# 1992 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix

The 1992 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix was the first round of the 1992 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 27–29 March 1992 at the Suzuka Circuit.

## 500 cc race report

Wet race. Wayne Rainey had to ride with an injured hand from a pre-season test (part of his pinky was removed).
John Kocinski was on pole, and took the lead at the start from Doug Chandler and Mick Doohan. Rainey had a bad start.
Àlex Crivillé crashed out of his debut 500cc race; Wayne Gardner crashes out, as did Rainey at the Dunlop Corner.
Chandler took the lead of a 4-man group with Schwantz, Doohan and Kocinski. Kocinski crashed out.
Doohan and Chandler dropped Schwantz. Gardner had remounted and gotten to 5th before crashing out for good a second time and breaking his leg in two places.

## 500 cc classification

| Pos | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Time/Retired | Points |
| 1 | Mick Doohan | Rothmans Honda Team | Honda | 56:21.831 | 20 |
| 2 | Doug Chandler | Lucky Strike Suzuki | Suzuki | +28.298 | 15 |
| 3 | Kevin Schwantz | Lucky Strike Suzuki | Suzuki | +55.792 | 12 |
| 4 | Shinichi Itoh | Team HRC | Honda | +1:47.802 | 10 |
| 5 | Randy Mamola | Budweiser Team/Global Motorsports | Yamaha | +2:00.984 | 8 |
| 6 | Keiji Ohishi | SRT | Suzuki | +2:13.708 | 6 |
| 7 | Niall Mackenzie | Yamaha Motor Banco | Yamaha | +2:15.005 | 4 |
| 8 | Toshihiko Honma | Hiro Racing Team Yamaha | Yamaha | +2:15.491 | 3 |
| 9 | Norihiko Fujiwara | Kirin Mets Racing Team | Yamaha | +2:16.591 | 2 |
| 10 | Satoshi Tsujimoto | AM/PM Racing | Honda | +2:27.265 | 1 |
| 11 | Alex Barros | Cagiva Team Agostini | Cagiva | +1 Lap | |
| 12 | Juan Garriga | Ducados Yamaha | Yamaha | +1 Lap | |
| 13 | Keiichiro Iwahashi | Team Blue Fox | Honda | +1 Lap | |
| 14 | Eddie Lawson | Cagiva Team Agostini | Cagiva | +1 Lap | |
| 15 | Michael Rudroff | Rallye Sport | Harris Yamaha | +1 Lap | |
| 16 | Corrado Catalano | KCS International | ROC Yamaha | +1 Lap | |
| Ret (17) | Wayne Gardner | Rothmans Kanemoto Honda | Honda | Retirement | |
| Ret (18) | John Kocinski | Marlboro Team Roberts | Yamaha | Retirement | |
| Ret (19) | Miguel Duhamel | Yamaha Motor Banco | Yamaha | Retirement | |
| Ret (20) | Wayne Rainey | Marlboro Team Roberts | Yamaha | Retirement | |
| Ret (21) | Peter Goddard | Valvoline Team WCM | ROC Yamaha | Retirement | |
| Ret (22) | Àlex Crivillé | Campsa Honda Team | Honda | Retirement | |
| Ret (23) | Daryl Beattie | Team HRC | Honda | Retirement | |
| DNQ | Eddie Laycock | Milla Racing | Yamaha | Did not qualify | |
| DNQ | Dominique Sarron | Team ROC Banco | ROC Yamaha | Did not qualify | |
| DNQ | Cees Doorakkers | HEK Racing Team | Harris Yamaha | Did not qualify | |
| DNQ | Marco Papa | Librenti Corse | Librenti | Did not qualify | |
| DNQ | Simon Buckmaster | Padgett's Motorcycles | ROC Yamaha | Did not qualify | |
| DNQ | Lucio Pedercini | Paton Grand Prix | Paton | Did not qualify | |
| DNQ | Josef Doppler | Uvex Racing Team | ROC Yamaha | Did not qualify | |
| DNQ | Kevin Mitchell | MBM Racing | Harris Yamaha | Did not qualify | |
| DNQ | Serge David | Team ROC | ROC Yamaha | Did not qualify | |
| DNQ | Andreas Leuthe | VRP Racing Team | VRP | Did not qualify | |
| DNQ | Peter Graves | Peter Graves Racing Team | Harris Yamaha | Did not qualify | |
| DNQ | Thierry Crine | Ville de Paris | ROC Yamaha | Did not qualify | |
| DNQ | Toshiyuki Arakaki | Team ROC Banco | ROC Yamaha | Did not qualify | |
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