# 1993 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix

The 1993 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix was the fourth round of the 1993 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 2 May 1993 at the Circuito de Jerez.
The weekend was marred by a practice accident which resulted in the death of Japanese rider Nobuyuki Wakai after he had struck a spectator who had entered the pit lane without authorization.

## 500 cc race report

Kevin Schwantz’ 4th pole in 4 races.
Wayne Rainey takes the start from Schwantz and Alex Barros.
Schwantz and Rainey get a gap from Àlex Crivillé, Mick Doohan, with Barros closing.
Barros up to 3rd, and then arrives to Schwantz and Rainey.
Schwantz waves his teammate Barros through to 2nd, then Barros takes the lead from Rainey.
Barros and Schwantz get a gap, but Schwantz makes a mistake and goes into the grass. He saves it and remains in 2nd.
Barros in 1st and has a large lead with a couple of laps to go, but lowsides out of the race.

## 500 cc classification

| Pos. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | Kevin Schwantz | Lucky Strike Suzuki | Suzuki | 47:39.627 | 1 | 25 |
| 2 | Wayne Rainey | Marlboro Team Roberts | Yamaha | +1.664 | 3 | 20 |
| 3 | Àlex Crivillé | Marlboro Honda Pons | Honda | +12.280 | 6 | 16 |
| 4 | Mick Doohan | Rothmans Honda Team | Honda | +26.183 | 7 | 13 |
| 5 | Luca Cadalora | Marlboro Team Roberts | Yamaha | +47.828 | 4 | 11 |
| 6 | Daryl Beattie | Rothmans Honda Team | Honda | +54.886 | 11 | 10 |
| 7 | Niall Mackenzie | Valvoline Team WCM | ROC Yamaha | +1:02.335 | 8 | 9 |
| 8 | Juan Lopez Mella | Lopez Mella Racing Team | ROC Yamaha | +1:06.680 | 10 | 8 |
| 9 | Sean Emmett | Shell Team Harris | Harris Yamaha | +1:19.312 | 20 | 7 |
| 10 | Tsutomu Udagawa | Team Udagawa | ROC Yamaha | +1:40.054 | 15 | 6 |
| 11 | Corrado Catalano | Team ROC | ROC Yamaha | +1 Lap | 24 | 5 |
| 12 | Lucio Pedercini | Team Pedercini | ROC Yamaha | +1 Lap | 18 | 4 |
| 13 | Renato Colleoni | Team Elit | ROC Yamaha | +1 Lap | 14 | 3 |
| 14 | José Kuhn | Euromoto | ROC Yamaha | +1 Lap | 23 | 2 |
| 15 | Serge David | Team ROC | ROC Yamaha | +1 Lap | 25 | 1 |
| 16 | Cees Doorakkers | Doorakkers Racing | Harris Yamaha | +1 Lap | 29 | |
| 17 | Kevin Mitchell | MBM Racing | ROC Yamaha | +1 Lap | 26 | |
| 18 | Andreas Meklau | Austrian Racing Company | ROC Yamaha | +1 Lap | 27 | |
| 19 | Jean d'Orgeix | Yamaha Motor France | Yamaha | +1 Lap | | |
| 20 | Bruno Bonhuil | MTD Objectif 500 | ROC Yamaha | +1 Lap | 33 | |
| Ret | Laurent Naveau | Euro Team | ROC Yamaha | Retirement | 16 | |
| Ret | Jeremy McWilliams | Millar Racing | Yamaha | Retirement | 17 | |
| Ret | Thierry Crine | Ville de Paris | ROC Yamaha | Retirement | 19 | |
| Ret | Michael Rudroff | Rallye Sport | Harris Yamaha | Retirement | 21 | |
| Ret | Matthew Mladin | Cagiva Team Agostini | Cagiva | Retirement | 12 | |
| Ret | Simon Crafar | Peter Graves Racing Team | Harris Yamaha | Retirement | 28 | |
| Ret | Shinichi Itoh | HRC Rothmans Honda | Honda | Retirement | 9 | |
| Ret | Marco Papa | Librenti Corse | Librenti | Retirement | 34 | |
| Ret | Doug Chandler | Cagiva Team Agostini | Cagiva | Retirement | 5 | |
| Ret | Alan Scott | Team Harris | Harris Yamaha | Retirement | 32 | |
| Ret | John Reynolds | Padgett's Motorcycles | Harris Yamaha | Retirement | 13 | |
| Ret | Jean Luc Romanens | Argus Racing Team | ROC Yamaha | Retirement | 30 | |
| Ret | Alex Barros | Lucky Strike Suzuki | Suzuki | Retirement | 2 | |
| DNS | Bernard Garcia | Yamaha Motor France | Yamaha | Did not start | | |
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## 250 cc classification

| Pos | No | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 31 | Tetsuya Harada | Yamaha | 26 | 46:22.519 | 1 | 25 |
| 2 | 5 | Max Biaggi | Honda | 26 | +4.717 | 3 | 20 |
| 3 | 17 | Jean-Philippe Ruggia | Aprilia | 26 | +4.908 | 2 | 16 |
| 4 | 19 | John Kocinski | Suzuki | 26 | +13.943 | 10 | 13 |
| 5 | 4 | Helmut Bradl | Honda | 26 | +24.795 | 9 | 11 |
| 6 | 11 | Wilco Zeelenberg | Aprilia | 26 | +32.284 | 11 | 10 |
| 7 | 18 | Tadayuki Okada | Honda | 26 | +36.275 | 8 | 9 |
| 8 | 10 | Doriano Romboni | Honda | 26 | +41.176 | 6 | 8 |
| 9 | 7 | Jochen Schmid | Yamaha | 26 | +45.326 | 13 | 7 |
| 10 | 65 | Loris Capirossi | Honda | 26 | +45.422 | 4 | 6 |
| 11 | 34 | Luis d'Antin | Honda | 26 | +45.457 | 14 | 5 |
| 12 | 3 | Pierfrancesco Chili | Yamaha | 26 | +55.208 | 7 | 4 |
| 13 | 28 | Adrian Bosshard | Honda | 26 | +58.483 | 16 | 3 |
| 14 | 44 | Jean-Michel Bayle | Aprilia | 26 | +1:02.020 | 21 | 2 |
| 15 | 16 | Andy Preining | Aprilia | 26 | +1:17.930 | 20 | 1 |
| 16 | 27 | Frédéric Protat | Aprilia | 26 | +1:22.214 | 22 | |
| 17 | 30 | Juan Borja | Honda | 26 | +1:22:611 | 24 | |
| 18 | 20 | Eskil Suter | Aprilia | 26 | +1:22.614 | 19 | |
| 19 | 23 | Bernard Haenggeli | Aprilia | 26 | +1:28.328 | 26 | |
| 20 | 12 | Gabriele Debbia | Honda | 26 | +1:36.157 | 23 | |
| 21 | 22 | Luis Maurel | Aprilia | 26 | +1:44.016 | 28 | |
| 22 | 32 | Volker Bähr | Honda | 26 | +1:44.077 | 32 | |
| 23 | 25 | Jurgen van den Goorbergh | Aprilia | 26 | +1:49.856 | 27 | |
| 24 | 53 | Alex Sirera | Yamaha | 25 | +1 Lap | 33 | |
| Ret | 6 | Alberto Puig | Honda | 17 | Retirement | 12 | |
| Ret | 24 | Patrick van den Goorbergh | Aprilia | 15 | Retirement | 17 | |
| Ret | 43 | Massimo Pennacchioli | Honda | 13 | Retirement | 34 | |
| Ret | 14 | Nobuatsu Aoki | Honda | 6 | Retirement | 15 | |
| Ret | 21 | Paolo Casoli | Gilera | 5 | Retirement | 18 | |
| Ret | 26 | Bernd Kassner | Aprilia | 3 | Retirement | 29 | |
| Ret | 13 | Loris Reggiani | Aprilia | 1 | Retirement | 5 | |
| Ret | 39 | Alessandro Gramigni | Gilera | 0 | Retirement | 30 | |
| DNS | 8 | Carlos Cardús | Honda | | Did not start | 25 | |
| DNS | 15 | Nobuyuki Wakai | Suzuki | | Fatal accident in Saturday | 31 | |
| DNS | 51 | Jean-Pierre Jeandat | Aprilia | | Did not start | 35 | |
| DNQ | 54 | Miguel Castilla | Yamaha | | Did not qualify | 35 | |