1991 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
The 1991 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season was the 43rd F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship season.
Season summary[edit]
The beginning of the 1990s marked a golden age for Grand Prix motorcycle racing.[1] The rivalry between Wayne Rainey and Kevin Schwantz was in full flow while Mick Doohan started to come into his own.[1] Eddie Lawson had switched to Cagiva and started to have some respectable results.[1] In a one-year quirk, only 13 races counted as, competitors were allowed to drop their two worst scores.[1] The Yugoslavia round was dropped because of the civil war and replaced with a Grand Prix of Europe at Jarama.[1] The Brazilian round was also dropped at the last minute over track safety concerns and replaced with a race held at Le Mans.[1] The inaugural Malaysian Grand Prix was held at Shah Alam.[1]
For the 1991 season, Michelin decided to supply only the Rothmans Honda team with tires; everybody else used Dunlops.[1][2]
Luca Cadalora won the 250 title in a dominating fashion with eight wins.[1] In the 125 class, Italian teenager Loris Capirossi swept to the title for the second consecutive year.[1]
1991 Grand Prix season calendar[edit]
The following Grands Prix were scheduled to take place in 1991:[3][4]
Round | Date | Grand Prix | Circuit |
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1 | 24 March | Suzuka Circuit | |
2 | 7 April | Eastern Creek Raceway | |
3 | 21 April | Laguna Seca Raceway | |
4 | 12 May | Circuito Permanente de Jerez | |
5 | 19 May | Misano World Circuit | |
6 | 26 May | Hockenheimring | |
7 | 9 June | Salzburgring | |
8 | 16 June | Circuito Permanente Del Jarama | |
9 | 29 June | TT Circuit Assen | |
10 | 21 July | Circuit Paul Ricard | |
11 | 4 August | Donington Park | |
12 | 18 August | Mugello Circuit | |
13 | 25 August | Brno Circuit | |
14 | 8 September | Bugatti Circuit | |
15 | 29 September | Shah Alam Circuit |
Calendar changes[edit]
- The Australian Grand Prix was moved forward, from 16 September to 7 April.
- The German Grand Prix moved from the Nürburgring to the Hockenheimring.
- The Yugoslavian Grand Prix was cancelled due to the ongoing Yugoslav Wars.
- The Brazilian Grand Prix was initially scheduled, but was cancelled on the last moment due to poor safety standards of the venue.
- The Belgian, Swedish and Hungarian Grand Prix were taken off the calendar due to organisational and other type of problems.
- The European Grand Prix was added to the calendar as a replacement for the Yugoslavian Grand Prix.
- The San Marino Grand Prix returned after a three-year absence on the Mugello circuit.
- The French Grand Prix moved from the Bugatti Circuit in Le Mans to the Paul Ricard circuit.
- The Vitesse du Mans Grand Prix was added as a one-off Grand Prix to replace the Brazilian Grand Prix and was held on the Bugatti Circuit in Le Mans.
- The Malaysian Grand Prix was added to the calendar.
1991 Grand Prix season results[edit]
Grands Prix[edit]
Participants[edit]
500cc participants[edit]
250cc participants[edit]
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125cc participants[edit]
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Results and standings[edit]
500cc riders' standings[edit]
- Scoring system
Points are awarded to the top fifteen finishers. A rider has to finish the race to earn points.
Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | 14th | 15th |
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Points | 20 | 17 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
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250cc riders' standings[edit]
- Scoring system
Points are awarded to the top fifteen finishers. A rider has to finish the race to earn points.
Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | 14th | 15th |
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Points | 20 | 17 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Pos | Rider | Bike | JPN |
AUS |
USA |
ESP |
ITA |
GER |
AUT |
EUR |
NED |
Points | Wins |
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1 | Honda | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 237 | 5 | |
2 | Honda | 7 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 220 | 3 | |
3 | Honda | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 205 | 0 | |
4 | Honda | 3 | 4 | 2 | Ret | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 158 | 0 | |
5 | Honda | 8 | Ret | 5 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 142 | 0 | |
6 | Aprilia | 9 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | Ret | 8 | 5 | Ret | 128 | 0 | |
7 | Aprilia | 17 | 6 | Ret | 5 | 3 | Ret | 4 | Ret | 1 | 107 | 1 | |
8 | Honda | 13 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 8 | Ret | 96 | 0 | |
9 | Suzuki | 14 | Ret | 7 | 8 | 19 | 9 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 89 | 0 | |
10 | Yamaha | 26 | 9 | Ret | Ret | 10 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 65 | 0 | |
11 | Aprilia | 19 | 7 | 6 | Ret | 9 | 6 | Ret | 14 | 20 | 60 | ||
12 | Honda | 18 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 14 | Ret | 13 | 10 | 59 | ||
13 | Honda | Ret | Ret | 9 | Ret | Ret | 7 | 9 | Ret | Ret | 51 | ||
14 | Yamaha | 25 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 14 | 15 | DNS | 9 | 34 | |||
15 | Honda | Ret | Ret | 13 | 9 | Ret | 13 | Ret | 7 | Ret | 32 | ||
16 | Yamaha | 21 | Ret | Ret | 10 | Ret | DNS | DNS | Ret | 28 | |||
17 | Honda | 20 | Ret | 15 | DNS | 15 | 10 | 10 | Ret | Ret | 28 | ||
18 | Aprilia | Ret | 14 | Ret | 16 | 12 | 12 | 19 | 11 | 22 | |||
19 | Honda | 11 | 21 | 11 | 12 | 20 | |||||||
20 | Aprilia | Ret | 13 | Ret | 25 | Ret | Ret | 19 | |||||
21 | Aprilia | 32 | 12 | 17 | 17 | Ret | Ret | 22 | Ret | 13 | 15 | ||
22 | Honda | 4 | 13 | ||||||||||
23 | Honda | 5 | 13 | ||||||||||
24 | Yamaha | 6 | 10 | ||||||||||
25 | Aprilia | Ret | 8 | ||||||||||
26 | Aprilia | Ret | 12 | DNS | 14 | 17 | Ret | 8 | |||||
27 | Aprilia | Ret | 7 | ||||||||||
28 | Honda | 10 | 6 | ||||||||||
29 | Aprilia | Ret | Ret | 22 | Ret | Ret | 14 | 5 | |||||
30 | Jose Barresi | 4 | |||||||||||
30 | Yamaha | 12 | 4 | ||||||||||
30 | Yamaha | Ret | 16 | 12 | 4 | ||||||||
33 | Aprilia | 30 | 13 | Ret | Ret | Ret | DNS | Ret | 15 | 17 | 4 | ||
34 | Yamaha | 27 | 14 | 18 | 15 | 18 | Ret | Ret | 18 | 16 | 4 | ||
35 | Honda | 23 | Ret | 19 | 13 | Ret | DNS | 22 | Ret | 3 | |||
35 | Yamaha | 14 | 21 | 19 | 23 | 20 | 15 | 3 | |||||
37 | 2 | ||||||||||||
38 | Honda | Ret | Ret | 24 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 15 | Ret | Ret | 1 | ||
38 | Honda | 22 | 17 | 20 | 21 | 1 | |||||||
38 | Honda | 15 | 1 | ||||||||||
38 | Yamaha | 29 | 15 | Ret | Ret | 20 | DNS | 1 | |||||
Aprilia | Ret | 17 | 20 | 16 | 17 | Ret | 18 | 0 | |||||
Yamaha | 19 | Ret | 18 | 16 | Ret | DNQ | 0 | ||||||
Aprilia | Ret | DNS | 19 | 16 | Ret | 0 | |||||||
Yamaha | 31 | Ret | 16 | 0 | |||||||||
Yamaha | 16 | 0 | |||||||||||
Yamaha | 16 | 0 | |||||||||||
Aprilia | 17 | 23 | 0 | ||||||||||
Yamaha | Ret | 27 | 18 | Ret | 24 | 26 | 21 | 19 | 0 | ||||
Yamaha | 20 | 24 | 21 | 27 | Ret | 18 | 0 | ||||||
Yamaha | 18 | 0 | |||||||||||
Yamaha | 19 | 0 | |||||||||||
Aprilia | 20 | 24 | 0 | ||||||||||
Yamaha | 20 | 0 | |||||||||||
Yamaha | 21 | 0 | |||||||||||
Yamaha | 21 | 0 | |||||||||||
Honda | 28 | Ret | 25 | Ret | 22 | 0 | |||||||
Honda | 22 | 0 | |||||||||||
Yamaha | 22 | 0 | |||||||||||
Yamaha | 22 | 0 | |||||||||||
Aprilia | 23 | 23 | 28 | 0 | |||||||||
Yamaha | 25 | 23 | 0 | ||||||||||
Yamaha | 23 | 0 | |||||||||||
Yamaha | 24 | 0 | |||||||||||
Yamaha | 26 | 0 | |||||||||||
Honda | Ret | 0 | |||||||||||
Yamaha | Ret | 0 | |||||||||||
Yamaha | Ret | 0 | |||||||||||
Yamaha | Ret | 0 | |||||||||||
Yamaha | Ret | 0 | |||||||||||
Yamaha | Ret | 0 | |||||||||||
Aprilia | Ret | 0 | |||||||||||
Yamaha | DNQ | 0 |
125cc standings[edit]
Place | Rider | Number | Country | Machine | Points | Wins |
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1 | 1 | Italy | Honda | 200 | 5 | |
2 | 8 | Italy | Honda | 181 | 2 | |
3 | 28 | Germany | Honda | 141 | 2 | |
4 | 12 | Italy | Aprilia | 111 | 0 | |
5 | 56 | Japan | Honda | 105 | 2 | |
6 | 6 | Spain | Cobas | 99 | 0 | |
7 | 9 | Italy | Aprilia | 90 | 1 | |
8 | 5 | Germany | Honda | 81 | 0 | |
9 | 22 | Germany | Rotax | 67 | 1 | |
10 | 51 | Japan | Honda | 60 | 0 | |
11 | 10 | Switzerland | Honda | 56 | 0 | |
12 | 11 | Germany | Cobas | 56 | 0 | |
13 | 35 | Japan | Honda | 55 | 0 | |
14 | 2 | Netherlands | Honda | 54 | 0 | |
15 | 3 | Italy | Honda | 45 | 0 | |
16 | 6 | Italy | Derbi | 32 | 0 | |
17 | 16 | Japan | Honda | 28 | 0 | |
18 | 15 | Italy | Gazzaniga | 27 | 0 | |
19 | Japan | Honda | 15 | 0 | ||
20 | 73 | Japan | Honda | 14 | 0 | |
21 | Japan | Honda | 13 | 0 | ||
22 | 66 | Spain | Derbi | 13 | 0 | |
23 | 47 | Switzerland | Aprilia | 13 | 0 | |
24 | Spain | Cobas | 12 | 0 | ||
25 | Spain | Cobas | 12 | 0 | ||
26 | Italy | Honda | 12 | 0 | ||
27 | 14 | Spain | Cobas | 10 | 0 | |
28 | 19 | Germany | Honda | 9 | 0 | |
29 | Japan | Honda | 8 | 0 | ||
30 | Japan | Honda | 7 | 0 | ||
31 | Spain | Cobas | 7 | 0 | ||
32 | 46 | Netherlands | Honda | 7 | 0 | |
33 | Spain | Cobas | 6 | 0 | ||
34 | 62 | United Kingdom | Kawasaki | 5 | 0 | |
35 | United Kingdom | Honda | 5 | 0 | ||
36 | Finland | Cobas | 5 | 0 | ||
37 | Japan | Honda | 3 | 0 | ||
38 | 29 | Australia | Honda | 2 | 0 | |
39 | 41 | France | Honda | 2 | 0 |
References[edit]
- Büla, Maurice & Schertenleib, Jean-Claude (2001). Continental Circus 1949-2000. Chronosports S.A. ISBN 2-940125-32-5
- "The Official MotoGP website". Archived from the original on 2012-09-20. Retrieved 2010-07-06.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Noyes, Dennis; Scott, Michael (1999), Motocourse: 50 Years Of Moto Grand Prix, Hazleton Publishing Ltd, ISBN 1-874557-83-7
- ^ Scott, Michael: "Wayne Rainey", page 151. Haynes Publishing, 1997.
- ^ "Grand Prix uitslagen en bijzonderheden 1991". 25 July 2015. Archived from the original on 25 July 2015.
- ^ "1991 World Motorcycle Championship". 12 June 2017.
- ^ "500cc Grand Prix entry list for 1991". Motorcycle Racing Online.
- ^ "250cc Grand Prix entry list for 1991". Motorcycle Racing Online.
- ^ "125cc Grand Prix entry list for 1991". Motorcycle Racing Online.
- ^ "motogp.com · 500cc World Standing 1991". www.motogp.com. Archived from the original on 2017-06-19. Retrieved 2010-06-06.
- ^ "500cc Grand Prix entry list for 1991".
- ^ "motogp.com · 250cc World Standing 1991". www.motogp.com. Archived from the original on 2017-05-17. Retrieved 2010-06-06.
- ^ "250cc Grand Prix entry list for 1991".
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