1993 British motorcycle Grand Prix

The 1993 British motorcycle Grand Prix was the tenth round of
1993 British Grand Prix
the 1993 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 1
August 1993 at Donington Park. Race details
Race 10 of 14 races in the
500 cc race report 1993 Grand Prix motorcycle racing
season
This race was most notable for Luca Cadalora's shock first victory
over Wayne Rainey at the near end of the race, the big accident
that happened with Alex Barros, Mick Doohan and Kevin
Schwantz on the opening lap and the close finish for third between
Fogarty and Mackenzie.

Before the race, Wayne Rainey highsided in practice. This caused

him to lose two fingernails, getting a fracture in his spine and a
concussion as well.;[4] Because of this, he is not able to qualify as Date 1 August 1993
good as he used to normally due to suffering from blurred vision, Official British Grand
causing him to not be able to properly judge distance.[5] In his name Prix[1][2][3]
biography 'His own story' he commented on this with the
Location Donington Park
following words:
Course Permanent racing
"I told the medical guys that my back was really sore, facility
but I didn't say anything about my head. Back at the 4.023 km (2.500 mi)
motorhome that night I found my vision was lagging. I 500 cc
knew I was concussed but the doctors hadn't checked,
Pole position
and I wanted nobody to know. Next morning I woke
up and swung my head, and again my vision was Rider Kevin Schwantz
behind the movement. I decided to do the morning Time 1:33.514
warm-up to see how it would feel. I was two seconds Fastest lap
off the pace, but I could choose my line. What Rider Luca Cadalora
concerned me more was I couldn't judge distance, so I
Time 1:34.716
couldn't pass anybody"
Podium
First Luca Cadalora
On Saturday, Kevin Schwantz took his sixth and final pole position
Second Wayne Rainey
of the year with a time of 1:33.514. Alongside him on the grid is
Luca Cadalora in second place, then Mick Doohan in third and Third Niall Mackenzie
teammate Alex Barros in fourth. The second row of the grid 250 cc
consists of wildcard rider Carl Fogarty in fifth, Daryl Beattie in
Pole position
sixth, Àlex Crivillé in seventh and Wayne Rainey in a lowly eighth
Rider Loris Capirossi
position, an impressive feat despite his problems at the time.
Cagiva duo Doug Chandler and Matthew Mladin did not partake Time 1:35.191
in the race. Fastest lap
All riders take off and do their usual warm-up lap before lining up Rider Jean-Philippe Ruggia
in their respective grid slots. As the lights go out, Barros gets the Time 1:34.888
best start and goes into the lead entering Redgate (Turn 1). Second Podium
is Rainey, who manages to pass many people on the outside and
First Jean-Philippe Ruggia
third is his teammate Cadalora who lost one position to his
charging teammate. Fourth is Schwantz, fifth is Doohan and sixth Second Loris Capirossi
is his teammate Beattie. Exiting Redgate, Rainey wastes no time Third Loris Reggiani
and immediately passes Barros on the inside heading into 125 cc
Hollywood (Turn 2), Cadalora right behind him. At the entry of
Pole position
McLean's (Turn 7), Schwantz makes a lunge down Cadalora's
inside and takes third from him. At Starkey's Straight, just as Rider Kazuto Sakata
Doohan wants to make a move on teammate Barros for second, Time 1:41.178
Doohan fails to brake in time and slams into the back of the Fastest lap
Brazilian on his right. Both riders go down and Doohan falls onto Rider Kazuto Sakata
the bike of Schwantz on the left, causing him to crash out in
Time 1:41.347
spectacular fashion as his bike somersaults out of contention and
onto the American due to him braking for The Esses at that time. Podium

Three top riders are now eliminated from the race on the opening First Dirk Raudies
lap. The marshalls immediately rush out onto the track to help out Second Kazuto Sakata
the riders and recover the lost bike. Barros and Doohan - albeit Third Ralf Waldmann
limping - look to be unhurt, but Schwantz sits down and looks to
be injured. The medical team runs to Schwantz to assist him.

Lap two and Rainey is now way out in front on his own. Second is Cadalora, third is wildcard rider and
home hero Fogarty, fourth is Shinichi Ito, fifth is Crivillé and sixth is Renzo Colleoni. Fogarty is now
pressuring Cadalora, as does Crivillé to Ito. The marshalls are busy pouring concrete dust on the track to
clean up the oil that's present, then quickly get out of the way as the riders go down Starkey's Straight. At
this straight, Fogarty goes side-by-side with Cadalora and outbreaks him entering The Esses, moving him
up into second place. The crowd cheers loudly as he passes through the chicane.

Lap three and the top six is as follows: Rainey, Fogarty, Cadalora, Ito, Crivillé and Colleoni. Fogarty is now
opening a gap to Cadalora and is trying to close down Rainey. Another rider has crashed out, this time
being Jeremy McWilliams. Exiting the Melbourne Hairpin (Turn 10), Rainey has a moment but manages to
stay on the bike.

On lap four, Beattie has caught and easily passed Colleoni for sixth place at the Wheatcroft Straight. Rainey
is still out in front, the gap to Fogarty now stabilising in second. Third is Cadalora still as Ito is still being
pressured by Crivillé.

Lap five and the top six is as follows: Rainey, Fogarty, Cadalora, Ito, Crivillé and Beattie. A displeased
Barros has now arrived at the pits, talking to one of his crewmembers.

On lap six, a limping Doohan has also reached the pits, walking back to his garage. Fogarty is now coming
under pressure from Cadalora, closing up at The Esses but not yet making a move.

Lap seven and Cadalora is now right at the back of Fogerty exiting Schwantz Curve (Turn 6). Exiting
McLean's, Fogarty has to adjust his front brakes by hand, causing him to slow down enough for Cadalora
to get by easily and snatch second from the Brit before Coppice (Turn 8)
On lap eight, Fogarty has a moment exiting the Craner Curves (Turn 3). Fogarty does his best to stay with
Cadalora but is slowly increasing the gap to the British rider.

Lap nine and Cadalora is now slowly closing the gap to leader and teammate Rainey. Ito is now also
closing in on Fogarty.

On lap ten, the top six is as follows: Rainey, Cadalora, Fogarty, Ito, Crivillé and Niall Mackenzie - who has
passed Beattie for sixth. Crivillé has now fully caught up to Ito and tries a move on the Japanese entering
Starkey's Bridge (Turn 5). Ito holds on entering Schwantz Curve, Crivillé still hot on his heels at McLean's.
Entering Starkey's Straight, Ito has a look behind to see where Crivillé is. The Spaniard looks to be making
a move but thinks better of it and stays behind for now. Mackenzie meanwhile has opened up a gap to
Beattie.

Lap eleven and Crivillé again closes up at Starkey's Straight but does not make a move entering The Esses.
No overtakes happened.

On lap twelve, Crivillé is all over the rear of Ito. He harasses him all throughout the lap but isn't able to get
by, trying a move at Starkey's Straight but not able to get side-by-side with him.

Lap thirteen and Crivillé finally makes his move at the Wheatcroft Straight. He goes side-by-side with him,
then executes the pass at the entry of Redgate. Behind Ito, Mackenzie is now gradually closing up on him
as well.

On lap fourteen, Cadalora is still closing the gap to his Marlboro Team Roberts teammate Rainey. The top
six is as follows: Rainey, Cadalora, Fogarty, Crivillé, Ito and Mackenzie.

Lap fifteen - the halfway point of the race - and everything is stable at the front. Cadalora is still closing in
on Rainey.Mackenzie has also closed up to the back of Ito as well.

On lap sixteen, Cadalora has now fully caught up to the back of Rainey. Exiting the Melbourne Hairpin,
Cadalora has a moment, giving Rainey some breathing room.

Lap seventeen and the duo now is coming up to a backmarker in the likes of Andrew Stroud. The top six is
as follows: Rainey, Cadalora, Fogarty, Crivillé, Mackenzie - who has passed Ito - and Ito. The duo gets past
Stroud without any problems. Cadalora is all over the back of Rainey but the Italian does not make a pass.

On lap eighteen, Mackenzie is closing up to Crivillé now. Cadalora is still behind, shadowing his teammate
for the time being. The duo encounters another backmarker, this time being David Jefferies. He takes a very
wide line at the Melbourne Hairpin, allowing the riders to easily pass him.

Lap nineteen and Cadalora is still right behind Rainey, stalking him al throughout the lap. Crivillé
meanwhile has crashed out of the race from a strong fourth place. The marshalls recover his bike as the
Marlboro Honda Pons rider is being escorted away by one of the medical staff from the crash site in
disappointment.

On lap twenty, the top six is as follows: Rainey, Cadalora, Fogarty, Mackenzie, Ito and Beattie. The
Scottish rider is now also flying, catching Fogarty in the process.

Lap twenty-one and the front is still stable: Rainey leads with teammate Cadalora in close second.
On lap twenty-two Rainey now opens up a small gap to Cadalora. Further behind, Mackenzie is still slowly
closing the gap to third place Fogarty.

Lap twenty-three and Cadalora is still all over the rear of Rainey, not making a pass. The duo encounters
three more backmarkers - Andreas Meklau, Bruno Bonhuil and Cees Doorakkers. Doorakkers lets them by
before McLean's, with Bonhuil doing likewise at the short straight before Coppice. Meklau also lets them
pass at Starkey's Straight before The Esses.

On lap twenty-four, Mackenzie is still slowly closing in on Fogarty. Cadalora is still all over the rear of
Rainey but still not getting past.

Lap twenty-five and Rainey still leads, Cadalora still right behind him. No overtakes are made at the front.

On lap twenty-six, the top six is as follows: Rainey, Cadalora, Fogarty, Mackenzie, Ito and Beattie. By
now, Mackenzie has fully caught up to the back of Fogarty, the duo now having to pass the backmarkers
that Rainy and Cadalora have passed earlier.

Lap twenty-seven and Rainey has opened up a small gap to Rainey. He immediately closes this at the Old
Hairpin but still refuses to make a pass.

On lap twenty-eight, Cadalora has a moment exiting the Old Hairpin and going into Starkey's Bridge.
Exiting Coppice, it is then Rainey who has a moment but does not lose the position to Cadalora.

Lap twenty-nine, the penultimate lap, has started and the top six is as follows: Rainey, Cadalora, Fogarty,
Mackenzie, Ito and Beattie. He looks to be making a move at the exit of the Old Hairpin on the outside but
stays behind. However, entering Starkey's Bridge, Cadalora finally makes a move by going up the inside of
Rainey and taking over the lead under loud cheering from presumably Schwantz fans. Exiting Coppice, he
has opened up a small gap to Rainey, deciding to win the race and favouring his personal win over his
teammate's championship hunt. Team manager Kenny Roberts shakes his head after the Italian pulled the
move on Rainey.

As Cadalora crosses the line to start the final lap - lap thirty - the duo comes up to two more backmarkers,
this time being Thierry Criné and Laurent Naveau. Criné blocks him a tiny but at the exit of the Old
Hairpin, has a look and then notices Cadalora go past. Naveau also blocks the Italian at McLean's but
eventually manages to get by without losing too much time. Cadalora has no more troubles, even looking
behind him briefly at the straight before Goddards. He passes the last corner to cross the line with a wheelie
and take a dominant win over his teammate in his rookie season - his first in the 500cc class - followed by
Rainey in second position. It looks like Fogarty will take third place but exiting Goddards he runs out of
fuel and slows down, allowing Mackenzie to pip him at the line and take third place away from him.
Mackenzie finishes third, Fogarty fourth and Ito and Beattie finish in fifth and sixth place.

On the parade lap back to parc-fermé, Rainey congratulates Cadalora by shaking his hand whilst still on the
bike. Mackenzie celebrates in his own style by taking the alternative flag of Scotland and waving it proudly,
Fogarty talking to him as both have stopped on track. Both Cadalora and Rainey wave at the crowd, the
Italian throwing both his arms up in the air to celebrate.

The trio goes up to the podium and discuss the race, an exhausted but happy Cadalora receiving his winners
trophy. He lifts it up and covers his face with his hand, barely believing he has just won the race as the fans
applaud and cheer. Rainey receives his trophy next, followed by Mackenzie whom the crowd ecstatically
cheer on and clap for as a result. Cadalora then lifts his trophy up one more time before the Italian nation
anthem starts to play for him. As it stops and the champagne is handed out, the riders spray it into the crowd
and on each other afterwards.

Cadalora commented the following on his move:

"When I saw that Kevin was out and he didn't get point, I was thinking it was not big trouble,
because 20 points more for Wayne. That's good."[6]

Had Cadalora stayed in second, Rainey would be two points ahead of Schwantz and not three points
behind him with four rounds to go. Rainey had this to say on his decision to race this day despite his
problems:

""Being world champion was more important than anything. I couldn't live with myself giving
it away. It was terribly dangerous. There was no way I should have been racing. And I knew
it."[5]

Team manager Kenny Roberts had the following to say about Cadalora's win:
 "I'm very happy for Luca, because to win a 500 grand prix for Luca is fantastic. But, I have to
run the Marlboro Yamaha team, and for the team, it would have been better that Wayne won.
But, we have a lot of work to do before we win the world championship and I don't think this
is going to make a big difference and Wayne is very happy for Luca as well.[7]"

500 cc classification
Pos Rider Team Manufacturer Time/Retired Points
Marlboro Team
1 Luca Cadalora Yamaha 47:45.630 25
Roberts
Marlboro Team
2 Wayne Rainey Yamaha +3.312 20
Roberts
3 Niall Mackenzie Valvoline Team WCM ROC Yamaha +21.898 16
4 Carl Fogarty Cagiva Team Agostini Cagiva +22.238 13

HRC Rothmans
5 Shinichi Itoh Honda +36.151 11
Honda
Rothmans Honda
6 Daryl Beattie Honda +36.394 10
Team
Juan Lopez Lopez Mella Racing
7 ROC Yamaha +1:06.585 9
Mella Team

8 Renzo Colleoni Team Elit ROC Yamaha +1:10.731 8

Harris
9 John Reynolds Padgett's Motorcycles +1:16.010 7
Yamaha
Harris
10 Michael Rudroff Rallye Sport +1:21.152 6
Yamaha

11 James Haydon Team Great Britain ROC Yamaha +1:24.715 5

12 José Kuhn Euromoto Yamaha +1:33.544 4

13 Bernard Garcia Yamaha Motor France Yamaha +1:34.372 3

14 Ron Haslam Team ROC ROC Yamaha +1:34.590 2
15 Laurent Naveau Euro Team ROC Yamaha +1 Lap 1

16 Thierry Crine Ville de Paris ROC Yamaha +1 Lap

Austrian Racing
17 Andreas Meklau ROC Yamaha +1 Lap
Company

18 Bruno Bonhuil MTD Objectif 500 ROC Yamaha +1 Lap

Cees
19 Doorakkers Racing Harris Yamaha +1 Lap
Doorakkers
Peter Graves Racing
20 David Jefferies Harris Yamaha +1 Lap
Team
 Ret Serge David Team ROC ROC Yamaha Retirement

Ret Kevin Mitchell MBM Racing Harris Yamaha Retirement

Ret Mick Doohan Rothmans Honda Team Honda Retirement
Ret Andrew Stroud Team Harris Harris Yamaha Retirement
Ret Kevin Schwantz Lucky Strike Suzuki Suzuki Retirement

Ret Àlex Crivillé Marlboro Honda Pons Honda Retirement

Ret Sean Emmett Shell Team Harris Harris Yamaha Retirement
Ret Lucio Pedercini Team Pedercini ROC Yamaha Retirement

Jeremy
Ret Millar Racing Yamaha Retirement
McWilliams
Ret Alex Barros Lucky Strike Suzuki Suzuki Retirement

DNS Matthew Mladin Cagiva Team Agostini Cagiva Did not start
DNS Doug Chandler Cagiva Team Agostini Cagiva Did not start

Sources:[8][9]

250 cc classification
Pos Rider Manufacturer Time/Retired Points

1 Jean-Philippe Ruggia Aprilia 43:05.248 25

2 Loris Capirossi Honda +3.266 20

3 Loris Reggiani Aprilia +19.510 16

4 Pierfrancesco Chili Yamaha +35.138 13

5 Tadayuki Okada Honda +49.614 11

6 Max Biaggi Honda +1:14.134 10

7 Jochen Schmid Yamaha +1:14.948 9

8 Jean-Michel Bayle Aprilia +1:15.847 8

9 Patrick van den Goorbergh Aprilia +1:16.072 7

10 Eskil Suter Aprilia +1:16.328 6

11 Wilco Zeelenberg Aprilia +1:21.140 5

12 Frédéric Protat Aprilia +1:21.534 4

13 Paolo Casoli Gilera +1:27.766 3

14 Adrian Bosshard Honda +1:32.974 2

15 Bernard Haenggeli Aprilia +1:35.370 1

 16 Alessandro Gramigni Gilera +1:35.902
17 Bernd Kassner Aprilia +1 Lap

18 Juan Borja Honda +1 Lap

19 Nigel Bosworth Yamaha +1 Lap
20 Jean-Pierre Jeandat Aprilia +1 Lap

21 Volker Bähr Honda +1 Lap

22 Jurgen van den Goorbergh Aprilia +1 Lap

23 Luis Maurel Aprilia +1 Lap

24 Massimo Pennacchioli Honda +1 Lap

25 Carlos Checa Honda +5 Laps

Ret Alberto Puig Honda Retirement

Ret Paul Brown Honda Retirement
Ret Simon Crafar Suzuki Retirement

Ret Nobuatsu Aoki Honda Retirement

Ret Andreas Preining Aprilia Retirement

Ret Luis d'Antin Honda Retirement

Ret Pere Riba Honda Retirement

Ret Helmut Bradl Honda Retirement
Ret Tetsuya Harada Yamaha Retirement

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7. --Ibid.
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