1991 European motorcycle Grand Prix

The 1991 European motorcycle Grand Prix was the eighth round of the 1991 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 14–16 June 1991 at the Circuito del Jarama.

  1991 European Grand Prix

Race details
Race 8 of 15 races in the 1991 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	16 June 1991
Official name	G.P. de Europa[1]
Location	Circuito del Jarama
Course	Permanent racing facility 3.404 km (2.115 mi)
500cc
Pole position Rider Kevin Schwantz Time 1:33.940 Fastest lap Rider Wayne Rainey Time 1:34.815 Podium First Wayne Rainey Second Mick Doohan Third Wayne Gardner
250cc
Pole position Rider Luca Cadalora Time 1:36.904 Fastest lap Rider Luca Cadalora Time 1:37.082 Podium First Luca Cadalora Second Helmut Bradl Third Carlos Cardús
125cc
Pole position Rider Ezio Gianola Time 1:43.224 Fastest lap Rider Loris Capirossi Time 1:43.221 Podium First Loris Capirossi Second Fausto Gresini Third Peter Öttl

500 cc race report

Kevin Schwantz on pole. Mick Doohan gets a very good start from Wayne Rainey, Wayne Gardner, Schwantz, Eddie Lawson and John Kocinski.

Doohan and Rainey pulling away; Rainey pulls a draft pass and starts dropping Doohan. Schwantz is drifting both tires and dramatically getting the bike sideways.

500 cc classification

Pos.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Points
1	Wayne Rainey	Marlboro Team Roberts	Yamaha	51:01.408	20
2	Mick Doohan	Rothmans Honda Team	Honda	+7.647	17
3	Wayne Gardner	Rothmans Honda Team	Honda	+25.917	15
4	Kevin Schwantz	Lucky Strike Suzuki	Suzuki	+33.315	13
5	John Kocinski	Marlboro Team Roberts	Yamaha	+40.316	11
6	Juan Garriga	Ducados Yamaha	Yamaha	+43.032	10
7	Jean Philippe Ruggia	Sonauto Yamaha Mobil 1	Yamaha	+48.202	9
8	Adrien Morillas	Sonauto Yamaha Mobil 1	Yamaha	+1:12.257	8
9	Doug Chandler	Roberts B Team	Yamaha	+1:17.265	7
10	Didier de Radiguès	Lucky Strike Suzuki	Suzuki	+1:17.750	6
11	Sito Pons	Campsa Honda Team	Honda	+1:18.120	5
12	Eddie Laycock	Millar Racing	Yamaha	+1 Lap	4
13	Cees Doorakkers	HEK-Baumachines	Honda	+2 Laps	3
14	Michael Rudroff	Rallye Sport	Honda	+2 Laps	2
15	Nicholas Schmassman	Schmassman Technotron	Honda	+2 Laps	1
16	Hans Becker	Team Romero Racing	Yamaha	+2 Laps
17	Josef Doppler	Doppler Racing	Yamaha	+2 Laps
Ret	Eddie Lawson	Cagiva Corse	Cagiva	Retirement
Ret	Damon Buckmaster	Padgett's Racing Team	Suzuki	Retirement
Ret	Marco Papa	Cagiva Corse	Cagiva	Retirement
Ret	Andreas Leuthe	Librenti Corse	Suzuki	Retirement
Sources:[2][3]