1993 Italian motorcycle Grand Prix

The 1993 Italian motorcycle Grand Prix was the twelfth race of the 1993 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 5 September 1993 at the Circuito Internazionale Santa Monica.

  1993 Italian Grand Prix
Race details
Race 12 of 14 races in the
1993 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date5 September 1993
Official nameGran Premio d'Italia[1]
LocationCircuito Internazionale Santa Monica
Course
  • Permanent racing facility
  • 4.060 km (2.523 mi)
500 cc
Pole position
Rider Luca Cadalora
Time 1:33.661
Fastest lap
Rider Mick Doohan
Time 1:34.289
Podium
First Luca Cadalora
Second Mick Doohan
Third Kevin Schwantz
250 cc
Pole position
Rider Max Biaggi
Time 1:35.804
Fastest lap
Rider Tetsuya Harada
Time 1:35.782
Podium
First Jean-Philippe Ruggia
Second Loris Capirossi
Third Loris Reggiani
125 cc
Pole position
Rider Kazuto Sakata
Time 1:40.784
Fastest lap
Rider Dirk Raudies
Time 1:41.088
Podium
First Dirk Raudies
Second Kazuto Sakata
Third Peter Öttl

500 cc race report

Luca Cadalora received his first pole of the season at his home race, sending the Italian press into a frenzy. He would go on to receive seven more poles in his 500 career. Cadalora got lead at the start from Wayne Rainey and John Kocinski. Kevin Schwantz passed Kocinski and closed in 3rd. Rainey rode aggressively and qualified .021 seconds behind Cadalora.

Rainey, in the lead, went through the fast right-hander and got on the gas too early. The back end of his bike went out of control, causing him to lowside. As he slid off the track, the deep furrows in the gravel somersaulted him end-over-end and he landed heavily on his head. He was helicoptered away from circuit with a broken spine.

“I laid there in the sandtrap. The pain I was feeling was ... unbelievable. It felt like there was a hole in the middle of my chest.”

— Wayne Rainey[2]

Mick Doohan got past Schwantz hoping to catch Cadalora, but was unable to pass him. The Italian fans swarmed the track when Cadalora won.

This was the last race of the former champion Freddie Spencer.

After the race

Tad Pilati of the Roberts team said of Rainey:

“There’s no feeling from the center of his chest down. He’s being held at a hospital near Rimini. He’s in stable condition, and the next 48 hours are going to tell us everything.”[3]

Rainey ended up paralysed from the chest down and would never walk again. However, he stayed in motorcycle racing in management roles and has raced in a hand-control shifter kart, often with his motorcycle racing rival Eddie Lawson. Rainey has raced in the shifter kart exhibition race held at Red Bull United States Grand Prix, which features motorcycle racing legends.

Grand Prix motorcycle racing did not return to Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli until 2007. By then, the circuit had been modified and rerouted clockwise.

500 cc classification
Pos. Rider Team Manufacturer Time/Retired Points
1 Luca Cadalora Marlboro Team Roberts Yamaha 45:59.165 25
2 Mick Doohan Rothmans Honda Team Honda +0.358 20
3 Kevin Schwantz Lucky Strike Suzuki Suzuki +8.016 16
4 John Kocinski Cagiva Team Agostini Cagiva +16.299 13
5 Alex Barros Lucky Strike Suzuki Suzuki +42.135 11
6 Àlex Crivillé Marlboro Honda Pons Honda +42.422 10
7 Daryl Beattie Rothmans Honda Team Honda +42.500 9
8 Shinichi Itoh HRC Rothmans Honda Honda +49.983 8
9 Niall Mackenzie Valvoline Team WCM ROC Yamaha +50.727 7
10 Doug Chandler Cagiva Team Agostini Cagiva +1:04.439 6
11 John Reynolds Padgett's Motorcycles Harris Yamaha +1:15.487 5
12 Juan Lopez Mella Lopez Mella Racing Team ROC Yamaha +1:22.459 4
13 Bernard Garcia Yamaha Motor France Yamaha +1:22.708 3
14 Freddie Spencer Yamaha Motor France Yamaha +1:28.647 2
15 Michael Rudroff Rallye Sport Harris Yamaha +1:39.303 1
16 José Kuhn Euromoto Yamaha +1 Lap
17 Lucio Pedercini Team Pedercini ROC Yamaha +1 Lap
18 Andrew Stroud Team Harris Harris Yamaha +1 Lap
19 Jeremy McWilliams Millar Racing Yamaha +1 Lap
20 Renato Colleoni Team Elit ROC Yamaha +1 Lap
21 Laurent Naveau Euro Team ROC Yamaha +1 Lap
22 David Jefferies Peter Graves Racing Team Harris Yamaha +1 Lap
23 Tsutomu Udagawa Team Udagawa ROC Yamaha +1 Lap
24 Andreas Meklau Austrian Racing Company ROC Yamaha +1 Lap
25 Bruno Bonhuil MTD Objectif 500 ROC Yamaha +2 Laps
26 Romolo Balbi Gibi Team ROC Yamaha +2 Laps
Ret Matthew Mladin Cagiva Team Agostini Cagiva Retirement
Ret Sean Emmett Shell Team Harris Harris Yamaha Retirement
Ret Serge David Team ROC ROC Yamaha Retirement
Ret Aldeo Presciutti Se.Te.Ces.Co ROC Yamaha Retirement
Ret Cees Doorakkers Doorakkers Racing Harris Yamaha Retirement
Ret Wayne Rainey Marlboro Team Roberts Yamaha Retirement
Ret Marco Papa Librenti Corse Harris Yamaha Retirement
Ret Kevin Mitchell MBM Racing Harris Yamaha Retirement
Ret Thierry Crine Ville de Paris ROC Yamaha Retirement
Sources:[4][5]

250 cc classification
Pos Rider Manufacturer Time/Retired Points
1 Jean-Philippe Ruggia Aprilia 43:39.138 25
2 Loris Capirossi Honda +10.425 20
3 Loris Reggiani Aprilia +24.452 16
4 Helmut Bradl Honda +25.596 13
5 Alberto Puig Honda +25.638 11
6 Nobuatsu Aoki Honda +25.739 10
7 Tadayuki Okada Honda +25.982 9
8 Pierfrancesco Chili Yamaha +27.520 8
9 Wilco Zeelenberg Aprilia +33.500 7
10 Jochen Schmid Yamaha +38.913 6
11 Simon Crafar Suzuki +43.550 5
12 Paolo Casoli Gilera +1:03.766 4
13 Andreas Preining Aprilia +1:08.507 3
14 Patrick vd Goorbergh Aprilia +1:08.849 2
15 Adrian Bosshard Honda +1:09.464 1
16 Bernard Haenggeli Aprilia +1:19.877
17 Pere Riba Honda +1:20.046
18 Giuseppe Fiorillo Aprilia +1:24.341
19 Jean-Michel Bayle Aprilia +1:29.972
20 Carlos Checa Honda +1:31.648
21 Bernd Kassner Aprilia +1:31.901
22 Volker Bähr Honda +1 Lap
23 Davide Bulega Aprilia +1 Lap
Ret Frédéric Protat Aprilia Retirement
Ret Tetsuya Harada Yamaha Retirement
Ret Max Biaggi Honda Retirement
Ret Luis Maurel Aprilia Retirement
Ret Massimo Pennacchioli Honda Retirement
Ret Jean-Pierre Jeandat Aprilia Retirement
Ret Alessandro Gramigni Gilera Retirement
Ret Doriano Romboni Honda Retirement
Ret Luis d'Antin Honda Retirement
Ret Jurgen vd Goorbergh Aprilia Retirement
Ret Eskil Suter Aprilia Retirement
Ret Juan Borja Honda Retirement

References
  1. "Grand Prix uitslagen en bijzonderheden 1993". 25 July 2015. Archived from the original on 25 July 2015.
  2. Scott, Michael. Wayne Rainey: His Own Story. Page 186. Sparkford: Haynes Publishing, 1997.
  3. Duke Video, “Bike 500 GP 1993 Review”. Videocassette.
  4. "1993 Italian MotoGP". 13 June 2017.
  5. "motogp.com · ITALIAN GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1993". www.motogp.com.
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