The 1991 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season was the 43rd F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship season.
The beginning of the 1990s marked a golden age for Grand Prix motorcycle racing. [1] The rivalry between Wayne Rainey and Kevin Schwantz was in full flow while Mick Doohan started to come into his own. [1] Eddie Lawson had switched to Cagiva and started to have some respectable results. [1] In a one-year quirk, only 13 races counted as, competitors were allowed to drop their two worst scores. [1] The Yugoslavia round was dropped because of the civil war and replaced with a Grand Prix of Europe at Jarama. [1] The Brazilian round was also dropped at the last minute over track safety concerns and replaced with a race held at Le Mans. [1] The inaugural Malaysian Grand Prix was held at Shah Alam. [1]
For the 1991 season, Michelin decided to supply only the Rothmans Honda team with tires; everybody else used Dunlops. [1] [2]
Luca Cadalora won the 250 title in a dominating fashion with eight wins. [1] In the 125 class, Italian teenager Loris Capirossi swept to the title for the second consecutive year. [1]
The following Grands Prix were scheduled to take place in 1991: [3] [4]
Round | Date | Grand Prix | Circuit |
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1 | 24 March | ![]() | Suzuka Circuit |
2 | 7 April | ![]() | Eastern Creek Raceway |
3 | 21 April | ![]() | Laguna Seca Raceway |
4 | 12 May | ![]() | Circuito Permanente de Jerez |
5 | 19 May | ![]() | Misano World Circuit |
6 | 26 May | ![]() | Hockenheimring |
7 | 9 June | ![]() | Salzburgring |
8 | 16 June | ![]() | Circuito Permanente Del Jarama |
9 | 29 June | ![]() | TT Circuit Assen |
10 | 21 July | ![]() | Circuit Paul Ricard |
11 | 4 August | ![]() | Donington Park |
12 | 18 August | ![]() | Mugello Circuit |
13 | 25 August | ![]() | Brno Circuit |
14 | 8 September | ![]() | Bugatti Circuit |
15 | 29 September | ![]() | Shah Alam Circuit |
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Points are awarded to the top fifteen finishers. A rider has to finish the race to earn points.
Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | 14th | 15th |
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Points | 20 | 17 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
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Points are awarded to the top fifteen finishers. A rider has to finish the race to earn points.
Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | 14th | 15th |
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Points | 20 | 17 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Pos | Rider | Bike | JPN ![]() | AUS ![]() | USA ![]() | ESP ![]() | ITA ![]() | GER ![]() | AUT ![]() | EUR ![]() | NED ![]() | Points | Wins |
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1 | ![]() | Honda | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 237 | 5 |
2 | ![]() | Honda | 7 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 220 | 3 |
3 | ![]() | Honda | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 205 | 0 |
4 | ![]() | Honda | 3 | 4 | 2 | Ret | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 158 | 0 |
5 | ![]() | Honda | 8 | Ret | 5 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 142 | 0 |
6 | ![]() | Aprilia | 9 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | Ret | 8 | 5 | Ret | 128 | 0 |
7 | ![]() | Aprilia | 17 | 6 | Ret | 5 | 3 | Ret | 4 | Ret | 1 | 107 | 1 |
8 | ![]() | Honda | 13 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 8 | Ret | 96 | 0 |
9 | ![]() | Suzuki | 14 | Ret | 7 | 8 | 19 | 9 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 89 | 0 |
10 | ![]() | Yamaha | 26 | 9 | Ret | Ret | 10 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 65 | 0 |
11 | ![]() | Aprilia | 19 | 7 | 6 | Ret | 9 | 6 | Ret | 14 | 20 | 60 | |
12 | ![]() | Honda | 18 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 14 | Ret | 13 | 10 | 59 | |
13 | ![]() | Honda | Ret | Ret | 9 | Ret | Ret | 7 | 9 | Ret | Ret | 51 | |
14 | ![]() | Yamaha | 25 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 14 | 15 | DNS | 9 | 34 | ||
15 | ![]() | Honda | Ret | Ret | 13 | 9 | Ret | 13 | Ret | 7 | Ret | 32 | |
16 | ![]() | Yamaha | 21 | Ret | Ret | 10 | Ret | DNS | DNS | Ret | 28 | ||
17 | ![]() | Honda | 20 | Ret | 15 | DNS | 15 | 10 | 10 | Ret | Ret | 28 | |
18 | ![]() | Aprilia | Ret | 14 | Ret | 16 | 12 | 12 | 19 | 11 | 22 | ||
19 | ![]() | Honda | 11 | 21 | 11 | 12 | 20 | ||||||
20 | ![]() | Aprilia | Ret | 13 | Ret | 25 | Ret | Ret | 19 | ||||
21 | ![]() | Aprilia | 32 | 12 | 17 | 17 | Ret | Ret | 22 | Ret | 13 | 15 | |
22 | ![]() | Honda | 4 | 13 | |||||||||
23 | ![]() | Honda | 5 | 13 | |||||||||
24 | ![]() | Yamaha | 6 | 10 | |||||||||
25 | ![]() | Aprilia | Ret | 8 | |||||||||
26 | ![]() | Aprilia | Ret | 12 | DNS | 14 | 17 | Ret | 8 | ||||
27 | ![]() | Aprilia | Ret | 7 | |||||||||
28 | ![]() | Honda | 10 | 6 | |||||||||
29 | ![]() | Aprilia | Ret | Ret | 22 | Ret | Ret | 14 | 5 | ||||
30 | Jose Barresi | 4 | |||||||||||
30 | ![]() | Yamaha | 12 | 4 | |||||||||
30 | ![]() | Yamaha | Ret | 16 | 12 | 4 | |||||||
33 | ![]() | Aprilia | 30 | 13 | Ret | Ret | Ret | DNS | Ret | 15 | 17 | 4 | |
34 | ![]() | Yamaha | 27 | 14 | 18 | 15 | 18 | Ret | Ret | 18 | 16 | 4 | |
35 | ![]() | Honda | 23 | Ret | 19 | 13 | Ret | DNS | 22 | Ret | 3 | ||
35 | ![]() | Yamaha | 14 | 21 | 19 | 23 | 20 | 15 | 3 | ||||
37 | ![]() | 2 | |||||||||||
38 | ![]() | Honda | Ret | Ret | 24 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 15 | Ret | Ret | 1 | |
38 | ![]() | Honda | 22 | 17 | 20 | 21 | 1 | ||||||
38 | ![]() | Honda | 15 | 1 | |||||||||
38 | ![]() | Yamaha | 29 | 15 | Ret | Ret | 20 | DNS | 1 | ||||
![]() | Aprilia | Ret | 17 | 20 | 16 | 17 | Ret | 18 | 0 | ||||
![]() | Yamaha | 19 | Ret | 18 | 16 | Ret | DNQ | 0 | |||||
![]() | Aprilia | Ret | DNS | 19 | 16 | Ret | 0 | ||||||
![]() | Yamaha | 31 | Ret | 16 | 0 | ||||||||
![]() | Yamaha | 16 | 0 | ||||||||||
![]() | Yamaha | 16 | 0 | ||||||||||
![]() | Aprilia | 17 | 23 | 0 | |||||||||
![]() | Yamaha | Ret | 27 | 18 | Ret | 24 | 26 | 21 | 19 | 0 | |||
![]() | Yamaha | 20 | 24 | 21 | 27 | Ret | 18 | 0 | |||||
![]() | Yamaha | 18 | 0 | ||||||||||
![]() | Yamaha | 19 | 0 | ||||||||||
![]() | Aprilia | 20 | 24 | 0 | |||||||||
![]() | Yamaha | 20 | 0 | ||||||||||
![]() | Yamaha | 21 | 0 | ||||||||||
![]() | Yamaha | 21 | 0 | ||||||||||
![]() | Honda | 28 | Ret | 25 | Ret | 22 | 0 | ||||||
![]() | Honda | 22 | 0 | ||||||||||
![]() | Yamaha | 22 | 0 | ||||||||||
![]() | Yamaha | 22 | 0 | ||||||||||
![]() | Aprilia | 23 | 23 | 28 | 0 | ||||||||
![]() | Yamaha | 25 | 23 | 0 | |||||||||
![]() | Yamaha | 23 | 0 | ||||||||||
![]() | Yamaha | 24 | 0 | ||||||||||
![]() | Yamaha | 26 | 0 | ||||||||||
![]() | Honda | Ret | 0 | ||||||||||
![]() | Yamaha | Ret | 0 | ||||||||||
![]() | Yamaha | Ret | 0 | ||||||||||
![]() | Yamaha | Ret | 0 | ||||||||||
![]() | Yamaha | Ret | 0 | ||||||||||
![]() | Yamaha | Ret | 0 | ||||||||||
![]() | Aprilia | Ret | 0 | ||||||||||
![]() | Yamaha | DNQ | 0 | ||||||||||
Place | Rider | Number | Country | Machine | Points | Wins |
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1 | ![]() | 1 | Italy | Honda | 200 | 5 |
2 | ![]() | 8 | Italy | Honda | 181 | 2 |
3 | ![]() | 28 | Germany | Honda | 141 | 2 |
4 | ![]() | 12 | Italy | Aprilia | 111 | 0 |
5 | ![]() | 56 | Japan | Honda | 105 | 2 |
6 | ![]() | 6 | Spain | Cobas | 99 | 0 |
7 | ![]() | 9 | Italy | Aprilia | 90 | 1 |
8 | ![]() | 5 | Germany | Honda | 81 | 0 |
9 | ![]() | 22 | Germany | Rotax | 67 | 1 |
10 | ![]() | 51 | Japan | Honda | 60 | 0 |
11 | ![]() | 10 | Switzerland | Honda | 56 | 0 |
12 | ![]() | 11 | Germany | Cobas | 56 | 0 |
13 | ![]() | 35 | Japan | Honda | 55 | 0 |
14 | ![]() | 2 | Netherlands | Honda | 54 | 0 |
15 | ![]() | 3 | Italy | Honda | 45 | 0 |
16 | ![]() | 6 | Italy | Derbi | 32 | 0 |
17 | ![]() | 16 | Japan | Honda | 28 | 0 |
18 | ![]() | 15 | Italy | Gazzaniga | 27 | 0 |
19 | ![]() | Japan | Honda | 15 | 0 | |
20 | ![]() | 73 | Japan | Honda | 14 | 0 |
21 | ![]() | Japan | Honda | 13 | 0 | |
22 | ![]() | 66 | Spain | Derbi | 13 | 0 |
23 | ![]() | 47 | Switzerland | Aprilia | 13 | 0 |
24 | ![]() | Spain | Cobas | 12 | 0 | |
25 | ![]() | Spain | Cobas | 12 | 0 | |
26 | ![]() | Italy | Honda | 12 | 0 | |
27 | ![]() | 14 | Spain | Cobas | 10 | 0 |
28 | ![]() | 19 | Germany | Honda | 9 | 0 |
29 | ![]() | Japan | Honda | 8 | 0 | |
30 | ![]() | Japan | Honda | 7 | 0 | |
31 | ![]() | Spain | Cobas | 7 | 0 | |
32 | ![]() | 46 | Netherlands | Honda | 7 | 0 |
33 | ![]() | Spain | Cobas | 6 | 0 | |
34 | ![]() | 62 | United Kingdom | Kawasaki | 5 | 0 |
35 | ![]() | United Kingdom | Honda | 5 | 0 | |
36 | ![]() | Finland | Cobas | 5 | 0 | |
37 | ![]() | Japan | Honda | 3 | 0 | |
38 | ![]() | 29 | Australia | Honda | 2 | 0 |
39 | ![]() | 41 | France | Honda | 2 | 0 |
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