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1992 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix

1992 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix
FieldValue
Grand PrixJapanese
flagJapan
Official_NameJapanese Grand Prix
LocationSuzuka Circuit
Course_mi3.618
Course_km5.821
Race_No1
Season_No13
Date29 March
Year1992
ImageSuzuka circuit map (1987-2002).svg
Pole_Rider_500Kevin Schwantz
Pole_Rider_500_CountryUSA
Pole_Time_5002:20.324
Fast_Rider_500Mick Doohan
Fast_Rider_500_CountryAustralia
Fast_Time_5002:32.090
First_Rider_500Mick Doohan
First_Rider_500_CountryAustralia
Second_Rider_500Doug Chandler
Second_Rider_500_CountryUSA
Third_Rider_500Kevin Schwantz
Third_Rider_500_CountryUSA
Pole_Rider_250Nobuatsu Aoki
Pole_Rider_250_CountryJapan
Pole_Time_2502:18.696
Fast_Rider_250Luca Cadalora
Fast_Rider_250_CountryItaly
Fast_Time_2502:35.962
First_Rider_250Luca Cadalora
First_Rider_250_CountryItaly
Second_Rider_250Tadayuki Okada
Second_Rider_250_CountryJapan
Third_Rider_250Nobuatsu Aoki
Third_Rider_250_CountryJapan
Pole_Rider_125Bruno Casanova
Pole_Rider_125_CountryItaly
Pole_Time_1252:23.630
Fast_Rider_125Ralf Waldmann
Fast_Rider_125_CountryGermany
Fast_Time_1252:39.888
First_Rider_125Ralf Waldmann
First_Rider_125_CountryGermany
Second_Rider_125Bruno Casanova
Second_Rider_125_CountryItaly
Third_Rider_125Nobuyuki Wakai
Third_Rider_125_CountryJapan

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The 1992 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix was the first round of the 1992 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 27–29 March 1992 at the Suzuka Circuit.

500 cc race report

Wet race. Wayne Rainey had to ride with an injured hand from a pre-season test (part of his pinky was removed).

Kevin Schwantz was on pole, and took the lead at the start from Doug Chandler and Mick Doohan. Rainey had a bad start.

Àlex Crivillé crashed out of his debut 500cc race; Wayne Gardner crashes out, as did Rainey at the Dunlop Corner.

Chandler took the lead of a 4-man group with Schwantz, Doohan and Kocinski. Kocinski crashed out.

Doohan and Chandler dropped Schwantz. Gardner had remounted and gotten to 5th before crashing out for good a second time and breaking his leg in two places.

Ralf Waldmann, riding his bike at the 125cc race, which he went on to win.

500 cc classification

PosRiderTeamManufacturerTime/RetiredPoints12345678910111213141516Ret (17)Ret (18)Ret (19)Ret (20)Ret (21)Ret (22)Ret (23)DNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQSources:
AUS Mick DoohanRothmans Honda TeamHonda56:21.83120
USA Doug ChandlerLucky Strike SuzukiSuzuki+28.29815
USA Kevin SchwantzLucky Strike SuzukiSuzuki+55.79212
JPN Shinichi ItohTeam HRCHonda+1:47.80210
USA Randy MamolaBudweiser Team/Global MotorsportsYamaha+2:00.9848
JPN Keiji OhishiSRTSuzuki+2:13.7086
GBR Niall MackenzieYamaha Motor BancoYamaha+2:15.0054
JPN Toshihiko HonmaHiro Racing Team YamahaYamaha+2:15.4913
JPN Norihiko FujiwaraKirin Mets Racing TeamYamaha+2:16.5912
JPN Satoshi TsujimotoAM/PM RacingHonda+2:27.2651
BRA Alex BarrosCagiva Team AgostiniCagiva+1 Lap
ESP Juan GarrigaDucados YamahaYamaha+1 Lap
JPN Keiichiro IwahashiTeam Blue FoxHonda+1 Lap
USA Eddie LawsonCagiva Team AgostiniCagiva+1 Lap
DEU Michael RudroffRallye SportHarris Yamaha+1 Lap
ITA Corrado CatalanoKCS InternationalROC Yamaha+1 Lap
AUS Wayne GardnerRothmans Kanemoto HondaHondaRetirement
USA John KocinskiMarlboro Team RobertsYamahaRetirement
CAN Miguel DuhamelYamaha Motor BancoYamahaRetirement
USA Wayne RaineyMarlboro Team RobertsYamahaRetirement
AUS Peter GoddardValvoline Team WCMROC YamahaRetirement
ESP Àlex CrivilléCampsa Honda TeamHondaRetirement
AUS Daryl BeattieTeam HRCHondaRetirement
IRE Eddie LaycockMilla RacingYamahaDid not qualify
FRA Dominique SarronTeam ROC BancoROC YamahaDid not qualify
NED Cees DoorakkersHEK Racing TeamHarris YamahaDid not qualify
ITA Marco PapaLibrenti CorseLibrentiDid not qualify
GBR Simon BuckmasterPadgett's MotorcyclesROC YamahaDid not qualify
ITA Lucio PederciniPaton Grand PrixPatonDid not qualify
AUT Josef DopplerUvex Racing TeamROC YamahaDid not qualify
GBR Kevin MitchellMBM RacingHarris YamahaDid not qualify
SUI Serge DavidTeam ROCROC YamahaDid not qualify
LUX Andreas LeutheVRP Racing TeamVRPDid not qualify
GBR Peter GravesPeter Graves Racing TeamHarris YamahaDid not qualify
FRA Thierry CrineVille de ParisROC YamahaDid not qualify
JPN Toshiyuki ArakakiTeam ROC BancoROC YamahaDid not qualify

References

| Previous_year's_race = 1991 Japanese Grand Prix | Next_year's_race = 1993 Japanese Grand Prix

References

  1. "Grand Prix uitslagen en bijzonderheden 1992". Archive.li.
  2. Mitchell, Malcolm. "1992 500cc Class (FIM Grand Prix World Championship) Programmes - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project".
  3. Mitchell, Malcolm. "Suzuka Circuit - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project".
  4. "motogp.com · JAPANESE GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1992".
  5. (13 June 2017). "1992 Japanese MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database".
  6. "motogp.com · JAPANESE GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1992".
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