1992 European motorcycle Grand Prix

  1992 European Grand Prix

Race details
Race 6 of 13 races in the 1992 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	31 May 1992
Official name	Gran Premio Super Nintendo Entertainment System de Europa
Location	Circuit de Catalunya
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.655 km (2.892 mi)
500 cc
Pole position Rider Mick Doohan Time 1:48.549 Fastest lap Rider Mick Doohan Time 1:48.583 Podium First Wayne Rainey Second Mick Doohan Third Doug Chandler
250 cc
Pole position Rider Max Biaggi Time 1:50.819 Fastest lap Rider Loris Reggiani Time 1:51.304 Podium First Luca Cadalora Second Loris Reggiani Third Max Biaggi
125 cc
Pole position Rider Ezio Gianola Time 1:58.091 Fastest lap Rider Carlos Giró Time 1:57.836 Podium First Ezio Gianola Second Gabriele Debbia Third Fausto Gresini

The 1992 European motorcycle Grand Prix was the sixth round of the 1992 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 29–31 May 1992 at the Montmelò circuit.

500 cc race report

Mick Doohan was on pole. At the start John Kocinski briefly got the lead however Eddie Lawson beat him to the first turn. Lawson, Doohan and Wayne Rainey were at the front. Doohan got past Lawson, as did Rainey. With 2 laps to go, Rainey got past Doohan. Doohan tried to repass, but Rainey denied him any opportunities.

500 cc classification

Pos.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Points
1	Wayne Rainey	Marlboro Team Roberts	Yamaha	47:31.348	20
2	Mick Doohan	Rothmans Honda Team	Honda	+0.057	15
3	Doug Chandler	Lucky Strike Suzuki	Suzuki	+14.762	12
4	Kevin Schwantz	Lucky Strike Suzuki	Suzuki	+16.333	10
5	John Kocinski	Marlboro Team Roberts	Yamaha	+28.147	8
6	Eddie Lawson	Cagiva Team Agostini	Cagiva	+35.574	6
7	Niall Mackenzie	Yamaha Motor Banco	Yamaha	+42.813	4
8	Miguel Duhamel	Yamaha Motor Banco	Yamaha	+43.805	3
9	Randy Mamola	Budweiser Team/Global Motorsports	Yamaha	+44.152	2
10	Juan Garriga	Ducados Yamaha	Yamaha	+49.388	1
11	Alex Barros	Cagiva Team Agostini	Cagiva	+1:11.219
12	Peter Goddard	Valvoline Team WCM	ROC Yamaha	+1:11.301
13	Thierry Crine	Ville de Paris	ROC Yamaha	+1:28.596
14	Toshiyuki Arakaki	Team ROC Banco	ROC Yamaha	+1:28.645
15	Juan Lopez Mella	Nivea For Men Team	ROC Yamaha	+1:40.342
16	Kevin Mitchell	MBM Racing	Harris Yamaha	+1:41.817
17	Dominique Sarron	Team ROC Banco	ROC Yamaha	+1 Lap
18	Michael Rudroff	Rallye Sport	Harris Yamaha	+1 Lap
19	Eddie Laycock	Milla Racing	Yamaha	+1 Lap
20	Serge David	Team ROC Banco	ROC Yamaha	+1 Lap
21	Nicholas Schmassman	Uvex Racing Team	ROC Yamaha	+1 Lap
22	Marco Papa	Librenti Corse	Librenti	+1 Lap
23	Lucio Pedercini	Paton Grand Prix	Paton	+2 Laps
24	Josef Doppler	Uvex Racing Team	ROC Yamaha	+2 Laps
Ret	Damon Buckmaster	Padgett's Motorcycles	Harris Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Cees Doorakkers	HEK Racing Team	Harris Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Àlex Crivillé	Campsa Honda Team	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Corrado Catalano	KCS International	ROC Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Claude Arciero	Arciero Racing Team	ROC Yamaha	Retirement
DNQ	Andreas Leuthe	VRP Racing Team	VRP	Did not qualify
DNQ	Larry Moreno Vacondio	Team Domina	Yamaha	Did not qualify
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