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1992 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix

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Japan  1992 Japanese Grand Prix
Race details
Race 1 of 13 races in the
1992 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date29 March 1992
Official nameJapanese Grand Prix[1][2][3]
LocationSuzuka Circuit
Course
  • Permanent racing facility
  • 5.821 km (3.617 mi)
500cc
Pole position
Rider United States Kevin Schwantz
Time 2:20.324
Fastest lap
Rider Australia Mick Doohan
Time 2:32.090
Podium
First Australia Mick Doohan
Second United States Doug Chandler
Third United States Kevin Schwantz
250cc
Pole position
Rider Japan Nobuatsu Aoki
Time 2:18.696
Fastest lap
Rider Italy Luca Cadalora
Time 2:35.962
Podium
First Italy Luca Cadalora
Second Japan Tadayuki Okada
Third Japan Nobuatsu Aoki
125cc
Pole position
Rider Italy Bruno Casanova
Time 2:23.630
Fastest lap
Rider Germany Ralf Waldmann
Time 2:39.888
Podium
First Germany Ralf Waldmann
Second Italy Bruno Casanova
Third Japan Nobuyuki Wakai

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

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

John Kocinski 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

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Pos Rider Team Manufacturer Time/Retired Points
1 Australia Mick Doohan Rothmans Honda Team Honda 56:21.831 20
2 United States Doug Chandler Lucky Strike Suzuki Suzuki +28.298 15
3 United States Kevin Schwantz Lucky Strike Suzuki Suzuki +55.792 12
4 Japan Shinichi Itoh Team HRC Honda +1:47.802 10
5 United States Randy Mamola Budweiser Team/Global Motorsports Yamaha +2:00.984 8
6 Japan Keiji Ohishi SRT Suzuki +2:13.708 6
7 United Kingdom Niall Mackenzie Yamaha Motor Banco Yamaha +2:15.005 4
8 Japan Toshihiko Honma Hiro Racing Team Yamaha Yamaha +2:15.491 3
9 Japan Norihiko Fujiwara Kirin Mets Racing Team Yamaha +2:16.591 2
10 Japan Satoshi Tsujimoto AM/PM Racing Honda +2:27.265 1
11 Brazil Alex Barros Cagiva Team Agostini Cagiva +1 Lap
12 Spain Juan Garriga Ducados Yamaha Yamaha +1 Lap
13 Japan Keiichiro Iwahashi Team Blue Fox Honda +1 Lap
14 United States Eddie Lawson Cagiva Team Agostini Cagiva +1 Lap
15 Germany Michael Rudroff Rallye Sport Harris Yamaha +1 Lap
16 Italy Corrado Catalano KCS International ROC Yamaha +1 Lap
Ret Australia Wayne Gardner Rothmans Kanemoto Honda Honda Retirement
Ret United States John Kocinski Marlboro Team Roberts Yamaha Retirement
Ret Canada Miguel Duhamel Yamaha Motor Banco Yamaha Retirement
Ret United States Wayne Rainey Marlboro Team Roberts Yamaha Retirement
Ret Australia Peter Goddard Valvoline Team WCM ROC Yamaha Retirement
Ret Spain Àlex Crivillé Campsa Honda Team Honda Retirement
Ret Australia Daryl Beattie Team HRC Honda Retirement
DNQ Republic of Ireland Eddie Laycock Milla Racing Yamaha Did not qualify
DNQ France Dominique Sarron Team ROC Banco ROC Yamaha Did not qualify
DNQ Netherlands Cees Doorakkers HEK Racing Team Harris Yamaha Did not qualify
DNQ Italy Marco Papa Librenti Corse Librenti Did not qualify
DNQ United Kingdom Simon Buckmaster Padgett's Motorcycles ROC Yamaha Did not qualify
DNQ Italy Lucio Pedercini Paton Grand Prix Paton Did not qualify
DNQ Austria Josef Doppler Uvex Racing Team ROC Yamaha Did not qualify
DNQ United Kingdom Kevin Mitchell MBM Racing Harris Yamaha Did not qualify
DNQ Switzerland Serge David Team ROC ROC Yamaha Did not qualify
DNQ Luxembourg Andreas Leuthe VRP Racing Team VRP Did not qualify
DNQ United Kingdom Peter Graves Peter Graves Racing Team Harris Yamaha Did not qualify
DNQ France Thierry Crine Ville de Paris ROC Yamaha Did not qualify
DNQ Japan Toshiyuki Arakaki Team ROC Banco ROC Yamaha Did not qualify
Sources: [4][5][6]

References

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  1. ^ "Grand Prix uitslagen en bijzonderheden 1992". Archive.li. Archived from the original on 2014-03-15. Retrieved 2018-05-19.
  2. ^ Mitchell, Malcolm. "1992 500cc Class (FIM Grand Prix World Championship) Programmes - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". www.progcovers.com.
  3. ^ Mitchell, Malcolm. "Suzuka Circuit - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". www.progcovers.com.
  4. ^ "motogp.com · JAPANESE GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1992". www.motogp.com.
  5. ^ "1992 Japanese MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". 13 June 2017.
  6. ^ "motogp.com · JAPANESE GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1992". www.motogp.com.


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