1991 motorcycle world championship

1991 motorcycle world championship

500 cm³ world champion
Driver:	Wayne Rainey
Constructor:	Yamaha
250 cc world champion
Driver:	Luca Cadalora
Constructor:	Honda
125 cc world champion
Driver:	Loris Capirossi
Constructor:	Honda
Team (500 cm³) world champions
Driver:	Steve Webster Gavin Simmons
Constructor:	LCR - Krauser
<1990 season	1992 season>

The 1991 motorcycle world championship season was the 43rd in the history of the FIM - motorcycle road world championship .

15 races were held in the classes up to 500 cm³ and up to 250 cm³, 13 in the class up to 125 cm³ and twelve races for the sidecar .

Distribution of points

Scoring
space	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th
Points	20th	17th	15th	13	11	10	9	8th	7th	6th	5	4th	3	2	1

The two worst achieved results were not included in the rating.

500 cc class

Race results

	date	run	route	1st place	place 2	place 3	Pole position	Nice Race lap
1	24.03.	Japanese GP	Suzuka	Kevin Schwantz	Mick Doohan	Wayne Rainey	Kevin Schwantz	John Kocinski
2	04/07	Australian GP	Eastern Creek	Wayne Rainey	Mick Doohan	John Kocinski	Wayne Rainey	Wayne Rainey
3	04/21	US GP	Laguna Seca	Wayne Rainey	Mick Doohan	Kevin Schwantz	Wayne Rainey	Wayne Rainey
4th	05/12	GP of Spain	Jerez	Mick Doohan	John Kocinski	Wayne Rainey	Wayne Rainey	Wayne Rainey
5	19.05.	Italian GP	Misano	Mick Doohan	John Kocinski	Eddie Lawson	Wayne Rainey	Wayne Rainey
6th	May 26th	GP of Germany	Hockenheim	Kevin Schwantz	Wayne Rainey	Mick Doohan	Mick Doohan	Kevin Schwantz
7th	09.06.	Austrian GP	Salzburgring	Mick Doohan	Wayne Rainey	Kevin Schwantz	Mick Doohan	Wayne Rainey
8th	16.06.	European GP	Jarama	Wayne Rainey	Mick Doohan	Wayne Gardner	Kevin Schwantz	Wayne Rainey
9	29.06.	61. Dutch TT	Aces	Kevin Schwantz	Wayne Rainey	Wayne Gardner	Kevin Schwantz	Kevin Schwantz
10	07/21	French GP	Le Castellet	Wayne Rainey	Mick Doohan	Eddie Lawson	Wayne Rainey	Wayne Rainey
11	04.08.	British GP	Donington	Kevin Schwantz	Wayne Rainey	Mick Doohan	Kevin Schwantz	Kevin Schwantz
12	08/18	San Marino GP	Mugello	Wayne Rainey	Kevin Schwantz	Mick Doohan	Kevin Schwantz	Kevin Schwantz
13	08/25	Czechoslovakian GP	Brno	Wayne Rainey	Mick Doohan	John Kocinski	Wayne Rainey	Wayne Rainey
14th	08.09.	Le Mans GP	Le Mans	Kevin Schwantz	Mick Doohan	Wayne Rainey	John Kocinski	Mick Doohan
15th	29.09.	Malaysian GP	Shah Alam	John Kocinski	Wayne Gardner	Mick Doohan	John Kocinski	John Kocinski

Driver ranking

1 Wayne Rainey Yamaha 233 (240) 2 Mick Doohan Honda 224 (239) 3 Kevin Schwantz Suzuki 204 4th John Kocinski Yamaha 161 5 Wayne Gardner Honda 161 (167) 6th Eddie Lawson Cagiva 126 7th Juan Garriga Yamaha 121 (125) 8th Didier de Radiguès Suzuki 105 (107) 9 Doug Chandler Yamaha 85 10 Jean-Philippe Ruggia Yamaha 79 11 Adrien Morillas Yamaha 71 12 Eddie Laycock Yamaha 56 13 Alex Barros Cagiva 46 14th Sito Pons Honda 40 15th Cees Doorakkers Honda 40 16 Marco dad Honda / Cagiva 36 17th Niall Mackenzie Yamaha 35

18th Michael Rudroff Honda 26th 19th Kevin Magee Suzuki / Yamaha 19th 20th Hans Becker Yamaha 13 21st Ken'ichirō Iwahashi Honda 7th 22nd Simon Buckmaster Suzuki / Honda 6th 23 Richard Oliver Yamaha 5 24 Niggi Schmassmann Honda 5 25th Robbie Petersen Yamaha 4th Ron Haslam Norton 4th 27 Sepp Doppler Honda 4th 28 Romolo Balbi Honda 3 29 Andreas Leuthe Suzuki / Leuthe / Honda 3 30th Peter Goddard Yamaha 1 Steve Spray Roton 1

(Points in brackets including deletion results )

Constructors' championship

1	Yamaha	272
2	Honda	256
3	Suzuki	220
4th	Cagiva	130
5	Norton	5

250 cc class

Race results

	date	run	route	1st place	place 2	place 3	Pole position	Nice Race lap
1	24.03.	Japanese GP	Suzuka	Luca Cadalora	Carlos Cardus	Wilco Zeelenberg	Wilco Zeelenberg	Luca Cadalora
2	04/07	Australian GP	Eastern Creek	Luca Cadalora	Helmut Bradl	Carlos Cardus	Luca Cadalora	Luca Cadalora
3	04/21	US GP	Laguna Seca	Luca Cadalora	Wilco Zeelenberg	Loris Reggiani	Luca Cadalora	Luca Cadalora
4th	05/12	GP of Spain	Jerez	Helmut Bradl	Luca Cadalora	Loris Reggiani	Helmut Bradl	Helmut Bradl
5	19.05.	Italian GP	Misano	Luca Cadalora	Helmut Bradl	Pierfrancesco chili	Helmut Bradl	Luca Cadalora
6th	May 26th	GP of Germany	Hockenheim	Helmut Bradl	Carlos Cardus	Wilco Zeelenberg	Helmut Bradl	Helmut Bradl
7th	09.06.	Austrian GP	Salzburgring	Helmut Bradl	Carlos Cardus	Wilco Zeelenberg	Helmut Bradl	Carlos Cardus
8th	16.06.	European GP	Jarama	Luca Cadalora	Helmut Bradl	Carlos Cardus	Luca Cadalora	Luca Cadalora
9	29.06.	61. Dutch TT	Aces	Pierfrancesco chili	Luca Cadalora	Wilco Zeelenberg	Pierfrancesco chili	Luca Cadalora
10	07/21	French GP	Le Castellet	Loris Reggiani	Helmut Bradl	Carlos Cardus	Helmut Bradl	Loris Reggiani
11	04.08.	British GP	Donington	Luca Cadalora	Carlos Cardus	Helmut Bradl	Loris Reggiani	Loris Reggiani
12	08/18	San Marino GP	Mugello	Luca Cadalora	Carlos Cardus	Loris Reggiani	Helmut Bradl	Luca Cadalora
13	08/25	Czechoslovakian GP	Brno	Helmut Bradl	Carlos Cardus	Luca Cadalora	Helmut Bradl	Helmut Bradl
14th	08.09.	Le Mans GP	Le Mans	Helmut Bradl	Carlos Cardus	Luca Cadalora	Luca Cadalora	Helmut Bradl
15th	29.09.	Malaysian GP	Shah Alam	Luca Cadalora	Carlos Cardus	Helmut Bradl	Carlos Cardus	Luca Cadalora

Driver ranking

1 Luca Cadalora Honda 237 (259) 2 Helmut Bradl Honda 220 (228) 3 Carlos Cardus Honda 205 (225) 4th Wilco Zeelenberg Honda 158 5 Masahiro Shimizu Honda 142 6th Loris Reggiani Aprilia 128 7th Pierfrancesco chili Aprilia 107 8th Jochen Schmid Honda 96 9 Martin Wimmer Suzuki 89 10 Paolo Casoli Yamaha 65 11 Andreas Preining Aprilia 60 12 Jean-Pierre Jeandat Honda 59 13 Àlex Crivillé Honda 51 14th Carlos Lavado Yamaha 34 15th Doriano Romboni Honda 32 16 Alberto Puig Yamaha 28 17th Stefan Prein Honda 28 18th Harald Eckl Aprilia 22nd 19th Katsuyoshi Kozono Honda 20th 20th Renzo Colleoni Aprilia 19th 21st Bernard Haenggeli Aprilia 15th 22nd Masumitsu Taguchi Honda 13

23 Nobuatsu Aoki Honda 11 24 Tetsuya Harada Yamaha 10 25th Herri Torrontegui Aprilia / Suzuki 8th 26th Erkka Korpiaho Aprilia 8th 27 Max Biaggi Aprilia 7th 28 Tsumoto Udagawa Honda 6th 29 Marcellino Lucchi Aprilia 5 30th Kyoji Nanba Yamaha 4th Dominique Sarron Yamaha 4th José Barresi Yamaha 4th 33 Frédéric Protat Aprilia 4th 34 Urs Jücker Yamaha 4th 35 Leon van der Heijden Honda 3 36 Patrick van den Goorbergh Yamaha 3 37 Jürgen van den Goorbergh Aprilia 2 38 Toshiyuki Arakaki Honda 1 Kevin Mitchell Yamaha 1 Corrado Catalano Honda 1 Bernd Kassner Yamaha / Aprilia 1

(Points in brackets including deletion results )

Constructors' championship

1	Honda	294
2	Aprilia	189
3	Yamaha	104
4th	Suzuki	90
5	JJ Cobas	51

125 cc class

Race results

	date	run	route	1st place	place 2	place 3	Pole position	Nice Race lap
1	24.03.	Japanese GP	Suzuka	Noboru Ueda	Fausto Gresini	Loris Capirossi	Noboru Ueda	Noboru Ueda
2	04/07	Australian GP	Eastern Creek	Loris Capirossi	Fausto Gresini	Noboru Ueda	Loris Capirossi	Loris Capirossi
3	05/12	GP of Spain	Jerez	Noboru Ueda	Fausto Gresini	Loris Capirossi	Noboru Ueda	Ezio Gianola
4th	19.05.	Italian GP	Misano	Fausto Gresini	Loris Capirossi	Alessandro Gramigni	Fausto Gresini	Fausto Gresini
5	May 26th	GP of Germany	Hockenheim	Ralf Waldmann	Loris Capirossi	Heinz Lüthi	Loris Capirossi	Loris Capirossi
6th	09.06.	Austrian GP	Salzburgring	Fausto Gresini	Ralf Waldmann	Noboru Ueda	Ralf Waldmann	Jorge Martínez
7th	16.06.	European GP	Jarama	Loris Capirossi	Fausto Gresini	Peter Öttl	Ezio Gianola	Loris Capirossi
8th	29.06.	61. Dutch TT	Aces	Ralf Waldmann	Loris Capirossi	Alessandro Gramigni	Loris Capirossi	Ralf Waldmann
9	07/21	French GP	Le Castellet	Loris Capirossi	Ralf Waldmann	Fausto Gresini	Noboru Ueda	Ralf Waldmann
10	04.08.	British GP	Donington	Loris Capirossi	Fausto Gresini	Peter Öttl	Loris Capirossi	Loris Capirossi
11	08/18	San Marino GP	Mugello	Peter Öttl	Loris Capirossi	Fausto Gresini	Noboru Ueda	Peter Öttl
12	08/25	Czechoslovakian GP	Brno	Alessandro Gramigni	Loris Capirossi	Gabriele Debbia	Loris Capirossi	Kazuto Sakata
13	29.09.	Malaysian GP	Shah Alam	Loris Capirossi	Kazuto Sakata	Noboyuki Wakai	Kazuto Sakata	Noboyuki Wakai

Driver ranking

1 Loris Capirossi Honda 200 (225) 2 Fausto Gresini Honda 181 (191) 3 Ralf Waldmann Honda 141 4th Gabriele Debbia Aprilia 111 5 Noboru Ueda Honda 105 6th Jorge Martínez JJ Cobas -Honda / Honda 99 7th Alessandro Gramigni Aprilia 90 8th Dirk Raudies Honda 81 9 Peter Öttl Bakker - Rotax 67 10 Noboyuki Wakai Honda 60 11 Heinz Lüthi Honda 56 12 Adi Stadler JJ Cobas-Rotax 56 13 Kazuto Sakata Honda 55 14th Hans Spaan Honda 54 15th Bruno Casanova Honda 45 16 Ezio Gianola Derbi 32 17th Kohji Takada Honda 28 18th Maurizio Vitali Gazzaniga 27 19th Hisashi Unemoto Honda 15th 20th Kin'ya Wada Honda 14th

21st Masato Shima Honda 13 22nd Luis Alvaro Derbi 13 23 Oliver Petrucciani Aprilia 13 24 Herri Torrontegui Honda / JJ Cobas-Honda 12 25th Antonio Sánchez JJ Cobas-Rotax 12 26th Gimmi Bosio Honda 12 27 Julián Miralles JJ Cobas-Rotax 10 28 Alfred Waibel Honda 9 29 Akira Saitō Honda 8th 30th Souichiro Satoh Honda 7th 31 Carlos Giró Jr. JJ Cobas-Rotax 7th 32 Aria Molenaar Honda 7th 33 Manuel Herreros JJ Cobas-Rotax 6th 34 Ian McConnachie Honda 5 35 Steve Patrickson Honda 5 36 Johnny Wickström JJ Cobas-Rotax 5 37 Yousuke Yamakawa Honda 3 38 Peter Galvin Honda 2 39 Alain Bronec Honda 2

(Points in brackets including deletion results )

Constructors' championship

1	Honda	225
2	Aprilia	142
3	JJ Cobas	97
4th	Rotax	67
5	Derbi	45
6th	Gazzaniga	27

Carriages (500 cm³)

Race results

	date	run	route	1st place	place 2	place 3	Pole position	Nice Race lap
1	04/21	US GP	Laguna Seca	Steve Webster / Gavin Simmons	Alain Michel / Simon Birchall	Darren Dixon / Sean Dixon	Alain Michel / Simon Birchall	Alain Michel / Simon Birchall
2	05/12	GP of Spain	Jerez	Alain Michel / Simon Birchall	Paul Güdel / Charly Güdel	Steve Abbott / Shaun Smith	Alain Michel / Simon Birchall	Steve Webster / Gavin Simmons
3	19.05.	Italian GP	Misano	Steve Webster / Gavin Simmons	Egbert Streuer / Pete Essaf	Paul Güdel / Charly Güdel	Rolf Biland / Kurt Waltisperg	Steve Webster / Gavin Simmons
4th	May 26th	GP of Germany	Hockenheim	Ralph Bohnhorst / Bruno Hiller	Alain Michel / Simon Birchall	Rolf Biland / Kurt Waltisperg	Steve Webster / Gavin Simmons	Egbert Streuer / Pete Essaf
5	09.06.	Austrian GP	Salzburgring	Steve Webster / Gavin Simmons	Rolf Biland / Kurt Waltisperg	Masato Kumano / Eckart Rösinger	Steve Webster / Gavin Simmons	Ralph Bohnhorst / Bruno Hiller
6th	16.06.	European GP	Jarama	Steve Webster / Gavin Simmons	Alain Michel / Simon Birchall	Steve Abbott / Shaun Smith	Steve Webster / Gavin Simmons	Rolf Biland / Kurt Waltisperg
7th	29.06.	61. Dutch TT	Aces	Egbert Streuer / Peter Brown	Rolf Biland / Kurt Waltisperg	Paul Güdel / Charly Güdel	Steve Webster / Gavin Simmons	Egbert Streuer / Peter Brown
8th	07/21	French GP	Le Castellet	Rolf Biland / Kurt Waltisperg	Steve Webster / Gavin Simmons	Alain Michel / Simon Birchall	Steve Webster / Gavin Simmons	Rolf Biland / Kurt Waltisperg
9	04.08.	British GP	Donington	Rolf Biland / Kurt Waltisperg	Steve Webster / Gavin Simmons	Egbert Streuer / Peter Brown	Rolf Biland / Kurt Waltisperg	Steve Webster / Gavin Simmons
10	08/18	San Marino GP	Mugello	Alain Michel / Simon Birchall	Steve Webster / Gavin Simmons	Markus Egloff / Urs Egloff	Steve Webster / Gavin Simmons	Rolf Biland / Kurt Waltisperg
11	08/25	Czechoslovakian GP	Brno	Rolf Biland / Kurt Waltisperg	Egbert Streuer / Peter Brown	Steve Webster / Gavin Simmons	Egbert Streuer / Peter Brown	Egbert Streuer / Peter Brown
12	08.09.	Le Mans GP	Le Mans	Rolf Biland / Kurt Waltisperg	Alain Michel / Simon Birchall	Steve Webster / Gavin Simmons	Rolf Biland / Kurt Waltisperg	Alain Michel / Simon Birchall

Driver ranking

1	Steve Webster	Gavin Simmons	LCR - Krauser	181
2	Rolf Biland	Kurt Waltisperg	LCR- Honda	168
3	Egbert Streuer	Pete Essaf and Peter Brown	LCR Krauser	134
4th	Alain Michel	Simon Birchall	LCR Krauser	129
5	Ralph Bohnhorst	Bruno Hiller and Geral de Haas	LCR Krauser	116
6th	Paul Güdel	Charly Güdel and Thomas Böttcher	LCR Krauser	107
7th	Masato Kumano	Eckart Rösinger	LCR- Yamaha	100
8th	Steve Abbott	Shaun Smith	LCR Krauser	82
9	Markus Egloff	Urs Egloff	SMS Krauser	68
10	Yoshisada Kumagaya	Brian Houghton	LCR Krauser	66
11	Darren Dixon	Sean Dixon	LCR Krauser	64
12	Barry Brindley	Graham Rose (†) or Trevor Hopkinson or Scott Whiteside	LCR Krauser	57
13	Theo van Kempen	Jan Kuyt and Geral de Haas	LCR Krauser	55
14th	Tony Wyssen	Kilian Wyssen and Geral de Haas	LCR Krauser	51
15th	Klaus Klaffenböck	Christian Parzer	LCR Yamaha	39
16	René Progin	Ivan Hunziker or Gary Irlam	LCR Krauser	37
17th	Markus Bösiger	Peter Markwalder and Peter Höss	LCR Krauser	25th
18th	Werner Kraus	Thomas Schröder	Busch-ADM	25th
19th	Derek Brindley	Nick Roche and Alan Langton	LCR Krauser	24
20th	Alfred Zurbrügg	Martin Zurbrügg	LCR Yamaha	10
21st	Tony Baker	Simon Prior	LCR Krauser	10
22nd	Gary Thomas	Michel van Puyvelde and Rinie Bettgens and Tony Strevens	LCR Krauser	5
	Barry Smith	David Smith and Trevor Hopkinson, respectively	Windle -ADM	5
24	Frank Voigt	Holger Voigt	LCR Krauser	4th
25th	Kenny Howles	Alan Langton or Mugnari	LCR Krauser	2
26th	Yvan Nigrowsky	Alain-Robert Barillon and Jacques Corbier	LCR Krauser	2
27	Rob Fisher	Trevor Crone	LCR Krauser	1
28	Hans Hügli	Adolf Hänni	LCR Yamaha	1

Web links

Commons : Motorcycle World Championship 1991  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Official website of the motorcycle world championship
• Detailed statistics for the 1991 season at racingmemo.free.fr (French)