1993 Austrian motorcycle Grand Prix

  1993 Austrian Grand Prix

Race details
Race 5 of 14 races in the 1993 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	16 May 1993
Location	Salzburgring
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.326 km (2.688 mi)
500 cc
Pole position
Rider	Kevin Schwantz
Time	1:17.900
Fastest lap
Rider	Mick Doohan
Time	1:18.021
Podium
First	Kevin Schwantz
Second	Mick Doohan
Third	Wayne Rainey
250 cc
Pole position
Rider	Doriano Romboni
Time	1:21.377
Fastest lap
Rider	Helmut Bradl
Time	1:21.269
Podium
First	Doriano Romboni
Second	Loris Capirossi
Third	Helmut Bradl
125 cc
Pole position
Rider	Kazuto Sakata
Time	1:29.623
Fastest lap
Rider	Takeshi Tsujimura
Time	1:29.241
Podium
First	Takeshi Tsujimura
Second	Kazuto Sakata
Third	Dirk Raudies

The 1993 Austrian motorcycle Grand Prix was the fifth round of the 1993 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 16 May 1993 at the Salzburgring.

500 cc race report

Mick Doohan’s rear brake is now operated by a thumb-lever on the left side. This is to compensate for not being able to use the right foot lever because of injuries from Assen '92.

Kevin Schwantz’ 5th pole in a row. Luca Cadalora takes the start from Doug Chandler, Doohan, Alex Barros and Schwantz.

Wayne Rainey and Schwantz start swapping 4th position.

Doohan into 1st, but Schwantz takes over the lead, then it’s a gap back to Rainey and Barros. Rainey is happy with his third place after chatter and clutch trouble and having qualified 1.3 seconds behind Schwantz.

500cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Points
1	Kevin Schwantz	Suzuki	38:15.613	25
2	Mick Doohan	Honda	+0.493	20
3	Wayne Rainey	Yamaha	+4.892	16
4	Alex Barros	Suzuki	+4.954	13
5	Luca Cadalora	Yamaha	+16.550	11
6	Shinichi Itoh	Honda	+22.595	10
7	Daryl Beattie	Honda	+28.110	9
8	Doug Chandler	Cagiva	+38.559	8
9	José Kuhn	ROC Yamaha	+1:17.751	7
10	Matthew Mladin	Cagiva	+1:17.820	6
11	Niall Mackenzie	ROC Yamaha	+1:17.920	5
12	Laurent Naveau	ROC Yamaha	+1 Lap	4
13	Juan Lopez Mella	ROC Yamaha	+1 Lap	3
14	John Reynolds	Harris Yamaha	+1 Lap	2
15	Tsutomu Udagawa	ROC Yamaha	+1 Lap	1
16	Sean Emmett	Harris Yamaha	+1 Lap
17	Michael Rudroff	Harris Yamaha	+1 Lap
18	Simon Crafar	Harris Yamaha	+1 Lap
19	Thierry Crine	ROC Yamaha	+1 Lap
20	Jeremy McWilliams	Yamaha	+1 Lap
21	Renato Colleoni	ROC Yamaha	+1 Lap
22	Bruno Bonhuil	ROC Yamaha	+1 Lap
23	Bernard Garcia	Yamaha	+1 Lap
24	Andreas Meklau	ROC Yamaha	+1 Lap
25	Marco Papa	Librenti	+2 Laps
Ret	Serge David	ROC Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Kevin Mitchell	Harris Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Alan Scott	Harris Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Cees Doorakkers	Harris Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Lucio Pedercini	ROC Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Àlex Crivillé	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Corrado Catalano	ROC Yamaha	Retirement

250cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Points
1	Doriano Romboni	Honda	35:48.648	25
2	Loris Capirossi	Honda	+0.050	20
3	Helmut Bradl	Honda	+0.407	16
4	Loris Reggiani	Aprilia	+14.888	13
5	Max Biaggi	Honda	+15.051	11
6	Tetsuya Harada	Yamaha	+15.105	10
7	John Kocinski	Suzuki	+26.254	9
8	Pierfrancesco Chili	Yamaha	+26.320	8
9	Alberto Puig	Honda	+31.846	7
10	Andreas Preining	Aprilia	+32.287	6
11	Eskil Suter	Aprilia	+47.428	5
12	Luis d'Antin	Honda	+1:01.330	4
13	Adrian Bosshard	Honda	+1:01.439	3
14	Jochen Schmid	Yamaha	+1:01.692	2
15	Patrick vd Goorbergh	Aprilia	+1:01.815	1
16	Luis Maurel	Aprilia	+1 Lap
17	Jean-Michel Bayle	Aprilia	+1 Lap
18	Alessandro Gramigni	Gilera	+1 Lap
19	Jean-Pierre Jeandat	Aprilia	+1 Lap
20	Jurgen vd Goorbergh	Aprilia	+1 Lap
21	Massimo Pennacchioli	Honda	+1 Lap
22	Gabriele Debbia	Honda	+1 Lap
Ret	Jean-Philippe Ruggia	Aprilia	Retirement
Ret	Bernd Kassner	Aprilia	Retirement
Ret	Nobuatsu Aoki	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Paolo Casoli	Gilera	Retirement
Ret	Tadayuki Okada	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Volker Bähr	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Hannes Maxwald	Aprilia	Retirement
Ret	Bernard Haenggeli	Aprilia	Retirement
Ret	Juan Borja	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Frédéric Protat	Aprilia	Retirement
Ret	Wilco Zeelenberg	Aprilia	Retirement
DNS	Alexander Witting	Aprilia	Did not start