1991 British motorcycle Grand Prix

  1991 British Grand Prix

Race details
Race 11 of 15 races in the 1991 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	4 August 1991
Location	Donington
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.023 km (2.5 mi)
500 cc
Pole position
Rider	Kevin Schwantz
Time	1:32.974
Fastest lap
Rider	Kevin Schwantz
Time	1:33.569
Podium
First	Kevin Schwantz
Second	Wayne Rainey
Third	Mick Doohan
250 cc
Pole position
Rider	Loris Reggiani
Time	1:36.356
Fastest lap
Rider	Loris Reggiani
Time	1:36.200
Podium
First	Luca Cadalora
Second	Carlos Cardús
Third	Helmut Bradl
125 cc
Pole position
Rider	Loris Capirossi
Time	1:42.928
Fastest lap
Rider	Loris Capirossi
Time	1:43.155
Podium
First	Loris Capirossi
Second	Fausto Gresini
Third	Peter Öttl

The 1991 British motorcycle Grand Prix was the eleventh round of the 1991 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 2–4 August 1991 at Donington Park.

500 cc race report

Kevin Schwantz on pole, Wayne Rainey 0.02 seconds back in 2nd, Mick Doohan 1 second down in 6th. John Kocinski gets the start from 3rd over Wayne Gardner, Doohan and Rainey.

Kocinski opens up a small gap to Schwantz, then a gap to a 3-man fight for 3rd between Rainey, Gardner and Doohan.

Schwantz takes the lead from Kocinski as Rainey arrives to make it a trio. Doohan makes it a quartet on lap 7.

Rainey and Schwantz drop Doohan and Kocinski, and they are swapping the lead often.

On the penultimate lap approaching the Melbourne Hairpin, from far behind Schwantz swoops in on Rainey on the brakes and passes around the outside in one of Schwantz's most memorable overtaking manuevers. Rainey isn't able to recover while Schwantz widens his lead to a comfortable gap as he crosses the finish line.^[1]

500 cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Points
1	Kevin Schwantz	Suzuki	47:12.182	20
2	Wayne Rainey	Yamaha	+0.788	17
3	Mick Doohan	Honda	+19.188	15
4	John Kocinski	Yamaha	+24.857	13
5	Wayne Gardner	Honda	+29.617	11
6	Eddie Lawson	Cagiva	+31.179	10
7	Niall Mackenzie	Yamaha	+35.348	9
8	Didier de Radiguès	Suzuki	+37.846	8
9	Joan Garriga	Yamaha	+49.967	7
10	Marco Papa	Cagiva	+1 Lap	6
11	Eddie Laycock	Yamaha	+1 Lap	5
12	Ron Haslam	Norton	+1 Lap	4
13	Michael Rudroff	Honda	+2 Laps	3
14	Cees Doorakkers	Honda	+2 Laps	2
15	Andreas Leuthe	Suzuki	+2 Laps	1
16	Helmut Schutz	Honda	+3 Laps
17	Josef Doppler	Yamaha	+3 Laps
Ret	Jean Philippe Ruggia	Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Michele Valdo	Paton	Retirement
Ret	Nicholas Schmassman	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Adrien Morillas	Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Hans Becker	Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Sito Pons	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Doug Chandler	Yamaha	Retirement

References

1. 1991 British motorcycle Grand Prix (500cc) - Full Race, retrieved 2015-12-23