# 1992 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season

The 1992 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season was the 44th F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship season. Honda secured the constructor's title in all three categories.

## Season summaries
### 500cc summary

Wayne Rainey won the 1992 World Championship for the third consecutive year on a Kenny Roberts Marlboro Yamaha, however he was largely outshone by a dominant Michael Doohan on his Rothmans Honda, and was only prevented from winning what would have been his first world title by injury.
Doohan won the first four opening rounds, the first he nearly didn't qualify for, due to tricky conditions in Suzuka, but ended up winning as Rainey crashed out in the rain. Rainey followed Doohan home in second in the following three races, still not fully fit due to a broken femur he had suffered at the end of the 1991 season. Daryl Beattie was third at his home race in Australia, riding as a replacement for Wayne Gardner, who injured himself in a crash in the opening round. There were also podiums for Crivillé on his Honda in the third round and Niall Mackenzie on his Team France Yamaha in the fourth round after Crivillé had crashed out of third from his home race at Jerez.
The fifth round at Mugello saw one of the only races of the season where the three best riders of the era - Rainey, Doohan and Kevin Schwantz were fully fit and able to battle it out. Schwantz had missed the third round due to injury but was able to take the victory at Mugello on his Lucky Strike Suzuki as Rainey crashed out whilst battling for the lead. Rainey did however win his first race of the season at Catalunya in round six, passing Doohan for victory with two laps remaining. The seventh round of the season saw Doohan get back to winning ways, but Rainey had to retire due to being unable to continue after riding in pain following a heavy practice fall.
The eighth round at Assen proved to be crucial to the title race. Rainey left the circuit during practice, still being unable to ride comfortably, all but conceding the title to Doohan. However Doohan was to have his own crash in practice, suffering a double-fracture of his right leg and ruling him out for five races. Gardner also injured himself in practice leaving the Rothmans Honda squad without a rider for the race. Schwantz was therefore favorite for the race, but was being heavily challenged by Cagiva's four time world champion and veteran Eddie Lawson. Lawson took both riders out of the race with a collision, which resulted in Schwantz suffering a broken arm. The series of events left a group of riders chasing a rare victory and it was Crivillé who took the win, the first of his career.
Rainey was back for the following round at the Hungaroring, but changeable weather conditions allowed Lawson to take Cagiva's first ever 500cc victory, and Lawson's last in a glittering career. Rainey got back to winning ways in France for the tenth round, however Gardner took a popular win at the British round, with Rainey in second. A patch of oil into the first turn catching out several riders including high flying Schwantz, and teammate Doug Chandler.
The penultimate round of the season saw the return of Doohan, however he was still not fully fit. Rainey won the race, and whilst Doohan was running in the top ten for periods, he wasn't able to maintain the pace and finished twelfth. In the final round Rainey needed to a two-point swing to win the world championship, and although Doohan managed a sterling effort to finish sixth, Rainey's third place was enough to secure him his third and final world title. John Kocinski, Rainey's teammate took his only win of the season, in his last race for Marlboro Roberts Yamaha, and promoted him to third in the world championship table, ahead of Schwantz. Chandler impressed in his first season in the series finishing fifth, whilst Gardner's strong performances when fit saw him good enough for sixth. Juan Garriga was a strong seventh on a Yamaha, with Crivillé impressing in his debut season in eighth, ahead of Lawson took ninth, ahead of Randy Mamola. At the end of 1992 several of the big names of the 80's retired - Lawson, Gardner, and Mamola all left the sport, for different reasons.
The factory Honda riders debuted the "big bang" engine, with the NSR500, where the firing order of the cylinders made the power come out in pulses. The benefit to this was in traction, allowing the tires to adhere between pulses, rather than spin because of the two-stroke 500’s peaky powerband. Yamaha came up with their own version for the 9th round and Suzuki had it available by mid-season, though Schwantz didn't use it initially. The "big bang" concept is still used in today's four-stroke MotoGP bikes.

### 250cc summary

Luca Cadalora claimed his second 250cc crown by a much larger margin than his previous title. He won five out of the first six races on his Rothmans Honda accumulating such a huge points lead that he could afford to be more conservative in the second half of the season. Fellow Italians Loris Reggiani and Pierfrancesco Chili provided Cadalora's strongest competition. Reggiani won two races on his factory Aprilia, whilst Chili put in a number of strong performances winning three races, but failing to finish on a number of occasions, and suffered the embarrassment of thinking he had claimed a podium in the fourth round at Jerez, only to realise he had slowed down prematurely and had in fact been warming down on the final lap. Helmut Bradl had a more disappointing 1992 season, having run Cadalora close for the title in the previous year, the German on the HB Honda failed to win a race, and was often off the pace, back in fifth in the championship standings. 1992 saw the emergence of several future 250cc stars, with Max Biaggi, Chili's teammate, winning several pole positions and winning the final round in his debut season and impressing more and more as the season progressed. Loris Capirossi made the step up from 125s to 250s for the 1992 season. He was largely off the pace at the start of the season as he wasn't given a full works Honda initially, but once provided with a Honda much closer to the performance of Cadalora's as he proved he had the speed to be a contender. Similarly, Doriano Romboni's performances improved in the final few races when his HB Honda was upgraded. Former 250 world champion Carlos Lavado retired at the end of the season having had a very low-key 1992, rarely appearing in the points.

### 125cc summary

Alessandro Gramigni won the first ever 125cc championship for Aprilia, in a tight championship. This was despite Gramigni suffering a broken leg in a road bike accident midway through the season and missing a couple of rounds. Former double 125 champion Fausto Gresini had been consistent throughout the season on his Marlboro Honda, but only won one race, finishing second in the championship. Gresini was looking in serious contention for the championship, but had a critical crash when running in second place in the French round. Honda's Ralf Waldmann finished third in the championship, but had led the series for most of the year having won three of the first four races. His dip in form after that saw him rarely finish on the podium in the second half of the season. Ezio Gianola won the most races in the class - four, yet a number of crashes and low finishes meant he finished fourth in the championship on his Honda, this was a marked up-turn in fortune for Gianola who had considered retiring after a disappointing 1991 season. Aprilia's Bruno Casanova also had a much better 1992 than the previous season, finishing fifth in the championship. His only win coming in the closest race of the season at Hockenheim, where the super fast slipstreaming circuit provided a classic 125 race with the lead changing hands almost every lap. Up and coming Dirk Raudies ended the season well with a victory in the penultimate round in Brazil, and 125 veteran Jorge Martinez became the seventh different winner of the season when he won the final round of the season in South Africa.

## Rule changes and off track events

During 1992 Rainey created the International Motorcycle Racers’ Association (IMRA) to pressure track organizers for safety improvements. Michelin came back from a semi-withdrawal and supplied tires to the Honda, Suzuki and Yamaha teams. The points system was revised to award points to the top 10 finishers only, instead of the top 15. This system would last for only the 1992 season, a slightly modified version being brought in for 1993, that is still used today.
The calendar was shortened to 13 rounds, with the United States, Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia and Austria losing their races. The South African Grand Prix was added and the European Grand Prix continued for another year.

## 1992 Grand Prix season calendar

The official 1992 calendar was approved on 28 February 1992. The following Grands Prix were scheduled to take place in 1992:
| Round | Date | Grand Prix | Circuit |
| 1 | 29 March | Japanese Grand Prix | Suzuka Circuit |
| 2 | 12 April | Foster's Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix | Eastern Creek Raceway |
| 3 | 19 April | Malaysia Motorcycle Grand Prix | Shah Alam Circuit |
| 4 | 10 May | Gran Premio Ducados de España | Circuito Permanente de Jerez |
| 5 | 24 May | Gran Premio d'Italia | Mugello Circuit |
| 6 | 31 May | Gran Premio Super Nintendo Entertainment System de Europa | Circuit de Catalunya |
| 7 | 14 June | Großer Preis von Deutschland Motorräder | Hockenheimring |
| 8 | 27 June | Dutch TT Assen | TT Circuit Assen |
| 9 | 12 July | HB Magyar Nagydíj | Hungaroring |
| 10 | 19 July | Grand Prix de France | Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours |
| 11 | 2 August | Rothmans British Grand Prix | Donington Park |
| 12 | 23 August | Brazilian Grand Prix | Autódromo José Carlos Pace |
| 13 | 6 September | Nashua South African Grand Prix | Kyalami |

### Calendar changes

* The United States, Austrian, San Marino and Czechoslovakian motorcycle Grand Prix races were taken off the calendar due to a demand from Bernie Ecclestone which started to meddle more with motorcycle racing affairs, along with the IRTA.
* The Hungarian Grand Prix was added to the calendar after a one-year absence on demand of Bernie Ecclestone, who wanted to get more F1 tracks on the calendar.
* The Brazilian Grand Prix was added on the calendar after a two-year absence. On demand of Bernie Ecclestone, the chosen track became the Interlagos circuit, instead of the previously used Goiânia circuit.
* The French Grand Prix moved from the Paul Ricard circuit to the Magny-Cours circuit on demand of Bernie Ecclestone.
* The South African Grand Prix returned on the calendar after a six-year absence due to apartheid policies in the country. The venue used was the new, redesigned Kyalami circuit.
* The Vitesse du Mans Grand Prix was taken off the calendar.
* The European Grand Prix moved from the Jarama circuit to the newly built Catalunya circuit.
* The Malaysian Grand Prix was moved forward, from 29 September to 19 April.

## 1992 Grand Prix season results
### Grands Prix

| Round | Date | Race | Location | 125cc winner | 250cc winner | 500cc winner | Report |
| 1 | 29 March | Japanese Grand Prix | Suzuka | Ralf Waldmann | Luca Cadalora | Mick Doohan | Report |
| 2 | 12 April | Australian Grand Prix | Eastern Creek | Ralf Waldmann | Luca Cadalora | Mick Doohan | Report |
| 3 | 19 April | Malaysian Grand Prix | Shah Alam | Alessandro Gramigni | Luca Cadalora | Mick Doohan | Report |
| 4 | 10 May | Spanish Grand Prix | Jerez | Ralf Waldmann | Loris Reggiani | Mick Doohan | Report |
| 5 | 24 May | Italian Grand Prix | Mugello | Ezio Gianola | Luca Cadalora | Kevin Schwantz | Report |
| 6 | 31 May | European Grand Prix | Catalunya | Ezio Gianola | Luca Cadalora | Wayne Rainey | Report |
| 7 | 14 June | German Grand Prix | Hockenheim | Bruno Casanova | Pierfrancesco Chili | Mick Doohan | Report |
| 8 | 27 June | Dutch TT | Assen | Ezio Gianola | Pierfrancesco Chili | Àlex Crivillé | Report |
| 9 | 12 July | Hungarian Grand Prix | Hungaroring | Alessandro Gramigni | Luca Cadalora | Eddie Lawson | Report |
| 10 | 19 July | French Grand Prix | Magny-Cours | Ezio Gianola | Loris Reggiani | Wayne Rainey | Report |
| 11 | 2 August | British Grand Prix | Donington | Fausto Gresini | Pierfrancesco Chili | Wayne Gardner | Report |
| 12 | 23 August | Brazilian Grand Prix | Interlagos | Dirk Raudies | Luca Cadalora | Wayne Rainey | Report |
| 13 | 6 September | South African Grand Prix | Kyalami | Jorge Martínez | Max Biaggi | John Kocinski | Report |

## Participants
### 500cc participants

| Team | Constructor | Motorcycle | No. | Rider | Rounds |
| Marlboro Team Roberts | Yamaha | Yamaha YZR500 | 1 | Wayne Rainey | 1–7, 9–13 |
| Marlboro Team Roberts | Yamaha | Yamaha YZR500 | 4 | John Kocinski | 1–2, 4–13 |
| Rothmans Honda Team | Honda | Honda NSR500 | 2 | Mick Doohan | 1–7, 12–13 |
| Rothmans Kanemoto Honda | Honda | Honda NSR500 | 5 | Wayne Gardner | 1, 5, 7, 9–13 |
| Rothmans Kanemoto Honda | Honda | Honda NSR500 | 58 | Daryl Beattie | 2–3 |
| Team HRC | Honda | Honda NSR500 | 53 | Shinichi Ito | 1 |
| Team HRC | Honda | Honda NSR500 | 58 | Daryl Beattie | 1 |
| Ducados Yamaha Team | Yamaha | Yamaha YZR500 | 6 | Juan Garriga | All |
| Cagiva Team Agostini | Cagiva | Cagiva GP500 C592 | 7 | Eddie Lawson | All |
| Cagiva Team Agostini | Cagiva | Cagiva GP500 C592 | 12 | Alex Barros | 1–9, 12–13 |
| Global Motorsports/Budweiser Racing | Yamaha | Yamaha YZR500 | 8 | Randy Mamola | All |
| Lucky Strike Suzuki 500 | Suzuki | Suzuki RGV500 | 10 | Doug Chandler | All |
| Lucky Strike Suzuki 500 | Suzuki | Suzuki RGV500 | 34 | Kevin Schwantz | 1–2, 4–13 |
| S.R.T. | Suzuki | Suzuki RGV500 | 55 | Keiji Ohishi | 1 |
| Millar Racing | Yamaha | Yamaha YZR500 | 11 | Eddie Laycock | All |
| Banco ROC | ROC-Yamaha | ROC GP1 | 14 | Dominique Sarron | 2, 4–13 |
| HEK Racing Team | Harris-Yamaha | Harris SLS500 | 15 | Cees Doorakkers | 2–13 |
| Librenti Corse | Librenti | Librenti 500 | 16 | Marco Papa | 2–8, 10–13 |
| Yamaha France/Banco | Yamaha | Yamaha YZR500 | 17 | Miguel Duhamel | All |
| Yamaha France/Banco | Yamaha | Yamaha YZR500 | 19 | Niall Mackenzie | All |
| Yamaha France/Banco | Yamaha | Yamaha YZR500 | 65 | Bernard Garcia | 10 |
| Rallye-Sport Racing Team | Harris-Yamaha | Harris SLS500 | 18 | Michael Rudroff | All |
| Team Valvoline/WCM | ROC-Yamaha | ROC GP1 | 21 | Peter Goddard | 1–4, 6–7, 11–13 |
| Team Valvoline/WCM | ROC-Yamaha | ROC GP1 | 40 | Andrew Stroud | 9–10 |
| Padgett's Racing Team | Harris-Yamaha | Harris SLS500 | 22 | Simon Buckmaster | 2–8, 12–13 |
| Padgett's Racing Team | Harris-Yamaha | Harris SLS500 | 61 | Jamie Whitham | 11 |
| Padgett's Racing Team | Harris-Yamaha | Harris SLS500 | 63 | Terry Rymer | 11 |
| Uvex Racing Team | ROC-Yamaha | ROC GP1 | 23 | Niggi Schmassmann | 2–13 |
| Uvex Racing Team | ROC-Yamaha | ROC GP1 | 25 | Josef Doppler | 2–13 |
| Paton | Paton | Paton V115 500 | 24 | Lucio Pedercini | 2, 4–9, 11–12 |
| MBM Racing | Harris-Yamaha | Harris SLS500 | 26 | Kevin Mitchell | 2–13 |
| MBM Racing | Harris-Yamaha | Harris SLS500 | 62 | Carl Fogarty | 11 |
| Team ROC Swiss | ROC-Yamaha | ROC GP1 | 27 | Serge David | 2–13 |
| Team ROC Swiss | ROC-Yamaha | ROC GP1 | 32 | Toshiyuki Arakaki | 2–13 |
| Campsa Honda Team | Honda | Honda NSR500 | 28 | Àlex Crivillé | All |
| VRP Racing Team | VRP | VRP 500 GP | 29 | Andreas Leuthe | 4, 8–9, 11–13 |
| Peter Graves Racing Team | Harris-Yamaha | Harris SLS500 | 30 | Peter Graves | 2–5, 7–13 |
| Ville de Paris | ROC-Yamaha | ROC GP1 | 31 | Thierry Criné | 2–10 |
| Ville de Paris - Reims | ROC-Yamaha | ROC GP1 | 60 | Mike Wilson | 13 |
| Ville de Reims | ROC-Yamaha | ROC GP1 | 64 | Bruno Bonhuil | 11 |
| K.C.S. International | ROC-Yamaha | ROC GP1 | 33 | Corrado Catalano | All |
| Team Domina/SVES Racing | Harris-Yamaha | Harris SLS500 | 35 | Larry Moreno Vacondio | 0 (5–6, 9–10) |
| Arciero Racing Team | ROC-Yamaha | ROC GP1 | 36 | Claude Arciero | 4, 6–10 |
| Nivea For Men Team | ROC-Yamaha | ROC GP1 | 37 | Juan López Mella | 4–7, 12–13 |
| Kirin Mets RT Yamaha | Yamaha | Yamaha YZR500 | 52 | Norihiko Fujiwara | 1 |
| An Team Blue Fox | Honda | Honda NSR500 | 54 | Keiichiro Iwahashi | 1 |
| Hiro Racing Team Yamaha | Yamaha | Yamaha YZR500 | 56 | Toshihiko Honma | 1 |
| AM/PM Racing | Honda | Honda NSR500 | 57 | Satoshi Tsujimoto | 1 |
| Grant Nashua | Harris-Yamaha | Harris SLS500 | 66 | Russell Wood | 13 |
| Source: ||||||
Key :
* Regular Rider
* Wildcard Rider
* Replacement Rider

### 250cc participants

| Team | Constructor | Motorcycle | No. | Rider | Rounds |
| Rothmans Kanemoto Honda | Honda | Honda NSR250 | 1 | Luca Cadalora | All |
| HB Honda Germany | Honda | Honda NSR250 | 2 | Helmut Bradl | All |
| HB Honda Germany | Honda | Honda NSR250 | 17 | Stefan Prein | All |
| Repsol Honda/Cardús | Honda | Honda NSR250 | 3 | Carlos Cardús | 1–6, 10–11 |
| Repsol Honda/Cardús | Honda | Honda NSR250 | 23 | Antonio Sanchez | 8 |
| Lucky Strike Suzuki 250 | Suzuki | Suzuki RGV250 | 4 | Wilco Zeelenberg | 1–6, 8–13 |
| Lucky Strike Suzuki 250 | Suzuki | Suzuki RGV250 | 28 | Herri Torrontegui | All |
| Lucky Strike Suzuki 250 | Suzuki | Suzuki RGV250 | 41 | Nobuyuki Wakai | 7 |
| Hero Sports with M-Promotion Honda | Honda | Honda NSR250 | 5 | Masahiro Shimizu | All |
| Marlboro Team Pileri | Honda | Honda NSR250 | 6 | Loris Capirossi | All |
| Telkor Valesi Racing | Aprilia | Aprilia RSV 250 | 7 | Pierfrancesco Chili | All |
| Telkor Valesi Racing | Aprilia | Aprilia RSV 250 | 29 | Max Biaggi | 1–9, 11–13 |
| Mitsui Yamaha | Yamaha | Yamaha YZR 250 | 8 | Jochen Schmid | All |
| Gilera Racing Team | Gilera | Aprilia RSV 250 | 9 | Jean-Philippe Ruggia | All |
| Gilera Racing Team | Gilera | Aprilia RSV 250 | 14 | Carlos Lavado | All |
| Gallina/Compagnucci | Yamaha | Yamaha YZR 250 | 10 | Paolo Casoli | All |
| Gallina/Compagnucci | Yamaha | Yamaha YZR 250 | 27 | Stefano Caracchi | 1–5 |
| Gallina/Compagnucci | Yamaha | Yamaha YZR 250 | 67 | Michele Gallina | 6–13 |
| Team Preining | Aprilia | Aprilia RSV 250 | 11 | Andy Preining | All |
| Euromoto Elf Honda | Honda | Honda NSR250 | 12 | Jean-Pierre Jeandat | 1–8 |
| Euromoto Elf Honda | Honda | Honda NSR250 | 31 | Bernard Cazade | All |
| Euromoto Elf Honda | Honda | Honda NSR250 | 38 | José Kuhn | 9–13 |
| JPJ Team Motul | Aprilia | Aprilia RSV 250 | 12 | Jean-Pierre Jeandat | 10 |
| Aprilia Unlimited Jeans | Aprilia | Aprilia RSV 250 | 13 | Loris Reggiani | All |
| HB Racing Team Italy | Honda | Honda NSR250 | 15 | Doriano Romboni | All |
| Ducados DC Sports | Aprilia | Aprilia RSV 250 | 16 | Alberto Puig | All |
| Exact Software-DC Sports | Aprilia | Aprilia RSV 250 | 36 | Patrick van den Goorbergh | All |
| Aprilia-Marushin-Kuhnert | Aprilia | Aprilia RSV 250 | 18 | Harald Eckl | All |
| Jha Racing | Honda | Honda NSR250 | 19 | Katsuyoshi Kozono | All |
| Team Greco | Yamaha | Yamaha YZR 250 | 20 | Renzo Colleoni | 1–5, 7–13 |
| Marlboro Aprilia Mohag | Aprilia | Aprilia RSV 250 | 21 | Bernard Häenggeli | All |
| Marlboro Aprilia Mohag | Aprilia | Aprilia RSV 250 | 25 | Eskil Suter | All |
| Adi Stadler Racing | Honda | Honda NSR250 | 24 | Adi Stadler | All |
| Rallye Sport Team Munich | Aprilia | Aprilia RSV 250 | 26 | Bernd Kassner | All |
| Honda Suisse Mühlebach | Honda | Honda NSR250 | 30 | Adrian Bosshard | All |
| Melly Racing Team | Honda | Honda NSR250 | 32 | Yves Briguet | All |
| Van den Goorbergh Racing | Aprilia | Aprilia RSV 250 | 33 | Jurgen van den Goorbergh | All |
| Paquexpres / S.S.P. Competition | Honda | Honda NSR250 | 34 | Luis d'Antin | ?? |
| KKN Racing | Aprilia | Aprilia RSV 250 | 35 | Erkka Korpiaho | 1–11 |
| FP Moto Team | Aprilia | Aprilia RSV 250 | 37 | Frédéric Protat | All |
| Team HRC | TSR-Honda | Honda NSR250 | 51 | Tadayuki Okada | 1 |
| Nescafé Can RT Yamaha | Yamaha | Yamaha YZR 250 | 52 | Tetsuya Harada | 1 |
| Cup Noodle Honda TS Kanto | Honda | Honda NSR250 | 53 | Nobuatsu Aoki | 1 |
| Marlboro Yamaha Hong Leong | Yamaha | Yamaha YZR 250 | 59 | Kuan Meng Heng | 3 |
| Yamaha Team Rainey | Yamaha | Yamaha YZR 250 | 64 | Sete Gibernau | 4 |
| Source: ||||||
Key :
* Regular Rider
* Wildcard Rider
* Replacement Rider

### 125cc participants

| Team | Constructor | Motorcycle | No. | Rider | Rounds |
| Marlboro Team Pileri | Honda | Honda RS125R | 2 | Fausto Gresini | 1–10, 12–14 |
| Marlboro Team Pileri | Honda | Honda RS125R | 5 | Noboru Ueda | 1–7, 9–13 |
| Team Pileri | Honda | Honda RS125R | 44 | Antonio Sánchez | 8 |
| Zwafink Racing | Honda | Honda RS125R | 3 | Ralf Waldmann | All |
| Zwafink Racing | Honda | Honda RS125R | 22 | Oliver Petrucciani | All |
| Semprucci IDM Semprucci Pit Lane | Honda | Honda RS125R | 4 | Gabriele Debbia | All |
| Semprucci IDM Semprucci Pit Lane | Honda | Honda RS125R | 16 | Ezio Gianola | All |
| Coronas Elf | Honda | Honda RS125R | 6 | Jorge Martínez | All |
| Coronas Elf | Honda | Honda RS125R | 11 | Heinz Lüthi | All |
| Coronas Aspar | Honda | Honda RS125R | 64 | Juan Borja | 8 |
| Team Europa Raudies | Honda | Honda RS125R | 8 | Dirk Raudies | 1–7, 9–13 |
| AGV Team Germany | Rotax | Rotax 125 GP | 9 | Peter Öttl | 1, 4–13 |
| AGV Team Germany | Rotax | Rotax 125 GP | 63 | Garry McCoy | 2–3 |
| Moto Bum Racing Supply | Honda | Honda RS125R | 10 | Nobuyuki Wakai | All |
| F.C.C./T.S. Venus | Honda | Honda RS125R | 13 | Kazuto Sakata | 1–5, 7–13 |
| Exact Software-DC Sports | Aprilia | Aprilia RS125R | 14 | Hans Spaan | All |
| Exact Software-DC Sports | Aprilia | Aprilia RS125R | 30 | Arie Molenaar | All |
| Scot Racing Team | Aprilia | Aprilia RS125R | 15 | Bruno Casanova | All |
| Scot Racing Team | Aprilia | Aprilia RS125R | 37 | Emilio Cuppini | 1–5 |
| Scot Racing Team | Aprilia | Aprilia RS125R | 59 | Luis Alvaro | 4, 6–13 |
| Gazzaniga Corse | Gazzaniga | Gazzaniga 125 | 18 | Maurizio Vitali | 1–5, 7–9, 11–13 |
| Gazzaniga Corse | Gazzaniga | Gazzaniga 125 | 33 | Giovanni Palmieri | 1–9, 11–13 |
| Team Unemoto | Honda | Honda RS125R | 19 | Hisashi Unemoto | 1–10 |
| Team Unemoto | Honda | Honda RS125R | 41 | Johnny Wickström | 11–13 |
| Colin Appleyard Racing | Honda | Honda RS125R | 20 | Kinya Wada | All |
| Colin Appleyard Racing | Honda | Honda RS125R | 21 | Robin Appleyard | All |
| Hernández Racing Team Team Parra | Aprilia | Aprilia RS125R | 23 | Manuel Hernández | All |
| Ditter Plastic-Stauch | Honda | Honda RS125R | 24 | Oliver Koch | 1–7, 9–10, 12–13 |
| Ditter Plastic-Stauch | Honda | Honda RS125R | 63 | Garry McCoy | 8 |
| Lazzarini - BYRD/Yamaha | Yamaha | Yamaha TZ125 | 25 | Giuseppe Fiorillo | 1, 4–6, 8–11 |
| Lazzarini - BYRD/Yamaha | Yamaha | Yamaha TZ125 | 26 | Gimmi Bosio | 1 |
| Lazzarini - BYRD/Yamaha | Yamaha | Yamaha TZ125 | 26 | Fausto Ricci | 4-5, 8-11 |
| Miralles Racing Team | Honda | Honda RS125R | 27 | Julián Miralles | 1–5, 7–13 |
| Team+Co Promotion | Honda | Honda RS125R | 28 | Alfred Waibel | All |
| Team+Co Promotion | Honda | Honda RS125R | 29 | Hubert Abold | All |
| Team+Co Promotion | Honda | Honda RS125R | 77 | Attila Szabó | 9 |
| Carlos Giró Team | Aprilia | Aprilia RS125R | 31 | Carlos Giró Jr | All |
| Elf Team Kepla | Honda | Honda RS125R | 32 | Takao Shimizu | All |
| Promotop 41 | Honda | Honda RS125R | 34 | Alain Bronec | All |
| L B Racing Team | Honda | Honda RS125R | 35 | Loek Bodelier | All |
| Clarke Racing Team | Honda | Honda RS125R | 36 | Steve Patrickson | All |
| Driza-Bone | Honda | Honda RS125R | 38 | Peter Galvin | 1–5, 7–13 |
| Aprilia Unlimited Jeans | Aprilia | Aprilia RS125R | 39 | Alessandro Gramigni | 1–3, 5–13 |
| Aprilia-Marushin-Kuhnert | Aprilia | Aprilia RS125R | 40 | Maik Stief | 1–8, 10–13 |
| Tomumeito-Plot-Kohsaka | Honda | Honda RS125R | 52 | Akira Saito | 1 |
| MBM Racing | Honda | Honda RS125R | 69 | Neil Hodgson | 11 |
| Team-JMC | Honda | Honda RS125R | 75 | Régis Laconi | 10 |
| Source: ||||||
Key :
* Regular Rider
* Wildcard Rider
* Replacement Rider

## Results and standings
### 500cc riders' standings
#### Scoring system

Points are awarded to the top ten finishers. A rider has to finish the race to earn points.
| Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th |
| Points | 20 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Pos | Rider | Bike | JPN | AUS | MAL | ESP | ITA | EUR | GER | NED | HUN | FRA | GBR | BRA | RSA | Pts |
| 1 | Wayne Rainey | Yamaha | Ret | 2 | 2 | 2 | Ret | 1 | Ret | | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 140 |
| 2 | Mick Doohan | Honda | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | | | | | 12 | 6 | 136 |
| 3 | John Kocinski | Yamaha | Ret | DNQ | | 5 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 3 | Ret | 2 | 1 | 102 |
| 4 | Kevin Schwantz | Suzuki | 3 | 4 | | 4 | 1 | 4 | 2 | Ret | 4 | Ret | Ret | 7 | 5 | 99 |
| 5 | Doug Chandler | Suzuki | 2 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 8 | Ret | 2 | Ret | Ret | 3 | 4 | 94 |
| 6 | Wayne Gardner | Honda | Ret | | | | DNQ | | 3 | | 6 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 78 |
| 7 | Juan Garriga | Yamaha | 12 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 3 | Ret | 10 | 61 |
| 8 | Àlex Crivillé | Honda | Ret | 7 | 3 | Ret | 8 | Ret | 4 | 1 | DNS | Ret | Ret | 6 | 7 | 59 |
| 9 | Eddie Lawson | Cagiva | 14 | 6 | Ret | 11 | 11 | 6 | 6 | Ret | 1 | 5 | 4 | 11 | Ret | 56 |
| 10 | Randy Mamola | Yamaha | 5 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 9 | DNQ | 5 | 3 | 8 | Ret | 10 | Ret | 45 |
| 11 | Niall Mackenzie | Yamaha | 7 | Ret | Ret | 3 | 9 | 7 | Ret | 7 | 14 | 6 | Ret | 9 | 8 | 37 |
| 12 | Miguel Duhamel | Yamaha | Ret | 10 | Ret | 9 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 34 |
| 13 | Alex Barros | Cagiva | 11 | 12 | Ret | 12 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 9 | | | 8 | Ret | 29 |
| 14 | Daryl Beattie | Honda | DNS | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 18 |
| 15 | Peter Goddard | Yamaha | Ret | 11 | 8 | 6 | | 12 | 10 | | | | 5 | Ret | Ret | 18 |
| 16 | Shinichi Ito | Honda | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | 10 |
| 17 | Keiji Ohishi | Suzuki | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | 6 |
| 18 | Terry Rymer | Yamaha | | | | | | | | | | | 6 | | | 6 |
| 19 | Corrado Catalano | Yamaha | 16 | 14 | 9 | 20 | 12 | Ret | Ret | 8 | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 12 | 5 |
| 20 | Eddie Laycock | Yamaha | Ret | Ret | 10 | Ret | 14 | 19 | 15 | 9 | 10 | Ret | Ret | 20 | 18 | 4 |
| 21 | Toshihiko Honma | Yamaha | 8 | | | | | | | | | | | | | 3 |
| 22 | Michael Rudroff | Yamaha | 15 | 18 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 18 | 14 | 11 | 16 | 14 | 8 | 15 | 19 | 3 |
| 23 | Jamie Whitham | Yamaha | | | | | | | | | | 9 | Ret | | | 2 |
| 24 | Dominique Sarron | Yamaha | | 15 | | 15 | 17 | 17 | 13 | DNS | 15 | DNS | 9 | 13 | 17 | 2 |
| 25 | Norihiko Fujiwara | Yamaha | 9 | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 |
| 26 | Toshi Arakaki | Yamaha | | 16 | 13 | 18 | 15 | 14 | Ret | 13 | Ret | 10 | 10 | 14 | 11 | 2 |
| 27 | Kevin Mitchell | Yamaha | | 20 | 11 | 14 | Ret | 16 | 16 | 10 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 16 | Ret | 1 |
| 28 | Satoshi Tsujimoto | Honda | 10 | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 |
| | Serge David | Yamaha | | 19 | 15 | 21 | Ret | 20 | Ret | 16 | 20 | 12 | 11 | 18 | 20 | 0 |
| | Andrew Stroud | Yamaha | | | | | | | | | 12 | 11 | | | | 0 |
| | Cees Doorakkers | Yamaha | | 17 | 12 | 17 | 19 | Ret | 19 | 12 | 17 | 13 | 15 | 22 | Ret | 0 |
| | Juan Lopez Mella | Yamaha | | | | 19 | 18 | 15 | 12 | | | | | | 13 | 0 |
| | Bruno Bonhuil | Yamaha | | | | | | | | | | | 12 | | | 0 |
| | Thierry Crine | Yamaha | | 13 | Ret | 13 | 13 | 13 | Ret | 15 | 13 | | | | | 0 |
| | Nicholas Schmassmann | Yamaha | | 22 | 16 | 22 | 21 | 21 | 18 | 17 | Ret | 15 | 13 | 19 | 21 | 0 |
| | Keiichiro Iwahashi | Honda | 13 | | | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| | Peter Graves | Yamaha | | Ret | Ret | Ret | 22 | | 21 | 19 | 18 | 16 | 14 | 23 | 22 | 0 |
| | Damon Buckmaster | Yamaha | | 21 | Ret | Ret | 20 | Ret | 17 | 14 | | | | Ret | Ret | 0 |
| | Russel Wood | Yamaha | | | | | | | | | | | | | 14 | 0 |
| | Mike Wilson | Yamaha | | | | | | | | | | | | | 15 | 0 |
| | Marco Papa | Librenti | | Ret | Ret | 24 | Ret | 22 | Ret | 18 | | 18 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 0 |
| | Josef Doppler | Yamaha | | Ret | Ret | 23 | Ret | 24 | 20 | 21 | 21 | 17 | Ret | Ret | 24 | 0 |
| | Andreas Leuthe | VRP | | | | Ret | | | | Ret | 19 | | Ret | 21 | 23 | 0 |
| | Lucio Pedercini | Paton | | Ret | | Ret | Ret | 23 | 22 | 20 | Ret | | Ret | Ret | | 0 |
| | Claude Arciero | Yamaha | | | | Ret | | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | | | | 0 |
| | Carl Fogarty | Yamaha | | | | | | | | | | | Ret | | | 0 |
| Pos | Rider | Bike | JPN | AUS | MAL | ESP | ITA | EUR | GER | NED | HUN | FRA | GBR | BRA | RSA | Pts |
| Colour | Result |
| Gold | Winner |
| Silver | Second place |
| Bronze | Third place |
| Green | Points finish |
| Blue | Non-points finish |
| Blue | Non-classified finish (NC) |
| Purple | Retired (Ret) |
| Red | Did not qualify (DNQ) |
| Red | Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) |
| Black | Disqualified (DSQ) |
| White | Did not start (DNS) |
| White | Withdrew (WD) |
| White | Race cancelled (C) |
| Blank | Did not practice (DNP) |
| Blank | Did not arrive (DNA) |
| Blank | Excluded (EX) |

### 250cc standings

| Place | Rider | Number | Country | Team | Machine | Points | Wins |
| 1 | Luca Cadalora | 1 | Italy | Rothmans-Honda | NSR250 | 203 | 7 |
| 2 | Loris Reggiani | 13 | Italy | Unlimited Jeans-Aprilia | RSV250 | 159 | 2 |
| 3 | Pierfrancesco Chili | 7 | Italy | Telkor Valesi-Aprilia | RSV250 | 119 | 3 |
| 4 | Helmut Bradl | 2 | Germany | HB-Honda Germany | NSR250 | 89 | 0 |
| 5 | Max Biaggi | 29 | Italy | Telkor Valesi-Aprilia | RSV250 | 78 | 1 |
| 6 | Alberto Puig | 16 | Spain | Ducados-Aprilia | RSV250 | 71 | 0 |
| 7 | Jochen Schmid | 8 | Germany | Mitsui-Yamaha | YZR250 | 58 | 0 |
| 8 | Carlos Cardús | 3 | Spain | Repsol-Honda | NSR250 | 48 | 0 |
| 9 | Masahiro Shimizu | 5 | Japan | Hero Sports-Honda | NSR250 | 46 | 0 |
| 10 | Doriano Romboni | 15 | Italy | HB-Honda Italy | NSR250 | 43 | 0 |
| 11 | Wilco Zeelenberg | 4 | Netherlands | Lucky Strike Suzuki 250 | | 38 | 0 |
| 12 | Loris Capirossi | 6 | Italy | Marlboro Team Pileri | NSR250 | 27 | 0 |
| 13 | Tadayuki Okada | 51 | Japan | Team HRC | TSR-Honda | 15 | 0 |
| 14 | Nobuatsu Aoki | 53 | Japan | Cup Noodle Honda | NSR250 | 12 | 0 |
| 15 | Herri Torrontegui | 28 | Spain | Lucky Strike Suzuki 250 | | 11 | 0 |
| 16 | Andy Preining | 11 | Austria | Team Preining-Aprilia | RSV250 | 6 | |
| 17 | Jean Philippe Ruggia | | | | | 6 | |
| 18 | Noboyuki Wakai | | | | | 4 | |
| 19 | Carlos Lavado | | | | | 4 | |
| 20 | Kyoji Nanba | | | | | 3 | |
| 21 | Paolo Casoli | | | | | 3 | |
| 22 | Bernard Haenggeli | | | | | 2 | |
| 22 | Stefan Prein | | | | | 2 | |
| 22 | Patrick van de Goorbergh | | | | | 2 | |
| 25 | Jurgen van de Goorbergh | | | | | 2 | |
| 26 | Bernd Kassner | | | | | 1 | |
| 26 | Jean Pierre Jeandat | | | | | 1 | |

### 125cc standings

| Place | Rider | Number | Country | Machine | Points | Wins |
| 1 | Alessandro Gramigni | 7 | Italy | Aprilia | 134 | 2 |
| 2 | Fausto Gresini | 2 | Italy | Honda | 118 | 1 |
| 3 | Ralf Waldmann | 3 | Germany | Honda | 112 | 3 |
| 4 | Ezio Gianola | 16 | Italy | Honda | 105 | 4 |
| 5 | Bruno Casanova | 15 | Italy | Aprilia | 96 | 1 |
| 6 | Dirk Raudies | 8 | Germany | Honda | 91 | 1 |
| 7 | Jorge Martínez | 6 | Spain | Honda | 83 | 1 |
| 8 | Gabriele Debbia | 4 | Italy | Honda | 58 | 0 |
| 9 | Noboru Ueda | 5 | Japan | Honda | 57 | 0 |
| 10 | Nobuyuki Wakai | 10 | Japan | Honda | 52 | 0 |
| 11 | Kazuto Sakata | | | | 42 | |
| 12 | Carlos Giro Jr. | | | | 39 | |
| 13 | Hans Spaan | | | | 12 | |
| 14 | Peter Oettl | | | | 10 | |
| 15 | Oliver Petrucciani | | | | 9 | |
| 16 | Oliver Koch | | | | 9 | |
| 17 | Akira Saito | | | | 8 | |
| 18 | Takao Shimizu | | | | 5 | |
| 19 | Kinya Wada | | | | 5 | |
| 20 | Yu Fujiwara | | | | 4 | |
| 21 | Stefan Kurfiss | | | | 3 | |
| 22 | Heinz Lüthi | | | | 1 | |