The 1991 French motorcycle Grand Prix was the tenth round of the 1991 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 19–21 July 1991 at the Paul Ricard circuit
500 cc race report Wayne Rainey started on pole, Mick Doohan started 2nd at .5 second, John Kocinski started 3rd and Kevin Schwantz started 4th on the grid. Doohan got the start from Schwantz, Eddie Lawson and Rainey. After a bad start, Kocinski crashed out hard on the first lap.
By the end of the first lap, Rainey is showing Doohan a front wheel and it's a 2-man fight for 1st very early with a 4-man group fighting for 3rd.
Rainey takes the lead from Doohan and Lawson and Schwantz remain behind to determine 3rd place.
On the last lap, Rainey expertly zigzags across the Mistral Straight, preventing Doohan from draft-passing, and Lawson wins his fight from Schwantz.
500 cc classification Pos. Rider Team Manufacturer Time/Retired Points 1 Wayne Rainey Marlboro Team Roberts Yamaha 44:13.070 20 2 Mick Doohan Rothmans Honda Team Honda +4.000 17 3 Eddie Lawson Cagiva Corse Cagiva +23.646 15 4 Kevin Schwantz Lucky Strike Suzuki Suzuki +23.730 13 5 Jean Philippe Ruggia Sonauto Yamaha Mobil 1 Yamaha +31.387 11 6 Doug Chandler Roberts B Team Yamaha +49.660 10 7 Didier de Radiguès Lucky Strike Suzuki Suzuki +55.097 9 8 Adrien Morillas Sonauto Yamaha Mobil 1 Yamaha +1:12.584 8 9 Sito Pons Campsa Honda Team Honda +1:17.300 7 10 Wayne Gardner Rothmans Honda Team Honda +2 Laps 6 11 Juan Garriga Ducados Yamaha Yamaha +2 Laps 5 12 Cees Doorakkers HEK-Baumachines Honda +2 Laps 4 13 Marco Papa Team Marco Papa Honda +2 Laps 3 14 Michael Rudroff Rallye Sport Honda +2 Laps 2 15 Josef Doppler Doppler Racing Yamaha +3 Laps 1 Ret Nicholas Schmassman Schmassman Technotron Honda Retirement Ret Hans Becker Team Romero Racing Yamaha Retirement Ret John Kocinski Marlboro Team Roberts Yamaha Retirement DNS Raymond Roche Cagiva Corse Cagiva Did not start DNQ Andreas Leuthe Librenti Corse Suzuki Did not qualify DNQ Helmut Schutz Rallye Sport Honda Did not qualify DNQ Martin Trösch MT Racing Honda Did not qualify DNQ Damon Buckmaster Padgett's Racing Team Suzuki Did not qualify Sources:
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