1993 British motorcycle Grand Prix

  1993 British Grand Prix

Race details
Race 10 of 14 races in the 1993 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	1 August 1993
Location	Donington
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.023 km (2.5 mi)
500 cc
Pole position
Rider	Kevin Schwantz
Time	1:33.514
Fastest lap
Rider	Luca Cadalora
Time	1:34.716
Podium
First	Luca Cadalora
Second	Wayne Rainey
Third	Niall Mackenzie
250 cc
Pole position
Rider	Loris Capirossi
Time	1:35.191
Fastest lap
Rider	Jean-Philippe Ruggia
Time	1:34.888
Podium
First	Jean-Philippe Ruggia
Second	Loris Capirossi
Third	Loris Reggiani
125 cc
Pole position
Rider	Kazuto Sakata
Time	1:41.178
Fastest lap
Rider	Kazuto Sakata
Time	1:41.347
Podium
First	Dirk Raudies
Second	Kazuto Sakata
Third	Ralf Waldmann

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;^[1] 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.” ^[2] 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.” ^[3]

500 cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Points
1	Luca Cadalora	Yamaha	47:45.630	25
2	Wayne Rainey	Yamaha	+3.312	20
3	Niall Mackenzie	ROC Yamaha	+21.898	16
4	Carl Fogarty	Cagiva	+22.238	13
5	Shinichi Itoh	Honda	+36.151	11
6	Daryl Beattie	Honda	+36.394	10
7	Juan Lopez Mella	ROC Yamaha	+1:06.585	9
8	Renato Colleoni	ROC Yamaha	+1:10.731	8
9	John Reynolds	Harris Yamaha	+1:16.010	7
10	Michael Rudroff	Harris Yamaha	+1:21.152	6
11	James Haydon	ROC Yamaha	+1:24.715	5
12	José Kuhn	Yamaha	+1:33.544	4
13	Bernard Garcia	Yamaha	+1:34.372	3
14	Ron Haslam	ROC Yamaha	+1:34.590	2
15	Laurent Naveau	ROC Yamaha	+1 Lap	1
16	Thierry Crine	ROC Yamaha	+1 Lap
17	Andreas Meklau	ROC Yamaha	+1 Lap
18	Bruno Bonhuil	ROC Yamaha	+1 Lap
19	Cees Doorakkers	Harris Yamaha	+1 Lap
20	David Jefferies	Harris Yamaha	+1 Lap
Ret	Serge David	ROC Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Kevin Mitchell	Harris Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Mick Doohan	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Andrew Stroud	Harris Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Kevin Schwantz	Suzuki	Retirement
Ret	Àlex Crivillé	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Sean Emmett	Harris Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Lucio Pedercini	ROC Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Jeremy McWilliams	Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Alex Barros	Suzuki	Retirement

250 cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Points
1	Jean-Philippe Ruggia	Aprilia	43:05.248	25
2	Loris Capirossi	Honda	+3.266	20
3	Loris Reggiani	Aprilia	+19.510	16
4	Pierfrancesco Chili	Yamaha	+35.138	13
5	Tadayuki Okada	Honda	+49.614	11
6	Max Biaggi	Honda	+1:14.134	10
7	Jochen Schmid	Yamaha	+1:14.948	9
8	Jean-Michel Bayle	Aprilia	+1:15.847	8
9	Patrick van den Goorbergh	Aprilia	+1:16.072	7
10	Eskil Suter	Aprilia	+1:16.328	6
11	Wilco Zeelenberg	Aprilia	+1:21.140	5
12	Frédéric Protat	Aprilia	+1:21.534	4
13	Paolo Casoli	Gilera	+1:27.766	3
14	Adrian Bosshard	Honda	+1:32.974	2
15	Bernard Haenggeli	Aprilia	+1:35.370	1
16	Alessandro Gramigni	Gilera	+1:35.902
17	Bernd Kassner	Aprilia	+1 Lap
18	Juan Borja	Honda	+1 Lap
19	Nigel Bosworth	Yamaha	+1 Lap
20	Jean-Pierre Jeandat	Aprilia	+1 Lap
21	Volker Bähr	Honda	+1 Lap
22	Jurgen van den Goorbergh	Aprilia	+1 Lap
23	Luis Maurel	Aprilia	+1 Lap
24	Massimo Pennacchioli	Honda	+1 Lap
25	Carlos Checa	Honda	+5 Laps
Ret	Alberto Puig	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Paul Brown	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Simon Crafar	Suzuki	Retirement
Ret	Nobuatsu Aoki	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Andreas Preining	Aprilia	Retirement
Ret	Luis d'Antin	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Pere Riba	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Helmut Bradl	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Tetsuya Harada	Yamaha	Retirement

References

1. Scott, Michael. Wayne Rainey: His Own Story. Page 183. Sparkford: Haynes Publishing, 1997.
2. Duke Video, “Bike 500 GP 1993 Review”. Videocassette.
3. --Ibid.