1991 French motorcycle Grand Prix

  1991 French Grand Prix

Race details
Race 10 of 15 races in the 1991 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	21 July 1991
Location	Paul Ricard
Course	Permanent racing facility 3.812 km (2.369 mi)
500cc
Pole position Rider Wayne Rainey Time 1:21.571 Fastest lap Rider Wayne Rainey Time 1:22.108 Podium First Wayne Rainey Second Mick Doohan Third Eddie Lawson
250cc
Pole position Rider Helmut Bradl Time 1:25.955 Fastest lap Rider Loris Reggiani Time 1:25.965 Podium First Loris Reggiani Second Helmut Bradl Third Carlos Cardús
125cc
Pole position Rider Noboru Ueda Time 1:32.538 Fastest lap Rider Ralf Waldmann Time 1:32.422 Podium First Loris Capirossi Second Ralf Waldmann Third Fausto Gresini

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 on pole, Mick Doohan 2nd at .5 second, John Kocinski 3rd and Kevin Schwantz 4th on the grid. Doohan gets the start from Schwantz, Eddie Lawson and Rainey. After a bad start, Kocinski crashes 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	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Points
1	Wayne Rainey	Yamaha	44:13.070	20
2	Mick Doohan	Honda	+4.000	17
3	Eddie Lawson	Cagiva	+23.646	15
4	Kevin Schwantz	Suzuki	+23.730	13
5	Jean Philippe Ruggia	Yamaha	+31.387	11
6	Doug Chandler	Yamaha	+49.660	10
7	Didier de Radiguès	Suzuki	+55.097	9
8	Adrien Morillas	Yamaha	+1:12.584	8
9	Sito Pons	Honda	+1:17.300	7
10	Wayne Gardner	Honda	+2 Laps	6
11	Juan Garriga	Yamaha	+2 Laps	5
12	Cees Doorakkers	Honda	+2 Laps	4
13	Marco Papa	Honda	+2 Laps	3
14	Michael Rudroff	Honda	+2 Laps	2
15	Josef Doppler	Yamaha	+3 Laps	1
Ret	Nicholas Schmassman	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Hans Becker	Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	John Kocinski	Yamaha	Retirement