1993 Czech Republic motorcycle Grand Prix

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The 1993 Czech Republic motorcycle Grand Prix was the eleventh round of the 1993 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 22nd August, 1993 at the Masaryk Circuit located in Brno, Czech Republic.

[edit] 500 cc race report

John Kocinski is given a Cagiva to ride after impressing them during testing.

Kevin Schwantz needs to do well, and very disappointingly, qualifies in the 2nd row. Kenny Roberts looks happy that Rainey qualifies in 1st, his first pole since 1991. Kocinski gives Cagiva one of their best qualifyings with 3rd on the grid.

Kocinski jump-starts but stops it immediately before the green light. Luca Cadalora gets the start from Rainey, Kocinski and Mick Doohan.

Rainey takes the front from Cadalora, Doohan, Kocinski, Shinichi Itoh and Daryl Beattie.

Team Roberts has found a good setting, because Rainey and Cadalora immediately open a gap.

Niall Mackenzie lowsides out.

Schwantz is struggling around 5th. He later admits that he tore some muscles in his shoulder in the Donington crash, and that it interfered with his riding.

Team orders don’t need to be remembered, because Rainey has disappeared into the distance. With 3 rounds left, Rainey has an 11-point lead on Schwantz.

[edit] 500cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Points
1	Wayne Rainey	Yamaha	45:39.002	25
2	Luca Cadalora	Yamaha	+7.770	20
3	Mick Doohan	Honda	+10.790	16
4	John Kocinski	Cagiva	+13.094	13
5	Kevin Schwantz	Suzuki	+27.090	11
6	Daryl Beattie	Honda	+27.276	10
7	Shinichi Itoh	Honda	+39.716	9
8	Alex Criville	Honda	+44.818	8
9	Doug Chandler	Cagiva	+55.844	7
10	Alex Barros	Suzuki	+1:01.696	6
11	Bernard Garcia	Yamaha	+1:20.048	5
12	John Reynolds	Harris Yamaha	+1:21.726	4
13	Michael Rudroff	Harris Yamaha	+1:21.904	3
14	Juan Lopez Mella	ROC Yamaha	+1:29.597	2
15	José Kuhn	Yamaha	+1:30.107	1
16	Jeremy McWilliams	Yamaha	+1:30.262
17	Renato Colleoni	ROC Yamaha	+1:57.096
18	Andreas Meklau	ROC Yamaha	+1 Lap
19	Alan Jeffery	Harris Yamaha	+1 Lap
20	Lucio Pedercini	ROC Yamaha	+1 Lap
21	Marco Papa	Harris Yamaha	+1 Lap
22	Bruno Bonhuil	ROC Yamaha	+1 Lap
Ret	Thierry Crine	ROC Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Niall Mackenzie	ROC Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Andrew Stroud	Harris Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Freddie Spencer	Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Sean Emmett	Harris Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Kevin Mitchell	Harris Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Cees Doorakkers	Harris Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Laurent Naveau	ROC Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Serge David	ROC Yamaha	Retirement

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