1992 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix

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.

  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)
500 cc
Pole position
Rider Kevin Schwantz
Time 2:20.324
Fastest lap
Rider Mick Doohan
Time 2:32.090
Podium
First Mick Doohan
Second Doug Chandler
Third Kevin Schwantz
250 cc
Pole position
Rider Nobuatsu Aoki
Time 2:18.696
Fastest lap
Rider Luca Cadalora
Time 2:35.962
Podium
First Luca Cadalora
Second Tadayuki Okada
Third Nobuatsu Aoki
125 cc
Pole position
Rider Bruno Casanova
Time 2:23.630
Fastest lap
Rider Ralf Waldmann
Time 2:39.888
Podium
First Ralf Waldmann
Second Bruno Casanova
Third Noboiuki Wakai

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).

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

Source:[4]

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

References

Previous race:
1991 Malaysian Grand Prix
FIM Grand Prix World Championship
1992 season
Next race:
1992 Australian Grand Prix
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1991 Japanese Grand Prix
Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix Next race:
1993 Japanese Grand Prix
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