1994 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season

The 1994 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season was the 46th F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship season.

Season summary

1994 was the year in which Honda's Mick Doohan began to stamp his authority on the Grand Prix world.^[1] Honda's Longtime sponsor Rothmans left Honda to join Williams Renault in Formula One.^[1] Doohan won 9 races, the most since Giacomo Agostini won 11 in 1972.^[1] Kevin Schwantz was injured in a pre-season bicycle crash and raced in 6 races with his arm in plaster.^[1] Luca Cadalora took over from Wayne Rainey on the Yamaha and won two races. Aprilia began campaigning in the 500cc class with a 250 V twin motor enlarged to 380cc in hopes of using its lighter weight and nimble handling as an advantage.^[1]

Max Biaggi would win his first world title for Aprilia in a tight 250 class battle against Loris Capirossi and Tadayuki Okada.^[1] Kazuto Sakata won the 125 crown for Aprilia. He was the first Japanese rider to race for a European factory.^[1]

1994 500 cc Season review

Round	Race	Location	125cc winner	250cc winner	500cc winner	Report
1	Australian Grand Prix	Eastern Creek	Kazuto Sakata	Max Biaggi	John Kocinski	Report
2	Malaysian Grand Prix	Shah Alam	Noboru Ueda	Max Biaggi	Mick Doohan	Report
3	Japanese Grand Prix	Suzuka	Takeshi Tsujimura	Tadayuki Okada	Kevin Schwantz	Report
4	Spanish Grand Prix	Jerez	Kazuto Sakata	Jean-Philippe Ruggia	Mick Doohan	Report
5	Austrian Grand Prix	Salzburgring	Dirk Raudies	Loris Capirossi	Mick Doohan	Report
6	German Grand Prix	Hockenheim	Dirk Raudies	Loris Capirossi	Mick Doohan	Report
7	Dutch TT	Assen	Takeshi Tsujimura	Max Biaggi	Mick Doohan	Report
8	Italian Grand Prix	Mugello	Noboru Ueda	Ralf Waldmann	Mick Doohan	Report
9	French Grand Prix	Le Mans	Noboru Ueda	Loris Capirossi	Mick Doohan	Report
10	British Grand Prix	Donington	Takeshi Tsujimura	Loris Capirossi	Kevin Schwantz	Report
11	Czech Republic Grand Prix	Brno	Kazuto Sakata	Max Biaggi	Mick Doohan	Report
12	United States Grand Prix	Laguna Seca	Takeshi Tsujimura	Doriano Romboni	Luca Cadalora	Report
13	Argentine Grand Prix	Buenos Aires	Jorge Martínez	Tadayuki Okada	Mick Doohan	Report
14	European Grand Prix	Catalunya	Dirk Raudies	Max Biaggi	Luca Cadalora	Report

Final standings

500cc standings^[2][3]

Pos Rider Bike AUS MAL JPN ESP AUT GER NED ITA FRA GBR CZE USA ARG EUR Pts 1 Mick Doohan Honda NSR500 3 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 3 1 2 317 2 Luca Cadalora Yamaha YZR500 2 4 4 Ret 22 9 2 7 3 3 1 6 1 174 3 John Kocinski Cagiva GP500 1 2 9 3 5 Ret 8 Ret 2 4 Ret 2 3 3 172 4 Kevin Schwantz Suzuki RGV500 4 6 1 2 2 2 5 3 Ret 1 7 169 5 Alberto Puig Honda NSR500 7 5 8 6 6 3 4 4 4 7 5 7 5 7 152 6 Alex Criville Honda NSR500 6 8 7 5 3 4 3 Ret 3 6 4 7 4 144 7 Shinichi Ito Honda NSR500 5 3 3 Ret 4 6 Ret 5 5 9 2 4 4 Ret 141 8 Alex Barros Suzuki RGV500 8 7 5 4 7 5 2 7 6 Ret 8 8 8 6 134 9 Doug Chandler Cagiva GP500 9 9 10 7 Ret 7 6 Ret Ret 5 Ret 5 2 10 96 10 Niall Mackenzie Yamaha YZR500 Ret 11 19 8 9 8 Ret 9 Ret 8 9 10 11 8 69 11 Bernard Garcia ROC-Yamaha 11 Ret 11 Ret 9 10 8 Ret 11 11 12 12 9 56 12 Jeremy McWilliams Yamaha YZR500 17 14 13 11 16 Ret Ret 15 8 10 10 9 9 12 49 13 Daryl Beattie Yamaha YZR500 Ret 10 28 Ret 8 Ret 7 6 Ret Ret 5 44 14 John Reynolds Yamaha YZR500 10 12 12 10 10 10 Ret Ret Ret 14 12 Ret Ret 11 43 15 Sean Emmett Harris-Yamaha 14 13 17 Ret 12 11 Ret 14 Ret 12 13 11 10 Ret 34 16 Juan Lopez Mella ROC-Yamaha 13 Ret 15 13 Ret 12 Ret 10 10 Ret 13 26 17 Norick Abe Yamaha YZR500 Ret 6 6 20 18 Laurent Naveau ROC-Yamaha 16 Ret 14 Ret 15 14 12 16 Ret 13 Ret 13 14 14 19 19 Jean Pierre Jeandat ROC-Yamaha 18 16 21 14 13 Ret 11 11 Ret 16 14 Ret 17 17 20 Cristiano Migliorati ROC-Yamaha 15 20 20 12 14 Ret Ret 12 15 Ret 18 17 16 18 12 21 Marc Garcia ROC-Yamaha 20 18 22 16 17 Ret Ret Ret 9 Ret 15 16 13 Ret 11 22 Toshihiko Honma Yamaha YZR500 6 10 23 Jean Foray ROC-Yamaha Ret Ret 23 17 20 Ret 15 19 11 19 14 21 Ret 8 24 Loris Reggiani Aprilia 9 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 7 25 Bernard Haenggeli ROC-Yamaha 19 Ret 25 20 Ret Ret 16 13 12 Ret 17 18 19 20 7 26 Julian Miralles ROC-Yamaha 21 Ret 24 15 18 13 13 Ret 7 27 Bruno Bonhuil ROC-Yamaha 22 17 16 Ret 19 15 14 17 13 15 Ret 19 Ret Ret 7 28 Hervi Moineau ROC-Yamaha 11 5 29 Scott Doohan Harris-Yamaha 12 4 30 Udo Mark Harris-Yamaha Ret 14 17 2 31 Lucio Pedercini ROC-Yamaha Ret 15 18 Ret Ret Ret Ret 20 Ret 18 Ret 15 17 Ret 2 32 Neil Hodgson Harris-Yamaha 15 16 1 33 Andrew Stroud ROC-Yamaha 15 1 Pos Rider Bike AUS MAL JPN ESP AUT GER NED ITA FRA GBR CZE USA ARG EUR Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Finished, in points Blue Finished, no points Not classified (NC) Purple Did not finish (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not participate Excluded (EX) Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap

250cc standings^[4]

Place	Rider	Number	Country	Machine	Points	Wins	Poles	F.Laps
1	Max Biaggi	4	Italy	Aprilia	234	5	7	8
2	Tadayuki Okada	8	Japan	Honda	214	2	0	0
3	Loris Capirossi	2	Italy	Honda	199	4	5	5
4	Doriano Romboni	5	Italy	Honda	170	1	2	0
5	Ralf Waldmann	28	Germany	Honda	156	1	0	0
6	Jean-Philippe Ruggia	17	France	Aprilia	149	1	0	0
7	Tetsuya Harada	1	Japan	Yamaha	109	0	0	1
8	Jean-Michel Bayle	22	France	Aprilia	105	0	0	0
9	Luis D'Antin		Spain	Honda	100	0	0	0
10	Nobuatsu Aoki	10	Japan	Honda	95	0	0	0

125cc standings^[5]

Place	Rider	Number	Country	Machine	Points	Wins	Poles	F.Laps
1	Kazuto Sakata	2	Japan	Aprilia	224	4	7	4
2	Noboru Ueda	5	Japan	Honda	194	3	5	1
3	Takeshi Tsujimura	3	Japan	Honda	190	3	0	1
4	Dirk Raudies	1	Germany	Honda	162	3	1	2
5	Peter Öttl	10	Germany	Aprilia	160	0	0	3
6	Jorge Martínez	7	Spain	Yamaha	135	1	0	0
7	Stefano Perugini	32	Italy	Aprilia	106	0	0	2
8	Masaki Tokudome		Japan	Honda	87	0	0	0
9	Olivier Petrucciani	7	Switzerland	Aprilia	74	0	0	0
10	Herri Torrontegui	9	Spain	Aprilia	73	0	0	0

Participants

500cc participants

No Rider Team Constructor 1 Kevin Schwantz Lucky Strike Suzuki Suzuki 6 Alex Barros Lucky Strike Suzuki Suzuki 12 Juan Lopez Mella Lucky Strike Suzuki Suzuki 19 Sean Emmett Lucky Strike Suzuki Suzuki 3 Daryl Beattie Marlboro Team Roberts Yamaha 5 Luca Cadalora Marlboro Team Roberts Yamaha 56 Norick Abe Marlboro Team Roberts Yamaha 4 Mick Doohan Honda Team HRC Honda 7 Shinichi Ito Honda Team HRC Honda 8 Alex Criville Honda Team HRC Honda 10 Doug Chandler Cagiva Team Agostini Cagiva 11 John Kocinski Cagiva Team Agostini Cagiva 70 Carl Fogarty Cagiva Team Agostini Cagiva 12 Juan Lopez Mella Lopez Mella Racing Team ROC-Yamaha 13 Loris Reggiani Aprilia Racing Team Aprilia 14 Jeremy McWilliams Team Millar Yamaha 15 John Reynolds Padgett’s Motorcycles Harris-Yamaha 16 Laurent Naveau Euroteam ROC-Yamaha 17 Alberto Puig Ducados Honda Pons Honda 18 Bernard Garcia Yamaha Motor France ROC-Yamaha 19 Sean Emmett Shell Harris Grand Prix Harris-Yamaha 40 Neil Hodgson Shell Harris Grand Prix Harris-Yamaha 52 Scott Doohan Shell Harris Grand Prix Harris-Yamaha 20 Kevin Mitchell M.B.M. Racing Harris-Yamaha 21 Cees Doorakkers Team Doorakkers Harris-Yamaha 23 Lucio Pedercini Team Pedercini ROC-Yamaha 24 Cristiano Migliorati Team Pedercini ROC-Yamaha 25 Marco Papa Team Elit ROC-Yamaha 38 Ermanno Bastianini Team Elit ROC-Yamaha 39 James Haydon Team Elit ROC-Yamaha 27 Bernard Hänggeli Hänggeli Racing ROC-Yamaha 28 Julian Miralles Team ROC ROC-Yamaha 37 Herve Moineau Team ROC ROC-Yamaha 41 Andrew Stroud Team ROC ROC-Yamaha 69 Pierre Monneret Team ROC ROC-Yamaha 72 Michael Liedl Team ROC ROC-Yamaha 79 Chuck Graves Team ROC ROC-Yamaha 29 Andreas Leuthe Team Doppler Austria ROC-Yamaha 30 Vittorio Scatola Team Paton Paton 33 Paul Pellisier Team Paton Paton 31 Lothar Neukirchner Sachsen Racing Team Harris-Yamaha 32 Evren Bischoff Sachsen Racing Team Harris-Yamaha 63 Udo Mark Sachsen Racing Team Harris-Yamaha 34 Bruno Bonhuil M.T.D. Objectif 500 ROC-Yamaha 36 Jean Foray Jean Foray Racing Team ROC-Yamaha 44 Marc Garcia D.R. Team Shark ROC-Yamaha 50 Niall Mackenzie WCM ROC-Yamaha 51 Jean-Pierre Jeandat J.P.J. Racing ROC-Yamaha 56 Norick Abe Mister Donut Blue Fox Honda 57 Toshihiko Honma Y.R.T.R. Yamaha 62 Manfred Erhardt Harris-Yamaha 73 Nick Hopkins Triton Team GB Harris-Yamaha 76 Nestor Amoroso Yamasur Harris-Yamaha 77 Felipe Horta Harris-Yamaha

Key Regular rider Wildcard rider Replacement rider

References

• Büla, Maurice & Schertenleib, Jean-Claude (2001). Continental Circus 1949-2000. Chronosports S.A. ISBN 2-940125-32-5
• "The Official MotoGP website". http://www.motogp.com/en/Results+Statistics/1994/NAT/500cc/World+Standing. Retrieved 2010-07-06. 

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