1993 Australian motorcycle Grand Prix explained

Grand Prix:	Australian
Flag:	Australia
Official Name:	Foster's Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix^[1] ^[2] ^[3]
Location:	Eastern Creek Raceway
Course Mi:	2.442
Course Km:	3.930
Race No:	1
Season No:	14
Date:	28 March
Year:	1993
Pole Rider 500:	Kevin Schwantz
Pole Rider 500 Country:	USA
Pole Time 500:	1:31.188
Fast Rider 500:	Wayne Rainey
Fast Rider 500 Country:	USA
Fast Time 500:	1:31.807
First Rider 500:	Kevin Schwantz
First Rider 500 Country:	USA
Second Rider 500:	Wayne Rainey
Second Rider 500 Country:	USA
Third Rider 500:	Doug Chandler
Third Rider 500 Country:	USA
Pole Rider 250:	Loris Capirossi
Pole Rider 250 Country:	Italy
Pole Time 250:	1:32.896
Fast Rider 250:	Tetsuya Harada
Fast Rider 250 Country:	Japan
Fast Time 250:	1:32.894
First Rider 250:	Tetsuya Harada
First Rider 250 Country:	Japan
Second Rider 250:	John Kocinski
Second Rider 250 Country:	USA
Third Rider 250:	Max Biaggi
Third Rider 250 Country:	Italy
Pole Rider 125:	Carlos Giró
Pole Rider 125 Country:	Spain
Pole Time 125:	1:37.858
Fast Rider 125:	Dirk Raudies
Fast Rider 125 Country:	Germany
Fast Time 125:	1:37.819
First Rider 125:	Dirk Raudies
First Rider 125 Country:	Germany
Second Rider 125:	Kazuto Sakata
Second Rider 125 Country:	Japan
Third Rider 125:	Herri Torrontegui
Third Rider 125 Country:	Spain

The 1993 Australian motorcycle Grand Prix was the first round of the 1993 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 28 March 1993 at Eastern Creek Raceway.

500 cc race report

Beattie and Chandler get a small gap, then Beattie starts pulling away.

Schwantz, Chandler, Rainey are closing on Beattie. Doohan goes out with a mechanical. Freddie Spencer crashes out hard.

Schwantz arrives and passes into 1st. Rainey, desperate to get to the leaders, brushes Chandler's front tire with his knee as he passes into 2nd, then passes Schwantz for 1st, but cannot hold him off.

500 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	34	Kevin Schwantz	Lucky Strike Suzuki	Suzuki	30	46:21.885	1	25
2	1	Wayne Rainey	Marlboro Team Roberts	Yamaha	30	+3.118	2	20
3	5	Doug Chandler	Cagiva Team Agostini	Cagiva	30	+6.111	4	16
4	4	Daryl Beattie	Rothmans Honda Team	Honda	30	+12.430	3	13
5	9	Alex Barros	Lucky Strike Suzuki	Suzuki	30	+36.435	7	11
6	8	Àlex Crivillé	Marlboro Honda Pons	Honda	30	+36.672	5	10
7	6	Shinichi Itoh	HRC Rothmans Honda	Honda	30	+39.192	6	9
8	7	Luca Cadalora	Marlboro Team Roberts	Yamaha	30	+52.962	10	8
9	12	Mat Mladin	Cagiva Team Agostini	Cagiva	30	+1:16.298	12	7
10	11	Niall Mackenzie	Valvoline Team WCM	ROC Yamaha	30	+1:20.844	13	6
11	21	Laurent Naveau	Euro Team	ROC Yamaha	29	+1 Lap	24	5
12	18	Bernard Garcia	Yamaha Motor France	Yamaha	29	+1 Lap	18	4
13	32	José Kuhn	Euromoto	ROC Yamaha	29	+1 Lap	17	3
14	15	Tsutomu Udagawa	Team Udagawa	ROC Yamaha	29	+1 Lap	15	2
15	23	Serge David	Team ROC	ROC Yamaha	29	+1 Lap	22	1
16	29	Sean Emmett	Shell Team Harris	Harris Yamaha	29	+1 Lap	26
17	27	Renato Colleoni	Team Elit	ROC Yamaha	29	+1 Lap	25
18	36	Lucio Pedercini	Team Pedercini	ROC Yamaha	29	+1 Lap	27
19	33	Andreas Meklau	Austrian Racing Company	ROC Yamaha	29	+1 Lap	30
20	35	Jean Luc Romanens	Argus Racing Team	ROC Yamaha	28	+2 Laps	31
21	24	Cees Doorakkers	Doorakkers Racing	Harris Yamaha	28	+2 Laps	32
22	44	Alan Scott	Team Harris	Harris Yamaha	27	+3 Laps	33
23	13	Toshiyuki Arakaki	Team ROC	ROC Yamaha	25	+5 Laps	21
Ret	46	Peter Goddard	Lucky Strike Suzuki	Suzuki	28	Retirement	9
Ret	30	Juan Lopez Mella	Lopez Mella Racing Team	ROC Yamaha	27	Retirement	19
Ret	16	Michael Rudroff	Rallye Sport	Harris Yamaha	25	Retirement	16
Ret	19	Freddie Spencer	Yamaha Motor France	Yamaha	19	Retirement	11
Ret	22	Kevin Mitchell	MBM Racing	Harris Yamaha	18	Retirement	20
Ret	2	Mick Doohan	Rothmans Honda Team	Honda	17	Retirement	8
Ret	25	Thierry Crine	Ville de Paris	ROC Yamaha	8	Retirement	29
Ret	28	John Reynolds	Padgett's Motorcycles	Harris Yamaha	8	Retirement	14
Ret	20	Jeremy McWilliams	Millar Racing	Yamaha	7	Retirement	23
Ret	14	Marco Papa	Librenti Corse	Librenti	4	Retirement	34
Ret	31	Bruno Bonhuil	MTD Objectif 500	ROC Yamaha	4	Retirement	28
Sources:^[4] ^[5]

250 cc classification

Pos	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	31	Tetsuya Harada	Yamaha	28	43:57.049	3	25
2	19	John Kocinski	Suzuki	28	+0.030	4	20
3	5	Max Biaggi	Honda	28	+6.160	2	16
4	18	Tadayuki Okada	Honda	28	+9.597	9	13
5	14	Nobuatsu Aoki	Honda	28	+9.599	5	11
6	8	Carlos Cardús	Honda	28	+9.946	7	10
7	10	Doriano Romboni	Honda	28	+10.569	6	9
8	4	Helmut Bradl	Honda	28	+13.571	10	8
9	17	Jean-Philippe Ruggia	Aprilia	28	+19.507	11	7
10	3	Pierfrancesco Chili	Yamaha	28	+19.949	14	6
11	11	Wilco Zeelenberg	Aprilia	28	+32.632	8	5
12	7	Jochen Schmid	Yamaha	28	+56.034	12	4
13	6	Alberto Puig	Honda	28	+57.581	20	3
14	13	Loris Reggiani	Aprilia	28	+57.996	13	2
15	28	Adrian Bosshard	Honda	28	+1:06.575	15	1
16	21	Paolo Casoli	Gilera	28	+1:08.841	18
17	25	Jurgen van den Goorbergh	Aprilia	28	+1:19.138	24
18	51	Jean-Pierre Jeandat	Aprilia	28	+1:21.333	21
19	44	Jean-Michel Bayle	Aprilia	28	+1:27.160	29
20	26	Bernd Kassner	Aprilia	28	+1:27.625	30
21	15	Noboyuki Wakai	Suzuki	28	+1:31.277	17
22	47	Rene Bongers	Honda	27	+1 lap	34
23	12	Gabriele Debbia	Honda	27	+1 lap	33
24	43	Massimo Pennacchioli	Honda	26	+2 laps	36
Ret	27	Frédéric Protat	Aprilia	26	Retirement	28
Ret	16	Andreas Preining	Aprilia	22	Retirement	22
Ret	22	Luis Maurel	Aprilia	20	Retirement	32
Ret	65	Loris Capirossi	Honda	17	Retirement	1
Ret	23	Bernard Haenggeli	Aprilia	17	Retirement	25
Ret	30	Juan Borja	Honda	12	Retirement	27
Ret	24	Patrick van den Goorbergh	Aprilia	5	Retirement	26
Ret	39	Alessandro Gramigni	Gilera	5	Retirement	19
Ret	34	Luis d'Antin	Honda	2	Retirement	16
Ret	20	Eskil Suter	Aprilia	2	Retirement	23
Ret	32	Volker Bähr	Honda	0	Retirement	35
Ret	46	Steven Whitehouse	Yamaha	0	Retirement	31

Notes and References

1. Web site: Grand Prix uitslagen en bijzonderheden 1993. https://archive.today/20150725174838/http://www.jumpingjack.nl/GP-races_1993_heden.htm. dead. 25 July 2015. 25 July 2015. Archive.today. 19 May 2018.
2. Web site: 1993 500cc Class (FIM Grand Prix World Championship) Programmes - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project. Malcolm. Mitchell. www.progcovers.com.
3. Web site: Sydney Motorsport Park - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project. Malcolm. Mitchell. www.progcovers.com.
4. Web site: 1993 Australian MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database. 13 June 2017.
5. Web site: motogp.com · AUSTRALIAN GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1993. www.motogp.com.