1993 United States motorcycle Grand Prix

The 1993 United States motorcycle Grand Prix was the penultimate round of the 1993 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on September 12, 1993, at Laguna Seca.

  1993 United States Grand Prix
Race details
Race 13 of 14 races in the
1993 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
DateSeptember 12, 1993
Official nameUnited States Motorcycle Grand Prix[1][2][3]
LocationLaguna Seca Raceway
Course
  • Permanent racing facility
  • 3.602 km (2.238 mi)
500 cc
Pole position
Rider Mick Doohan
Time 1:26.417
Fastest lap
Rider Kevin Schwantz
Time 1:26.837
Podium
First John Kocinski
Second Alex Barros
Third Luca Cadalora
250 cc
Pole position
Rider Loris Capirossi
Time 1:27.756
Fastest lap
Rider Loris Capirossi
Time 1:27.959
Podium
First Loris Capirossi
Second Doriano Romboni
Third Loris Reggiani
125 cc
Pole position
Rider Kazuto Sakata
Time 1:33.459
Fastest lap
Rider Kazuto Sakata
Time 1:32.971
Podium
First Dirk Raudies
Second Kazuto Sakata
Third Ralf Waldmann

500 cc race report

It came to be known that Wayne Rainey’s career had been over following his crash in the previous round. As a result, Kevin Schwantz had clinched the 1993 world championship by the end of this round as he finished fourth.

Kenny Roberts commented on Rainey’s retirement, "I’ve thought about it the last week, but Wayne wants to work in Grand Prix racing. That’s going to keep the edge sharp, because he wants to help the team, he wants to help riders, he wants to follow along in what I’ve done. And that’s going to keep me involved. Wayne’s a big, big part of my team, and if he was disgusted with the whole thing, then yeah, it’d probably take a lot of the edge off. And he doesn’t show any signs of that and that’s probably going to keep me involved, otherwise I ... well, you know, I can do anything I want to do, but he’s a driving force right now."[4]

Despite having recently been crowned the world champion, Schwantz was equally concerned about Rainey, remarking, "Everybody’s thinking about Wayne, and we all wish Wayne and Shae and Rex the best, but at the same time, I feel like we raced all season ... to put ourselves in a position to be there to take advantage of any opportunities, any doors that were open. I feel like we still earned it — we weren’t given it."[4]

Rainey himself commended Schwantz on his championship title, saying, "Kevin called. I said to him: You deserve it. And hey, I made the mistake. It doesn’t take anything away from what you did to win your championship."[5]

John Kocinski took the start from Mick Doohan, Schwantz and Alex Barros.

Teammates Schwantz and Barros passed Kocinski.

Barros started to pull away, and at Turn 11, Kocinski tried an inside pass on Schwantz that failed to stick, allowing Doohan to come up as the three went down the straight three abreast. Schwantz stayed to the inside and took the hairpin ahead of Doohan and Kocinski.

Doohan got past Schwantz and hunted down Barros to take the lead. Kocinski also passed Barros.

Doohan's bike hopped a bit on the exit of The Corkscrew, causing him to lose his footing and almost ride his bike side-saddle, only to later clip the hay bales on the left side of the track with his shoulder. He was almost hit by two bikes as he slid into the track, but managed to get up with a bit of pain.

Kocinski's win was Cagiva’s first dry win in GP racing; Eddie Lawson won a wet race last year, but a lucky tire choice was seen as the main reason for the win.

500 cc classification

Pos. Rider Team Manufacturer Time/Retired Points
1 John Kocinski Cagiva Team Agostini Cagiva 48:17.175 25
2 Alex Barros Lucky Strike Suzuki Suzuki +6.375 20
3 Luca Cadalora Marlboro Team Roberts Yamaha +10.489 16
4 Kevin Schwantz Lucky Strike Suzuki Suzuki +18.265 13
5 Daryl Beattie Rothmans Honda Team Honda +19.493 11
6 Shinichi Itoh HRC Rothmans Honda Honda +37.292 10
7 Àlex Crivillé Marlboro Honda Pons Honda +39.317 9
8 Niall Mackenzie Valvoline Team WCM ROC Yamaha +42.851 8
9 John Reynolds Padgett's Motorcycles Harris Yamaha +1 Lap 7
10 Juan Lopez Mella Lopez Mella Racing Team ROC Yamaha +1 Lap 6
11 José Kuhn Euromoto Yamaha +1 Lap 5
12 Jeremy McWilliams Millar Racing Yamaha +1 Lap 4
13 Sean Emmett Shell Team Harris Harris Yamaha +1 Lap 3
14 Serge David Team ROC ROC Yamaha +1 Lap 2
15 Laurent Naveau Euro Team ROC Yamaha +1 Lap 1
16 David Jefferies Peter Graves Racing Team Harris Yamaha +1 Lap
17 Tsutomu Udagawa Team Udagawa ROC Yamaha +1 Lap
18 Michael Rudroff Rallye Sport Harris Yamaha +1 Lap
19 Andreas Meklau Austrian Racing Company ROC Yamaha +1 Lap
20 Bruno Bonhuil MTD Objectif 500 ROC Yamaha +1 Lap
Ret Matthew Mladin Cagiva Team Agostini Cagiva Retirement
Ret Thierry Crine Ville de Paris ROC Yamaha Retirement
Ret Renato Colleoni Team Elit ROC Yamaha Retirement
Ret Kevin Mitchell MBM Racing Harris Yamaha Retirement
Ret Cees Doorakkers Doorakkers Racing Harris Yamaha Retirement
Ret Mick Doohan Rothmans Honda Team Honda Retirement
Ret Andrew Stroud Team Harris Harris Yamaha Retirement
Ret Marco Papa Librenti Corse Harris Yamaha Retirement
Ret Lucio Pedercini Team Pedercini ROC Yamaha Retirement
Ret Bernard Garcia Yamaha Motor France Yamaha Retirement
Ret Danny Walker Southwest Motorsports Harris Yamaha Retirement
Ret Doug Chandler Cagiva Team Agostini Cagiva Retirement
DNS Freddie Spencer Yamaha Motor France Yamaha Did not start
Sources:[6][7]

250 cc classification

Pos Rider Manufacturer Time/Retired Points
1 Loris Capirossi Honda 46:04.505 25
2 Doriano Romboni Honda +1.381 20
3 Loris Reggiani Aprilia +3.803 16
4 Alberto Puig Honda +3.881 13
5 Tetsuya Harada Yamaha +4.619 11
6 Pierfrancesco Chili Yamaha +12.279 10
7 Nobuatsu Aoki Honda +18.166 9
8 Helmut Bradl Honda +19.861 8
9 Tadayuki Okada Honda +28.044 7
10 Kenny Roberts Jr Yamaha +44.751 6
11 Luis d'Antin Honda +45.113 5
12 Juan Borja Honda +55.484 4
13 Frédéric Protat Aprilia +56.529 3
14 Carlos Checa Honda +57.555 2
15 Adrian Bosshard Honda +1:02.409 1
16 Patrick van den Goorbergh Aprilia +1:02.565
17 Pere Riba Honda +1:04.795
18 Bernard Haenggeli Aprilia +1:15.641
19 Luis Maurel Aprilia +1 Lap
20 Bernd Kassner Aprilia +1 Lap
21 Jean-Pierre Jeandat Aprilia +1 Lap
22 Massimo Pennachioli Honda +1 Lap
Ret Max Biaggi Honda Retirement
Ret Andy Preining Aprilia Retirement
Ret Eskil Suter Aprilia Retirement
Ret Simon Crafar Suzuki Retirement
Ret Wilco Zeelenberg Aprilia Retirement
Ret Jochen Schmid Yamaha Retirement
Ret Jean-Philippe Ruggia Aprilia Retirement
Ret Jean-Michel Bayle Aprilia Retirement
Ret Volker Bahr Honda Retirement

Notes

  1. "Grand Prix uitslagen en bijzonderheden 1993". 25 July 2015. Archived from the original on 25 July 2015.
  2. Mitchell, Malcolm. "1993 500cc Class (FIM Grand Prix World Championship) Programmes - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". www.progcovers.com.
  3. Mitchell, Malcolm. "Laguna Seca Raceway - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". www.progcovers.com.
  4. Duke Video, “Bike 500 GP 1993 Review”. Videocassette.
  5. Scott, Michael. Wayne Rainey: His Own Story. Page 190. Sparkford: Haynes Publishing, 1997.
  6. "1993 United States MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". 13 June 2017.
  7. "motogp.com · UNITED STATES GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1993". www.motogp.com.
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