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 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.Scott, Michael: "Wayne Rainey", page 171. Haynes Publishing, 1997.
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 Pos. Rider Team Manufacturer Time/Retired Points 1 Wayne Rainey Marlboro Team Roberts Yamaha 48:33.539 20 2 John Kocinski Marlboro Team Roberts Yamaha +13.000 15 3 Doug Chandler Lucky Strike Suzuki Suzuki +20.750 12 4 Wayne Gardner Rothmans Kanemoto Honda Honda +28.880 10 5 Miguel Duhamel Yamaha Motor Banco Yamaha +31.260 8 6 Àlex Crivillé Campsa Honda Team Honda +31.210 6 7 Kevin Schwantz Lucky Strike Suzuki Suzuki +50.400 4 8 Alex Barros Cagiva Team Agostini Cagiva +53.520 3 9 Niall Mackenzie Yamaha Motor Banco Yamaha +1:02.280 2 10 Randy Mamola Budweiser Team/Global Motorsports Yamaha +1:10.960 1 11 Eddie Lawson Cagiva Team Agostini Cagiva +1:20.830 12 Mick Doohan Rothmans Honda Team Honda +1:31.570 13 Dominique Sarron Team ROC Banco ROC Yamaha +1 Lap 14 Toshiyuki Arakaki Team ROC Banco ROC Yamaha +1 Lap 15 Michael Rudroff Rallye Sport Harris Yamaha +1 Lap 16 Kevin Mitchell MBM Racing Harris Yamaha +1 Lap 17 Marco Papa Librenti Corse Cagiva +1 Lap 18 Serge David Team ROC Banco ROC Yamaha +1 Lap 19 Nicholas Schmassman Uvex Racing Team ROC Yamaha +1 Lap 20 Eddie Laycock Milla Racing Yamaha +1 Lap 21 Andreas Leuthe VRP Racing Team Harris Yamaha +1 Lap 22 Cees Doorakkers HEK Racing Team Harris Yamaha +1 Lap 23 Peter Graves Peter Graves Racing Team Harris Yamaha +2 Laps Ret (24) Josef Doppler Uvex Racing Team ROC Yamaha Retirement Ret (25) Lucio Pedercini Paton Grand Prix Paton Retirement Ret (26) Peter Goddard Valvoline Team WCM ROC Yamaha Retirement Ret (27) Corrado Catalano KCS International ROC Yamaha Retirement Ret (28) Damon Buckmaster Padgett's Motorcycles Harris Yamaha Retirement Ret (29) Juan Garriga Ducados Yamaha Yamaha Retirement DNS Juan Lopez Mella Nivea For Men Team ROC Yamaha Did not start Sources:
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 (28) Eskil Suter Aprilia Retirement Ret (29) Pierfrancesco Chili Aprilia Retirement Ret (30) Luis d'Antin Honda Retirement Ret (31) Paolo Casoli Yamaha Retirement Ret (32) Harald Eckl Aprilia Retirement Ret (33) José Kuhn Honda Retirement Ret (34) Adrian Bosshard Honda Retirement
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