1992 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix

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Race details
Race 4 of 13 races in the
1992 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date 11 May 1992
Location 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 9–11 May 1992 at the Jerez circuit.

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 Manufacturer Time/Retired Points
1 Australia Mick Doohan Honda +49:42.940 20
2 United States Wayne Rainey Yamaha +18.991 15
3 United Kingdom Niall Mackenzie Yamaha +28.373 12
4 United States Kevin Schwantz Suzuki +28.481 10
5 United States John Kocinski Yamaha +39.357 8
6 Australia Peter Goddard ROC Yamaha +48.801 6
7 Spain Juan Garriga Yamaha +52.482 4
8 United States Randy Mamola Yamaha +53.688 3
9 Canada Miguel Duhamel Yamaha +53.932 2
10 United States Doug Chandler Suzuki +58.792 1
11 United States Eddie Lawson Cagiva +1:03.477
12 Brazil Alex Barros Cagiva +1:21.460
13 France Thierry Crine ROC Yamaha +1:46.825
14 United Kingdom Kevin Mitchell Harris Yamaha +1 Lap
15 France Dominique Sarron ROC Yamaha +1 Lap
16 Germany Michael Rudroff Harris Yamaha +1 Lap
17 Netherlands Cees Doorakkers Harris Yamaha +1 Lap
18 Japan Toshiyuki Arakaki ROC Yamaha +1 Lap
19 Spain Juan Lopez Mella ROC Yamaha +1 Lap
20 Italy Corrado Catalano ROC Yamaha +1 Lap
21 Switzerland Serge David ROC Yamaha +1 Lap
22 Switzerland Nicholas Schmassman ROC Yamaha +1 Lap
23 Austria Josef Doppler ROC Yamaha +1 Lap
24 Italy Marco Papa Librenti +3 Laps
Ret United Kingdom Peter Graves Harris Yamaha Retirement
Ret Luxembourg Andreas Leuthe VRP Retirement
Ret United Kingdom Damon Buckmaster Harris Yamaha Retirement
Ret France Claude Arciero ROC Yamaha Retirement
Ret Italy Lucio Pedercini Paton Retirement
Ret Republic of Ireland Eddie Laycock Yamaha Retirement
Ret Spain Àlex Crivillé Honda Retirement
Previous race:
1992 Malaysian Grand Prix
FIM Grand Prix World Championship
1992 season
Next race:
1992 Italian Grand Prix
Previous race:
1991 Spanish Grand Prix
Spanish Grand Prix Next race:
1993 Spanish Grand Prix
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