1994 Australian motorcycle Grand Prix

  1994 Australian Grand Prix

Race details
Race 1 of 14 races in the 1994 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	27 March 1994
Official name	Foster's Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix [1] [2]
Location	Eastern Creek Raceway
Course	Permanent racing facility 3.930 km (2.442 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position Rider John Kocinski Time 1:30.394 Fastest lap Rider Luca Cadalora Time 1:31.615 Podium First John Kocinski Second Luca Cadalora Third Mick Doohan
250cc
Pole position Rider Loris Capirossi Time 1:32.200 Fastest lap Rider Max Biaggi Time 1:32.658 Podium First Max Biaggi Second Doriano Romboni Third Loris Capirossi
125cc
Pole position Rider Kazuto Sakata Time 1:37.528 Fastest lap Rider Kazuto Sakata Time 1:37.908 Podium First Kazuto Sakata Second Peter Öttl Third Garry McCoy

The 1994 Australian motorcycle Grand Prix was the first round of the 1994 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 27 March 1994 at Eastern Creek Raceway.

500 cc classification

Race was scheduled for 30 laps however spectators stormed the track shortly after the chequered flag when some riders haven't completed the full distance yet. Because of these circumstances the official results were taken at the end of the penultimate lap.

Pos.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Points
1	John Kocinski	Cagiva Team Agostini	Cagiva	29	44:37.026	25
2	Luca Cadalora	Marlboro Team Roberts	Yamaha	29	+6.480	20
3	Mick Doohan	Honda Team HRC	Honda	29	+8.246	16
4	Kevin Schwantz	Lucky Strike Suzuki	Suzuki	29	+26.854	13
5	Shinichi Itoh	Honda Team HRC	Honda	29	+30.829	11
6	Àlex Crivillé	Honda Team HRC	Honda	29	+33.455	10
7	Alberto Puig	Ducados Honda Pons	Honda	29	+33.730	9
8	Alex Barros	Lucky Strike Suzuki	Suzuki	29	+33.736	8
9	Doug Chandler	Cagiva Team Agostini	Cagiva	29	+45.804	7
10	John Reynolds	'Padgett's Motorcycles	Harris Yamaha	29	+1:22.062	6
11	Bernard Garcia	Yamaha Motor France	ROC Yamaha	29	+1:27.745	5
12	Scott Doohan	Shell Harris Grand Prix	Harris Yamaha	29	+1:32.542	4
13	Juan López Mella	Lopez Mella Racing Team	ROC Yamaha	29	+1:32.788	3
14	Sean Emmett	Shell Harris Grand Prix	Harris Yamaha	29	+1:33.338	2
15	Cristiano Migliorati	Team Pedercini	ROC Yamaha	28	+1 Lap	1
16	Laurent Naveau	Euro Team	ROC Yamaha	28	+1 Lap
17	Jeremy McWilliams	Millar Racing	Yamaha	28	+1 Lap
18	Jean Pierre Jeandat	JPJ Racing	ROC Yamaha	28	+1 Lap
19	Bernard Haenggeli	Haenggeli Racing	ROC Yamaha	28	+1 Lap
20	Marc Garcia	DR Team Shark	ROC Yamaha	28	+1 Lap
21	Julián Miralles	Team ROC	ROC Yamaha	28	+1 Lap
22	Bruno Bonhuil	MTD Objectif 500	ROC Yamaha	28	+1 Lap
23	Andreas Leuthe	Team Doppler Austria	ROC Yamaha	28	+1 Lap
24	Vittorio Scatola	Team Paton	Paton	27	+2 Laps
25	Cees Doorakkers	Team Doorakkers	Harris Yamaha	27	+2 Laps
Ret	Lucio Pedercini	Team Pedercini	ROC Yamaha	15	Retirement
Ret	Jean Foray	Jean Foray Racing Team	ROC Yamaha	8	Retirement
Ret	Daryl Beattie	Marlboro Team Roberts	Yamaha	6	Engine
Ret	Marco Papa	Team Elit	ROC Yamaha	6	Retirement
Ret	Kevin Mitchell	MBM Racing	Harris Yamaha	5	Retirement
Ret	Niall Mackenzie	Slick 50 Team WCM	ROC Yamaha	2	Retirement
DNQ	Lothar Neukirchner	Sachsen Racing	Harris Yamaha		Did not qualify
Sources: [3] [4]

250 cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Points
1	Max Biaggi	Aprilia	28	43:42.148	25
2	Doriano Romboni	Honda	28	+0.658	20
3	Loris Capirossi	Honda	28	+0.696	16
4	Jean Philippe Ruggia	Aprilia	28	+4.380	13
5	Tadayuki Okada	Honda	28	+22.590	11
6	Nobuatsu Aoki	Honda	28	+22.663	10
7	Ralf Waldmann	Honda	28	+31.969	9
8	Luis D'Antin	Honda	28	+45.944	8
9	Wilco Zeelenberg	Honda	28	+45.976	7
10	Jean-Michel Bayle	Aprilia	28	+47.386	6
11	Craig Connell	Honda	28	+56.921	5
12	Andreas Preining	Aprilia	28	+57.320	4
13	Adrien Bosshard	Honda	28	+57.469	3
14	Carlos Checa	Honda	28	+1:12.094	2
15	Eskil Suter	Aprilia	28	+1:12.236	1
16	Jurgen vd Goorbergh	Aprilia	28	+1:16.288
17	Alessandro Gramigni	Aprilia	28	+1:31.394
18	Frederic Protat	Honda	27	+1 Lap
19	José Luis Cardoso	Aprilia	27	+1 Lap
20	Christian Boudinot	Aprilia	27	+1 Lap
21	Luis Carlos Maurel	Honda	27	+1 Lap
22	Juan Borja	Aprilia	27	+1 Lap
23	René Bongers	Honda	27	+1 Lap
24	Alan Patterson	Honda	26	+2 Laps
25	Krisse Kaas	Yamaha	26	+2 Laps
Ret	Bernd Kassner	Aprilia	27	Retirement
Ret	Patrick vd Goorbergh	Aprilia	17	Retirement
Ret	Enrique de Juan	Aprilia	15	Retirement
Ret	Rodney Fee	Honda	13	Retirement
Ret	Noel Ferro	Honda	10	Retirement
Ret	Adolf Stadler	Aprilia	7	Retirement
DNS	Tetsuya Harada	Yamaha		Did not start

• Tetsuya Harada suffered a broken hand in a crash during first practice session and withdrew from the event.

125 cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Points
1	Kazuto Sakata	Aprilia	26	43:05.474	25
2	Peter Öttl	Aprilia	26	+5.199	20
3	Garry McCoy	Aprilia	26	+11.537	16
4	Fausto Gresini	Honda	26	+15.540	13
5	Olivier Petrucciani	Aprilia	26	+24.593	11
6	Akira Saito	Honda	26	+27.472	10
7	Noboru Ueda	Honda	26	+27.957	9
8	Herri Torrontegui	Aprilia	26	+27.993	8
9	Masaki Tokudome	Honda	26	+28.436	7
10	Dirk Raudies	Honda	26	+36.223	6
11	Loek Bodelier	Honda	26	+36.344	5
12	Gianluigi Scalvini	Aprilia	26	+36.348	4
13	Gabriele Debbia	Aprilia	26	+47.472	3
14	Tomoko Igata	Honda	26	+48.274	2
15	Hideyuki Nakajo	Honda	26	+48.496	1
16	Bruno Casanova	Honda	26	+51.976
17	Haruchika Aoki	Honda	26	+52.029
18	Lucio Cecchinello	Honda	26	+1:01.315
19	Stefan Prein	Yamaha	26	+1:02.934
20	Manfred Geissler	Aprilia	26	+1:02.942
21	Giuseppe Fiorillo	Honda	26	+1:03.286
22	Frederic Petit	Yamaha	26	+1:24.084
23	Oliver Koch	Honda	26	+1:24.668
24	Hans Spaan	Honda	26	+1:25.920
25	Glen Richards	Aprilia	26	+1:34.830
26	Carlos Giro	Aprilia	26	+1:44.800
27	Masafumo Ono	Honda	25	+1 Lap
28	Vittorio Lopez	Honda	25	+1 Lap
Ret	Manfred Baumann	Yamaha	18	Retirement
Ret	Stefano Perugini	Aprilia	14	Retirement
Ret	Takeshi Tsujimura	Honda	13	Accident
Ret	Ken Fisher	Honda	7	Retirement
Ret	Jorge Martinez	Yamaha	5	Retirement
Ret	Neil Hodgson	Honda	4	Retirement
Ret	Daniela Tognoli	Aprilia	4	Retirement
Ret	Yoshiaki Katoh	Yamaha	1	Accident

References

1. Mitchell, Malcolm. "1994 500cc Class (FIM Grand Prix World Championship) Programmes – The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com. Retrieved 27 August 2018.
2. Mitchell, Malcolm. "Sydney Motorsport Park – The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com. Retrieved 27 August 2018.
3. "1994 Australian MotoGP – Motor Sport Magazine Database". Motorsportmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 27 August 2018.
4. "AUSTRALIAN GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1994". Motogp.com. Retrieved 27 August 2018.

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