1992 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix

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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 27th-29th March, 1992 at the Suzuka Circuit.

[edit] 500 cc race report

Wet race. Wayne Rainey has to ride with an injured hand from a pre-season test (part of his pinky was removed).

John Kocinski on pole, takes the start from Doug Chandler and Mick Doohan. Bad start for Rainey.

Àlex Crivillé crashes out of his debut 500cc race; Wayne Gardner crashes out, as does Rainey on Dunlop Corner.

Chandler takes the lead of a 4-man group with Schwantz, Doohan and Kocinski. Kocinski crashes out.

Doohan and Chandler drop Schwantz. Gardner had remounted and gotten to 5th before crashing out for good a second time and breaking his leg in two places.

[edit] 500cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Points
1	Mick Doohan	Honda	+56:21.831	20
2	Doug Chandler	Suzuki	+28.298	17
3	Kevin Schwantz	Suzuki	+55.792	15
4	Shinichi Itoh	Honda	+1:47.802	13
5	Randy Mamola	Yamaha	+2:00.984	11
6	Keiji Ohishi	Suzuki	+2:13.708	10
7	Niall Mackenzie	Yamaha	+2:15.005	9
8	Toshihiko Honma	Yamaha	+2:15.491	8
9	Norihiko Fujiwara	Yamaha	+2:16.591	7
10	Satoshi Tsujimoto	Honda	+2:27.265	6
11	Alex Barros	Cagiva	+1 Lap	5
12	Juan Garriga	Yamaha	+1 Lap	4
13	Keiichiro Iwahashi	Honda	+1 Lap	3
14	Eddie Lawson	Cagiva	+1 Lap	2
15	Michael Rudroff	Harris Yamaha	+1 Lap	1
16	Corrado Catalano	ROC Yamaha	+1 Lap
Ret	Wayne Gardner	Honda	Retirement
Ret	John Kocinski	Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Miguel Duhamel	Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Wayne Rainey	Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Peter Goddard	ROC Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Alex Criville	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Daryl Beattie	Honda	Retirement

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