1994 motorcycle world championship

1994 motorcycle world championship

500 cm³ world champion
Driver:	Mick Doohan
Constructor:	Honda
250 cc world champion
Driver:	Max Biaggi
Constructor:	Honda
125 cc world champion
Driver:	Kazuto Sakata
Constructor:	Honda
Team (500 cm³) world champions
Driver:	Rolf Biland Kurt Waltisperg
Constructor:	LCR - Swissauto
<1993 season	1995 season>

The 1994 motorcycle world championship season was the 46th 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 eight races for the sidecar .

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	29.03.	Australian GP	Eastern Creek	John Kocinski	Luca Cadalora	Mick Doohan	John Kocinski	Luca Cadalora
2	04/10	Malaysian GP	Shah Alam	Mick Doohan	John Kocinski	Shin'ichi Ito	John Kocinski	Mick Doohan
3	04/24	Japanese GP	Suzuka	Kevin Schwantz	Mick Doohan	Shin'ichi Ito	Luca Cadalora	Kevin Schwantz
4th	08.05.	GP of Spain	Jerez	Mick Doohan	Kevin Schwantz	John Kocinski	Kevin Schwantz	Kevin Schwantz
5	May 22nd	Austrian GP	Salzburgring	Mick Doohan	Kevin Schwantz	Àlex Crivillé	Mick Doohan	Mick Doohan
6th	12.06.	58th GP of Germany	Hockenheim	Mick Doohan	Kevin Schwantz	Alberto Puig	Mick Doohan	Mick Doohan
7th	25.06.	64. Dutch TT	Aces	Mick Doohan	Alex Barros	Àlex Crivillé	Mick Doohan	Mick Doohan
8th	03.07.	Italian GP	Mugello	Mick Doohan	Luca Cadalora	Kevin Schwantz	Luca Cadalora	Luca Cadalora
9	07/17	French GP	Le Mans	Mick Doohan	John Kocinski	Àlex Crivillé	Mick Doohan	Mick Doohan
10	07/24	British GP	Donington	Kevin Schwantz	Mick Doohan	Luca Cadalora	Mick Doohan	Kevin Schwantz
11	08/21	Czech GP	Brno	Mick Doohan	Shin'ichi Ito	Luca Cadalora	Luca Cadalora	Shin'ichi Ito
12	11.09.	US GP	Laguna Seca	Luca Cadalora	John Kocinski	Mick Doohan	Mick Doohan	John Kocinski
13	25.09.	Argentina GP	Buenos Aires	Mick Doohan	Doug Chandler	John Kocinski	John Kocinski	Mick Doohan
14th	09.10.	European GP	Barcelona	Luca Cadalora	Mick Doohan	John Kocinski	Luca Cadalora	Mick Doohan

Driver ranking

1 Mick Doohan Honda 317 2 Luca Cadalora Yamaha 174 3 John Kocinski Cagiva 172 4th Kevin Schwantz Suzuki 169 5 Alberto Puig Honda 152 6th Àlex Crivillé Honda 144 7th Shin'ichi Ito Honda 141 8th Alex Barros Suzuki 134 9 Doug Chandler Cagiva 96 10 Niall Mackenzie ROC Yamaha 69 11 Bernard Garcia ROC Yamaha 56 12 Jeremy McWilliams Yamaha 49 13 Daryl Beattie Yamaha 44 14th John Reynolds Harris-Yamaha 43 15th Sean Emmett Harris-Yamaha / Suzuki 34 16 Juan López Mella ROC Yamaha / Suzuki 26th 17th Norick Abe Honda / Yamaha 20th

18th Laurent Naveau ROC Yamaha 19th 19th Jean-Pierre Jeandat ROC Yamaha 17th 20th Cristiano Migliorati ROC Yamaha 12 21st  Marc Garcia ROC Yamaha 11 22nd Toshihiko Honma Yamaha 10 23 Jean Foray ROC Yamaha 8th 24 Loris Reggiani Aprilia 7th 25th Bernard Haenggeli ROC Yamaha 7th 26th Julián Miralles ROC Yamaha 7th 27 Bruno Bonhuil ROC Yamaha 7th 28 Hervé Moineau ROC Yamaha 5 29 Scott Doohan Harris-Yamaha 4th 30th Udo Mark Harris-Yamaha / ROC-Yamaha 2 31 Lucio Pedercini ROC Yamaha 2 32 Neil Hodgson Harris-Yamaha 1 Andrew Stroud ROC Yamaha 1

Constructors' championship

1	Honda	317
2	Suzuki	214
3	Yamaha	189
4th	Cagiva	187
5	ROC- Yamaha	93
6th	Harris- Yamaha	53
7th	Aprilia	7th

250 cc class

Race results

	date	run	route	1st place	place 2	place 3	Pole position	Nice Race lap
1	29.03.	Australian GP	Eastern Creek	Max Biaggi	Doriano Romboni	Loris Capirossi	Loris Capirossi	Max Biaggi
2	04/10	Malaysian GP	Shah Alam	Max Biaggi	Tadayuki Okada	Loris Capirossi	Max Biaggi	Max Biaggi
3	04/24	Japanese GP	Suzuka	Tadayuki Okada	Loris Capirossi	Tōru Ukawa	Max Biaggi	Max Biaggi
4th	08.05.	GP of Spain	Jerez	Jean-Philippe Ruggia	Doriano Romboni	Tadayuki Okada	Loris Capirossi	Max Biaggi
5	May 22nd	Austrian GP	Salzburgring	Loris Capirossi	Max Biaggi	Doriano Romboni	Max Biaggi	Loris Capirossi
6th	12.06.	58th GP of Germany	Hockenheim	Loris Capirossi	Max Biaggi	Doriano Romboni	Loris Capirossi	Loris Capirossi
7th	25.06.	64. Dutch TT	Aces	Max Biaggi	Tadayuki Okada	Wilco Zeelenberg	Max Biaggi	Max Biaggi
8th	03.07.	Italian GP	Mugello	Ralf Waldmann	Tetsuya Harada	Loris Capirossi	Max Biaggi	Max Biaggi
9	07/17	French GP	Le Mans	Loris Capirossi	Doriano Romboni	Max Biaggi	Doriano Romboni	Loris Capirossi
10	07/24	British GP	Donington	Loris Capirossi	Tadayuki Okada	Doriano Romboni	Loris Capirossi	Loris Capirossi
11	08/21	Czech GP	Brno	Max Biaggi	Ralf Waldmann	Jean-Philippe Ruggia	Max Biaggi	Max Biaggi
12	11.09.	US GP	Laguna Seca	Doriano Romboni	Max Biaggi	Tetsuya Harada	Doriano Romboni	Max Biaggi
13	25.09.	Argentina GP	Buenos Aires	Tadayuki Okada	Max Biaggi	Tetsuya Harada	Loris Capirossi	Tetsuya Harada
14th	09.10.	European GP	Barcelona	Max Biaggi	Loris Capirossi	Doriano Romboni	Loris Capirossi	Max Biaggi

Driver ranking

1 Max Biaggi Aprilia 234 2 Tadayuki Okada Honda 214 3 Loris Capirossi Honda 199 4th Doriano Romboni Honda 170 5 Ralf Waldmann Honda 156 6th Jean-Philippe Ruggia Aprilia 149 7th Tetsuya Harada Yamaha 109 8th Jean-Michel Bayle Aprilia 105 9 Luis d'Antin Honda 100 10 Nobuatsu Aoki Honda 95 11 Wilco Zeelenberg Honda 84 12 Carlos Checa Honda 54 13 Eskil Suter Aprilia 42 14th Adrian Bosshard Honda 34 15th Andreas Preining Aprilia 30th 16 Patrick van den Goorbergh Aprilia 27

17th Jürgen van den Goorbergh Aprilia 24 18th Kenny Roberts Jr. Yamaha 23 19th Tōru Ukawa Honda 16 20th Takuma Aoki Honda 11 Marcellino Lucchi Aprilia 11 22nd Toshihiko Honma Yamaha 11 23 Alessandro Gramigni Aprilia 10 24 Luis Carlos Maurel Honda 10 25th Bernd Kassner Honda 9 26th Giuseppe Fiorillo Honda 8th 27 Adi Stadler Honda 8th 28 Craig Connell Honda 5 29 Miguel Angel Castilla Yamaha 5 30th Juan Borja Aprilia / Honda 5 31 José Luis Cardoso Aprilia 2

Constructors' championship

1	Honda	320
2	Aprilia	283
3	Yamaha	112

125 cc class

Race results

	date	run	route	1st place	place 2	place 3	Pole position	Nice Race lap
1	29.03.	Australian GP	Eastern Creek	Kazuto Sakata	Peter Öttl	Garry McCoy	Kazuto Sakata	Kazuto Sakata
2	04/10	Malaysian GP	Shah Alam	Noboru Ueda	Kazuto Sakata	Jorge Martínez	Kazuto Sakata	Noboru Ueda
3	04/24	Japanese GP	Suzuka	Takeshi Tsujimura	Kazuto Sakata	Hideyuki Nakajō	Noboru Ueda	Kazuto Sakata
4th	08.05.	GP of Spain	Jerez	Kazuto Sakata	Peter Öttl	Herri Torrontegui	Kazuto Sakata	Peter Öttl
5	May 22nd	Austrian GP	Salzburgring	Dirk Raudies	Noboru Ueda	Garry McCoy	Noboru Ueda	Dirk Raudies
6th	12.06.	58th GP of Germany	Hockenheim	Dirk Raudies	Kazuto Sakata	Tomomi Manako	Noboru Ueda	Dirk Raudies
7th	25.06.	64. Dutch TT	Aces	Takeshi Tsujimura	Jorge Martínez	Loek Bodelier	Noboru Ueda	Takeshi Tsujimura
8th	03.07.	Italian GP	Mugello	Noboru Ueda	Kazuto Sakata	Takeshi Tsujimura	Roberto Locatelli	Kazuto Sakata
9	07/17	French GP	Le Mans	Noboru Ueda	Takeshi Tsujimura	Kazuto Sakata	Kazuto Sakata	Hideyuki Nakajō
10	07/24	British GP	Donington	Takeshi Tsujimura	Stefano Perugini	Peter Öttl	Kazuto Sakata	Peter Öttl
11	08/21	Czech GP	Brno	Kazuto Sakata	Noboru Ueda	Stefano Perugini	Kazuto Sakata	Kazuto Sakata
12	11.09.	US GP	Laguna Seca	Takeshi Tsujimura	Stefano Perugini	Peter Öttl	Kazuto Sakata	Stefano Perugini
13	25.09.	Argentina GP	Buenos Aires	Jorge Martínez	Noboru Ueda	Stefano Perugini	Noboru Ueda	Stefano Perugini
14th	09.10.	European GP	Barcelona	Dirk Raudies	Peter Öttl	Haruchika Aoki	Dirk Raudies	Peter Öttl

Driver ranking

1 Kazuto Sakata Aprilia 224 2 Noboru Ueda Honda 194 3 Takeshi Tsujimura Honda 190 4th Dirk Raudies Honda 162 5 Peter Öttl Aprilia 160 6th Jorge Martínez Yamaha 135 7th Stefano Perugini Aprilia 106 8th Masaki Tokudome Honda 87 9 Oliver Petrucciani Aprilia 74 10 Herri Torrontegui Aprilia 73 11 Hideyuki Nakajō Honda 70 12 Haruchika Aoki Honda 59 13 Garry McCoy Aprilia 56 14th Akira Saitō Honda 53 15th Loek Bodelier Honda 48 16 Fausto Gresini Honda 46 17th Gianluigi Scalvini Aprilia 32

18th Oliver Koch Honda 30th 19th Carlos Giró Jr. Aprilia 26th 20th Tomomi Manako Honda 24 21st Stefan Prein Yamaha 17th 22nd Emilio Alzamora Honda 16 23 Bruno Casanova Honda 15th 24 Gabriele Debbia Aprilia / Honda 11 25th Manfred Geissler Aprilia 9 26th Yoshiaki Katō Yamaha 8th 27 Emilio Cuppini Aprilia 7th 28 Tomoko Igata Honda 7th 29 Roberto Locatelli Aprilia 6th 30th Lucio Cecchinello Honda 5 31 Kunihiro Amano Honda 4th 32 Juan Maturana Yamaha 4th 33 Frédéric Petit Yamaha 2

Constructors' championship

1	Honda	316
2	Aprilia	276
3	Yamaha	143

Carriages (500 cm³)

Race results

	date	run	route	1st place	place 2	place 3	Pole position	Nice Race lap
1	02.05.	Great Britain	Donington	Derek Brindley / Paul Hutchinson	Markus Bösiger / Jürg Egli	Steve Webster / Adolf Hänni	Rolf Biland / Kurt Waltisperg	Steve Abbott / Julian Tailford
2	12.06.	58th GP of Germany	Hockenheim	Rolf Biland / Kurt Waltisperg	Steve Webster / Adolf Hänni	Steve Abbott / Julian Tailford	Rolf Biland / Kurt Waltisperg	Paul Güdel / Charly Güdel
3	25.06.	64. Dutch TT	Aces	Rolf Biland / Kurt Waltisperg	Klaus Klaffenböck / Christian Parzer	Derek Brindley / Paul Hutchinson	Rolf Biland / Kurt Waltisperg	Steve Webster / Adolf Hänni
4th	07/17	Austria	Österreichring	Darren Dixon / Andy Hetherington	Markus Bösiger / Jürg Egli	Rolf Biland / Kurt Waltisperg	Darren Dixon / Andy Hetherington	Darren Dixon / Andy Hetherington
5	07/24	British GP	Donington	Rolf Biland / Kurt Waltisperg	Derek Brindley / Paul Hutchinson	Steve Webster / Adolf Hänni	Rolf Biland / Kurt Waltisperg	Rolf Biland / Kurt Waltisperg
6th	08/21	Czech GP	Brno	Rolf Biland / Kurt Waltisperg	Markus Bösiger / Jürg Egli	Steve Webster / Adolf Hänni	Rolf Biland / Kurt Waltisperg	Rolf Biland / Kurt Waltisperg
7th	11.09.	Netherlands	Aces	Rolf Biland / Kurt Waltisperg	Darren Dixon / Andy Hetherington	Steve Webster / Adolf Hänni	Rolf Biland / Kurt Waltisperg	Derek Brindley / Paul Hutchinson
8th	09.10.	European GP	Barcelona	Darren Dixon / Andy Hetherington	Paul Güdel / Charly Güdel	Steve Abbott / Julian Tailford	Rolf Biland / Kurt Waltisperg	Rolf Biland / Kurt Waltisperg

Driver ranking

1	Rolf Biland	Kurt Waltisperg	LCR - Swissauto	141
2	Steve Webster	Adolf Hänni	LCR- Yamaha	104
3	Derek Brindley	Paul Hutchinson	LCR- Honda	96
4th	Markus Bösiger	Juerg Egli	LCR-ADM	88
5	Paul Güdel	Charly Güdel	LCR-ADM	86
6th	Klaus Klaffenböck	Christian Parzer	LCR- Bartol	82
7th	Darren Dixon	Andy Hetherington	LCR-Yamaha / LCR-ADM	78
8th	Steve Abbott	Julian Tailford	Diaper - Krauser	74
9	Barry Brindley	Scott Whiteside	LCR Yamaha	52
10	Yoshisada Kumagaya	Simon Prior (†) or Rinie Bettgens or Mike Finnegan or Steve Pointer	LCR-ADM	52
11	Jukka Lauslehto	Juha Joutsen and Hannu Metsäranta	LCR-ADM	50
12	Ralph Bohnhorst	Peter Brown	LCR Steinhausen	48
13	Markus Egloff	Urs Egloff	LCR Yamaha	26th
14th	Tony Wyssen	Kilian Wyssen	LCR Krauser	23
15th	Kevin Webster	Phillip Coombes or Andy Peach or Harry Hofsteenge	LCR Krauser	23
16	Mark Reddington	Trevor Crone	LCR-ADM	21st
17th	Billy Gallros	Shaun Smith and Peter Berglund	LCR Yamaha	17th
18th	Benny Janssen	Frans Geurts van Kessel	LCR Yamaha	16
19th	Gary Knight	Trevor Hopkinson	Windle-Krauser	11
20th	Kieron Kavanagh	Mike Finnegan or Gary Broadley or Phillip Coombes or David Horne or Michel van Puyvelde	LCR Krauser	8th
21st	Pure Koster	Oscar Combi and Peter Höss	LCR-ADM	8th
22nd	David Hoskin	David James	LCR-ADM	4th
23	Markus Schlosser	Giancarlo Cavadini	LCR-ADM	3
	Ian Wilford	Craig Hallam or Mick Wynn	LCR-ADM	3
	André Vögeli	Hansueli Wickli	LCR Yamaha	3

Constructors' championship

1	LCR - Swissauto	154
2	LCR-ADM	110
3	LCR Krauser	109
4th	LCR- Honda	106
5	Windle- Frill	95
6th	Padgett-LCR-ADM	70
7th	LCR- Yamaha	69
8th	LCR- Bartol	49
9	LCR Steinhausen	48
10	LCR-ADM- Yamaha	5

literature

• Friedemann Kirn: Motorcycle World Cup '94 . The races for the world championship. 1st edition. Motorbuch Verlag, Stuttgart 1994, ISBN 3-613-01594-3 .

Web links

Commons : Motorcycle World Championship 1994  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Official website of the motorcycle world championship
• Detailed statistics for the 1994 season at racingmemo.free.fr (French)

Individual evidence

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