The 1993 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix was the fourth round of the 1993 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 2 May 1993 at the Circuito de Jerez.
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| Race 4 of 14 races in the 1993 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | 2 May 1993 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Official name | Gran Premio de España Ducados[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Circuito de Jerez | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The weekend was marred by a practice accident which resulted in the death of Japanese rider Nobuyuki Wakai after he had struck a spectator who had entered the pit lane without authorization.[2]
500 cc race report
editKevin Schwantz’ 4th pole in 4 races.
Wayne Rainey takes the start from Schwantz and Alex Barros.
Schwantz and Rainey get a gap from Àlex Crivillé, Mick Doohan, with Barros closing.
Barros up to 3rd, and then arrives to Schwantz and Rainey.
Schwantz waves his teammate Barros through to 2nd, then Barros takes the lead from Rainey.
Barros and Schwantz get a gap, but Schwantz makes a mistake and goes into the grass. He saves it and remains in 2nd.
Barros in 1st and has a large lead with a couple of laps to go, but lowsides out of the race.
500 cc classification
edit| Pos. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Time/Retired | Grid | Points | |
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| 1 | Lucky Strike Suzuki | Suzuki | 47:39.627 | 1 | 25 | ||
| 2 | Marlboro Team Roberts | Yamaha | +1.664 | 3 | 20 | ||
| 3 | Marlboro Honda Pons | Honda | +12.280 | 6 | 16 | ||
| 4 | Rothmans Honda Team | Honda | +26.183 | 7 | 13 | ||
| 5 | Marlboro Team Roberts | Yamaha | +47.828 | 4 | 11 | ||
| 6 | Rothmans Honda Team | Honda | +54.886 | 11 | 10 | ||
| 7 | Valvoline Team WCM | ROC Yamaha | +1:02.335 | 8 | 9 | ||
| 8 | Lopez Mella Racing Team | ROC Yamaha | +1:06.680 | 10 | 8 | ||
| 9 | Shell Team Harris | Harris Yamaha | +1:19.312 | 20 | 7 | ||
| 10 | Team Udagawa | ROC Yamaha | +1:40.054 | 15 | 6 | ||
| 11 | Team ROC | ROC Yamaha | +1 Lap | 24 | 5 | ||
| 12 | Team Pedercini | ROC Yamaha | +1 Lap | 18 | 4 | ||
| 13 | Team Elit | ROC Yamaha | +1 Lap | 14 | 3 | ||
| 14 | Euromoto | ROC Yamaha | +1 Lap | 23 | 2 | ||
| 15 | Team ROC | ROC Yamaha | +1 Lap | 25 | 1 | ||
| 16 | Doorakkers Racing | Harris Yamaha | +1 Lap | 29 | |||
| 17 | MBM Racing | ROC Yamaha | +1 Lap | 26 | |||
| 18 | Austrian Racing Company | ROC Yamaha | +1 Lap | 27 | |||
| 19 | Yamaha Motor France | Yamaha | +1 Lap | ||||
| 20 | MTD Objectif 500 | ROC Yamaha | +1 Lap | 33 | |||
| Ret | Euro Team | ROC Yamaha | Retirement | 16 | |||
| Ret | Millar Racing | Yamaha | Retirement | 17 | |||
| Ret | Ville de Paris | ROC Yamaha | Retirement | 19 | |||
| Ret | Rallye Sport | Harris Yamaha | Retirement | 21 | |||
| Ret | Cagiva Team Agostini | Cagiva | Retirement | 12 | |||
| Ret | Peter Graves Racing Team | Harris Yamaha | Retirement | 28 | |||
| Ret | HRC Rothmans Honda | Honda | Retirement | 9 | |||
| Ret | Librenti Corse | Librenti | Retirement | 34 | |||
| Ret | Cagiva Team Agostini | Cagiva | Retirement | 5 | |||
| Ret | Team Harris | Harris Yamaha | Retirement | 32 | |||
| Ret | Padgett's Motorcycles | Harris Yamaha | Retirement | 13 | |||
| Ret | Argus Racing Team | ROC Yamaha | Retirement | 30 | |||
| Ret | Lucky Strike Suzuki | Suzuki | Retirement | 2 | |||
| DNS | Yamaha Motor France | Yamaha | Did not start | ||||
| Sources:[3][4] | |||||||
250 cc classification
edit| Pos | No | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
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| 1 | 31 | Yamaha | 26 | 46:22.519 | 1 | 25 | |
| 2 | 5 | Honda | 26 | +4.717 | 3 | 20 | |
| 3 | 17 | Aprilia | 26 | +4.908 | 2 | 16 | |
| 4 | 19 | Suzuki | 26 | +13.943 | 10 | 13 | |
| 5 | 4 | Honda | 26 | +24.795 | 9 | 11 | |
| 6 | 11 | Aprilia | 26 | +32.284 | 11 | 10 | |
| 7 | 18 | Honda | 26 | +36.275 | 8 | 9 | |
| 8 | 10 | Honda | 26 | +41.176 | 6 | 8 | |
| 9 | 7 | Yamaha | 26 | +45.326 | 13 | 7 | |
| 10 | 65 | Honda | 26 | +45.422 | 4 | 6 | |
| 11 | 34 | Honda | 26 | +45.457 | 14 | 5 | |
| 12 | 3 | Yamaha | 26 | +55.208 | 7 | 4 | |
| 13 | 28 | Honda | 26 | +58.483 | 16 | 3 | |
| 14 | 44 | Aprilia | 26 | +1:02.020 | 21 | 2 | |
| 15 | 16 | Aprilia | 26 | +1:17.930 | 20 | 1 | |
| 16 | 27 | Aprilia | 26 | +1:22.214 | 22 | ||
| 17 | 30 | Honda | 26 | +1:22:611 | 24 | ||
| 18 | 20 | Aprilia | 26 | +1:22.614 | 19 | ||
| 19 | 23 | Aprilia | 26 | +1:28.328 | 26 | ||
| 20 | 12 | Honda | 26 | +1:36.157 | 23 | ||
| 21 | 22 | Aprilia | 26 | +1:44.016 | 28 | ||
| 22 | 32 | Honda | 26 | +1:44.077 | 32 | ||
| 23 | 25 | Aprilia | 26 | +1:49.856 | 27 | ||
| 24 | 53 | Yamaha | 25 | +1 Lap | 33 | ||
| Ret | 6 | Honda | 17 | Retirement | 12 | ||
| Ret | 24 | Aprilia | 15 | Retirement | 17 | ||
| Ret | 43 | Honda | 13 | Retirement | 34 | ||
| Ret | 14 | Honda | 6 | Retirement | 15 | ||
| Ret | 21 | Gilera | 5 | Retirement | 18 | ||
| Ret | 26 | Aprilia | 3 | Retirement | 29 | ||
| Ret | 13 | Aprilia | 1 | Retirement | 5 | ||
| Ret | 39 | Gilera | 0 | Retirement | 30 | ||
| DNS | 8 | Honda | Did not start | 25 | |||
| DNS | 15 | Suzuki | Fatal accident in Saturday | 31 | |||
| DNS | 51 | Aprilia | Did not start | 35 | |||
| DNQ | 54 | Yamaha | Did not qualify | 35 |
References
edit- ^ "Grand Prix uitslagen en bijzonderheden 1993". Archive.today. 25 July 2015. Archived from the original on 25 July 2015. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
- ^ "Nobuyuki Wakai". MotorsportMemorial.org. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
- ^ "1993 Spanish MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". 13 June 2017.
- ^ "motogp.com · SPANISH GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1993". www.motogp.com.