1991 Italian motorcycle Grand Prix

1991 Italian Grand Prix
Race details
Race 5 of 15 races in the; 1991 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	19 May 1991
Official name	Gran Premio d'Italia
Location	Circuito Internazionale Santa Monica
Course	Permanent racing facility; 3.488 km (2.167 mi);
500cc
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Wayne Rainey
Time	1:16.191
Fastest lap
Rider	Wayne Rainey
Time	1:15.892
Podium
First	Mick Doohan
Second	John Kocinski
Third	Eddie Lawson
250cc
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Helmut Bradl
Time	1:18.679
Fastest lap
Rider	Luca Cadalora
Time	1:17.965
Podium
First	Luca Cadalora
Second	Helmut Bradl
Third	Pierfrancesco Chili
125cc
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Fausto Gresini
Time	1:24.267
Fastest lap
Rider	Fausto Gresini
Time	1:23.436
Podium
First	Fausto Gresini
Second	Loris Capirossi
Third	Alessandro Gramigni
Sidecar (B2A)
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Rolf Biland
Time	1:19.127
Fastest lap
Rider	Steve Webster
Time	1:20.039
Podium
First	Steve Webster
Second	Egbert Streuer
Third	Paul Güdel

The 1991 Italian motorcycle Grand Prix was the fifth race of the 1991 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 17–19 May 1991 at the Circuito Internazionale Santa Monica.

500 cc classification

Pos.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	Michael Doohan	Rothmans Honda Team	Honda	36	46:27.037	5	20
2	John Kocinski	Marlboro Team Roberts	Yamaha	36	+8.677	2	17
3	Eddie Lawson	Cagiva Corse	Cagiva	36	+14.319	4	15
4	Alex Barros	Cagiva Corse	Cagiva	36	+23.151	7	13
5	Jean-Philippe Ruggia	Sonauto Yamaha Mobil 1	Yamaha	36	+23.561	8	11
6	Doug Chandler	Roberts B Team	Yamaha	36	+28.135	6	10
7	Kevin Schwantz	Lucky Strike Suzuki	Suzuki	36	+28.480	3	9
8	Juan Garriga	Ducados Yamaha	Yamaha	36	+48.073	10	8
9	Wayne Rainey	Marlboro Team Roberts	Yamaha	36	+1:11.518	1	7
10	Eddie Laycock	Millar Racing	Yamaha	35	+1 lap	12	6
11	Marco Papa	Team Marco Papa	Honda	35	+1 lap	14	5
12	Cees Doorakkers	HEK-Baumachines	Honda	34	+2 laps	15	4
13	Romolo Balbi		Honda	34	+2 laps	13	3
14	Simon Buckmaster	Padgett's Racing Team	Suzuki	33	+3 laps		2
15	Michael Rudroff	Rallye Sport	Honda	33	+3 laps		1
Ret	Didier de Radiguès	Lucky Strike Suzuki	Suzuki	29	Retired	9
Ret	Adrien Morillas	Sonauto Yamaha Mobil 1	Yamaha	29	Retired	11
Ret	Hans Becker	Team Romero Racing	Yamaha	25	Retired
Ret	Nicolas Schmassman	Schmassman Technotron	Honda	9	Retired
DNQ	Helmut Schutz	Rallye Sport	Honda		Did not qualify
DNQ	Andreas Leuthe	Librenti Corse	Honda		Did not qualify
DNQ	Larry Vacondio		Honda		Did not qualify
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250 cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	Luca Cadalora	Honda	30	39:29.951	2	20
2	Helmut Bradl	Honda	30	+0.009	1	17
3	Pierfrancesco Chili	Aprilia	30	+8.179	3	15
4	Loris Reggiani	Aprilia	30	+8.186	5	13
5	Wilco Zeelenberg	Honda	30	+14.795	7	11
6	Carlos Cardús	Honda	30	+14.983	4	10
7	Masahiro Shimizu	Honda	30	+33.909	8	9
8	Jochen Schmid	Honda	30	+52.658	11	8
9	Andreas Preining	Aprilia	30	+53.825	14	7
10	Paolo Casoli	Yamaha	30	+1:03.005	13	6
11	Jean-Pierre Jeandat	Honda	30	+1:04.911		5
12	Erkka Korpiaho	Aprilia	30	+1:09.379		4
13	Renzo Colleoni	Aprilia	30	+1:09.886		3
14	Carlos Lavado	Yamaha	30	+1:17.145	12	2
15	Stefan Prein	Honda	29	+1 lap		1
16	Harald Eckl	Aprilia	29	+1 lap
17	Jaime Mariano	Aprilia	29	+1 lap
18	Urs Jucker	Yamaha	29	+1 lap
19	Martin Wimmer	Suzuki	29	+1 lap	10
20	Renato Colleoni	Aprilia	29	+1 lap
21	Patrick van der Goorbergh	Yamaha	29	+1 lap
22	Bernd Kassner	Honda	29	+1 lap
23	Wayne Doran	Aprilia	29	+1 lap
24	Jean Foray	Yamaha	29	+1 lap
Ret	Corrado Catalano	Honda	26	Retired
Ret	Stefano Pennese	Aprilia	22	Retired
Ret	Frédéric Protat	Aprilia	19	Retired
Ret	Doriano Romboni	Honda	18	Retired	6
Ret	Fausto Ricci	Yamaha	18	Retired
Ret	Àlex Crivillé	JJ Cobas	15	Retired	9
Ret	Bernard Hänggeli	Aprilia	15	Retired	15
Ret	Alberto Puig	Yamaha	13	Retired
Ret	Marcellino Lucchi	Aprilia	13	Retired
Ret	Ian Newton	Yamaha	8	Retired
Ret	Leon van der Heyden	Honda	1	Retired
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125 cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	Fausto Gresini	Honda	26	36:29.927	1	20
2	Loris Capirossi	Honda	26	+18.493	2	17
3	Alessandro Gramigni	Aprilia	26	+23.101	7	15
4	Ezio Gianola	Derbi	26	+29.088	4	13
5	Hans Spaan	Honda	26	+33.230	10	11
6	Nobuyuki Wakai	Honda	26	+33.629	13	10
7	Heinz Lüthi	Honda	26	+34.115	3	9
8	Gabriele Debbia	Aprilia	26	+34.237	8	8
9	Ralf Waldmann	Honda	26	+34.460	11	7
10	Dirk Raudies	Honda	26	+35.230		6
11	Ian McConnachie	Honda	26	+42.905		5
12	Adolf Stadler	JJ Cobas	26	+47.525	15	4
13	Hisashi Unemoto	Honda	26	+54.431		3
14	Steve Patrickson	Honda	26	+1:00.339		2
15	Johnny Wickström	Honda	26	+1:00.539		1
16	Koji Takada	Honda	26	+1:06.139
17	Julián Miralles	JJ Cobas	26	+1:06.935
18	Serafino Foti	Honda	26	+1:07.493
19	Manuel Hernández	Honda	26	+1:08.123
20	Arie Molenaar	Honda	26	+1:08.427
21	Alain Bronec	Honda	26	+1:15.924
22	Thierry Feuz	Honda	26	+1:19.698
23	Francisco Debon	JJ Cobas	26	+1:19.849
24	Maurizio Vitali	Gazzaniga	25	+1 lap	12
25	Luis Alvaro	Derbi	25	+1 lap
Ret	Kinya Wada	Honda	25	Retired
Ret	Bruno Casanova	Honda	18	Retired	6
Ret	Peter Öttl	Rotax	17	Retired
Ret	Herri Torrontegui	JJ Cobas	15	Retired	14
Ret	Jorge Martínez	JJ Cobas	10	Retired	9
Ret	Noboru Ueda	Honda	8	Retired	5
Ret	Kazuto Sakata	Honda	5	Retired
Ret	Manuel Herreros	JJ Cobas	4	Retired
Ret	Alfred Waibel	Honda	4	Retired
Ret	Gimmi Bosio	Honda	0	Retired
Ret	Emilio Cuppini	Gazzaniga	0	Retired
DNQ	Jos van Dongen	Honda
DNQ	Alan Patterson	Honda
DNQ	Stefan Kurfiss	Honda
DNQ	Stefan Bragger	Honda
DNQ	Hans Koopman	Honda
DNQ	Robin Appleyard	Honda
DNQ	Peter Galvin	Honda
DNQ	Wolfgang Fritz	Honda
DNQ	René Dünki	Honda
DNQ	Hubert Abold	Honda
DNQ	Janez Pintar	Honda
DNQ	Taru Rinne	Honda
^[4]

Sidecar classification

Pos	Rider	Passenger	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	Steve Webster	Gavin Simmons	Krauser	26	35:08.085	2	20
2	Egbert Streuer	Peter Essaff	LCR-Yamaha	26	+14.440	5	17
3	Paul Güdel	Charly Güdel	LCR-Krauser	26	+26.431	13	15
4	Darren Dixon	Sean Dixon	LCR-Krauser	26	+30.300	10	13
5	Yoshisada Kumagaya	Bryan Houghton	Krauser	26	+45.188	9	11
6	Barry Brindley	Grahame Rose	LCR-Yamaha	26	+50.688	14	10
7	Masato Kumano	Eckhart Rösinger	LCR-Yamaha	26	+50.943	8	9
8	Ralph Bohnhorst	Bruno Hiller	Bohnhorst	26	+57.003	7	8
9	Alfred Zurbrügg	Martin Zurbrügg	LCR-Yamaha	26	+1:08.810	6	7
10	Theo van Kempen	Jan Kuyt	LCR-Krauser	25	+1 lap		6
11	René Progin	Gary Irlam	LCR	25	+1 lap		5
12	Tony Wyssen	Geral de Haas	LCR	25	+1 lap		4
13	Tony Baker	Simon Prior	LCR-Krauser	25	+1 lap		3
14	Markus Bösiger	Peter Markwalder	ADM	25	+1 lap		2
15	Klaus Klaffenböck	Christian Parzer	LCR	24	+2 laps	11	1
16	Markus Egloff	Urs Egloff	Yamaha	24	+2 laps	4
Ret	Steve Abbott	Shaun Smith	LCR-Krauser	22	Retired	12
Ret	Alain Michel	Simon Birchall	Krauser	12	Retired	3
Ret	Rolf Biland	Kurt Waltisperg	LCR-ADM	3	Retired	1
Ret	Barry Smith	David Smith	Windle-ADM	2	Retired	15
DNQ	Derek Brindley	Nick Roche	LCR
DNQ	Kenny Howles	C. Mugnari	Krauser
DNQ	Hans Hügli	Adolf Hänni	LCR
DNQ	Gary Thomas	Michel van Puyvelde	Krauser
DNQ	Reiner Kosta	Jurg Egli	Yamaha
DNQ	Frank Voigt	Holger Voigt	Schuh-Spezial
DNQ	Werner Kraus	Thomas Schröder	ADM
^[5]

References

^ "Grand Prix uitslagen en bijzonderheden 1991". Archive.today. 25 July 2015. Archived from the original on 25 July 2015. Retrieved 20 May 2018.
^ "1991 Italian MotoGP". Motorsportmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 20 May 2018.
^ "motogp.com · ITALIAN GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1991". www.motogp.com.
^ ^a ^b ^c Scott, Michael (ed.). Motocourse 1991-1992. Hazleton Publishing. pp. 96–97. ISBN 0-905138-88-0.
^ Scott, Michael (ed.). Motocourse 1991-1992. Hazleton Publishing. pp. 80–81. ISBN 0-905138-88-0.

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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] "1991 Italian MotoGP". Motorsportmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 20 May 2018.

[3] "motogp.com · ITALIAN GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1991". www.motogp.com.

[motocourse9697-4] Scott, Michael (ed.). Motocourse 1991-1992. Hazleton Publishing. pp. 96–97. ISBN 0-905138-88-0.

[motocourse8081-5] Scott, Michael (ed.). Motocourse 1991-1992. Hazleton Publishing. pp. 80–81. ISBN 0-905138-88-0.

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