1992 Italian motorcycle Grand Prix

The 1992 Italian motorcycle Grand Prix was the fifth race of the 1992 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 22–24 May 1992 at the Mugello Circuit.

  1992 Italian Grand Prix

Race details
Race 5 of 13 races in the 1992 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	24 May 1992
Official name	Gran Premio d'Italia
Location	Autodromo Internazionale del Mugello
Course	Permanent racing facility 5.245 km (3.259 mi)
500 cc
Pole position Rider Mick Doohan Time 1:54.048 Fastest lap Rider Kevin Schwantz Time 1:54.590 Podium First Kevin Schwantz Second Mick Doohan Third John Kocinski
250 cc
Pole position Rider Pierfrancesco Chili Time 1:57.880 Fastest lap Rider Luca Cadalora Time 1:58.062 Podium First Luca Cadalora Second Loris Reggiani Third Max Biaggi
125 cc
Pole position Rider Ezio Gianola Time 2:06.230 Fastest lap Rider Ezio Gianola Time 2:05.857 Podium First Ezio Gianola Second Dirk Raudies Third Noboru Ueda

500 cc race report

Wayne Gardner, back from injuries, crashed in practice and missed the race. Mick Doohan got the lead at the start and it became a 3-man battle between him, Kevin Schwantz and Wayne Rainey. Rainey crashed out; Doohan, got dropped by Schwantz, almost crashed too.

500 cc classification

Pos.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Points
1	Kevin Schwantz	Lucky Strike Suzuki	Suzuki	46:26.225	20
2	Mick Doohan	Rothmans Honda Team	Honda	+5.068	15
3	John Kocinski	Marlboro Team Roberts	Yamaha	+32.542	12
4	Doug Chandler	Lucky Strike Suzuki	Suzuki	+36.084	10
5	Alex Barros	Cagiva Team Agostini	Cagiva	+43.606	8
6	Juan Garriga	Ducados Yamaha	Yamaha	+43.617	6
7	Miguel Duhamel	Yamaha Motor Banco	Honda	+43.711	4
8	Àlex Crivillé	Campsa Honda Team	Honda	+45.139	3
9	Niall Mackenzie	Yamaha Motor Banco	Yamaha	+50.894	2
10	Randy Mamola	Budweiser Team/Global Motorsports	Yamaha	+57.888	1
11	Eddie Lawson	Cagiva Team Agostini	Cagiva	+1:00.237
12	Corrado Catalano	KCS International	ROC Yamaha	+1:25.780
13	Thierry Crine	Ville de Paris	ROC Yamaha	+1:37.173
14	Eddie Laycock	Milla Racing	Yamaha	+1:51.721
15	Toshiyuki Arakaki	Team ROC Banco	ROC Yamaha	+1:52.268
16	Michael Rudroff	Rallye Sport	Harris Yamaha	+2:04.488
17	Dominique Sarron	Team ROC Banco	ROC Yamaha	+1 Lap
18	Juan Lopez Mella	Nivea For Men Team	ROC Yamaha	+1 Lap
19	Cees Doorakkers	HEK Racing Team	Harris Yamaha	+1 Lap
20	Damon Buckmaster	Padgett's Motorcycles	Harris Yamaha	+1 Lap
21	Nicholas Schmassman	Uvex Racing Team	ROC Yamaha	+1 Lap
22	Peter Graves	Peter Graves Racing Team	Harris Yamaha	+1 Lap
Ret	Wayne Rainey	Marlboro Team Roberts	Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Serge David	Team ROC Banco	ROC Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Josef Doppler	Uvex Racing Team	ROC Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Marco Papa	Librenti Corse	Librenti	Retirement
Ret	Lucio Pedercini	Paton Grand Prix	Paton	Retirement
Ret	Kevin Mitchell	MBM Racing	Harris Yamaha	Retirement
DNS	Wayne Gardner	Rothmans Kanemoto Honda	Honda	Did not start
DNQ	Andreas Leuthe	VRP Racing Team	VRP	Did not qualify
DNQ	Larry Moreno Vacondio	Team Domina	Yamaha	Did not qualify
DNQ	Claude Arciero	Arciero Racing Team	ROC Yamaha	Did not qualify
Sources: [1][2]

References

1. "1992 Italian MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". 13 June 2017.
2. "motogp.com · ITALIAN GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1992". www.motogp.com.

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