The 1993 Italian motorcycle Grand Prix was the twelfth race of the 1993 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 5 September 1993 at the Circuito Internazionale Santa Monica.
500 cc race report Luca Cadalora received his first pole of the season at his home race, sending the Italian press into a frenzy. He would go on to receive seven more poles in his 500 career. Cadalora got lead at the start from Wayne Rainey and John Kocinski. Kevin Schwantz passed Kocinski and closed in 3rd. Rainey rode aggressively and qualified .021 seconds behind Cadalora.
Rainey, in the lead, went through the fast right-hander and got on the gas too early. The back end of his bike went out of control, causing him to lowside. As he slid off the track, the deep furrows in the gravel somersaulted him end-over-end and he landed heavily on his head. He was helicoptered away from circuit with a broken spine.
Mick Doohan got past Schwantz hoping to catch Cadalora, but was unable to pass him. The Italian fans swarmed the track when Cadalora won.
This was the last race of the former world champion Freddie Spencer.
After the race Tad Pilati of the Roberts team said of Rainey: Rainey ended up paralysed from the chest down and would never walk again. However, he stayed in motorcycle racing in management roles and has raced in a hand-control shifter kart, often with his motorcycle racing rival Eddie Lawson. Rainey has raced in the shifter kart exhibition race held at Red Bull United States Grand Prix, which features motorcycle racing legends.
Grand Prix motorcycle racing did not return to Circuito Internazionale Santa Monica until 2007. By then, the circuit had been modified and rerouted clockwise.
500 cc classification Pos. Rider Team Manufacturer Time/Retired Points 1 Luca Cadalora Marlboro Team Roberts Yamaha 45:59.165 25 2 Mick Doohan Rothmans Honda Team Honda +0.358 20 3 Kevin Schwantz Lucky Strike Suzuki Suzuki +8.016 16 4 John Kocinski Cagiva Team Agostini Cagiva +16.299 13 5 Alex Barros Lucky Strike Suzuki Suzuki +42.135 11 6 Àlex Crivillé Marlboro Honda Pons Honda +42.422 10 7 Daryl Beattie Rothmans Honda Team Honda +42.500 9 8 Shinichi Itoh HRC Rothmans Honda Honda +49.983 8 9 Niall Mackenzie Valvoline Team WCM ROC Yamaha +50.727 7 10 Doug Chandler Cagiva Team Agostini Cagiva +1:04.439 6 11 John Reynolds Padgett's Motorcycles Harris Yamaha +1:15.487 5 12 Juan Lopez Mella Lopez Mella Racing Team ROC Yamaha +1:22.459 4 13 Bernard Garcia Yamaha Motor France Yamaha +1:22.708 3 14 Freddie Spencer Yamaha Motor France Yamaha +1:28.647 2 15 Michael Rudroff Rallye Sport Harris Yamaha +1:39.303 1 16 José Kuhn Euromoto Yamaha +1 Lap 17 Lucio Pedercini Team Pedercini ROC Yamaha +1 Lap 18 Andrew Stroud Team Harris Harris Yamaha +1 Lap 19 Jeremy McWilliams Millar Racing Yamaha +1 Lap 20 Renato Colleoni Team Elit ROC Yamaha +1 Lap 21 Laurent Naveau Euro Team ROC Yamaha +1 Lap 22 David Jefferies Peter Graves Racing Team Harris Yamaha +1 Lap 23 Tsutomu Udagawa Team Udagawa ROC Yamaha +1 Lap 24 Andreas Meklau Austrian Racing Company ROC Yamaha +1 Lap 25 Bruno Bonhuil MTD Objectif 500 ROC Yamaha +2 Laps 26 Romolo Balbi Gibi Team ROC Yamaha +2 Laps Ret Matthew Mladin Cagiva Team Agostini Cagiva Retirement Ret Sean Emmett Shell Team Harris Harris Yamaha Retirement Ret Serge David Team ROC ROC Yamaha Retirement Ret Aldeo Presciutti Se.Te.Ces.Co ROC Yamaha Retirement Ret Cees Doorakkers Doorakkers Racing Harris Yamaha Retirement Ret Wayne Rainey Marlboro Team Roberts Yamaha Retirement Ret Marco Papa Librenti Corse Harris Yamaha Retirement Ret Kevin Mitchell MBM Racing Harris Yamaha Retirement Ret Thierry Crine Ville de Paris ROC Yamaha Retirement Sources:
250 cc classification
Pos Rider Manufacturer Time/Retired Points 1 Jean-Philippe Ruggia Aprilia 43:39.138 25 2 Loris Capirossi Honda +10.425 20 3 Loris Reggiani Aprilia +24.452 16 4 Helmut Bradl Honda +25.596 13 5 Alberto Puig Honda +25.638 11 6 Nobuatsu Aoki Honda +25.739 10 7 Tadayuki Okada Honda +25.982 9 8 Pierfrancesco Chili Yamaha +27.520 8 9 Wilco Zeelenberg Aprilia +33.500 7 10 Jochen Schmid Yamaha +38.913 6 11 Simon Crafar Suzuki +43.550 5 12 Paolo Casoli Gilera +1:03.766 4 13 Andreas Preining Aprilia +1:08.507 3 14 Patrick vd Goorbergh Aprilia +1:08.849 2 15 Adrian Bosshard Honda +1:09.464 1 16 Bernard Haenggeli Aprilia +1:19.877 17 Pere Riba Honda +1:20.046 18 Giuseppe Fiorillo Aprilia +1:24.341 19 Jean-Michel Bayle Aprilia +1:29.972 20 Carlos Checa Honda +1:31.648 21 Bernd Kassner Aprilia +1:31.901 22 Volker Bähr Honda +1 Lap 23 Davide Bulega Aprilia +1 Lap Ret Frédéric Protat Aprilia Retirement Ret Tetsuya Harada Yamaha Retirement Ret Max Biaggi Honda Retirement Ret Luis Maurel Aprilia Retirement Ret Massimo Pennacchioli Honda Retirement Ret Jean-Pierre Jeandat Aprilia Retirement Ret Alessandro Gramigni Gilera Retirement Ret Doriano Romboni Honda Retirement Ret Luis d'Antin Honda Retirement Ret Jurgen vd Goorbergh Aprilia Retirement Ret Eskil Suter Aprilia Retirement Ret Juan Borja Honda Retirement
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