European Grand Prix (motorcycle)

This article is about the European Grand Prix for motorcycles; for the European Grand Prix for motorcycles held from 1924 to 1948, see European Motorcycle Championship

The European Grand Prix for motorcycles was a motorcycle race that was held five times between 1991 and 1995 and was part of the motorcycle world championship .

The race took place in 1991 on the Circuito del Jarama near Madrid as a replacement for the Yugoslav Grand Prix, which was canceled due to the outbreak of the war in Yugoslavia . From 1992 to 1995 the Grand Prix was held on the Circuit de Catalunya near Barcelona in Spain .

Record winners are the Italians Max Biaggi and Luca Cadalora as well as the American Wayne Rainey , who each won the race three times.

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  Circuito del Jarama

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  Circuit de Catalunya

Statistics of the Grand Prix of Europe

Edition	year	route	class	winner	Second	Third	Pole position	Nice Race lap
1	1991	Jarama	125 cc	Loris Capirossi ( Honda )	Fausto Gresini ( Honda )	Peter Öttl ( Rotax )	Ezio Gianola ( Derbi )	Loris Capirossi ( Honda )
			250 cc	Luca Cadalora ( Honda )	Helmut Bradl ( Honda )	Carlos Cardus ( Honda )	Luca Cadalora ( Honda )	Luca Cadalora ( Honda )
			500 cc	Wayne Rainey ( Yamaha )	Mick Doohan ( Honda )	Wayne Gardner ( Honda )	Kevin Schwantz ( Suzuki )	Wayne Rainey ( Yamaha )
			Teams	Webster / Simmons ( LCR - Krauser )	Michel / Birchall ( LCR - Krauser )	Abbott / Smith ( LCR - Krauser )	Webster / Simmons ( LCR - Krauser )	Biland / Waltisperg ( LCR - Honda )
2	1992	Barcelona	125 cc	Ezio Gianola ( Honda )	Gabriele Debbia ( Honda )	Fausto Gresini ( Honda )	Ezio Gianola ( Honda )	Carlos Giró Jr. ( Aprilia )
			250 cc	Luca Cadalora ( Honda )	Loris Reggiani ( Aprilia )	Max Biaggi ( Aprilia )	Max Biaggi ( Aprilia )	Loris Reggiani ( Aprilia )
			500 cc	Wayne Rainey ( Yamaha )	Mick Doohan ( Honda )	Doug Chandler ( Suzuki )	Mick Doohan ( Honda )	Mick Doohan ( Honda )
3	1993	Barcelona	125 cc	Noboru Ueda ( Honda )	Ralf Waldmann ( Aprilia )	Akira Saitō ( Honda )	Takeshi Tsujimura ( Honda )	Ralf Waldmann ( Aprilia )
			250 cc	Max Biaggi ( Honda )	Tadayuki Okada ( Honda )	Alberto Puig ( Honda )	Max Biaggi ( Honda )	Max Biaggi ( Honda )
			500 cc	Wayne Rainey ( Yamaha )	Mick Doohan ( Honda )	Kevin Schwantz ( Suzuki )	Mick Doohan ( Honda )	Wayne Rainey ( Yamaha )
4th	1994	Barcelona	125 cc	Dirk Raudies ( Honda )	Peter Öttl ( Aprilia )	Haruchika Aoki ( Honda )	Dirk Raudies ( Honda )	Peter Öttl ( Aprilia )
			250 cc	Max Biaggi ( Aprilia )	Loris Capirossi ( Honda )	Doriano Romboni ( Honda )	Max Biaggi ( Aprilia )	Loris Capirossi ( Honda )
			500 cc	Luca Cadalora ( Yamaha )	Mick Doohan ( Honda )	John Kocinski ( Cagiva )	Luca Cadalora ( Yamaha )	Mick Doohan ( Honda )
			Teams	Dixon / Hetherington ( LCR- ADM)	Güdel / Güdel ( LCR -ADM)	Abbott / Tailford ( Windle - Krauser )	Biland / Waltisperg ( LCR - Swissauto )	Biland / Waltisperg ( LCR - Swissauto )
5	1995	Barcelona	125 cc	Haruchika Aoki ( Honda )	Emilio Alzamora ( Honda )	Tomomi Manako ( Honda )	Haruchika Aoki ( Honda )	Haruchika Aoki ( Honda )
			250 cc	Max Biaggi ( Aprilia )	Tetsuya Harada ( Yamaha )	Ralf Waldmann ( Honda )	Tetsuya Harada ( Yamaha )	Max Biaggi ( Aprilia )
			500 cc	Àlex Crivillé ( Honda )	Shin'ichi Itō ( Honda )	Loris Capirossi ( Honda )	Luca Cadalora ( Yamaha )	Carlos Checa ( Honda )
			Teams	Biland / Waltisperg ( LCR -BRM)	Dixon / Hetherington ( Windle -ADM)	Bösiger / Egli ( LCR -ADM)	Güdel / Güdel ( LCR -BRM)	Dixon / Hetherington ( Windle -ADM)

References

Web links

• Official website of the motorcycle world championship

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Officially, the number of editions was not met.