1993 motorcycle world championship

1993 motorcycle world championship

500 cm³ world champion
Driver:	Kevin Schwantz
Constructor:	Yamaha
250 cc world champion
Driver:	Tetsuya Harada
Constructor:	Honda
125 cc world champion
Driver:	Dirk Raudies
Constructor:	Honda
Team (500 cm³) world champions
Driver:	Rolf Biland Kurt Waltisperg
Constructor:	LCR - Krauser
<1992 season	1994 season>

The 1993 motorcycle world championship season was the 45th in the history of the FIM - motorcycle road world championship .

14 races were held in the classes up to 500 cm³, up to 250 cm³ and up to 125 cm³ and seven races for the sidecar . The season was overshadowed by the fall of the reigning 500 cm³ world champion Wayne Rainey at the Italian GP, ​​who has been paraplegic since then.

Distribution of points

The world champion will be the driver or manufacturer who has accumulated the most points in the world championship by the end of the season. When distributing points, the placements are taken into account in the overall result of the respective race. The top fifteen drivers in each race receive points according to the following scheme:

Distribution of points
space	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th
Points	25th	20th	16	13	11	10	9	8th	7th	6th	5	4th	3	2	1

All the results achieved were included in the evaluation.

500 cc class

Race results

	date	run	route	1st place	place 2	place 3	Pole position	Nice Race lap
1	28.03.	Australian GP	Eastern Creek	Kevin Schwantz	Wayne Rainey	Doug Chandler	Kevin Schwantz	Wayne Rainey
2	04/04	Malaysian GP	Shah Alam	Wayne Rainey	Daryl Beattie	Kevin Schwantz	Kevin Schwantz	Wayne Rainey
3	April 18	Japanese GP	Suzuka	Wayne Rainey	Kevin Schwantz	Daryl Beattie	Kevin Schwantz	Kevin Schwantz
4th	02.05.	GP of Spain	Jerez	Kevin Schwantz	Wayne Rainey	Àlex Crivillé	Kevin Schwantz	Alex Barros
5	16.05.	Austrian GP	Salzburgring	Kevin Schwantz	Mick Doohan	Wayne Rainey	Kevin Schwantz	Mick Doohan
6th	13.06.	57th GP of Germany	Hockenheim	Daryl Beattie	Kevin Schwantz	Shin'ichi Ito	Shin'ichi Ito	Mick Doohan
7th	26.06.	63. Dutch TT	Aces	Kevin Schwantz	Mick Doohan	Àlex Crivillé	Mick Doohan	Alex Barros
8th	04.07.	European GP	Barcelona	Wayne Rainey	Mick Doohan	Kevin Schwantz	Mick Doohan	Wayne Rainey
9	07/18	San Marino GP	Mugello	Mick Doohan	Kevin Schwantz	Wayne Rainey	Mick Doohan	Mick Doohan
10	08/01	British GP	Donington	Luca Cadalora	Wayne Rainey	Niall Mackenzie	Kevin Schwantz	Luca Cadalora
11	08/22	Czech GP	Brno	Wayne Rainey	Luca Cadalora	Mick Doohan	Wayne Rainey	Wayne Rainey
12	05.09.	Italian GP	Misano	Luca Cadalora	Mick Doohan	Kevin Schwantz	Luca Cadalora	Mick Doohan
13	12.09.	US GP	Laguna Seca	John Kocinski	Alex Barros	Luca Cadalora	Mick Doohan	Kevin Schwantz
14th	26.09.	GP of the FIM	Jarama	Alex Barros	Daryl Beattie	Kevin Schwantz	John Kocinski	John Kocinski

Driver ranking

1  Kevin Schwantz Suzuki 248 2  Wayne Rainey Yamaha / ROC-Yamaha 214 3  Daryl Beattie Honda 176 4th  Mick Doohan Honda 156 5  Luca Cadalora Yamaha / ROC-Yamaha 145 6th  Alex Barros Suzuki 125 7th  Shin'ichi Ito Honda 119 8th  Àlex Crivillé Honda 118 9  Niall Mackenzie Yamaha 103 10  Doug Chandler Cagiva 83 11  John Kocinski Cagiva 51 12  Juan López Mella ROC Yamaha 46 13  Mat Mladin Cagiva 45 14th  José Kuhn ROC-Yamaha / Yamaha 45 15th  John Reynolds Harris-Yamaha 42 16  Bernard Garcia Yamaha / ROC-Yamaha 40 17th  Renzo Colleoni ROC Yamaha 22nd 18th  Laurent Naveau ROC Yamaha 21st 19th  Sean Emmett Harris-Yamaha 19th

20th  Tsumoto Udagawa ROC Yamaha 18th 21st  Michael Rudroff Harris-Yamaha 17th 22nd  Jeremy McWilliams Yamaha 17th 23  Carl Fogarty Cagiva 13 24  Toshihiko Honma Yamaha 8th 25th  Kevin Magee Yamaha 7th  Simon Crafar Harris-Yamaha 7th  Juan Garriga Cagiva 7th 28  Norihiko Fujiwara Yamaha 6th 29  Lucio Pedercini ROC Yamaha 6th 30th  Serge David ROC Yamaha 6th 31  Corrado Catalano ROC Yamaha 5  James Haydon ROC Yamaha 5 33  Toshiyuki Arakaki ROC Yamaha 4th  Andrew Stroud Harris-Yamaha 4th 35  Andreas Meklau ROC Yamaha 3  Kevin Mitchell Harris-Yamaha 3 37  Cees Doorakkers Harris-Yamaha 2  Ron Haslam Harris-Yamaha 2  Freddie Spencer Yamaha / ROC-Yamaha 2 40  Bruno Bonhuil ROC Yamaha 1

Constructors' championship

1	Yamaha	269
2	Suzuki	264
3	Honda	253
4th	Cagiva	148
5	ROC- Yamaha	108
6th	Harris- Yamaha	58

250 cc class

Race results

	date	run	route	1st place	place 2	place 3	Pole position	Nice Race lap
1	28.03.	Australian GP	Eastern Creek	Tetsuya Harada	John Kocinski	Max Biaggi	Loris Capirossi	Tetsuya Harada
2	04/04	Malaysian GP	Shah Alam	Nobuatsu Aoki	Tetsuya Harada	Tadayuki Okada	Loris Capirossi	Nobuatsu Aoki
3	April 18	Japanese GP	Suzuka	Tetsuya Harada	Tadayuki Okada	Doriano Romboni	Tetsuya Harada	Loris Capirossi
4th	02.05.	GP of Spain	Jerez	Tetsuya Harada	Max Biaggi	Jean-Philippe Ruggia	Tetsuya Harada	Tetsuya Harada
5	16.05.	Austrian GP	Salzburgring	Doriano Romboni	Loris Capirossi	Helmut Bradl	Doriano Romboni	Helmut Bradl
6th	13.06.	57th GP of Germany	Hockenheim	Doriano Romboni	Loris Capirossi	Helmut Bradl	Doriano Romboni	Loris Capirossi
7th	26.06.	63. Dutch TT	Aces	Loris Capirossi	Tetsuya Harada	John Kocinski	Loris Capirossi	John Kocinski
8th	04.07.	European GP	Barcelona	Max Biaggi	Tadayuki Okada	Alberto Puig	Max Biaggi	Max Biaggi
9	07/18	San Marino GP	Mugello	Loris Capirossi	Loris Reggiani	Tetsuya Harada	Loris Reggiani	Jean-Philippe Ruggia
10	08/01	British GP	Donington	Jean-Philippe Ruggia	Loris Capirossi	Loris Reggiani	Loris Capirossi	Jean-Philippe Ruggia
11	08/22	Czech GP	Brno	Loris Reggiani	Max Biaggi	Alberto Puig	Loris Capirossi	Loris Capirossi
12	05.09.	Italian GP	Misano	Jean-Philippe Ruggia	Loris Capirossi	Loris Reggiani	Max Biaggi	Tetsuya Harada
13	12.09.	US GP	Laguna Seca	Loris Capirossi	Doriano Romboni	Loris Reggiani	Loris Capirossi	Loris Capirossi
14th	26.09.	GP of the FIM	Jarama	Tetsuya Harada	Loris Reggiani	Max Biaggi	Loris Capirossi	Loris Capirossi

Driver ranking

1  Tetsuya Harada Yamaha 197 2  Loris Capirossi Honda 193 3  Loris Reggiani Aprilia 158 4th  Max Biaggi Honda 142 5  Doriano Romboni Honda 139 6th  Jean-Philippe Ruggia Aprilia 129 7th  Helmut Bradl Honda 126 8th  Tadayuki Okada Honda 120 9  Alberto Puig Honda 106 10  Pierfrancesco chili Yamaha 106 11  Nobuatsu Aoki Honda 100 12  John Kocinski Suzuki 80 13  Wilco Zeelenberg Aprilia 50 14th  Jochen Schmid Yamaha 50 15th  Luis d'Antin Honda 43 16  Patrick van den Goorbergh Aprilia 31 17th  Andreas Preining Aprilia 30th

18th  Carlos Cardus Honda 27 19th  Eskil Suter Aprilia 24 20th  Adrian Bosshard Honda 21st 21st  Simon Crafar Suzuki 17th 22nd  Jean-Michel Bayle Aprilia 16 23  Carlos Checa Honda 9 24  Takuma Aoki Honda 8th 25th  Frédéric Protat Aprilia 8th 26th  Paolo Casoli Gilera 7th 27  Kenny Roberts junior Yamaha 6th 28  Marcellino Lucchi Aprilia 5 29  Juan Borja Honda 5 30th  Bernd Kassner Aprilia 2  Alessandro Gramigni Gilera 2 32  Jürgen van den Goorbergh Aprilia 1  Jean-Pierre Jeandat Aprilia 1  Bernard Haenggeli Aprilia 1

Constructors' championship

1	Honda	307
2	Yamaha	222
3	Aprilia	222
4th	Suzuki	97
5	Gilera	9

125 cc class

Race results

	date	run	route	1st place	place 2	place 3	Pole position	Nice Race lap
1	28.03.	Australian GP	Eastern Creek	Dirk Raudies	Kazuto Sakata	Herri Torrontegui	Carlos Giró Jr.	Dirk Raudies
2	04/04	Malaysian GP	Shah Alam	Dirk Raudies	Kazuto Sakata	Takeshi Tsujimura	Dirk Raudies	Dirk Raudies
3	April 18	Japanese GP	Suzuka	Dirk Raudies	Kazuto Sakata	Takeshi Tsujimura	Dirk Raudies	Kazuto Sakata
4th	02.05.	GP of Spain	Jerez	Kazuto Sakata	Ralf Waldmann	Takeshi Tsujimura	Dirk Raudies	Ralf Waldmann
5	16.05.	Austrian GP	Salzburgring	Takeshi Tsujimura	Kazuto Sakata	Dirk Raudies	Kazuto Sakata	Takeshi Tsujimura
6th	13.06.	57th GP of Germany	Hockenheim	Dirk Raudies	Kazuto Sakata	Takeshi Tsujimura	Dirk Raudies	Kazuto Sakata
7th	26.06.	63. Dutch TT	Aces	Dirk Raudies	Kazuto Sakata	Manfred Baumann	Dirk Raudies	Kazuto Sakata
8th	04.07.	European GP	Barcelona	Noboru Ueda	Ralf Waldmann	Akira Saitō	Takeshi Tsujimura	Ralf Waldmann
9	07/18	San Marino GP	Mugello	Dirk Raudies	Kazuto Sakata	Akira Saitō	Kazuto Sakata	Carlos Giró Jr.
10	08/01	British GP	Donington	Dirk Raudies	Kazuto Sakata	Ralf Waldmann	Kazuto Sakata	Kazuto Sakata
11	08/22	Czech GP	Brno	Kazuto Sakata	Dirk Raudies	Takeshi Tsujimura	Kazuto Sakata	Kazuto Sakata
12	05.09.	Italian GP	Misano	Dirk Raudies	Kazuto Sakata	Peter Öttl	Kazuto Sakata	Dirk Raudies
13	12.09.	US GP	Laguna Seca	Dirk Raudies	Kazuto Sakata	Ralf Waldmann	Kazuto Sakata	Kazuto Sakata
14th	26.09.	GP of the FIM	Jarama	Ralf Waldmann	Takeshi Tsujimura	Kazuto Sakata	Dirk Raudies	Noboru Ueda

Driver ranking

1  Dirk Raudies Honda 280 2  Kazuto Sakata Honda 266 3  Takeshi Tsujimura Honda 177 4th  Ralf Waldmann Aprilia 160 5  Noboru Ueda Honda 129 6th  Akira Saitō Honda 117 7th  Oliver Petrucciani Aprilia 82 8th  Jorge Martínez Honda 74 9  Herri Torrontegui Aprilia 65 10  Peter Öttl Aprilia 64 11  Fausto Gresini Honda 61 12  Ezio Gianola Honda 59 13  Oliver Koch Honda 52 14th  Haruchika Aoki Honda 39 15th  Stefan Prein Honda 38 16  Manfred Baumann Honda 36 17th  Kin'ya Wada Honda 30th 18th  Masafumi Ono Honda 26th 19th  Garry McCoy Aprilia 25th

20th  Carlos Giró Jr. Aprilia 22nd 21st  Bruno Casanova Aprilia 22nd 22nd  Luigi Ancona Honda 22nd 23  Maik step Honda 21st 24  Neil Hodgson Honda 18th 25th  Hans Spaan Rumi / Honda 16 26th  Stefan Kurfiss Aprilia 14th 27  Carlos Checa Honda 9 28  Hideyuki Nakajō Honda 8th 29  Gabriele Debbia Honda 7th 30th  Manfred Geissler Aprilia / Honda 6th 31  Ken Miyasaka Honda 4th 32  Julián Miralles Honda 4th 33  Emilio Cuppini Aprilia / Honda 3  Shin'ya Satoh Honda 3 35  Aria Molenaar Honda 1

Constructors' championship

1	Honda	345
2	Aprilia	203

Carriages (500 cm³)

Race results

	date	run	route	1st place	place 2	place 3	Pole position	Nice Race lap
1	09.05.	Germany	Hockenheim	Steve Webster / Gavin Simmons	Rolf Biland / Kurt Waltisperg	Klaus Klaffenböck / Christian Parzer	Steve Webster / Gavin Simmons	Rolf Biland / Kurt Waltisperg
2	13.06.	57th GP of Germany	Hockenheim	Rolf Biland / Kurt Waltisperg	Steve Abbott / Julian Tailford	Paul Güdel / Charly Güdel	Rolf Biland / Kurt Waltisperg	Rolf Biland / Kurt Waltisperg
3	26.06.	63. Dutch TT	Aces	Rolf Biland / Kurt Waltisperg	Steve Webster / Gavin Simmons	Darren Dixon / Andy Hetherington	Rolf Biland / Kurt Waltisperg	Rolf Biland / Kurt Waltisperg
4th	07/11	Austria	Österreichring	canceled due to heavy rain
5	07/18	Czech Republic	Brno	Rolf Biland / Kurt Waltisperg	Klaus Klaffenböck / Christian Parzer	Paul Güdel / Charly Güdel	Paul Güdel / Charly Güdel	Derek Brindley / Paul Hutchinson
6th	08/01	British GP	Donington	Rolf Biland / Kurt Waltisperg	Derek Brindley / Paul Hutchinson	Klaus Klaffenböck / Christian Parzer	Rolf Biland / Kurt Waltisperg	Steve Webster / Gavin Simmons
7th	07.08.	Sweden	Anderstorp	Steve Webster / Gavin Simmons	Rolf Biland / Kurt Waltisperg	Klaus Klaffenböck / Christian Parzer	Steve Webster / Gavin Simmons	Steve Webster / Gavin Simmons
8th	08/22	Czech GP	Brno	Rolf Biland / Kurt Waltisperg	Paul Güdel / Charly Güdel	Steve Webster / Gavin Simmons	Rolf Biland / Kurt Waltisperg	Rolf Biland / Kurt Waltisperg
9	26.09.	GP of the FIM	Jarama	Rolf Biland / Kurt Waltisperg	Steve Webster / Gavin Simmons	Paul Güdel / Charly Güdel	Rolf Biland / Kurt Waltisperg	Rolf Biland / Kurt Waltisperg

Driver ranking

1	Rolf Biland	Kurt Waltisperg	LCR - Krauser	190
2	Steve Webster	Gavin Simmons	LCR-ADM	119
3	Klaus Klaffenböck	Christian Parzer	LCR-ADM	106
4th	Paul Güdel	Thomas Böttcher and Charly Güdel	LCR Krauser	99
5	Derek Brindley	Nick Roche and Paul Hutchinson	LCR-ADM	99
6th	Steve Abbott	Julian Tailford	Windle -ADM	81
7th	Ralph Bohnhorst	Siegfried Zillmann and Peter Brown	LCR-ADM	61
8th	Yoshisada Kumagaya	Brian Houghton	LCR Krauser	55
9	Markus Bösiger	Beat Leibundgut or Peter Lindén or Jürg Egli	LCR-ADM	51
10	Darren Dixon	Andy Hetherington	LCR Krauser	43
11	Tony Wyssen	Kilian Wyssen	LCR-ADM	40
12	Jukka Lauslehto	Jørgen Levinsen and Sakari Salomaa	LCR-ADM	29
13	Barry Brindley	Scott Whiteside	LCR Krauser	25th
14th	Billy Gallros	Peter Berglund	LCR- Yamaha	22nd
15th	Mark Reddington	Trevor Crone	LCR Krauser	22nd
16	Theo van Kempen	Geral de Haas	LCR-ADM	19th
17th	Markus Egloff	Urs Egloff	LCR Yamaha	17th
18th	Hans Hügli	Adolf Hänni	LCR Krauser	14th
19th	Pure Koster	Oscar Combi	LCR-ADM	12
20th	Tony Baker	Simon Prior	LCR Krauser	7th
21st	Benny Janssen	Frans Geurts van Kessel	LCR Krauser	4th
22nd	Kieron Kavanagh	Ian Stapleton	LCR Krauser	2
23	Gary Knight	Peter Höss or Trevor Hopkinson or Peter Hill	Windle-Krauser	2
24	Reinhold Hollweg	Bernhard Hillmer	LCR Krauser	1

References

Web links

Commons : Motorcycle World Championship 1993 season  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website of the motorcycle world championship
• Detailed statistics for the 1993 season at racingmemo.free.fr (French)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d} Held as part of the Superbike World Championship .