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Race 1 of 14 races in the 1993 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date | 28 March 1993 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Official name | Foster's Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix [1] [2] [3] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Location | Eastern Creek Raceway | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1993 Australian motorcycle Grand Prix was the first round of the 1993 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 28 March 1993 at Eastern Creek Raceway.
Beattie and Chandler get a small gap, then Beattie starts pulling away.
Schwantz, Chandler, Rainey are closing on Beattie. Doohan goes out with a mechanical. Freddie Spencer crashes out hard.
Schwantz arrives and passes into 1st. Rainey, desperate to get to the leaders, brushes Chandler's front tire with his knee as he passes into 2nd, then passes Schwantz for 1st, but cannot hold him off.
Pos. | No. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
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1 | 34 | ![]() | Lucky Strike Suzuki | Suzuki | 30 | 46:21.885 | 1 | 25 |
2 | 1 | ![]() | Marlboro Team Roberts | Yamaha | 30 | +3.118 | 2 | 20 |
3 | 5 | ![]() | Cagiva Team Agostini | Cagiva | 30 | +6.111 | 4 | 16 |
4 | 4 | ![]() | Rothmans Honda Team | Honda | 30 | +12.430 | 3 | 13 |
5 | 9 | ![]() | Lucky Strike Suzuki | Suzuki | 30 | +36.435 | 7 | 11 |
6 | 8 | ![]() | Marlboro Honda Pons | Honda | 30 | +36.672 | 5 | 10 |
7 | 6 | ![]() | HRC Rothmans Honda | Honda | 30 | +39.192 | 6 | 9 |
8 | 7 | ![]() | Marlboro Team Roberts | Yamaha | 30 | +52.962 | 10 | 8 |
9 | 12 | ![]() | Cagiva Team Agostini | Cagiva | 30 | +1:16.298 | 12 | 7 |
10 | 11 | ![]() | Valvoline Team WCM | ROC Yamaha | 30 | +1:20.844 | 13 | 6 |
11 | 21 | ![]() | Euro Team | ROC Yamaha | 29 | +1 Lap | 24 | 5 |
12 | 18 | ![]() | Yamaha Motor France | Yamaha | 29 | +1 Lap | 18 | 4 |
13 | 32 | ![]() | Euromoto | ROC Yamaha | 29 | +1 Lap | 17 | 3 |
14 | 15 | ![]() | Team Udagawa | ROC Yamaha | 29 | +1 Lap | 15 | 2 |
15 | 23 | ![]() | Team ROC | ROC Yamaha | 29 | +1 Lap | 22 | 1 |
16 | 29 | ![]() | Shell Team Harris | Harris Yamaha | 29 | +1 Lap | 26 | |
17 | 27 | ![]() | Team Elit | ROC Yamaha | 29 | +1 Lap | 25 | |
18 | 36 | ![]() | Team Pedercini | ROC Yamaha | 29 | +1 Lap | 27 | |
19 | 33 | ![]() | Austrian Racing Company | ROC Yamaha | 29 | +1 Lap | 30 | |
20 | 35 | ![]() | Argus Racing Team | ROC Yamaha | 28 | +2 Laps | 31 | |
21 | 24 | ![]() | Doorakkers Racing | Harris Yamaha | 28 | +2 Laps | 32 | |
22 | 44 | ![]() | Team Harris | Harris Yamaha | 27 | +3 Laps | 33 | |
23 | 13 | ![]() | Team ROC | ROC Yamaha | 25 | +5 Laps | 21 | |
Ret | 46 | ![]() | Lucky Strike Suzuki | Suzuki | 28 | Retirement | 9 | |
Ret | 30 | ![]() | Lopez Mella Racing Team | ROC Yamaha | 27 | Retirement | 19 | |
Ret | 16 | ![]() | Rallye Sport | Harris Yamaha | 25 | Retirement | 16 | |
Ret | 19 | ![]() | Yamaha Motor France | Yamaha | 19 | Retirement | 11 | |
Ret | 22 | ![]() | MBM Racing | Harris Yamaha | 18 | Retirement | 20 | |
Ret | 2 | ![]() | Rothmans Honda Team | Honda | 17 | Retirement | 8 | |
Ret | 25 | ![]() | Ville de Paris | ROC Yamaha | 8 | Retirement | 29 | |
Ret | 28 | ![]() | Padgett's Motorcycles | Harris Yamaha | 8 | Retirement | 14 | |
Ret | 20 | ![]() | Millar Racing | Yamaha | 7 | Retirement | 23 | |
Ret | 14 | ![]() | Librenti Corse | Librenti | 4 | Retirement | 34 | |
Ret | 31 | ![]() | MTD Objectif 500 | ROC Yamaha | 4 | Retirement | 28 | |
Sources: [4] [5] |
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