The 1993 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix was the fourth round of the 1993 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 2 May 1993 at the Circuito de Jerez.

The weekend was marred by a practice accident which resulted in the death of Japanese rider Nobuyuki Wakai after he had struck a spectator who had entered the pit lane without authorization.

500 cc race report Kevin Schwantz’ 4th pole in 4 races.

Wayne Rainey takes the start from Schwantz and Alex Barros.

Schwantz and Rainey get a gap from Àlex Crivillé, Mick Doohan, with Barros closing.

Barros up to 3rd, and then arrives to Schwantz and Rainey.

Schwantz waves his teammate Barros through to 2nd, then Barros takes the lead from Rainey.

Barros and Schwantz get a gap, but Schwantz makes a mistake and goes into the grass. He saves it and remains in 2nd.

Barros in 1st and has a large lead with a couple of laps to go, but lowsides out of the race.

500 cc classification Pos. Rider Team Manufacturer Time/Retired Grid Points 1 Kevin Schwantz Lucky Strike Suzuki Suzuki 47:39.627 1 25 2 Wayne Rainey Marlboro Team Roberts Yamaha +1.664 3 20 3 Àlex Crivillé Marlboro Honda Pons Honda +12.280 6 16 4 Mick Doohan Rothmans Honda Team Honda +26.183 7 13 5 Luca Cadalora Marlboro Team Roberts Yamaha +47.828 4 11 6 Daryl Beattie Rothmans Honda Team Honda +54.886 11 10 7 Niall Mackenzie Valvoline Team WCM ROC Yamaha +1:02.335 8 9 8 Juan Lopez Mella Lopez Mella Racing Team ROC Yamaha +1:06.680 10 8 9 Sean Emmett Shell Team Harris Harris Yamaha +1:19.312 20 7 10 Tsutomu Udagawa Team Udagawa ROC Yamaha +1:40.054 15 6 11 Corrado Catalano Team ROC ROC Yamaha +1 Lap 24 5 12 Lucio Pedercini Team Pedercini ROC Yamaha +1 Lap 18 4 13 Renato Colleoni Team Elit ROC Yamaha +1 Lap 14 3 14 José Kuhn Euromoto ROC Yamaha +1 Lap 23 2 15 Serge David Team ROC ROC Yamaha +1 Lap 25 1 16 Cees Doorakkers Doorakkers Racing Harris Yamaha +1 Lap 29 17 Kevin Mitchell MBM Racing ROC Yamaha +1 Lap 26 18 Andreas Meklau Austrian Racing Company ROC Yamaha +1 Lap 27 19 Jean d'Orgeix Yamaha Motor France Yamaha +1 Lap 20 Bruno Bonhuil MTD Objectif 500 ROC Yamaha +1 Lap 33 Ret Laurent Naveau Euro Team ROC Yamaha Retirement 16 Ret Jeremy McWilliams Millar Racing Yamaha Retirement 17 Ret Thierry Crine Ville de Paris ROC Yamaha Retirement 19 Ret Michael Rudroff Rallye Sport Harris Yamaha Retirement 21 Ret Matthew Mladin Cagiva Team Agostini Cagiva Retirement 12 Ret Simon Crafar Peter Graves Racing Team Harris Yamaha Retirement 28 Ret Shinichi Itoh HRC Rothmans Honda Honda Retirement 9 Ret Marco Papa Librenti Corse Librenti Retirement 34 Ret Doug Chandler Cagiva Team Agostini Cagiva Retirement 5 Ret Alan Scott Team Harris Harris Yamaha Retirement 32 Ret John Reynolds Padgett's Motorcycles Harris Yamaha Retirement 13 Ret Jean Luc Romanens Argus Racing Team ROC Yamaha Retirement 30 Ret Alex Barros Lucky Strike Suzuki Suzuki Retirement 2 DNS Bernard Garcia Yamaha Motor France Yamaha Did not start Sources:

250 cc classification Pos No Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 31 Tetsuya Harada Yamaha 26 46:22.519 1 25 2 5 Max Biaggi Honda 26 +4.717 3 20 3 17 Jean-Philippe Ruggia Aprilia 26 +4.908 2 16 4 19 John Kocinski Suzuki 26 +13.943 10 13 5 4 Helmut Bradl Honda 26 +24.795 9 11 6 11 Wilco Zeelenberg Aprilia 26 +32.284 11 10 7 18 Tadayuki Okada Honda 26 +36.275 8 9 8 10 Doriano Romboni Honda 26 +41.176 6 8 9 7 Jochen Schmid Yamaha 26 +45.326 13 7 10 65 Loris Capirossi Honda 26 +45.422 4 6 11 34 Luis d'Antin Honda 26 +45.457 14 5 12 3 Pierfrancesco Chili Yamaha 26 +55.208 7 4 13 28 Adrian Bosshard Honda 26 +58.483 16 3 14 44 Jean-Michel Bayle Aprilia 26 +1:02.020 21 2 15 16 Andy Preining Aprilia 26 +1:17.930 20 1 16 27 Frédéric Protat Aprilia 26 +1:22.214 22 17 30 Juan Borja Honda 26 +1:22:611 24 18 20 Eskil Suter Aprilia 26 +1:22.614 19 19 23 Bernard Haenggeli Aprilia 26 +1:28.328 26 20 12 Gabriele Debbia Honda 26 +1:36.157 23 21 22 Luis Maurel Aprilia 26 +1:44.016 28 22 32 Volker Bähr Honda 26 +1:44.077 32 23 25 Jurgen van den Goorbergh Aprilia 26 +1:49.856 27 24 53 Alex Sirera Yamaha 25 +1 Lap 33 Ret 6 Alberto Puig Honda 17 Retirement 12 Ret 24 Patrick van den Goorbergh Aprilia 15 Retirement 17 Ret 43 Massimo Pennacchioli Honda 13 Retirement 34 Ret 14 Nobuatsu Aoki Honda 6 Retirement 15 Ret 21 Paolo Casoli Gilera 5 Retirement 18 Ret 26 Bernd Kassner Aprilia 3 Retirement 29 Ret 13 Loris Reggiani Aprilia 1 Retirement 5 Ret 39 Alessandro Gramigni Gilera 0 Retirement 30 DNS 8 Carlos Cardús Honda Did not start 25 DNS 15 Nobuyuki Wakai Suzuki Fatal accident in Saturday 31 DNS 51 Jean-Pierre Jeandat Aprilia Did not start 35 DNQ 54 Miguel Castilla Yamaha Did not qualify 35

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