Summary
The 1992 German motorcycle Grand Prix was the seventh round of the 1992 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 12–14 June 1992, at the Hockenheim circuit.
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| Race 7 of 13 races in the 1992 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | 14 June 1992 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Official name | Großer Preis von Deutschland Motorräder[1][2][3] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Hockenheimring | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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500cc race edit
Wayne Rainey took a big highside in qualifying and crashed, breaking his ribs, wrist and injuring his knee, but decided to race anyway. "Mentally I was down, probably the worst I had ever been in my GP career. I'd screwed myself up trying to race with Doohan. And I didn't feel I was getting the support from Yamaha. I was still on the same bike, it was still slow."[4]: 169
Mick Doohan was on pole. John Kocinski took the lead at the start but gave it up to Doohan quickly. Doohan got a gap to Kevin Schwantz, then the rest followed. Rainey retired from the race: "I ended up pulling in, for the first time in my career, because I was just too hurt to continue. ... I knew anything could happen, but the only thing for me would be if Mick made a huge mistake. That was possible because I knew he only thought about being the fastest guy, winning every race and devastating everybody."[4]: 169–170
The fight for third between Àlex Crivillé, Wayne Gardner and Kocinski went to experience over youth.
500 cc classification edit
| Pos. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Time/Retired | Points | ||
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| 1 |  Mick Doohan
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Rothmans Honda Team | Honda | 35:57.895 | 20 | ||
| 2 |  Kevin Schwantz
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Lucky Strike Suzuki | Suzuki | +24.626 | 15 | ||
| 3 | Wayne Gardner
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Rothmans Kanemoto Honda | Honda | +35.765 | 12 | ||
| 4 |  Àlex Crivillé
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Campsa Honda Team | Honda | +35.943 | 10 | ||
| 5 | John Kocinski
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Marlboro Team Roberts | Yamaha | +36.065 | 8 | ||
| 6 | Eddie Lawson
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Cagiva Team Agostini | Cagiva | +36.646 | 6 | ||
| 7 |  Alex Barros
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Cagiva Team Agostini | Cagiva | +37.920 | 4 | ||
| 8 | Doug Chandler
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Lucky Strike Suzuki | Suzuki | +38.204 | 3 | ||
| 9 | Juan Garriga
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Ducados Yamaha | Yamaha | +42.263 | 2 | ||
| 10 | Peter Goddard
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Valvoline Team WCM | ROC Yamaha | +1:10.185 | 1 | ||
| 11 |  Miguel Duhamel
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Yamaha Motor Banco | Yamaha | +1:15.276 | |||
| 12 | Juan Lopez Mella
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Nivea For Men Team | ROC Yamaha | +1:36.493 | |||
| 13 |  Dominique Sarron
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Team ROC Banco | ROC Yamaha | +1:37.457 | |||
| 14 |  Michael Rudroff
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Rallye Sport | Harris Yamaha | +1:37.802 | |||
| 15 |  Eddie Laycock
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Milla Racing | Yamaha | +1:38.940 | |||
| 16 |  Kevin Mitchell
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MBM Racing | Harris Yamaha | +1 Lap | |||
| 17 | Damon Buckmaster
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Padgett's Motorcycles | Harris Yamaha | +1 Lap | |||
| 18 |  Nicholas Schmassman
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Uvex Racing Team | ROC Yamaha | +1 Lap | |||
| 19 |  Cees Doorakkers
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HEK Racing Team | Harris Yamaha | +1 Lap | |||
| 20 |  Josef Doppler
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Uvex Racing Team | ROC Yamaha | +1 Lap | |||
| 21 | Peter Graves
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Peter Graves Racing Team | Harris Yamaha | +1 Lap | |||
| 22 |  Lucio Pedercini
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Paton Grand Prix | Paton | +1 Lap | |||
| Ret | Serge David
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Team ROC Banco | ROC Yamaha | Retirement | |||
| Ret | Thierry Crine
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Ville de Paris | ROC Yamaha | Retirement | |||
| Ret | Marco Papa
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Librenti Corse | Librenti | Retirement | |||
| Ret | Claude Arciero
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Arciero Racing Team | ROC Yamaha | Retirement | |||
| Ret |  Toshiyuki Arakaki
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Team ROC Banco | ROC Yamaha | Retirement | |||
| Ret | Randy Mamola
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Budweiser Team/Global Motorsports | Yamaha | Retirement | |||
| Ret | Niall Mackenzie
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Yamaha Motor Banco | Yamaha | Retirement | |||
| Ret | Wayne Rainey
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Marlboro Team Roberts | Yamaha | Retirement | |||
| Ret | Corrado Catalano
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KCS International | ROC Yamaha | Retirement | |||
| DNQ |  Andreas Leuthe
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VRP Racing Team | VRP | Did not qualify | |||
| Sources:[5][6] | |||||||
References edit
- ^ "Grand Prix uitslagen en bijzonderheden 1992". 15 March 2014. Archived from the original on 15 March 2014.
- ^ Mitchell, Malcolm. "1992 500cc Class (FIM Grand Prix World Championship) Programmes - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Prog Covers.
- ^ Mitchell, Malcolm. "Hockenheimring - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Prog Covers.
- ^ a b Scott, Michael: "Wayne Rainey". Haynes Publishing, 1997.
- ^ "1992 German MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". 13 June 2017.
- ^ "motogp.com · GERMAN GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1992". MotoGP.