The 1992 French motorcycle Grand Prix was the tenth round of the 1992 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 17–19 July 1992 at the Magny Cours circuit.
500 cc race report Doug Chandler was on pole, from Wayne Rainey, John Kocinski and Wayne Gardner. Kevin Schwantz was on the 2nd row. Kocinski got the lead at the start, but Rainey soon moved into first. Rainey opened a small gap to Gardner, Kocinski and Chandler. Schwantz was down in 8th. Chandler out of the race from 3rd place. Miguel Duhamel was in a battle with Mamola for 7th. Schwantz: "There were about eight laps to go and I got into this tight right bander, not hot, got the bike set, turning and the front started to push. I just couldn't do anything with it physically to try and to the bike stood back up. I was just hanging off the inside had the thing turned, was already committed with the thing back on the gas when it started to push. I couldn't do anything as far as try to stand the thing up because of my arm, I just didn't have the strength."Schwantz, Kevin: Blurred Past kevinschwantz.com 1994.
500 cc classification Pos. Rider Team Manufacturer Time/Retired Points 1 Wayne Rainey Marlboro Team Roberts Yamaha 45:05.182 20 2 Wayne Gardner Rothmans Kanemoto Honda Honda +6.682 15 3 John Kocinski Marlboro Team Roberts Yamaha +8.687 12 4 Juan Garriga Ducados Yamaha Yamaha +11.645 10 5 Eddie Lawson Cagiva Team Agostini Cagiva +33.901 8 6 Niall Mackenzie Yamaha Motor Banco Yamaha +45.706 6 7 Miguel Duhamel Yamaha Motor Banco Yamaha +51.449 4 8 Randy Mamola Budweiser Team/Global Motorsports Yamaha +57.215 3 9 James Whitham Padgett's Motorcycles Harris Yamaha +1:26.833 2 10 Toshiyuki Arakaki Team ROC Banco ROC Yamaha +1:39.291 1 11 Andrew Stroud Valvoline Team WCM ROC Yamaha +1:44.567 12 Serge David Team ROC Banco ROC Yamaha +1 Lap 13 Cees Doorakkers HEK Racing Team Harris Yamaha +1 Lap 14 Michael Rudroff Rallye Sport Harris Yamaha +1 Lap 15 Nicholas Schmassman Uvex Racing Team ROC Yamaha +1 Lap 16 Peter Graves Peter Graves Racing Team Harris Yamaha +1 Lap 17 Josef Doppler Uvex Racing Team ROC Yamaha +1 Lap 18 Marco Papa Librenti Corse Librenti +2 Laps Ret (19) Kevin Schwantz Lucky Strike Suzuki Suzuki Retirement Ret (20) Kevin Mitchell MBM Racing Harris Yamaha Retirement Ret (21) Dominique Sarron Team ROC Banco ROC Yamaha Retirement Ret (22) Doug Chandler Lucky Strike Suzuki Suzuki Retirement Ret (23) Àlex Crivillé Campsa Honda Team Honda Retirement Ret (24) Eddie Laycock Milla Racing Yamaha Retirement Ret (25) Corrado Catalano KCS International ROC Yamaha Retirement Ret (26) Claude Arciero Arciero Racing Team ROC Yamaha Retirement DNS Alex Barros Cagiva Team Agostini Cagiva Did not start DNS Thierry Crine Ville de Paris ROC Yamaha Did not start DNS Bernard Garcia Yamaha Motor Banco Yamaha Did not start DNQ Andreas Leuthe VRP Racing Team VRP Did not qualify DNQ Larry Moreno Vacondio Team Domina Yamaha Did not qualify Sources:
References