1991 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix

The 1991 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix was the first round of the 1991 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 22–24 March 1991 at the Suzuka Circuit.

  1991 Japanese Grand Prix
Race details
Race 1 of 15 races in the
1991 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date24 March 1991
Official nameKibun Japanese Grand Prix[1][2][3]
LocationSuzuka Circuit
Course
  • Permanent racing facility
  • 5.859 km (3.641 mi)
500 cc
Pole position
Rider Kevin Schwantz Suzuki
Time 2:11.948
Fastest lap
Rider John Kocinski Yamaha
Time 2:11.149
Podium
First Kevin Schwantz Suzuki
Second Michael Doohan Honda
Third Wayne Rainey Yamaha
250 cc
Pole position
Rider Wilco Zeelenberg Honda
Time 2:16.011
Fastest lap
Rider Luca Cadalora Honda
Time 2:15.075
Podium
First Luca Cadalora Honda
Second Carlos Cardús Honda
Third Wilco Zeelenberg Honda
125 cc
Pole position
Rider Noboru Ueda Honda
Time 2:24.623
Fastest lap
Rider Noboru Ueda Honda
Time 2:22.264
Podium
First Noboru Ueda Honda
Second Fausto Gresini Honda
Third Loris Capirossi Honda

Noboru Ueda, who won the 125cc race on his Grand Prix motorcycle racing debut, would become the last rider to win on his debut until Can Öncü in 2018.

Mick Doohan (3) is followed by Kevin Schwantz (34), Wayne Rainey (1) and John Kocinski (19) in the 500 cc race.

500 cc classification
Pos. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time Grid Points
1 Kevin Schwantz Lucky Strike Suzuki Suzuki 22 48:35.747 1 20
2 Michael Doohan Rothmans Honda Team Honda 22 +0.204 2 17
3 Wayne Rainey Marlboro Team Roberts Yamaha 22 +0.353 5 15
4 John Kocinski Marlboro Team Roberts Yamaha 22 +0.556 3 13
5 Wayne Gardner Rothmans Honda Team Honda 22 +35.311 11 11
6 Eddie Lawson Cagiva Corse Cagiva 22 +44.915 6 10
7 Juan Garriga Ducados Yamaha Yamaha 22 +55.830 4 9
8 Sito Pons Campsa Honda Team Honda 22 +1:08.316 13 8
9 Kenichiro Iwahashi Ajinomoto Honda 22 +1:08.373 10 7
10 Alex Barros Cagiva Corse Cagiva 22 +1:15.302 8 6
11 Doug Chandler Roberts B Team Yamaha 22 +1:15.595 5
12 Adrien Morillas Sonauto Yamaha Mobil 1 Yamaha 22 +1:18.928 4
13 Kevin Magee Team Roberts Suzuki 22 +1:20.899 3
14 Didier de Radiguès Lucky Strike Suzuki Suzuki 22 +1:22.472 2
15 Peter Goddard Hayashi Yamaha 22 +1:22.696 12 1
16 Shinichi Itoh Honda 22 +1:38.831 9
17 Toshihiko Honma YMO Yamaha 22 +1:41.697
18 Kunio Machii Yamaha 22 +1:41.905
19 Satoshi Tsujimoto SRT Suzuki 22 +1:54.952
20 Hikaru Miyagi Ajinomoto Honda 22 +1:55.213
21 Tasuro Arata Itohen Yamaha 21 +1 lap
22 Cees Doorakkers HEK-Baumachines Honda 21 +1 lap
Ret Eddie Laycock Millar Racing Yamaha 17 Retired
Ret Jean-Philippe Ruggia Sonauto Yamaha Mobil 1 Yamaha 9 Retired 7
Ret Keiji Ohishi Yamaha 9 Retired
Ret Norihiko Fujiwara Kirin Mets Racing Team Yamaha 7 Retired 15
Ret Osamu Hiwatashi SRT Suzuki 1 Retired
Ret Tadahiko Taira YRTR Yamaha 1 Retired 14
DNQ Nicholas Schmassman Schmassman Technotron Honda 0 Did not qualify
[4][5][6]

250 cc classification
Martin Wimmer in the 250 cc race.
Pos Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Grid Points
1 Luca Cadalora Honda 20 45:23.048 8 20
2 Carlos Cardús Honda 20 +0.255 2 17
3 Wilco Zeelenberg Honda 20 +17.876 1 15
4 Masumitsu Taguchi Honda 20 +21.180 9 13
5 Nobuatsu Aoki Honda 20 +21.560 11 11
6 Tetsuya Harada Yamaha 20 +21.570 3 10
7 Helmut Bradl Honda 20 +22.060 6 9
8 Masahiro Shimizu Honda 20 +23.103 8
9 Loris Reggiani Aprilia 20 +31.920 15 7
10 Tsutomu Udagawa Honda 20 +37.366 4 6
11 Katsuyoshi Kozono Honda 20 +37.953 7 5
12 Kyoji Namba Yamaha 20 +40.569 12 4
13 Jochen Schmid Honda 20 +56.684 3
14 Martin Wimmer Suzuki 20 +56.734 10 2
15 Toshiyuki Arakaki Honda 20 +57.140 1
16 Osamu Miyazaki Yamaha 20 +58.962
17 Pierfrancesco Chili Aprilia 20 +1:00.083 13
18 Jean-Pierre Jeandat Honda 20 +1:03.334
19 Andreas Preining Aprilia 20 +1:08.539
20 Stefan Prein Honda 20 +1:10.775
21 Alberto Puig Yamaha 20 +1:31.053
22 Takehiko Kurokawa Honda 20 +1:34.951
23 Leon van der Heyden Honda 20 +1:35.323
24 Yoshomasa Kato Yamaha 20 +1:38.026
25 Carlos Lavado Yamaha 20 +1:41.074
26 Paolo Casoli Yamaha 20 +1:48.765
27 Urs Jucker Yamaha 20 +2:07.587
28 Peter Linden Honda 20 +2:10.769
29 Kevin Mitchell Yamaha 20 +2:13.523
30 Frédéric Protat Aprilia 20 +2:13.687
31 Jim Filice Yamaha 19 +1 lap
32 Bernard Hänggeli Aprilia 19 +1 lap
Ret Hiroyuki Yamagishi Honda 18 Retired
Ret Jaime Mariano Aprilia 16 Retired
Ret Àlex Crivillé Honda 13 Retired 14
Ret Corrado Catalano Honda 6 Retired
Ret Tadayuki Okada Honda 5 Retired 5
Ret Doriano Romboni Honda 1 Retired
[6]

125 cc classification
Pos Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Grid Points
1 Noboru Ueda Honda 16 38:26.905 1 20
2 Fausto Gresini Honda 16 +2.553 3 17
3 Loris Capirossi Honda 16 +8.676 2 15
4 Masato Shima Honda 16 +15.917 10 13
5 Jorge Martínez JJ Cobas 16 +33.737 11
6 Heinz Lüthi Honda 16 +37.389 11 10
7 Ralf Waldmann Honda 16 +37.546 9
8 Akira Saito Honda 16 +38.930 12 8
9 Soichiro Sato Honda 16 +39.174 15 7
10 Adolf Stadler JJ Cobas 16 +39.327 5 6
11 Gabriele Debbia Aprilia 16 +39.380 13 5
12 Nobuyuki Wakai Honda 16 +39.425 4 4
13 Yosuke Yamakawa Honda 16 +45.178 8 3
14 Gimmi Bosio Honda 16 +47.160 2
15 Kinya Wada Honda 16 +47.506 1
16 Hans Spaan Honda 16 +47.883 7
17 Masayuki Hirose Honda 16 +48.032
18 Koji Takada Honda 16 +54.478
19 Hisashi Unemoto Honda 16 +54.555
20 Arie Molenaar Honda 16 +1:03.982
21 Dirk Raudies Honda 16 +1:05.364
22 Steve Patrickson Honda 16 +1:06.647
23 Hideaki Ueno Honda 16 +1:06.674
24 Julián Miralles JJ Cobas 16 +1:06.892
25 Alessandro Gramigni Aprilia 16 +1:26.032
26 Johnny Wickström Honda 16 +1:30.576
27 Robin Appleyard Honda 16 +1:30.874
28 Maurizio Vitali Gazzaniga 16 +1:30.939
29 Thierry Feuz Honda 16 +1:32.191
30 Oliver Petrucciani Aprilia 16 +1:56.424
31 Peter Galvin Honda 16 +1:56.544
32 Hubert Abold Honda 16 +2:24.346
33 Manuel Herreros JJ Cobas 15 +1 lap
Ret Ezio Gianola Derbi 13 Retired 14
Ret Masafumi Ono Honda 13 Retired 9
Ret Herri Torrontegui JJ Cobas 9 Retired
Ret Bruno Casanova Honda 6 Retired 6
Ret Alfred Waibel Honda 6 Retired
Ret Kazuto Sakata Honda 5 Retired
Ret Emilio Cuppini Gazzaniga 2 Retired
[6]

References
  1. "Grand Prix uitslagen en bijzonderheden 1991". Archive.today. 25 July 2015. Archived from the original on 25 July 2015. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
  2. Mitchell, Malcolm. "1991 500cc Class (FIM Grand Prix World Championship) Programmes - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". www.progcovers.com.
  3. Mitchell, Malcolm. "Suzuka Circuit - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
  4. "1991 Japanese MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". 13 June 2017.
  5. "motogp.com · JAPANESE GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1991". www.motogp.com.
  6. Scott, Michael (ed.). Motocourse 1991-1992. Hazleton Publishing. pp. 64–65. ISBN 0-905138-88-0.
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