The 1993 Austrian motorcycle Grand Prix was the fifth round of the 1993 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 16 May 1993 at the Salzburgring.
500 cc race report Mick Doohan’s rear brake is now operated by a thumb-lever on the left side. This is to compensate for not being able to use the right foot lever because of injuries from Assen '92.
Kevin Schwantz’ 5th pole in a row. Luca Cadalora takes the start from Doug Chandler, Doohan, Alex Barros and Schwantz.
Wayne Rainey and Schwantz start swapping 4th position.
Doohan into 1st, but Schwantz takes over the lead, then it's a gap back to Rainey and Barros. Rainey is happy with his third place after chatter and clutch trouble and having qualified 1.3 seconds behind Schwantz.
500cc classification Pos. Rider Team Manufacturer Time/Retired Points 1 Kevin Schwantz Lucky Strike Suzuki Suzuki 38:15.613 25 2 Mick Doohan Rothmans Honda Team Honda +0.493 20 3 Wayne Rainey Marlboro Team Roberts Yamaha +4.892 16 4 Alex Barros Lucky Strike Suzuki Suzuki +4.954 13 5 Luca Cadalora Marlboro Team Roberts Yamaha +16.550 11 6 Shinichi Itoh HRC Rothmans Honda Honda +22.595 10 7 Daryl Beattie Rothmans Honda Team Honda +28.110 9 8 Doug Chandler Cagiva Team Agostini Cagiva +38.559 8 9 José Kuhn Euromoto ROC Yamaha +1:17.751 7 10 Matthew Mladin Cagiva Team Agostini Cagiva +1:17.820 6 11 Niall Mackenzie Valvoline Team WCM ROC Yamaha +1:17.920 5 12 Laurent Naveau Euro Team ROC Yamaha +1 Lap 4 13 Juan Lopez Mella Lopez Mella Racing Team ROC Yamaha +1 Lap 3 14 John Reynolds Padgett's Motorcycles Harris Yamaha +1 Lap 2 15 Tsutomu Udagawa Team Udagawa ROC Yamaha +1 Lap 1 16 Sean Emmett Shell Team Harris Harris Yamaha +1 Lap 17 Michael Rudroff Rallye Sport Harris Yamaha +1 Lap 18 Simon Crafar Peter Graves Racing Team Harris Yamaha +1 Lap 19 Thierry Crine Ville de Paris ROC Yamaha +1 Lap 20 Jeremy McWilliams Millar Racing Yamaha +1 Lap 21 Renato Colleoni Team Elit ROC Yamaha +1 Lap 22 Bruno Bonhuil MTD Objectif 500 ROC Yamaha +1 Lap 23 Bernard Garcia Yamaha Motor France Yamaha +1 Lap 24 Andreas Meklau Austrian Racing Company ROC Yamaha +1 Lap 25 Marco Papa Librenti Corse Librenti +2 Laps Ret Serge David Team ROC ROC Yamaha Retirement Ret Kevin Mitchell MBM Racing Harris Yamaha Retirement Ret Alan Scott Team Harris Harris Yamaha Retirement Ret Cees Doorakkers Doorakkers Racing Harris Yamaha Retirement Ret Lucio Pedercini Team Pedercini ROC Yamaha Retirement Ret Àlex Crivillé Marlboro Honda Pons Honda Retirement Ret Corrado Catalano Team ROC ROC Yamaha Retirement Sources:
250cc classification
Pos Rider Manufacturer Time/Retired Points 1 Doriano Romboni Honda 35:48.648 25 2 Loris Capirossi Honda +0.050 20 3 Helmut Bradl Honda +0.407 16 4 Loris Reggiani Aprilia +14.888 13 5 Max Biaggi Honda +15.051 11 6 Tetsuya Harada Yamaha +15.105 10 7 John Kocinski Suzuki +26.254 9 8 Pierfrancesco Chili Yamaha +26.320 8 9 Alberto Puig Honda +31.846 7 10 Andreas Preining Aprilia +32.287 6 11 Eskil Suter Aprilia +47.428 5 12 Luis d'Antin Honda +1:01.330 4 13 Adrian Bosshard Honda +1:01.439 3 14 Jochen Schmid Yamaha +1:01.692 2 15 Patrick vd Goorbergh Aprilia +1:01.815 1 16 Luis Maurel Aprilia +1 Lap 17 Jean-Michel Bayle Aprilia +1 Lap 18 Alessandro Gramigni Gilera +1 Lap 19 Jean-Pierre Jeandat Aprilia +1 Lap 20 Jurgen vd Goorbergh Aprilia +1 Lap 21 Massimo Pennacchioli Honda +1 Lap 22 Gabriele Debbia Honda +1 Lap Ret Jean-Philippe Ruggia Aprilia Retirement Ret Bernd Kassner Aprilia Retirement Ret Nobuatsu Aoki Honda Retirement Ret Paolo Casoli Gilera Retirement Ret Tadayuki Okada Honda Retirement Ret Volker Bähr Honda Retirement Ret Hannes Maxwald Aprilia Retirement Ret Bernard Haenggeli Aprilia Retirement Ret Juan Borja Honda Retirement Ret Frédéric Protat Aprilia Retirement Ret Wilco Zeelenberg Aprilia Retirement DNS Alexander Witting Aprilia Did not start
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