The 1994 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season was the 46th F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship season.
1994 was the year in which Honda's Mick Doohan began to stamp his authority on the Grand Prix world. [1] Honda's Longtime sponsor Rothmans left Honda to join Williams Renault in Formula One. [1] Doohan won 9 races, the most since Giacomo Agostini won 11 in 1972. [1] Kevin Schwantz was injured in a pre-season bicycle crash and raced in 6 races with his arm in plaster. [1] Luca Cadalora took over from Wayne Rainey on the Yamaha and won two races. Aprilia began campaigning in the 500cc class with a 250 V twin motor enlarged to 380cc in hopes of using its lighter weight and nimble handling as an advantage. [1]
Max Biaggi would win his first world title for Aprilia in a tight 250 class battle against Loris Capirossi and Tadayuki Okada. [1] Kazuto Sakata won the 125 crown for Aprilia. He was the first Japanese rider to race for a European factory. [1]
Honda secured the constructor's title in all three categories.
The following Grands Prix were scheduled to take place in 1994: [2] [3]
Round | Date | Grand Prix | Circuit |
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1 | 27 March | Foster's Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix | Eastern Creek Raceway |
2 | 10 April | Malaysian Grand Prix | Shah Alam Circuit |
3 | 24 April | Marlboro Grand Prix of Japan | Suzuka Circuit |
4 | 8 May | Gran Premio de España | Circuito Permanente de Jerez |
5 | 22 May | Grand Prix Austria | Salzburgring |
6 | 12 June | Grand Prix Deutschland | Hockenheimring |
7 | 25 June | Lucky Strike Dutch Grand Prix | TT Circuit Assen |
8 | 3 July | Gran Premio d'Italia | Mugello Circuit |
9 | 17 July | Grand Prix de France Moto | Bugatti Circuit |
10 | 24 July | British Motorcycle Grand Prix | Donington Park |
11 | 21 August | Grand Prix České republiky | Brno Circuit |
12 | 11 September | United States Motorcycle Grand Prix | Laguna Seca Raceway |
13 | 25 September | Gran Prix Marlboro Argentina | Autódromo Oscar Alfredo Gálvez |
14 | 9 October | Gran Premi Pepsi d'Europa | Circuit de Catalunya |
Round | Date | Race | Location | 125cc winner | 250cc winner | 500cc winner | Report |
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1 | 27 March | Australian motorcycle Grand Prix | Eastern Creek | Kazuto Sakata | Max Biaggi | John Kocinski | Report |
2 | 10 April | Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix | Shah Alam | Noboru Ueda | Max Biaggi | Mick Doohan | Report |
3 | 24 April | Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix | Suzuka | Takeshi Tsujimura | Tadayuki Okada | Kevin Schwantz | Report |
4 | 8 May | Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix | Jerez | Kazuto Sakata | Jean-Philippe Ruggia | Mick Doohan | Report |
5 | 22 May | Austrian motorcycle Grand Prix | Salzburgring | Dirk Raudies | Loris Capirossi | Mick Doohan | Report |
6 | 12 June | German motorcycle Grand Prix | Hockenheim | Dirk Raudies | Loris Capirossi | Mick Doohan | Report |
7 | 25 June | Dutch TT | Assen | Takeshi Tsujimura | Max Biaggi | Mick Doohan | Report |
8 | 3 July | Italian motorcycle Grand Prix | Mugello | Noboru Ueda | Ralf Waldmann | Mick Doohan | Report |
9 | 17 July | French motorcycle Grand Prix | Le Mans | Noboru Ueda | Loris Capirossi | Mick Doohan | Report |
10 | 24 July | British motorcycle Grand Prix | Donington | Takeshi Tsujimura | Loris Capirossi | Kevin Schwantz | Report |
11 | 21 August | Czech Republic motorcycle Grand Prix | Brno | Kazuto Sakata | Max Biaggi | Mick Doohan | Report |
12 | 11 September | United States motorcycle Grand Prix | Laguna Seca | Takeshi Tsujimura | Doriano Romboni | Luca Cadalora | Report |
13 | 25 September | Argentine motorcycle Grand Prix | Buenos Aires | Jorge Martínez | Tadayuki Okada | Mick Doohan | Report |
14 | 9 October | European motorcycle Grand Prix | Catalunya | Dirk Raudies | Max Biaggi | Luca Cadalora | Report |
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 | 25 | 20 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
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Bold – Pole |
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 | 25 | 20 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
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Bold – Pole |
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 | 25 | 20 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
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Bold – Pole |
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