1993 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix

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The 1993 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix was the fourth round of the 1993 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 2nd May, 1993 at the Jerez circuit.

[edit] 500 cc race report

Kevin Schwantz’ 4th pole in 4 races.

Wayne Rainey takes the start from Schwantz and Alex Barros.

Schwantz and Rainey get a gap from Àlex Crivillé, Mick Doohan, with Barros closing.

Barros up to 3rd, and then arrives to Schwantz and Rainey.

Schwantz waves his teammate Barros through to 2nd, then Barros takes the lead from Rainey.

Barros and Schwantz get a gap, but Schwantz makes a mistake and goes into the grass. He saves it and remains in 2nd.

Barros in 1st and has a large lead with a couple of laps to go, but lowsides out of the race.

[edit] 500cc classification

Pos Rider Manufacturer Time/Retired Grid Points
1 Flag of the United States Kevin Schwantz Suzuki 47:39.627 1 25
2 Flag of the United States Wayne Rainey Yamaha +1.664 3 20
3 Flag of Spain Alex Criville Honda +12.280 6 16
4 Flag of Australia Mick Doohan Honda +26.183 7 13
5 Flag of Italy Luca Cadalora Yamaha +47.828 4 11
6 Flag of Australia Daryl Beattie Honda +54.886 11 10
7 Flag of the United Kingdom Niall Mackenzie ROC Yamaha +1:02.335 8 9
8 Flag of Portugal Juan Lopez Mella ROC Yamaha +1:06.680 10 8
9 Flag of the United Kingdom Sean Emmett Harris Yamaha +1:19.312 20 7
10 Flag of Japan Tsutomu Udagawa ROC Yamaha +1:40.054 15 6
11 Flag of Italy Corrado Catalano ROC Yamaha +1 Lap 24 5
12 Flag of Italy Lucio Pedercini ROC Yamaha +1 Lap 18 4
13 Flag of Italy Renato Colleoni ROC Yamaha +1 Lap 14 3
14 Flag of France José Kuhn ROC Yamaha +1 Lap 23 2
15 Flag of Switzerland Serge David ROC Yamaha +1 Lap 25 1
16 Flag of the Netherlands Cees Doorakkers Harris Yamaha +1 Lap 29
17 Flag of the United Kingdom Kevin Mitchell ROC Yamaha +1 Lap 26
18 Flag of Austria Andreas Meklau ROC Yamaha +1 Lap 27
19 Flag of France Jean d'Orgeix Yamaha +1 Lap
20 Flag of France Bruno Bonhuil ROC Yamaha +1 Lap 33
Ret Flag of Belgium Laurent Naveau ROC Yamaha Retirement 16
Ret Flag of the United Kingdom Jeremy McWilliams Yamaha Retirement 17
Ret Flag of France Thierry Crine ROC Yamaha Retirement 19
Ret Flag of Germany Michael Rudroff Harris Yamaha Retirement 21
Ret Flag of Australia Matthew Mladin Cagiva Retirement 12
Ret Flag of New Zealand Simon Crafar Harris Yamaha Retirement 28
Ret Flag of Japan Shinichi Itoh Honda Retirement 9
Ret Flag of Italy Marco Papa Librenti Retirement 34
Ret Flag of the United States Doug Chandler Cagiva Retirement 5
Ret Flag of the United States Alan Scott Harris Yamaha Retirement 32
Ret Flag of the United Kingdom John Reynolds Harris Yamaha Retirement 13
Ret Flag of Switzerland Jean Luc Romanens ROC Yamaha Retirement 30
Ret Flag of Brazil Alex Barros Suzuki Retirement 2


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