| Race details | |||
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| Race 7 of 15 races in the 1991 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season |
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| Date | June 9, 1991 | ||
| Location | Salzburgring | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility 4.243 km (2.626 mi) |
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| 500 cc | |||
| Pole position | |||
| Rider | Mick Doohan | Honda | |
| Time | 1:17.826 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Rider | Wayne Rainey | Yamaha | |
| Time | 1:18.085 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | Mick Doohan | Honda | |
| Second | Wayne Rainey | Yamaha | |
| Third | Kevin Schwantz | Suzuki | |
| 250 cc | |||
| Pole position | |||
| Rider | Helmut Bradl | Honda | |
| Time | 1:22.948 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Rider | Carlos Cardús | Honda | |
| Time | 1:22.631 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | Helmut Bradl | Honda | |
| Second | Carlos Cardús | Honda | |
| Third | Wilco Zeelenberg | Honda | |
| 125 cc | |||
| Pole position | |||
| Rider | Ralf Waldmann | Honda | |
| Time | 1:31.417 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Rider | Jorge Martínez | Honda | |
| Time | 1:30.874 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | Fausto Gresini | Honda | |
| Second | Ralf Waldmann | Honda | |
| Third | Noboru Ueda | Honda | |
| Sidecars | |||
| Pole position | |||
| Rider | Steve Webster | Krauser | |
| Passenger | Gavin Simmons | ||
| Time | 1:24.823 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Rider | Ralph Bohnhorst | Bohnhorst | |
| Passenger | Bruno Hiller | ||
| Time | 1:25.149 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | Steve Webster | Krauser | |
| Gavin Simmons | |||
| Second | Rolf Biland | LCR-ADM | |
| Kurt Waltisperg | |||
| Third | Masato Kumano | LCR-Yamaha | |
| Eckhart Rösinger | |||
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 -June 9, 1991 at the Salzburgring.
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.[1]
| Pos | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Grid | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mick Doohan | Honda | 29 | 38:03.841 | 1 | 20 |
| 2 | Wayne Rainey | Yamaha | 29 | +0.185 | 3 | 17 |
| 3 | Kevin Schwantz | Suzuki | 29 | +15.625 | 2 | 15 |
| 4 | Wayne Gardner | Honda | 29 | +15.827 | 4 | 13 |
| 5 | Eddie Lawson | Cagiva | 29 | +38.688 | 6 | 11 |
| 6 | Juan Garriga | Yamaha | 29 | +59.489 | 8 | 10 |
| 7 | Doug Chandler | Yamaha | 29 | +1:13.608 | 9 | 9 |
| 8 | Didier de Radiguès | Suzuki | 28 | +1 lap | 7 | 8 |
| 9 | John Kocinski | Yamaha | 28 | +1 lap | 5 | 7 |
| 10 | Eddie Laycock | Yamaha | 28 | +1 lap | 11 | 6 |
| 11 | Michael Rudroff | Honda | 27 | +2 laps | 13 | 5 |
| 12 | Marco Papa | Cagiva | 27 | +2 laps | 12 | 4 |
| Ret | Adrien Morillas | Yamaha | 4 | Retired | 10 | |
| DNQ | Cees Doorakkers | Honda | ||||
| DNQ | Sepp Doppler | Yamaha | ||||
| DNQ | Hans Becker | Yamaha | ||||
| DNQ | Helmut Schutz | Honda | ||||
| DNQ | Andreas Leuthe | Suzuki | ||||
| DNQ | Niggi Schmassman | Honda | ||||
| DNQ | Martin Trösch | Honda | ||||
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FIM Grand Prix World Championship 1991 season |
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| Previous race: 1990 Austrian Grand Prix |
Austrian Grand Prix | Next race: 1993 Austrian Grand Prix |