 18 2 32 Jurgen van den Goorbergh 25 Netherlands Van Den Goorbergh Aprilia RSV250 17 20 19 23 20 Ret 15 Ret Ret 22 18 Ret Ret 1 32 Jean-Pierre Jeandat 51 France FP Racing Aprilia RSV250 18 Ret Ret DNS 19 Ret Ret 15 Ret 20 Ret 21 22 1 32 Bernard Haenggeli 23 Switzerland Marlboro Aprilia Suisse RSV250 Ret 23 24 19 Ret 23 18 16 Ret 15 19 16 18 Ret 1 Luis Maurel 22 Spain PR2 – Ducados Aprilia RSV250 Ret 21 Ret 21 16 Ret Ret 21 Ret 23 16 Ret 19 16 0 Adi Stadler Germany Honda NSR250 17 0 Pere Riba 36 Spain Aspar / Carlos Cardus Honda NSR250 17 Ret 20 17 17 Ret 0 Miguel Castilla 54 Spain Yamaha TZ250M DNQ 17 0 Giuseppe Fiorillo Italy Aprilia RSV250 18 0 Volker Bahr 32 Germany HB Honda NSR250 Ret 25 26 22 Ret Ret 19 19 22 21 21 22 Ret 20 0 Nigel Bosworth Great Britain Yamaha TZ250M 19 0 Gabriele Debbia 12 Italy Daytona – Pit Lane Honda NSR250 23 Ret 25 20 22 20 0 Massimo Pennacchioli 43 Italy PM Racing Honda NSR250 24 26 27 Ret 21 22 20 22 24 24 22 Ret 22 21 0 Oscar Sainz Spain Yamaha TZ250M 20 0 Nobuyuki Wakai 15 Japan Racing Supply Suzuki RGV250 21 Ret 28 0 Rudie Markink Netherlands Yamaha TZ250M 21 0 Rene Bongers Australia Honda NSR250 22 0 Loek Bodelier 35 Netherlands Daytona – Pit Lane Honda NSR250 Ret 23 0 Davide Bulega Italy Aprilia RSV250 23 0 Sharun Nizam Malaysia Yamaha TZ250M 24 0 Alex Sirera 53 Spain Yamaha TZ250M 24 Ret 0 Claudio Tonnini San Marino Honda NSR250 25 0 Stephen Whitehouse Australia Yamaha TZ250M Ret 0 Veng Kit Tong Malaysia Yamaha TZ250M Ret 0 Osamu Miyazaki Japan Aprilia RSV250 Ret 0 Hannes Maxwald Austria Aprilia RSV250 Ret 0 Mattieu van Gaalen Netherlands Aprilia RSV250 Ret 0 Jorge Martínez Spain Aspar Honda NSR250 Ret 0 Paul Brown Great Britain Honda NSR250 Ret 0 Bohumil Stasa Jr. Czech Republic Aprilia RSV250 Ret 0 Marek Moravek Czech Republic Yamaha TZ250M Ret 0 Sete Gibernau 77 Spain Yamaha TZ250M Ret 0 Alexander Witting Austria Aprilia RSV250 DNS 0 125cc riders' standings Scoring system Points are awarded to the top fifteen finishers. A rider has to finish the race to earn points. Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th   11th   12th   13th   14th   15th  Points 25 20 16 13 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Pos Rider Bike 1 Dirk Raudies 5 Germany Europa Raudies-Honda 280 9 2 Kazuto Sakata 8 Japan F.C.C. Technical Sports-Honda 266 2 3 Takeshi Tsujimura 36 Japan F.C.C. Technical Sports-Honda 177 1 4 Ralf Waldmann 3 Germany Marlboro-Aprilia 160 1 5 Noboru Ueda 7 Japan Marlboro-Honda 129 1 6 Akira Saito 17 Japan Elf Kepla-Honda 117 0 7 Olivier Petrucciani 15 Switzerland Marlboro-Aprilia 82 0 8 Jorge Martínez 6 Spain Aspar-Honda 74 0 9 Herri Torrontegui 12 Spain Semprucci-Aprilia 65 0 10 Peter Öttl 11 Germany Deutschland-Aprilia 64 0 11 Fausto Gresini 2 Italy Marlboro-Aprilia 61 12 Ezio Gianola 16 Italy Daytona-Pit Lane-Honda 59 13 Oliver Koch 14 Germany Ditter Plastic-Honda 52 14 Haruchika Aoki 24 Japan Moto Bum-Honda 39 15 Stefan Prein 33 Germany Co Promotion-Honda 38 16 Manfred Baumann 20 Austria Baumann-Honda 36 17 Kinya Wada 19 Japan Jha-Honda 30 19 Garry McCoy 31 Australia AGV Germany-Aprilia 25 20 Carlos Giro Jr. 9 Spain Ducados-Aprilia 22 21 Bruno Casanova 4 Italy Scot Racing-Aprilia 22 22 Luigi Ancona 28 Italy IPA Corse Effeuno-Honda 22 23 Maik Stief 23 Germany Co Promotion-Honda 21 24 Neil Hodgson 25 Great Britain Burnett-Honda 18 25 Hans Spaan 10 Netherlands Exact Software-DC Sports-Rumi/Honda 16 26 Stefan Kurfiss 21 Germany Aprilia Deutschland 14 27 Carlos Checa 63 Spain M.C Manresa-Petrocat-Honda 9 28 Hideyuki Nakajoh 52 Japan Jha-Honda 8 29 Gabriele Debbia 65 Italy Daytona-Pit Lane-Honda 7 30 Manfred Geissler 37 Germany Co Promotion-Honda 6 31 Ken Miyasaka Japan 4 32 Julián Miralles 27 Spain Miralles-Honda 4 33 Emilio Cuppini 38 Italy IPA Corse Effeuno-Honda 3 33 Sinya Sato 42 Japan Unemoto & Harc-Pro.-Honda 3 35 Arie Molenaar 29 Netherlands Arie Molenaar-Honda 1 References Büla, Maurice & Schertenleib, Jean-Claude (2001). 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