The 1992 South African motorcycle Grand Prix was the last round of the 1992 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 4–6 September 1992 at Kyalami, the first time the series had raced on the new circuit following the demolition of the classic layout in 1988 to redevelopment.

500 cc race Eddie Lawson announced his retirement. To win the championship, Wayne Rainey had to finish in front of Mick Doohan and higher than 3rd if Doohan was directly behind. According to Scott, Kenny Roberts asked Rainey if he wanted John Kocinski's "help", and Rainey said no.Scott, Michael: "Wayne Rainey". Haynes Publishing, 1997.

Kocinski on pole. Rainey gets the start from Kocinski, Doohan and Kevin Schwantz.

Doug Chandler moved into 3rd, Schwantz 4th, Doohan 5th.

Chandler makes it a 3-way fight for first with Rainey and teammate Kocinski.

Kocinski through to 1st, Wayne Gardner and Schwantz in a battle for 4th.

Kocinski gets a gap from Rainey, then it's a small gap to Gardner and Chandler.

Gardner closes on Rainey and passes into 2nd place. Gardner would much rather Rainey get the championship than Doohan, "so for once [Gardner] gave [Rainey] a whole lot of room as he went by."

Rainey's 3rd place is enough to win the championship by 4 points. Kocinski goes to Suzuki 250 GP next year, then is fired and goes to Cagiva.

500 cc classification Pos. Rider Team Manufacturer Time/Retired Points 1 John Kocinski Marlboro Team Roberts Yamaha 47:00.729 20 2 Wayne Gardner Rothmans Kanemoto Honda Honda +2.935 15 3 Wayne Rainey Marlboro Team Roberts Yamaha +4.969 12 4 Doug Chandler Lucky Strike Suzuki Suzuki +12.577 10 5 Kevin Schwantz Lucky Strike Suzuki Suzuki +22.050 8 6 Mick Doohan Rothmans Honda Team Honda +30.313 6 7 Àlex Crivillé Campsa Honda Team Honda +33.870 4 8 Niall Mackenzie Yamaha Motor Banco Yamaha +34.519 3 9 Miguel Duhamel Yamaha Motor Banco Yamaha +1:03.123 2 10 Juan Garriga Ducados Yamaha Yamaha +1:10.226 1 11 Toshiyuki Arakaki Team ROC Banco ROC Yamaha +1:25.031 12 Corrado Catalano KCS International ROC Yamaha +1:25.041 13 Juan López Mella Nivea For Men Team ROC Yamaha +1 Lap 14 Russel Wood Grant Nashua Harris Yamaha +1 Lap 15 Mike Wilson Ville de Paris ROC Yamaha +1 Lap 16 Marco Papa Librenti Corse Cagiva +1 Lap 17 Dominique Sarron Team ROC Banco ROC Yamaha +1 Lap 18 Eddie Laycock Milla Racing Yamaha +1 Lap 19 Michael Rudroff Rallye Sport Harris Yamaha +1 Lap 20 Serge David Team ROC Banco ROC Yamaha +1 Lap 21 Nicholas Schmassman Uvex Racing Team ROC Yamaha +1 Lap 22 Peter Graves Peter Graves Racing Team Harris Yamaha +1 Lap 23 Andreas Leuthe VRP Racing Team Harris Yamaha +1 Lap 24 Josef Doppler Uvex Racing Team ROC Yamaha +2 Laps Ret (25) Peter Goddard Valvoline Team WCM ROC Yamaha Retirement Ret (26) Cees Doorakkers HEK Racing Team Harris Yamaha Retirement Ret (27) Eddie Lawson Cagiva Team Agostini Cagiva Retirement Ret (28) Damon Buckmaster Padgett's Motorcycles Harris Yamaha Retirement Ret (29) Kevin Mitchell MBM Racing Harris Yamaha Retirement Ret (30) Alex Barros Cagiva Team Agostini Cagiva Retirement Ret (31) Randy Mamola Budweiser Team/Global Motorsports Yamaha Retirement Sources:

250 cc classification Pos Rider Manufacturer Time/Retired Points 1 Max Biaggi Aprilia 44:43.367 20 2 Loris Reggiani Aprilia +4.587 15 3 Pierfrancesco Chili Aprilia +9.749 12 4 Helmut Bradl Honda +12.391 10 5 Loris Capirossi Honda +17.244 8 6 Luca Cadalora Honda +22.888 6 7 Jochen Schmid Yamaha +30.931 4 8 Herri Torrontegui Suzuki +34.666 3 9 Jean-Philippe Ruggia Gilera +35.299 2 10 Andy Preining Aprilia +55.278 1 11 Masahiro Shimizu Honda +1.00.991 12 Eskil Suter Aprilia +1.03.895 13 Bernd Kassner Aprilia +1.04.091 14 Katsuyoshi Kozono Honda +1.08.817 15 Carlos Lavado Gilera +1.18.604 16 Jurgen van den Goorbergh Aprilia +1.21.618 17 Martin Paetzold Yamaha +1.25.844 18 Yves Briguet Honda +1.28.561 19 Bernard Hänggeli Aprilia +1.28.652 20 Adrian Bosshard Honda +1.29.313 21 Renzo Colleoni Aprilia +1.29.581 22 Wilco Zeelenberg Suzuki +1.36.085 23 Bernard Cazade Honda +1.39.771 24 Patrick van den Goorbergh Aprilia +1.52.401 25 Gavin Ramsay Yamaha +1 Lap 26 José Kuhn Honda +1 Lap Ret (27) Frédéric Protat Aprilia Retirement Ret (28) Michele Gallina Yamaha Retirement Ret (29) Luis d'Antin Honda Retirement Ret (30) Doriano Romboni Honda Retirement Ret (31) Adi Stadler Aprilia Retirement Ret (32) Harald Eckl Aprilia Retirement Ret (33) Paolo Casoli Aprilia Retirement Ret (34) Alberto Puig Aprilia Retirement Ret (35) Stefan Prein Honda Retirement

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