1993 European motorcycle Grand Prix

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.

  1993 European Grand Prix

Race details
Race 8 of 14 races in the 1993 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	4 July 1993
Official name	Gran Premi Pepsi d'Europa[1]
Location	Circuit de Catalunya
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.747 km (2.950 mi)
500cc
Pole position Rider Mick Doohan Time 1:48.947 Fastest lap Rider Wayne Rainey Time 1:49.340 Podium First Wayne Rainey Second Mick Doohan Third Kevin Schwantz
250cc
Pole position Rider Max Biaggi Time 1:50.701 Fastest lap Rider Max Biaggi Time 1:51.661 Podium First Max Biaggi Second Tadayuki Okada Third Alberto Puig
125cc
Pole position Rider Takeshi Tsujimura Time 1:56.699 Fastest lap Rider Ralf Waldmann Time 1:57.230 Podium First Noboru Ueda Second Ralf Waldmann Third Akira Saito

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.” ^[2]

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:[3][4]

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

References

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. Scott, Michael. Wayne Rainey: His Own Story. Page 181. Sparkford: Haynes Publishing, 1997.
3. "1993 European MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". 13 June 2017.
4. "motogp.com · EUROPEAN GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1993". www.motogp.com.

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