1991 Australian motorcycle Grand Prix

The 1991 Australian motorcycle Grand Prix was the second round of the 1991 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. The race took place on the weekend of 5–7 April 1991 at Eastern Creek Raceway in Sydney, New South Wales. It was the first of six times the Australian motorcycle Grand Prix would be held at Eastern Creek before moving permanently back to Phillip Island in 1997.

  1991 Australian Grand Prix

Race details
Race 2 of 15 races in the 1991 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	7 April 1991
Official name	Tooheys Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix[1][2][3]
Location	Eastern Creek Raceway
Course	Permanent racing facility 3.930 km (2.442 mi)
500 cc
Pole position Rider Wayne Rainey Yamaha Time 1:30.948 Fastest lap Rider Wayne Rainey Yamaha Time 1:31.455 Podium First Wayne Rainey Yamaha Second Michael Doohan Honda Third John Kocinski Yamaha
250 cc
Pole position Rider Luca Cadalora Honda Time 1:33.926 Fastest lap Rider Luca Cadalora Honda Time 1:34.180 Podium First Luca Cadalora Honda Second Helmut Bradl Honda Third Carlos Cardús Honda
125 cc
Pole position Rider Loris Capirossi Honda Time 1:40.057 Fastest lap Rider Loris Capirossi Honda Time 1:39.401 Podium First Loris Capirossi Honda Second Fausto Gresini Honda Third Noboru Ueda Honda

500 cc classification

Pos.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	Wayne Rainey	Marlboro Team Roberts	Yamaha	32	49:14.411	1	20
2	Michael Doohan	Rothmans Honda Team	Honda	32	+2.549	3	17
3	John Kocinski	Marlboro Team Roberts	Yamaha	32	+9.457	4	15
4	Wayne Gardner	Rothmans Honda Team	Honda	32	+24.437	2	13
5	Kevin Schwantz	Lucky Strike Suzuki	Suzuki	32	+29.177	6	11
6	Eddie Lawson	Cagiva Corse	Cagiva	32	+31.155	5	10
7	Jean-Philippe Ruggia	Sonauto Yamaha Mobil 1	Yamaha	32	+37.849	9	9
8	Alex Barros	Cagiva Corse	Cagiva	32	+59.646	7	8
9	Adrien Morillas	Sonauto Yamaha Mobil 1	Yamaha	32	+59.702	10	7
10	Didier de Radiguès	Lucky Strike Suzuki	Suzuki	32	+1:01.652	12	6
11	Kevin Magee	Team Roberts	Suzuki	32	+1:20.599	11	5
12	Doug Chandler	Roberts B Team	Yamaha	32	+1:28.598	13	4
13	Eddie Laycock	Millar Racing	Yamaha	31	+1 lap	15	3
14	Cees Doorakkers	HEK-Baumachines	Honda	30	+2 laps	16	2
15	Steve Spray	Team Roton	Roton	29	+3 laps	17	1
16	Niggi Schmassman	Schmassman Technotron	Honda	28	+4 laps	18
Ret	Juan Garriga	Ducados Yamaha	Yamaha	13	Retired	8
Ret	Sito Pons	Campsa Honda Team	Honda	12	Retired	14
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250 cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	Luca Cadalora	Honda	28	44:19.673	1	20
2	Helmut Bradl	Honda	28	+0.269	2	17
3	Carlos Cardús	Honda	28	+11.833	3	15
4	Wilco Zeelenberg	Honda	28	+15.394	4	13
5	Loris Reggiani	Aprilia	28	+26.882	5	11
6	Pierfrancesco Chili	Aprilia	28	+56.839	7	10
7	Andreas Preining	Aprilia	28	+1:06.408	9	9
8	Jochen Schmid	Honda	28	+1:14.223	10	8
9	Paolo Casoli	Yamaha	28	+1:17.967	15	7
10	Carlos Lavado	Yamaha	28	+1:18.302	13	6
11	Jean-Pierre Jeandat	Honda	28	+1:30.197		5
12	Bernard Hänggeli	Aprilia	28	+1:35.860		4
13	Frédéric Protat	Aprilia	27	+1 lap		3
14	Urs Jucker	Yamaha	27	+1 lap		2
15	Kevin Mitchell	Yamaha	27	+1 lap		1
16	Stephen Whitehouse	Yamaha	27	+1 lap
17	Jaime Mariano	Aprilia	27	+1 lap
18	David Horton	Yamaha	27	+1 lap
19	Gavin Johnston	Yamaha	27	+1 lap
20	Warren Palesy	Yamaha	27	+1 lap
21	Michael Haisman	Yamaha	27	+1 lap
22	Scott Buckley	Yamaha	26	+2 laps
Ret	Stefan Prein	Honda	26	Retired	14
Ret	Masahiro Shimizu	Honda	21	Retired	12
Ret	Jim Filice	Yamaha	21	Retired
Ret	Darren Milner	Yamaha	14	Retired
Ret	Martin Wimmer	Suzuki	13	Retired	6
Ret	Alberto Puig	Yamaha	4	Retired
Ret	Trevor Manley	Yamaha	3	Retired
Ret	Àlex Crivillé	Honda	3	Retired	11
Ret	Leon van der Heyden	Honda	2	Retired
Ret	Doriano Romboni	Honda	1	Retired	8
Ret	Harald Eckl	Aprilia	0	Retired
Ret	Ricky Rice	Yamaha	0	Retired
Ret	Peter Linden	Honda	0	Retired
Ret	Corrado Catalano	Honda	0	Retired
Ret	Ian Newton	Yamaha	0	Retired
[6]

125 cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	Loris Capirossi	Honda	24	40:15.516	1	20
2	Fausto Gresini	Honda	24	+5.764	5	17
3	Noboru Ueda	Honda	24	+13.068	3	15
4	Ezio Gianola	Derbi	24	+16.617	2	13
5	Ralf Waldmann	Honda	24	+22.713	8	11
6	Koji Takada	Honda	24	+34.286		10
7	Heinz Lüthi	Honda	24	+34.725	4	9
8	Alessandro Gramigni	Aprilia	24	+34.780	10	8
9	Hans Spaan	Honda	24	+42.294	13	7
10	Jorge Martínez	JJ Cobas	24	+47.291	9	6
11	Dirk Raudies	Honda	24	+47.581	15	5
12	Maurizio Vitali	Gazzaniga	24	+47.659	11	4
13	Steve Patrickson	Honda	24	+47.939		3
14	Peter Galvin	Honda	24	+48.364	14	2
15	Hisashi Unemoto	Honda	24	+57.904		1
16	Kazuto Sakata	Honda	24	+58.009
17	Julián Miralles	JJ Cobas	24	+59.981
18	Herri Torrontegui	JJ Cobas	24	+1:01.287
19	Emilio Cuppini	Gazzaniga	24	+1:08.358
20	Johnny Wickström	Honda	24	+1:15.742
21	Robin Appleyard	Honda	24	+1:15.941
22	Gimmi Bosio	Honda	24	+1:18.526
23	Alfred Waibel	Honda	24	+1:26.064
24	Kinya Wada	Honda	24	+1:26.303
25	Thierry Feuz	Honda	24	+1:26.644
26	Alan Patterson	Honda	24	+1:46.388
27	Hubert Abold	Honda	23	+1 lap
28	Linda Walsh	Honda	23	+1 lap
29	René Dünki	Honda	23	+1 lap
30	Kenneth Fisher	Honda	23	+1 lap
31	Tony Daly	Honda	23	+1 lap
32	Tony Sims	Honda	23	+1 lap
33	Peter Scott	Honda	22	+2 laps
Ret	Gabriele Debbia	Aprilia	17	Retired	6
Ret	Manuel Herreros	JJ Cobas	17	Retired
Ret	Javier Debon	JJ Cobas	11	Retired
Ret	Bruno Casanova	Honda	9	Retired	12
Ret	Olivier Petrucciani	Aprilia	7	Retired
Ret	Adolf Stadler	JJ Cobas	3	Retired	7
[6]

References

1. "Grand Prix uitslagen en bijzonderheden 1991". 25 July 2015. Archived from the original on 25 July 2015.
2. Mitchell, Malcolm. "1991 500cc Class (FIM Grand Prix World Championship) Programmes - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". www.progcovers.com.
3. Mitchell, Malcolm. "Sydney Motorsport Park - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". www.progcovers.com.
4. "1991 Australian MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". 13 June 2017.
5. "motogp.com · AUSTRALIAN GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1991". www.motogp.com.
6. Scott, Michael (ed.). Motocourse 1991–1992. Hazleton Publishing. pp. 72–73. ISBN 0-905138-88-0.