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| Race 8 of 14 races in the 1993 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | 4 July 1993 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Official name | Gran Premi Pepsi d'Europa [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Circuit de Catalunya | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1993 European motorcycle Grand Prix was the eighth round of the 1993 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the 4 July 1993, at the Circuit de Catalunya. This was the 500th race to contribute to the Grand Prix motorcycle racing championship.
Yamaha allows Wayne Rainey to use a chassis from the ROC team.
Mick Doohan on pole. Rainey gets the start from Doohan and Kevin Schwantz.
Àlex Crivillé crashes out of 4th. Shinichi Itoh touches Doug Chandler’s back tire and crashes out, taking Chandler with him.
Rainey gets a gap to Doohan, then a gap to Schwantz. Rainey credits the wind more than the new frame: “The tailwind down the straight helped the Yamaha’s speed, but coming the other way I was able to use the wind to help get the bike to turn in.” [2]
| Pos. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Time/Retired | Points | ||
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| 1 |  Wayne Rainey | Marlboro Team Roberts | Yamaha | 45:58.314 | 25 | ||
| 2 |  Mick Doohan | Rothmans Honda Team | Honda | +3.898 | 20 | ||
| 3 | Kevin Schwantz | Lucky Strike Suzuki | Suzuki | +18.992 | 16 | ||
| 4 | Daryl Beattie | Rothmans Honda Team | Honda | +46.625 | 13 | ||
| 5 |  Alex Barros | Lucky Strike Suzuki | Suzuki | +55.799 | 11 | ||
| 6 |  Niall Mackenzie | Valvoline Team WCM | ROC Yamaha | +55.806 | 10 | ||
| 7 |  Juan Lopez Mella | Lopez Mella Racing Team | ROC Yamaha | +1:05.880 | 9 | ||
| 8 |  José Kuhn | Euromoto | ROC Yamaha | +1:05.962 | 8 | ||
| 9 | Juan Garriga | Cagiva Corse | Cagiva | +1:36.568 | 7 | ||
| 10 |  Renato Colleoni | Team Elit | ROC Yamaha | +1:46.964 | 6 | ||
| 11 | Jeremy McWilliams | Millar Racing | Yamaha | +1:49.221 | 5 | ||
| 12 | Sean Emmett | Shell Team Harris | Harris Yamaha | +1 Lap | 4 | ||
| 13 |  Andreas Meklau | Austrian Racing Company | ROC Yamaha | +1 Lap | 3 | ||
| 14 |  Cees Doorakkers | Doorakkers Racing | Harris Yamaha | +1 Lap | 2 | ||
| 15 | Luca Cadalora | Marlboro Team Roberts | Yamaha | +1 Lap | 1 | ||
| 16 |  Andrew Stroud | Team Harris | Harris Yamaha | +1 Lap | |||
| 17 |  Michael Rudroff | Rallye Sport | Harris Yamaha | +1 Lap | |||
| Ret | Bernard Garcia | Yamaha Motor France | Yamaha | Retirement | |||
| Ret |  Serge David | Team ROC | ROC Yamaha | Retirement | |||
| Ret |  Tsutomu Udagawa | Team Udagawa | ROC Yamaha | Retirement | |||
| Ret |  Laurent Naveau | Euro Team | ROC Yamaha | Retirement | |||
| Ret | Thierry Crine | Ville de Paris | ROC Yamaha | Retirement | |||
| Ret | Lucio Pedercini | Team Pedercini | ROC Yamaha | Retirement | |||
| Ret | Kevin Mitchell | MBM Racing | Harris Yamaha | Retirement | |||
| Ret | Bruno Bonhuil | MTD Objectif 500 | ROC Yamaha | Retirement | |||
| Ret | Marco Papa | Librenti Corse | Librenti | Retirement | |||
| Ret | Doug Chandler | Cagiva Team Agostini | Cagiva | Retirement | |||
| Ret | Shinichi Itoh | HRC Rothmans Honda | Honda | Retirement | |||
| Ret | Simon Crafar | Peter Graves Racing Team | Harris Yamaha | Retirement | |||
| Ret | Àlex Crivillé | Marlboro Honda Pons | Honda | Retirement | |||
| DNS | John Reynolds | Padgett's Motorcycles | Harris Yamaha | Did not start | |||
| Sources: [3] [4] | |||||||
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