1994 Austrian motorcycle Grand Prix explained

Grand Prix:	Austrian
Flag:	Austria
Official Name:	Grand Prix Austria^[1] ^[2]
Location:	Salzburgring
Course Mi:	2.688
Course Km:	4.326
Race No:	5
Season No:	14
Date:	22 May
Year:	1994
Pole Rider Motogp:	Mick Doohan
Pole Rider Motogp Country:	Australia
Pole Time Motogp:	1:17.126
Fast Rider Motogp:	Mick Doohan
Fast Rider Motogp Country:	Australia
Fast Time Motogp:	1:17.696
First Rider Motogp:	Mick Doohan
First Rider Motogp Country:	Australia
Second Rider Motogp:	Kevin Schwantz
Second Rider Motogp Country:	USA
Third Rider Motogp:	Àlex Crivillé
Third Rider Motogp Country:	Spain
Pole Rider 250:	Max Biaggi
Pole Rider 250 Country:	Italy
Pole Time 250:	1:21.312
Fast Rider 250:	Loris Capirossi
Fast Rider 250 Country:	Italy
Fast Time 250:	1:20.916
First Rider 250:	Loris Capirossi
First Rider 250 Country:	Italy
Second Rider 250:	Max Biaggi
Second Rider 250 Country:	Italy
Third Rider 250:	Doriano Romboni
Third Rider 250 Country:	Italy
Pole Rider 125:	Noboru Ueda
Pole Rider 125 Country:	Japan
Pole Time 125:	1:29.076
Fast Rider 125:	Dirk Raudies
Fast Rider 125 Country:	Germany
Fast Time 125:	1:28.950
First Rider 125:	Dirk Raudies
First Rider 125 Country:	Germany
Second Rider 125:	Noboru Ueda
Second Rider 125 Country:	Japan
Third Rider 125:	Garry McCoy
Third Rider 125 Country:	Australia

The 1994 Austrian motorcycle Grand Prix was the fifth round of the 1994 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 22 May 1994 at the Salzburgring.

500cc classification

Pos.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Points
1	Mick Doohan	Honda Team HRC	Honda	29	37:54.120	25
2	Kevin Schwantz	Lucky Strike Suzuki	Suzuki	29	+12.610	20
3	Àlex Crivillé	Honda Team HRC	Honda	29	+15.432	16
4	Shinichi Itoh	Honda Team HRC	Honda	29	+21.230	13
5	John Kocinski	Cagiva Team Agostini	Cagiva	29	+24.306	11
6	Alberto Puig	Ducados Honda Pons	Honda	29	+28.928	10
7	Alex Barros	Lucky Strike Suzuki	Suzuki	29	+35.859	9
8	Daryl Beattie	Marlboro Team Roberts	Yamaha	29	+54.577	8
9	Niall Mackenzie	Slick 50 Team WCM	ROC Yamaha	29	+1:10.906	7
10	John Reynolds	Padgett's Motorcycles	Harris Yamaha	28	+1 Lap	6
11	Hervé Moineau	Team ROC	ROC Yamaha	28	+1 Lap	5
12	Sean Emmett	Shell Harris Grand Prix	Harris Yamaha	28	+1 Lap	4
13	Jean Pierre Jeandat	JPJ Racing	ROC Yamaha	28	+1 Lap	3
14	Cristiano Migliorati	Team Pedercini	Yamaha	28	+1 Lap	2
15	Laurent Naveau	Euro Team	ROC Yamaha	28	+1 Lap	1
16	Jeremy McWilliams	Millar Racing	Yamaha	28	+1 Lap
17	Bernard Garcia	DR Team Shark	ROC Yamaha	28	+1 Lap
18	Julián Miralles	Team ROC	ROC Yamaha	28	+1 Lap
19	Bruno Bonhuil	MTD Objectif 500	ROC Yamaha	28	+1 Lap
20	Jean Foray	Jean Foray Racing Team	ROC Yamaha	28	+1 Lap
21	Kevin Mitchell	MBM Racing	Harris Yamaha	28	+1 Lap
22	Luca Cadalora	Marlboro Team Roberts	Yamaha	23	+6 Laps
Ret	Doug Chandler	Cagiva Team Agostini	Yamaha	27	Retirement
Ret	Marco Papa	Team Elit	ROC Yamaha	26	Retirement
Ret	Cees Doorakkers	Team Doorakkers	Harris Yamaha	16	Retirement
Ret	Bernard Haenggeli	Haenggeli Racing	ROC Yamaha	15	Retirement
Ret	Lucio Pedercini	Team Pedercini	ROC Yamaha	14	Retirement
Ret	Juan López Mella	Lopez Mella Racing Team	ROC Yamaha	9	Mechanical
Ret	Andreas Leuthe	Team Doppler Austria	ROC Yamaha	5	Retirement
Ret	Loris Reggiani	Aprilia Racing Team	Aprilia	1	Mechanical
DNQ	Vittorio Scatola	Team Paton	Paton		Did not qualify
DNQ	Lothar Neukirchen	Sachsen Racing Team	Harris Yamaha		Did not qualify
Sources: ^[3] ^[4]

250cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Points
1	Loris Capirossi	Honda	26	35:29.052	25
2	Max Biaggi	Aprilia	26	+0.500	20
3	Doriano Romboni	Honda	26	+19.434	16
4	Tadayuki Okada	Honda	26	+19.604	13
5	Ralf Waldmann	Honda	26	+19.883	11
6	Jean Philippe Ruggia	Aprilia	26	+39.143	10
7	Luis D'Antin	Honda	26	+54.470	9
8	Patrick vd Goorbergh	Aprilia	26	+1:05.807	8
9	Jurgen vd Goorbergh	Aprilia	26	+1:05.868	7
10	Eskil Suter	Aprilia	26	+1:05.954	6
11	Jean-Michel Bayle	Aprilia	26	+1:05.984	5
12	Andreas Preining	Aprilia	26	+1:06.384	4
13	Adolf Stadler	Honda	26	+1:20.822	3
14	Bernd Kassner	Aprilia	25	+1 Lap	2
15	Alessandro Gramigni	Aprilia	25	+1 Lap	1
16	Giuseppe Fiorillo	Honda	25	+1 Lap
17	Frederic Protat	Honda	25	+1 Lap
18	Alexander Witting	Aprilia	25	+1 Lap
19	Christian Boudinot	Aprilia	25	+1 Lap
20	Alan Patterson	Honda	25	+1 Lap
21	Enrique de Juan	Aprilia	25	+1 Lap
22	Hans Maxwald	Yamaha	25	+1 Lap
23	Rodney Fee	Honda	24	+2 Laps
24	Krisse Kaas	Yamaha	24	+2 Laps
Ret	José Luis Cardoso	Aprilia	10	Retirement
Ret	Wilco Zeelenberg	Honda	6	Retirement
Ret	Manuel Hernandez	Aprilia	6	Retirement
Ret	Nobuatsu Aoki	Honda	3	Retirement
Ret	Noel Ferro	Honda	2	Retirement
Ret	Tetsuya Harada	Yamaha	0	Mechanical
Ret	Carlos Checa	Honda	0	Mechanical
Ret	Jim Filice	Yamaha	0	Mechanical
DNS	Luis Carlos Maurel	Honda		Did not start

• Luis Carlos Maurel suffered a leg injury in a crash during practice and withdrew from the event.

125cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Points
1	Dirk Raudies	Honda	24	35:55.273	25
2	Noboru Ueda	Honda	24	+4.001	20
3	Garry McCoy	Aprilia	24	+4.232	16
4	Peter Öttl	Aprilia	24	+16.007	13
5	Kazuto Sakata	Aprilia	24	+16.047	11
6	Stefano Perugini	Aprilia	24	+16.687	10
7	Akira Saito	Honda	24	+16.905	9
8	Fausto Gresini	Honda	24	+17.001	8
9	Emilio Cuppini	Aprilia	24	+22.597	7
10	Oliver Koch	Honda	24	+23.158	6
11	Hideyuki Nakajo	Honda	24	+23.841	5
12	Yoshiaki Katoh	Yamaha	24	+23.933	4
13	Bruno Casanova	Honda	24	+23.994	3
14	Herri Torrontegui	Aprilia	24	+24.065	2
15	Olivier Petrucciani	Aprilia	24	+24.303	1
16	Stefan Prein	Yamaha	24	+24.469
17	Jorge Martinez	Yamaha	24	+45.142
18	Loek Bodelier	Honda	24	+45.218
19	Lucio Cecchinello	Honda	24	+1:04.411
20	Gabriele Debbia	Aprilia	24	+1:04.536
21	Manfred Geissler	Aprilia	24	+1:04.738
22	Emilio Alzamora	Honda	24	+1:04.899
23	Hans Spaan	Honda	24	+1:29.501
24	Frédéric Petit	Yamaha	24	+1:29.502
25	Haruchika Aoki	Honda	24	+1:29.558
26	Vittorio Lopez	Honda	24	+1:29.883
27	Neil Hodgson	Honda	24	+1:29.995
28	Carlos Giro	Aprilia	24	+1:30.408
29	Nicolas Dussauge	Honda	23	+1 Lap
30	Manfred Baumann	Yamaha	23	+1 Lap
31	Gerwin Hofer	Honda	23	+1 Lap
32	Georg Scharl	Honda	23	+1 Lap
Ret	Tomoko Igata	Honda	12	Accident
Ret	Masaki Tokudome	Honda	5	Mechanical
Ret	Takeshi Tsujimura	Honda	1	Accident
DNQ	Masafumi Ono	Honda		Did not qualify

• Tomoko Igata crashed in the final corner and suffered a broken leg which ruled her out of the next three rounds of the championship.

Notes and References

1. Web site: 1994 500cc Class (FIM Grand Prix World Championship) Programmes - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project. Malcolm. Mitchell. www.progcovers.com.
2. Web site: Salzburgring - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project. Malcolm. Mitchell. www.progcovers.com.
3. Web site: 1994 Austrian MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database. 13 June 2017.
4. Web site: motogp.com · AUSTRIAN GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1994. www.motogp.com.