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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

The following Grands Prix were scheduled to take place in 1995:^[2][3]

Round	Date	Grand Prix	Circuit
1	26 March	Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix	Eastern Creek Raceway
2	2 April	Marlboro Malaysian Grand Prix	Shah Alam Circuit
3	23 April	Marlboro Grand Prix of Japan	Suzuka Circuit
4	7 May	Gran Premio de España MX Onda	Circuito Permanente de Jerez
5	21 May	Grand Prix Deutschland	Nürburgring
6	11 June	Gran Premio d'Italia	Mugello Circuit
7	24 June ††	Lucky Strike Dutch Grand Prix	TT Circuit Assen
8	9 July	Grand Prix de France	Bugatti Circuit
9	23 July	British Grand Prix	Donington Park
10	20 August	Grand Prix České republiky	Brno Circuit
11	17 September	Lucky Strike Rio Grand Prix	Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet
12	24 September	Grand Prix Marlboro Argentina	Autódromo Oscar Alfredo Gálvez
13	8 October	Gran Premio Marlboro de Catalunya	Circuit de Catalunya

†† = Saturday race

Calendar changes

• The German Grand Prix moved from the Hockenheimring to the Nürburgring.


• The Austrian Grand Prix was taken off the calendar because the Salzburgring (the venue which was used) was deemed too dangerous for racing.


• The Rio Grand Prix was added to the calendar as a replacement for the Austrian Grand Prix.


• The United States Grand Prix was removed from the calendar due to financial difficulties.

1995 Grand Prix season results

Round	Date	Race	Location	125cc winner	250cc winner	500cc winner	Report
1	26 March	Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix	Eastern Creek	Haruchika Aoki	Ralf Waldmann	Mick Doohan	Report
2	2 April	Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix	Shah Alam	Garry McCoy	Max Biaggi	Mick Doohan	Report
3	23 April	Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix	Suzuka	Haruchika Aoki	Ralf Waldmann	Daryl Beattie	Report
4	7 May	Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix	Jerez	Haruchika Aoki	Tetsuya Harada	Alberto Puig	Report
5	21 May	German motorcycle Grand Prix	Nürburgring	Haruchika Aoki	Max Biaggi	Daryl Beattie	Report
6	11 June	Italian motorcycle 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 motorcycle Grand Prix	Le Mans	Haruchika Aoki	Ralf Waldmann	Mick Doohan	Report
9	23 July	British motorcycle Grand Prix	Donington	Kazuto Sakata	Max Biaggi	Mick Doohan	Report
10	20 August	Czech Republic motorcycle Grand Prix	Brno	Kazuto Sakata	Max Biaggi	Luca Cadalora	Report
11	17 September	Rio de Janeiro motorcycle Grand Prix	Rio de Janeiro	Masaki Tokudome	Doriano Romboni	Luca Cadalora	Report
12	24 September	Argentine motorcycle Grand Prix	Buenos Aires	Emilio Alzamora	Max Biaggi	Mick Doohan	Report
13	8 October	European motorcycle Grand Prix	Catalunya	Haruchika Aoki	Max Biaggi	Àlex Crivillé	Report

†† = Saturday race

Participants

500cc participants

Team Constructor Motorcycle No. Rider Rounds Repsol Honda Team Honda Honda NSR500 1 Mick Doohan All 6 Àlex Crivillé All 7 Shinichi Ito All Team HRC Honda Honda NSR500 55 Takuma Aoki 3 Marlboro Team Roberts Yamaha Yamaha YZR500 2 Luca Cadalora All 17 Norifumi Abe All Team Lucky Strike Suzuki Suzuki Suzuki RGV500 4 Daryl Beattie All 8 Sean Emmett 1-4 34 Kevin Schwantz 1-3 45 Scott Russell 6-8, 10-13 Fortuna Honda Pons Honda Honda NSR500 5 Alberto Puig 1-7 12 Carlos Checa 9-13 Harris Grand Prix Harris-Yamaha Yamaha YZR500 8 Sean Emmett 6-13 20 Cristiano Migliorati All 35 Brian Morrison 4 38 Antonio Irizar 5 69 James Haydon All Kanemoto Honda Honda Honda NSR500 9 Alex Barros All Team Millar Yamaha Yamaha YZR500 10 Jeremy McWilliams All D.R. Team Erima ROC-Yamaha Yamaha YZR500 11 Bernard Garcia All Aprilia Racing Team Aprilia Aprilia RSW-2 500 13 Loris Reggiani All Thommen Elf Racing Team ROC-Yamaha Yamaha YZR500 14 Adrian Bosshard All ROC Euro Team ROC-Yamaha Yamaha YZR500 18 Laurent Naveau 1-6, 8, 10-13 Team ROC N.R.J. ROC-Yamaha Yamaha YZR500 19 Juan Borja All Team ROC ROC-Yamaha Yamaha YZR500 40 José Kuhn 10-13 79 Pierre Monneret 8 Team ROC Yamaha ROC-Yamaha Yamaha YZR500 96 James Whitham 9 Hänggeli Racing ROC-Yamaha Yamaha YZR500 21 Bernard Hänggeli All Team Pedercini ROC-Yamaha Yamaha YZR500 22 Lucio Pedercini All Padgett’s Racing Team Harris-Yamaha Yamaha YZR500 23 Eugene McManus All 26 Jim Filice 4, 6-7 36 Jamie Robinson 1-2 39 Lee Pullan 11-13 85 Chris Walker 9-10 Starsport Yamaha Yamaha YZR500 24 Scott Gray 1-9, 12-13 World Championship Motorsports ROC-Yamaha Yamaha YZR500 25 Neil Hodgson All Team Max ROC-Yamaha Yamaha YZR500 27 Andrew Stroud 1-7 70 Marco Papa 8-13 MTD ROC-Yamaha Yamaha YZR500 28 Bruno Bonhuil 1-10 Padgetts-Tube Riders Harris-Yamaha Yamaha YZR500 32 Toshi Arakaki 3, 5, 8-9 FP Racing ROC-Yamaha Yamaha YZR500 37 Frédéric Protat All JPJ Paton Paton Paton V70 500 40 José Kuhn 10-13 51 Jean-Pierre Jeandat 1-9, 11-13 J.L.M. ROC-Yamaha Yamaha YZR500 41 Enrique de Juan 13 DR Team Shark ROC-Yamaha Yamaha YZR500 44 Marc Garcia All Team Rainey Harris-Yamaha Yamaha YZR500 52 Martin Craggill 1 YRTR Harris-Yamaha Yamaha YZR500 56 Toshihiko Honma 3 Marlboro Team Pileri Honda Honda NSR500 65 Loris Capirossi All Team Schmassman Yamaha Yamaha YZR500 66 Niggi Schmassmann 5 Hans Wieser Yamaha Yamaha YZR500 67 Hans Wieser 5 Team Marco Papa Yamaha Yamaha YZR500 70 Marco Papa All Cagiva Corse Cagiva Cagiva C594 71 Pierfrancesco Chili 6 PHI Racing Team Harris-Yamaha Yamaha YZR500 74 Cees Doorakkers 7 Sources: [4]

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 YZR250 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 YZR250 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

500cc riders' standings^[7][8]

Scoring system

Points are awarded to the top fifteen finishers. A rider has to finish the race to earn points.

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 RSW-2 500 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 riders' standings^[9][10]

Scoring system

Points are awarded to the top fifteen finishers. A rider has to finish the race to earn points.

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