# 1993 Australian motorcycle Grand Prix

The 1993 Australian motorcycle Grand Prix was the first round of the 1993 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 28 March 1993 at Eastern Creek Raceway.

## 500 cc race report

Beattie and Chandler get a small gap, then Beattie starts pulling away.
Schwantz, Chandler, Rainey are closing on Beattie. Doohan goes out with a mechanical. Freddie Spencer crashes out hard.
Schwantz arrives and passes into 1st. Rainey, desperate to get to the leaders, brushes Chandler's front tire with his knee as he passes into 2nd, then passes Schwantz for 1st, but cannot hold him off.

## 500 cc classification

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 34 | Kevin Schwantz | Lucky Strike Suzuki | Suzuki | 30 | 46:21.885 | 1 | 25 |
| 2 | 1 | Wayne Rainey | Marlboro Team Roberts | Yamaha | 30 | +3.118 | 2 | 20 |
| 3 | 5 | Doug Chandler | Cagiva Team Agostini | Cagiva | 30 | +6.111 | 4 | 16 |
| 4 | 4 | Daryl Beattie | Rothmans Honda Team | Honda | 30 | +12.430 | 3 | 13 |
| 5 | 9 | Alex Barros | Lucky Strike Suzuki | Suzuki | 30 | +36.435 | 7 | 11 |
| 6 | 8 | Àlex Crivillé | Marlboro Honda Pons | Honda | 30 | +36.672 | 5 | 10 |
| 7 | 6 | Shinichi Itoh | HRC Rothmans Honda | Honda | 30 | +39.192 | 6 | 9 |
| 8 | 7 | Luca Cadalora | Marlboro Team Roberts | Yamaha | 30 | +52.962 | 10 | 8 |
| 9 | 12 | Mat Mladin | Cagiva Team Agostini | Cagiva | 30 | +1:16.298 | 12 | 7 |
| 10 | 11 | Niall Mackenzie | Valvoline Team WCM | ROC Yamaha | 30 | +1:20.844 | 13 | 6 |
| 11 | 21 | Laurent Naveau | Euro Team | ROC Yamaha | 29 | +1 Lap | 24 | 5 |
| 12 | 18 | Bernard Garcia | Yamaha Motor France | Yamaha | 29 | +1 Lap | 18 | 4 |
| 13 | 32 | José Kuhn | Euromoto | ROC Yamaha | 29 | +1 Lap | 17 | 3 |
| 14 | 15 | Tsutomu Udagawa | Team Udagawa | ROC Yamaha | 29 | +1 Lap | 15 | 2 |
| 15 | 23 | Serge David | Team ROC | ROC Yamaha | 29 | +1 Lap | 22 | 1 |
| 16 | 29 | Sean Emmett | Shell Team Harris | Harris Yamaha | 29 | +1 Lap | 26 | |
| 17 | 27 | Renato Colleoni | Team Elit | ROC Yamaha | 29 | +1 Lap | 25 | |
| 18 | 36 | Lucio Pedercini | Team Pedercini | ROC Yamaha | 29 | +1 Lap | 27 | |
| 19 | 33 | Andreas Meklau | Austrian Racing Company | ROC Yamaha | 29 | +1 Lap | 30 | |
| 20 | 35 | Jean Luc Romanens | Argus Racing Team | ROC Yamaha | 28 | +2 Laps | 31 | |
| 21 | 24 | Cees Doorakkers | Doorakkers Racing | Harris Yamaha | 28 | +2 Laps | 32 | |
| 22 | 44 | Alan Scott | Team Harris | Harris Yamaha | 27 | +3 Laps | 33 | |
| 23 | 13 | Toshiyuki Arakaki | Team ROC | ROC Yamaha | 25 | +5 Laps | 21 | |
| Ret | 46 | Peter Goddard | Lucky Strike Suzuki | Suzuki | 28 | Retirement | 9 | |
| Ret | 30 | Juan Lopez Mella | Lopez Mella Racing Team | ROC Yamaha | 27 | Retirement | 19 | |
| Ret | 16 | Michael Rudroff | Rallye Sport | Harris Yamaha | 25 | Retirement | 16 | |
| Ret | 19 | Freddie Spencer | Yamaha Motor France | Yamaha | 19 | Retirement | 11 | |
| Ret | 22 | Kevin Mitchell | MBM Racing | Harris Yamaha | 18 | Retirement | 20 | |
| Ret | 2 | Mick Doohan | Rothmans Honda Team | Honda | 17 | Retirement | 8 | |
| Ret | 25 | Thierry Crine | Ville de Paris | ROC Yamaha | 8 | Retirement | 29 | |
| Ret | 28 | John Reynolds | Padgett's Motorcycles | Harris Yamaha | 8 | Retirement | 14 | |
| Ret | 20 | Jeremy McWilliams | Millar Racing | Yamaha | 7 | Retirement | 23 | |
| Ret | 14 | Marco Papa | Librenti Corse | Librenti | 4 | Retirement | 34 | |
| Ret | 31 | Bruno Bonhuil | MTD Objectif 500 | ROC Yamaha | 4 | Retirement | 28 | |
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## 250 cc classification

| Pos | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 31 | Tetsuya Harada | Yamaha | 28 | 43:57.049 | 3 | 25 |
| 2 | 19 | John Kocinski | Suzuki | 28 | +0.030 | 4 | 20 |
| 3 | 5 | Max Biaggi | Honda | 28 | +6.160 | 2 | 16 |
| 4 | 18 | Tadayuki Okada | Honda | 28 | +9.597 | 9 | 13 |
| 5 | 14 | Nobuatsu Aoki | Honda | 28 | +9.599 | 5 | 11 |
| 6 | 8 | Carlos Cardús | Honda | 28 | +9.946 | 7 | 10 |
| 7 | 10 | Doriano Romboni | Honda | 28 | +10.569 | 6 | 9 |
| 8 | 4 | Helmut Bradl | Honda | 28 | +13.571 | 10 | 8 |
| 9 | 17 | Jean-Philippe Ruggia | Aprilia | 28 | +19.507 | 11 | 7 |
| 10 | 3 | Pierfrancesco Chili | Yamaha | 28 | +19.949 | 14 | 6 |
| 11 | 11 | Wilco Zeelenberg | Aprilia | 28 | +32.632 | 8 | 5 |
| 12 | 7 | Jochen Schmid | Yamaha | 28 | +56.034 | 12 | 4 |
| 13 | 6 | Alberto Puig | Honda | 28 | +57.581 | 20 | 3 |
| 14 | 13 | Loris Reggiani | Aprilia | 28 | +57.996 | 13 | 2 |
| 15 | 28 | Adrian Bosshard | Honda | 28 | +1:06.575 | 15 | 1 |
| 16 | 21 | Paolo Casoli | Gilera | 28 | +1:08.841 | 18 | |
| 17 | 25 | Jurgen van den Goorbergh | Aprilia | 28 | +1:19.138 | 24 | |
| 18 | 51 | Jean-Pierre Jeandat | Aprilia | 28 | +1:21.333 | 21 | |
| 19 | 44 | Jean-Michel Bayle | Aprilia | 28 | +1:27.160 | 29 | |
| 20 | 26 | Bernd Kassner | Aprilia | 28 | +1:27.625 | 30 | |
| 21 | 15 | Noboyuki Wakai | Suzuki | 28 | +1:31.277 | 17 | |
| 22 | 47 | Rene Bongers | Honda | 27 | +1 lap | 34 | |
| 23 | 12 | Gabriele Debbia | Honda | 27 | +1 lap | 33 | |
| 24 | 43 | Massimo Pennacchioli | Honda | 26 | +2 laps | 36 | |
| Ret | 27 | Frédéric Protat | Aprilia | 26 | Retirement | 28 | |
| Ret | 16 | Andreas Preining | Aprilia | 22 | Retirement | 22 | |
| Ret | 22 | Luis Maurel | Aprilia | 20 | Retirement | 32 | |
| Ret | 65 | Loris Capirossi | Honda | 17 | Retirement | 1 | |
| Ret | 23 | Bernard Haenggeli | Aprilia | 17 | Retirement | 25 | |
| Ret | 30 | Juan Borja | Honda | 12 | Retirement | 27 | |
| Ret | 24 | Patrick van den Goorbergh | Aprilia | 5 | Retirement | 26 | |
| Ret | 39 | Alessandro Gramigni | Gilera | 5 | Retirement | 19 | |
| Ret | 34 | Luis d'Antin | Honda | 2 | Retirement | 16 | |
| Ret | 20 | Eskil Suter | Aprilia | 2 | Retirement | 23 | |
| Ret | 32 | Volker Bähr | Honda | 0 | Retirement | 35 | |
| Ret | 46 | Steven Whitehouse | Yamaha | 0 | Retirement | 31 | |