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| Race 11 of 15 races in the 1991 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | 4 August 1991 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Official name | Shell British Motorcycle Grand Prix [1] [2] [3] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Donington Park | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1991 British motorcycle Grand Prix was the eleventh round of the 1991 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 2–4 August 1991 at Donington Park.
Kevin Schwantz on pole, Wayne Rainey 0.02 seconds back in 2nd, Mick Doohan 1 second down in 6th. John Kocinski gets the start from 3rd over Wayne Gardner, Doohan and Rainey.
Kocinski opens up a small gap to Schwantz, then a gap to a 3-man fight for 3rd between Rainey, Gardner and Doohan.
Schwantz takes the lead from Kocinski as Rainey arrives to make it a trio. Doohan makes it a quartet on lap 7.
Rainey and Schwantz drop Doohan and Kocinski, and they are swapping the lead often.
On the penultimate lap approaching the Melbourne Hairpin, from far behind Schwantz swoops in on Rainey on the brakes and passes around the outside in one of Schwantz's most memorable overtaking maneuvers. Rainey is not able to recover while Schwantz widens his lead to a comfortable gap as he crosses the finish line. [4] [ better source needed ]
| Pos. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Time/Retired | Points | ||
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| 1 |  Kevin Schwantz | Lucky Strike Suzuki | Suzuki | 47:12.182 | 20 | ||
| 2 | Wayne Rainey | Marlboro Team Roberts | Yamaha | +0.788 | 17 | ||
| 3 |  Mick Doohan | Rothmans Honda Team | Honda | +19.188 | 15 | ||
| 4 | John Kocinski | Marlboro Team Roberts | Yamaha | +24.857 | 13 | ||
| 5 | Wayne Gardner | Rothmans Honda Team | Honda | +29.617 | 11 | ||
| 6 | Eddie Lawson | Cagiva Corse | Cagiva | +31.179 | 10 | ||
| 7 |  Niall Mackenzie | Roberts B Team | Yamaha | +35.348 | 9 | ||
| 8 |  Didier de Radiguès | Lucky Strike Suzuki | Suzuki | +37.846 | 8 | ||
| 9 |  Juan Garriga | Ducados Yamaha | Yamaha | +49.967 | 7 | ||
| 10 |  Marco Papa | Cagiva Corse | Cagiva | +1 Lap | 6 | ||
| 11 |  Eddie Laycock | Millar Racing | Yamaha | +1 Lap | 5 | ||
| 12 | Ron Haslam | JPS Norton Racing | Norton | +1 Lap | 4 | ||
| 13 |  Michael Rudroff | Rallye Sport | Honda | +2 Laps | 3 | ||
| 14 |  Cees Doorakkers | HEK-Baumachines | Honda | +2 Laps | 2 | ||
| 15 |  Andreas Leuthe | Librenti Corse | Suzuki | +2 Laps | 1 | ||
| 16 | Helmut Schutz | Rallye Sport | Honda | +3 Laps | |||
| 17 |  Josef Doppler | Doppler Racing | Yamaha | +3 Laps | |||
| Ret |  Jean Philippe Ruggia | Sonauto Yamaha Mobil 1 | Yamaha | Retirement | |||
| Ret | Michele Valdo | Team Paton | Paton | Retirement | |||
| Ret |  Nicholas Schmassman | Schmassman Technotron | Honda | Retirement | |||
| Ret | Adrien Morillas | Sonauto Yamaha Mobil 1 | Yamaha | Retirement | |||
| Ret | Hans Becker | Team Romero Racing | Yamaha | Retirement | |||
| Ret | Sito Pons | Campsa Honda Team | Honda | Retirement | |||
| Ret | Doug Chandler | Roberts B Team | Yamaha | Retirement | |||
| Sources: [5] [6] | |||||||
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