The 1993 Australian motorcycle Grand Prix was the first round of the 1993 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 28 March 1993 at Eastern Creek Raceway.
500 cc race report
Beattie and Chandler get a small gap, then Beattie starts pulling away.
Schwantz, Chandler, Rainey are closing on Beattie. Doohan goes out with a mechanical. Freddie Spencer crashes out hard.
Schwantz arrives and passes into 1st. Rainey, desperate to get to the leaders, brushes Chandler's front tire with his knee as he passes into 2nd, then passes Schwantz for 1st, but cannot hold him off.
500 cc classification Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 34 Kevin Schwantz Lucky Strike Suzuki Suzuki 30 46:21.885 1 25 2 1 Wayne Rainey Marlboro Team Roberts Yamaha 30 +3.118 2 20 3 5 Doug Chandler Cagiva Team Agostini Cagiva 30 +6.111 4 16 4 4 Daryl Beattie Rothmans Honda Team Honda 30 +12.430 3 13 5 9 Alex Barros Lucky Strike Suzuki Suzuki 30 +36.435 7 11 6 8 Àlex Crivillé Marlboro Honda Pons Honda 30 +36.672 5 10 7 6 Shinichi Itoh HRC Rothmans Honda Honda 30 +39.192 6 9 8 7 Luca Cadalora Marlboro Team Roberts Yamaha 30 +52.962 10 8 9 12 Mat Mladin Cagiva Team Agostini Cagiva 30 +1:16.298 12 7 10 11 Niall Mackenzie Valvoline Team WCM ROC Yamaha 30 +1:20.844 13 6 11 21 Laurent Naveau Euro Team ROC Yamaha 29 +1 Lap 24 5 12 18 Bernard Garcia Yamaha Motor France Yamaha 29 +1 Lap 18 4 13 32 José Kuhn Euromoto ROC Yamaha 29 +1 Lap 17 3 14 15 Tsutomu Udagawa Team Udagawa ROC Yamaha 29 +1 Lap 15 2 15 23 Serge David Team ROC ROC Yamaha 29 +1 Lap 22 1 16 29 Sean Emmett Shell Team Harris Harris Yamaha 29 +1 Lap 26 17 27 Renato Colleoni Team Elit ROC Yamaha 29 +1 Lap 25 18 36 Lucio Pedercini Team Pedercini ROC Yamaha 29 +1 Lap 27 19 33 Andreas Meklau Austrian Racing Company ROC Yamaha 29 +1 Lap 30 20 35 Jean Luc Romanens Argus Racing Team ROC Yamaha 28 +2 Laps 31 21 24 Cees Doorakkers Doorakkers Racing Harris Yamaha 28 +2 Laps 32 22 44 Alan Scott Team Harris Harris Yamaha 27 +3 Laps 33 23 13 Toshiyuki Arakaki Team ROC ROC Yamaha 25 +5 Laps 21 Ret 46 Peter Goddard Lucky Strike Suzuki Suzuki 28 Retirement 9 Ret 30 Juan Lopez Mella Lopez Mella Racing Team ROC Yamaha 27 Retirement 19 Ret 16 Michael Rudroff Rallye Sport Harris Yamaha 25 Retirement 16 Ret 19 Freddie Spencer Yamaha Motor France Yamaha 19 Retirement 11 Ret 22 Kevin Mitchell MBM Racing Harris Yamaha 18 Retirement 20 Ret 2 Mick Doohan Rothmans Honda Team Honda 17 Retirement 8 Ret 25 Thierry Crine Ville de Paris ROC Yamaha 8 Retirement 29 Ret 28 John Reynolds Padgett's Motorcycles Harris Yamaha 8 Retirement 14 Ret 20 Jeremy McWilliams Millar Racing Yamaha 7 Retirement 23 Ret 14 Marco Papa Librenti Corse Librenti 4 Retirement 34 Ret 31 Bruno Bonhuil MTD Objectif 500 ROC Yamaha 4 Retirement 28 Sources:
250 cc classification Pos No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 31 Tetsuya Harada Yamaha 28 43:57.049 3 25 2 19 John Kocinski Suzuki 28 +0.030 4 20 3 5 Max Biaggi Honda 28 +6.160 2 16 4 18 Tadayuki Okada Honda 28 +9.597 9 13 5 14 Nobuatsu Aoki Honda 28 +9.599 5 11 6 8 Carlos Cardús Honda 28 +9.946 7 10 7 10 Doriano Romboni Honda 28 +10.569 6 9 8 4 Helmut Bradl Honda 28 +13.571 10 8 9 17 Jean-Philippe Ruggia Aprilia 28 +19.507 11 7 10 3 Pierfrancesco Chili Yamaha 28 +19.949 14 6 11 11 Wilco Zeelenberg Aprilia 28 +32.632 8 5 12 7 Jochen Schmid Yamaha 28 +56.034 12 4 13 6 Alberto Puig Honda 28 +57.581 20 3 14 13 Loris Reggiani Aprilia 28 +57.996 13 2 15 28 Adrian Bosshard Honda 28 +1:06.575 15 1 16 21 Paolo Casoli Gilera 28 +1:08.841 18 17 25 Jurgen van den Goorbergh Aprilia 28 +1:19.138 24 18 51 Jean-Pierre Jeandat Aprilia 28 +1:21.333 21 19 44 Jean-Michel Bayle Aprilia 28 +1:27.160 29 20 26 Bernd Kassner Aprilia 28 +1:27.625 30 21 15 Noboyuki Wakai Suzuki 28 +1:31.277 17 22 47 Rene Bongers Honda 27 +1 lap 34 23 12 Gabriele Debbia Honda 27 +1 lap 33 24 43 Massimo Pennacchioli Honda 26 +2 laps 36 Ret 27 Frédéric Protat Aprilia 26 Retirement 28 Ret 16 Andreas Preining Aprilia 22 Retirement 22 Ret 22 Luis Maurel Aprilia 20 Retirement 32 Ret 65 Loris Capirossi Honda 17 Retirement 1 Ret 23 Bernard Haenggeli Aprilia 17 Retirement 25 Ret 30 Juan Borja Honda 12 Retirement 27 Ret 24 Patrick van den Goorbergh Aprilia 5 Retirement 26 Ret 39 Alessandro Gramigni Gilera 5 Retirement 19 Ret 34 Luis d'Antin Honda 2 Retirement 16 Ret 20 Eskil Suter Aprilia 2 Retirement 23 Ret 32 Volker Bähr Honda 0 Retirement 35 Ret 46 Steven Whitehouse Yamaha 0 Retirement 31
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