1993 British motorcycle Grand Prix
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Race 10 of 14 races in the 1993 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date | 1 August 1993 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Official name | British Grand Prix[1][2][3] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Location | Donington Park | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1993 British motorcycle Grand Prix was the tenth round of the 1993 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 1 August 1993 at Donington Park.
500 cc race report
6th pole of the season for Kevin Schwantz; Wayne Rainey highsides in practice—he loses two fingernails, gets a fracture in his spine and a concussion;[4] he doesn’t qualify well.
Rainey gets the start.
Rainey has the lead from Alex Barros, Schwantz and Mick Doohan. Approaching the chicane, Doohan leaves the braking too late and slams into the back of Barros on his right, then falls to his left and takes out Schwantz. Schwantz looks injured. Rainey’s championship hopes suddenly look bright, with Carl Fogarty and Luca Cadalora behind him.
Fogarty is adjusting his front brakes on-the-fly; Cadalora comes past.
Àlex Crivillé, who’d been in a battle with Shinichi Itoh, crashes out.
Rainey and Cadalora at the front; Cadalora looks like he’s staying behind Rainey purposely, but then passes. Watching on the race monitors, team manager Kenny Roberts shakes his head at Cadalora’s disregard for Rainey’s championship struggle. It will be Cadalora’s first 500 win.
Fogarty looks to have a strong 3rd, but seems to be running out of gas and is pipped at the line by Niall Mackenzie.
Rainey is now 3 points behind Schwantz with 4 rounds to go.
Cadalora: “When I saw that Kevin was out and he didn’t get point (sic), I was thinking it was not big trouble, because 20 points more for Wayne. That’s good.” [5] Had Cadalora stayed in 2nd, Rainey would be 2 points ahead, not 3 points behind.
Roberts: “I’m very happy for Luca, because to win a 500 grand prix for Luca is fantastic. But, I have to run the Marlboro Yamaha team, and for the team, it would have been better that Wayne won. But, we have a lot of work to do before we win the world championship and I don’t think this is going to make a big difference and Wayne is very happy for Luca as well.” [6]
500 cc classification
Pos | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Time/Retired | Points | ||
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1 | Luca Cadalora | Marlboro Team Roberts | Yamaha | 47:45.630 | 25 | ||
2 | Wayne Rainey | Marlboro Team Roberts | Yamaha | +3.312 | 20 | ||
3 | Niall Mackenzie | Valvoline Team WCM | ROC Yamaha | +21.898 | 16 | ||
4 | Carl Fogarty | Cagiva Team Agostini | Cagiva | +22.238 | 13 | ||
5 | Shinichi Itoh | HRC Rothmans Honda | Honda | +36.151 | 11 | ||
6 | Daryl Beattie | Rothmans Honda Team | Honda | +36.394 | 10 | ||
7 | Juan Lopez Mella | Lopez Mella Racing Team | ROC Yamaha | +1:06.585 | 9 | ||
8 | Renzo Colleoni | Team Elit | ROC Yamaha | +1:10.731 | 8 | ||
9 | John Reynolds | Padgett's Motorcycles | Harris Yamaha | +1:16.010 | 7 | ||
10 | Michael Rudroff | Rallye Sport | Harris Yamaha | +1:21.152 | 6 | ||
11 | James Haydon | Team Great Britain | ROC Yamaha | +1:24.715 | 5 | ||
12 | José Kuhn | Euromoto | Yamaha | +1:33.544 | 4 | ||
13 | Bernard Garcia | Yamaha Motor France | Yamaha | +1:34.372 | 3 | ||
14 | Ron Haslam | Team ROC | ROC Yamaha | +1:34.590 | 2 | ||
15 | Laurent Naveau | Euro Team | ROC Yamaha | +1 Lap | 1 | ||
16 | Thierry Crine | Ville de Paris | ROC Yamaha | +1 Lap | |||
17 | Andreas Meklau | Austrian Racing Company | ROC Yamaha | +1 Lap | |||
18 | Bruno Bonhuil | MTD Objectif 500 | ROC Yamaha | +1 Lap | |||
19 | Cees Doorakkers | Doorakkers Racing | Harris Yamaha | +1 Lap | |||
20 | David Jefferies | Peter Graves Racing Team | Harris Yamaha | +1 Lap | |||
Ret | Serge David | Team ROC | ROC Yamaha | Retirement | |||
Ret | Kevin Mitchell | MBM Racing | Harris Yamaha | Retirement | |||
Ret | Mick Doohan | Rothmans Honda Team | Honda | Retirement | |||
Ret | Andrew Stroud | Team Harris | Harris Yamaha | Retirement | |||
Ret | Kevin Schwantz | Lucky Strike Suzuki | Suzuki | Retirement | |||
Ret | Àlex Crivillé | Marlboro Honda Pons | Honda | Retirement | |||
Ret | Sean Emmett | Shell Team Harris | Harris Yamaha | Retirement | |||
Ret | Lucio Pedercini | Team Pedercini | ROC Yamaha | Retirement | |||
Ret | Jeremy McWilliams | Millar Racing | Yamaha | Retirement | |||
Ret | Alex Barros | Lucky Strike Suzuki | Suzuki | Retirement | |||
DNS | Matthew Mladin | Cagiva Team Agostini | Cagiva | Did not start | |||
DNS | Doug Chandler | Cagiva Team Agostini | Cagiva | Did not start | |||
Sources: [7][8] |
250 cc classification
References
- ^ "Grand Prix uitslagen en bijzonderheden 1993". Archive.today. 25 July 2015. Archived from the original on 25 July 2015. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
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suggested) (help) - ^ Mitchell, Malcolm. "1993 500cc Class (FIM Grand Prix World Championship) Programmes - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". www.progcovers.com.
- ^ Mitchell, Malcolm. "Donington Park - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
- ^ Scott, Michael. Wayne Rainey: His Own Story. Page 183. Sparkford: Haynes Publishing, 1997.
- ^ Duke Video, “Bike 500 GP 1993 Review”. Videocassette.
- ^ --Ibid.
- ^ "1993 British MotoGP". Motorsportmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
- ^ "motogp.com · BRITISH GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1993". www.motogp.com.