1991 Czechoslovak motorcycle Grand Prix

  1991 Czechoslovak Grand Prix

Race details
Race 13 of 15 races in the 1991 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	August 25 1991
Location	Brno
Course	Permanent racing facility 5.403 km (3.357 mi)
500 cc
Pole position
Rider	Wayne Rainey
Time	2:03.358
Fastest lap
Rider	Wayne Rainey
Time	2:03.266
Podium
First	Wayne Rainey
Second	Mick Doohan
Third	John Kocinski
250 cc
Pole position
Rider	Helmut Bradl
Time	2:07.160
Fastest lap
Rider	Helmut Bradl
Time	2:07.052
Podium
First	Helmut Bradl
Second	Carlos Cardús
Third	Luca Cadalora
125 cc
Pole position
Rider	Loris Capirossi
Time	2:15.278
Fastest lap
Rider	Kazuto Sakata
Time	2:14.977
Podium
First	Alessandro Gramigni
Second	Loris Capirossi
Third	Gabriele Debbia

The 1991 Czechoslovak motorcycle Grand Prix was the thirteenth round of the 1991 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 23–25 August 1991 at the Masaryk Circuit located in Brno, Czechoslovakia.

500 cc race report

Wayne Rainey on pole, his 6th for the season; Mick Doohan 0.1 seconds behind. Doohan gets the start from Rainey.

Doohan sets the fastest lap on the 8th, and Rainey is still with him. It's a big fight on the last lap, and Rainey gets the best of Doohan.

Rainey on how to beat Doohan: "I'd just sit on his wheel in the middle part of the race, and I'd make sure he could feel me, so he’d have to work his front tire harder, braking later and going deeper into the bends. As the tire got used up, his bike'd start to push and run out wide. Then I'd pass him and up the pace, and he couldn't stay with me."^[1]

500 cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Points
1	Wayne Rainey	Yamaha	47:32.169	20
2	Mick Doohan	Honda	+3.204	17
3	John Kocinski	Yamaha	+19.939	15
4	Wayne Gardner	Honda	+24.403	13
5	Kevin Schwantz	Suzuki	+25.039	11
6	Juan Garriga	Yamaha	+33.195	10
7	Didier de Radiguès	Suzuki	+52.768	9
8	Eddie Lawson	Cagiva	+53.356	8
9	Sito Pons	Honda	+1:22.765	7
10	Doug Chandler	Yamaha	+1:24.755	6
11	Eddie Laycock	Yamaha	+1 Lap	5
12	Michael Rudroff	Honda	+1 Lap	4
13	Cees Doorakkers	Honda	+1 Lap	3
14	Hans Becker	Yamaha	+1 Lap	2
15	Damon Buckmaster	Suzuki	+1 Lap	1
16	Josef Doppler	Yamaha	+1 Lap
17	Nicholas Schmassman	Honda	+2 Laps
Ret	Jean Philippe Ruggia	Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Martin Troesch	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Andreas Leuthe	Suzuki	Retirement
Ret	Adrien Morillas	Yamaha	Retirement

References

1. Scott, Michael: "Wayne Rainey", pages 155-156. Haynes Publishing, 1997.