1993 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
The 1993 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season was the 45th F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship season.
Season summary
Newcomers
A new star emerged on the 250 scene with Tetsuya Harada taking the crown in a tight battle with Loris Capirossi.[1] German privateer, Dirk Raudies won the 125 crown with 9 victories on a Honda.[1]
The 1993 season also marks the last time a rider is allowed to compete in two different classes at the same race.
1993 Grand Prix season calendar
The following Grands Prix were scheduled to take place in 1993:[2][3]
Round | Date | Grand Prix | Circuit |
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1 | 28 March | Foster's Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix | Eastern Creek Raceway
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2 | 4 April | Malaysia Grand Prix | Shah Alam Circuit |
3 | 18 April | Marlboro GP | Suzuka Circuit
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4 | 2 May | Gran Premio de España Ducados | Circuito Permanente de Jerez
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5 | 16 May | Austrian Grand Prix | Salzburgring |
6 | 13 June | Grand Prix von Deutschland | Hockenheimring |
7 | 26 June | Lucky Strike Dutch Grand Prix | TT Circuit Assen |
8 | 4 July | Gran Premi Pepsi d'Europa | Circuit de Catalunya
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9 | 18 July | Gran Premio di San Marino | Mugello Circuit |
10 | 1 August | British Grand Prix | Donington Park |
11 | 22 August | Grand Prix České republiky | Brno Circuit
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12 | 5 September | Gran Premio d'Italia | Circuito Internazionale Santa Monica
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13 | 12 September | United States Motorcycle Grand Prix | Laguna Seca Raceway
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14 | 26 September | Gran Premio FIM de la Comunidad de Madrid
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Circuito Permanente Del Jarama
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Calendar changes
- The Australian Grand Prix replaced the Japanese Grand Prixwith hosting the opening round.
- The Circuit Bugatti, Le Mans.
- The Austrian, San Marino, Czech Republic (before called the Czechoslovak Grand Prix) and United States Grand Prix returned on the calendar after the shift of interest to Formula 1 by Bernie Ecclestone.
- The Canadian Grand Prix was initially scheduled to be held on 19 September, but was replaced with the United States Grand Prix.
- The FIM Grand Prix was added to the calendar as a one-off Grand Prix to replace the South African Grand Prix.
Participants
500cc participants
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250cc participants
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125cc participants
Results and standings
Grands Prix
Round | Date | Race | Location | 125cc winner | 250cc winner | 500cc winner | Report |
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1 | 28 March | Australian motorcycle Grand Prix | Eastern Creek
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Dirk Raudies | Tetsuya Harada | Kevin Schwantz | Report |
2 | 4 April | Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix | Shah Alam | Dirk Raudies | Nobuatsu Aoki | Wayne Rainey | Report |
3 | 18 April | Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix | Suzuka
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Dirk Raudies | Tetsuya Harada | Wayne Rainey | Report |
4 | 2 May | Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix | Jerez
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Kazuto Sakata | Tetsuya Harada | Kevin Schwantz | Report |
5 | 16 May | Austrian motorcycle Grand Prix | Salzburgring | Takeshi Tsujimura | Doriano Romboni | Kevin Schwantz | Report |
6 | 13 June | German motorcycle Grand Prix | Hockenheim | Dirk Raudies | Doriano Romboni | Daryl Beattie | Report |
7 | 26 June | Dutch TT | Assen | Dirk Raudies | Loris Capirossi | Kevin Schwantz | Report |
8 | 4 July | European motorcycle Grand Prix | Catalunya
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Noboru Ueda | Max Biaggi | Wayne Rainey | Report |
9 | 18 July | San Marino motorcycle Grand Prix | Mugello | Dirk Raudies | Loris Capirossi | Mick Doohan
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Report |
10 | 1 August | British motorcycle Grand Prix | Donington | Dirk Raudies | Jean-Philippe Ruggia | Luca Cadalora | Report |
11 | 22 August | Czech Republic motorcycle Grand Prix | Brno
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Kazuto Sakata | Loris Reggiani | Wayne Rainey | Report |
12 | 5 September | Italian motorcycle Grand Prix | Misano | Dirk Raudies | Jean-Philippe Ruggia | Luca Cadalora | Report |
13 | 12 September | United States motorcycle Grand Prix | Laguna Seca
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Dirk Raudies | Loris Capirossi | John Kocinski | Report |
14 | 26 September | FIM motorcycle Grand Prix
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Jarama
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Ralf Waldmann | Tetsuya Harada | Alex Barros | Report |
500cc riders' standings
- Scoring system
Points are awarded to the top fifteen finishers. A rider has to finish the race to earn points.
Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | 14th | 15th |
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Points | 25 | 20 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
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Bold – Pole |
250cc riders' standings
- Scoring system
Points are awarded to the top fifteen finishers. A rider has to finish the race to earn points.
Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | 14th | 15th |
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Points | 25 | 20 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Pos | Rider | No | Bike | AUS |
MAL |
JPN |
ESP |
AUT |
GER |
NED |
EUR |
SMR |
GBR |
CZE |
ITA |
USA |
FIM |
Pts |
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1 | Tetsuya Harada | 31 | Yamaha | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 2 | Ret | 3 | Ret | 6 | Ret | 5 | 1 | 197 |
2 | Loris Capirossi | 65 | Honda | Ret | 12 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 1 | Ret | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 193 |
3 | Loris Reggiani | 13 | Aprilia | 14 | 7 | Ret | Ret | 4 | 5 | 6 | Ret | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 158 |
4 | Max Biaggi | 5 | Honda | 3 | 17 | Ret | 2 | 5 | 4 | Ret | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 | Ret | Ret | 3 | 142 |
5 | Doriano Romboni | 10 | Honda | 7 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 1 | Ret | 4 | Ret | 2 | 6 | 139 | |||
6 | Jean-Philippe Ruggia | 17 | Aprilia | 9 | 19 | 5 | 3 | Ret | 8 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | Ret | 1 | Ret | Ret | 129 |
7 | Helmut Bradl | 4 | Honda | 8 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 7 | Ret | 7 | 4 | 8 | Ret | 126 |
8 | Tadayuki Okada | 18 | Honda | 4 | 3 | 2 | 7 | Ret | Ret | 2 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 9 | Ret | 120 | |
9 | Alberto Puig | 6 | Honda | 13 | 8 | 15 | Ret | 9 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 10 | Ret | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 106 |
10 | Pierfrancesco Chili | 3 | Yamaha | 10 | 9 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 8 | Ret | 8 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 106 |
11 | Nobuatsu Aoki | 14 | Honda | 5 | 1 | 4 | Ret | Ret | DNS | 10 | 4 | 9 | Ret | 10 | 6 | 7 | Ret | 100 |
12 | John Kocinski | 19 | Suzuki | 2 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 80 | |||||||
13 | Wilco Zeelenberg | 11 | Aprilia | 11 | Ret | 16 | 6 | Ret | Ret | 7 | 8 | Ret | 11 | 12 | 9 | Ret | 14 | 50 |
14 | Jochen Schmid | 7 | Yamaha | 12 | Ret | 14 | 9 | 14 | 13 | Ret | 12 | 15 | 7 | 9 | 10 | Ret | 11 | 50 |
15 | Luis D'Antin
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34 | Honda | Ret | 10 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 7 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 11 | 43 | ||
16 | Patrick van den Goorbergh | 24 | Aprilia | Ret | 13 | 12 | Ret | 15 | Ret | Ret | 13 | 17 | 9 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 7 | 31 |
17 | Andy Preining | 16 | Aprilia | Ret | 14 | 11 | 15 | 10 | Ret | 13 | 9 | 23 | Ret | Ret | 13 | Ret | 13 | 30 |
18 | Carlos Cardús | 8 | Honda | 6 | 18 | Ret | DNS | 9 | Ret | 6 | 27 | |||||||
19 | Eskil Suter | 20 | Aprilia | Ret | 15 | 17 | 18 | 11 | Ret | 14 | Ret | 12 | 10 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 10 | 24 |
20 | Adrian Bosshard | 28 | Honda | 15 | 11 | Ret | 13 | 13 | 21 | 12 | Ret | 19 | 14 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 21 |
21 | Simon Crafar | 37 | Suzuki | 10 | 13 | Ret | 13 | 11 | Ret | Ret | 17 | |||||||
22 | Jean-Michel Bayle | 44 | Aprilia | 19 | 16 | 21 | 14 | 17 | 14 | 16 | 18 | 18 | 8 | Ret | 19 | Ret | 12 | 16 |
23 | Carlos Checa | 38 | Honda | 21 | 25 | Ret | 20 | 14 | 9 | 9 | ||||||||
24 | Takuma Aoki | 50 | Honda | 8 | 8 | |||||||||||||
25 | Frédéric Protat | 27 | Aprilia | Ret | Ret | 20 | 16 | Ret | 16 | Ret | Ret | 16 | 12 | 15 | Ret | 13 | 19 | 8 |
26 | Paolo Casoli | 21 | Gilera | 16 | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 19 | Ret | 13 | 12 | 7 | |||||
27 | Kenny Roberts Jr. | 75 | Yamaha | 10 | 6 | |||||||||||||
28 | Marcellino Lucchi | 67 | Aprilia | 11 | 5 | |||||||||||||
29 | Juan Borja
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30 | Honda | Ret | Ret | 23 | 17 | Ret | 15 | Ret | 18 | Ret | Ret | 12 | Ret | 5 | ||
30 | Alessandro Gramigni | 39 | Gilera | Ret | Ret | 18 | Ret | 18 | 24 | Ret | Ret | 14 | 16 | Ret | 2 | |||
31 | Bernd Kassner | 26 | Aprilia | 20 | 22 | 22 | Ret | Ret | 18 | 17 | 14 | 20 | 17 | Ret | 21 | 20 | 18 | 2 |
32 | Jurgen van den Goorbergh | 25 | Aprilia | 17 | 20 | 19 | 23 | 20 | Ret | 15 | Ret | Ret | 22 | 18 | Ret | Ret | 1 | |
33 | Jean-Pierre Jeandat | 51 | Aprilia | 18 | Ret | Ret | DNS | 19 | Ret | Ret | 15 | Ret | 20 | Ret | 21 | 22 | 1 | |
34 | Bernard Haenggeli | 23 | Aprilia | Ret | 23 | 24 | 19 | Ret | 23 | 18 | 16 | Ret | 15 | 19 | 16 | 18 | Ret | 1 |
Luis Maurel | 22 | Aprilia | Ret | 21 | Ret | 21 | 16 | Ret | Ret | 21 | Ret | 23 | 16 | Ret | 19 | 16 | 0 | |
Adi Stadler | Honda | 17 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
Pere Riba | 36 | Honda | 17 | Ret | 20 | 17 | 17 | Ret | 0 | |||||||||
Miguel Castilla | 54 | Yamaha | DNQ | 17 | 0 | |||||||||||||
Giuseppe Fiorillo | Aprilia | 18 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
Volker Bahr | 32 | Honda | Ret | 25 | 26 | 22 | Ret | Ret | 19 | 19 | 22 | 21 | 21 | 22 | Ret | 20 | 0 | |
Nigel Bosworth | Yamaha | 19 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
Gabriele Debbia | 12 | Honda | 23 | Ret | 25 | 20 | 22 | 20 | 0 | |||||||||
Massimo Pennacchioli | 43 | Honda | 24 | 26 | 27 | Ret | 21 | 22 | 20 | 22 | 24 | 24 | 22 | Ret | 22 | 21 | 0 | |
Oscar Sainz | Yamaha | 20 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
Nobuyuki Wakai | 15 | Suzuki | 21 | Ret | 28 | 0 | ||||||||||||
Rudie Markink | Yamaha | 21 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
Rene Bongers | Honda | 22 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
Loek Bodelier | 35 | Honda | Ret | 23 | 0 | |||||||||||||
Davide Bulega | Aprilia | 23 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
Sharun Nizam | Yamaha | 24 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
Alex Sirera | 53 | Yamaha | 24 | Ret | 0 | |||||||||||||
Claudio Tonnini | Honda | 25 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
Stephen Whitehouse | Yamaha | Ret | 0 | |||||||||||||||
Veng Kit Tong | Yamaha | Ret | 0 | |||||||||||||||
Osamu Miyazaki | Aprilia | Ret | 0 | |||||||||||||||
Hannes Maxwald | Aprilia | Ret | 0 | |||||||||||||||
Mattieu van Gaalen | Aprilia | Ret | 0 | |||||||||||||||
Jorge Martínez | Honda | Ret | 0 | |||||||||||||||
Paul Brown | Honda | Ret | 0 | |||||||||||||||
Bohumil Stasa Jr. | Aprilia | Ret | 0 | |||||||||||||||
Marek Moravek | Yamaha | Ret | 0 | |||||||||||||||
Sete Gibernau | 77 | Yamaha | Ret | 0 | ||||||||||||||
Alexander Witting | Aprilia | DNS | 0 | |||||||||||||||
Pos | Rider | No | Bike | AUS |
MAL |
JPN |
ESP |
AUT |
GER |
NED |
EUR |
SMR |
GBR |
CZE |
ITA |
USA |
FIM |
Pts |
125cc riders' standings
- Scoring system
Points are awarded to the top fifteen finishers. A rider has to finish the race to earn points.
Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | 14th | 15th |
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Points | 25 | 20 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Pos | Rider | Bike | Nationality | Team | Points | Wins |
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1 | Dirk Raudies | 5 | Germany | Europa Raudies-Honda | 280 | 9 |
2 | Kazuto Sakata | 8 | Japan | F.C.C. Technical Sports-Honda | 266 | 2 |
3 | Takeshi Tsujimura | 36 | Japan | F.C.C. Technical Sports-Honda | 177 | 1 |
4 | Ralf Waldmann | 3 | Germany | Marlboro-Aprilia | 160 | 1 |
5 | Noboru Ueda | 7 | Japan | Marlboro-Honda | 129 | 1 |
6 | Akira Saito
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17 | Japan | Elf Kepla-Honda | 117 | 0 |
7 | Olivier Petrucciani
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15 | Switzerland | Marlboro-Aprilia | 82 | 0 |
8 | Jorge Martínez | 6 | Spain | Aspar-Honda | 74 | 0 |
9 | Herri Torrontegui | 12 | Spain | Semprucci-Aprilia | 65 | 0 |
10 | Peter Öttl | 11 | Germany | Deutschland-Aprilia | 64 | 0 |
11 | Fausto Gresini | 2 | Italy | Marlboro-Aprilia | 61 | |
12 | Ezio Gianola | 16 | Italy | Daytona-Pit Lane-Honda | 59 | |
13 | Oliver Koch | 14 | Germany | Ditter Plastic-Honda | 52 | |
14 | Haruchika Aoki | 24 | Japan | Moto Bum-Honda | 39 | |
15 | Stefan Prein | 33 | Germany | Co Promotion-Honda | 38 | |
16 | Manfred Baumann | 20 | Austria | Baumann-Honda | 36 | |
17 | Kinya Wada | 19 | Japan | Jha-Honda | 30 | |
19 | Garry McCoy | 31 | Australia | AGV Germany-Aprilia | 25 | |
20 | Carlos Giro Jr. | 9 | Spain | Ducados-Aprilia | 22 | |
21 | Bruno Casanova | 4 | Italy | Scot Racing-Aprilia | 22 | |
22 | Luigi Ancona | 28 | Italy | IPA Corse Effeuno-Honda | 22 | |
23 | Maik Stief | 23 | Germany | Co Promotion-Honda | 21 | |
24 | Neil Hodgson | 25 | Great Britain | Burnett-Honda | 18 | |
25 | Hans Spaan | 10 | Netherlands | Exact Software-DC Sports-Rumi/Honda | 16 | |
26 | Stefan Kurfiss | 21 | Germany | Aprilia Deutschland | 14 | |
27 | Carlos Checa | 63 | Spain | M.C Manresa-Petrocat-Honda | 9 | |
28 | Hideyuki Nakajoh | 52 | Japan | Jha-Honda | 8 | |
29 | Gabriele Debbia | 65 | Italy | Daytona-Pit Lane-Honda | 7 | |
30 | Manfred Geissler | 37 | Germany | Co Promotion-Honda | 6 | |
31 | Ken Miyasaka | Japan | 4 | |||
32 | Julián Miralles | 27 | Spain | Miralles-Honda | 4 | |
33 | Emilio Cuppini | 38 | Italy | IPA Corse Effeuno-Honda | 3 | |
33 | Sinya Sato | 42 | Japan | Unemoto & Harc-Pro.-Honda | 3 | |
35 | Arie Molenaar | 29 | Netherlands | Arie Molenaar-Honda | 1 |
References
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- "The Official MotoGP website". Retrieved 2010-07-06.
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