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 19–21 July 1991 at the Paul Ricard circuit

500 cc race report

Wayne Rainey started on pole, Mick Doohan started 2nd at .5 second, John Kocinski started 3rd and Kevin Schwantz started 4th on the grid. Doohan got the start from Schwantz, Eddie Lawson and Rainey. After a bad start, Kocinski crashed 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.

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

500 cc classification

Pos.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Points
1	Template:Flagicon Wayne Rainey	Marlboro Team Roberts	Yamaha	44:13.070	20
2	Template:Flagicon Mick Doohan	Rothmans Honda Team	Honda	+4.000	17
3	Template:Flagicon Eddie Lawson	Cagiva Corse	Cagiva	+23.646	15
4	Template:Flagicon Kevin Schwantz	Lucky Strike Suzuki	Suzuki	+23.730	13
5	Template:Flagicon Jean Philippe Ruggia	Sonauto Yamaha Mobil 1	Yamaha	+31.387	11
6	Template:Flagicon Doug Chandler	Roberts B Team	Yamaha	+49.660	10
7	Template:Flagicon Didier de Radiguès	Lucky Strike Suzuki	Suzuki	+55.097	9
8	Template:Flagicon Adrien Morillas	Sonauto Yamaha Mobil 1	Yamaha	+1:12.584	8
9	Template:Flagicon Sito Pons	Campsa Honda Team	Honda	+1:17.300	7
10	Template:Flagicon Wayne Gardner	Rothmans Honda Team	Honda	+2 Laps	6
11	Template:Flagicon Juan Garriga	Ducados Yamaha	Yamaha	+2 Laps	5
12	Template:Flagicon Cees Doorakkers	HEK-Baumachines	Honda	+2 Laps	4
13	Template:Flagicon Marco Papa	Team Marco Papa	Honda	+2 Laps	3
14	Template:Flagicon Michael Rudroff	Rallye Sport	Honda	+2 Laps	2
15	Template:Flagicon Josef Doppler	Doppler Racing	Yamaha	+3 Laps	1
Ret	Template:Flagicon Nicholas Schmassman	Schmassman Technotron	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Template:Flagicon Hans Becker	Team Romero Racing	Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Template:Flagicon John Kocinski	Marlboro Team Roberts	Yamaha	Retirement
DNS	Template:Flagicon Raymond Roche	Cagiva Corse	Cagiva	Did not start
DNQ	Template:Flagicon Andreas Leuthe	Librenti Corse	Suzuki	Did not qualify
DNQ	Template:Flagicon Helmut Schutz	Rallye Sport	Honda	Did not qualify
DNQ	Template:Flagicon Martin Trösch	MT Racing	Honda	Did not qualify
DNQ	Template:Flagicon Damon Buckmaster	Padgett's Racing Team	Suzuki	Did not qualify
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