1991 French motorcycle Grand Prix

January 2023 French France Grand Prix de Francehttp://www.jumpingjack.nl/GP-races_1991_heden.htm https://archive.today/20150725170127/http://www.jumpingjack.nl/GP-races_1991_heden.htm dead Grand Prix uitslagen en bijzonderheden 1991 25 July 2015 25 July 2015 Archive.today 20 May 2018 Circuit Paul Ricard 2.369 3.812 10 15 21 July 1991 Paul Ricard 1986.png Wayne Rainey USA 1:21.571 Wayne Rainey USA 1:22.108 Wayne Rainey USA Mick Doohan Australia Eddie Lawson USA Helmut Bradl Germany 1:25.955 Loris Reggiani Italy 1:25.965 Loris Reggiani Italy Helmut Bradl Germany Carlos Cardús Spain Noboru Ueda Japan 1:32.538 Ralf Waldmann Germany 1:32.422 Loris Capirossi Italy Ralf Waldmann Germany Fausto Gresini Italy The 1991 French motorcycle Grand Prix was the tenth round of the 1991 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 19–21 July 1991 at the Paul Ricard circuit 500 cc race report Wayne Rainey started on pole, Mick Doohan started 2nd at .5 second, John Kocinski started 3rd and Kevin Schwantz started 4th on the grid. Doohan got the start from Schwantz, Eddie Lawson and Rainey. After a bad start, Kocinski crashed out hard on the first lap. By the end of the first lap, Rainey is showing Doohan a front wheel and it's a 2-man fight for 1st very early with a 4-man group fighting for 3rd. Rainey takes the lead from Doohan and Lawson and Schwantz remain behind to determine 3rd place. On the last lap, Rainey expertly zigzags across the Mistral Straight, preventing Doohan from draft-passing, and Lawson wins his fight from Schwantz. 500 cc classification Pos. Rider Team Manufacturer Time/Retired Points 1 USA Wayne Rainey Marlboro Team Roberts Yamaha 44:13.070 20 2 AUS Mick Doohan Rothmans Honda Team Honda +4.000 17 3 USA Eddie Lawson Cagiva Corse Cagiva +23.646 15 4 USA Kevin Schwantz Lucky Strike Suzuki Suzuki +23.730 13 5 FRA Jean Philippe Ruggia Sonauto Yamaha Mobil 1 Yamaha +31.387 11 6 USA Doug Chandler Roberts B Team Yamaha +49.660 10 7 BEL Didier de Radiguès Lucky Strike Suzuki Suzuki +55.097 9 8 FRA Adrien Morillas Sonauto Yamaha Mobil 1 Yamaha +1:12.584 8 9 SPA Sito Pons Campsa Honda Team Honda +1:17.300 7 10 AUS Wayne Gardner Rothmans Honda Team Honda +2 Laps 6 11 SPA Juan Garriga Ducados Yamaha Yamaha +2 Laps 5 12 NED Cees Doorakkers HEK-Baumachines Honda +2 Laps 4 13 ITA Marco Papa Team Marco Papa Honda +2 Laps 3 14 GER Michael Rudroff Rallye Sport Honda +2 Laps 2 15 AUT Josef Doppler Doppler Racing Yamaha +3 Laps 1 Ret SUI Nicholas Schmassman Schmassman Technotron Honda Retirement Ret GER Hans Becker Team Romero Racing Yamaha Retirement Ret USA John Kocinski Marlboro Team Roberts Yamaha Retirement DNS FRA Raymond Roche Cagiva Corse Cagiva Did not start DNQ LUX Andreas Leuthe Librenti Corse Suzuki Did not qualify DNQ DEU Helmut Schutz Rallye Sport Honda Did not qualify DNQ DEU Martin Trösch MT Racing Honda Did not qualify DNQ GBR Damon Buckmaster Padgett's Racing Team Suzuki Did not qualify Sources:https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/database/races/1991-french-motogp 1991 French MotoGP 13 June 2017 Motorsportmagazine.com 20 May 2018http://www.motogp.com/en/Results+Statistics/1991/FRA/500cc/RAC motogp.com · FRENCH GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1991 motogp.com 5 September 2018 5 September 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180905175554/http://www.motogp.com/en/Results+Statistics/1991/FRA/500cc/RAC dead References French motorcycle Grand Prix 1991 1991 Dutch TT 1991 British Grand Prix 1990 French Grand Prix 1992 French Grand Prix Category:French motorcycle Grand Prix French Motorcycle Grand Prix