1992 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix

  1992 Spanish Grand Prix
Race details
Race 4 of 13 races in the
1992 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date May 11, 1992
Location Jerez
Course Permanent racing facility
4.428 km (2.751 mi)
500 cc
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
250 cc
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
125 cc
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

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 9th-11th 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. Criville retired and Niall Mackenzie went up to 3rd. Doohan won the race for his 4th win in a row.

500cc classification

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