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.

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.

File:Ralf Waldmann 1992 Japanese GP.jpg

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

500 cc classification

Pos	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Points
1	Template:Flagicon Mick Doohan	Rothmans Honda Team	Honda	56:21.831	20
2	Template:Flagicon Doug Chandler	Lucky Strike Suzuki	Suzuki	+28.298	15
3	Template:Flagicon Kevin Schwantz	Lucky Strike Suzuki	Suzuki	+55.792	12
4	Template:Flagicon Shinichi Itoh	Team HRC	Honda	+1:47.802	10
5	Template:Flagicon Randy Mamola	Budweiser Team/Global Motorsports	Yamaha	+2:00.984	8
6	Template:Flagicon Keiji Ohishi	SRT	Suzuki	+2:13.708	6
7	Template:Flagicon Niall Mackenzie	Yamaha Motor Banco	Yamaha	+2:15.005	4
8	Template:Flagicon Toshihiko Honma	Hiro Racing Team Yamaha	Yamaha	+2:15.491	3
9	Template:Flagicon Norihiko Fujiwara	Kirin Mets Racing Team	Yamaha	+2:16.591	2
10	Template:Flagicon Satoshi Tsujimoto	AM/PM Racing	Honda	+2:27.265	1
11	Template:Flagicon Alex Barros	Cagiva Team Agostini	Cagiva	+1 Lap
12	Template:Flagicon Juan Garriga	Ducados Yamaha	Yamaha	+1 Lap
13	Template:Flagicon Keiichiro Iwahashi	Team Blue Fox	Honda	+1 Lap
14	Template:Flagicon Eddie Lawson	Cagiva Team Agostini	Cagiva	+1 Lap
15	Template:Flagicon Michael Rudroff	Rallye Sport	Harris Yamaha	+1 Lap
16	Template:Flagicon Corrado Catalano	KCS International	ROC Yamaha	+1 Lap
Ret (17)	Template:Flagicon Wayne Gardner	Rothmans Kanemoto Honda	Honda	Retirement
Ret (18)	Template:Flagicon John Kocinski	Marlboro Team Roberts	Yamaha	Retirement
Ret (19)	Template:Flagicon Miguel Duhamel	Yamaha Motor Banco	Yamaha	Retirement
Ret (20)	Template:Flagicon Wayne Rainey	Marlboro Team Roberts	Yamaha	Retirement
Ret (21)	Template:Flagicon Peter Goddard	Valvoline Team WCM	ROC Yamaha	Retirement
Ret (22)	Template:Flagicon Àlex Crivillé	Campsa Honda Team	Honda	Retirement
Ret (23)	Template:Flagicon Daryl Beattie	Team HRC	Honda	Retirement
DNQ	Template:Flagicon Eddie Laycock	Milla Racing	Yamaha	Did not qualify
DNQ	Template:Flagicon Dominique Sarron	Team ROC Banco	ROC Yamaha	Did not qualify
DNQ	Template:Flagicon Cees Doorakkers	HEK Racing Team	Harris Yamaha	Did not qualify
DNQ	Template:Flagicon Marco Papa	Librenti Corse	Librenti	Did not qualify
DNQ	Template:Flagicon Simon Buckmaster	Padgett's Motorcycles	ROC Yamaha	Did not qualify
DNQ	Template:Flagicon Lucio Pedercini	Paton Grand Prix	Paton	Did not qualify
DNQ	Template:Flagicon Josef Doppler	Uvex Racing Team	ROC Yamaha	Did not qualify
DNQ	Template:Flagicon Kevin Mitchell	MBM Racing	Harris Yamaha	Did not qualify
DNQ	Template:Flagicon Serge David	Team ROC	ROC Yamaha	Did not qualify
DNQ	Template:Flagicon Andreas Leuthe	VRP Racing Team	VRP	Did not qualify
DNQ	Template:Flagicon Peter Graves	Peter Graves Racing Team	Harris Yamaha	Did not qualify
DNQ	Template:Flagicon Thierry Crine	Ville de Paris	ROC Yamaha	Did not qualify
DNQ	Template:Flagicon Toshiyuki Arakaki	Team ROC Banco	ROC Yamaha	Did not qualify
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