Sports season
1995 World Champions 500cc – Mick Doohan (Honda)
250cc – Max Biaggi (Aprilia)
125cc – Haruchika Aoki (Honda)
Mick Doohan (pictured at Buenos Aires) became the 1995 500cc world champion 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 dominated the 125cc championship, winning the title for Honda with seven wins.[1]
1995 Grand Prix season calendar The following Grands Prix were scheduled to take place in 1995:[2] [3]
†† = Saturday race
Calendar changes Participants 500cc participants Key Regular Rider Wildcard Rider Replacement Rider
250cc participants Team Constructor Motorcycle No. Rider Rounds Chesterfield Aprilia Aprilia Aprilia RSV 250 1 Max Biaggi All 8 Jean-Michel Bayle All Team HRC Honda Honda NSR250 2 Tadayuki Okada All 56 Tohru Ukawa 3 FCC Technical Sports Honda Honda NSR250 3 Takeshi Tsujimura 1–4, 7–9, 11–13 Honda Team Agostini Honda Honda NSR250 4 Doriano Romboni 1–4, 8–12 11 Wilco Zeelenberg 7 39 Alessandro Gramigni 4, 6–8 Docshop Racing Aprilia Aprilia RSV 250 5 Niall Mackenzie All 16 Patrick van den Goorbergh All 41 Jamie Robinson 1–2 Elf-Honda-Tech 3 Honda Honda NSR250 6 Jean-Philippe Ruggia All 19 Olivier Jacque All Marlboro Team Rainey Yamaha Yamaha YZR 250 7 Tetsuya Harada All 25 Kenny Roberts Jr. All MX Onda-S.S.P. Comp. Honda Honda NSR250 9 Luis d'Antin ?? 21 Gregorio Lavilla All Blumex Rheos Racing Honda Honda NSR250 10 Nobuatsu Aoki All Fortuna Honda Pons Honda Honda NSR250 12 Carlos Checa 1–8 14 Rubén Xaus 9–13 94 Sete Gibernau 13 Mohag Aprilia Aprilia Aprilia RSV 250 13 Eskil Suter 1–11, 13 Edo Racing Aprilia Aprilia RSV 250 15 Oliver Petrucciani 1–10, 13 51 Massimiliano d’Agnano ?? Maxell Team Global Honda Honda NSR250 17 Jurgen van den Goorbergh All 27 Sadanoti Hikita 1–9 37 José Barresi 10–13 Aprilia Racing Team Aprilia Aprilia RSV 250 18 Roberto Locatelli 1, 3–4, 6–7, 9–13 34 Marcellino Lucchi 5–6 Veitinger Aprilia Aprilia RSV 250 22 Adi Stadler All Maurel Competicion Honda Honda NSR250 23 Luis Carlos Maurel All Team Munich Aprilia Aprilia RSV 250 24 Bernd Kassner All Givi Racing Honda Honda NSR250 26 Davide Bulega 1–3, 10–13 39 Alessandro Gramigni 13 HB Honda Germany Honda Honda NSR250 28 Ralf Waldmann All 29 Jürgen Fuchs All PR2 Aprilia Aprilia Aprilia RSV 250 30 José Luis Cardoso All 10x10 Yamaha Repsol Yamaha Yamaha YZR 250 31 Miguel Castilla All Troll 10x10 Repsol Honda Honda NSR250 31 Miguel Castilla All BJC Racing Team Aprilia Aprilia RSV 250 32 Pere Riba 1–4, 6–12 33 Francisco Padro 5, 13 Equipe de France GP Honda Honda NSR250 55 Régis Laconi 1–4, 6–12 Team Daytona Zero Aprilia Aprilia RSV 250 58 Osamu Miyazaki 3 Team Yuki/YPF/Esco Aprilia Aprilia RSV 250 93 Sebastián Porto 12 Sources:[5]
Key Regular Rider Wildcard Rider Replacement Rider
125cc participants Team Constructor Motorcycle No. Rider Rounds Team Krona Aprilia Aprilia Aprilia RS125R 1 Kazuto Sakata All 22 Andrea Ballerini 1–7, 9–13 72 Stefano Cruciani 6, 8 Givi Racing Honda Honda RS125R 2 Noboru Ueda All HB Team Raudies Honda Honda RS125R 4 Dirk Raudies All Marlboro Aprilia Eckl Aprilia Aprilia RS125R 5 Peter Öttl 1–4, 6–13 23 Manfred Geissler All Team Aspar Cepsa Yamaha Yamaha TZ125 5 Jorge Martínez All 19 Yoshiaki Katoh 1–9, 11–13 51 Ángel Nieto Jr. 10 Team IPA Aprilia Aprilia Aprilia RS125R 7 Stefano Perugini All 17 Gianluigi Scalvini 10 GP Team Ditter Plastic Aprilia Aprilia RS125R 8 Masaki Tokudome All 18 Oliver Koch 1–4, 6–13 Team Ditter Plastic Honda Honda RS125R 64 Frank Baldinger 5 Jha Racing Honda Honda RS125R 9 Hideyuki Nakajyo All 37 Ken Miyasaka All Pit Lane Racing Honda Honda RS125R 10 Herri Torrontegui All Energizer Elf/Prein Yamaha Yamaha TZ125 11 Stefan Prein 1–8 Honda Honda RS125R 10–13 Yamaha Yamaha TZ125 41 Christian Kellner 9 Blumex Rheos Racing Honda Honda RS125R 12 Haruchika Aoki All Team Europa Zwafink Honda Honda RS125R 13 Garry McCoy 1–4 63 Josep Sarda 4, 6–12 Docshop Racing Honda Honda RS125R 14 Akira Saito All L.B. Racing Team Aprilia Aprilia RS125R 15 Loek Bodelier 1–6 25 Vittorio Lopez 8–9 41 Markus Ober 12 65 Alexander Folger 5, 10, 13 F.C.C. Technical Sports Honda Honda RS125R 20 Tomomi Manako All 21 Tomoko Igata All Debbia Team Semprucci Yamaha Yamaha TZ125 24 Gabriele Debbia All Scuderia Alfa Ducados Aprilia Aprilia RS125R 25 Vittorio Lopez 1–6 40 Massimiliano d’Agnano ?? Scot-San Patrignano Honda Honda RS125R 26 Emilio Alzamora All 27 Ivan Cremonini 1–4, 6 38 Luigi Ancona 5, 7–13 Moto Bum Team Harc Pro Honda Honda RS125R 28 Takehiro Yamamoto All Racing Supply Honda Honda RS125R 29 Yoshiyuki Suga 3–13 33 Tetsu Ito 2 Scott-Attac! Team Honda Honda RS125R 31 Stefan Kurfiss 1–3, 5–9 39 Luis Alvaro 4, 13 44 Darren Barton 9–11, 13 Elf Team Kepla Honda Honda RS125R 32 Hiroyuki Kikuchi All Techno Motor Engineering Yamaha Yamaha TZ125 56 Shigeru Ibaraki 3 57 Youichi Ui 3 Sources:[6]
Key Regular Rider Wildcard Rider Replacement Rider
Results and standings Grands Prix †† = Saturday race
500cc riders' standings 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 – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap
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250cc riders' standings [9] [10]
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 – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap
125cc riders' standings [11] [12]
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 – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap
† Half-points awarded in Malaysia, as the riders did not complete the sufficient distance for full points.
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