The 1993 European motorcycle Grand Prix was the eighth round of the 1993 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the 4 July 1993, at the Circuit de Catalunya. This was the 500th race to contribute to the Grand Prix motorcycle racing championship.
500 cc race report Yamaha allows Wayne Rainey to use a chassis from the ROC team.
Mick Doohan on pole. Rainey gets the start from Doohan and Kevin Schwantz.
Àlex Crivillé crashes out of 4th. Shinichi Itoh touches Doug Chandler’s back tire and crashes out, taking Chandler with him.
Rainey gets a gap to Doohan, then a gap to Schwantz. Rainey credits the wind more than the new frame: “The tailwind down the straight helped the Yamaha’s speed, but coming the other way I was able to use the wind to help get the bike to turn in.” Scott, Michael. Wayne Rainey: His Own Story. Page 181. Sparkford: Haynes Publishing, 1997.
500 cc classification Pos. Rider Team Manufacturer Time/Retired Points 1 Wayne Rainey Marlboro Team Roberts Yamaha 45:58.314 25 2 Mick Doohan Rothmans Honda Team Honda +3.898 20 3 Kevin Schwantz Lucky Strike Suzuki Suzuki +18.992 16 4 Daryl Beattie Rothmans Honda Team Honda +46.625 13 5 Alex Barros Lucky Strike Suzuki Suzuki +55.799 11 6 Niall Mackenzie Valvoline Team WCM ROC Yamaha +55.806 10 7 Juan Lopez Mella Lopez Mella Racing Team ROC Yamaha +1:05.880 9 8 José Kuhn Euromoto ROC Yamaha +1:05.962 8 9 Juan Garriga Cagiva Corse Cagiva +1:36.568 7 10 Renato Colleoni Team Elit ROC Yamaha +1:46.964 6 11 Jeremy McWilliams Millar Racing Yamaha +1:49.221 5 12 Sean Emmett Shell Team Harris Harris Yamaha +1 Lap 4 13 Andreas Meklau Austrian Racing Company ROC Yamaha +1 Lap 3 14 Cees Doorakkers Doorakkers Racing Harris Yamaha +1 Lap 2 15 Luca Cadalora Marlboro Team Roberts Yamaha +1 Lap 1 16 Andrew Stroud Team Harris Harris Yamaha +1 Lap 17 Michael Rudroff Rallye Sport Harris Yamaha +1 Lap Ret Bernard Garcia Yamaha Motor France Yamaha Retirement Ret Serge David Team ROC ROC Yamaha Retirement Ret Tsutomu Udagawa Team Udagawa ROC Yamaha Retirement Ret Laurent Naveau Euro Team ROC Yamaha Retirement Ret Thierry Crine Ville de Paris ROC Yamaha Retirement Ret Lucio Pedercini Team Pedercini ROC Yamaha Retirement Ret Kevin Mitchell MBM Racing Harris Yamaha Retirement Ret Bruno Bonhuil MTD Objectif 500 ROC Yamaha Retirement Ret Marco Papa Librenti Corse Librenti Retirement Ret Doug Chandler Cagiva Team Agostini Cagiva Retirement Ret Shinichi Itoh HRC Rothmans Honda Honda Retirement Ret Simon Crafar Peter Graves Racing Team Harris Yamaha Retirement Ret Àlex Crivillé Marlboro Honda Pons Honda Retirement DNS John Reynolds Padgett's Motorcycles Harris Yamaha Did not start Sources:
250 cc classification Pos Rider Manufacturer Time/Retired Points 1 Max Biaggi Honda 43:09.388 25 2 Tadayuki Okada Honda +2.601 20 3 Alberto Puig Honda +3.458 16 4 Nobuatsu Aoki Honda +3.655 13 5 Jean-Philippe Ruggia Aprilia +3.814 11 6 Carlos Cardús Honda +6.489 10 7 Luis d'Antin Honda +14.734 9 8 Wilco Zeelenberg Aprilia +30.893 8 9 Andreas Preining Aprilia +32.577 7 10 Simon Crafar Suzuki +37.442 6 11 Helmut Bradl Honda +42.873 5 12 Jochen Schmid Yamaha +44.854 4 13 Patrick van den Goorbergh Aprilia +50.262 3 14 Bernd Kassner Aprilia +53.657 2 15 Jean-Pierre Jeandat Aprilia +53.960 1 16 Bernard Haenggeli Aprilia +54.089 17 Pere Riba Honda +57.620 18 Jean-Michel Bayle Aprilia +1:14.164 19 Volker Bähr Honda +1:35.478 20 Óscar Sainz Yamaha +2:23.918 21 Luis Maurel Aprilia +1 Lap 22 Massimo Pennacchioli Honda +1 Lap 23 Loek Bodelier Honda +1 Lap Ret Eskil Suter Aprilia Retirement Ret Alessandro Gramigni Gilera Retirement Ret Adrian Bosshard Honda Retirement Ret Frédéric Protat Aprilia Retirement Ret Alex Sirera Yamaha Retirement Ret Jurgen van den Goorbergh Aprilia Retirement Ret Loris Capirossi Honda Retirement Ret Loris Reggiani Aprilia Retirement Ret Pierfrancesco Chili Yamaha Retirement Ret Tetsuya Harada Yamaha Retirement
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