1995 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season

The 1995 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season was the 47th F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship season.

Season summary

Honda's Mick Doohan captured his second consecutive 500cc crown in 1995.^[1] Suzuki's Daryl Beattie had an early season points lead but crashed and injured himself in practice at Assen.^[1] Luca Cadalora again won two races for Yamaha but failed to show any consistency.^[1] Kevin Schwantz retired after the third race of the season with his numerous injuries finally taking their toll.^[1]

Max Biaggi also won his second consecutive 250 championship for Aprilia with his eight victories second only to Mike Hailwood's 10 victories in 1966.^[1] Haruchika Aoki easily won the 125 title for Honda with seven wins.^[1]

Grands Prix

Round	Race	Location	125cc winner	250cc winner	500cc winner	Report
1	Australian Grand Prix	Eastern Creek	Haruchika Aoki	Ralf Waldmann	Mick Doohan	Report
2	Malaysian Grand Prix	Shah Alam	Garry McCoy	Max Biaggi	Mick Doohan	Report
3	Japanese Grand Prix	Suzuka	Haruchika Aoki	Ralf Waldmann	Daryl Beattie	Report
4	Spanish Grand Prix	Jerez	Haruchika Aoki	Tetsuya Harada	Alberto Puig	Report
5	German Grand Prix	Nürburgring	Haruchika Aoki	Max Biaggi	Daryl Beattie	Report
6	Italian Grand Prix	Mugello	Haruchika Aoki	Max Biaggi	Mick Doohan	Report
7	Dutch TT	Assen	Dirk Raudies	Max Biaggi	Mick Doohan	Report
8	French Grand Prix	Le Mans	Haruchika Aoki	Ralf Waldmann	Mick Doohan	Report
9	British Grand Prix	Donington	Kazuto Sakata	Max Biaggi	Mick Doohan	Report
10	Czech Republic Grand Prix	Brno	Kazuto Sakata	Max Biaggi	Luca Cadalora	Report
11	Rio de Janeiro Grand Prix	Jacarepagua	Masaki Tokudome	Doriano Romboni	Luca Cadalora	Report
12	Argentine Grand Prix	Buenos Aires	Emilio Alzamora	Max Biaggi	Mick Doohan	Report
13	European Grand Prix	Catalunya	Haruchika Aoki	Max Biaggi	Àlex Crivillé	Report

Final standings

500cc standings^[2][3]

Pos Rider Bike AUS MAL JPN ESP GER ITA NED FRA GBR CZE RIO ARG EUR Pts 1 Mick Doohan Honda NSR500 1 1 2 Ret Ret 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 4 248 2 Daryl Beattie Suzuki RGV500 2 2 1 7 1 2 3 2 3 4 2 5 215 3 Luca Cadalora Yamaha YZR500 4 Ret 4 2 2 12 7 2 5 1 1 3 Ret 176 4 Alex Criville Honda NSR500 3 3 Ret 3 4 5 2 Ret 3 6 6 4 1 166 5 Shinichi Itoh Honda NSR500 10 7 Ret 8 3 4 8 4 6 5 10 9 2 127 6 Loris Capirossi Honda NSR500 8 Ret Ret 6 6 9 4 4 4 9 5 3 108 7 Alex Barros Honda NSR500 6 6 Ret 5 7 7 5 5 Ret 9 8 8 6 104 8 Alberto Puig Honda NSR500 7 5 5 1 5 3 3 99 9 Norick Abe Yamaha YZR500 9 Ret 9 4 8 6 6 Ret 18 Ret 3 6 Ret 81 10 Loris Reggiani Aprilia RSA500 11 8 10 Ret 9 8 9 Ret Ret 7 Ret Ret 7 59 11 Neil Hodgson ROC-Yamaha 20 Ret 14 12 14 14 13 8 7 10 11 10 9 54 12 Juan Borja ROC-Yamaha Ret 9 7 9 10 16 10 Ret 8 12 Ret 11 Ret 52 13 Scott Russell Suzuki RGV500 11 12 6 11 5 8 43 14 Bernard Garcia ROC-Yamaha 13 10 11 Ret 17 13 11 Ret 9 13 Ret 12 11 41 15 Kevin Schwantz Suzuki RGV500 5 4 6 34 16 Carlos Checa Honda NSR500 Ret 8 7 7 Ret 26 17 Adrian Bosshard ROC-Yamaha 15 Ret 15 Ret 12 17 15 11 10 15 15 15 Ret 21 18 Laurent Naveau ROC-Yamaha 16 Ret 17 13 13 19 10 14 13 16 12 21 19 Jeremy McWilliams Yamaha YZR500 Ret 14 Ret 11 Ret Ret 18 7 Ret 16 12 Ret 17 20 20 Toshi Arakaki Harris-Yamaha 8 Ret 9 11 20 21 Cristiano Migliorati Harris-Yamaha 14 12 18 10 11 Ret 17 Ret Ret Ret Ret 20 16 17 22 Sean Emmett Harris-Yamaha 12 Ret 13 Ret Ret Ret Ret 13 Ret 14 14 13 17 23 Takuma Aoki Honda NSR500 3 16 24 James Haydon Harris-Yamaha 23 Ret Ret Ret Ret 18 14 Ret Ret Ret 16 13 10 11 25 Frederic Protat ROC-Yamaha 18 11 23 Ret 18 Ret Ret 12 16 17 17 Ret Ret 9 26 Marc Garcia ROC-Yamaha 24 13 16 Ret 16 15 Ret 13 Ret 20 Ret 17 14 9 27 Pierfrancesco Chili Cagiva GP500 10 6 28 Bruno Bonhuil ROC-Yamaha 27 17 19 15 19 21 Ret 16 12 21 5 29 Andrew Stroud ROC-Yamaha 17 15 12 Ret Ret Ret 19 5 30 Eugene McManus Harris-Yamaha 21 Ret 21 14 21 Ret 16 Ret 14 19 18 18 18 4 31 Bernard Haenggeli ROC-Yamaha 26 16 Ret 17 Ret Ret 20 14 17 22 Ret Ret 20 2 32 Pierre Monneret ROC-Yamaha 15 1 33 Chris Walker Harris-Yamaha 15 18 1 34 Jean-Pierre Jeandat Paton Ret 19 20 Ret 15 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 1 35 Lucio Pedercini ROC-Yamaha 22 Ret 22 Ret Ret 20 21 Ret Ret Ret 19 19 15 1 Pos Rider Bike AUS MAL JPN ESP GER ITA NED FRA GBR CZE RIO 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][5]

Place	Rider	Number	Country	Team	Machine	Points	Wins	Poles	F.Laps
1	Max Biaggi	1		Chesterfield-Aprilia	RSV250	283	8	9	7
2	Tetsuya Harada	7		Marlboro-Yamaha	YZR250	220	1	3	4
3	Ralf Waldmann	5		HB-Honda Germany	NSR250	203	3	0	1
4	Tadayuki Okada	2		HRC-Honda	NSR250	136	0	0	1
5	Jean-Philippe Ruggia	6		Tech 3-Honda	NSR250	115	0	0	0
6	Nobuatsu Aoki	10		Blumex Rheos-Honda	NSR250	105	0	0	0
7	Luis D'Antin	9		MX Onda-S.S.P.-Honda	NSR250	88	0	0	0
8	Kenny Roberts, Jr.	25	United States	Marlboro-Yamaha	YZR250	82	0	0	0
9	Doriano Romboni	4		Agostini-Honda	NSR250	75	1	0	0
10	Olivier Jacque	19		Tech 3-Honda	NSR250	66	0	0	0
11	Jurgen Fuchs					55
12	Jurgen van de Goorbergh					50
13	Carlos Checa					45
14	Eskil Suter					43
15	Jean Michel Bayle					37
16	Jose Luis Cardoso					33
17	Roberto Locatelli					31
18	Niall Mackenzie					26
19	Marcellino Lucchi					22
20	Patrick van de Goorbergh					22
21	Sadanori Hikita					19
22	Takeshi Tsujimura					12
23	Alessandro Gramigni					11
24	Osamu Miyazaki					10
25	Adi Stadler					7
26	Luis Carlos Maurel					6
27	Regis Laconi					4
28	Bernd Kassner					3
29	Sebastian Porto					3
30	Marcus Payten					2
30	Masaki Morikane					2
32	Gregorio Lavilla					2
32	Oliver Petrucciani					2

125cc standings^[6][7]

Place	Rider	Number	Country	Machine	Points	Wins	Poles	F.Lap
1	Haruchika Aoki	12	Japan	Honda	224	7	3	2
2	Kazuto Sakata	1	Japan	Aprilia	140	2	5	1
3	Emilio Alzamora	26	Spain	Honda	129	1	1
4	Akira Saito	14	Japan	Honda	127			1
5	Dirk Raudies	4	Germany	Honda	124.5	1	1	1
6	Stefano Perugini	7	Italy	Aprilia	118		2	2
7	Masaki Tokudome	8	Japan	Aprilia	105.5	1		1
8	Tomomi Manako	20	Japan	Honda	102
9	Hideyuki Nakajoh	9	Japan	Honda	88		1	2
10	Peter Öttl	5	Germany	Aprilia	76			1

Participants

500cc participants

No Rider Team Constructor 1 Mick Doohan Team Repsol Honda Honda 6 Alex Criville Team Repsol Honda Honda 7 Shinichi Itoh Team Repsol Honda Honda 55 Takuma Aoki Team HRC Honda 2 Luca Cadalora Marlboro Team Roberts Yamaha 17 Norick Abe Marlboro Team Roberts Yamaha 4 Daryl Beattie Lucky Strike Suzuki Suzuki 8 Sean Emmett Lucky Strike Suzuki Suzuki 34 Kevin Schwantz Lucky Strike Suzuki Suzuki 45 Scott Russell Lucky Strike Suzuki Suzuki 5 Alberto Puig Fortuna Honda Pons Honda 12 Carlos Checa Fortuna Honda Pons Honda 8 Sean Emmett Harris Grand Prix Harris-Yamaha 20 Cristiano Migliorati Harris Grand Prix Harris-Yamaha 35 Brian Morrison Harris Grand Prix Harris-Yamaha 38 Antonio Irizar Harris Grand Prix Harris-Yamaha 69 James Haydon Harris Grand Prix Harris-Yamaha 9 Alex Barros Kanemoto Honda Honda 10 Jeremy McWilliams Team Millar Yamaha 11 Bernard Garcia D.R. Team Erima ROC-Yamaha 13 Loris Reggiani Aprilia Racing Team Aprilia 14 Adrian Bosshard Thommen Elf Racing Team ROC-Yamaha 18 Laurent Naveau ROC Euro Team ROC-Yamaha 19 Juan Borja Team ROC N.R.J. ROC-Yamaha 40 Jose Kuhn Team ROC ROC-Yamaha 79 Pierre Monneret Team ROC ROC-Yamaha 96 James Whitham Team ROC ROC-Yamaha 21 Bernard Hänggeli Hänggeli Racing ROC-Yamaha 22 Lucio Pedercini Team Pedercini ROC-Yamaha 23 Eugene McManus Padgett’s Racing Team Harris-Yamaha 26 Jim Filice Padgett’s Racing Team Harris-Yamaha 36 Jamie Robinson Padgett’s Racing Team Harris-Yamaha 39 Lee Pullan Padgett’s Racing Team Harris-Yamaha 85 Chris Walker Padgett’s Racing Team Harris-Yamaha 24 Scott Gray Starsport Yamaha 25 Neil Hodgson WCM ROC-Yamaha 27 Andrew Stroud Team Max ROC-Yamaha 70 Marco Papa Team Max ROC-Yamaha 28 Bruno Bonhuil MTD ROC-Yamaha 32 Toshi Arakaki Padgetts-Tube Riders Yamaha 37 Frederic Protat FP Racing Harris-Yamaha 40 Jose Kuhn JPJ Paton Paton 51 Jean-Pierre Jeandat JPJ Paton Paton 41 Enrique de Juan J.L.M. ROC-Yamaha 44 Marc Garcia DR Team Shark ROC-Yamaha 52 Marty Craggill Team Rainey Yamaha 56 Toshihiko Honma YRTR Yamaha 65 Loris Capirossi Marlboro Team Pileri Honda 66 Niggi Schmassmann Yamaha 67 Hans Wieser Yamaha 70 Marco Papa Team Marco Papa ROC-Yamaha 71 Pierfrancesco Chili Cagiva Corse Cagiva 74 Cees Doorakkers PHI Racing Team 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/1995/NAT/500cc/World+Standing. Retrieved 2010-07-06. 

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