1993 European motorcycle Grand Prix

  1993 European Grand Prix

Race details
Race 8 of 14 races in the 1993 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	4 July 1993
Location	Circuit de Catalunya
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.747 km (2.950 mi)
500 cc
Pole position
Rider	Mick Doohan
Time	1:48.947
Fastest lap
Rider	Wayne Rainey
Time	1:49.340
Podium
First	Wayne Rainey
Second	Mick Doohan
Third	Kevin Schwantz
250 cc
Pole position
Rider	Max Biaggi
Time	1:50.701
Fastest lap
Rider	Max Biaggi
Time	1:51.661
Podium
First	Max Biaggi
Second	Tadayuki Okada
Third	Alberto Puig
125 cc
Pole position
Rider	Takeshi Tsujimura
Time	1:56.699
Fastest lap
Rider	Ralf Waldmann
Time	1:57.230
Podium
First	Noboru Ueda
Second	Ralf Waldmann
Third	Akira Saito

The 1993 European motorcycle Grand Prix was the eighth round of the 1993 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the 4 July 1993, at the Circuit de Catalunya. This was the 500th race to contribute to the Grand Prix motorcycle racing championship.

500 cc race report

Yamaha allows Wayne Rainey to use a chassis from the ROC team.

Mick Doohan on pole. Rainey gets the start from Doohan and Kevin Schwantz.

Àlex Crivillé crashes out of 4th. Shinichi Itoh touches Doug Chandler’s back tire and crashes out, taking Chandler with him.

Rainey gets a gap to Doohan, then a gap to Schwantz. Rainey credits the wind more than the new frame: “The tailwind down the straight helped the Yamaha’s speed, but coming the other way I was able to use the wind to help get the bike to turn in.” ^[1]

500 cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Points
1	Wayne Rainey	Yamaha	45:58.314	25
2	Mick Doohan	Honda	+3.898	20
3	Kevin Schwantz	Suzuki	+18.992	16
4	Daryl Beattie	Honda	+46.625	13
5	Alex Barros	Suzuki	+55.799	11
6	Niall Mackenzie	ROC Yamaha	+55.806	10
7	Juan Lopez Mella	ROC Yamaha	+1:05.880	9
8	José Kuhn	ROC Yamaha	+1:05.962	8
9	Juan Garriga	Cagiva	+1:36.568	7
10	Renato Colleoni	ROC Yamaha	+1:46.964	6
11	Jeremy McWilliams	Yamaha	+1:49.221	5
12	Sean Emmett	Harris Yamaha	+1 Lap	4
13	Andreas Meklau	ROC Yamaha	+1 Lap	3
14	Cees Doorakkers	Harris Yamaha	+1 Lap	2
15	Luca Cadalora	Yamaha	+1 Lap	1
16	Andrew Stroud	Harris Yamaha	+1 Lap
17	Michael Rudroff	Harris Yamaha	+1 Lap
Ret	Bernard Garcia	Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Serge David	ROC Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Tsutomu Udagawa	ROC Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Laurent Naveau	ROC Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Thierry Crine	ROC Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Lucio Pedercini	ROC Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Kevin Mitchell	Harris Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Bruno Bonhuil	ROC Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Marco Papa	Librenti	Retirement
Ret	Doug Chandler	Cagiva	Retirement
Ret	Shinichi Itoh	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Simon Crafar	Harris Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Àlex Crivillé	Honda	Retirement

250 cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Points
1	Max Biaggi	Honda	43:09.388	25
2	Tadayuki Okada	Honda	+2.601	20
3	Alberto Puig	Honda	+3.458	16
4	Nobuatsu Aoki	Honda	+3.655	13
5	Jean-Philippe Ruggia	Aprilia	+3.814	11
6	Carlos Cardús	Honda	+6.489	10
7	Luis d'Antin	Honda	+14.734	9
8	Wilco Zeelenberg	Aprilia	+30.893	8
9	Andreas Preining	Aprilia	+32.577	7
10	Simon Crafar	Suzuki	+37.442	6
11	Helmut Bradl	Honda	+42.873	5
12	Jochen Schmid	Yamaha	+44.854	4
13	Patrick van den Goorbergh	Aprilia	+50.262	3
14	Bernd Kassner	Aprilia	+53.657	2
15	Jean-Pierre Jeandat	Aprilia	+53.960	1
16	Bernard Haenggeli	Aprilia	+54.089
17	Pere Riba	Honda	+57.620
18	Jean-Michel Bayle	Aprilia	+1:14.164
19	Volker Bähr	Honda	+1:35.478
20	Óscar Sainz	Yamaha	+2:23.918
21	Luis Maurel	Aprilia	+1 Lap
22	Massimo Pennacchioli	Honda	+1 Lap
23	Loek Bodelier	Honda	+1 Lap
Ret	Eskil Suter	Aprilia	Retirement
Ret	Alessandro Gramigni	Gilera	Retirement
Ret	Adrian Bosshard	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Frédéric Protat	Aprilia	Retirement
Ret	Alex Sirera	Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Jurgen van den Goorbergh	Aprilia	Retirement
Ret	Loris Capirossi	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Loris Reggiani	Aprilia	Retirement
Ret	Pierfrancesco Chili	Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Tetsuya Harada	Yamaha	Retirement

References

1. Scott, Michael. Wayne Rainey: His Own Story. Page 181. Sparkford: Haynes Publishing, 1997.