# 1991 Austrian motorcycle Grand Prix

The 1991 Austrian motorcycle Grand Prix was the seventh round of the 1991 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 7–9 June 1991 at the Salzburgring.

## 500 cc race report

Mick Doohan dominates qualifying with more than a second under Kevin Schwantz in 2nd place.
At the start, Wayne Rainey gets the first turn from Wayne Gardner, Doohan and John Kocinski. Doohan gets past Gardner and he and Rainey start forming a gap at the front. Kocinski starts putting pressure on Gardner.
Doohan takes the lead, with Rainey doing everything he can to stay in contact. Schwantz starts moving through the field. It ends in that order.
Schwantz complains that with two laps to go, Gardner almost pushed him into a barrier, and there are heated words after the race.

## 500 cc classification

| Pos. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Grid | Points |
| 1 | Mick Doohan | Rothmans Honda Team | Honda | 29 | 38:03.841 | 1 | 20 |
| 2 | Wayne Rainey | Marlboro Team Roberts | Yamaha | 29 | +0.185 | 3 | 17 |
| 3 | Kevin Schwantz | Lucky Strike Suzuki | Suzuki | 29 | +15.625 | 2 | 15 |
| 4 | Wayne Gardner | Rothmans Honda Team | Honda | 29 | +15.827 | 4 | 13 |
| 5 | Eddie Lawson | Cagiva Corse | Cagiva | 29 | +38.688 | 6 | 11 |
| 6 | Juan Garriga | Ducados Yamaha | Yamaha | 29 | +59.489 | 8 | 10 |
| 7 | Doug Chandler | Roberts B Team | Yamaha | 29 | +1:13.608 | 9 | 9 |
| 8 | Didier de Radiguès | Lucky Strike Suzuki | Suzuki | 28 | +1 lap | 7 | 8 |
| 9 | John Kocinski | Marlboro Team Roberts | Yamaha | 28 | +1 lap | 5 | 7 |
| 10 | Eddie Laycock | Millar Racing | Yamaha | 28 | +1 lap | 11 | 6 |
| 11 | Michael Rudroff | Rallye Sport | Honda | 27 | +2 laps | 13 | 5 |
| 12 | Marco Papa | Cagiva Corse | Cagiva | 27 | +2 laps | 12 | 4 |
| Ret | Adrien Morillas | Sonauto Yamaha Mobil 1 | Yamaha | 4 | Retired | 10 | |
| DNQ | Cees Doorakkers | HEK-Baumachines | Honda | | Did not qualify | | |
| DNQ | Sepp Doppler | Doppler Racing | Yamaha | | Did not qualify | | |
| DNQ | Hans Becker | Team Romero Racing | Yamaha | | Did not qualify | | |
| DNQ | Helmut Schutz | Rallye Sport | Honda | | Did not qualify | | |
| DNQ | Andreas Leuthe | Librenti Corse | Suzuki | | Did not qualify | | |
| DNQ | Nicolas Schmassman | Schmassman Technotron | Honda | | Did not qualify | | |
| DNQ | Martin Trösch | MT Racing | Honda | | Did not qualify | | |
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## 250 cc classification

| Pos | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Grid | Points |
| 1 | Helmut Bradl | Honda | 24 | 33:23.857 | 1 | 20 |
| 2 | Carlos Cardús | Honda | 24 | +7.818 | 3 | 17 |
| 3 | Wilco Zeelenberg | Honda | 24 | +8.157 | 5 | 15 |
| 4 | Pierfrancesco Chili | Aprilia | 24 | +9.054 | 2 | 13 |
| 5 | Luca Cadalora | Honda | 24 | +18.878 | 7 | 11 |
| 6 | Masahiro Shimizu | Honda | 24 | +32.197 | 9 | 10 |
| 7 | Jochen Schmid | Honda | 24 | +36.707 | 10 | 9 |
| 8 | Loris Reggiani | Aprilia | 24 | +48.198 | 6 | 8 |
| 9 | Àlex Crivillé | JJ Cobas | 24 | +1:03.281 | 8 | 7 |
| 10 | Stefan Prein | Honda | 24 | +1:03.387 | 14 | 6 |
| 11 | Paolo Casoli | Yamaha | 24 | +1:08.090 | 11 | 5 |
| 12 | Harald Eckl | Aprilia | 24 | +1:20.874 | | 4 |
| 13 | Martin Wimmer | Suzuki | 24 | +1:21.043 | 12 | 3 |
| 14 | Erkka Korpiaho | Aprilia | 24 | +1:21.234 | | 2 |
| 15 | Corrado Catalano | Honda | 24 | +1:22.801 | | 1 |
| 16 | Fausto Ricci | Yamaha | 24 | +1:23.529 | | |
| 17 | Eskil Suter | Aprilia | 24 | +1:40.552 | | |
| 18 | Jaime Mariano | Aprilia | 23 | +1 lap | | |
| 19 | Stefano Pennese | Aprilia | 23 | +1 lap | | |
| 20 | Bernd Kassner | Yamaha | 23 | +1 lap | | |
| 21 | Katsuyoshi Kozono | Honda | 23 | +1 lap | | |
| 22 | Bernard Hänggeli | Aprilia | 23 | +1 lap | | |
| 23 | Patrick van der Goorbergh | Yamaha | 23 | +1 lap | | |
| 24 | Renato Colleoni | Aprilia | 23 | +1 lap | | |
| 25 | Renzo Colleoni | Aprilia | 23 | +1 lap | | |
| 26 | Ian Newton | Yamaha | 23 | +1 lap | | |
| 27 | Jean Foray | Yamaha | 23 | +1 lap | | |
| 28 | Wayne Doran | Yamaha | 23 | +1 lap | | |
| Ret | Urs Jucker | Yamaha | 23 | Retired | | |
| Ret | Andreas Preining | Aprilia | 18 | Retired | 4 | |
| Ret | Jean-Pierre Jeandat | Honda | 10 | Retired | | |
| Ret | Peter Linden | Honda | 8 | Retired | | |
| Ret | Doriano Romboni | Honda | 5 | Retired | 13 | |
| Ret | Frédéric Protat | Aprilia | 4 | Retired | | |
| Ret | Marcellino Lucchi | Aprilia | 2 | Retired | 15 | |
| DNS | Carlos Lavado | Yamaha | | | | |
| DNS | Kevin Mitchell | Yamaha | | | | |

## 125 cc classification

| Pos | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Grid | Points |
| 1 | Fausto Gresini | Honda | 22 | 33:47.096 | 5 | 20 |
| 2 | Ralf Waldmann | Honda | 22 | +0.048 | 1 | 17 |
| 3 | Noboru Ueda | Honda | 22 | +0.452 | 6 | 15 |
| 4 | Dirk Raudies | Honda | 22 | +1.427 | 7 | 13 |
| 5 | Hans Spaan | Honda | 22 | +1.580 | 9 | 11 |
| 6 | Loris Capirossi | Honda | 22 | +3.609 | 2 | 10 |
| 7 | Jorge Martínez | Honda | 22 | +3.800 | | 9 |
| 8 | Adolf Stadler | JJ Cobas | 22 | +3.834 | 8 | 8 |
| 9 | Heinz Lüthi | Honda | 22 | +4.287 | 4 | 7 |
| 10 | Peter Öttl | Rotax | 22 | +7.017 | 11 | 6 |
| 11 | Alessandro Gramigni | Aprilia | 22 | +29.176 | 10 | 5 |
| 12 | Nobuyuki Wakai | Honda | 22 | +29.231 | | 4 |
| 13 | Olivier Petrucciani | Aprilia | 22 | +29.288 | | 3 |
| 14 | Maurizio Vitali | Gazzaniga | 22 | +29.538 | | 2 |
| 15 | Alain Bronec | Honda | 22 | +29.620 | | 1 |
| 16 | Julián Miralles | JJ Cobas | 22 | +30.405 | | |
| 17 | Gimmi Bosio | Honda | 22 | +30.532 | | |
| 18 | Herri Torrontegui | JJ Cobas | 22 | +30.597 | | |
| 19 | Hisashi Unemoto | Honda | 22 | +30.747 | | |
| 20 | Luis Alvaro | Derbi | 22 | +30.797 | | |
| 21 | Gabriele Debbia | Aprilia | 22 | +30.993 | 3 | |
| 22 | Ezio Gianola | Derbi | 22 | +51.228 | 13 | |
| 23 | Peter Galvin | Honda | 22 | +53.468 | | |
| 24 | Ian McConnachie | Honda | 22 | +53.568 | | |
| 25 | Johnny Wickström | Honda | 22 | +53.896 | | |
| 26 | Alfred Waibel | Honda | 22 | +54.289 | 15 | |
| 27 | Steve Patrickson | Honda | 22 | +54.489 | | |
| 28 | Jos van Dongen | Honda | 22 | +56.592 | | |
| 29 | Wolfgang Fritz | Honda | 22 | +1:33.788 | | |
| 30 | Kinya Wada | Honda | 21 | +1 lap | | |
| 31 | Emilio Cuppini | Gazzaniga | 18 | +4 laps | | |
| Ret | Thierry Feuz | Honda | 21 | Retired | | |
| Ret | Bruno Casanova | Honda | 14 | Retired | 12 | |
| Ret | Serafino Foti | Honda | 12 | Retired | | |
| Ret | Arie Molenaar | Honda | 10 | Retired | | |
| Ret | Kazuto Sakata | Honda | 9 | Retired | 14 | |
| DNQ | Stefan Kurfiss | Honda | | | | |
| DNQ | Manuel Hernández | Honda | | | | |
| DNQ | Robin Appleyard | Honda | | | | |
| DNQ | Hans Koopman | Honda | | | | |
| DNQ | Janez Pintar | Honda | | | | |
| DNQ | Stefan Brägger | Honda | | | | |
| DNQ | Alan Patterson | Honda | | | | |
| DNQ | René Dünki | Honda | | | | |
| DNQ | Hubert Abold | Honda | | | | |
| DNQ | Taru Rinne | Honda | | | | |
| DNQ | Jean-Claude Selini | Honda | | | | |

## Sidecar classification

| Pos | Rider | Passenger | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | Steve Webster | Gavin Simmons | Krauser | 22 | 31:43.039 | 1 | 20 |
| 2 | Rolf Biland | Kurt Waltisperg | LCR-ADM | 22 | +15.773 | 3 | 17 |
| 3 | Masato Kumano | Eckhart Rösinger | LCR-Yamaha | 22 | +16.174 | | 15 |
| 4 | Klaus Klaffenböck | Christian Parzer | LCR | 22 | +16.511 | 9 | 13 |
| 5 | Paul Güdel | Charly Güdel | LCR-Krauser | 22 | +16.735 | 5 | 11 |
| 6 | Steve Abbott | Shaun Smith | LCR-Krauser | 22 | +17.141 | | 10 |
| 7 | Ralph Bohnhorst | Bruno Hiller | Bohnhorst | 22 | +18.107 | 11 | 9 |
| 8 | Egbert Streuer | Peter Essaff | LCR-Yamaha | 22 | +30.693 | 10 | 8 |
| 9 | Derek Brindley | Nick Roche | LCR | 22 | +50.156 | | 7 |
| 10 | Theo van Kempen | Jan Kuyt | LCR-Krauser | 22 | +51.465 | 13 | 6 |
| 11 | René Progin | Gary Irlam | LCR | 22 | +51.594 | 12 | 5 |
| 12 | Werner Kraus | Thomas Schröder | ADM | 22 | +53.107 | | 4 |
| 13 | Markus Bösiger | Peter Markwalder | LCR-ADM | 22 | +57.867 | | 3 |
| 14 | Gary Thomas | Michel van Puyvelde | Krauser | 22 | +59.430 | | 2 |
| 15 | Darren Dixon | Sean Dixon | LCR-Krauser | 22 | +1:27.816 | 15 | 1 |
| 16 | Markus Egloff | Urs Egloff | Yamaha | 22 | +1:30.638 | 4 | |
| 17 | Jos van Stekelenburg | Rinie Bettgens | LCR | 21 | +1 lap | | |
| Ret | Barry Smith | David Smith | Windle-ADM | 10 | Retired | | |
| Ret | Yoshisada Kumagaya | Bryan Houghton | Krauser | 8 | Retired | 7 | |
| Ret | Tony Wyssen | Killian Wyssen | LCR-Krauser | 7 | Retired | 6 | |
| Ret | Tony Baker | Simon Prior | LCR-Krauser | 4 | Retired | | |
| Ret | Alain Michel | Simon Birchall | Krauser | 0 | Retired | 2 | |
| Ret | Alfred Zurbrügg | Martin Zurbrügg | LCR-Yamaha | 0 | Retired | 14 | |
| DNS | Barry Brindley | Trevor Hopkinson | LCR-Yamaha | | | 8 | |
| DNQ | Hans Hügli | Adolf Hänni | LCR | | | | |
| DNQ | Peter Lemstra | Guy Scott | LCR | | | | |
| DNQ | Billy Gällros | Peter Berglund | LCR | | | | |
| DNQ | Reiner Kosta | Jurg Egli | Yamaha | | | | |