1992 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix

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.

  1992 Spanish Grand Prix

Race details
Race 4 of 13 races in the 1992 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	10 May 1992
Official name	Gran Premio Ducados de España
Location	Circuito de Jerez
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.428 km (2.751 mi)
500cc
Pole position Rider Mick Doohan Time 1:45.480 Fastest lap Rider Mick Doohan Time 1:45.356 Podium First Mick Doohan Second Wayne Rainey Third Niall Mackenzie
250cc
Pole position Rider Luca Cadalora Time 1:47.725 Fastest lap Rider Loris Reggiani Time 1:48.283 Podium First Loris Reggiani Second Helmut Bradl Third Masahiro Shimizu
125cc
Pole position Rider Kazuto Sakata Time 1:53.790 Fastest lap Rider Gabriele Debbia Time 1:53.509 Podium First Ralf Waldmann Second Fausto Gresini Third Carlos Giró

500 cc race report

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

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