1993 Italian motorcycle Grand Prix

  1993 Nations Grand Prix

Race details
Race 12 of 14 races in the 1993 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	5 September 1993
Location	Circuito Internazionale Santa Monica
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.060 km (2.523 mi)
500 cc
Pole position
Rider	Luca Cadalora
Time	1:33.661
Fastest lap
Rider	Mick Doohan
Time	1:34.289
Podium
First	Luca Cadalora
Second	Mick Doohan
Third	Kevin Schwantz
250 cc
Pole position
Rider	Max Biaggi
Time	1:35.804
Fastest lap
Rider	Tetsuya Harada
Time	1:35.782
Podium
First	Jean-Philippe Ruggia
Second	Loris Capirossi
Third	Loris Reggiani
125 cc
Pole position
Rider	Kazuto Sakata
Time	1:40.784
Fastest lap
Rider	Dirk Raudies
Time	1:41.088
Podium
First	Dirk Raudies
Second	Kazuto Sakata
Third	Peter Öttl

The 1993 Italian motorcycle Grand Prix was the twelfth race of the 1993 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 5 September 1993 at the Circuito Internazionale Santa Monica.

500 cc race report

Luca Cadalora received his first pole of the season at his home race, sending the Italian press into a frenzy. He managed 7 more poles in his 500 career. Cadalora got lead at the start from Wayne Rainey and John Kocinski. Kevin Schwantz passed Kocinski and he closed in 3rd. Rainey rode aggressively, qualified .021 seconds behind Cadalora.

Rainey, in the lead, went through the fast right-hander and got on the gas too early. The back end of his bike went out of control, causing him to lowside. As he slid off the track, the deep furrows in the gravel somersaulted him end-over-end and he landed heavily on his head. He was helicoptered away from circuit with a broken spine.

“I laid there in the sandtrap. The pain I was feeling was ... unbelievable. It felt like there was a hole in the middle of my chest.”

— ^[1]

Mick Doohan got past Schwantz to catch Cadalora, but was unable to pass him. The Italian fans swarm the track when Cadalora won.

That was the last race of the former champion Freddie Spencer.

After the race

Tad Pilati of the Roberts team said of Rainey:

“There’s no feeling from the center of his chest down. He’s being held at a hospital near Rimini. He’s in stable condition, and the next 48 hours are going to tell us everything.”

— ^[2]

Rainey would be paralysed from the chest down, and never walk again. He stayed in motorcycle racing in management roles, and has raced in a hand-control shifter kart, often with his motorcycle racing rival Eddie Lawson. Rainey has raced the shifter kart exhibition race held at Red Bull United States Grand Prix, which features motorcycle racing legends.

Grand Prix motorcycle racing did not return to Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli until 2007, which had been modified and the circuit rerouted clockwise.

500 cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Points
1	Luca Cadalora	Yamaha	45:59.165	25
2	Mick Doohan	Honda	+0.358	20
3	Kevin Schwantz	Suzuki	+8.016	16
4	John Kocinski	Cagiva	+16.299	13
5	Alex Barros	Suzuki	+42.135	11
6	Àlex Crivillé	Honda	+42.422	10
7	Daryl Beattie	Honda	+42.500	9
8	Shinichi Itoh	Honda	+49.983	8
9	Niall Mackenzie	ROC Yamaha	+50.727	7
10	Doug Chandler	Cagiva	+1:04.439	6
11	John Reynolds	Harris Yamaha	+1:15.487	5
12	Juan Lopez Mella	ROC Yamaha	+1:22.459	4
13	Bernard Garcia	Yamaha	+1:22.708	3
14	Freddie Spencer	Yamaha	+1:28.647	2
15	Michael Rudroff	Harris Yamaha	+1:39.303	1
16	José Kuhn	Yamaha	+1 Lap
17	Lucio Pedercini	ROC Yamaha	+1 Lap
18	Andrew Stroud	Harris Yamaha	+1 Lap
19	Jeremy McWilliams	Yamaha	+1 Lap
20	Renato Colleoni	ROC Yamaha	+1 Lap
21	Laurent Naveau	ROC Yamaha	+1 Lap
22	David Jefferies	Harris Yamaha	+1 Lap
23	Tsutomu Udagawa	ROC Yamaha	+1 Lap
24	Andreas Meklau	ROC Yamaha	+1 Lap
25	Bruno Bonhuil	ROC Yamaha	+2 Laps
26	Romolo Balbi	ROC Yamaha	+2 Laps
Ret	Matthew Mladin	Cagiva	Retirement
Ret	Sean Emmett	Harris Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Serge David	ROC Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Aldeo Presciutti	ROC Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Cees Doorakkers	Harris Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Wayne Rainey	Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Marco Papa	Harris Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Kevin Mitchell	Harris Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Thierry Crine	ROC Yamaha	Retirement

250 cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Points
1	Jean-Philippe Ruggia	Aprilia	43:39.138	25
2	Loris Capirossi	Honda	+10.425	20
3	Loris Reggiani	Aprilia	+24.452	16
4	Helmut Bradl	Honda	+25.596	13
5	Alberto Puig	Honda	+25.638	11
6	Nobuatsu Aoki	Honda	+25.739	10
7	Tadayuki Okada	Honda	+25.982	9
8	Pierfrancesco Chili	Yamaha	+27.520	8
9	Wilco Zeelenberg	Aprilia	+33.500	7
10	Jochen Schmid	Yamaha	+38.913	6
11	Simon Crafar	Suzuki	+43.550	5
12	Paolo Casoli	Gilera	+1:03.766	4
13	Andreas Preining	Aprilia	+1:08.507	3
14	Patrick vd Goorbergh	Aprilia	+1:08.849	2
15	Adrian Bosshard	Honda	+1:09.464	1
16	Bernard Haenggeli	Aprilia	+1:19.877
17	Pere Riba	Honda	+1:20.046
18	Giuseppe Fiorillo	Aprilia	+1:24.341
19	Jean-Michel Bayle	Aprilia	+1:29.972
20	Carlos Checa	Honda	+1:31.648
21	Bernd Kassner	Aprilia	+1:31.901
22	Volker Bähr	Honda	+1 Lap
23	Davide Bulega	Aprilia	+1 Lap
Ret	Frédéric Protat	Aprilia	Retirement
Ret	Tetsuya Harada	Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Max Biaggi	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Luis Maurel	Aprilia	Retirement
Ret	Massimo Pennacchioli	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Jean-Pierre Jeandat	Aprilia	Retirement
Ret	Alessandro Gramigni	Gilera	Retirement
Ret	Doriano Romboni	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Luis d'Antin	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Jurgen vd Goorbergh	Aprilia	Retirement
Ret	Eskil Suter	Aprilia	Retirement
Ret	Juan Borja	Honda	Retirement

References

1. ↑ Scott, Michael. Wayne Rainey: His Own Story. Page 186. Sparkford: Haynes Publishing, 1997.
2. ↑ Duke Video, “Bike 500 GP 1993 Review”. Videocassette.