1992 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix
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The 1992 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix was the first round of 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).
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.
500 cc classification
Pos | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Time/Retired | Points | ||
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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: [4][5][6] |
References
- ^ "Grand Prix uitslagen en bijzonderheden 1992". Archive.li. Archived from the original on 2014-03-15. Retrieved 2018-05-19.
- ^ Mitchell, Malcolm. "1992 500cc Class (FIM Grand Prix World Championship) Programmes - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". www.progcovers.com.
- ^ Mitchell, Malcolm. "Suzuka Circuit - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". www.progcovers.com.
- ^ "motogp.com · JAPANESE GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1992". www.motogp.com.
- ^ "1992 Japanese MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". 13 June 2017.
- ^ "motogp.com · JAPANESE GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1992". www.motogp.com.