1994 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season

The 1994 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season was the 46th F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship season.

Season summary

1994 was the year in which Honda's Mick Doohan began to stamp his authority on the Grand Prix world.^[1] Honda's Longtime sponsor Rothmans left Honda to join Williams Renault in Formula One.^[1] Doohan won 9 races, the most since Giacomo Agostini won 11 in 1972.^[1] Kevin Schwantz was injured in a pre-season bicycle crash and raced in 6 races with his arm in plaster.^[1] Luca Cadalora took over from Wayne Rainey on the Yamaha and won two races. Aprilia began campaigning in the 500cc class with a 250 V twin motor enlarged to 380cc in hopes of using its lighter weight and nimble handling as an advantage.^[1]

Max Biaggi would win his first world title for Aprilia in a tight 250 class battle against Loris Capirossi and Tadayuki Okada.^[1] Kazuto Sakata won the 125 crown for Aprilia. He was the first Japanese rider to race for a European factory.^[1]

1994 500 cc Season review

Round	Race	Location	125cc winner	250cc winner	500cc winner	Report
1	Australian Grand Prix	Eastern Creek	Kazuto Sakata	Max Biaggi	John Kocinski	Report
2	Malaysian Grand Prix	Shah Alam	Noboru Ueda	Max Biaggi	Mick Doohan	Report
3	Japanese Grand Prix	Suzuka	Takeshi Tsujimura	Tadayuki Okada	Kevin Schwantz	Report
4	Spanish Grand Prix	Jerez	Kazuto Sakata	Jean-Philippe Ruggia	Mick Doohan	Report
5	Austrian Grand Prix	Salzburgring	Dirk Raudies	Loris Capirossi	Mick Doohan	Report
6	German Grand Prix	Hockenheim	Dirk Raudies	Loris Capirossi	Mick Doohan	Report
7	Dutch TT	Assen	Takeshi Tsujimura	Max Biaggi	Mick Doohan	Report
8	Italian Grand Prix	Mugello	Noboru Ueda	Ralf Waldmann	Mick Doohan	Report
9	French Grand Prix	Le Mans	Noboru Ueda	Loris Capirossi	Mick Doohan	Report
10	British Grand Prix	Donington	Takeshi Tsujimura	Loris Capirossi	Kevin Schwantz	Report
11	Czech Republic Grand Prix	Brno	Kazuto Sakata	Max Biaggi	Mick Doohan	Report
12	United States Grand Prix	Laguna Seca	Takeshi Tsujimura	Doriano Romboni	Luca Cadalora	Report
13	Argentine Grand Prix	Buenos Aires	Jorge Martínez	Tadayuki Okada	Mick Doohan	Report
14	European Grand Prix	Catalunya	Dirk Raudies	Max Biaggi	Luca Cadalora	Report

Final standings

500cc standings^[2][3]

Pos Rider Bike AUS MAL JPN ESP AUT GER NED ITA FRA GBR CZE USA ARG EUR Pts 1 Mick Doohan Honda NSR500 3 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 3 1 2 317 2 Luca Cadalora Yamaha YZR500 2 4 4 Ret 22 9 2 7 3 3 1 6 1 174 3 John Kocinski Cagiva GP500 1 2 9 3 5 Ret 8 Ret 2 4 Ret 2 3 3 172 4 Kevin Schwantz Suzuki RGV500 4 6 1 2 2 2 5 3 Ret 1 7 169 5 Alberto Puig Honda NSR500 7 5 8 6 6 3 4 4 4 7 5 7 5 7 152 6 Àlex Crivillé Honda NSR500 6 8 7 5 3 4 3 Ret 3 6 4 7 4 144 7 Shinichi Ito Honda NSR500 5 3 3 Ret 4 6 Ret 5 5 9 2 4 4 Ret 141 8 Alex Barros Suzuki RGV500 8 7 5 4 7 5 2 7 6 Ret 8 8 8 6 134 9 Doug Chandler Cagiva GP500 9 9 10 7 Ret 7 6 Ret Ret 5 Ret 5 2 10 96 10 Niall Mackenzie Yamaha YZR500 Ret 11 19 8 9 8 Ret 9 Ret 8 9 10 11 8 69 11 Bernard Garcia ROC-Yamaha 11 Ret 11 Ret 9 10 8 Ret 11 11 12 12 9 56 12 Jeremy McWilliams Yamaha YZR500 17 14 13 11 16 Ret Ret 15 8 10 10 9 9 12 49 13 Daryl Beattie Yamaha YZR500 Ret 10 28 Ret 8 Ret 7 6 Ret Ret 5 44 14 John Reynolds Yamaha YZR500 10 12 12 10 10 10 Ret Ret Ret 14 12 Ret Ret 11 43 15 Sean Emmett Harris-Yamaha 14 13 17 Ret 12 11 Ret 14 Ret 12 13 11 10 Ret 34 16 Juan Lopez Mella ROC-Yamaha 13 Ret 15 13 Ret 12 Ret 10 10 Ret 13 26 17 Norick Abe Yamaha YZR500 Ret 6 6 20 18 Laurent Naveau ROC-Yamaha 16 Ret 14 Ret 15 14 12 16 Ret 13 Ret 13 14 14 19 19 Jean Pierre Jeandat ROC-Yamaha 18 16 21 14 13 Ret 11 11 Ret 16 14 Ret 17 17 20 Cristiano Migliorati ROC-Yamaha 15 20 20 12 14 Ret Ret 12 15 Ret 18 17 16 18 12 21 Marc Garcia ROC-Yamaha 20 18 22 16 17 Ret Ret Ret 9 Ret 15 16 13 Ret 11 22 Toshihiko Honma Yamaha YZR500 6 10 23 Jean Foray ROC-Yamaha Ret Ret 23 17 20 Ret 15 19 11 19 14 21 Ret 8 24 Loris Reggiani Aprilia 9 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 7 25 Bernard Haenggeli ROC-Yamaha 19 Ret 25 20 Ret Ret 16 13 12 Ret 17 18 19 20 7 26 Julian Miralles ROC-Yamaha 21 Ret 24 15 18 13 13 Ret 7 27 Bruno Bonhuil ROC-Yamaha 22 17 16 Ret 19 15 14 17 13 15 Ret 19 Ret Ret 7 28 Hervi Moineau ROC-Yamaha 11 5 29 Scott Doohan Harris-Yamaha 12 4 30 Udo Mark Harris-Yamaha Ret 14 17 2 31 Lucio Pedercini ROC-Yamaha Ret 15 18 Ret Ret Ret Ret 20 Ret 18 Ret 15 17 Ret 2 32 Neil Hodgson Harris-Yamaha 15 16 1 33 Andrew Stroud ROC-Yamaha 15 1 Pos Rider Bike AUS MAL JPN ESP AUT GER NED ITA FRA GBR CZE USA ARG EUR Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Did not finish (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not participate Excluded (EX) Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap

250cc standings^[4]

Pos Rider Bike AUS MAL JPN ESP AUT GER NED ITA FRA GBR CZE USA ARG EUR Pts 1 Max Biaggi Aprilia 1 1 4 Ret 2 2 1 Ret 3 Ret 1 2 2 1 234 2 Tadayuki Okada Honda 5 2 1 3 4 5 2 7 9 2 5 4 1 4 214 3 Loris Capirossi Honda 3 3 2 Ret 1 1 Ret 3 1 1 Ret Ret 5 2 199 4 Doriano Romboni Honda 2 5 6 2 3 3 NC NC 2 3 NC 1 3 170 5 Ralf Waldmann Honda 7 6 NC 4 5 6 4 1 4 7 2 10 8 7 156 6 Jean-Philippe Ruggia Aprilia 4 4 7 1 6 8 NC 4 7 6 3 NC 4 6 149 7 Tetsuya Harada Yamaha 9 7 NC 7 NC 2 8 4 NC 3 3 5 109 8 Jean-Michel Bayle Aprilia 10 7 11 8 11 11 6 8 5 5 6 Ret 7 8 105 9 Luis D'Antin Honda 8 8 10 6 7 9 7 6 Ret 9 7 6 9 NC 100 10 Nobuatsu Aoki Honda 6 Ret 8 5 Ret 4 5 Inj 6 8 4 5 21 Ret 95 11 Wilco Zeelenberg Honda 9 9 NC 9 NC 10 3 9 10 11 9 9 11 12 84 12 Carlos Checa Honda 14 11 Ret 11 Ret 14 11 10 13 12 Ret 7 10 0 54 13 Eskil Suter Aprilia 15 Ret 15 10 10 Ret 8 Ret 14 10 8 12 19 Ret 42 14 Adrian Bosshard Honda 13 12 Ret Ret NC Ret 11 12 14 13 13 12 10 34 15 Andy Preining Aprilia 12 13 21 NC 12 13 NC 12 21 NC 10 11 NC 15 30 16 Patrick van den Goorbergh Aprilia NC NC 13 20 8 12 10 14 16 17 12 16 NC 22 27 17 Jurgen van den Goorbergh Aprilia 16 Ret 12 12 9 Ret 9 16 Ret 16 Ret 14 Ret 17 24 18 Kenny Roberts Jr. Yamaha Ret 8 6 11 23 19 Tohru Ukawa Honda 3 16 20 Marcellino Lucchi Aprilia 5 11 20 Takuma Aoki Honda 5 11 22 Toshihiko Honma Yamaha NC 13 NC 11 13 11 23 Alessandro Gramigni Aprilia 17 10 Ret 17 15 17 13 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 10 24 Luis Carlos Maurel Honda 21 16 16 19 16 16 19 15 15 11 17 16 13 10 25 Bernd Kassner Aprilia NC 14 19 14 14 NC 14 15 20 9 26 Giuseppe Fiorillo Honda 20 18 21 16 19 12 NC NC NC 14 NC 14 16 8 27 Adi Stadler Honda NC 15 14 NC 13 15 15 18 17 18 NC NC 18 19 8 28 Craig Connell Honda 11 5 29 Miguel Castilla Yamaha 13 14 5 30 Juan Borja Honda 22 NC Ret 18 Ret 15 15 13 18 5 31 José Luis Cardoso Aprilia 19 NC NC 15 NC 21 NC NC NC 19 NC 20 15 Ret 2 Pos Rider Bike AUS MAL JPN ESP AUT GER NED ITA FRA GBR CZE USA ARG EUR Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Did not finish (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not participate Excluded (EX) Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap

125cc standings^[5]

Pos Rider Bike AUS MAL JPN ESP AUT GER NED ITA FRA GBR CZE USA ARG EUR Pts 1 Kazuto Sakata Aprilia 1 2 2 1 5 2 4 2 3 4 1 Ret 9 7 224 2 Noboru Ueda Honda 7 1 NC 4 2 6 NC 1 1 6 2 9 2 6 194 3 Takeshi Tsujimura Honda Ret 5 1 6 NC Ret 1 3 2 1 5 1 7 4 190 4 Dirk Raudies Honda 10 4 NC 5 1 1 NC 5 5 8 7 8 6 1 162 5 Peter Öttl Aprilia 2 NC 4 2 4 4 NC 4 4 3 NC 3 13 2 160 6 Jorge Martínez Yamaha NC 3 7 9 17 7 2 7 6 10 4 5 1 NC 135 7 Stefano Perugini Aprilia 12 6 5 7 2 3 2 3 106 8 Masaki Tokudome Honda 9 14 6 10 9 5 6 9 12 6 14 8 13 87 9 Olivier Petrucciani Aprilia 5 7 NC 13 15 10 7 11 18 7 9 13 16 5 74 10 Herri Torrontegui Aprilia 8 9 8 3 14 NC 6 13 8 5 Ret NC 73 11 Hideyuki Nakajoh Honda 15 11 3 11 9 11 11 8 6 8 70 12 Haruchika Aoki Honda 17 10 17 14 25 12 9 12 13 19 4 12 3 59 13 Garry McCoy Aprilia 3 12 9 11 3 DNS 8 Ret 17 Ret 16 56 14 Akira Saito Honda 6 8 5 NC 7 8 Ret 14 14 15 NC 19 14 NC 53 15 Loek Bodelier Honda 11 NC 11 8 18 15 3 12 NC NC 14 Ret NC 9 48 16 Fausto Gresini Honda 4 6 18 DNF 8 13 16 17 10 20 DNS NC 10 46 17 Gianluigi Scalvini Aprilia 12 13 NC NC NC 15 10 4 11 32 18 Oliver Koch Honda 23 13 13 7 10 11 NC 12 NC Ret 30 19 Carlos Giró Jr. Aprilia 26 NC 20 28 20 Ret 15 Ret 9 13 7 10 NC 26 20 Tomomi Manako Honda 3 NC 8 24 21 Stefan Prein Yamaha 19 NC 15 NC 16 21 NC 16 15 17 11 11 11 21 17 22 Emilio Alzamora Honda NC 16 NC 22 22 11 18 NC 22 NC 21 5 NC 16 23 Bruno Casanova Honda 16 15 10 15 13 12 15 24 Gabriele Debbia Aprilia 13 NC 21 18 20 NC 10 19 19 14 20 NC NC 11 25 Manfred Geissler Aprilia 20 16 14 NC 21 NC NC 20 16 16 10 15 Ret 20 9 26 Yoshiaki Katoh Yamaha NC NC NC 12 NC NC 12 8 27 Emilio Cuppini Aprilia 9 NC 7 28 Tomoko Igata Honda 14 NC NC NC NC NC 19 12 23 NC 15 7 29 Roberto Locatelli Aprilia 10 6 30 Lucio Cecchinello Honda 18 21 Ret Ret 19 14 15 NC NC 23 17 17 NC 14 5 31 Kunihiro Amano Honda 12 4 32 Juan Enrique Maturana Yamaha 20 13 18 22 16 15 4 33 Frédéric Petit Yamaha 22 NC 23 16 24 17 14 NC NC 24 21 NC NC 22 2 Pos Rider Bike AUS MAL JPN ESP AUT GER NED ITA FRA GBR CZE USA ARG EUR Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Did not finish (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not participate Excluded (EX) Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap

Participants

500cc participants

No Rider Team Constructor 1 Kevin Schwantz Lucky Strike Suzuki Suzuki 6 Alex Barros Lucky Strike Suzuki Suzuki 12 Juan Lopez Mella Lucky Strike Suzuki Suzuki 19 Sean Emmett Lucky Strike Suzuki Suzuki 3 Daryl Beattie Marlboro Team Roberts Yamaha 5 Luca Cadalora Marlboro Team Roberts Yamaha 56 Norick Abe Marlboro Team Roberts Yamaha 4 Mick Doohan Honda Team HRC Honda 7 Shinichi Ito Honda Team HRC Honda 8 Àlex Crivillé Honda Team HRC Honda 10 Doug Chandler Cagiva Team Agostini Cagiva 11 John Kocinski Cagiva Team Agostini Cagiva 70 Carl Fogarty Cagiva Team Agostini Cagiva 12 Juan Lopez Mella Lopez Mella Racing Team ROC-Yamaha 13 Loris Reggiani Aprilia Racing Team Aprilia 14 Jeremy McWilliams Team Millar Yamaha 15 John Reynolds Padgett’s Motorcycles Harris-Yamaha 16 Laurent Naveau Euroteam ROC-Yamaha 17 Alberto Puig Ducados Honda Pons Honda 18 Bernard Garcia Yamaha Motor France ROC-Yamaha 19 Sean Emmett Shell Harris Grand Prix Harris-Yamaha 40 Neil Hodgson Shell Harris Grand Prix Harris-Yamaha 52 Scott Doohan Shell Harris Grand Prix Harris-Yamaha 20 Kevin Mitchell M.B.M. Racing Harris-Yamaha 21 Cees Doorakkers Team Doorakkers Harris-Yamaha 23 Lucio Pedercini Team Pedercini ROC-Yamaha 24 Cristiano Migliorati Team Pedercini ROC-Yamaha 25 Marco Papa Team Elit ROC-Yamaha 38 Ermanno Bastianini Team Elit ROC-Yamaha 39 James Haydon Team Elit ROC-Yamaha 27 Bernard Hänggeli Hänggeli Racing ROC-Yamaha 28 Julian Miralles Team ROC ROC-Yamaha 37 Herve Moineau Team ROC ROC-Yamaha 41 Andrew Stroud Team ROC ROC-Yamaha 69 Pierre Monneret Team ROC ROC-Yamaha 72 Michael Liedl Team ROC ROC-Yamaha 79 Chuck Graves Team ROC ROC-Yamaha 29 Andreas Leuthe Team Doppler Austria ROC-Yamaha 30 Vittorio Scatola Team Paton Paton 33 Paul Pellisier Team Paton Paton 31 Lothar Neukirchner Sachsen Racing Team Harris-Yamaha 32 Evren Bischoff Sachsen Racing Team Harris-Yamaha 63 Udo Mark Sachsen Racing Team Harris-Yamaha 34 Bruno Bonhuil M.T.D. Objectif 500 ROC-Yamaha 36 Jean Foray Jean Foray Racing Team ROC-Yamaha 44 Marc Garcia D.R. Team Shark ROC-Yamaha 50 Niall Mackenzie WCM ROC-Yamaha 51 Jean-Pierre Jeandat J.P.J. Racing ROC-Yamaha 56 Norick Abe Mister Donut Blue Fox Honda 57 Toshihiko Honma Y.R.T.R. Yamaha 62 Manfred Erhardt Harris-Yamaha 73 Nick Hopkins Triton Team GB Harris-Yamaha 76 Nestor Amoroso Yamasur Harris-Yamaha 77 Felipe Horta Harris-Yamaha

Key Regular rider Wildcard rider Replacement rider

References

• Büla, Maurice & Schertenleib, Jean-Claude (2001). Continental Circus 1949-2000. Chronosports S.A. ISBN 2-940125-32-5
• "The Official MotoGP website". Retrieved 2010-07-06. 

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