1993 Australian motorcycle Grand Prix

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Date28 March 1993
Official nameFoster's Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix[1][2][3]
Course
  • Permanent racing facility
  • 3.930 km (2.442 mi)
Australia  1993 Australian Grand Prix
Race details
Race 1 of 14 races in the
1993 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date28 March 1993
Official nameFoster's Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix[1][2][3]
LocationEastern Creek Raceway
Course
  • Permanent racing facility
  • 3.930 km (2.442 mi)
500cc
Pole position
Rider United States Kevin Schwantz
Time 1:31.188
Fastest lap
Rider United States Wayne Rainey
Time 1:31.807
Podium
First United States Kevin Schwantz
Second United States Wayne Rainey
Third United States Doug Chandler
250cc
Pole position
Rider Italy Loris Capirossi
Time 1:32.896
Fastest lap
Rider Japan Tetsuya Harada
Time 1:32.894
Podium
First Japan Tetsuya Harada
Second United States John Kocinski
Third Italy Max Biaggi
125cc
Pole position
Rider Spain Carlos Giró
Time 1:37.858
Fastest lap
Rider Germany Dirk Raudies
Time 1:37.819
Podium
First Germany Dirk Raudies
Second Japan Kazuto Sakata
Third Spain Herri Torrontegui

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.

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.

Doug Chandler, pictured with Italian legend Giacomo Agostini in the Cagiva pits. He went on to finish third at the 500cc race.

500 cc classification

250 cc classification

References

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