The 1991 British motorcycle Grand Prix was the eleventh round of the 1991 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 2–4 August 1991 at Donington Park.
500 cc race report Kevin Schwantz on pole, Wayne Rainey 0.02 seconds back in 2nd, Mick Doohan 1 second down in 6th. John Kocinski gets the start from 3rd over Wayne Gardner, Doohan and Rainey.
Kocinski opens up a small gap to Schwantz, then a gap to a 3-man fight for 3rd between Rainey, Gardner and Doohan.
Schwantz takes the lead from Kocinski as Rainey arrives to make it a trio. Doohan makes it a quartet on lap 7.
Rainey and Schwantz drop Doohan and Kocinski, and they are swapping the lead often.
On the penultimate lap approaching the Melbourne Hairpin, from far behind Schwantz swoops in on Rainey on the brakes and passes around the outside in one of Schwantz's most memorable overtaking maneuvers. Rainey is not able to recover while Schwantz widens his lead to a comfortable gap as he crosses the finish line.
500 cc classification Pos. Rider Team Manufacturer Time/Retired Points 1 Kevin Schwantz Lucky Strike Suzuki Suzuki 47:12.182 20 2 Wayne Rainey Marlboro Team Roberts Yamaha +0.788 17 3 Mick Doohan Rothmans Honda Team Honda +19.188 15 4 John Kocinski Marlboro Team Roberts Yamaha +24.857 13 5 Wayne Gardner Rothmans Honda Team Honda +29.617 11 6 Eddie Lawson Cagiva Corse Cagiva +31.179 10 7 Niall Mackenzie Roberts B Team Yamaha +35.348 9 8 Didier de Radiguès Lucky Strike Suzuki Suzuki +37.846 8 9 Juan Garriga Ducados Yamaha Yamaha +49.967 7 10 Marco Papa Cagiva Corse Cagiva +1 Lap 6 11 Eddie Laycock Millar Racing Yamaha +1 Lap 5 12 Ron Haslam JPS Norton Racing Norton +1 Lap 4 13 Michael Rudroff Rallye Sport Honda +2 Laps 3 14 Cees Doorakkers HEK-Baumachines Honda +2 Laps 2 15 Andreas Leuthe Librenti Corse Suzuki +2 Laps 1 16 Helmut Schutz Rallye Sport Honda +3 Laps 17 Josef Doppler Doppler Racing Yamaha +3 Laps Ret Jean Philippe Ruggia Sonauto Yamaha Mobil 1 Yamaha Retirement Ret Michele Valdo Team Paton Paton Retirement Ret Nicholas Schmassman Schmassman Technotron Honda Retirement Ret Adrien Morillas Sonauto Yamaha Mobil 1 Yamaha Retirement Ret Hans Becker Team Romero Racing Yamaha Retirement Ret Sito Pons Campsa Honda Team Honda Retirement Ret Doug Chandler Roberts B Team Yamaha Retirement Sources:
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