1994 United States motorcycle Grand Prix

The 1994 United States motorcycle Grand Prix was the twelfth round of the 1994 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on September 11, 1994, at the Laguna Seca Raceway. This round was the last motorcycle Grand Prix hosted by the United States until 2005.

  1994 United States Grand Prix

Race details
Race 12 of 14 races in the 1994 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	September 11 1994
Official name	United States Motorcycle Grand Prix^[1]^[2]^[3]
Location	Laguna Seca Raceway
Course	Permanent racing facility 3.602 km (2.238 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position Rider Mick Doohan Time 1:26.068 Fastest lap Rider John Kocinski Time 1:26.444 Podium First Luca Cadalora Second John Kocinski Third Mick Doohan
250 cc
Pole position Rider Doriano Romboni Time 1:27.499 Fastest lap Rider Max Biaggi Time 1:28.046 Podium First Doriano Romboni Second Max Biaggi Third Tetsuya Harada
125 cc
Pole position Rider Kazuto Sakata Time 1:33.170 Fastest lap Rider Stefano Perugini Time 1:35.432 Podium First Takeshi Tsujimura Second Stefano Perugini Third Peter Öttl

500 cc classification

Pos.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Points
1	Luca Cadalora	Marlboro Team Roberts	Yamaha	48:00.370	25
2	John Kocinski	Cagiva Team Agostini	Cagiva	+7.896	20
3	Mick Doohan	Honda Team HRC	Honda	+24.876	16
4	Shinichi Itoh	Honda Team HRC	Honda	+36.125	13
5	Doug Chandler	Cagiva Team Agostini	Cagiva	+36.130	11
6	Norifumi Abe	Mister Yumcha Blue Fox	Yamaha	+44.454	10
7	Alberto Puig	Ducados Honda Pons	Honda	+59.116	9
8	Alex Barros	Lucky Strike Suzuki	Suzuki	+1:11.026	8
9	Jeremy McWilliams	Millar Racing	Yamaha	+1:15.888	7
10	Niall Mackenzie	Slick 50 Team WCM	ROC Yamaha	+1:22.916	6
11	Sean Emmett	Shell Harris Grand Prix	Harris Yamaha	+1:27.047	5
12	Bernard Garcia	Yamaha Motor France	ROC Yamaha	+1 Lap	4
13	Laurent Naveau	Euro Team	ROC Yamaha	+1 Lap	3
14	Jean Pierre Jeandat	JPJ Racing	ROC Yamaha	+1 Lap	2
15	Lucio Pedercini	Team Pedercini	ROC Yamaha	+1 Lap	1
16	Marc Garcia	DR Team Shark	ROC Yamaha	+1 Lap
17	Cristiano Migliorati	Team Pedercini	ROC Yamaha	+1 Lap
18	Bernard Haenggeli	Haenggeli Racing	ROC Yamaha	+1 Lap
19	Bruno Bonhuil	MTD Objectif 500	ROC Yamaha	+1 Lap
20	Cees Doorakkers	Team Doorakkers	Harris Yamaha	+1 Lap
21	Jean Foray	Jean Foray Racing Team	ROC Yamaha	+1 Lap
Ret	Kevin Mitchell	MBM Racing	Harris Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	John Reynolds	Padgett's Motorcycles	Harris Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Marco Papa	Team Elit	ROC Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Daryl Beattie	Marlboro Team Roberts	Yamaha	Retirement
DNS	Kevin Schwantz	Lucky Strike Suzuki	Suzuki	Did not start
DNS	Juan Lopez Mella	Lopez Mella Racing Team	ROC Yamaha	Did not start
DNS	Chuck Graves	Team ROC	ROC Yamaha	Did not start
DNS	Àlex Crivillé	Honda Team HRC	Honda	Did not start
DNQ	Andreas Leuthe	Team Doppler Austria	ROC Yamaha	Did not qualify
Sources:^[4]^[5]

250 cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	Doriano Romboni	Honda	46:01.397	1	25
2	Max Biaggi	Aprilia	+1.433	2	20
3	Tetsuya Harada	Yamaha	+1.631	7	16
4	Tadayuki Okada	Honda	+2.575	4	13
5	Nobuatsu Aoki	Honda	+2.749	6	11
6	Luis D'Antin	Honda	+24.541	9	10
7	Carlos Checa	Honda	+24.697	11	9
8	Kenny Roberts Jr	Yamaha	+37.433	13	8
9	Wilco Zeelenberg	Honda	+37.849	18	7
10	Ralf Waldmann	Honda	+40.927	8	6
11	Andreas Preining	Aprilia	+44.915	14	5
12	Eskil Suter	Aprilia	+45.154	16	4
13	Adrien Bosshard	Honda	+46.499	15	3
14	Jurgen vd Goorbergh	Aprilia	+47.179	12	2
15	Juan Borja	Honda	+1:11.885	19	1
16	Patrick vd Goorbergh	Aprilia	+1:24.733	23
17	Luis Maurel	Honda	+1:28.002	20
18	Noel Ferro	Honda	+1:28.843	24
19	Chris D' Aluisio	Aprilia	+1 Lap	26
20	José Luis Cardoso	Aprilia	+1 Lap	27
21	Rodney Fee	Honda	+1 Lap	34
22	Enrique de Juan	Aprilia	+1 Lap	33
Ret	Richard Oliver	Yamaha	Retirement	17
Ret	Jean-Michel Bayle	Aprilia	Retirement	10
Ret	Chrisrian Boudinot	Aprilia	Retirement	31
Ret	Manuel Hernandez	Aprilia	Retirement	35
Ret	Adolf Stadler	Honda	Retirement	22
Ret	Jean Philippe Ruggia	Aprilia	Retirement	5
Ret	Frederic Protat	Honda	Retirement	28
Ret	James Haydon	Honda	Retirement	25
Ret	Giuseppe Fiorillo	Honda	Retirement	29
Ret	Jürgen Fuchs	Honda	Retirement	21
Ret	Krisse Kaas	Yamaha	Retirement	30
Ret	Alessandro Gramigni	Aprilia	Retirement	32
Ret	Loris Capirossi	Honda	Retirement	3

125 cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	Takeshi Tsujimura	Honda	45:21.102	9	25
2	Stefano Perugini	Aprilia	+0.974	10	20
3	Peter Öttl	Aprilia	+1.552	5	16
4	Haruchika Aoki	Honda	+14.715	2	13
5	Jorge Martinez	Yamaha	+17.852	3	11
6	Hideyuki Nakajo	Honda	+18.070	18	10
7	Carlos Giro	Aprilia	+18.774	8	9
8	Dirk Raudies	Honda	+23.416	6	8
9	Noboru Ueda	Honda	+33.070	4	7
10	Gianluigi Scalvini	Aprilia	+44.446	20	6
11	Stefan Prein	Yamaha	+48.588	16	5
12	Oliver Koch	Honda	+53.095	13	4
13	Olivier Petrucciani	Aprilia	+56.158	14	3
14	Masaki Tokudome	Honda	+56.191	7	2
15	Manfred Geissler	Aprilia	+56.402	23	1
16	Enrique Maturana	Yamaha	+1:03.388	26
17	Lucio Cecchinello	Honda	+1:16.078	17
18	Vittorio Lopez	Honda	+1:16.265	30
19	Akira Saito	Honda	+1:16.554	12
20	Gabriele Debbia	Honda	+1:16.942	11
21	Emilio Alzamora	Honda	+1:20.930	22
22	Neil Hodgson	Honda	+1:29.492	21
23	Tomoko Igata	Honda	+1:33.868	25
24	Katsuyoshi Takahashi	Honda	+1:33.961	35
25	Max Gambino	Aprilia	+1 Lap	28
26	Manfred Baumann	Yamaha	+1 Lap	32
27	Takahito Mori	Honda	+1 Lap	31
28	Nicolas Dussauge	Honda	+1 Lap	33
29	Kevin Murray	Honda	+1 Lap	36
Ret	Maik Stief	Aprilia	Retirement	15
Ret	Loek Bodelier	Honda	Retirement	19
Ret	Frederic Petit	Yamaha	Retirement	29
Ret	Hans Spaan	Honda	Retirement	34
Ret	Kazuto Sakata	Aprilia	Retirement	1
Ret	Fausto Gresini	Honda	Retirement	24

References

1. "Grand Prix uitslagen en bijzonderheden 1994". December 20, 2012. Archived from the original on December 20, 2012.
2. Mitchell, Malcolm. "1994 500cc Class (FIM Grand Prix World Championship) Programmes - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". www.progcovers.com.
3. Mitchell, Malcolm. "Laguna Seca Raceway - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". www.progcovers.com.
4. "1994 United States MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". June 13, 2017.
5. "motogp.com · UNITED STATES GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1994". www.motogp.com.

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