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Race details
Race 12 of 15 races in the 1991 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	18 August 1991
Official name	Gran Premio di San Marino
Location	Autodromo Internazionale del Mugello
Course	Permanent racing facility 5.245 km (3.259 mi)
500cc
Pole position Rider Kevin Schwantz Time 1:54.276 Fastest lap Rider Kevin Schwantz Time 1:54.461 Podium First Wayne Rainey Second Kevin Schwantz Third Mick Doohan
250cc
Pole position Rider Helmut Bradl Time 1:58.492 Fastest lap Rider Luca Cadalora Time 1:57.865 Podium First Luca Cadalora Second Carlos Cardús Third Loris Reggiani
125cc
Pole position Rider Noboru Ueda Time 2:06.019 Fastest lap Rider Peter Öttl Time 2:04.988 Podium First Peter Öttl Second Loris Capirossi Third Fausto Gresini

The 1991 San Marino motorcycle Grand Prix was the twelfth round of the 1991 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 16–18 August 1991 at the Mugello Circuit.

500 cc race report

5th pole of the season for Kevin Schwantz. Wayne Rainey gets the start from Wayne Gardner, Schwantz and Mick Doohan.

Rainey and Doohan get away, Doohan superior on the brakes at the end of the straight. Schwantz is a close 3rd.

Rainey drops Doohan, who is caught by Schwantz.

500 cc classification

Pos.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Points
1	Wayne Rainey	Marlboro Team Roberts	Yamaha	46:08.566	20
2	Kevin Schwantz	Lucky Strike Suzuki	Suzuki	+2.946	17
3	Mick Doohan	Rothmans Honda Team	Honda	+6.066	15
4	Wayne Gardner	Rothmans Honda Team	Honda	+23.218	13
5	Niall Mackenzie	Sonauto Yamaha Mobil 1	Yamaha	+33.205	11
6	John Kocinski	Marlboro Team Roberts	Yamaha	+37.614	10
7	Juan Garriga	Ducados Yamaha	Yamaha	+39.280	9
8	Didier de Radiguès	Lucky Strike Suzuki	Suzuki	+39.566	8
9	Doug Chandler	Roberts B Team	Yamaha	+52.121	7
10	Jean Philippe Ruggia	Sonauto Yamaha Mobil 1	Yamaha	+1:15.609	6
11	Eddie Laycock	Millar Racing	Yamaha	+1 Lap	5
12	Marco Papa	Cagiva Corse	Cagiva	+1 Lap	4
13	Cees Doorakkers	HEK-Baumachines	Honda	+1 Lap	3
14	Michael Rudroff	Rallye Sport	Honda	+1 Lap	2
15	Hans Becker	Team Romero Racing	Yamaha	+1 Lap	1
16	Josef Doppler	Doppler Racing	Yamaha	+1 Lap
17	Romolo Balbi		Honda	+1 Lap
18	Andreas Leuthe	Librenti Corse	Suzuki	+2 Laps
19	Helmut Schutz	Rallye Sport	Honda	+2 Laps
Ret	Sito Pons	Campsa Honda Team	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Michele Valdo	Team Paton	Paton	Retirement
Ret	Eddie Lawson	Cagiva Corse	Cagiva	Retirement
Ret	Adrien Morillas	Sonauto Yamaha Mobil 1	Yamaha	Retirement
DNQ	Nicholas Schmassman	Schmassman Technotron	Honda	Did not qualify
DNQ	Larry Moreno Vacondio		Honda	Did not qualify
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References

1. "1991 San Marino MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". 13 June 2017.
2. "motogp.com · SAN MARINO GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1991". www.motogp.com. Archived from the original on 2018-09-05. Retrieved 2018-09-05.

• San Marino and Rimini Riviera motorcycle Grand Prix
• 1991 MotoGP race reports
• 1991 in Italian motorsport
• August 1991 sports events in Europe