1991 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
1991 F.I.M. Grand Prix motorcycle racing season | |||
Previous: | 1990 | Next: | 1992 |
The 1991 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season was the 43rd F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship season.
Season summary
The beginning of the 1990s marked a golden age for Grand Prix motorcycle racing.[1] The rivalry between Wayne Rainey and Kevin Schwantz was in full flow while Mick Doohan started to come into his own.[1] Eddie Lawson had switched to Cagiva and started to have some respectable results.[1] In a one-year quirk, only 13 races counted as, competitors were allowed to drop their two worst scores.[1] The Yugoslavia round was dropped because of the civil war and replaced with a Grand Prix of Europe at Jarama.[1] The Brazilian round was also dropped at the last minute over track safety concerns and replaced with a race held at Le Mans.[1] The inaugural Malaysian Grand Prix was held at Shah Alam.[1]
For the 1991 season, Michelin decided to supply only the Rothmans Honda team with tires; everybody else used Dunlops.[1][2]
Luca Cadalora won the 250 title in a dominating fashion with eight wins.[1] In the 125 class, Italian teenager Loris Capirossi swept to the title for the second consecutive year.[1]
1991 Grand Prix season calendar
Final standings
Scoring system
Points are awarded to the top fifteen finishers. Rider has to finish the race to earn points.
Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | 14th | 15th |
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Points | 20 | 17 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
500cc standings[3][4]
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Bold – Pole Position |
250cc standings[5][6]
Place | Rider | Bike | JPN![]() |
AUS![]() |
USA![]() |
ESP![]() |
ITA![]() |
GER![]() |
AUT![]() |
EUR![]() |
NED![]() |
Points | Wins |
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1 | ![]() |
Honda | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 237 | 8 |
2 | ![]() |
Honda | 7 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 220 | 5 |
3 | ![]() |
Honda | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 205 | 0 |
4 | ![]() |
Honda | 3 | 4 | 2 | Ret | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 158 | 0 |
5 | ![]() |
Honda | 8 | Ret | 5 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 142 | 0 |
6 | ![]() |
Aprilia | 9 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | Ret | 8 | 5 | Ret | 128 | 0 |
7 | ![]() |
Aprilia | 17 | 6 | Ret | 5 | 3 | Ret | 4 | Ret | 1 | 107 | 1 |
8 | ![]() |
Honda | 13 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 8 | Ret | 96 | 0 |
9 | ![]() |
Suzuki | 14 | Ret | 7 | 8 | 19 | 9 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 89 | 0 |
10 | ![]() |
Yamaha | 26 | 9 | Ret | Ret | 10 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 65 | 0 |
11 | ![]() |
Aprilia | 19 | 7 | 6 | Ret | 9 | 6 | Ret | 14 | 20 | 60 | |
12 | ![]() |
Honda | 18 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 14 | Ret | 13 | 10 | 59 | |
13 | ![]() |
Honda | Ret | Ret | 9 | Ret | Ret | 7 | 9 | Ret | Ret | 51 | |
14 | ![]() |
Yamaha | 25 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 14 | 15 | DNS | 9 | 34 | ||
15 | ![]() |
Honda | Ret | Ret | 13 | 9 | Ret | 13 | Ret | 7 | Ret | 32 | |
16 | ![]() |
Yamaha | 21 | Ret | Ret | 10 | Ret | DNS | DNS | Ret | 28 | ||
17 | ![]() |
Honda | 20 | Ret | 15 | DNS | 15 | 10 | 10 | Ret | Ret | 28 | |
18 | ![]() |
Aprilia | Ret | 14 | Ret | 16 | 12 | 12 | 19 | 11 | 22 | ||
19 | ![]() |
Honda | 11 | 21 | 11 | 12 | 20 | ||||||
20 | ![]() |
Aprilia | Ret | 13 | Ret | 25 | Ret | Ret | 19 | ||||
21 | ![]() |
Aprilia | 32 | 12 | 17 | 17 | Ret | Ret | 22 | Ret | 13 | 15 | |
22 | ![]() |
Honda | 4 | 13 | |||||||||
23 | ![]() |
Honda | 5 | 13 | |||||||||
24 | ![]() |
Yamaha | 6 | 10 | |||||||||
25 | ![]() |
Aprilia | Ret | 8 | |||||||||
26 | ![]() |
Aprilia | Ret | 12 | DNS | 14 | 17 | Ret | 8 | ||||
27 | ![]() |
Aprilia | Ret | 7 | |||||||||
28 | ![]() |
Honda | 10 | 6 | |||||||||
29 | ![]() |
Aprilia | Ret | Ret | 22 | Ret | Ret | 14 | 5 | ||||
30 | Jose Barresi | 4 | |||||||||||
30 | ![]() |
Yamaha | 12 | 4 | |||||||||
30 | ![]() |
Yamaha | Ret | 16 | 12 | 4 | |||||||
33 | ![]() |
Aprilia | 30 | 13 | Ret | Ret | Ret | DNS | Ret | 15 | 17 | 4 | |
34 | ![]() |
Yamaha | 27 | 14 | 18 | 15 | 18 | Ret | Ret | 18 | 16 | 4 | |
35 | ![]() |
Honda | 23 | Ret | 19 | 13 | Ret | DNS | 22 | Ret | 3 | ||
35 | ![]() |
Yamaha | 14 | 21 | 19 | 23 | 20 | 15 | 3 | ||||
37 | ![]() |
2 | |||||||||||
38 | ![]() |
Honda | Ret | Ret | 24 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 15 | Ret | Ret | 1 | |
38 | ![]() |
Honda | 22 | 17 | 20 | 21 | 1 | ||||||
38 | ![]() |
Honda | 15 | 1 | |||||||||
38 | ![]() |
Yamaha | 29 | 15 | Ret | Ret | 20 | DNS | 1 | ||||
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Aprilia | Ret | 17 | 20 | 16 | 17 | Ret | 18 | 0 | ||||
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Yamaha | 19 | Ret | 18 | 16 | Ret | DNQ | 0 | |||||
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Aprilia | Ret | DNS | 19 | 16 | Ret | 0 | ||||||
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Yamaha | 31 | Ret | 16 | 0 | ||||||||
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Yamaha | 16 | 0 | ||||||||||
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Yamaha | 16 | 0 | ||||||||||
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Aprilia | 17 | 23 | 0 | |||||||||
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Yamaha | Ret | 27 | 18 | Ret | 24 | 26 | 21 | 19 | 0 | |||
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Yamaha | 20 | 24 | 21 | 27 | Ret | 18 | 0 | |||||
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Yamaha | 18 | 0 | ||||||||||
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Yamaha | 19 | 0 | ||||||||||
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Aprilia | 20 | 24 | 0 | |||||||||
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Yamaha | 20 | 0 | ||||||||||
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Yamaha | 21 | 0 | ||||||||||
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Yamaha | 21 | 0 | ||||||||||
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Honda | 28 | Ret | 25 | Ret | 22 | 0 | ||||||
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Honda | 22 | 0 | ||||||||||
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Yamaha | 22 | 0 | ||||||||||
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Yamaha | 22 | 0 | ||||||||||
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Aprilia | 23 | 23 | 28 | 0 | ||||||||
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Yamaha | 25 | 23 | 0 | |||||||||
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Yamaha | 23 | 0 | ||||||||||
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Yamaha | 24 | 0 | ||||||||||
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Yamaha | 26 | 0 | ||||||||||
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Honda | Ret | 0 | ||||||||||
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Yamaha | Ret | 0 | ||||||||||
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Yamaha | Ret | 0 | ||||||||||
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Yamaha | Ret | 0 | ||||||||||
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Yamaha | Ret | 0 | ||||||||||
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Yamaha | Ret | 0 | ||||||||||
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Aprilia | Ret | 0 | ||||||||||
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Yamaha | DNQ | 0 | ||||||||||
125cc standings
Place | Rider | Number | Country | Machine | Points | Wins |
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1 | ![]() |
1 | Italy | Honda | 200 | 5 |
2 | ![]() |
8 | Italy | Honda | 181 | 2 |
3 | ![]() |
23 | Germany | Honda | 141 | 2 |
4 | ![]() |
12 | Italy | Aprilia | 111 | 0 |
5 | ![]() |
Japan | Honda | 105 | 2 | |
6 | ![]() |
6 | Spain | Cobas | 99 | 0 |
7 | ![]() |
9 | Italy | Aprilia | 90 | 1 |
8 | ![]() |
5 | Germany | Honda | 81 | 0 |
9 | ![]() |
Germany | Rotax | 67 | 1 | |
10 | ![]() |
Japan | Honda | 60 | 0 | |
11 | ![]() |
Switzerland | Honda | 56 | 0 | |
12 | ![]() |
Germany | Cobas | 56 | 0 | |
13 | ![]() |
Japan | Honda | 55 | 0 | |
14 | ![]() |
Netherlands | Honda | 54 | 0 | |
15 | ![]() |
Italy | Honda | 45 | 0 | |
16 | ![]() |
Italy | Derbi | 32 | 0 | |
17 | ![]() |
Japan | Honda | 28 | 0 | |
18 | ![]() |
Italy | Gazzaniga | 27 | 0 | |
19 | ![]() |
Japan | Honda | 15 | 0 | |
20 | ![]() |
Japan | Honda | 14 | 0 | |
21 | ![]() |
Japan | Honda | 13 | 0 | |
22 | ![]() |
Spain | Derbi | 13 | 0 | |
23 | ![]() |
Switzerland | Aprilia | 13 | 0 | |
24 | ![]() |
Spain | Cobas | 12 | 0 | |
25 | ![]() |
Spain | Cobas | 12 | 0 | |
26 | ![]() |
Italy | Honda | 12 | 0 | |
27 | ![]() |
Spain | Cobas | 10 | 0 | |
28 | ![]() |
Germany | Honda | 9 | 0 | |
29 | ![]() |
Japan | Honda | 8 | 0 | |
30 | ![]() |
Japan | Honda | 7 | 0 | |
31 | ![]() |
Spain | Cobas | 7 | 0 | |
32 | ![]() |
Netherlands | Honda | 7 | 0 | |
33 | ![]() |
Spain | Cobas | 6 | 0 | |
34 | ![]() |
United Kingdom | Honda | 5 | 0 | |
35 | ![]() |
United Kingdom | Honda | 5 | 0 | |
36 | ![]() |
Finland | Cobas | 5 | 0 | |
37 | ![]() |
Japan | Honda | 3 | 0 | |
38 | ![]() |
Australia | Honda | 2 | 0 | |
39 | ![]() |
France | Honda | 2 | 0 | |
References
- Büla, Maurice & Schertenleib, Jean-Claude (2001). Continental Circus 1949-2000. Chronosports S.A. ISBN 2-940125-32-5
- "The Official MotoGP website". Retrieved 2010-07-06.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Noyes, Dennis; Scott, Michael (1999), Motocourse: 50 Years Of Moto Grand Prix, Hazleton Publishing Ltd, ISBN 1-874557-83-7
- ↑ Scott, Michael: "Wayne Rainey", page 151. Haynes Publishing, 1997.
- ↑ 1991 500cc Final Standings at MotoGP.com
- ↑ 1991 500cc Entries List at www.f1network.net
- ↑ 1991 250cc Final Standings at MotoGP.com
- ↑ 1991 250cc Entries List at www.f1network.net