1994 Australian motorcycle Grand Prix

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Australia  1994 Australian Grand Prix
Race details
Race 1 of 14 races in the
1994 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date27 March 1994
Official nameFoster's Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix[1][2]
LocationEastern Creek Raceway
Course
  • Permanent racing facility
  • 3.930 km (2.442 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position
Rider United States John Kocinski
Time 1:30.394
Fastest lap
Rider Italy Luca Cadalora
Time 1:31.615
Podium
First United States John Kocinski
Second Italy Luca Cadalora
Third Australia Mick Doohan
250 cc
Pole position
Rider Italy Loris Capirossi
Time 1:32.200
Fastest lap
Rider Italy Max Biaggi
Time 1:32.658
Podium
First Italy Max Biaggi
Second Italy Doriano Romboni
Third Italy Loris Capirossi
125 cc
Pole position
Rider Japan Kazuto Sakata
Time 1:37.528
Fastest lap
Rider Japan Kazuto Sakata
Time 1:37.908
Podium
First Japan Kazuto Sakata
Second Germany Peter Öttl
Third Australia Garry McCoy

The 1994 Australian motorcycle Grand Prix was the first round of the 1994 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 27 March 1994 at Eastern Creek Raceway.

500 cc classification[edit]

Race was scheduled for 30 laps however spectators stormed the track shortly after the chequered flag when some riders haven't completed the full distance yet. Because of these circumstances the official results were taken at the end of the penultimate lap.

Pos. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Points
1 United States John Kocinski Cagiva Team Agostini Cagiva 29 44:37.026 25
2 Italy Luca Cadalora Marlboro Team Roberts Yamaha 29 +6.480 20
3 Australia Mick Doohan Honda Team HRC Honda 29 +8.246 16
4 United States Kevin Schwantz Lucky Strike Suzuki Suzuki 29 +26.854 13
5 Japan Shinichi Itoh Honda Team HRC Honda 29 +30.829 11
6 Spain Àlex Crivillé Honda Team HRC Honda 29 +33.455 10
7 Spain Alberto Puig Ducados Honda Pons Honda 29 +33.730 9
8 Brazil Alex Barros Lucky Strike Suzuki Suzuki 29 +33.736 8
9 United States Doug Chandler Cagiva Team Agostini Cagiva 29 +45.804 7
10 United Kingdom John Reynolds 'Padgett's Motorcycles Harris Yamaha 29 +1:22.062 6
11 France Bernard Garcia Yamaha Motor France ROC Yamaha 29 +1:27.745 5
12 Australia Scott Doohan Shell Harris Grand Prix Harris Yamaha 29 +1:32.542 4
13 Spain Juan López Mella Lopez Mella Racing Team ROC Yamaha 29 +1:32.788 3
14 United Kingdom Sean Emmett Shell Harris Grand Prix Harris Yamaha 29 +1:33.338 2
15 Italy Cristiano Migliorati Team Pedercini ROC Yamaha 28 +1 Lap 1
16 Belgium Laurent Naveau Euro Team ROC Yamaha 28 +1 Lap
17 United Kingdom Jeremy McWilliams Millar Racing Yamaha 28 +1 Lap
18 France Jean Pierre Jeandat JPJ Racing ROC Yamaha 28 +1 Lap
19 Switzerland Bernard Haenggeli Haenggeli Racing ROC Yamaha 28 +1 Lap
20 France Marc Garcia DR Team Shark ROC Yamaha 28 +1 Lap
21 Spain Julián Miralles Team ROC ROC Yamaha 28 +1 Lap
22 France Bruno Bonhuil MTD Objectif 500 ROC Yamaha 28 +1 Lap
23 Luxembourg Andreas Leuthe Team Doppler Austria ROC Yamaha 28 +1 Lap
24 Italy Vittorio Scatola Team Paton Paton 27 +2 Laps
25 Netherlands Cees Doorakkers Team Doorakkers Harris Yamaha 27 +2 Laps
Ret Italy Lucio Pedercini Team Pedercini ROC Yamaha 15 Retirement
Ret France Jean Foray Jean Foray Racing Team ROC Yamaha 8 Retirement
Ret Australia Daryl Beattie Marlboro Team Roberts Yamaha 6 Engine
Ret Italy Marco Papa Team Elit ROC Yamaha 6 Retirement
Ret United Kingdom Kevin Mitchell MBM Racing Harris Yamaha 5 Retirement
Ret United Kingdom Niall Mackenzie Slick 50 Team WCM ROC Yamaha 2 Retirement
DNQ Germany Lothar Neukirchner Sachsen Racing Harris Yamaha Did not qualify
Sources:[3][4]

250 cc classification[edit]

Pos Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Points
1 Italy Max Biaggi Aprilia 28 43:42.148 25
2 Italy Doriano Romboni Honda 28 +0.658 20
3 Italy Loris Capirossi Honda 28 +0.696 16
4 France Jean Philippe Ruggia Aprilia 28 +4.380 13
5 Japan Tadayuki Okada Honda 28 +22.590 11
6 Japan Nobuatsu Aoki Honda 28 +22.663 10
7 Germany Ralf Waldmann Honda 28 +31.969 9
8 Spain Luis D'Antin Honda 28 +45.944 8
9 Netherlands Wilco Zeelenberg Honda 28 +45.976 7
10 France Jean-Michel Bayle Aprilia 28 +47.386 6
11 Australia Craig Connell Honda 28 +56.921 5
12 Austria Andreas Preining Aprilia 28 +57.320 4
13 Switzerland Adrien Bosshard Honda 28 +57.469 3
14 Spain Carlos Checa Honda 28 +1:12.094 2
15 Switzerland Eskil Suter Aprilia 28 +1:12.236 1
16 Netherlands Jurgen vd Goorbergh Aprilia 28 +1:16.288
17 Italy Alessandro Gramigni Aprilia 28 +1:31.394
18 France Frederic Protat Honda 27 +1 Lap
19 Spain José Luis Cardoso Aprilia 27 +1 Lap
20 France Christian Boudinot Aprilia 27 +1 Lap
21 Spain Luis Carlos Maurel Honda 27 +1 Lap
22 Spain Juan Borja Aprilia 27 +1 Lap
23 Australia René Bongers Honda 27 +1 Lap
24 United Kingdom Alan Patterson Honda 26 +2 Laps
25 Finland Krisse Kaas Yamaha 26 +2 Laps
Ret Germany Bernd Kassner Aprilia 27 Retirement
Ret Netherlands Patrick vd Goorbergh Aprilia 17 Retirement
Ret Spain Enrique de Juan Aprilia 15 Retirement
Ret Canada Rodney Fee Honda 13 Retirement
Ret France Noel Ferro Honda 10 Retirement
Ret Germany Adolf Stadler Aprilia 7 Retirement
DNS Japan Tetsuya Harada Yamaha Did not start
  • Tetsuya Harada suffered a broken hand in a crash during first practice session and withdrew from the event.

125 cc classification[edit]

Pos Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Points
1 Japan Kazuto Sakata Aprilia 26 43:05.474 25
2 Germany Peter Öttl Aprilia 26 +5.199 20
3 Australia Garry McCoy Aprilia 26 +11.537 16
4 Italy Fausto Gresini Honda 26 +15.540 13
5 Switzerland Olivier Petrucciani Aprilia 26 +24.593 11
6 Japan Akira Saito Honda 26 +27.472 10
7 Japan Noboru Ueda Honda 26 +27.957 9
8 Spain Herri Torrontegui Aprilia 26 +27.993 8
9 Japan Masaki Tokudome Honda 26 +28.436 7
10 Germany Dirk Raudies Honda 26 +36.223 6
11 Netherlands Loek Bodelier Honda 26 +36.344 5
12 Italy Gianluigi Scalvini Aprilia 26 +36.348 4
13 Italy Gabriele Debbia Aprilia 26 +47.472 3
14 Japan Tomoko Igata Honda 26 +48.274 2
15 Japan Hideyuki Nakajo Honda 26 +48.496 1
16 Italy Bruno Casanova Honda 26 +51.976
17 Japan Haruchika Aoki Honda 26 +52.029
18 Italy Lucio Cecchinello Honda 26 +1:01.315
19 Germany Stefan Prein Yamaha 26 +1:02.934
20 Germany Manfred Geissler Aprilia 26 +1:02.942
21 Italy Giuseppe Fiorillo Honda 26 +1:03.286
22 France Frederic Petit Yamaha 26 +1:24.084
23 Germany Oliver Koch Honda 26 +1:24.668
24 Netherlands Hans Spaan Honda 26 +1:25.920
25 Australia Glen Richards Aprilia 26 +1:34.830
26 Spain Carlos Giro Aprilia 26 +1:44.800
27 Japan Masafumo Ono Honda 25 +1 Lap
28 Italy Vittorio Lopez Honda 25 +1 Lap
Ret Austria Manfred Baumann Yamaha 18 Retirement
Ret Italy Stefano Perugini Aprilia 14 Retirement
Ret Japan Takeshi Tsujimura Honda 13 Accident
Ret Australia Ken Fisher Honda 7 Retirement
Ret Spain Jorge Martinez Yamaha 5 Retirement
Ret United Kingdom Neil Hodgson Honda 4 Retirement
Ret Italy Daniela Tognoli Aprilia 4 Retirement
Ret Japan Yoshiaki Katoh Yamaha 1 Accident

References[edit]

  1. ^ Mitchell, Malcolm. "1994 500cc Class (FIM Grand Prix World Championship) Programmes – The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com. Retrieved 27 August 2018.
  2. ^ Mitchell, Malcolm. "Sydney Motorsport Park – The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com. Retrieved 27 August 2018.
  3. ^ "1994 Australian MotoGP – Motor Sport Magazine Database". Motorsportmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 27 August 2018.
  4. ^ "AUSTRALIAN GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1994". Motogp.com. Retrieved 27 August 2018.


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