1992 Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix

  1992 Malaysian Grand Prix

Race details
Race 3 of 13 races in the 1992 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	19 April 1992
Location	Shah Alam
Course	Permanent racing facility 3.69 km (2.29 mi)
500 cc
Pole position
Rider	Mick Doohan
Time	1:25.513
Fastest lap
Rider	Wayne Rainey
Time	1:26.074
Podium
First	Mick Doohan
Second	Wayne Rainey
Third	Àlex Crivillé
250 cc
Pole position
Rider	Pierfrancesco Chili
Time	1:27.838
Fastest lap
Rider	Luca Cadalora
Time	1:29.278
Podium
First	Luca Cadalora
Second	Alberto Puig
Third	Pierfrancesco Chili
125 cc
Pole position
Rider	Alessandro Gramigni
Time	1:33.155
Fastest lap
Rider	Ralf Waldmann
Time	1:33.587
Podium
First	Alessandro Gramigni
Second	Bruno Casanova
Third	Ralf Waldmann

The 1992 Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix was the third round of the 1992 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 17–19 April 1992 at the Shah Alam Circuit.

500 cc race report

Kevin Schwantz injured his hand in practice and missed the race. Mick Doohan was on pole and got the lead at the start from Àlex Crivillé and Wayne Rainey. Then Doohan got a small gap while Rainey moved into 2nd. Rain brought out a red flag; 18 laps for a second leg in intermediate conditions. After one or two laps, Doohan was again at the front, followed by Juan Garriga. The rain started pouring and there was another red flag, ending the race.

500 cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Points
1	Mick Doohan	Honda	45:45.608	20
2	Wayne Rainey	Yamaha	+10.433	15
3	Àlex Crivillé	Honda	+14.307	12
4	Juan Garriga	Yamaha	+27.693	10
5	Doug Chandler	Suzuki	+31.429	8
6	Daryl Beattie	Honda	+32.279	6
7	Randy Mamola	Yamaha	+1:03.497	4
8	Peter Goddard	ROC Yamaha	+2:02.624	3
9	Corrado Catalano	ROC Yamaha	+2:06.910	2
10	Eddie Laycock	Yamaha	+2:11.932	1
11	Kevin Mitchell	Harris Yamaha	+2:27.337
12	Cees Doorakkers	Harris Yamaha	+2:31.293
13	Toshiyuki Arakaki	ROC Yamaha	+1 Lap
14	Michael Rudroff	Harris Yamaha	+1 Lap
15	Serge David	ROC Yamaha	+2 Laps
16	Nicholas Schmassman	ROC Yamaha	+2 Laps
Ret	Eddie Lawson	Cagiva	Retirement
Ret	Dominique Sarron	ROC Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Miguel Duhamel	Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Peter Graves	Harris Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Marco Papa	Librenti	Retirement
Ret	Thierry Crine	ROC Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Damon Buckmaster	Harris Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Josef Doppler	ROC Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Niall Mackenzie	Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Alex Barros	Cagiva	Retirement