1991 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix

1991 Spanish Grand Prix
Race details
Race 4 of 15 races in the; 1991 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	12 May 1991
Official name	Gran Premio de España
Location	Circuito de Jerez
Course	Permanent racing facility; 4.218 km (2.621 mi);
500 cc
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Wayne Rainey
Time	1:46.881
Fastest lap
Rider	Wayne Rainey
Time	1:47.615
Podium
First	Michael Doohan
Second	John Kocinski
Third	Wayne Rainey
250 cc
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Helmut Bradl
Time	1:49.108
Fastest lap
Rider	Helmut Bradl
Time	1:50.002
Podium
First	Helmut Bradl
Second	Luca Cadalora
Third	Loris Reggiani
125 cc
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Noboru Ueda
Time	1:54.647
Fastest lap
Rider	Ezio Gianola
Time	1:54.038
Podium
First	Noboru Ueda
Second	Fausto Gresini
Third	Loris Capirossi
Sidecar (B2A)
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Alain Michel
Time	1:50.817
Fastest lap
Rider	Steve Webster
Time	1:52.237
Podium
First	Steve Webster
Second
Third

The 1991 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix was the fourth round of the 1991 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 10–12 May 1991 at the Jerez circuit.

500 cc race report[]

Wayne Rainey’s 3rd pole in 4 races; takes turn 1 from Mick Doohan, John Kocinski, Eddie Lawson and Kevin Schwantz.

Rainey and Doohan get a little gap to Kocinski, then it's a large gap to 4th. Doohan starts to open a gap from Rainey, who starts to get pressure from his teammate Kocinski.

Kocinski passes Rainey without much finesse. Doohan wins with a large gap and Kocinski’s 2nd place takes 2 points from Rainey’s standing, so he's now 4 points behind Doohan.

Rainey says that his tire blistered and had to nurse it on the right-handers.^[2] Schwantz' Suzuki holed a piston while he was battling for 4th place.

500 cc classification[]

Pos.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	Mick Doohan	Rothmans Honda Team	Honda	29	52:42.650	3	20
2	John Kocinski	Marlboro Team Roberts	Yamaha	29	+9.920	2	17
3	Wayne Rainey	Marlboro Team Roberts	Yamaha	29	+13.463	1	15
4	Juan Garriga	Ducados Yamaha	Yamaha	29	+34.955	6	13
5	Jean-Philippe Ruggia	Sonauto Yamaha Mobil 1	Yamaha	29	+39.276	9	11
6	Eddie Lawson	Cagiva Corse	Cagiva	29	+46.684	5	10
7	Wayne Gardner	Rothmans Honda Team	Honda	29	+53.944	7	9
8	Didier de Radiguès	Lucky Strike Suzuki	Suzuki	29	+55.155	10	8
9	Adrien Morillas	Sonauto Yamaha Mobil 1	Yamaha	29	+1:11.117	11	7
10	Doug Chandler	Roberts B Team	Yamaha	29	+1:31.628	8	6
11	Eddie Laycock	Millar Racing	Yamaha	28	+1 lap	12	5
12	Marco Papa	Team Marco Papa	Honda	28	+1 lap	13	4
13	Cees Doorakkers	HEK-Baumachines	Honda	28	+1 lap	14	3
14		Team Romero Racing	Yamaha	27	+2 laps	15	2
15	Michael Rudroff	Rallye Sport	Honda	27	+2 laps		1
Ret	Kevin Schwantz	Lucky Strike Suzuki	Suzuki	11	Retired	4
Ret		Schmassman Technotron	Honda	6	Retired
DNQ		Rallye Sport	Honda		Did not qualify
DNQ		MT Racing	Honda		Did not qualify
DNQ		Librenti Corse	Suzuki		Did not qualify
^[3]^[4]^[5]

250 cc classification[]

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	Helmut Bradl	Honda	24	44:22.222	1	20
2	Luca Cadalora	Honda	24	+0.451	2	17
3	Loris Reggiani	Aprilia	24	+4.156	7	15
4	Masahiro Shimizu	Honda	24	+6.285	3	13
5	Pierfrancesco Chili	Aprilia	24	+6.793	4	11
6	Carlos Cardús	Honda	24	+8.186	5	10
7	Jochen Schmid	Honda	24	+37.638	13	9
8	Martin Wimmer	Suzuki	24	+41.905	11	8
9	Doriano Romboni	Honda	24	+46.974		7
10	Alberto Puig	Yamaha	24	+49.647	12	6
11	Carlos Lavado	Yamaha	24	+1:04.453	15	5
12		Honda	24	+1:11.980		4
13		Honda	24	+1:14.709		3
14		Yamaha	24	+1:17.124		2
15		Yamaha	24	+1:25.505		1
16		Aprilia	24	+1:38.203
17		Aprilia	24	+1:39.797
18		Yamaha	23	+1 lap
19	Fausto Ricci	Yamaha	23	+1 lap
20		Yamaha	23	+1 lap
Ret		Aprilia	21	Retired
Ret		Aprilia	16	Retired	14
Ret	Paolo Casoli	Yamaha	15	Retired	9
Ret		Honda	9	Retired
Ret	Àlex Crivillé	JJ Cobas	7	Retired	8
Ret		Aprilia	6	Retired	10
Ret	Frédéric Protat	Aprilia	4	Retired
Ret	Kevin Mitchell	Yamaha	4	Retired
Ret	Marcellino Lucchi	Aprilia	2	Retired
Ret	Wilco Zeelenberg	Honda	1	Retired	6
Ret	Dominique Sarron	Yamaha	1	Retired
Ret		Aprilia	1	Retired
DNS	Stefan Prein	Honda
^[6]

125 cc classification[]

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	Noboru Ueda	Honda	22	42:23.780	1	20
2	Fausto Gresini	Honda	22	+0.987	3	17
3	Loris Capirossi	Honda	22	+15.199	11	15
4	Gabriele Debbia	Aprilia	22	+15.440	10	13
5	Jorge Martínez	JJ Cobas	22	+15.860	2	11
6	Bruno Casanova	Honda	22	+23.815	9	10
7	Ralf Waldmann	Honda	22	+27.403	5	9
8	Hans Spaan	Honda	22	+36.338	13	8
9	Dirk Raudies	Honda	22	+36.422		7
10	Manuel Herreros	JJ Cobas	22	+48.602		6
11		Honda	22	+53.170	14	5
12	Herri Torrontegui	JJ Cobas	22	+53.521		4
13		JJ Cobas	22	+53.845	8	3
14	Julián Miralles	JJ Cobas	22	+54.021		2
15		Derbi	22	+54.883	15	1
16	Alessandro Gramigni	Aprilia	22	+54.930	12
17	Peter Öttl	Rotax	22	+58.183
18		Honda	22	+59.052
19		Honda	22	+1:03.016
20		Honda	22	+1:04.666
21		Honda	22	+1:05.208
22	Robin Appleyard	Honda	22	+1:12.692
23		Honda	22	+1:18.821
24		Honda	22	+1:21.511
25		JJ Cobas	22	+1:26.182
26		Honda	22	+1:29.294
27		Honda	21	+1 lap
Ret	Ezio Gianola	Derbi	20	Retired	4
Ret		Gazzaniga	12	Retired
Ret		Honda	10	Retired
Ret		Honda	6	Retired	7
Ret		Honda	6	Retired
Ret		Honda	3	Retired
Ret		Honda	1	Retired	6
Ret	Kazuto Sakata	Honda	0	Retired
Ret	Maurizio Vitali	Gazzaniga	0	Retired
DNS		Honda
DNQ		Honda
DNQ		Honda
DNQ		Honda
DNQ		Honda
DNQ		Honda
DNQ	Hubert Abold	Honda
DNQ		Honda
DNQ		Honda
DNQ	Taru Rinne	Honda
DNQ		Honda
^[6]

Sidecar classification[]

Pos	Rider	Passenger	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	Steve Webster		Krauser	22	41:53.700	2	20
2			LCR-Krauser	22	+4.062	4	17
3			LCR-Krauser	22	+4.380	5	15
4	Rolf Biland		LCR-ADM	22	+4.594	3	13
5		Bryan Houghton	Krauser	22	+35.154	8	11
6			Yamaha	22	+50.510	6	10
7			LCR	22	+53.098	12	9
8			LCR	22	+1:18.654		8
9			LCR-Yamaha	22	+1:19.320		7
10			LCR-Krauser	22	+1:26.836	13	6
11			LCR-Krauser	22	+1:28.089	15	5
12	Klaus Klaffenböck		LCR	22	+1:50.872	14	4
13			ADM	22	+1:58.758		3
14			LCR-Krauser	22	+1:58.834		2
15			LCR	21	+1 lap		1
16			Krauser	21	+1 lap
17	Egbert Streuer		LCR-Yamaha	21	+1 lap	10
18	Alain Michel		Krauser	21	+1 lap	1
19			Krauser	21	+1 lap
20			Krauser	21	+1 lap
21			LCR-Yamaha	20	+2 laps	7
Ret	Darren Dixon		LCR-Krauser	3	Retired	11
Ret		Tony Atkinson	LCR-Yamaha	2	Retired	9
Ret			ADM	1	Retired
Ret			Windle-ADM	1	Retired
DNQ			Schuh-Spezial
DNQ			Yamaha
^[7]

References[]

^ "Grand Prix uitslagen en bijzonderheden 1991". 25 July 2015. Archived from the original on 25 July 2015.
^ Scott, Michael: "Wayne Rainey", page 153. Haynes Publishing, 1997.
^ "1991 Spanish MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". 13 June 2017.
^ "motogp.com · SPANISH GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1991". www.motogp.com.
^ Scott, Michael (ed.). Motocourse 1991-1992. Hazleton Publishing. pp. 88–89. ISBN 0-905138-88-0.
^ ^a ^b Scott, Michael (ed.). Motocourse 1991-1992. Hazleton Publishing. ISBN 0-905138-88-0.
^ Scott, Michael (ed.). Motocourse 1991-1992. Hazleton Publishing. pp. 80–81. ISBN 0-905138-88-0.

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[1] "Grand Prix uitslagen en bijzonderheden 1991". 25 July 2015. Archived from the original on 25 July 2015.

[2] Scott, Michael: "Wayne Rainey", page 153. Haynes Publishing, 1997.

[3] "1991 Spanish MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". 13 June 2017.

[4] "motogp.com · SPANISH GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1991". www.motogp.com.

[5] Scott, Michael (ed.). Motocourse 1991-1992. Hazleton Publishing. pp. 88–89. ISBN 0-905138-88-0.

[motocourse-6] Scott, Michael (ed.). Motocourse 1991-1992. Hazleton Publishing. ISBN 0-905138-88-0.

[7] Scott, Michael (ed.). Motocourse 1991-1992. Hazleton Publishing. pp. 80–81. ISBN 0-905138-88-0.

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