1992 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix

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Race details
Race 4 of 13 races in the
1992 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date10 May 1992
Official nameGran Premio Ducados de España[1]
LocationCircuito de Jerez
Course
  • Permanent racing facility
  • 4.428 km (2.751 mi)
500 cc
Pole position
Rider Australia Mick Doohan
Time 1:45.480
Fastest lap
Rider Australia Mick Doohan
Time 1:45.356
Podium
First Australia Mick Doohan
Second United States Wayne Rainey
Third United Kingdom Niall Mackenzie
250 cc
Pole position
Rider Italy Luca Cadalora
Time 1:47.725
Fastest lap
Rider Italy Loris Reggiani
Time 1:48.283
Podium
First Italy Loris Reggiani
Second Germany Helmut Bradl
Third Japan Masahiro Shimizu
125 cc
Pole position
Rider Japan Kazuto Sakata
Time 1:53.790
Fastest lap
Rider Italy Gabriele Debbia
Time 1:53.509
Podium
First Germany Ralf Waldmann
Second Italy Fausto Gresini
Third Spain Carlos Giró

The 1992 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix was the fourth round of the 1992 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 8–10 May 1992 at the Jerez circuit.

500 cc race report[edit]

Mick Doohan was on pole, and got the lead at the start from Wayne Rainey and Kevin Schwantz. Doohan then opened a gap to Rainey, who in turn had a gap to a fight for 3rd between Schwantz and Àlex Crivillé. Crivillé retired and Niall Mackenzie went up to 3rd. Doohan won the race for his 4th win in a row.

500 cc classification[edit]

Pos. Rider Team Manufacturer Time/Retired Points
1 Australia Mick Doohan Rothmans Honda Team Honda +49:42.940 20
2 United States Wayne Rainey Marlboro Team Roberts Yamaha +18.991 15
3 United Kingdom Niall Mackenzie Yamaha Motor Banco Yamaha +28.373 12
4 United States Kevin Schwantz Lucky Strike Suzuki Suzuki +28.481 10
5 United States John Kocinski Marlboro Team Roberts Yamaha +39.357 8
6 Australia Peter Goddard Valvoline Team WCM ROC Yamaha +48.801 6
7 Spain Juan Garriga Ducados Yamaha Yamaha +52.482 4
8 United States Randy Mamola Budweiser Team/Global Motorsports Yamaha +53.688 3
9 Canada Miguel Duhamel Yamaha Motor Banco Yamaha +53.932 2
10 United States Doug Chandler Lucky Strike Suzuki Suzuki +58.792 1
11 United States Eddie Lawson Cagiva Team Agostini Cagiva +1:03.477
12 Brazil Alex Barros Cagiva Team Agostini Cagiva +1:21.460
13 France Thierry Crine Ville de Paris ROC Yamaha +1:46.825
14 United Kingdom Kevin Mitchell MBM Racing Harris Yamaha +1 Lap
15 France Dominique Sarron Team ROC Banco ROC Yamaha +1 Lap
16 Germany Michael Rudroff Rallye Sport Harris Yamaha +1 Lap
17 Netherlands Cees Doorakkers HEK Racing Team Harris Yamaha +1 Lap
18 Japan Toshiyuki Arakaki Team ROC Banco ROC Yamaha +1 Lap
19 Spain Juan Lopez Mella Nivea For Men Team ROC Yamaha +1 Lap
20 Italy Corrado Catalano KCS International ROC Yamaha +1 Lap
21 Switzerland Serge David Team ROC Banco ROC Yamaha +1 Lap
22 Switzerland Nicholas Schmassman Uvex Racing Team ROC Yamaha +1 Lap
23 Austria Josef Doppler Uvex Racing Team ROC Yamaha +1 Lap
24 Italy Marco Papa Librenti Corse Librenti +3 Laps
Ret United Kingdom Peter Graves Peter Graves Racing Team Harris Yamaha Retirement
Ret Luxembourg Andreas Leuthe VRP Racing Team VRP Retirement
Ret United Kingdom Damon Buckmaster Padgett's Motorcycles Harris Yamaha Retirement
Ret France Claude Arciero Arciero Racing Team ROC Yamaha Retirement
Ret Italy Lucio Pedercini Paton Grand Prix Paton Retirement
Ret Republic of Ireland Eddie Laycock Milla Racing Yamaha Retirement
Ret Spain Àlex Crivillé Campsa Honda Team Honda Retirement
Sources:[2][3]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Grand Prix uitslagen en bijzonderheden 1992". Archive.today. 15 March 2014. Archived from the original on 15 March 2014. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
  2. ^ "1992 Spanish MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". 13 June 2017.
  3. ^ "motogp.com · SPANISH GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1992". www.motogp.com.


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