1991 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix
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Race 1 of 15 races in the 1991 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date | 24 March 1991 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Official name | Kibun Japanese Grand Prix[1][2][3] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Location | Suzuka Circuit | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1991 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix was the first round of the 1991 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 22–24 March 1991 at the Suzuka Circuit.
Noboru Ueda, who won the 125cc race on his Grand Prix motorcycle racing debut, would become the last rider to win on his debut until Can Öncü in 2018.
500 cc classification[]
Pos. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Grid | Points |
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1 | Kevin Schwantz | Lucky Strike Suzuki | Suzuki | 22 | 48:35.747 | 1 | 20 |
2 | Michael Doohan | Rothmans Honda Team | Honda | 22 | +0.204 | 2 | 17 |
3 | Wayne Rainey | Marlboro Team Roberts | Yamaha | 22 | +0.353 | 5 | 15 |
4 | John Kocinski | Marlboro Team Roberts | Yamaha | 22 | +0.556 | 3 | 13 |
5 | Wayne Gardner | Rothmans Honda Team | Honda | 22 | +35.311 | 11 | 11 |
6 | Eddie Lawson | Cagiva Corse | Cagiva | 22 | +44.915 | 6 | 10 |
7 | Juan Garriga | Ducados Yamaha | Yamaha | 22 | +55.830 | 4 | 9 |
8 | Sito Pons | Campsa Honda Team | Honda | 22 | +1:08.316 | 13 | 8 |
9 | Ajinomoto | Honda | 22 | +1:08.373 | 10 | 7 | |
10 | Alex Barros | Cagiva Corse | Cagiva | 22 | +1:15.302 | 8 | 6 |
11 | Doug Chandler | Roberts B Team | Yamaha | 22 | +1:15.595 | 5 | |
12 | Adrien Morillas | Sonauto Yamaha Mobil 1 | Yamaha | 22 | +1:18.928 | 4 | |
13 | Kevin Magee | Team Roberts | Suzuki | 22 | +1:20.899 | 3 | |
14 | Didier de Radiguès | Lucky Strike Suzuki | Suzuki | 22 | +1:22.472 | 2 | |
15 | Peter Goddard | Hayashi | Yamaha | 22 | +1:22.696 | 12 | 1 |
16 | Shinichi Itoh | Honda | 22 | +1:38.831 | 9 | ||
17 | YMO | Yamaha | 22 | +1:41.697 | |||
18 | Yamaha | 22 | +1:41.905 | ||||
19 | SRT | Suzuki | 22 | +1:54.952 | |||
20 | Ajinomoto | Honda | 22 | +1:55.213 | |||
21 | Itohen | Yamaha | 21 | +1 lap | |||
22 | Cees Doorakkers | HEK-Baumachines | Honda | 21 | +1 lap | ||
Ret | Eddie Laycock | Millar Racing | Yamaha | 17 | Retired | ||
Ret | Jean-Philippe Ruggia | Sonauto Yamaha Mobil 1 | Yamaha | 9 | Retired | 7 | |
Ret | Yamaha | 9 | Retired | ||||
Ret | Kirin Mets Racing Team | Yamaha | 7 | Retired | 15 | ||
Ret | SRT | Suzuki | 1 | Retired | |||
Ret | Tadahiko Taira | YRTR | Yamaha | 1 | Retired | 14 | |
DNQ | Schmassman Technotron | Honda | 0 | Did not qualify | |||
[4][5][6] |
250 cc classification[]
Pos | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Grid | Points |
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1 | Luca Cadalora | Honda | 20 | 45:23.048 | 8 | 20 |
2 | Carlos Cardús | Honda | 20 | +0.255 | 2 | 17 |
3 | Wilco Zeelenberg | Honda | 20 | +17.876 | 1 | 15 |
4 | Honda | 20 | +21.180 | 9 | 13 | |
5 | Nobuatsu Aoki | Honda | 20 | +21.560 | 11 | 11 |
6 | Tetsuya Harada | Yamaha | 20 | +21.570 | 3 | 10 |
7 | Helmut Bradl | Honda | 20 | +22.060 | 6 | 9 |
8 | Masahiro Shimizu | Honda | 20 | +23.103 | 8 | |
9 | Loris Reggiani | Aprilia | 20 | +31.920 | 15 | 7 |
10 | Honda | 20 | +37.366 | 4 | 6 | |
11 | Honda | 20 | +37.953 | 7 | 5 | |
12 | Yamaha | 20 | +40.569 | 12 | 4 | |
13 | Jochen Schmid | Honda | 20 | +56.684 | 3 | |
14 | Martin Wimmer | Suzuki | 20 | +56.734 | 10 | 2 |
15 | Honda | 20 | +57.140 | 1 | ||
16 | Osamu Miyazaki | Yamaha | 20 | +58.962 | ||
17 | Pierfrancesco Chili | Aprilia | 20 | +1:00.083 | 13 | |
18 | Honda | 20 | +1:03.334 | |||
19 | Aprilia | 20 | +1:08.539 | |||
20 | Stefan Prein | Honda | 20 | +1:10.775 | ||
21 | Alberto Puig | Yamaha | 20 | +1:31.053 | ||
22 | Honda | 20 | +1:34.951 | |||
23 | Honda | 20 | +1:35.323 | |||
24 | Yamaha | 20 | +1:38.026 | |||
25 | Carlos Lavado | Yamaha | 20 | +1:41.074 | ||
26 | Paolo Casoli | Yamaha | 20 | +1:48.765 | ||
27 | Yamaha | 20 | +2:07.587 | |||
28 | Honda | 20 | +2:10.769 | |||
29 | Kevin Mitchell | Yamaha | 20 | +2:13.523 | ||
30 | Frédéric Protat | Aprilia | 20 | +2:13.687 | ||
31 | Jim Filice | Yamaha | 19 | +1 lap | ||
32 | Aprilia | 19 | +1 lap | |||
Ret | Honda | 18 | Retired | |||
Ret | Aprilia | 16 | Retired | |||
Ret | Àlex Crivillé | Honda | 13 | Retired | 14 | |
Ret | Honda | 6 | Retired | |||
Ret | Tadayuki Okada | Honda | 5 | Retired | 5 | |
Ret | Doriano Romboni | Honda | 1 | Retired | ||
[6] |
125 cc classification[]
Pos | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Grid | Points |
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1 | Noboru Ueda | Honda | 16 | 38:26.905 | 1 | 20 |
2 | Fausto Gresini | Honda | 16 | +2.553 | 3 | 17 |
3 | Loris Capirossi | Honda | 16 | +8.676 | 2 | 15 |
4 | Honda | 16 | +15.917 | 10 | 13 | |
5 | Jorge Martínez | JJ Cobas | 16 | +33.737 | 11 | |
6 | Honda | 16 | +37.389 | 11 | 10 | |
7 | Ralf Waldmann | Honda | 16 | +37.546 | 9 | |
8 | Akira Saito | Honda | 16 | +38.930 | 12 | 8 |
9 | Honda | 16 | +39.174 | 15 | 7 | |
10 | JJ Cobas | 16 | +39.327 | 5 | 6 | |
11 | Gabriele Debbia | Aprilia | 16 | +39.380 | 13 | 5 |
12 | Honda | 16 | +39.425 | 4 | 4 | |
13 | Honda | 16 | +45.178 | 8 | 3 | |
14 | Honda | 16 | +47.160 | 2 | ||
15 | Honda | 16 | +47.506 | 1 | ||
16 | Hans Spaan | Honda | 16 | +47.883 | 7 | |
17 | Honda | 16 | +48.032 | |||
18 | Honda | 16 | +54.478 | |||
19 | Honda | 16 | +54.555 | |||
20 | Honda | 16 | +1:03.982 | |||
21 | Dirk Raudies | Honda | 16 | +1:05.364 | ||
22 | Honda | 16 | +1:06.647 | |||
23 | Hideaki Ueno | Honda | 16 | +1:06.674 | ||
24 | Julián Miralles | JJ Cobas | 16 | +1:06.892 | ||
25 | Alessandro Gramigni | Aprilia | 16 | +1:26.032 | ||
26 | Honda | 16 | +1:30.576 | |||
27 | Robin Appleyard | Honda | 16 | +1:30.874 | ||
28 | Maurizio Vitali | Gazzaniga | 16 | +1:30.939 | ||
29 | Honda | 16 | +1:32.191 | |||
30 | Oliver Petrucciani | Aprilia | 16 | +1:56.424 | ||
31 | Honda | 16 | +1:56.544 | |||
32 | Hubert Abold | Honda | 16 | +2:24.346 | ||
33 | Manuel Herreros | JJ Cobas | 15 | +1 lap | ||
Ret | Ezio Gianola | Derbi | 13 | Retired | 14 | |
Ret | Honda | 13 | Retired | 9 | ||
Ret | Herri Torrontegui | JJ Cobas | 9 | Retired | ||
Ret | Bruno Casanova | Honda | 6 | Retired | 6 | |
Ret | Honda | 6 | Retired | |||
Ret | Kazuto Sakata | Honda | 5 | Retired | ||
Ret | Gazzaniga | 2 | Retired | |||
[6] |
References[]
- ^ "Grand Prix uitslagen en bijzonderheden 1991". Archive.today. 25 July 2015. Archived from the original on 25 July 2015. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
- ^ Mitchell, Malcolm. "1991 500cc Class (FIM Grand Prix World Championship) Programmes - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". www.progcovers.com.
- ^ Mitchell, Malcolm. "Suzuka Circuit - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
- ^ "1991 Japanese MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". 13 June 2017.
- ^ "motogp.com · JAPANESE GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1991". www.motogp.com.
- ^ a b c Scott, Michael (ed.). Motocourse 1991-1992. Hazleton Publishing. pp. 64–65. ISBN 0-905138-88-0.
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