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1991 British Grand Prix
Race details
Race 11 of 15 races in the; 1991 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	4 August 1991
Official name	Shell British Motorcycle Grand Prix
Location	Donington Park
Course	Permanent racing facility; 4.023 km (2.500 mi);
500cc
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Kevin Schwantz
Time	1:32.974
Fastest lap
Rider	Kevin Schwantz
Time	1:33.569
Podium
First	Kevin Schwantz
Second	Wayne Rainey
Third	Mick Doohan
250cc
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Loris Reggiani
Time	1:36.356
Fastest lap
Rider	Loris Reggiani
Time	1:36.200
Podium
First	Luca Cadalora
Second	Carlos Cardús
Third	Helmut Bradl
125cc
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Loris Capirossi
Time	1:42.928
Fastest lap
Rider	Loris Capirossi
Time	1:43.155
Podium
First	Loris Capirossi
Second	Fausto Gresini
Third	Peter Öttl

The 1991 British motorcycle Grand Prix was the eleventh round of the 1991 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 2–4 August 1991 at Donington Park.

500 cc race report

Kevin Schwantz on pole, Wayne Rainey 0.02 seconds back in 2nd, Mick Doohan 1 second down in 6th. John Kocinski gets the start from 3rd over Wayne Gardner, Doohan and Rainey.

Kocinski opens up a small gap to Schwantz, then a gap to a 3-man fight for 3rd between Rainey, Gardner and Doohan.

Schwantz takes the lead from Kocinski as Rainey arrives to make it a trio. Doohan makes it a quartet on lap 7.

Rainey and Schwantz drop Doohan and Kocinski, and they are swapping the lead often.

On the penultimate lap approaching the Melbourne Hairpin, from far behind Schwantz swoops in on Rainey on the brakes and passes around the outside in one of Schwantz's most memorable overtaking maneuvers. Rainey is not able to recover while Schwantz widens his lead to a comfortable gap as he crosses the finish line.^[4]^{[better source needed]}

500 cc classification

Pos.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Points
1	Kevin Schwantz	Lucky Strike Suzuki	Suzuki	47:12.182	20
2	Wayne Rainey	Marlboro Team Roberts	Yamaha	+0.788	17
3	Mick Doohan	Rothmans Honda Team	Honda	+19.188	15
4	John Kocinski	Marlboro Team Roberts	Yamaha	+24.857	13
5	Wayne Gardner	Rothmans Honda Team	Honda	+29.617	11
6	Eddie Lawson	Cagiva Corse	Cagiva	+31.179	10
7	Niall Mackenzie	Roberts B Team	Yamaha	+35.348	9
8	Didier de Radiguès	Lucky Strike Suzuki	Suzuki	+37.846	8
9	Juan Garriga	Ducados Yamaha	Yamaha	+49.967	7
10	Marco Papa	Cagiva Corse	Cagiva	+1 Lap	6
11	Eddie Laycock	Millar Racing	Yamaha	+1 Lap	5
12	Ron Haslam	JPS Norton Racing	Norton	+1 Lap	4
13	Michael Rudroff	Rallye Sport	Honda	+2 Laps	3
14	Cees Doorakkers	HEK-Baumachines	Honda	+2 Laps	2
15	Andreas Leuthe	Librenti Corse	Suzuki	+2 Laps	1
16	Helmut Schutz	Rallye Sport	Honda	+3 Laps
17	Josef Doppler	Doppler Racing	Yamaha	+3 Laps
Ret	Jean Philippe Ruggia	Sonauto Yamaha Mobil 1	Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Michele Valdo	Team Paton	Paton	Retirement
Ret	Nicholas Schmassman	Schmassman Technotron	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Adrien Morillas	Sonauto Yamaha Mobil 1	Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Hans Becker	Team Romero Racing	Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Sito Pons	Campsa Honda Team	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Doug Chandler	Roberts B Team	Yamaha	Retirement
Sources:^[5]^[6]

References

^ "Grand Prix uitslagen en bijzonderheden 1991". Archive.today. 25 July 2015. Archived from the original on 25 July 2015. Retrieved 20 May 2018.
^ Mitchell, Malcolm. "1991 500cc Class (FIM Grand Prix World Championship) Programmes - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". www.progcovers.com.
^ Mitchell, Malcolm. "Donington Park - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com. Retrieved 20 May 2018.
^ 1991 British motorcycle Grand Prix (500cc) - Full Race, retrieved 23 December 2015
^ "1991 British MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". 13 June 2017.
^ "motogp.com · BRITISH GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1991". www.motogp.com.

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