The 1994 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season was the 46th F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship season.
Kazuto Sakata (pictured at Suzuka) became the 1994 125cc world champion
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]
Honda secured the constructor's title in all three categories.
1994 Grand Prix season calendar edit
The following Grands Prix were scheduled to take place in 1994:[2] [3]
Team Constructor Motorcycle No Rider Rounds Lucky Strike Suzuki Suzuki Suzuki RGV500 (XR84)1 Kevin Schwantz 1–12 6 Alex Barros All 12 Juan López Mella 14 19 Sean Emmett 13–14 Marlboro Team Roberts Yamaha Yamaha YZR500 (OWF9)3 Daryl Beattie 1–9, 12–14 5 Luca Cadalora All 56 Norifumi Abe 10–11 56 Norifumi Abe 12 Honda Team HRC Honda Honda NSR500 (NV0S)4 Mick Doohan All 7 Shinichi Itoh All 8 Àlex Crivillé All Cagiva Team Agostini Cagiva Cagiva C594 10 Doug Chandler All 11 John Kocinski All 70 Carl Fogarty 10 Lopez Mella Racing Team (rd 1-3) Team Repsol ROC-Yamaha ROC-Yamaha GP1 12 Juan López Mella 1–9, 11–13 Aprilia Racing Team Aprilia Aprilia RSW-2 500 13 Loris Reggiani 4–8, 14 Team Millar Yamaha Yamaha YZR500 14 Jeremy McWilliams All Padgetts Motorcycles Harris-Yamaha Harris-Yamaha SLS500 15 John Reynolds All Euroteam ROC-Yamaha ROC-Yamaha GP1 16 Laurent Naveau All Ducados Honda Pons Honda Honda NSR500 17 Alberto Puig All Yamaha Motor France ROC-Yamaha ROC-Yamaha GP1 18 Bernard Garcia 1–3 Team ROC ROC-Yamaha ROC-Yamaha GP1 18 Bernard Garcia 4, 6–14 28 Julián Miralles 1–4 37 Hervé Moineau 5 41 Andrew Stroud 14 63 Udo Mark 9–10 69 Philippe Monneret 9 72 Michael Liedl 11 79 Chuck Graves 12 Shell Harris Grand Prix Harris-Yamaha Harris-Yamaha SLS500 19 Sean Emmett 1–12 40 Neil Hodgson 13–14 52 Scott Doohan 1 M.B.M. Racing Harris-Yamaha Harris-Yamaha SLS500 20 Kevin Mitchell 1–2, 4–14 Team Doorakkers Harris-Yamaha Harris-Yamaha SLS500 21 Cees Doorakkers All Team Pedercini ROC-Yamaha ROC-Yamaha GP1 23 Lucio Pedercini All 24 Cristiano Migliorati All Team Elit ROC-Yamaha ROC-Yamaha GP1 25 Marco Papa 1–2, 4–6, 11–14 38 Ermanno Bastianini 8–9 39 James Haydon 10 Haenggeli Racing ROC-Yamaha ROC-Yamaha GP1 27 Bernard Haenggeli All ROC Coronas Repsol ROC-Yamaha ROC-Yamaha GP1 28 Julián Miralles 5–8 Team Doppler Austria ROC-Yamaha ROC-Yamaha GP1 29 Andreas Leuthe All Team Paton Paton Paton V70 C9/2 30 Vittorio Scatola 1–2, 4–8, 13–14 42 Paul Pellissier 9, 11 Sachsen Racing Team Harris-Yamaha Harris-Yamaha SLS500 31 Lothar Neukirchner 1–7 32 Evren Bischoff 9 63 Udo Mark 6 MTD Objectif 500 ROC-Yamaha ROC-Yamaha GP1 34 Bruno Bonhuil All Jean Foray Racing Team ROC-Yamaha ROC-Yamaha GP1 36 Jean Foray All D.R. Team Shark ROC-Yamaha ROC-Yamaha GP1 44 Marc Garcia All Slick 50 Team WCM ROC-Yamaha ROC-Yamaha GP1 50 Niall Mackenzie All J.P.J. Racing ROC-Yamaha ROC-Yamaha GP1 51 Jean-Pierre Jeandat All Mister Yumcha Blue Fox Honda Honda NSR500 56 Norick Abe 3 YRTR Yamaha Yamaha YZR500 57 Toshihiko Honma 3 Manfred Erhardt Harris-Yamaha Harris-Yamaha SLS500 62 Manfred Erhardt 6 Triton Team GB Harris-Yamaha Harris-Yamaha SLS500 73 Nick Hopkins 10 Felipe Horta Harris-Yamaha Harris-Yamaha SLS500 77 Felipe Horta 13 Yamasur Harris-Yamaha Harris-Yamaha SLS500 79 Nestor Amoroso 13 Source: [4]
Key Regular Rider Wildcard Rider Replacement Rider
Results and standings edit 500cc riders' standings edit [5] [4]
Scoring system Points are awarded to the top fifteen finishers. A rider has to finish the race to earn points.
Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th Points 25 20 16 13 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (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 practice (DNP) Did not arrive (DNA) Excluded (EX)
Bold – PoleItalics – Fastest Lap
250cc riders' standings edit [6]
Scoring system Points are awarded to the top fifteen finishers. A rider has to finish the race to earn points.
Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th Points 25 20 16 13 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (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 practice (DNP) Did not arrive (DNA) Excluded (EX)
Bold – PoleItalics – Fastest Lap
125cc riders' standings edit [7]
Scoring system Points are awarded to the top fifteen finishers. A rider has to finish the race to earn points.
Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th Points 25 20 16 13 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (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 practice (DNP) Did not arrive (DNA) Excluded (EX)
Bold – PoleItalics – Fastest Lap