1991 United States motorcycle Grand Prix
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| Race 3 of 15 races in the 1991 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | April 21, 1991 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Official name | United States International Grand Prix[1][2][3] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Laguna Seca Raceway | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1991 United States motorcycle Grand Prix was the third round of the 1991 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of April 19–21, 1991 at Laguna Seca.
500 cc race report
Wayne Rainey on pole; a second covers 1st – 5th. Kevin Schwantz takes the hairpin from Rainey and Mick Doohan. Rainey very eagerly gets past Schwantz in the next turn. Through the Corkscrew it's Rainey, Schwantz, John Kocinski, Eddie Lawson and Wayne Gardner.
Rainey opens up a gap and Kocinski closes on Schwantz. Kocinski passes on turn 11, but crashes out half a lap later. Rainey wins with a large gap.
According to Michael Scott, Kocinski was so upset after the loss that he drove away from the track recklessly and refused to pull over when stopped by a policeman; he was arrested and sentenced to community service.[4]
500 cc classification
| Pos. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Grid | Points |
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| 1 |  Wayne Rainey
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Marlboro Team Roberts | Yamaha | 35 | 51:19.361 | 1 | 20 |
| 2 |  Mick Doohan
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Rothmans Honda Team | Honda | 35 | +6.974 | 4 | 17 |
| 3 | Kevin Schwantz
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Lucky Strike Suzuki | Suzuki | 35 | +16.603 | 3 | 15 |
| 4 |  Jean-Philippe Ruggia
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Sonauto Yamaha Mobil 1 | Yamaha | 35 | +19.931 | 10 | 13 |
| 5 | Eddie Lawson
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Cagiva Corse | Cagiva | 35 | +21.851 | 5 | 11 |
| 6 |  Alex Barros
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Cagiva Corse | Cagiva | 35 | +25.091 | 7 | 10 |
| 7 | Wayne Gardner
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Rothmans Honda Team | Honda | 35 | +35.069 | 6 | 9 |
| 8 |  Juan Garriga
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Ducados Yamaha | Yamaha | 35 | +43.188 | 9 | 8 |
| 9 | Adrien Morillas
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Sonauto Yamaha Mobil 1 | Yamaha | 35 | +53.613 | 8 | 7 |
| 10 |  Didier de Radiguès
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Lucky Strike Suzuki | Suzuki | 35 | +1:03.059 | 13 | 6 |
| 11 | Rich Oliver
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Marlboro Team Roberts | Yamaha | 34 | +1 lap | 14 | 5 |
| 12 | Robbie Petersen
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Marlboro Team Roberts | Yamaha | 34 | +1 lap | 15 | 4 |
| 13 |  Eddie Laycock
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Millar Racing | Yamaha | 34 | +1 lap | 3 | |
| 14 |  Cees Doorakkers
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HEK-Baumachines | Honda | 32 | +3 laps | 2 | |
| 15 |  Niggi Schmassman
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Schmassman Technotron | Honda | 31 | +4 laps | 1 | |
| Ret | Doug Chandler
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Roberts B Team | Yamaha | 22 | Retired | 11 | |
| Ret | Sito Pons
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Campsa Honda Team | Honda | 10 | Retired | 12 | |
| Ret | John Kocinski
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Marlboro Team Roberts | Yamaha | 6 | Retired | 2 | |
| Sources:[5][6][7] | |||||||
250 cc classification
| Pos | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Grid | Points |
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| 1 |  Luca Cadalora
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Honda | 30 | 45:07.590 | 1 | 20 |
| 2 | Wilco Zeelenberg
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Honda | 30 | +6.074 | 4 | 17 |
| 3 | Loris Reggiani
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Aprilia | 30 | +15.044 | 2 | 15 |
| 4 | Carlos Cardús
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Honda | 30 | +19.352 | 5 | 13 |
| 5 |  Masahiro Shimizu
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Honda | 30 | +25.933 | 9 | 11 |
| 6 |  Andreas Preining
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Aprilia | 30 | +38.725 | 8 | 10 |
| 7 |  Martin Wimmer
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Suzuki | 30 | +50.153 | 3 | 9 |
| 8 | Helmut Bradl
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Honda | 30 | +53.263 | 6 | 8 |
| 9 | Àlex Crivillé
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Honda | 30 | +59.804 | 11 | 7 |
| 10 | Jochen Schmid
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Honda | 30 | +1:03.512 | 12 | 6 |
| 11 | Jean-Pierre Jeandat
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Honda | 30 | +1:18.138 | 5 | |
| 12 |  Carlos Lavado
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Yamaha | 30 | +1:25.047 | 10 | 4 |
| 13 | Doriano Romboni
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Honda | 30 | +1:29.149 | 3 | |
| 14 | Harald Eckl
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Aprilia | 30 | +1:29.756 | 14 | 2 |
| 15 | Stefan Prein
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Honda | 30 | +1:37.767 | 1 | |
| 16 | Jim Filice
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Yamaha | 30 | +1:39.633 | 15 | |
| 17 | Bernard Hänggeli
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Aprilia | 30 | +1:40.754 | ||
| 18 | Urs Jucker
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Yamaha | 30 | +1:46.428 | ||
| 19 | Leon van der Heyden
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Honda | 30 | +1:50.358 | ||
| 20 | Jaime Mariano
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Aprilia | 30 | +2:03.170 | ||
| 21 | Nick Ienatsch
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Yamaha | 30 | +2:18.506 | ||
| 22 | Chris D'Aluisio
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Yamaha | 30 | +2:22.648 | ||
| 23 | Rick Kirk
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Yamaha | 30 | +2:32.444 | ||
| 24 | Corrado Catalano
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Honda | 30 | +2:38.468 | ||
| 25 |  Jon Cornwell
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Yamaha | 30 | +2:50.132 | ||
| 26 | Mike Sullivan
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Yamaha | 29 | +1 lap | ||
| 27 |  Ian Newton
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Yamaha | 28 | +2 laps | ||
| Ret | Pierfrancesco Chili
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Aprilia | 24 | Retired | 7 | |
| Ret | Alberto Puig
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Yamaha | 17 | Retired | ||
| Ret | Frédéric Protat
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Aprilia | 16 | Retired | ||
| Ret | Kevin Mitchell
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Yamaha | 15 | Retired | ||
| Ret | Allan Scott
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Yamaha | 10 | Retired | ||
| Ret | Rick Tripodi
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Yamaha | 7 | Retired | ||
| Ret | Paolo Casoli
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Yamaha | 1 | Retired | 13 | |
| [7] | ||||||
Sidecar classification
| Pos | Rider | Passenger | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
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| 1 | Steve Webster
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Gavin Simmons
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Krauser | 30 | 47:03.220 | 2 | 20 |
| 2 | Alain Michel
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Simon Birchall
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Krauser | 30 | +9.465 | 1 | 17 |
| 3 | Darren Dixon
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Sean Dixon
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LCR-Krauser | 30 | +29.100 | 5 | 15 |
| 4 | Rolf Biland
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Kurt Waltisperg
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Krauser | 30 | +32.018 | 4 | 13 |
| 5 | Markus Egloff
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Urs Egloff
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Yamaha | 30 | +40.265 | 8 | 11 |
| 6 | Steve Abbott
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Shaun Smith
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LCR-Krauser | 30 | +43.759 | 6 | 10 |
| 7 | Ralph Bohnhorst
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Bruno Hiller
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LCR | 30 | +53.794 | 10 | 9 |
| 8 | Paul Güdel
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Charly Güdel
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LCR-Krauser | 30 | +1:17.234 | 11 | 8 |
| 9 | René Progin
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Gary Irlam
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LCR | 30 | +1:26.511 | 9 | 7 |
| 10 | Masato Kumano
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Eckhart Rösinger
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Yamaha | 30 | +1:26.781 | 13 | 6 |
| 11 | Barry Brindley
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Grahame Rose
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LCR-Yamaha | 29 | +1 lap | 12 | 5 |
| 12 | Frank Voigt
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Holger Voigt
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Schuh-Spezial | 28 | +2 laps | 4 | |
| 13 | Alfred Zurbrügg
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Martin Zurbrügg
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Yamaha | 27 | +3 laps | 15 | 3 |
| Ret | Barry Smith
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David Smith
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Windle-ADM | 23 | Retired | ||
| Ret | Theo van Kempen
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Jan Kuyt
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LCR-Krauser | 20 | Retired | ||
| Ret | Tony Baker
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Simon Prior
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LCR-Krauser | 18 | Retired | ||
| Ret | Derek Brindley
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Nick Roche
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LCR-Krauser | 15 | Retired | 14 | |
| Ret | Egbert Streuer
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Peter Essaff
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LCR-Yamaha | 10 | Retired | 3 | |
| Ret | Yoshisada Kumagaya
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Bryan Houghton
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Krauser | 9 | Retired | 7 | |
| Ret | Werner Kraus
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Thomas Schröder
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ADM | 9 | Retired | ||
| Ret | Gary Thomas
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Gary Twenstrup
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Krauser | 3 | Retired | ||
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References
- ^ "Grand Prix uitslagen en bijzonderheden 1991". 25 July 2015. Archived from the original on 25 July 2015.
- ^ Mitchell, Malcolm. "1991 500cc Class (FIM Grand Prix World Championship) Programmes - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". www.progcovers.com.
- ^ Mitchell, Malcolm. "Laguna Seca Raceway - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". www.progcovers.com.
- ^ Scott, Michael: "Wayne Rainey", page 152. Haynes Publishing, 1997.
- ^ "1991 United States MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". 13 June 2017.
- ^ "motogp.com · UNITED STATES GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1991". www.motogp.com.
- ^ a b c Scott, Michael (ed.). Motocourse 1991-1992. Hazleton Publishing. pp. 80–81. ISBN 0-905138-88-0.