The 1991 Austrian motorcycle Grand Prix was the seventh round of the 1991 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 7–9 June 1991 at the Salzburgring.

500 cc race report Mick Doohan dominates qualifying with more than a second under Kevin Schwantz in 2nd place.

At the start, Wayne Rainey gets the first turn from Wayne Gardner, Doohan and John Kocinski. Doohan gets past Gardner and he and Rainey start forming a gap at the front. Kocinski starts putting pressure on Gardner.

Doohan takes the lead, with Rainey doing everything he can to stay in contact. Schwantz starts moving through the field. It ends in that order.

Schwantz complains that with two laps to go, Gardner almost pushed him into a barrier, and there are heated words after the race.Schwantz, Kevin: Blurred Past kevinschwantz.com 1994.

500 cc classification Pos. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time Grid Points 1 Mick Doohan Rothmans Honda Team Honda 29 38:03.841 1 20 2 Wayne Rainey Marlboro Team Roberts Yamaha 29 +0.185 3 17 3 Kevin Schwantz Lucky Strike Suzuki Suzuki 29 +15.625 2 15 4 Wayne Gardner Rothmans Honda Team Honda 29 +15.827 4 13 5 Eddie Lawson Cagiva Corse Cagiva 29 +38.688 6 11 6 Juan Garriga Ducados Yamaha Yamaha 29 +59.489 8 10 7 Doug Chandler Roberts B Team Yamaha 29 +1:13.608 9 9 8 Didier de Radiguès Lucky Strike Suzuki Suzuki 28 +1 lap 7 8 9 John Kocinski Marlboro Team Roberts Yamaha 28 +1 lap 5 7 10 Eddie Laycock Millar Racing Yamaha 28 +1 lap 11 6 11 Michael Rudroff Rallye Sport Honda 27 +2 laps 13 5 12 Marco Papa Cagiva Corse Cagiva 27 +2 laps 12 4 Ret Adrien Morillas Sonauto Yamaha Mobil 1 Yamaha 4 Retired 10 DNQ Cees Doorakkers HEK-Baumachines Honda Did not qualify DNQ Sepp Doppler Doppler Racing Yamaha Did not qualify DNQ Hans Becker Team Romero Racing Yamaha Did not qualify DNQ Helmut Schutz Rallye Sport Honda Did not qualify DNQ Andreas Leuthe Librenti Corse Suzuki Did not qualify DNQ Nicolas Schmassman Schmassman Technotron Honda Did not qualify DNQ Martin Trösch MT Racing Honda Did not qualify Sources:

250 cc classification Pos Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Grid Points 1 Helmut Bradl Honda 24 33:23.857 1 20 2 Carlos Cardús Honda 24 +7.818 3 17 3 Wilco Zeelenberg Honda 24 +8.157 5 15 4 Pierfrancesco Chili Aprilia 24 +9.054 2 13 5 Luca Cadalora Honda 24 +18.878 7 11 6 Masahiro Shimizu Honda 24 +32.197 9 10 7 Jochen Schmid Honda 24 +36.707 10 9 8 Loris Reggiani Aprilia 24 +48.198 6 8 9 Àlex Crivillé JJ Cobas 24 +1:03.281 8 7 10 Stefan Prein Honda 24 +1:03.387 14 6 11 Paolo Casoli Yamaha 24 +1:08.090 11 5 12 Harald Eckl Aprilia 24 +1:20.874 4 13 Martin Wimmer Suzuki 24 +1:21.043 12 3 14 Erkka Korpiaho Aprilia 24 +1:21.234 2 15 Corrado Catalano Honda 24 +1:22.801 1 16 Fausto Ricci Yamaha 24 +1:23.529 17 Eskil Suter Aprilia 24 +1:40.552 18 Jaime Mariano Aprilia 23 +1 lap 19 Stefano Pennese Aprilia 23 +1 lap 20 Bernd Kassner Yamaha 23 +1 lap 21 Katsuyoshi Kozono Honda 23 +1 lap 22 Bernard Hänggeli Aprilia 23 +1 lap 23 Patrick van der Goorbergh Yamaha 23 +1 lap 24 Renato Colleoni Aprilia 23 +1 lap 25 Renzo Colleoni Aprilia 23 +1 lap 26 Ian Newton Yamaha 23 +1 lap 27 Jean Foray Yamaha 23 +1 lap 28 Wayne Doran Yamaha 23 +1 lap Ret Urs Jucker Yamaha 23 Retired Ret Andreas Preining Aprilia 18 Retired 4 Ret Jean-Pierre Jeandat Honda 10 Retired Ret Peter Linden Honda 8 Retired Ret Doriano Romboni Honda 5 Retired 13 Ret Frédéric Protat Aprilia 4 Retired Ret Marcellino Lucchi Aprilia 2 Retired 15 DNS Carlos Lavado Yamaha DNS Kevin Mitchell Yamaha

125 cc classification Pos Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Grid Points 1 Fausto Gresini Honda 22 33:47.096 5 20 2 Ralf Waldmann Honda 22 +0.048 1 17 3 Noboru Ueda Honda 22 +0.452 6 15 4 Dirk Raudies Honda 22 +1.427 7 13 5 Hans Spaan Honda 22 +1.580 9 11 6 Loris Capirossi Honda 22 +3.609 2 10 7 Jorge Martínez Honda 22 +3.800 9 8 Adolf Stadler JJ Cobas 22 +3.834 8 8 9 Heinz Lüthi Honda 22 +4.287 4 7 10 Peter Öttl Rotax 22 +7.017 11 6 11 Alessandro Gramigni Aprilia 22 +29.176 10 5 12 Nobuyuki Wakai Honda 22 +29.231 4 13 Olivier Petrucciani Aprilia 22 +29.288 3 14 Maurizio Vitali Gazzaniga 22 +29.538 2 15 Alain Bronec Honda 22 +29.620 1 16 Julián Miralles JJ Cobas 22 +30.405 17 Gimmi Bosio Honda 22 +30.532 18 Herri Torrontegui JJ Cobas 22 +30.597 19 Hisashi Unemoto Honda 22 +30.747 20 Luis Alvaro Derbi 22 +30.797 21 Gabriele Debbia Aprilia 22 +30.993 3 22 Ezio Gianola Derbi 22 +51.228 13 23 Peter Galvin Honda 22 +53.468 24 Ian McConnachie Honda 22 +53.568 25 Johnny Wickström Honda 22 +53.896 26 Alfred Waibel Honda 22 +54.289 15 27 Steve Patrickson Honda 22 +54.489 28 Jos van Dongen Honda 22 +56.592 29 Wolfgang Fritz Honda 22 +1:33.788 30 Kinya Wada Honda 21 +1 lap 31 Emilio Cuppini Gazzaniga 18 +4 laps Ret Thierry Feuz Honda 21 Retired Ret Bruno Casanova Honda 14 Retired 12 Ret Serafino Foti Honda 12 Retired Ret Arie Molenaar Honda 10 Retired Ret Kazuto Sakata Honda 9 Retired 14 DNQ Stefan Kurfiss Honda DNQ Manuel Hernández Honda DNQ Robin Appleyard Honda DNQ Hans Koopman Honda DNQ Janez Pintar Honda DNQ Stefan Brägger Honda DNQ Alan Patterson Honda DNQ René Dünki Honda DNQ Hubert Abold Honda DNQ Taru Rinne Honda DNQ Jean-Claude Selini Honda

Sidecar classification Pos Rider Passenger Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 Steve Webster Gavin Simmons Krauser 22 31:43.039 1 20 2 Rolf Biland Kurt Waltisperg LCR-ADM 22 +15.773 3 17 3 Masato Kumano Eckhart Rösinger LCR-Yamaha 22 +16.174 15 4 Klaus Klaffenböck Christian Parzer LCR 22 +16.511 9 13 5 Paul Güdel Charly Güdel LCR-Krauser 22 +16.735 5 11 6 Steve Abbott Shaun Smith LCR-Krauser 22 +17.141 10 7 Ralph Bohnhorst Bruno Hiller Bohnhorst 22 +18.107 11 9 8 Egbert Streuer Peter Essaff LCR-Yamaha 22 +30.693 10 8 9 Derek Brindley Nick Roche LCR 22 +50.156 7 10 Theo van Kempen Jan Kuyt LCR-Krauser 22 +51.465 13 6 11 René Progin Gary Irlam LCR 22 +51.594 12 5 12 Werner Kraus Thomas Schröder ADM 22 +53.107 4 13 Markus Bösiger Peter Markwalder LCR-ADM 22 +57.867 3 14 Gary Thomas Michel van Puyvelde Krauser 22 +59.430 2 15 Darren Dixon Sean Dixon LCR-Krauser 22 +1:27.816 15 1 16 Markus Egloff Urs Egloff Yamaha 22 +1:30.638 4 17 Jos van Stekelenburg Rinie Bettgens LCR 21 +1 lap Ret Barry Smith David Smith Windle-ADM 10 Retired Ret Yoshisada Kumagaya Bryan Houghton Krauser 8 Retired 7 Ret Tony Wyssen Killian Wyssen LCR-Krauser 7 Retired 6 Ret Tony Baker Simon Prior LCR-Krauser 4 Retired Ret Alain Michel Simon Birchall Krauser 0 Retired 2 Ret Alfred Zurbrügg Martin Zurbrügg LCR-Yamaha 0 Retired 14 DNS Barry Brindley Trevor Hopkinson LCR-Yamaha 8 DNQ Hans Hügli Adolf Hänni LCR DNQ Peter Lemstra Guy Scott LCR DNQ Billy Gällros Peter Berglund LCR DNQ Reiner Kosta Jurg Egli Yamaha

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