1993 United States Grand Prix

Race details
Race 13 of 14 races in the 1993 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	September 12, 1993
Official name	United States Motorcycle Grand Prix[1][2][3]
Location	Laguna Seca Raceway
Course	Permanent racing facility 3.602 km (2.238 mi)
500 cc
Pole position Rider Mick Doohan Time 1:26.417 Fastest lap Rider Kevin Schwantz Time 1:26.837 Podium First John Kocinski Second Alex Barros Third Luca Cadalora
250 cc
Pole position Rider Loris Capirossi Time 1:27.756 Fastest lap Rider Loris Capirossi Time 1:27.959 Podium First Loris Capirossi Second Doriano Romboni Third Loris Reggiani
125 cc
Pole position Rider Kazuto Sakata Time 1:33.459 Fastest lap Rider Kazuto Sakata Time 1:32.971 Podium First Dirk Raudies Second Kazuto Sakata Third Ralf Waldmann

The 1993 United States motorcycle Grand Prix was the penultimate round of the 1993 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on September 12, 1993, at Laguna Seca.

500 cc race report

It came to be known that Wayne Rainey’s career had been over following his crash in the previous round. As a result, Kevin Schwantz had clinched the 1993 world championship by the end of this round as he finished fourth.

Kenny Roberts commented on Rainey’s retirement, "I’ve thought about it the last week, but Wayne wants to work in Grand Prix racing. That’s going to keep the edge sharp, because he wants to help the team, he wants to help riders, he wants to follow along in what I’ve done. And that’s going to keep me involved. Wayne’s a big, big part of my team, and if he was disgusted with the whole thing, then yeah, it’d probably take a lot of the edge off. And he doesn’t show any signs of that and that’s probably going to keep me involved, otherwise I ... well, you know, I can do anything I want to do, but he’s a driving force right now."^[4]

Despite having recently been crowned the world champion, Schwantz was equally concerned about Rainey, remarking, "Everybody’s thinking about Wayne, and we all wish Wayne and Shae and Rex the best, but at the same time, I feel like we raced all season ... to put ourselves in a position to be there to take advantage of any opportunities, any doors that were open. I feel like we still earned it — we weren’t given it."^[4]

Rainey himself commended Schwantz on his championship title, saying, "Kevin called. I said to him: You deserve it. And hey, I made the mistake. It doesn’t take anything away from what you did to win your championship."^[5]

John Kocinski took the start from Mick Doohan, Schwantz and Alex Barros.

Teammates Schwantz and Barros passed Kocinski.

Barros started to pull away, and at Turn 11, Kocinski tried an inside pass on Schwantz that failed to stick, allowing Doohan to come up as the three went down the straight three abreast. Schwantz stayed to the inside and took the hairpin ahead of Doohan and Kocinski.

Doohan got past Schwantz and hunted down Barros to take the lead. Kocinski also passed Barros.

Doohan's bike hopped a bit on the exit of The Corkscrew, causing him to lose his footing and almost ride his bike side-saddle, only to later clip the hay bales on the left side of the track with his shoulder. He was almost hit by two bikes as he slid into the track, but managed to get up with a bit of pain.

Kocinski's win was Cagiva’s first dry win in GP racing; Eddie Lawson won a wet race last year, but a lucky tire choice was seen as the main reason for the win.

500 cc classification

Pos.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Points
1	John Kocinski	Cagiva Team Agostini	Cagiva	48:17.175	25
2	Alex Barros	Lucky Strike Suzuki	Suzuki	+6.375	20
3	Luca Cadalora	Marlboro Team Roberts	Yamaha	+10.489	16
4	Kevin Schwantz	Lucky Strike Suzuki	Suzuki	+18.265	13
5	Daryl Beattie	Rothmans Honda Team	Honda	+19.493	11
6	Shinichi Itoh	HRC Rothmans Honda	Honda	+37.292	10
7	Àlex Crivillé	Marlboro Honda Pons	Honda	+39.317	9
8	Niall Mackenzie	Valvoline Team WCM	ROC Yamaha	+42.851	8
9	John Reynolds	Padgett's Motorcycles	Harris Yamaha	+1 Lap	7
10	Juan Lopez Mella	Lopez Mella Racing Team	ROC Yamaha	+1 Lap	6
11	José Kuhn	Euromoto	Yamaha	+1 Lap	5
12	Jeremy McWilliams	Millar Racing	Yamaha	+1 Lap	4
13	Sean Emmett	Shell Team Harris	Harris Yamaha	+1 Lap	3
14	Serge David	Team ROC	ROC Yamaha	+1 Lap	2
15	Laurent Naveau	Euro Team	ROC Yamaha	+1 Lap	1
16	David Jefferies	Peter Graves Racing Team	Harris Yamaha	+1 Lap
17	Tsutomu Udagawa	Team Udagawa	ROC Yamaha	+1 Lap
18	Michael Rudroff	Rallye Sport	Harris Yamaha	+1 Lap
19	Andreas Meklau	Austrian Racing Company	ROC Yamaha	+1 Lap
20	Bruno Bonhuil	MTD Objectif 500	ROC Yamaha	+1 Lap
Ret	Matthew Mladin	Cagiva Team Agostini	Cagiva	Retirement
Ret	Thierry Crine	Ville de Paris	ROC Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Renato Colleoni	Team Elit	ROC Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Kevin Mitchell	MBM Racing	Harris Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Cees Doorakkers	Doorakkers Racing	Harris Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Mick Doohan	Rothmans Honda Team	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Andrew Stroud	Team Harris	Harris Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Marco Papa	Librenti Corse	Harris Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Lucio Pedercini	Team Pedercini	ROC Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Bernard Garcia	Yamaha Motor France	Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Danny Walker	Southwest Motorsports	Harris Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Doug Chandler	Cagiva Team Agostini	Cagiva	Retirement
DNS	Freddie Spencer	Yamaha Motor France	Yamaha	Did not start
Sources:[6][7]

250 cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Points
1	Loris Capirossi	Honda	46:04.505	25
2	Doriano Romboni	Honda	+1.381	20
3	Loris Reggiani	Aprilia	+3.803	16
4	Alberto Puig	Honda	+3.881	13
5	Tetsuya Harada	Yamaha	+4.619	11
6	Pierfrancesco Chili	Yamaha	+12.279	10
7	Nobuatsu Aoki	Honda	+18.166	9
8	Helmut Bradl	Honda	+19.861	8
9	Tadayuki Okada	Honda	+28.044	7
10	Kenny Roberts Jr	Yamaha	+44.751	6
11	Luis d'Antin	Honda	+45.113	5
12	Juan Borja	Honda	+55.484	4
13	Frédéric Protat	Aprilia	+56.529	3
14	Carlos Checa	Honda	+57.555	2
15	Adrian Bosshard	Honda	+1:02.409	1
16	Patrick van den Goorbergh	Aprilia	+1:02.565
17	Pere Riba	Honda	+1:04.795
18	Bernard Haenggeli	Aprilia	+1:15.641
19	Luis Maurel	Aprilia	+1 Lap
20	Bernd Kassner	Aprilia	+1 Lap
21	Jean-Pierre Jeandat	Aprilia	+1 Lap
22	Massimo Pennachioli	Honda	+1 Lap
Ret	Max Biaggi	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Andy Preining	Aprilia	Retirement
Ret	Eskil Suter	Aprilia	Retirement
Ret	Simon Crafar	Suzuki	Retirement
Ret	Wilco Zeelenberg	Aprilia	Retirement
Ret	Jochen Schmid	Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Jean-Philippe Ruggia	Aprilia	Retirement
Ret	Jean-Michel Bayle	Aprilia	Retirement
Ret	Volker Bahr	Honda	Retirement

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