1991 Austrian motorcycle Grand Prix

The 1991 Austrian motorcycle Grand Prix was the seventh round of the 1991 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 7–9 June 1991 at the Salzburgring.

  1991 Austrian Grand Prix

Race details
Race 7 of 15 races in the 1991 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	9 June 1991
Official name	Großer Preis von Österreich[1][2][3]
Location	Salzburgring
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.243 km (2.636 mi)
500 cc
Pole position Rider Mick Doohan Honda Time 1:17.826 Fastest lap Rider Wayne Rainey Yamaha Time 1:18.085 Podium First Mick Doohan Honda Second Wayne Rainey Yamaha Third Kevin Schwantz Suzuki
250 cc
Pole position Rider Helmut Bradl Honda Time 1:22.948 Fastest lap Rider Carlos Cardús Honda Time 1:22.631 Podium First Helmut Bradl Honda Second Carlos Cardús Honda Third Wilco Zeelenberg Honda
125 cc
Pole position Rider Ralf Waldmann Honda Time 1:31.417 Fastest lap Rider Jorge Martínez Honda Time 1:30.874 Podium First Fausto Gresini Honda Second Ralf Waldmann Honda Third Noboru Ueda Honda
Sidecar (B2A)
Pole position Rider Steve Webster Krauser Time 1:24.823 Fastest lap Rider Ralph Bohnhorst Bohnhorst Time 1:25.149 Podium First Steve Webster Krauser Second Rolf Biland LCR-ADM Third Masato Kumano LCR-Yamaha

500 cc race report

Mick Doohan dominates qualifying with more than a second under Kevin Schwantz in 2nd place.

At the start, Wayne Rainey gets the first turn from Wayne Gardner, Doohan and John Kocinski. Doohan gets past Gardner and he and Rainey start forming a gap at the front. Kocinski starts putting pressure on Gardner.

Doohan takes the lead, with Rainey doing everything he can to stay in contact. Schwantz starts moving through the field. It ends in that order.

Schwantz complains that with two laps to go, Gardner almost pushed him into a barrier, and there are heated words after the race.[4]

500 cc classification

Pos.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	Mick Doohan	Rothmans Honda Team	Honda	29	38:03.841	1	20
2	Wayne Rainey	Marlboro Team Roberts	Yamaha	29	+0.185	3	17
3	Kevin Schwantz	Lucky Strike Suzuki	Suzuki	29	+15.625	2	15
4	Wayne Gardner	Rothmans Honda Team	Honda	29	+15.827	4	13
5	Eddie Lawson	Cagiva Corse	Cagiva	29	+38.688	6	11
6	Juan Garriga	Ducados Yamaha	Yamaha	29	+59.489	8	10
7	Doug Chandler	Roberts B Team	Yamaha	29	+1:13.608	9	9
8	Didier de Radiguès	Lucky Strike Suzuki	Suzuki	28	+1 lap	7	8
9	John Kocinski	Marlboro Team Roberts	Yamaha	28	+1 lap	5	7
10	Eddie Laycock	Millar Racing	Yamaha	28	+1 lap	11	6
11	Michael Rudroff	Rallye Sport	Honda	27	+2 laps	13	5
12	Marco Papa	Cagiva Corse	Cagiva	27	+2 laps	12	4
Ret	Adrien Morillas	Sonauto Yamaha Mobil 1	Yamaha	4	Retired	10
DNQ	Cees Doorakkers	HEK-Baumachines	Honda		Did not qualify
DNQ	Sepp Doppler	Doppler Racing	Yamaha		Did not qualify
DNQ	Hans Becker	Team Romero Racing	Yamaha		Did not qualify
DNQ	Helmut Schutz	Rallye Sport	Honda		Did not qualify
DNQ	Andreas Leuthe	Librenti Corse	Suzuki		Did not qualify
DNQ	Nicolas Schmassman	Schmassman Technotron	Honda		Did not qualify
DNQ	Martin Trösch	MT Racing	Honda		Did not qualify
Sources:[5][6][7]

250 cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	Helmut Bradl	Honda	24	33:23.857	1	20
2	Carlos Cardús	Honda	24	+7.818	3	17
3	Wilco Zeelenberg	Honda	24	+8.157	5	15
4	Pierfrancesco Chili	Aprilia	24	+9.054	2	13
5	Luca Cadalora	Honda	24	+18.878	7	11
6	Masahiro Shimizu	Honda	24	+32.197	9	10
7	Jochen Schmid	Honda	24	+36.707	10	9
8	Loris Reggiani	Aprilia	24	+48.198	6	8
9	Àlex Crivillé	JJ Cobas	24	+1:03.281	8	7
10	Stefan Prein	Honda	24	+1:03.387	14	6
11	Paolo Casoli	Yamaha	24	+1:08.090	11	5
12	Harald Eckl	Aprilia	24	+1:20.874		4
13	Martin Wimmer	Suzuki	24	+1:21.043	12	3
14	Erkka Korpiaho	Aprilia	24	+1:21.234		2
15	Corrado Catalano	Honda	24	+1:22.801		1
16	Fausto Ricci	Yamaha	24	+1:23.529
17	Eskil Suter	Aprilia	24	+1:40.552
18	Jaime Mariano	Aprilia	23	+1 lap
19	Stefano Pennese	Aprilia	23	+1 lap
20	Bernd Kassner	Yamaha	23	+1 lap
21	Katsuyoshi Kozono	Honda	23	+1 lap
22	Bernard Hänggeli	Aprilia	23	+1 lap
23	Patrick van der Goorbergh	Yamaha	23	+1 lap
24	Renato Colleoni	Aprilia	23	+1 lap
25	Renzo Colleoni	Aprilia	23	+1 lap
26	Ian Newton	Yamaha	23	+1 lap
27	Jean Foray	Yamaha	23	+1 lap
28	Wayne Doran	Yamaha	23	+1 lap
Ret	Urs Jucker	Yamaha	23	Retired
Ret	Andreas Preining	Aprilia	18	Retired	4
Ret	Jean-Pierre Jeandat	Honda	10	Retired
Ret	Peter Linden	Honda	8	Retired
Ret	Doriano Romboni	Honda	5	Retired	13
Ret	Frédéric Protat	Aprilia	4	Retired
Ret	Marcellino Lucchi	Aprilia	2	Retired	15
DNS	Carlos Lavado	Yamaha
DNS	Kevin Mitchell	Yamaha
[7]

125 cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	Fausto Gresini	Honda	22	33:47.096	5	20
2	Ralf Waldmann	Honda	22	+0.048	1	17
3	Noboru Ueda	Honda	22	+0.452	6	15
4	Dirk Raudies	Honda	22	+1.427	7	13
5	Hans Spaan	Honda	22	+1.580	9	11
6	Loris Capirossi	Honda	22	+3.609	2	10
7	Jorge Martínez	Honda	22	+3.800		9
8	Adolf Stadler	JJ Cobas	22	+3.834	8	8
9	Heinz Lüthi	Honda	22	+4.287	4	7
10	Peter Öttl	Rotax	22	+7.017	11	6
11	Alessandro Gramigni	Aprilia	22	+29.176	10	5
12	Nobuyuki Wakai	Honda	22	+29.231		4
13	Olivier Petrucciani	Aprilia	22	+29.288		3
14	Maurizio Vitali	Gazzaniga	22	+29.538		2
15	Alain Bronec	Honda	22	+29.620		1
16	Julián Miralles	JJ Cobas	22	+30.405
17	Gimmi Bosio	Honda	22	+30.532
18	Herri Torrontegui	JJ Cobas	22	+30.597
19	Hisashi Unemoto	Honda	22	+30.747
20	Luis Alvaro	Derbi	22	+30.797
21	Gabriele Debbia	Aprilia	22	+30.993	3
22	Ezio Gianola	Derbi	22	+51.228	13
23	Peter Galvin	Honda	22	+53.468
24	Ian McConnachie	Honda	22	+53.568
25	Johnny Wickström	Honda	22	+53.896
26	Alfred Waibel	Honda	22	+54.289	15
27	Steve Patrickson	Honda	22	+54.489
28	Jos van Dongen	Honda	22	+56.592
29	Wolfgang Fritz	Honda	22	+1:33.788
30	Kinya Wada	Honda	21	+1 lap
31	Emilio Cuppini	Gazzaniga	18	+4 laps
Ret	Thierry Feuz	Honda	21	Retired
Ret	Bruno Casanova	Honda	14	Retired	12
Ret	Serafino Foti	Honda	12	Retired
Ret	Arie Molenaar	Honda	10	Retired
Ret	Kazuto Sakata	Honda	9	Retired	14
DNQ	Stefan Kurfiss	Honda
DNQ	Manuel Hernández	Honda
DNQ	Robin Appleyard	Honda
DNQ	Hans Koopman	Honda
DNQ	Janez Pintar	Honda
DNQ	Stefan Brägger	Honda
DNQ	Alan Patterson	Honda
DNQ	René Dünki	Honda
DNQ	Hubert Abold	Honda
DNQ	Taru Rinne	Honda
DNQ	Jean-Claude Selini	Honda
[7]

Sidecar classification

Pos	Rider	Passenger	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	Steve Webster	Gavin Simmons	Krauser	22	31:43.039	1	20
2	Rolf Biland	Kurt Waltisperg	LCR-ADM	22	+15.773	3	17
3	Masato Kumano	Eckhart Rösinger	LCR-Yamaha	22	+16.174		15
4	Klaus Klaffenböck	Christian Parzer	LCR	22	+16.511	9	13
5	Paul Güdel	Charly Güdel	LCR-Krauser	22	+16.735	5	11
6	Steve Abbott	Shaun Smith	LCR-Krauser	22	+17.141		10
7	Ralph Bohnhorst	Bruno Hiller	Bohnhorst	22	+18.107	11	9
8	Egbert Streuer	Peter Essaff	LCR-Yamaha	22	+30.693	10	8
9	Derek Brindley	Nick Roche	LCR	22	+50.156		7
10	Theo van Kempen	Jan Kuyt	LCR-Krauser	22	+51.465	13	6
11	René Progin	Gary Irlam	LCR	22	+51.594	12	5
12	Werner Kraus	Thomas Schröder	ADM	22	+53.107		4
13	Markus Bösiger	Peter Markwalder	LCR-ADM	22	+57.867		3
14	Gary Thomas	Michel van Puyvelde	Krauser	22	+59.430		2
15	Darren Dixon	Sean Dixon	LCR-Krauser	22	+1:27.816	15	1
16	Markus Egloff	Urs Egloff	Yamaha	22	+1:30.638	4
17	Jos van Stekelenburg	Rinie Bettgens	LCR	21	+1 lap
Ret	Barry Smith	David Smith	Windle-ADM	10	Retired
Ret	Yoshisada Kumagaya	Bryan Houghton	Krauser	8	Retired	7
Ret	Tony Wyssen	Killian Wyssen	LCR-Krauser	7	Retired	6
Ret	Tony Baker	Simon Prior	LCR-Krauser	4	Retired
Ret	Alain Michel	Simon Birchall	Krauser	0	Retired	2
Ret	Alfred Zurbrügg	Martin Zurbrügg	LCR-Yamaha	0	Retired	14
DNS	Barry Brindley	Trevor Hopkinson	LCR-Yamaha			8
DNQ	Hans Hügli	Adolf Hänni	LCR
DNQ	Peter Lemstra	Guy Scott	LCR
DNQ	Billy Gällros	Peter Berglund	LCR
DNQ	Reiner Kosta	Jurg Egli	Yamaha
[7]

References

1. "Grand Prix uitslagen en bijzonderheden 1991". Archive.today. 25 July 2015. Archived from the original on 25 July 2015. Retrieved 20 May 2018.
2. Mitchell, Malcolm. "1991 500cc Class (FIM Grand Prix World Championship) Programmes - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". www.progcovers.com.
3. Mitchell, Malcolm. "Salzburgring - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com. Retrieved 20 May 2018.
4. Schwantz, Kevin: Blurred Past Archived 2006-05-19 at the Wayback Machine kevinschwantz.com 1994.
5. "1991 Austrian MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". 13 June 2017.
6. "motogp.com · AUSTRIAN GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1991". www.motogp.com.
7. Scott, Michael (ed.). Motocourse 1991-1992. Hazleton Publishing. pp. 112–113. ISBN 0-905138-88-0.

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