# 1992 French motorcycle Grand Prix

The 1992 French motorcycle Grand Prix was the tenth round of the 1992 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 17–19 July 1992 at the Magny Cours circuit.

## 500 cc race report

Doug Chandler was on pole, from Wayne Rainey, John Kocinski and Wayne Gardner. Kevin Schwantz was on the 2nd row. Kocinski got the lead at the start, but Rainey soon moved into first. Rainey opened a small gap to Gardner, Kocinski and Chandler. Schwantz was down in 8th. Chandler out of the race from 3rd place. Miguel Duhamel was in a battle with Mamola for 7th. Schwantz: "There were about eight laps to go and I got into this tight right bander, not hot, got the bike set, turning and the front started to push. I just couldn't do anything with it physically to try and to the bike stood back up. I was just hanging off the inside had the thing turned, was already committed with the thing back on the gas when it started to push. I couldn't do anything as far as try to stand the thing up because of my arm, I just didn't have the strength."

## 500 cc classification

| Pos. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Time/Retired | Points |
| 1 | Wayne Rainey | Marlboro Team Roberts | Yamaha | 45:05.182 | 20 |
| 2 | Wayne Gardner | Rothmans Kanemoto Honda | Honda | +6.682 | 15 |
| 3 | John Kocinski | Marlboro Team Roberts | Yamaha | +8.687 | 12 |
| 4 | Juan Garriga | Ducados Yamaha | Yamaha | +11.645 | 10 |
| 5 | Eddie Lawson | Cagiva Team Agostini | Cagiva | +33.901 | 8 |
| 6 | Niall Mackenzie | Yamaha Motor Banco | Yamaha | +45.706 | 6 |
| 7 | Miguel Duhamel | Yamaha Motor Banco | Yamaha | +51.449 | 4 |
| 8 | Randy Mamola | Budweiser Team/Global Motorsports | Yamaha | +57.215 | 3 |
| 9 | James Whitham | Padgett's Motorcycles | Harris Yamaha | +1:26.833 | 2 |
| 10 | Toshiyuki Arakaki | Team ROC Banco | ROC Yamaha | +1:39.291 | 1 |
| 11 | Andrew Stroud | Valvoline Team WCM | ROC Yamaha | +1:44.567 | |
| 12 | Serge David | Team ROC Banco | ROC Yamaha | +1 Lap | |
| 13 | Cees Doorakkers | HEK Racing Team | Harris Yamaha | +1 Lap | |
| 14 | Michael Rudroff | Rallye Sport | Harris Yamaha | +1 Lap | |
| 15 | Nicholas Schmassman | Uvex Racing Team | ROC Yamaha | +1 Lap | |
| 16 | Peter Graves | Peter Graves Racing Team | Harris Yamaha | +1 Lap | |
| 17 | Josef Doppler | Uvex Racing Team | ROC Yamaha | +1 Lap | |
| 18 | Marco Papa | Librenti Corse | Librenti | +2 Laps | |
| Ret (19) | Kevin Schwantz | Lucky Strike Suzuki | Suzuki | Retirement | |
| Ret (20) | Kevin Mitchell | MBM Racing | Harris Yamaha | Retirement | |
| Ret (21) | Dominique Sarron | Team ROC Banco | ROC Yamaha | Retirement | |
| Ret (22) | Doug Chandler | Lucky Strike Suzuki | Suzuki | Retirement | |
| Ret (23) | Àlex Crivillé | Campsa Honda Team | Honda | Retirement | |
| Ret (24) | Eddie Laycock | Milla Racing | Yamaha | Retirement | |
| Ret (25) | Corrado Catalano | KCS International | ROC Yamaha | Retirement | |
| Ret (26) | Claude Arciero | Arciero Racing Team | ROC Yamaha | Retirement | |
| DNS | Alex Barros | Cagiva Team Agostini | Cagiva | Did not start | |
| DNS | Thierry Crine | Ville de Paris | ROC Yamaha | Did not start | |
| DNS | Bernard Garcia | Yamaha Motor Banco | Yamaha | Did not start | |
| DNQ | Andreas Leuthe | VRP Racing Team | VRP | Did not qualify | |
| DNQ | Larry Moreno Vacondio | Team Domina | Yamaha | Did not qualify | |
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