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]

1995 Grand Prix season calendar

Round	Date	Race	Location	125cc winner	250cc winner	500cc winner	Report
1	26 March	Australian Grand Prix	Eastern Creek	Haruchika Aoki	Ralf Waldmann	Mick Doohan	Report
2	2 April	Malaysian Grand Prix	Shah Alam	Garry McCoy	Max Biaggi	Mick Doohan	Report
3	23 April	Japanese Grand Prix	Suzuka	Haruchika Aoki	Ralf Waldmann	Daryl Beattie	Report
4	7 May	Spanish Grand Prix	Jerez	Haruchika Aoki	Tetsuya Harada	Alberto Puig	Report
5	21 May	German Grand Prix	Nürburgring	Haruchika Aoki	Max Biaggi	Daryl Beattie	Report
6	11 June	Italian Grand Prix	Mugello	Haruchika Aoki	Max Biaggi	Mick Doohan	Report
7	24 June	Dutch TT	Assen	Dirk Raudies	Max Biaggi	Mick Doohan	Report
8	9 July	French Grand Prix	Le Mans	Haruchika Aoki	Ralf Waldmann	Mick Doohan	Report
9	23 July	British Grand Prix	Donington	Kazuto Sakata	Max Biaggi	Mick Doohan	Report
10	20 August	Czech Republic Grand Prix	Brno	Kazuto Sakata	Max Biaggi	Luca Cadalora	Report
11	17 September	Rio de Janeiro Grand Prix	Jacarepagua	Masaki Tokudome	Doriano Romboni	Luca Cadalora	Report
12	24 September	Argentine Grand Prix	Buenos Aires	Emilio Alzamora	Max Biaggi	Mick Doohan	Report
13	8 October	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 Àlex Crivillé Honda NSR500 3 3 Ret 3 4 5 2 Ret 3 6 6 4 1 166 5 Shinichi Ito 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 Norifumi 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 Toshiyuki 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 Frédéric 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 Brian Morrison Harris-Yamaha 16 0 Scott Gray ROC-Yamaha Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 22 Ret 17 Ret Ret Ret 0 Jamie Robinson Harris-Yamaha 25 18 0 Jose Kuhn ROC-Yamaha Ret 21 Ret 19 0 Martin Craggill Harris-Yamaha 19 0 Lee Pullan Harris-Yamaha 20 21 21 0 Nicholas Schmassman ROC-Yamaha 20 0 Marco Papa ROC-Yamaha Ret Ret 23 Ret Ret Ret 0 Jim Filice Harris-Yamaha Ret 23 Ret 0 Toshihiko Honma Yamaha YZR500 Ret 0 Antonio Irizar Harris-Yamaha Ret 0 Cees Doorakkers Harris-Yamaha Ret 0 Enrique De Juan ROC-Yamaha Ret 0 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 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 participate (DNP) Excluded (EX) Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap

250cc standings^[4][5]

Pos Rider Bike AUS MAL JPN ESP GER ITA NED FRA GBR CZE RIO ARG EUR Pts 1 Max Biaggi Aprilia 3 1 9 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 283 2 Tetsuya Harada Yamaha 2 2 4 1 2 2 DNS 5 2 2 5 2 2 220 3 Ralf Waldmann Honda 1 4 1 5 NC 4 2 1 3 3 4 6 3 203 4 Tadayuki Okada Honda Ret 3 Ret 6 3 5 3 3 8 7 3 7 7 136 5 Jean-Philippe Ruggia Honda NC 5 5 7 5 9 4 8 5 6 6 5 13 115 6 Nobuatsu Aoki Honda 5 7 2 8 8 7 7 Ret 10 9 8 Ret 6 105 7 Luis D'Antin Honda Ret 8 Ret 3 9 NC 9 7 11 4 10 12 4 88 8 Kenny Roberts, Jr. Yamaha 7 9 Ret Ret 4 6 5 6 Ret 8 13 Ret 5 82 9 Doriano Romboni Honda 6 NC NC 4 NC 5 1 3 75 10 Olivier Jacque Honda Ret 10 Ret 12 11 16 Ret 9 4 14 7 4 9 66 11 Jürgen Fuchs Honda 10 17 12 13 NC 15 10 12 12 10 11 8 8 55 12 Jurgen van den Goorbergh Honda 11 11 10 19 12 Ret 6 14 7 Ret Ret 9 14 50 13 Carlos Checa Honda 4 Inj Ret Ret 7 11 11 4 45 14 Eskil Suter Aprilia 13 12 8 Ret Ret 10 Ret 10 9 Ret 12 11 43 15 Jean-Michel Bayle Aprilia NC 6 NC 9 6 NC NC 11 NC 11 NC NC NC 37 16 José Luis Cardoso Aprilia 8 13 7 17 17 12 NC NC 16 13 14 NC 12 33 17 Roberto Locatelli Aprilia Ret 18 10 13 Ret 14 15 9 10 10 31 18 Niall Mackenzie Aprilia NC NC NC 11 14 NC 12 19 6 NC 19 11 NC 26 19 Marcellino Lucchi Aprilia 10 3 22 20 Patrick van den Goorbergh Aprilia NC 14 NC 16 13 8 14 13 NC 12 18 NC 16 22 21 Sadanori Hikita Honda Ret 20 3 NC 15 14 NC NC 19 19 22 Takeshi Tsujimura Honda 9 18 NC NC NC NC 13 17 15 15 12 23 Alessandro Gramigni Honda 14 NC 8 15 NC 11 24 Osamu Miyazaki Aprilia 6 10 25 Adi Stadler Aprilia 12 16 NC 18 16 NC 13 16 18 16 20 NC NC 7 26 Luis Carlos Maurel Honda NC NC 11 21 NC NC NC 17 23 17 15 18 17 6 27 Régis Laconi Honda NC 21 15 20 NC 19 NC NC 15 21 NC 14 NC 4 28 Bernd Kassner Aprilia Ret 23 13 22 NC 21 16 NC NC 19 21 NC Ret 3 29 Sebastián Porto Aprilia 13 3 30 Marcus Payten Yamaha 14 2 30 Masaki Morikane Honda 14 2 32 Gregorio Lavilla Honda 15 22 NC 23 18 22 15 18 22 18 NC 19 24 2 32 Oliver Petrucciani Aprilia NC 15 19 15 NC 17 NC 20 20 22 20 2 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 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 participate (DNP) Excluded (EX) Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap

125cc standings^[6][7]

Pos Rider Bike AUS MAL JPN ESP GER ITA NED FRA GBR CZE RIO ARG EUR Pts 1 Haruchika Aoki Honda 1 18 1 1 1 1 5 1 Ret 2 3 14 1 224 2 Kazuto Sakata Aprilia 2 10 3 6 Ret 5 4 12 1 1 Ret Ret 4 140 3 Emilio Alzamora Honda 4 23 7 7 3 NC NC 7 3 10 10 1 2 129 4 Akira Saito Honda 11 3 2 8 NC 7 3 4 Ret 3 6 4 7 127 5 Dirk Raudies Honda NC 7 NC 3 5 NC 1 2 4 NC 8 3 5 124.5 6 Stefano Perugini Aprilia 6 2 NC 2 4 2 7 6 2 NC NC NC 10 118 7 Masaki Tokudome Aprilia 12 15 NC 15 NC 3 NC 8 6 4 1 2 8 105.5 8 Tomomi Manako Honda 3 24 10 9 9 6 9 5 NC 8 9 9 3 102 9 Hideyuki Nakajoh Honda 7 12 4 17 6 11 8 11 5 5 12 10 12 88 10 Peter Öttl Aprilia NC 17 11 4 4 2 3 NC NC 18 7 NC 76 11 Herri Torrontegui Honda NC 4 9 10 NC NC 6 10 12 12 4 6 NC 66.5 12 Noboru Ueda Honda 5 21 14 5 2 NC NC 13 NC 9 5 13 NC 65 13 Gianluigi Scalvini Aprilia 8 11 NC 11 10 12 10 Ret NC 6 2 NC Ret 61.5 14 Yoshiaki Katoh Yamaha 10 NC 6 16 11 8 12 9 NC 15 12 6 55 15 Manfred Geissler Aprilia NC NC 13 NC 7 10 13 17 7 11 19 16 NC 35 16 Ken Miyasaka Honda 16 13 8 NC 8 9 NC NC 14 13 20 NC 22 29.5 17 Oliver Koch Aprilia 15 19 NC 14 NC NC 14 11 14 NC 5 11 28 18 Jorge Martinez Yamaha 13 20 NC 13 NC NC NC NC 8 18 11 8 NC 27 19 Takehiro Yamamoto Honda NC 6 16 18 13 14 NC 19 10 NC 13 11 NC 24 20 Darren Barton Yamaha 9 NC 7 9 23 21 Tomoko Igata Honda 14 8 18 25 Ret 16 11 13 16 7 17 NC Ret 23 22 Garry McCoy Honda Ret 1 Ret 14 16.5 23 Shigeru Ibaraki Yamaha 5 11 24 Andrea Ballerini Aprilia NC 5 NC 20 13 NC NC 19 NC NC 14 10.5 25 Luigi Ancona Honda 12 14 16 15 17 NC NC 13 10 26 Yoshiyuki Sugai Honda 12 23 14 18 NC Ret 18 15 21 15 NC 8 27 Gabriele Debbia Yamaha NC 9 21 26 NC 19 18 15 13 NC NC 18 17 7.5 28 Loek Bodelier Aprilia 9 NC 19 NC NC NC 7 29 Stefan Prein Yamaha 18 14 NC NC NC 17 19 NC 4 Honda NC 14 17 15 30 Josep Sarda Honda 22 15 15 Ret NC 16 16 NC 2 31 Youichi Ui Yamaha 15 1 31 Stefan Kurfiss Yamaha 19 NC 22 15 NC NC 20 22 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 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 participate (DNP) Excluded (EX) Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap

† Half-points awarded in Malaysia, as the riders did not complete the sufficient distance for full points.

Participants

500cc participants

No Rider Team Constructor 1 Mick Doohan Team Repsol Honda Honda 6 Àlex Crivillé 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". Retrieved 2010-07-06. 

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