The 1995 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season was the 47th F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship season.
Season summary Honda's Mick Doohan captured his second consecutive 500cc crown in 1995. Suzuki's Daryl Beattie had an early season points lead but crashed and injured himself in practice at Assen. Luca Cadalora again won two races for Yamaha but failed to show any consistency. Kevin Schwantz retired after the third race of the season with his numerous injuries finally taking their toll.
Max Biaggi also won his second consecutive 250 championship for Aprilia with his eight victories second only to Mike Hailwood's 10 victories in 1966. Haruchika Aoki dominated the 125cc championship, winning the title for Honda with seven wins.
1995 Grand Prix season calendar The following Grands Prix were scheduled to take place in 1995: RoundDateGrand PrixCircuit 1 26 March Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix Eastern Creek Raceway 2 2 April Marlboro Malaysian Grand Prix Shah Alam Circuit 3 23 April Marlboro Grand Prix of Japan Suzuka Circuit 4 7 May Gran Premio de España MX Onda Circuito Permanente de Jerez 5 21 May Grand Prix Deutschland Nürburgring 6 11 June Gran Premio d'Italia Mugello Circuit 7 24 June †† Lucky Strike Dutch Grand Prix TT Circuit Assen 8 9 July Grand Prix de France Bugatti Circuit 9 23 July British Grand Prix Donington Park 10 20 August Grand Prix České republiky Brno Circuit 11 17 September Lucky Strike Rio Grand Prix Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet 12 24 September Grand Prix Marlboro Argentina Autódromo Oscar Alfredo Gálvez 13 8 October Gran Premio Marlboro de Catalunya Circuit de Catalunya
†† = Saturday race
Calendar changes The German Grand Prix moved from the Hockenheimring to the Nürburgring. The Austrian Grand Prix was taken off the calendar because the Salzburgring (the venue which was used) was deemed too dangerous for racing. The Rio Grand Prix was added to the calendar as a replacement for the Austrian Grand Prix. The United States Grand Prix was scheduled to be held on 6 August, but was removed from the calendar due to financial difficulties.
Participants 500cc participants TeamConstructorMotorcycleNo.RiderRounds Repsol YPF Honda Team Honda Honda NSR500 1 Mick Doohan All 6 Àlex Crivillé All 7 Shinichi Ito All Team HRC Honda Honda NSR500 55 Takuma Aoki 3 Marlboro Team Roberts Yamaha Yamaha YZR500 2 Luca Cadalora All 17 Norifumi Abe All Team Lucky Strike Suzuki Suzuki Suzuki RGV500 4 Daryl Beattie All 8 Sean Emmett 4-5 34 Kevin Schwantz 1–3 45 Scott Russell 6–8, 10–13 Fortuna Honda Pons Honda Honda NSR500 5 Alberto Puig 1–7 12 Carlos Checa 9–13 Harris Grand Prix Harris-Yamaha Harris SLS500 8 Sean Emmett 6–13 20 Cristiano Migliorati All 35 Brian Morrison 4 38 Antonio Irizar 5 69 James Haydon All Kanemoto Honda Honda Honda NSR500 9 Alex Barros All Team Millar Yamaha Yamaha YZR500 10 Jeremy McWilliams All D.R. Team Erima ROC-Yamaha Yamaha YZR500 11 Bernard Garcia All Aprilia Racing Team Aprilia Aprilia RSW-2 500 13 Loris Reggiani All Thommen Elf Racing Team ROC-Yamaha ROC Yamaha GP1 14 Adrian Bosshard All ROC Euro Team ROC-Yamaha ROC Yamaha GP1 18 Laurent Naveau 1–6, 8, 10–13 Team ROC N.R.J. ROC-Yamaha ROC Yamaha GP1 19 Juan Borja All Team ROC ROC-Yamaha ROC Yamaha GP1 40 José Kuhn 10–13 79 Philippe Monneret 8 Team ROC Yamaha ROC-Yamaha ROC Yamaha GP1 96 James Whitham 9 Hänggeli Racing ROC-Yamaha ROC Yamaha GP1 21 Bernard Hänggeli All Team Pedercini ROC-Yamaha ROC Yamaha GP1 22 Lucio Pedercini All Padgett's Racing Team Harris-Yamaha Harris SLS500 23 Eugene McManus All 26 Jim Filice 4, 6–7 36 Jamie Robinson 1–2 39 Lee Pullan 11–13 85 Chris Walker 9–10 Starsport ROC-Yamaha ROC Yamaha GP1 24 Scott Gray 1–9, 12–13 World Championship Motorsports ROC-Yamaha ROC Yamaha GP1 25 Neil Hodgson All Team Max ROC-Yamaha ROC Yamaha GP1 27 Andrew Stroud 1–7 70 Marco Papa 8–13 MTD ROC-Yamaha ROC Yamaha GP1 28 Bruno Bonhuil 1–10 / Padgetts-Tube Riders Harris-Yamaha Harris SLS500 32 Toshiyuki Arakaki 3, 5, 8–9 FP Racing ROC-Yamaha ROC Yamaha GP1 37 Frédéric Protat All JPJ Paton Paton Paton V70 500 40 José Kuhn 10–13 51 Jean-Pierre Jeandat 1–9, 11–13 J.L.M. ROC-Yamaha ROC Yamaha GP1 41 Enrique de Juan 13 DR Team Shark ROC-Yamaha ROC Yamaha GP1 44 Marc Garcia All Team Rainey Harris-Yamaha Harris SLS500 52 Martin Craggill 1 YRTR Yamaha Yamaha YZR500 56 Toshihiko Honma 3 Marlboro Team Pileri Honda Honda NSR500 65 Loris Capirossi All Team Schmassman Yamaha Yamaha YZR500 66 Niggi Schmassmann 5 Hoff Meister - Wieser Yamaha Yamaha YZR500 67 Hans Wieser 5 Team Marco Papa ROC-Yamaha Librenti-Suzuki ROC Yamaha GP1 Librenti 500 70 Marco Papa All Cagiva Corse Cagiva Cagiva C594 71 Pierfrancesco Chili 6 PHI Racing Team Harris-Yamaha Harris SLS500 74 Cees Doorakkers 7 Sources:Key Regular Rider Wildcard Rider Replacement Rider
250cc participants TeamConstructorMotorcycleNo.RiderRounds Chesterfield Aprilia Aprilia Aprilia RSV 250 1 Max Biaggi All 8 Jean-Michel Bayle All Team HRC Honda Honda NSR250 2 Tadayuki Okada All 56 Tohru Ukawa 3 FCC Technical Sports Honda Honda NSR250 3 Takeshi Tsujimura 1–4, 7–9, 11–13 Honda Team Agostini Honda Honda NSR250 4 Doriano Romboni 1–4, 8–12 11 Wilco Zeelenberg 7 39 Alessandro Gramigni 4, 6–8 Docshop Racing Aprilia Aprilia RSV 250 5 Niall Mackenzie All 16 Patrick van den Goorbergh All 41 Jamie Robinson 1–2 Elf-Honda-Tech 3 Honda Honda NSR250 6 Jean-Philippe Ruggia All 19 Olivier Jacque All Marlboro Team Rainey Yamaha Yamaha YZR 250 7 Tetsuya Harada All 25 Kenny Roberts Jr. All MX Onda-S.S.P. Comp. Honda Honda NSR250 9 Luis d'Antin ?? 21 Gregorio Lavilla All Blumex Rheos Racing Honda Honda NSR250 10 Nobuatsu Aoki All Fortuna Honda Pons Honda Honda NSR250 12 Carlos Checa 1–8 14 Rubén Xaus 9–13 94 Sete Gibernau 13 Mohag Aprilia Aprilia Aprilia RSV 250 13 Eskil Suter 1–11, 13 Edo Racing Aprilia Aprilia RSV 250 15 Oliver Petrucciani 1–10, 13 51 Massimiliano d’Agnano ?? Maxell Team Global Honda Honda NSR250 17 Jurgen van den Goorbergh All 27 Sadanoti Hikita 1–9 37 José Barresi 10–13 Aprilia Racing Team Aprilia Aprilia RSV 250 18 Roberto Locatelli 1, 3–4, 6–7, 9–13 34 Marcellino Lucchi 5–6 Veitinger Aprilia Aprilia RSV 250 22 Adi Stadler All Maurel Competicion Honda Honda NSR250 23 Luis Carlos Maurel All Team Munich Aprilia Aprilia RSV 250 24 Bernd Kassner All Givi Racing Honda Honda NSR250 26 Davide Bulega 1–3, 10–13 39 Alessandro Gramigni 13 HB Honda Germany Honda Honda NSR250 28 Ralf Waldmann All 29 Jürgen Fuchs All PR2 Aprilia Aprilia Aprilia RSV 250 30 José Luis Cardoso All 10x10 Yamaha Repsol Yamaha Yamaha YZR 250 31 Miguel Castilla All Troll 10x10 Repsol Honda Honda NSR250 31 Miguel Castilla All BJC Racing Team Aprilia Aprilia RSV 250 32 Pere Riba 1–4, 6–12 33 Francisco Padro 5, 13 Equipe de France GP Honda Honda NSR250 55 Régis Laconi 1–4, 6–12 Team Daytona Zero Aprilia Aprilia RSV 250 58 Osamu Miyazaki 3 Team Yuki/YPF/Esco Aprilia Aprilia RSV 250 93 Sebastián Porto 12 Hong Leong Yamaha Yamaha Yamaha YZR 250 54 Shahrun Nizam Tamin 2 Sources:Key Regular Rider Wildcard Rider Replacement Rider
125cc participants TeamConstructorMotorcycleNo.RiderRounds Team Krona Aprilia Aprilia Aprilia RS125R 1 Kazuto Sakata All 22 Andrea Ballerini 1–7, 9–13 72 Stefano Cruciani 6, 8 Givi Racing Honda Honda RS125R 2 Noboru Ueda All HB Team Raudies Honda Honda RS125R 4 Dirk Raudies All Marlboro Aprilia Eckl Aprilia Aprilia RS125R 5 Peter Öttl 1–4, 6–13 23 Manfred Geissler All Team Aspar Cepsa Yamaha Yamaha TZ125 6 Jorge Martínez All 19 Yoshiaki Katoh 1–9, 11–13 51 Ángel Nieto Jr. 10 Team IPA Aprilia Aprilia Aprilia RS125R 7 Stefano Perugini All 17 Gianluigi Scalvini 10 GP Team Ditter Plastic Aprilia Aprilia RS125R 8 Masaki Tokudome All 18 Oliver Koch 1–4, 6–13 Team Ditter Plastic Honda Honda RS125R 64 Frank Baldinger 5 Jha Racing Honda Honda RS125R 9 Hideyuki Nakajyo All 37 Ken Miyasaka All Pit Lane Racing Honda Honda RS125R 10 Herri Torrontegui All Energizer Elf/Prein Yamaha Yamaha TZ125 11 Stefan Prein 1–8 Honda Honda RS125R 10–13 Yamaha Yamaha TZ125 41 Christian Kellner 9 Blumex Rheos Racing Honda Honda RS125R 12 Haruchika Aoki All Team Europa Zwafink Honda Honda RS125R 13 Garry McCoy 1–4 63 Josep Sarda 4, 6–12 Docshop Racing Honda Honda RS125R 14 Akira Saito All L.B. Racing Team Aprilia Aprilia RS125R 15 Loek Bodelier 1–6 25 Vittorio Lopez 8–9 41 Markus Ober 12 65 Alexander Folger 5, 10, 13 F.C.C. Technical Sports Honda Honda RS125R 20 Tomomi Manako All 21 Tomoko Igata All Debbia Team Semprucci Yamaha Yamaha TZ125 24 Gabriele Debbia All Scuderia Alfa Ducados Aprilia Aprilia RS125R 25 Vittorio Lopez 1–6 40 Massimiliano d’Agnano ?? Scot-San Patrignano Honda Honda RS125R 26 Emilio Alzamora All 27 Ivan Cremonini 1–4, 6 38 Luigi Ancona 5, 7–13 Moto Bum Team Harc Pro Honda Honda RS125R 28 Takehiro Yamamoto All Racing Supply Honda Honda RS125R 29 Yoshiyuki Sugai 3–13 33 Tetsu Ito 2 Scott-Attac! Team Honda Honda RS125R 31 Stefan Kurfiss 1–3, 5–9 39 Luis Alvaro 4, 13 44 Darren Barton 9–11, 13 Elf Team Kepla Honda Honda RS125R 32 Hiroyuki Kikuchi All Techno Motor Engineering Yamaha Yamaha TZ125 56 Shigeru Ibaraki 3 57 Youichi Ui 3 Hong Leong Yamaha Yamaha Yamaha TZ125 53 Soong Chee Keong 2 Sources:Key Regular Rider Wildcard Rider Replacement Rider
Results and standings Grands Prix Round Date Race Location 125cc winner 250cc winner 500cc winner Report 1 26 March Australian motorcycle Grand Prix Eastern Creek Haruchika Aoki Ralf Waldmann Mick Doohan Report 2 2 April Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix Shah Alam Garry McCoy Max Biaggi Mick Doohan Report 3 23 April Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix Suzuka Haruchika Aoki Ralf Waldmann Daryl Beattie Report 4 7 May Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix Jerez Haruchika Aoki Tetsuya Harada Alberto Puig Report 5 21 May German motorcycle Grand Prix Nürburgring Haruchika Aoki Max Biaggi Daryl Beattie Report 6 11 June Italian motorcycle Grand Prix Mugello Haruchika Aoki Max Biaggi Mick Doohan Report 7 24 June †† Dutch TT Assen Dirk Raudies Max Biaggi Mick Doohan Report 8 9 July French motorcycle Grand Prix Le Mans Haruchika Aoki Ralf Waldmann Mick Doohan Report 9 23 July British motorcycle Grand Prix Donington Kazuto Sakata Max Biaggi Mick Doohan Report 10 20 August Czech Republic motorcycle Grand Prix Brno Kazuto Sakata Max Biaggi Luca Cadalora Report 11 17 September Rio de Janeiro motorcycle Grand Prix Rio de Janeiro Masaki Tokudome Doriano Romboni Luca Cadalora Report 12 24 September Argentine motorcycle Grand Prix Buenos Aires Emilio Alzamora Max Biaggi Mick Doohan Report 13 8 October European motorcycle Grand Prix Catalunya Haruchika Aoki Max Biaggi Àlex Crivillé Report
†† = Saturday race
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