1992 Brazilian motorcycle Grand Prix

  1992 Brazilian Grand Prix

Race details
Race 12 of 13 races in the 1992 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	23 August 1992
Location	Interlagos
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.325 km (2.687 mi)
500 cc
Pole position
Rider	John Kocinski
Time	1:43.403
Fastest lap
Rider	Wayne Rainey
Time	1:42.872
Podium
First	Wayne Rainey
Second	John Kocinski
Third	Doug Chandler
250 cc
Pole position
Rider	Max Biaggi
Time	1:55.227
Fastest lap
Rider	Loris Reggiani
Time	1:44.478
Podium
First	Luca Cadalora
Second	Max Biaggi
Third	Loris Reggiani
125 cc
Pole position
Rider	Kazuto Sakata
Time	1:55.715
Fastest lap
Rider	Dirk Raudies
Time	1:50.262
Podium
First	Dirk Raudies
Second	Jorge Martínez
Third	Alessandro Gramigni

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

Mick Doohan back on a motorcycle after his crash at Assen, and one week after being able to walk. He still leads the standings by 22 points; he qualifies 14th.

Riders are concerned about the track surface and bumpiness. According to Michael Scott, Wayne Rainey, Eddie Lawson and Doohan were against racing (which would have decided the championship for Doohan), but the race went on anyway.^[1]

John Kocinski on pole, then Rainey, Wayne Gardner and Kevin Schwantz. Rainey gets the start from Kocinski and Schwantz.

Rainey gets a gap to a 4-way fight for 2nd between Schwantz, Doug Chandler, Kocinski and Gardner.

Kocinski pulls a perfect late-braking pass to move from 4th to 2nd. Gardner quickly goes back to 6th.

Winning the race puts Rainey 2 points behind Doohan. The points system in this season only recognizes the top 10, so Doohan’s 12th place gets him 0 points.

The Brazilian Grand Prix,was the last race of Randy Mamola.

500cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Points
1	Wayne Rainey	Yamaha	48:33.539	20
2	John Kocinski	Yamaha	+13.000	15
3	Doug Chandler	Suzuki	+20.750	12
4	Wayne Gardner	Honda	+28.880	10
5	Miguel Duhamel	Yamaha	+31.260	8
6	Àlex Crivillé	Honda	+31.210	6
7	Kevin Schwantz	Suzuki	+50.400	4
8	Alex Barros	Cagiva	+53.520	3
9	Niall Mackenzie	Yamaha	+1:02.280	2
10	Randy Mamola	Yamaha	+1:10.960	1
11	Eddie Lawson	Cagiva	+1:20.830
12	Mick Doohan	Honda	+1:31.570
13	Dominique Sarron	ROC Yamaha	+1 Lap
14	Toshiyuki Arakaki	ROC Yamaha	+1 Lap
15	Michael Rudroff	Harris Yamaha	+1 Lap
16	Kevin Mitchell	Harris Yamaha	+1 Lap
17	Marco Papa	Cagiva	+1 Lap
18	Serge David	ROC Yamaha	+1 Lap
19	Nicholas Schmassman	ROC Yamaha	+1 Lap
20	Eddie Laycock	Yamaha	+1 Lap
21	Andreas Leuthe	Harris Yamaha	+1 Lap
22	Cees Doorakkers	Harris Yamaha	+1 Lap
23	Peter Graves	Harris Yamaha	+2 Laps
Ret	Josef Doppler	ROC Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Lucio Pedercini	Paton	Retirement
Ret	Peter Goddard	ROC Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Corrado Catalano	ROC Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Damon Buckmaster	Harris Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Juan Garriga	Yamaha	Retirement

250cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Points
1	Luca Cadalora	Honda	45:45.808	20
2	Max Biaggi	Aprilia	+3.650	15
3	Loris Reggiani	Aprilia	+3.922	12
4	Doriano Romboni	Honda	+7.560	10
5	Jochen Schmid	Yamaha	+16.221	8
6	Helmut Bradl	Honda	+21.434	6
7	Loris Capirossi	Honda	+30.564	4
8	Alberto Puig	Aprilia	+36.079	3
9	Patrick van den Goorbergh	Aprilia	+38.279	2
10	Andy Preining	Aprilia	+38.294	1
11	Wilco Zeelenberg	Suzuki	+42.496
12	Jean-Philippe Ruggia	Gilera	+42.721
13	Masahiro Shimizu	Honda	+44.279
14	Carlos Lavado	Gilera	+57.406
15	Herri Torrontegui	Suzuki	+58.146
16	Bernd Kassner	Aprilia	+1.06.792
17	Jurgen van den Goorbergh	Aprilia	+1.24.828
18	Yves Briguet	Honda	+1.28.889
19	Bernard Hänggeli	Aprilia	+1.36.182
20	Frédéric Protat	Aprilia	+1.45.448
21	Stefan Prein	Honda	+1.48.338
22	Katsuyoshi Kozono	Honda	+1.49.628
23	Renzo Colleoni	Aprilia	+1 Lap
24	Bernard Cazade	Honda	+1 Lap
25	Luis Lavado	Yamaha	+1 Lap
26	Adi Stadler	Honda	+1 Lap
27	Michele Gallina	Yamaha	+1 Lap
Ret	Eskil Suter	Aprilia	Retirement
Ret	Pierfrancesco Chili	Aprilia	Retirement
Ret	Luis d'Antin	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Paolo Casoli	Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Harald Eckl	Aprilia	Retirement
Ret	José Kuhn	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Adrian Bosshard	Honda	Retirement

References

1. Scott, Michael: "Wayne Rainey", page 171. Haynes Publishing, 1997.