1991 German motorcycle Grand Prix

1991 German Grand Prix
Race details
Race 6 of 15 races in the; 1991 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	26 May 1991
Official name	Großer Preis von Deutschland für Motorräder
Location	Hockenheimring
Course	Permanent racing facility; 6.788 km (4.218 mi);
500 cc
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Mick Doohan
Time	2:00.362
Fastest lap
Rider	Kevin Schwantz
Time	1:59.846
Podium
First	Kevin Schwantz
Second	Wayne Rainey
Third	Mick Doohan
250 cc
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Helmut Bradl
Time	2:06.934
Fastest lap
Rider	Helmut Bradl
Time	2:06.725
Podium
First	Helmut Bradl
Second	Carlos Cardús
Third	Wilco Zeelenberg
125 cc
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Loris Capirossi
Time	2:20.304
Fastest lap
Rider	Loris Capirossi
Time	2:20.257
Podium
First	Ralf Waldmann
Second	Loris Capirossi
Third
Sidecar (B2A)
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Steve Webster
Time	2:10.006
Fastest lap
Rider	Egbert Streuer
Time	2:10.444
Podium
First
Second	Alain Michel
Third	Rolf Biland

The 1991 German motorcycle Grand Prix was the sixth round of the 1991 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 24–26 May 1991 at the Hockenheim circuit.

500 cc race report[]

Mick Doohan was on pole, Wayne Rainey was 1 second back in 4th, with Eddie Lawson on the front row again on the ever-improving Cagiva.

Doohan took the lead at the start ahead from Rainey, Eddie Lawson and John Kocinski. Doohan and Rainey developed a small gap to Kevin Schwantz, Lawson and Wayne Gardner. In the stadium section, Rainey tried to go through the inside of Doohan, but going off the racing line proved too slippery and he had to sit-up and got Schwantz on his back wheel.

Rainey recovered his rhythm and passed Doohan, but Schwantz was closing. Kocinski crashed out. Doohan re-took the lead of the trio with Rainey and Schwantz.

Another Rainey/Doohan battle ended inconclusively when Rainey came alongside Doohan and pointed to Doohan’s back tire which was shedding chunks. Going into the stadium section, Schwantz took the lead and Doohan started dropping back.

Last lap: Rainey was in front of Schwantz. Schwantz stayed behind Rainey through the first chicane, trying to build momentum for a draft pass. He managed it and took the lead from Rainey.

It looked like Schwantz has made a tactical error, letting Rainey draft him on the last straight that leads into the stadium section. Rainey draft passed and prepared for the right turn, but Schwantz swung out from behind and performs a spectacular late-braking pass—the RGV was squirming from side-to-side and the back tire was hopping up and down leaving a dashed black line of rubber. Schwantz got it under control and made the turn, but Rainey wasn't giving up and tried to stay on Schwantz’ left as they headed to a left turn, but Schwantz had better drive coming out of the previous turn and got in front of Rainey and stayed there to the line.

After the race Rainey commentated: “... I thought I was pretty lucky that we beat Doohan there when he had a problem. That’s who I was racing for the championship.”^[4]

500 cc classification[]

Pos.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	Kevin Schwantz	Lucky Strike Suzuki	Suzuki	18	+36:20.491	2	20
2	Wayne Rainey	Marlboro Team Roberts	Yamaha	18	+0.016	4	17
3	Mick Doohan	Rothmans Honda Team	Honda	18	+8.944	1	15
4	Eddie Lawson	Cagiva Corse	Cagiva	18	+11.568	3	13
5	Wayne Gardner	Rothmans Honda Team	Honda	18	+25.500	6	11
6	Didier de Radiguès	Lucky Strike Suzuki	Suzuki	18	+1:00.264	7	10
7	Juan Garriga	Ducados Yamaha	Yamaha	18	+1:11.175	8	9
8	Adrien Morillas	Sonauto Yamaha Mobil 1	Yamaha	18	+1:24.711	12	8
9	Doug Chandler	Roberts B Team	Yamaha	18	+1:41.466	10	7
10	Eddie Laycock	Millar Racing	Yamaha	17	+1 lap	13	6
11	Cees Doorakkers	HEK-Baumachines	Honda	17	+1 lap	14	5
12	Michael Rudroff	Rallye Sport	Honda	17	+1 lap	15	4
13		Team Romero Racing	Yamaha	17	+1 lap		3
14	Simon Buckmaster	Padgett's Racing Team	Suzuki	17	+1 lap		2
Ret	John Kocinski	Marlboro Team Roberts	Yamaha	8	Retired	5
DNS	Jean-Philippe Ruggia	Sonauto Yamaha Mobil 1	Yamaha		Did not start	9
DNS	Alex Barros	Cagiva Corse	Cagiva		Did not start	11
DNQ		Doppler Racing	Honda		Did not qualify
DNQ		Rallye Sport	Honda		Did not qualify
DNQ		Schmassman Technotron	Honda		Did not qualify
DNQ		MT Racing	Honda		Did not qualify
^[5]^[6]^[7]

250 cc classification[]

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	Helmut Bradl	Honda	15	31:59.456	1	20
2	Carlos Cardús	Honda	15	+13.517	5	17
3	Wilco Zeelenberg	Honda	15	+14.034	3	15
4	Luca Cadalora	Honda	15	+23.707	9	13
5	Masahiro Shimizu	Honda	15	+43.569	7	11
6		Aprilia	15	+43.756	6	10
7	Àlex Crivillé	JJ Cobas	15	+43.825	12	9
8	Jochen Schmid	Honda	15	+43.960	8	8
9	Martin Wimmer	Suzuki	15	+44.219	10	7
10	Stefan Prein	Honda	15	+44.585	11	6
11	Paolo Casoli	Yamaha	15	+45.081	13	5
12		Aprilia	15	+47.530	14	4
13	Doriano Romboni	Honda	15	+50.256	15	3
14		Honda	15	+59.494		2
15	Carlos Lavado	Yamaha	15	+1:04.087		1
16	Dominique Sarron	Yamaha	15	+1:21.210
17		Yamaha	15	+1:21.432
18	Fausto Ricci	Yamaha	15	+1:46.045
19		Yamaha	15	+1:50.704
20	Kevin Mitchell	Yamaha	15	+1:50.882
21		Yamaha	15	+1:50.946
22	Marcellino Lucchi	Aprilia	15	+1:53.122
23		Aprilia	15	+1:58.967
24		Yamaha	15	+2:09.344
25		Honda	14	+1 lap
Ret		Honda	8	Retired
Ret		Aprilia	7	Retired
Ret	Pierfrancesco Chili	Aprilia	6	Retired	2
Ret	Loris Reggiani	Aprilia	4	Retired	4
Ret		Aprilia	3	Retired
Ret		Yamaha	3	Retired
Ret		Aprilia	1	Retired
DNS	Alberto Puig	Yamaha
DNS	Frédéric Protat	Aprilia
DNS		Honda
DNS		Aprilia
DNS		Aprilia
^[7]

125 cc classification[]

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	Ralf Waldmann	Honda	14	33:12.041	6	20
2	Loris Capirossi	Honda	14	+0.288	1	17
3		Honda	14	+1.343	5	15
4	Gabriele Debbia	Aprilia	14	+1.549	8	13
5	Alessandro Gramigni	Aprilia	14	+1.558	10	11
6	Jorge Martínez	JJ Cobas	14	+3.893		10
7		Honda	14	+4.395	12	9
8	Dirk Raudies	Honda	14	+4.503	3	8
9		Honda	14	+22.679	14	7
10	Kazuto Sakata	Honda	14	+22.682	4	6
11		Derbi	14	+22.958	13	5
12	Hans Spaan	Honda	14	+34.926	9	4
13	Maurizio Vitali	Gazzaniga	14	+38.459		3
14		Honda	14	+38.754		2
15		Honda	14	+38.857		1
16		Honda	14	+39.281
17		Honda	14	+39.536
18	Herri Torrontegui	JJ Cobas	14	+39.544
19		Honda	14	+40.116
20		Honda	14	+40.286
21		Honda	14	+40.344
22		Honda	14	+41.113
23		Honda	14	+41.381
24		Honda	14	+58.364
25		Honda	14	+58.653
26		Honda	14	+58.659
27		Honda	14	+1:35.943
Ret		JJ Cobas	12	Retired	7
Ret	Fausto Gresini	Honda	12	Retired	2
Ret	Manuel Herreros	JJ Cobas	10	Retired
Ret	Robin Appleyard	Honda	10	Retired
Ret		Gazzaniga	8	Retired
Ret		JJ Cobas	7	Retired
Ret	Bruno Casanova	Honda	4	Retired
Ret	Julián Miralles	JJ Cobas	1	Retired
Ret	Peter Öttl	Rotax	0	Retired	11
DNS	Ezio Gianola	Derbi			15
DNS		Honda
DNQ		Honda
DNQ		Honda
DNQ		Honda
DNQ		Honda
DNQ	Olivier Petrucciani	Aprilia
DNQ		Honda
DNQ		Honda
DNQ	Hubert Abold	Honda
DNQ		Honda
DNQ		Honda
DNQ		Honda
DNQ	Taru Rinne	Honda
^[7]

Sidecar classification[]

Pos	Rider	Passenger	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1			Bohnhorst	14	30:56.749	2	20
2	Alain Michel		Krauser	14	+0.241	4	17
3	Rolf Biland		LCR-ADM	14	+2.427	5	15
4	Egbert Streuer		LCR-Yamaha	14	+10.363	3	13
5			LCR-Yamaha	14	+10.989	11	11
6			LCR-Krauser	14	+11.214		10
7			Yamaha	14	+11.629	9	9
8	Darren Dixon		LCR-Krauser	14	+11.722	7	8
9		Bryan Houghton	Krauser	14	+19.850	14	7
10			LCR-Yamaha	14	+28.059	10	6
11	Klaus Klaffenböck		LCR	14	+28.533	12	5
12			LCR-Krauser	14	+55.021		4
13			ADM	14	+1:11.940	15	3
14			Windle-ADM	14	+1:12.437		2
15			LCR	14	+1:13.169		1
16			Krauser	14	+1:35.782
17			LCR-Krauser	13	+1 lap
18			LCR-Yamaha	1	+3 laps	13
Ret			LCR-Krauser	13	Retired	6
Ret	Steve Webster		Krauser	9	Retired	1
Ret			LCR-Krauser	3	Retired	8
Ret			LCR	1	Retired
DNQ			ADM
Ret			Krauser
DNQ			LCR
DNQ			LCR
DNQ			Schuh-Spezial
DNQ			Yamaha
DNQ			LCR
^[7]

References[]

^ "Grand Prix uitslagen en bijzonderheden 1991". Archive.today. 25 July 2015. Archived from the original on 25 July 2015. Retrieved 20 May 2018.
^ Mitchell, Malcolm. "1991 500cc Class (FIM Grand Prix World Championship) Programmes - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". www.progcovers.com.
^ Mitchell, Malcolm. "Hockenheimring - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com. Retrieved 20 May 2018.
^ Scott, Michael: "Wayne Rainey", page 154. Haynes Publishing, 1997.
^ "1991 German MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". 13 June 2017.
^ "motogp.com · GERMAN GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1991". www.motogp.com.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Scott, Michael (ed.). Motocourse 1991-1992. Hazleton Publishing. pp. 104–105. ISBN 0-905138-88-0.

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[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. "Hockenheimring - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com. Retrieved 20 May 2018.

[4] Scott, Michael: "Wayne Rainey", page 154. Haynes Publishing, 1997.

[5] "1991 German MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". 13 June 2017.

[6] "motogp.com · GERMAN GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1991". www.motogp.com.

[motocourse-7] Scott, Michael (ed.). Motocourse 1991-1992. Hazleton Publishing. pp. 104–105. ISBN 0-905138-88-0.

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