# 1993 Austrian motorcycle Grand Prix

The 1993 Austrian motorcycle Grand Prix was the fifth round of the 1993 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 16 May 1993 at the Salzburgring.

## 500 cc race report

Mick Doohan’s rear brake is now operated by a thumb-lever on the left side. This is to compensate for not being able to use the right foot lever because of injuries from Assen '92.
Kevin Schwantz’ 5th pole in a row. Luca Cadalora takes the start from Doug Chandler, Doohan, Alex Barros and Schwantz.
Wayne Rainey and Schwantz start swapping 4th position.
Doohan into 1st, but Schwantz takes over the lead, then it's a gap back to Rainey and Barros. Rainey is happy with his third place after chatter and clutch trouble and having qualified 1.3 seconds behind Schwantz.

## 500cc classification

| Pos. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Time/Retired | Points |
| 1 | Kevin Schwantz | Lucky Strike Suzuki | Suzuki | 38:15.613 | 25 |
| 2 | Mick Doohan | Rothmans Honda Team | Honda | +0.493 | 20 |
| 3 | Wayne Rainey | Marlboro Team Roberts | Yamaha | +4.892 | 16 |
| 4 | Alex Barros | Lucky Strike Suzuki | Suzuki | +4.954 | 13 |
| 5 | Luca Cadalora | Marlboro Team Roberts | Yamaha | +16.550 | 11 |
| 6 | Shinichi Itoh | HRC Rothmans Honda | Honda | +22.595 | 10 |
| 7 | Daryl Beattie | Rothmans Honda Team | Honda | +28.110 | 9 |
| 8 | Doug Chandler | Cagiva Team Agostini | Cagiva | +38.559 | 8 |
| 9 | José Kuhn | Euromoto | ROC Yamaha | +1:17.751 | 7 |
| 10 | Matthew Mladin | Cagiva Team Agostini | Cagiva | +1:17.820 | 6 |
| 11 | Niall Mackenzie | Valvoline Team WCM | ROC Yamaha | +1:17.920 | 5 |
| 12 | Laurent Naveau | Euro Team | ROC Yamaha | +1 Lap | 4 |
| 13 | Juan Lopez Mella | Lopez Mella Racing Team | ROC Yamaha | +1 Lap | 3 |
| 14 | John Reynolds | Padgett's Motorcycles | Harris Yamaha | +1 Lap | 2 |
| 15 | Tsutomu Udagawa | Team Udagawa | ROC Yamaha | +1 Lap | 1 |
| 16 | Sean Emmett | Shell Team Harris | Harris Yamaha | +1 Lap | |
| 17 | Michael Rudroff | Rallye Sport | Harris Yamaha | +1 Lap | |
| 18 | Simon Crafar | Peter Graves Racing Team | Harris Yamaha | +1 Lap | |
| 19 | Thierry Crine | Ville de Paris | ROC Yamaha | +1 Lap | |
| 20 | Jeremy McWilliams | Millar Racing | Yamaha | +1 Lap | |
| 21 | Renato Colleoni | Team Elit | ROC Yamaha | +1 Lap | |
| 22 | Bruno Bonhuil | MTD Objectif 500 | ROC Yamaha | +1 Lap | |
| 23 | Bernard Garcia | Yamaha Motor France | Yamaha | +1 Lap | |
| 24 | Andreas Meklau | Austrian Racing Company | ROC Yamaha | +1 Lap | |
| 25 | Marco Papa | Librenti Corse | Librenti | +2 Laps | |
| Ret | Serge David | Team ROC | ROC Yamaha | Retirement | |
| Ret | Kevin Mitchell | MBM Racing | Harris Yamaha | Retirement | |
| Ret | Alan Scott | Team Harris | Harris Yamaha | Retirement | |
| Ret | Cees Doorakkers | Doorakkers Racing | Harris Yamaha | Retirement | |
| Ret | Lucio Pedercini | Team Pedercini | ROC Yamaha | Retirement | |
| Ret | Àlex Crivillé | Marlboro Honda Pons | Honda | Retirement | |
| Ret | Corrado Catalano | Team ROC | ROC Yamaha | Retirement | |
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## 250cc classification

| Pos | Rider | Manufacturer | Time/Retired | Points |
| 1 | Doriano Romboni | Honda | 35:48.648 | 25 |
| 2 | Loris Capirossi | Honda | +0.050 | 20 |
| 3 | Helmut Bradl | Honda | +0.407 | 16 |
| 4 | Loris Reggiani | Aprilia | +14.888 | 13 |
| 5 | Max Biaggi | Honda | +15.051 | 11 |
| 6 | Tetsuya Harada | Yamaha | +15.105 | 10 |
| 7 | John Kocinski | Suzuki | +26.254 | 9 |
| 8 | Pierfrancesco Chili | Yamaha | +26.320 | 8 |
| 9 | Alberto Puig | Honda | +31.846 | 7 |
| 10 | Andreas Preining | Aprilia | +32.287 | 6 |
| 11 | Eskil Suter | Aprilia | +47.428 | 5 |
| 12 | Luis d'Antin | Honda | +1:01.330 | 4 |
| 13 | Adrian Bosshard | Honda | +1:01.439 | 3 |
| 14 | Jochen Schmid | Yamaha | +1:01.692 | 2 |
| 15 | Patrick vd Goorbergh | Aprilia | +1:01.815 | 1 |
| 16 | Luis Maurel | Aprilia | +1 Lap | |
| 17 | Jean-Michel Bayle | Aprilia | +1 Lap | |
| 18 | Alessandro Gramigni | Gilera | +1 Lap | |
| 19 | Jean-Pierre Jeandat | Aprilia | +1 Lap | |
| 20 | Jurgen vd Goorbergh | Aprilia | +1 Lap | |
| 21 | Massimo Pennacchioli | Honda | +1 Lap | |
| 22 | Gabriele Debbia | Honda | +1 Lap | |
| Ret | Jean-Philippe Ruggia | Aprilia | Retirement | |
| Ret | Bernd Kassner | Aprilia | Retirement | |
| Ret | Nobuatsu Aoki | Honda | Retirement | |
| Ret | Paolo Casoli | Gilera | Retirement | |
| Ret | Tadayuki Okada | Honda | Retirement | |
| Ret | Volker Bähr | Honda | Retirement | |
| Ret | Hannes Maxwald | Aprilia | Retirement | |
| Ret | Bernard Haenggeli | Aprilia | Retirement | |
| Ret | Juan Borja | Honda | Retirement | |
| Ret | Frédéric Protat | Aprilia | Retirement | |
| Ret | Wilco Zeelenberg | Aprilia | Retirement | |
| DNS | Alexander Witting | Aprilia | Did not start | |