1991 United States motorcycle Grand Prix
Race details | |||
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Race 3 of 15 races in the 1991 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season |
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Date | April 21, 1991 | ||
Location | Laguna Seca | ||
Course | Permanent racing facility 3.520 km (2.196 mi) |
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500 cc | |||
Pole position | |||
Rider | Wayne Rainey | Yamaha | |
Time | 1:26.464 | ||
Fastest lap | |||
Rider | Wayne Rainey | Yamaha | |
Time | 1:27.040 | ||
Podium | |||
First | Wayne Rainey | Yamaha | |
Second | Mick Doohan | Honda | |
Third | Kevin Schwantz | Suzuki | |
250 cc | |||
Pole position | |||
Rider | Luca Cadalora | Honda | |
Time | 1:29.030 | ||
Fastest lap | |||
Rider | Luca Cadalora | Honda | |
Time | 1:28.912 | ||
Podium | |||
First | Luca Cadalora | Honda | |
Second | Wilco Zeelenberg | Honda | |
Third | Loris Reggiani | Honda | |
Sidecars | |||
Pole position | |||
Rider | Alain Michel | Krauser | |
Passenger | Simon Birchall | ||
Time | 1:32.023 | ||
Fastest lap | |||
Rider | Alain Michel | Krauser | |
Passenger | Simon Birchall | ||
Time | 1:32.212 | ||
Podium | |||
First | Steve Webster | Krauser | |
Gavin Simmons | |||
Second | Alain Michel | Krauser | |
Simon Birchall | |||
Third | Darren Dixon | LCR-Krauser | |
Sean Dixon |
The 1991 United States motorcycle Grand Prix was the third round of the 1991 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of April 19–21, 1991 at Laguna Seca.
Contents
500 cc race report
Wayne Rainey on pole; a second covers 1st – 5th. Kevin Schwantz takes the hairpin from Rainey and Mick Doohan. Rainey very eagerly gets past Schwantz in the next turn. Through the Corkscrew it’s Rainey, Schwantz, John Kocinski, Eddie Lawson and Wayne Gardner.
Rainey opens up a gap and Kocinski closes on Schwantz. Kocinski passes on turn 11, but crashes out half a lap later. Rainey wins with a large gap.
According to Michael Scott, Kocinski was so upset after the loss that he drove away from the track recklessly and refused to pull over when stopped by a policeman; he was arrested and sentenced to community service.[1]
500 cc classification
Pos | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Grid | Points |
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1 | Wayne Rainey | Yamaha | 35 | 51:19.361 | 1 | 20 |
2 | Mick Doohan | Honda | 35 | +6.974 | 4 | 17 |
3 | Kevin Schwantz | Suzuki | 35 | +16.603 | 3 | 15 |
4 | Jean-Philippe Ruggia | Yamaha | 35 | +19.931 | 10 | 13 |
5 | Eddie Lawson | Cagiva | 35 | +21.851 | 5 | 11 |
6 | Alex Barros | Cagiva | 35 | +25.091 | 7 | 10 |
7 | Wayne Gardner | Honda | 35 | +35.069 | 6 | 9 |
8 | Juan Garriga | Yamaha | 35 | +43.188 | 9 | 8 |
9 | Adrien Morillas | Yamaha | 35 | +53.613 | 8 | 7 |
10 | Didier de Radiguès | Suzuki | 35 | +1:03.059 | 13 | 6 |
11 | Rich Oliver | Yamaha | 34 | +1 lap | 14 | 5 |
12 | Robbie Petersen | Yamaha | 34 | +1 lap | 15 | 4 |
13 | Eddie Laycock | Yamaha | 34 | +1 lap | 3 | |
14 | Cees Doorakkers | Honda | 32 | +3 laps | 2 | |
15 | Niggi Schmassman | Honda | 31 | +4 laps | 1 | |
Ret | Doug Chandler | Yamaha | 22 | Retired | 11 | |
Ret | Sito Pons | Honda | 10 | Retired | 12 | |
Ret | John Kocinski | Yamaha | 6 | Retired | 2 | |
[2] |
250 cc classification
Pos | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Grid | Points |
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1 | Luca Cadalora | Honda | 30 | 45:07.590 | 1 | 20 |
2 | Wilco Zeelenberg | Honda | 30 | +6.074 | 4 | 17 |
3 | Loris Reggiani | Aprilia | 30 | +15.044 | 2 | 15 |
4 | Carlos Cardús | Honda | 30 | +19.352 | 5 | 13 |
5 | Masahiro Shimizu | Honda | 30 | +25.933 | 9 | 11 |
6 | Andreas Preining | Aprilia | 30 | +38.725 | 8 | 10 |
7 | Martin Wimmer | Suzuki | 30 | +50.153 | 3 | 9 |
8 | Helmut Bradl | Honda | 30 | +53.263 | 6 | 8 |
9 | Àlex Crivillé | Honda | 30 | +59.804 | 11 | 7 |
10 | Jochen Schmid | Honda | 30 | +1:03.512 | 12 | 6 |
11 | Jean-Pierre Jeandat | Honda | 30 | +1:18.138 | 5 | |
12 | Carlos Lavado | Yamaha | 30 | +1:25.047 | 10 | 4 |
13 | Doriano Romboni | Honda | 30 | +1:29.149 | 3 | |
14 | Harald Eckl | Aprilia | 30 | +1:29.756 | 14 | 2 |
15 | Stefan Prein | Honda | 30 | +1:37.767 | 1 | |
16 | Jim Filice | Yamaha | 30 | +1:39.633 | 15 | |
17 | Bernard Hänggeli | Aprilia | 30 | +1:40.754 | ||
18 | Urs Jucker | Yamaha | 30 | +1:46.428 | ||
19 | Leon van der Heyden | Honda | 30 | +1:50.358 | ||
20 | Jaime Mariano | Aprilia | 30 | +2:03.170 | ||
21 | Nick Ienatsch | Yamaha | 30 | +2:18.506 | ||
22 | Chris D'Aluisio | Yamaha | 30 | +2:22.648 | ||
23 | Rick Kirk | Yamaha | 30 | +2:32.444 | ||
24 | Corrado Catalano | Honda | 30 | +2:38.468 | ||
25 | Jon Cornwell | Yamaha | 30 | +2:50.132 | ||
26 | Mike Sullivan | Yamaha | 29 | +1 lap | ||
27 | Ian Newton | Yamaha | 28 | +2 laps | ||
Ret | Pierfrancesco Chili | Aprilia | 24 | Retired | 7 | |
Ret | Alberto Puig | Yamaha | 17 | Retired | ||
Ret | Frédéric Protat | Aprilia | 16 | Retired | ||
Ret | Kevin Mitchell | Yamaha | 15 | Retired | ||
Ret | Allan Scott | Yamaha | 10 | Retired | ||
Ret | Rick Tripodi | Yamaha | 7 | Retired | ||
Ret | Paolo Casoli | Yamaha | 1 | Retired | 13 | |
[2] |
Sidecar classification
References
- ↑ Scott, Michael: "Wayne Rainey", page 152. Haynes Publishing, 1997.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
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