1993 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix

The 1993 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix was the fourth round of the 1993 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 2 May 1993 at the Circuito de Jerez.

Spain  1993 Spanish Grand Prix
Race details
Race 4 of 14 races in the
1993 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date2 May 1993
Official nameGran Premio de España Ducados[1]
LocationCircuito de Jerez
Course
  • Permanent racing facility
  • 4.428 km (2.751 mi)
500cc
Pole position
Rider United States Kevin Schwantz
Time 1:44.459
Fastest lap
Rider Brazil Alex Barros
Time 1:44.659
Podium
First United States Kevin Schwantz
Second United States Wayne Rainey
Third Spain Àlex Crivillé
250cc
Pole position
Rider Japan Tetsuya Harada
Time 1:45.762
Fastest lap
Rider Japan Tetsuya Harada
Time 1:46.303
Podium
First Japan Tetsuya Harada
Second Italy Max Biaggi
Third France Jean-Philippe Ruggia
125cc
Pole position
Rider Germany Dirk Raudies
Time 1:51.576
Fastest lap
Rider Germany Ralf Waldmann
Time 1:51.989
Podium
First Japan Kazuto Sakata
Second Germany Ralf Waldmann
Third Japan Takeshi Tsujimura

The weekend was marred by a practice accident which resulted in the death of Japanese rider Nobuyuki Wakai after he had struck a spectator who had entered the pit lane without authorization.[2]

500 cc race report

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Kevin Schwantz’ 4th pole in 4 races.

Wayne Rainey takes the start from Schwantz and Alex Barros.

Schwantz and Rainey get a gap from Àlex Crivillé, Mick Doohan, with Barros closing.

Barros up to 3rd, and then arrives to Schwantz and Rainey.

Schwantz waves his teammate Barros through to 2nd, then Barros takes the lead from Rainey.

Barros and Schwantz get a gap, but Schwantz makes a mistake and goes into the grass. He saves it and remains in 2nd.

Barros in 1st and has a large lead with a couple of laps to go, but lowsides out of the race.

500 cc classification

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Pos. Rider Team Manufacturer Time/Retired Grid Points
1   Kevin Schwantz Lucky Strike Suzuki Suzuki 47:39.627 1 25
2   Wayne Rainey Marlboro Team Roberts Yamaha +1.664 3 20
3   Àlex Crivillé Marlboro Honda Pons Honda +12.280 6 16
4   Mick Doohan Rothmans Honda Team Honda +26.183 7 13
5   Luca Cadalora Marlboro Team Roberts Yamaha +47.828 4 11
6   Daryl Beattie Rothmans Honda Team Honda +54.886 11 10
7   Niall Mackenzie Valvoline Team WCM ROC Yamaha +1:02.335 8 9
8   Juan Lopez Mella Lopez Mella Racing Team ROC Yamaha +1:06.680 10 8
9   Sean Emmett Shell Team Harris Harris Yamaha +1:19.312 20 7
10   Tsutomu Udagawa Team Udagawa ROC Yamaha +1:40.054 15 6
11   Corrado Catalano Team ROC ROC Yamaha +1 Lap 24 5
12   Lucio Pedercini Team Pedercini ROC Yamaha +1 Lap 18 4
13   Renato Colleoni Team Elit ROC Yamaha +1 Lap 14 3
14   José Kuhn Euromoto ROC Yamaha +1 Lap 23 2
15   Serge David Team ROC ROC Yamaha +1 Lap 25 1
16   Cees Doorakkers Doorakkers Racing Harris Yamaha +1 Lap 29
17   Kevin Mitchell MBM Racing ROC Yamaha +1 Lap 26
18   Andreas Meklau Austrian Racing Company ROC Yamaha +1 Lap 27
19   Jean d'Orgeix Yamaha Motor France Yamaha +1 Lap
20   Bruno Bonhuil MTD Objectif 500 ROC Yamaha +1 Lap 33
Ret   Laurent Naveau Euro Team ROC Yamaha Retirement 16
Ret   Jeremy McWilliams Millar Racing Yamaha Retirement 17
Ret   Thierry Crine Ville de Paris ROC Yamaha Retirement 19
Ret   Michael Rudroff Rallye Sport Harris Yamaha Retirement 21
Ret   Matthew Mladin Cagiva Team Agostini Cagiva Retirement 12
Ret   Simon Crafar Peter Graves Racing Team Harris Yamaha Retirement 28
Ret   Shinichi Itoh HRC Rothmans Honda Honda Retirement 9
Ret   Marco Papa Librenti Corse Librenti Retirement 34
Ret   Doug Chandler Cagiva Team Agostini Cagiva Retirement 5
Ret   Alan Scott Team Harris Harris Yamaha Retirement 32
Ret   John Reynolds Padgett's Motorcycles Harris Yamaha Retirement 13
Ret   Jean Luc Romanens Argus Racing Team ROC Yamaha Retirement 30
Ret   Alex Barros Lucky Strike Suzuki Suzuki Retirement 2
DNS   Bernard Garcia Yamaha Motor France Yamaha Did not start
Sources:[3][4]

250 cc classification

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Pos No Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 31   Tetsuya Harada Yamaha 26 46:22.519 1 25
2 5   Max Biaggi Honda 26 +4.717 3 20
3 17   Jean-Philippe Ruggia Aprilia 26 +4.908 2 16
4 19   John Kocinski Suzuki 26 +13.943 10 13
5 4   Helmut Bradl Honda 26 +24.795 9 11
6 11   Wilco Zeelenberg Aprilia 26 +32.284 11 10
7 18   Tadayuki Okada Honda 26 +36.275 8 9
8 10   Doriano Romboni Honda 26 +41.176 6 8
9 7   Jochen Schmid Yamaha 26 +45.326 13 7
10 65   Loris Capirossi Honda 26 +45.422 4 6
11 34   Luis d'Antin Honda 26 +45.457 14 5
12 3   Pierfrancesco Chili Yamaha 26 +55.208 7 4
13 28   Adrian Bosshard Honda 26 +58.483 16 3
14 44   Jean-Michel Bayle Aprilia 26 +1:02.020 21 2
15 16   Andy Preining Aprilia 26 +1:17.930 20 1
16 27   Frédéric Protat Aprilia 26 +1:22.214 22
17 30   Juan Borja Honda 26 +1:22:611 24
18 20   Eskil Suter Aprilia 26 +1:22.614 19
19 23   Bernard Haenggeli Aprilia 26 +1:28.328 26
20 12   Gabriele Debbia Honda 26 +1:36.157 23
21 22   Luis Maurel Aprilia 26 +1:44.016 28
22 32   Volker Bähr Honda 26 +1:44.077 32
23 25   Jurgen van den Goorbergh Aprilia 26 +1:49.856 27
24 53   Alex Sirera Yamaha 25 +1 Lap 33
Ret 6   Alberto Puig Honda 17 Retirement 12
Ret 24   Patrick van den Goorbergh Aprilia 15 Retirement 17
Ret 43   Massimo Pennacchioli Honda 13 Retirement 34
Ret 14   Nobuatsu Aoki Honda 6 Retirement 15
Ret 21   Paolo Casoli Gilera 5 Retirement 18
Ret 26   Bernd Kassner Aprilia 3 Retirement 29
Ret 13   Loris Reggiani Aprilia 1 Retirement 5
Ret 39   Alessandro Gramigni Gilera 0 Retirement 30
DNS 8   Carlos Cardús Honda Did not start 25
DNS 15   Nobuyuki Wakai Suzuki Fatal accident in Saturday 31
DNS 51   Jean-Pierre Jeandat Aprilia Did not start 35
DNQ 54   Miguel Castilla Yamaha Did not qualify 35

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. ^ "Nobuyuki Wakai". MotorsportMemorial.org. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
  3. ^ "1993 Spanish MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". 13 June 2017.
  4. ^ "motogp.com · SPANISH GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1993". www.motogp.com.


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