1993 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season

1993 F.I.M. Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Previous:	1992	Next:	1994

The 1993 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season was the 45th F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship season.

Season summary

Kevin Schwantz won the 1993 world championship in a season marred by the tragic end to his rival Wayne Rainey's career. Schwantz started the season strong with four wins by the midpoint of the season. With three races remaining, Rainey had battled back to take the championship points lead while Schwantz nursed a wrist injury. At the Italian Grand Prix, Rainey had just taken the lead and was pulling away when he fell. He suffered serious spinal injuries and would never walk again. Rainey's accident marked the end of an era of American domination in Grand Prix racing.

Newcomers Daryl Beattie and Alex Barros took their first wins (Barros after twice crashing out of the lead) while Mick Doohan struggled to recover from his serious leg injuries. Freddie Spencer made one more comeback attempt but crashed in two of the first three rounds. Honda entered factory test rider Shinichi Itoh on a third bike with development parts, rumored to include electronic fuel injection, as he was noticeably faster in a straight line that the other Honda riders. When Itoh broke the 200 mph barrier at Hockenheim, it gave credence to these rumors. Officially, all three bikes gained the injection system at the same time

A new star emerged on the 250 scene with Tetsuya Harada taking the crown in a tight battle with Loris Capirossi. German privateer, Dirk Raudies won the 125 crown with 9 victories on a Honda.

Grands Prix

Round	Race	Location	125cc winner	250cc winner	500cc winner	Report
1	Australian Grand Prix	Eastern Creek	Dirk Raudies	Tetsuya Harada	Kevin Schwantz	Report
2	Malaysian Grand Prix	Shah Alam	Dirk Raudies	Nobuatsu Aoki	Wayne Rainey	Report
3	Japanese Grand Prix	Suzuka	Dirk Raudies	Tetsuya Harada	Wayne Rainey	Report
4	Spanish Grand Prix	Jerez	Kazuto Sakata	Tetsuya Harada	Kevin Schwantz	Report
5	Austrian Grand Prix	Salzburgring	Takeshi Tsujimura	Doriano Romboni	Kevin Schwantz	Report
6	German Grand Prix	Hockenheim	Dirk Raudies	Doriano Romboni	Daryl Beattie	Report
7	Dutch TT	Assen	Dirk Raudies	Loris Capirossi	Kevin Schwantz	Report
8	European Grand Prix	Catalunya	Noboru Ueda	Max Biaggi	Wayne Rainey	Report
9	San Marino Grand Prix	Mugello	Dirk Raudies	Loris Capirossi	Mick Doohan	Report
10	British Grand Prix	Donington	Dirk Raudies	Jean-Philippe Ruggia	Luca Cadalora	Report
11	Czech Republic Grand Prix	Brno	Kazuto Sakata	Loris Reggiani	Wayne Rainey	Report
12	Italian Grand Prix	Misano	Dirk Raudies	Jean-Philippe Ruggia	Luca Cadalora	Report
13	United States Grand Prix	Laguna Seca	Dirk Raudies	Loris Capirossi	John Kocinski	Report
14	FIM Grand Prix	Jarama	Ralf Waldmann	Tetsuya Harada	Alex Barros	Report

Final standings

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th
Points	25	20	16	13	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1

500cc standings

Pos Rider Bike AUS MAL JPN ESP AUT GER NED EUR RSM GBR CZE ITA USA FIM Pts 1 Kevin Schwantz Suzuki 1 3 2 1 1 2 1 3 2 Ret 5 3 4 3 248 2 Wayne Rainey Yamaha 2 1 1 2 3 5 5 1 3 2 1 Ret 214 3 Daryl Beattie Honda 4 2 3 6 7 1 Ret 4 6 6 6 7 5 2 176 4 Mick Doohan Honda Ret 4 7 4 2 Ret 2 2 1 Ret 3 2 Ret 156 5 Luca Cadalora Yamaha 8 DNQ Ret 5 5 8 7 15 5 1 2 1 3 Ret 145 6 Alex Barros Suzuki 5 7 6 Ret 4 Ret Ret 5 7 Ret 10 5 2 1 125 7 Shinichi Itoh Honda 7 6 4 Ret 6 3 6 Ret 4 5 7 8 6 Ret 119 8 Àlex Crivillé Honda 6 5 5 3 Ret 4 3 Ret Ret Ret 8 6 7 4 117 9 Niall Mackenzie Yamaha 10 8 13 7 11 9 8 6 8 3 Ret 9 8 8 103 10 Doug Chandler Cagiva 3 9 11 Ret 8 6 4 Ret DNQ 9 10 Ret 5 83 11 John Kocinski Cagiva 4 4 1 Ret 51 12 Juan López Mella Yamaha Ret 13 Ret 8 13 14 Ret 7 Ret 7 14 12 10 Ret 46 13 Mat Mladin Cagiva 9 10 Ret Ret 10 7 Ret 9 DNQ DNQ Ret Ret 6 45 14 Jose Kuhn Yamaha 13 Ret 19 14 9 Ret 13 8 10 12 15 16 11 10 45 15 John Reynolds Yamaha Ret 12 Ret Ret 14 17 10 Ret 9 12 11 9 9 42 16 Bernard Garcia Yamaha 12 Ret Ret DNQ 23 10 11 Ret 11 13 11 13 Ret 7 40 17 Renzo Colleoni Yamaha 17 15 22 13 21 19 18 10 12 8 17 20 Ret Ret 22 18 Laurent Naveau Yamaha 11 11 16 Ret 12 12 15 Ret Ret 15 Ret 21 15 21 19 Sean Emmett Yamaha 16 14 15 9 16 Ret 16 12 Ret Ret Ret Ret 13 14 19 20 Tsumoto Udagawa Yamaha 14 Ret 14 10 15 11 14 Ret Ret 23 17 Ret 18 21 Michael Rudroff Yamaha Ret 17 Ret Ret 17 13 12 17 Ret 10 13 15 18 Ret 17 22 Jeremy McWilliams Yamaha Ret DNQ Ret Ret 10 Ret Ret 11 13 Ret 16 19 12 11 17 23 Carl Fogarty Cagiva 4 13 24 Toshihiko Honma Yamaha 8 8 25 Juan Garriga Cagiva 9 7 26 Kevin Magee Yamaha 9 7 27 Simon Crafar Yamaha Ret 18 Ret 9 Ret 7 28 Norihiko Fujiwara Yamaha 10 6 29 Lucio Pedercini Yamaha 18 16 Ret 12 Ret Ret 15 Ret 20 17 Ret 15 6 30 Serge David Yamaha 15 18 Ret 15 Ret 16 Ret Ret 14 Ret Ret Ret 14 Ret 6 31 Corrado Catalano Yamaha 11 Ret Ret 5 32 James Haydon Yamaha 11 Ret 5 33 Toshi Arakaki Yamaha 23 23 12 4 34 Andrew Stroud Yamaha 20 16 16 Ret Ret 18 Ret 12 4 35 Kevin Mitchell Yamaha Ret 24 18 17 Ret Ret 19 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 13 3 36 Andreas Meklau Yamaha 19 21 24 18 24 18 17 13 Ret 17 18 24 19 Ret 3 37 Freddie Spencer Yamaha Ret Ret 14 2 38 Cees Doorakkers Yamaha 21 19 23 16 Ret 20 21 14 Ret 19 Ret Ret Ret 21 2 39 Ron Haslam Yamaha 14 2 40 Bruno Bonhuil Yamaha Ret 22 20 20 22 15 Ret Ret Ret 18 22 25 20 17 1 Pos Rider Bike AUS MAL JPN ESP AUT GER NED EUR RSM GBR CZE ITA USA FIM Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not participate (DNP) Excluded (EX) Bold – Pole

250cc standings

Place	Rider	Number	Country	Team	Machine	AUS	MAL	JPN	ESP	AUT	GER	NED	EUR	SMR	GBR	CZE	ITA	USA	FIM	Points	Wins
1	Tetsuya Harada	31	Japan	Telkor Valesi-Yamaha	TZ250M	1	2	1	1	6	6	2	Ret	3	Ret	6	Ret	5	1	197	4
2	Loris Capirossi	65	Italy	Marlboro-Honda	NSR250	Ret	12	10	10	2	2	1	Ret	1	2	5	2	2	5	193	3
3	Loris Reggiani	13	Italy	Aprilia	RSV250	14	7	Ret	Ret	4	5	6	Ret	2	3	1	3	3	2	158	1
4	Max Biaggi	5	Italy	Rothmans-Honda	NSR250	3	17	Ret	2	5	4	Ret	1	5	6	2	Ret	Ret	3	142	1
5	Doriano Romboni	10	Italy	HB-Honda Italy	NSR250	7	4	3	8	1	1	Ret				4	Ret	2	6	139	2
6	Jean-Philippe Ruggia	17	France	Aprilia	RSV250	9	19	5	3	Ret	8	4	5	4	1	Ret	1	Ret	Ret	129	2
7	Helmut Bradl	4	Germany	HB-Honda Germany	NSR250	8	6	6	5	3	3	5	11	7	Ret	7	4	8	Ret	126	0
8	Tadayuki Okada	18	Japan	Rothmans-Honda	NSR250	4	3	2	7	Ret		Ret	2	6	5	11	7	9	Ret	120	0
9	Alberto Puig	6	Spain	Ducados-Honda	NSR250	13	8	15	Ret	9	11	9	3	10	Ret	3	5	4	4	106	0
10	Pierfrancesco Chili	3	Italy	Telkor Valesi-Yamaha	TZ250M	10	9	7	12	8	7	8	Ret	8	4	8	8	6	8	106	0
11	Nobuatsu Aoki	14	Japan	Kanemoto Racing Honda	NSR250	5	1	4	Ret	Ret	DNS	10	4	9	Ret	10	6	7	Ret	100
12	John Kocinski	19	USA	Team Lucky Strike Suzuki	RGV250	2	5	9	4	7	12	3								80
13	Wilco Zeelenberg	11	Netherlands	Exact Software - DC Sports Aprilia	RSV250	11	Ret	16	6	Ret	Ret	7	8	Ret	11	12	9	Ret	14	50
14	Jochen Schmid	7	Germany	JTR - Mitsui Yamaha	TZ250M	12	Ret	14	9	14	13	Ret	12	15	7	9	10	Ret	11	50
15	Luis D'Antin	34	Spain	S.S.P Competicion Honda	NSR250	Ret	10	13	11	12	10	11	7		Ret	Ret	Ret	11		43
16	Patrick van den Goorbergh	24	Netherlands	Exact Software - DC Sports Aprilia	RSV250	Ret	13	12	Ret	15	Ret	Ret	13	17	9	14	14	16	7	31
17	Andy Preining	16	Austria	Team Preining Aprilia	RSV250	Ret	14	11	15	10	Ret	13	9	23	Ret	Ret	13	Ret	13	30
18	Carlos Cardús	8	Spain	Carlos Cardus Honda	NSR250	6	18	Ret	DNS		9	Ret	6							27
19	Eskil Suter	20	Switzerland	Mohag Aprilia	RSV250	Ret	15	17	18	11	Ret	14	Ret	12	10	Ret	Ret	Ret	10	24
20	Adrian Bosshard	28	Switzerland	Honda Suisse Mulebach	NSR250	15	11	Ret	13	13	21	12	Ret	19	14	17	15	15	15	21
21	Simon Crafar	37	New Zealand	Lucky Strike Suzuki	RGV250								10	13	Ret	13	11	Ret	Ret	17
23	Jean-Michel Bayle	44	France	Chesterfield Team De Radigues Aprilia	RSV250	19	16	21	14	17	14	16	18	18	8	Ret	19	Ret	12	16
23	Carlos Checa	38	Spain	Daytona - Pit Lane Honda	NSR250									21	25	Ret	20	14	9	9
24	Takuma Aoki	50	Japan	Cup Noodle Honda	NSR250			8												8
25	Frédéric Protat	27	France	FP Racing Aprilia	RSV250	Ret	Ret	20	16	Ret	16	Ret	Ret	16	12	15	Ret	13	19	8
26	Paolo Casoli	21	Italy	Gilera		16	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	19	Ret			13		12			7
27	Kenny Roberts Jr.	75	USA	Team Roberts Yamaha	TZ250M													10		6
28	Marcellino Lucchi	67	Italy	Aprilia	RSV250									11						5
29	Juan Borja	30	Spain	Aspar Honda	NSR250	Ret	Ret	23	17	Ret	15	Ret			18	Ret	Ret	12	Ret	5
30	Alessandro Gramigni	39	Italy	Gilera		Ret	Ret	18	Ret	18	24	Ret	Ret	14	16		Ret			2
30	Bernd Kassner	26	Germany	Rallye Sport Team Munich Aprilia	RSV250	20	22	22	Ret	Ret	18	17	14	20	17	Ret	21	20	18	2
32	Jurgen van den Goorbergh	25	Netherlands	Van Den Goorbergh Aprilia	RSV250	17	20	19	23	20	Ret	15	Ret	Ret	22	18	Ret		Ret	1
32	Jean-Pierre Jeandat	51	France	FP Racing Aprilia	RSV250	18	Ret	Ret	DNS	19	Ret	Ret	15	Ret	20		Ret	21	22	1
32	Bernard Haenggeli	23	Switzerland	Marlboro Aprilia Suisse	RSV250	Ret	23	24	19	Ret	23	18	16	Ret	15	19	16	18	Ret	1
	Luis Maurel	22	Spain	PR2 - Ducados Aprilia	RSV250	Ret	21	Ret	21	16	Ret	Ret	21	Ret	23	16	Ret	19	16	0
	Adi Stadler		Germany	Honda	NSR250						17									0
	Pere Riba	36	Spain	Aspar / Carlos Cardus Honda	NSR250								17		Ret	20	17	17	Ret	0
	Miguel Castilla	54	Spain	Yamaha	TZ250M				DNQ										17	0
	Giuseppe Fiorillo		Italy	Aprilia	RSV250												18			0
	Volker Bahr	32	Germany	HB Honda	NSR250	Ret	25	26	22	Ret	Ret	19	19	22	21	21	22	Ret	20	0
	Nigel Bosworth		Great Britain	Yamaha	TZ250M										19					0
	Gabriele Debbia	12	Italy	Daytona - Pit Lane Honda	NSR250	23	Ret	25	20	22	20									0
	Massimo Pennacchioli	43	Italy	PM Racing Honda	NSR250	24	26	27	Ret	21	22	20	22	24	24	22	Ret	22	21	0
	Oscar Sainz		Spain	Yamaha	TZ250M								20							0
	Nobuyuki Wakai	15	Japan	Racing Supply Suzuki	RGV250	21	Ret	28												0
	Rudie Markink		Netherlands	Yamaha	TZ250M							21								0
	Rene Bongers		Australia	Honda	NSR250	22														0
	Loek Bodelier	35	Netherlands	Daytona - Pit Lane Honda	NSR250							Ret	23							0
	Davide Bulega		Italy	Aprilia	RSV250												23			0
	Sharun Nizam		Malaysia	Yamaha	TZ250M		24													0
	Alex Sirera	53	Spain	Yamaha	TZ250M				24				Ret							0
	Claudio Tonnini		San Marino	Honda	NSR250									25						0
	Stephen Whitehouse		Australia	Yamaha	TZ250M	Ret														0
	Veng Kit Tong		Malaysia	Yamaha	TZ250M		Ret													0
	Osamu Miyazaki		Japan	Aprilia	RSV250			Ret												0
	Hannes Maxwald		Austria	Aprilia	RSV250					Ret										0
	Mattieu van Gaalen		Netherlands	Aprilia	RSV250							Ret								0
	Jorge Martínez		Spain	Aspar Honda	NSR250									Ret						0
	Paul Brown		Great Britain	Honda	NSR250										Ret					0
	Bohumil Stasa Jr.		Czech Republic	Aprilia	RSV250											Ret				0
	Marek Moravek		Czech Republic	Yamaha	TZ250M											Ret				0
	Sete Gibernau	77	Spain	Yamaha	TZ250M														Ret	0
	Alexander Witting		Austria	Aprilia	RSV250					DNS										0

125cc standings

Place	Rider	Number	Country	Machine	Points	Wins
1	Dirk Raudies	5	Germany	Europa Raudies-Honda	280	9
2	Kazuto Sakata	8	Japan	F.C.C. Technical Sports-Honda	266	2
3	Takeshi Tsujimura	36	Japan	F.C.C. Technical Sports-Honda	177	1
4	Ralf Waldmann	3	Germany	Marlboro-Aprilia	160	1
5	Noboru Ueda	7	Japan	Marlboro-Honda	129	1
6	Akira Saito	17	Japan	Elf Kepla-Honda	117	0
7	Olivier Petrucciani	15	Switzerland	Marlboro-Aprilia	82	0
8	Jorge Martínez	6	Spain	Aspar-Honda	74	0
9	Herri Torrontegui	12	Spain	Semprucci-Aprilia	65	0
10	Peter Öttl	11	Germany	Deutschland-Aprilia	64	0
11	Fausto Gresini	2	Italy	Marlboro-Aprilia	61
12	Ezio Gianola	16	Italy	Daytona-Pit Lane-Honda	59
13	Oliver Koch	14	Germany	Ditter Plastic-Honda	52
14	Haruchika Aoki	24	Japan	Moto Bum-Honda	39
15	Stefan Prein	33	Germany	Co Promotion-Honda	38
16	Manfred Baumann	20	Austria	Baumann-Honda	36
17	Kinya Wada	19	Japan	Jha-Honda	30
19	Garry McCoy	31	Australia	AGV Germany-Aprilia	25
20	Carlos Giro Jr.	9	Spain	Ducados-Aprilia	22
21	Bruno Casanova	4	Italy	Scot Racing-Aprilia	22
22	Luigi Ancona	28	Italy	IPA Corse Effeuno-Honda	22
23	Maik Stief	23	Germany	Co Promotion-Honda	21
24	Neil Hodgson	25	Great Britain	Burnett-Honda	18
25	Hans Spaan	10	Netherlands	Exact Software-DC Sports-Rumi/Honda	16
26	Stefan Kurfiss	21	Germany	Aprilia Deutschland	14
27	Carlos Checa	63	Spain	M.C Manresa-Petrocat-Honda	9
28	Hideyuki Nakajoh	52	Japan	Jha-Honda	8
29	Gabriele Debbia	65	Italy	Daytona-Pit Lane-Honda	7
30	Manfred Geissler	37	Germany	Co Promotion-Honda	6
31	Ken Miyasaka		Japan		4
32	Julian Miralles	27	Spain	Miralles-Honda	4
33	Emilio Cuppini	38	Italy	IPA Corse Effeuno-Honda	3
33	Sinya Sato	42	Japan	Unemoto & Harc-Pro.-Honda	3
35	Arie Molenaar	29	Netherlands	Arie Molenaar-Honda	1

Participants

500cc participants

No Rider Team Constructor Bike 1 Wayne Rainey Marlboro Team Roberts Yamaha Yamaha YZR500 7 Luca Cadalora Marlboro Team Roberts Yamaha Yamaha YZR500 2 Mick Doohan Rothmans Honda Team Honda Honda NSR500 4 Daryl Beattie Rothmans Honda Team Honda Honda NSR500 6 Shinichi Ito Rothmans Honda Team Honda Honda NSR500 3 John Kocinski Cagiva Team Agostini Cagiva Cagiva GP500 5 Doug Chandler Cagiva Team Agostini Cagiva Cagiva GP500 12 Mat Mladin Cagiva Team Agostini Cagiva Cagiva GP500 63 Juan Garriga Cagiva Team Agostini Cagiva Cagiva GP500 68 Carl Fogarty Cagiva Team Agostini Cagiva Cagiva GP500 8 Àlex Crivillé Marlboro Honda Pons Honda Honda NSR500 9 Alex Barros Lucky Strike Suzuki Suzuki Suzuki RGV500 34 Kevin Schwantz Lucky Strike Suzuki Suzuki Suzuki RGV500 46 Peter Goddard Lucky Strike Suzuki Suzuki Suzuki RGV500 11 Niall Mackenzie Valvoline Team WCM Yamaha ROC Yamaha 13 Toshi Arakaki Team ROC Yamaha ROC Yamaha 23 Serge David Team ROC Yamaha ROC Yamaha 32 Jose Kuhn Team ROC Yamaha ROC Yamaha 38 Corrado Catalano Team ROC Yamaha ROC Yamaha 45 Ron Haslam Team ROC Yamaha ROC Yamaha 14 Marco Papa Librenti Corse Librenti Librenti 500 15 Tsutomu Udagawa Team Udagawa Yamaha 16 Michael Rudroff Rallye Sport Yamaha 18 Bernard Garcia Yamaha Motor France Yamaha 19 Freddie Spencer Yamaha Motor France Yamaha 32 Jose Kuhn Yamaha Motor France Yamaha 39 Toshihiko Honma Yamaha Motor France Yamaha 40 Jehan d'Orgeix Yamaha Motor France Yamaha 51 Jean-Marc Deletang Yamaha Motor France Yamaha 20 Jeremy McWilliams Team Millar Yamaha 21 Laurent Naveau Euroteam Yamaha 69 James Haydon Euroteam Yamaha 22 Kevin Mitchell M.B.M. Racing Yamaha 24 Cees Doorakkers Team Doorakkers Yamaha 25 Thierry Crine Team Ville de Paris Yamaha 27 Renzo Colleoni Team Elit Yamaha 28 John Reynolds Padgett’s Motorcycles Yamaha 29 Sean Emmett Shell Team Harris Yamaha 41 Darren Dixon Shell Team Harris Yamaha 42 Andrew Stroud Shell Team Harris Yamaha 44 Alan Scott Shell Team Harris Yamaha 30 Juan Lopez Mella Lopez Mella Racing Team Yamaha 31 Bruno Bonhuil M.T.D. Objectif 500 Yamaha 32 Jose Kuhn Euromoto Yamaha 33 Andreas Meklau ARC-Austrian Racing Company Yamaha 35 Jean-Luc Romanens Argus Racing Team Yamaha 59 Niggi Schmassmann Argus Racing Team Yamaha 36 Lucio Pedercini Team Pedercini Yamaha 37 Simon Crafar Peter Graves Racing Team Yamaha 43 David Jefferies Peter Graves Racing Team Yamaha 50 Norihiko Fujiwara Kirin Mets RT Yamaha Yamaha 69 James Haydon Team Great Britain Yamaha 72 Aldeo Presciutti Se.Te.Ces.Co Yamaha 73 Romolo Balbi Gibi Team Yamaha 74 Danny Walker Southwest Motorsports Yamaha 76 Dario Marchetti Team G.O.J. Motor Yamaha 88 Kevin Magee Nihontelecom RT Yamaha Yamaha

Key Regular rider Wildcard rider Replacement rider

References

• Büla, Maurice & Schertenleib, Jean-Claude (2001). Continental Circus 1949-2000. Chronosports S.A. ISBN 2-940125-32-5