1991 French motorcycle Grand Prix

1991 French motorcycle Grand Prix

The 1991 French motorcycle Grand Prix was the tenth round of the 1991 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 19th-21st July, 1991 at the Paul Ricard circuit

500 cc race report

Wayne Rainey on pole, Mick Doohan 2nd at .5 second, John Kocinski 3rd and Kevin Schwantz 4th on the grid. Doohan gets the start from Schwantz, Eddie Lawson and Rainey. After a bad start, Kocinski crashes out hard on the first lap.

By the end of the first lap, Rainey is showing Doohan a front wheel and it’s a 2-man fight for 1st very early with a 4-man group fighting for 3rd.

Rainey takes the lead from Doohan and Lawson and Schwantz remain behind to determine 3rd place.

One the last lap, Rainey expertly zigzags across the Mistral Straight, preventing Doohan from draft-passing, and Lawson wins his fight from Schwantz.

500cc classification

MotoGP_race_report
Name_of_race = French motorcycle Grand Prix
Year_of_race = 1991
Previous_race_in_season = 1991 Dutch TT
Next_race_in_season = 1991 British Grand Prix
Previous_year's_race = 1990 French Grand Prix
Next_year's_race = 1992 French Grand Prix


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