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Race 12 of 13 races in the 1992 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date | 23 August 1992 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Official name | Grande Premio do Brasil[citation needed] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Location | Autódromo José Carlos Pace | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1992 Brazilian motorcycle Grand Prix was the penultimate round of the 1992 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 21–23 August 1992 at Interlagos.
500 cc race report
[edit]Riders were concerned about the track surface and bumpiness; with Michael Scott, Wayne Rainey, Eddie Lawson and Mick Doohan all against racing (which would have decided the championship for Doohan), but the race went on anyway.[1]
John Kocinski took pole ahead of Rainey, Wayne Gardner and Kevin Schwantz. Doohan, returning from his crash in the TT Assen earlier in the year, qualified 14th.
Rainey took the lead from Kocinski and Schwantz, and built a gap from the close pack of Kocinski, Schwantz and Doug Chandler.
Kocinski eventually pulled a late-braking pass to move from 4th to 2nd, overtaking Chandler and Schwantz.
Rainey eventually won the race by over 13 seconds, closing his 20 point deficit to Doohan in the Riders' standings from 22 points to 2 points; helped by Doohan's non-points finish in 12th.
500cc classification
[edit]Pos. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Time/Retired | Points | ||
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1 | ![]() |
Marlboro Team Roberts | Yamaha | 48:33.539 | 20 | ||
2 | ![]() |
Marlboro Team Roberts | Yamaha | +13.000 | 15 | ||
3 | ![]() |
Lucky Strike Suzuki | Suzuki | +20.750 | 12 | ||
4 | ![]() |
Rothmans Kanemoto Honda | Honda | +28.880 | 10 | ||
5 | ![]() |
Yamaha Motor Banco | Yamaha | +31.260 | 8 | ||
6 | ![]() |
Campsa Honda Team | Honda | +31.210 | 6 | ||
7 | ![]() |
Lucky Strike Suzuki | Suzuki | +50.400 | 4 | ||
8 | ![]() |
Cagiva Team Agostini | Cagiva | +53.520 | 3 | ||
9 | ![]() |
Yamaha Motor Banco | Yamaha | +1:02.280 | 2 | ||
10 | ![]() |
Budweiser Team/Global Motorsports | Yamaha | +1:10.960 | 1 | ||
11 | ![]() |
Cagiva Team Agostini | Cagiva | +1:20.830 | |||
12 | ![]() |
Rothmans Honda Team | Honda | +1:31.570 | |||
13 | ![]() |
Team ROC Banco | ROC Yamaha | +1 Lap | |||
14 | ![]() |
Team ROC Banco | ROC Yamaha | +1 Lap | |||
15 | ![]() |
Rallye Sport | Harris Yamaha | +1 Lap | |||
16 | ![]() |
MBM Racing | Harris Yamaha | +1 Lap | |||
17 | ![]() |
Librenti Corse | Cagiva | +1 Lap | |||
18 | ![]() |
Team ROC Banco | ROC Yamaha | +1 Lap | |||
19 | ![]() |
Uvex Racing Team | ROC Yamaha | +1 Lap | |||
20 | ![]() |
Milla Racing | Yamaha | +1 Lap | |||
21 | ![]() |
VRP Racing Team | Harris Yamaha | +1 Lap | |||
22 | ![]() |
HEK Racing Team | Harris Yamaha | +1 Lap | |||
23 | ![]() |
Peter Graves Racing Team | Harris Yamaha | +2 Laps | |||
Ret | ![]() |
Uvex Racing Team | ROC Yamaha | Retirement | |||
Ret | ![]() |
Paton Grand Prix | Paton | Retirement | |||
Ret | ![]() |
Valvoline Team WCM | ROC Yamaha | Retirement | |||
Ret | ![]() |
KCS International | ROC Yamaha | Retirement | |||
Ret | ![]() |
Padgett's Motorcycles | Harris Yamaha | Retirement | |||
Ret | ![]() |
Ducados Yamaha | Yamaha | Retirement | |||
DNS | ![]() |
Nivea For Men Team | ROC Yamaha | Did not start | |||
Sources:[2][3] |
250cc classification
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Scott, Michael: "Wayne Rainey", page 171. Haynes Publishing, 1997.
- ^ "1992 Brazilian MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". 13 June 2017.
- ^ "motogp.com · BRASILIAN GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1992". www.motogp.com.