1991 German motorcycle Grand Prix

The 1991 German motorcycle Grand Prix was the sixth round of the 1991 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 24–26 May 1991 at the Hockenheim circuit. This was the first motorcycle racing in Germany after the German reunification

Germany  1991 German Grand Prix
Race details
Race 6 of 15 races in the
1991 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date26 May 1991
Official nameGroßer Preis von Deutschland für Motorräder[1][2][3]
LocationHockenheimring
Course
  • Permanent racing facility
  • 6.788 km (4.218 mi)
500cc
Pole position
Rider Australia Mick Doohan Honda
Time 2:00.362
Fastest lap
Rider United States Kevin Schwantz Suzuki
Time 1:59.846
Podium
First United States Kevin Schwantz Suzuki
Second United States Wayne Rainey Yamaha
Third Australia Mick Doohan Honda
250cc
Pole position
Rider Germany Helmut Bradl Honda
Time 2:06.934
Fastest lap
Rider Germany Helmut Bradl Honda
Time 2:06.725
Podium
First Germany Helmut Bradl Honda
Second Spain Carlos Cardús Honda
Third Netherlands Wilco Zeelenberg Honda
125cc
Pole position
Rider Italy Loris Capirossi Honda
Time 2:20.304
Fastest lap
Rider Italy Loris Capirossi Honda
Time 2:20.257
Podium
First Germany Ralf Waldmann Honda
Second Italy Loris Capirossi Honda
Third Switzerland Heinz Lüthi Honda
Sidecar (B2A)
Pole position
Rider United Kingdom Steve Webster Krauser
Time 2:10.006
Fastest lap
Rider Netherlands Egbert Streuer LCR-Yamaha
Time 2:10.444
Podium
First Germany Ralph Bohnhorst Bohnhorst
Second France Alain Michel Krauser
Third Switzerland Rolf Biland LCR-ADM

500 cc race report

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Mick Doohan was on pole, Wayne Rainey was 1 second back in 4th, with Eddie Lawson on the front row again on the ever-improving Cagiva.

Doohan took the lead at the start ahead from Rainey, Eddie Lawson and John Kocinski. Doohan and Rainey developed a small gap to Kevin Schwantz, Lawson and Wayne Gardner. In the stadium section, Rainey tried to go through the inside of Doohan, but going off the racing line proved too slippery and he had to sit-up and got Schwantz on his back wheel.

Rainey recovered his rhythm and passed Doohan, but Schwantz was closing. Kocinski crashed out. Doohan re-took the lead of the trio with Rainey and Schwantz.

Another Rainey/Doohan battle ended inconclusively when Rainey came alongside Doohan and pointed to Doohan’s back tire which was shedding chunks. Going into the stadium section, Schwantz took the lead and Doohan started dropping back.

Last lap: Rainey was in front of Schwantz. Schwantz stayed behind Rainey through the first chicane, trying to build momentum for a draft pass. He managed it and took the lead from Rainey.

It looked like Schwantz has made a tactical error, letting Rainey draft him on the last straight that leads into the stadium section. Rainey draft passed and prepared for the right turn, but Schwantz swung out from behind and performs a spectacular late-braking pass—the RGV was squirming from side-to-side and the back tire was hopping up and down leaving a dashed black line of rubber. Schwantz got it under control and made the turn, but Rainey wasn't giving up and tried to stay on Schwantz’ left as they headed to a left turn, but Schwantz had better drive coming out of the previous turn and got in front of Rainey and stayed there to the line.

After the race Rainey commentated: “... I thought I was pretty lucky that we beat Doohan there when he had a problem. That’s who I was racing for the championship.”[4]

500 cc classification

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Pos. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time Grid Points
1   Kevin Schwantz Lucky Strike Suzuki Suzuki 18 +36:20.491 2 20
2   Wayne Rainey Marlboro Team Roberts Yamaha 18 +0.016 4 17
3   Mick Doohan Rothmans Honda Team Honda 18 +8.944 1 15
4   Eddie Lawson Cagiva Corse Cagiva 18 +11.568 3 13
5   Wayne Gardner Rothmans Honda Team Honda 18 +25.500 6 11
6   Didier de Radiguès Lucky Strike Suzuki Suzuki 18 +1:00.264 7 10
7   Juan Garriga Ducados Yamaha Yamaha 18 +1:11.175 8 9
8   Adrien Morillas Sonauto Yamaha Mobil 1 Yamaha 18 +1:24.711 12 8
9   Doug Chandler Roberts B Team Yamaha 18 +1:41.466 10 7
10   Eddie Laycock Millar Racing Yamaha 17 +1 lap 13 6
11   Cees Doorakkers HEK-Baumachines Honda 17 +1 lap 14 5
12   Michael Rudroff Rallye Sport Honda 17 +1 lap 15 4
13   Hans Becker Team Romero Racing Yamaha 17 +1 lap 3
14   Simon Buckmaster Padgett's Racing Team Suzuki 17 +1 lap 2
Ret   John Kocinski Marlboro Team Roberts Yamaha 8 Retired 5
DNS   Jean-Philippe Ruggia Sonauto Yamaha Mobil 1 Yamaha Did not start 9
DNS   Alex Barros Cagiva Corse Cagiva Did not start 11
DNQ   Josef Doppler Doppler Racing Honda Did not qualify
DNQ   Helmut Schutz Rallye Sport Honda Did not qualify
DNQ   Niggi Schmassman Schmassman Technotron Honda Did not qualify
DNQ   Martin Trösch MT Racing Honda Did not qualify
[5][6][7]

250 cc classification

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Pos Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Grid Points
1   Helmut Bradl Honda 15 31:59.456 1 20
2   Carlos Cardús Honda 15 +13.517 5 17
3   Wilco Zeelenberg Honda 15 +14.034 3 15
4   Luca Cadalora Honda 15 +23.707 9 13
5   Masahiro Shimizu Honda 15 +43.569 7 11
6   Andreas Preining Aprilia 15 +43.756 6 10
7   Àlex Crivillé JJ Cobas 15 +43.825 12 9
8   Jochen Schmid Honda 15 +43.960 8 8
9   Martin Wimmer Suzuki 15 +44.219 10 7
10   Stefan Prein Honda 15 +44.585 11 6
11   Paolo Casoli Yamaha 15 +45.081 13 5
12   Harald Eckl Aprilia 15 +47.530 14 4
13   Doriano Romboni Honda 15 +50.256 15 3
14   Jean-Pierre Jeandat Honda 15 +59.494 2
15   Carlos Lavado Yamaha 15 +1:04.087 1
16   Dominique Sarron Yamaha 15 +1:21.210
17   Bernd Kassner Yamaha 15 +1:21.432
18   Fausto Ricci Yamaha 15 +1:46.045
19   Patrick van der Goorbergh Yamaha 15 +1:50.704
20   Kevin Mitchell Yamaha 15 +1:50.882
21   Jean Foray Yamaha 15 +1:50.946
22   Marcellino Lucchi Aprilia 15 +1:53.122
23   Wayne Doran Aprilia 15 +1:58.967
24   Ian Newton Yamaha 15 +2:09.344
25   Peter Linden Honda 14 +1 lap
Ret   Corrado Catalano Honda 8 Retired
Ret   Bernard Hänggeli Aprilia 7 Retired
Ret   Pierfrancesco Chili Aprilia 6 Retired 2
Ret   Loris Reggiani Aprilia 4 Retired 4
Ret   Renzo Colleoni Aprilia 3 Retired
Ret   Urs Jucker Yamaha 3 Retired
Ret   Jaime Mariano Aprilia 1 Retired
DNS   Alberto Puig Yamaha
DNS   Frédéric Protat Aprilia
DNS   Leon van der Heyden Honda
DNS   Erkka Korpiaho Aprilia
DNS   Stefano Pennese Aprilia
[7]

125 cc classification

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Pos Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Grid Points
1   Ralf Waldmann Honda 14 33:12.041 6 20
2   Loris Capirossi Honda 14 +0.288 1 17
3   Heinz Lüthi Honda 14 +1.343 5 15
4   Gabriele Debbia Aprilia 14 +1.549 8 13
5   Alessandro Gramigni Aprilia 14 +1.558 10 11
6   Jorge Martínez JJ Cobas 14 +3.893 10
7   Alfred Waibel Honda 14 +4.395 12 9
8   Dirk Raudies Honda 14 +4.503 3 8
9   Nobuyuki Wakai Honda 14 +22.679 14 7
10   Kazuto Sakata Honda 14 +22.682 4 6
11   Luis Alvaro Derbi 14 +22.958 13 5
12   Hans Spaan Honda 14 +34.926 9 4
13   Maurizio Vitali Gazzaniga 14 +38.459 3
14   Kinya Wada Honda 14 +38.754 2
15   Johnny Wickström Honda 14 +38.857 1
16   Stefan Kurfiss Honda 14 +39.281
17   Hisashi Unemoto Honda 14 +39.536
18   Herri Torrontegui JJ Cobas 14 +39.544
19   Thierry Feuz Honda 14 +40.116
20   Jos van Dongen Honda 14 +40.286
21   Stefan Brägger Honda 14 +40.344
22   Arie Molenaar Honda 14 +41.113
23   Gimmi Bosio Honda 14 +41.381
24   Wolfgang Fritz Honda 14 +58.364
25   Hans Koopman Honda 14 +58.653
26   René Dünki Honda 14 +58.659
27   Ian McConnachie Honda 14 +1:35.943
Ret   Adolf Stadler JJ Cobas 12 Retired 7
Ret   Fausto Gresini Honda 12 Retired 2
Ret   Manuel Herreros JJ Cobas 10 Retired
Ret   Robin Appleyard Honda 10 Retired
Ret   Emilio Cuppini Gazzaniga 8 Retired
Ret   Francisco Debon JJ Cobas 7 Retired
Ret   Bruno Casanova Honda 4 Retired
Ret   Julián Miralles JJ Cobas 1 Retired
Ret   Peter Öttl Rotax 0 Retired 11
DNS   Ezio Gianola Derbi 15
DNS   Koji Takada Honda
DNQ   Steve Patrickson Honda
DNQ   Alain Bronec Honda
DNQ   Peter Galvin Honda
DNQ   Manuel Hernández Honda
DNQ   Olivier Petrucciani Aprilia
DNQ   Serafino Foti Honda
DNQ   Alan Patterson Honda
DNQ   Hubert Abold Honda
DNQ   Jean-Claude Selini Honda
DNQ   Thomas Engl Honda
DNQ   Phillip Unhola Honda
DNQ   Taru Rinne Honda
[7]

Sidecar classification

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Pos Rider Passenger Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1   Ralph Bohnhorst   Bruno Hiller Bohnhorst 14 30:56.749 2 20
2   Alain Michel   Simon Birchall Krauser 14 +0.241 4 17
3   Rolf Biland   Kurt Waltisperg LCR-ADM 14 +2.427 5 15
4   Egbert Streuer   Peter Essaff LCR-Yamaha 14 +10.363 3 13
5   Barry Brindley   Trevor Hopkinson LCR-Yamaha 14 +10.989 11 11
6   Steve Abbott   Shaun Smith LCR-Krauser 14 +11.214 10
7   Markus Egloff   Urs Egloff Yamaha 14 +11.629 9 9
8   Darren Dixon   Sean Dixon LCR-Krauser 14 +11.722 7 8
9   Yoshisada Kumagaya   Bryan Houghton Krauser 14 +19.850 14 7
10   Masato Kumano   Eckhart Rösinger LCR-Yamaha 14 +28.059 10 6
11   Klaus Klaffenböck   Christian Parzer LCR 14 +28.533 12 5
12   Theo van Kempen   Jan Kuyt LCR-Krauser 14 +55.021 4
13   Werner Kraus   Thomas Schröder ADM 14 +1:11.940 15 3
14   Barry Smith   David Smith Windle-ADM 14 +1:12.437 2
15   Ivan Nigrowsky   Nicolas Barillon LCR 14 +1:13.169 1
16   Gary Thomas   Michel van Puyvelde Krauser 14 +1:35.782
17   Tony Baker   Simon Prior LCR-Krauser 13 +1 lap
18   Alfred Zurbrügg   Martin Zurbrügg LCR-Yamaha 1 +3 laps 13
Ret   Paul Güdel   Charly Güdel LCR-Krauser 13 Retired 6
Ret   Steve Webster   Gavin Simmons Krauser 9 Retired 1
Ret   Tony Wyssen   Killian Wyssen LCR-Krauser 3 Retired 8
Ret   René Progin   Gary Irlam LCR 1 Retired
DNQ   Markus Bösiger   Peter Markwalder ADM
Ret   Mark Reddington   Robert Parker Krauser
DNQ   Jos van Stekelenburg   Rinie Bettgens LCR
DNQ   Hans Hügli   Adolf Hänni LCR
DNQ   Frank Voigt   Holger Voigt Schuh-Spezial
DNQ   Reiner Kosta   Jurg Egli Yamaha
DNQ   Bernd Scherer   Peter Höss LCR
[7]

References

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  1. ^ "Grand Prix uitslagen en bijzonderheden 1991". Archive.today. 25 July 2015. Archived from the original on 25 July 2015. Retrieved 20 May 2018.
  2. ^ Mitchell, Malcolm. "1991 500cc Class (FIM Grand Prix World Championship) Programmes - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". www.progcovers.com.
  3. ^ Mitchell, Malcolm. "Hockenheimring - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com. Retrieved 20 May 2018.
  4. ^ Scott, Michael: "Wayne Rainey", page 154. Haynes Publishing, 1997.
  5. ^ "1991 German MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". 13 June 2017.
  6. ^ "motogp.com · GERMAN GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1991". www.motogp.com.
  7. ^ a b c d Scott, Michael (ed.). Motocourse 1991-1992. Hazleton Publishing. pp. 104–105. ISBN 0-905138-88-0.


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