The 1994 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season was the 46th F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship season.
Season summary 1994 was the year in which Honda's Mick Doohan began to stamp his authority on the Grand Prix world. Honda's Longtime sponsor Rothmans left Honda to join Williams Renault in Formula One. Doohan won 9 races, the most since Giacomo Agostini won 11 in 1972. Kevin Schwantz was injured in a pre-season bicycle crash and raced in 6 races with his arm in plaster. Luca Cadalora took over from Wayne Rainey on the Yamaha and won two races. Aprilia began campaigning in the 500cc class with a 250 V twin motor enlarged to 380cc in hopes of using its lighter weight and nimble handling as an advantage.
Max Biaggi would win his first world title for Aprilia in a tight 250 class battle against Loris Capirossi and Tadayuki Okada. Kazuto Sakata won the 125 crown for Aprilia. He was the first Japanese rider to race for a European factory.
Honda secured the constructor's title in all three categories.
1994 Grand Prix season calendar The following Grands Prix were scheduled to take place in 1994: RoundDateGrand PrixCircuit 1 27 March Foster's Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix Eastern Creek Raceway 2 10 April Malaysian Grand Prix Shah Alam Circuit 3 24 April Marlboro Grand Prix of Japan Suzuka Circuit 4 8 May Gran Premio de España Circuito Permanente de Jerez 5 22 May Grand Prix Austria Salzburgring 6 12 June Grand Prix Deutschland Hockenheimring 7 25 June Lucky Strike Dutch Grand Prix TT Circuit Assen 8 3 July Gran Premio d'Italia Mugello Circuit 9 17 July Grand Prix de France Moto Bugatti Circuit 10 24 July British Motorcycle Grand Prix Donington Park 11 21 August Grand Prix České republiky Brno Circuit 12 11 September United States Motorcycle Grand Prix Laguna Seca Raceway 13 25 September Gran Prix Marlboro Argentina Autódromo Oscar Alfredo Gálvez 14 9 October Gran Premi Pepsi d'Europa Circuit de Catalunya
Calendar changes The European Grand Prix was moved back from 4 July to 9 October. The French Grand Prix returned after a one-year absence on the Bugatti Circuit in Le Mans. The San Marino Grand Prix was removed and the Italian Grand Prix was held at the Mugello Circuit, while the Circuito Internazionale Santa Monica was taken off the calendar. The FIM Grand Prix, which hosted the Jarama circuit, was taken off the calendar.
Participants
500cc participants TeamConstructorMotorcycleNoRiderRounds Lucky Strike Suzuki Suzuki Suzuki RGV500 (XR84) 1 Kevin Schwantz 1–12 6 Alex Barros All 12 Juan López Mella 14 19 Sean Emmett 13–14 Marlboro Team Roberts Yamaha Yamaha YZR500 (OWF9) 3 Daryl Beattie 1–9, 12–14 5 Luca Cadalora All 56 Norifumi Abe 10–11 56 Norifumi Abe 12 Honda Team HRC Honda Honda NSR500 (NV0S) 4 Mick Doohan All 7 Shinichi Itoh All 8 Àlex Crivillé All Cagiva Team Agostini Cagiva Cagiva C594 10 Doug Chandler All 11 John Kocinski All 70 Carl Fogarty 10 Lopez Mella Racing Team (rd 1-3)Team Repsol ROC-Yamaha ROC-Yamaha GP1 12 Juan López Mella 1–9, 11–13 Aprilia Racing Team Aprilia Aprilia RSW-2 500 13 Loris Reggiani 4–8, 14 Team Millar Yamaha Yamaha YZR500 14 Jeremy McWilliams All Padgetts Motorcycles Harris-Yamaha Harris-Yamaha SLS500 15 John Reynolds All Euroteam ROC-Yamaha ROC-Yamaha GP1 16 Laurent Naveau All Ducados Honda Pons Honda Honda NSR500 17 Alberto Puig All Yamaha Motor France ROC-Yamaha ROC-Yamaha GP1 18 Bernard Garcia 1–3 Team ROC ROC-Yamaha ROC-Yamaha GP1 18 Bernard Garcia 4, 6–14 28 Julián Miralles 1–4 37 Hervé Moineau 5 41 Andrew Stroud 14 63 Udo Mark 9–10 69 Philippe Monneret 9 72 Michael Liedl 11 79 Chuck Graves 12 Shell Harris Grand Prix Harris-Yamaha Harris-Yamaha SLS500 19 Sean Emmett 1–12 40 Neil Hodgson 13–14 52 Scott Doohan 1 M.B.M. Racing Harris-Yamaha Harris-Yamaha SLS500 20 Kevin Mitchell 1–2, 4–14 Team Doorakkers Harris-Yamaha Harris-Yamaha SLS500 21 Cees Doorakkers All Team Pedercini ROC-Yamaha ROC-Yamaha GP1 23 Lucio Pedercini All 24 Cristiano Migliorati All Team Elit ROC-Yamaha ROC-Yamaha GP1 25 Marco Papa 1–2, 4–6, 11–14 38 Ermanno Bastianini 8–9 39 James Haydon 10 Haenggeli Racing ROC-Yamaha ROC-Yamaha GP1 27 Bernard Haenggeli All ROC Coronas Repsol ROC-Yamaha ROC-Yamaha GP1 28 Julián Miralles 5–8 Team Doppler Austria ROC-Yamaha ROC-Yamaha GP1 29 Andreas Leuthe All Team Paton Paton Paton V70 C9/2 30 Vittorio Scatola 1–2, 4–8, 13–14 42 Paul Pellissier 9, 11 Sachsen Racing Team Harris-Yamaha Harris-Yamaha SLS500 31 Lothar Neukirchner 1–7 32 Evren Bischoff 9 63 Udo Mark 6 MTD Objectif 500 ROC-Yamaha ROC-Yamaha GP1 34 Bruno Bonhuil All Jean Foray Racing Team ROC-Yamaha ROC-Yamaha GP1 36 Jean Foray All D.R. Team Shark ROC-Yamaha ROC-Yamaha GP1 44 Marc Garcia All Slick 50 Team WCM ROC-Yamaha ROC-Yamaha GP1 50 Niall Mackenzie All J.P.J. Racing ROC-Yamaha ROC-Yamaha GP1 51 Jean-Pierre Jeandat All Mister Donut Blue Fox Honda Honda NSR500 56 Norifumi Abe 3 YRTR Yamaha Yamaha YZR500 57 Toshihiko Honma 3 Manfred Erhardt Harris-Yamaha Harris-Yamaha SLS500 62 Manfred Erhardt 6 Triton Team GB Harris-Yamaha Harris-Yamaha SLS500 73 Nick Hopkins 10 / Shell Harris - Horta Harris-Yamaha Harris-Yamaha SLS500 77 Felipe Horta 13 / YPF Padgetts - Yamasur Harris-Yamaha Harris-Yamaha SLS500 79 Nestor Amoroso 13 Source: Key Regular Rider Wildcard Rider Replacement Rider
Results and standings Grands Prix Round Date Race Location 125cc winner 250cc winner 500cc winner Report 1 27 March Australian motorcycle Grand Prix Eastern Creek Kazuto Sakata Max Biaggi John Kocinski Report 2 10 April Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix Shah Alam Noboru Ueda Max Biaggi Mick Doohan Report 3 24 April Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix Suzuka Takeshi Tsujimura Tadayuki Okada Kevin Schwantz Report 4 8 May Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix Jerez Kazuto Sakata Jean-Philippe Ruggia Mick Doohan Report 5 22 May Austrian motorcycle Grand Prix Salzburgring Dirk Raudies Loris Capirossi Mick Doohan Report 6 12 June German motorcycle Grand Prix Hockenheim Dirk Raudies Loris Capirossi Mick Doohan Report 7 25 June Dutch TT Assen Takeshi Tsujimura Max Biaggi Mick Doohan Report 8 3 July Italian motorcycle Grand Prix Mugello Noboru Ueda Ralf Waldmann Mick Doohan Report 9 17 July French motorcycle Grand Prix Le Mans Noboru Ueda Loris Capirossi Mick Doohan Report 10 24 July British motorcycle Grand Prix Donington Takeshi Tsujimura Loris Capirossi Kevin Schwantz Report 11 21 August Czech Republic motorcycle Grand Prix Brno Kazuto Sakata Max Biaggi Mick Doohan Report 12 11 September United States motorcycle Grand Prix Laguna Seca Takeshi Tsujimura Doriano Romboni Luca Cadalora Report 13 25 September Argentine motorcycle Grand Prix Buenos Aires Jorge Martínez Tadayuki Okada Mick Doohan Report 14 9 October European motorcycle Grand Prix Catalunya Dirk Raudies Max Biaggi Luca Cadalora Report
500cc riders' standings
Scoring system Points are awarded to the top fifteen finishers. A rider has to finish the race to earn points.
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
Pos Rider Bike AUS MAL JPN ESP AUT GER NED ITA FRA GBR CZE USA ARG EUR Pts 1 Mick Doohan Honda NSR500 3 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 3 1 2 317 2 Luca Cadalora Yamaha YZR500 2 4 4 Ret 22 DNS 9 2 7 3 3 1 6 1 174 3 John Kocinski Cagiva GP500 1 2 9 3 5 DNS 8 Ret 2 4 Ret 2 3 3 172 4 Kevin Schwantz Suzuki RGV500 4 6 1 2 2 2 5 3 Ret 1 7 169 5 Alberto Puig Honda NSR500 7 5 8 6 6 3 4 4 4 7 5 7 5 7 152 6 Àlex Crivillé Honda NSR500 6 8 7 5 3 4 3 Ret 3 6 4 DNS 7 4 144 7 Shinichi Ito Honda NSR500 5 3 3 Ret 4 6 Ret 5 5 9 2 4 4 Ret 141 8 Alex Barros Suzuki RGV500 8 7 5 4 7 5 2 7 6 Ret 8 8 8 6 134 9 Doug Chandler Cagiva GP500 9 9 10 7 Ret 7 6 Ret Ret 5 Ret 5 2 10 96 10 Niall Mackenzie Yamaha YZR500 Ret 11 19 8 9 8 Ret 9 Ret 8 9 10 11 8 69 11 Bernard Garcia ROC-Yamaha 11 Ret 11 Ret 9 10 8 Ret 11 11 12 12 9 56 12 Jeremy McWilliams Yamaha YZR500 17 14 13 11 16 Ret Ret 15 8 10 10 9 9 12 49 13 Daryl Beattie Yamaha YZR500 Ret 10 28 Ret 8 Ret 7 6 DNS Ret Ret 5 44 14 John Reynolds Yamaha YZR500 10 12 12 10 10 10 Ret Ret Ret 14 12 Ret Ret 11 43 15 Sean Emmett Harris-Yamaha 14 13 17 Ret 12 11 Ret 14 Ret 12 13 11 10 Ret 34 16 Juan López Mella ROC-Yamaha 13 Ret 15 13 Ret 12 Ret 10 10 Ret DNS DNS 26 Suzuki RGV500 13 17 Norifumi Abe Honda NSR500 Ret 20 Yamaha YZR500 DNS 6 6 18 Laurent Naveau ROC-Yamaha 16 Ret 14 Ret 15 14 12 16 Ret 13 Ret 13 14 14 19 19 Jean-Pierre Jeandat ROC-Yamaha 18 16 21 14 13 Ret 11 11 Ret DNS 16 14 Ret 17 17 20 Cristiano Migliorati ROC-Yamaha 15 20 20 12 14 Ret Ret 12 15 Ret 18 17 16 18 12 21 Marc Garcia ROC-Yamaha 20 18 22 16 17 Ret Ret Ret 9 Ret 15 16 13 Ret 11 22 Toshihiko Honma Yamaha YZR500 6 10 23 Jean Foray ROC-Yamaha Ret Ret 23 17 20 Ret 15 19 11 19 14 21 Ret DNS 8 24 Loris Reggiani Aprilia RSW500 9 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 7 25 Bernard Haenggeli ROC-Yamaha 19 Ret 25 20 Ret Ret 16 13 12 Ret 17 18 19 20 7 26 Julián Miralles ROC-Yamaha 21 Ret 24 15 18 13 13 Ret 7 27 Bruno Bonhuil ROC-Yamaha 22 17 16 Ret 19 15 14 17 13 15 Ret 19 Ret Ret 7 28 Hervé Moineau ROC-Yamaha 11 5 29 Scott Doohan Harris-Yamaha 12 4 30 Udo Mark Harris-Yamaha Ret 2 ROC-Yamaha 14 17 31 Lucio Pedercini ROC-Yamaha Ret 15 18 Ret Ret Ret Ret 20 Ret 18 Ret 15 17 Ret 2 32 Neil Hodgson Harris-Yamaha 15 16 1 33 Andrew Stroud ROC-Yamaha 15 1 Kevin Mitchell Harris-Yamaha Ret Ret Ret 21 16 17 Ret 16 16 Ret Ret Ret Ret 0 Andreas Leuthe ROC-Yamaha 23 21 26 18 Ret 17 Ret Ret 17 20 Ret Ret Ret 0 Cees Doorakkers Harris-Yamaha 25 19 Ret 19 Ret 18 18 21 Ret 21 20 20 18 19 0 Ermanno Bastianini ROC-Yamaha 18 Ret 0 Philippe Monneret ROC-Yamaha 18 0 Lothar Neukirchner Harris-Yamaha DNQ Ret 27 21 DNQ 19 Ret 0 Vittorio Scatola Paton 24 DNS Ret DNQ DNQ 19 Ret Ret Ret 0 Marco Papa ROC-Yamaha Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 19 Ret Ret Ret 0 Néstor Amoroso Harris-Yamaha 20 0 Nick Hopkins Harris-Yamaha Ret 0 James Haydon ROC-Yamaha Ret 0 Michael Liedl Harris-Yamaha Ret 0 Felipe Horta Harris-Yamaha Ret 0 Paul Pellisier Paton DNQ DNQ 0 Pos Rider Bike AUS MAL JPN ESP AUT GER NED ITA FRA GBR CZE USA ARG EUR PtsBold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap
250cc riders' standings
Scoring system Points are awarded to the top fifteen finishers. A rider has to finish the race to earn points.
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