1992 Hungarian motorcycle Grand Prix

The 1992 Hungarian motorcycle Grand Prix was the ninth round of the 1992 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 10–12 July 1992 at the Hungaroring circuit.

  1992 Hungarian Grand Prix

Race details
Race 9 of 13 races in the 1992 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	12 July 1992
Official name	HB Magyar Nagydíj[1][2][3]
Location	Hungaroring
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.381 km (2.722 mi)
500 cc
Pole position Rider Doug Chandler Time 1:43.028 Fastest lap Rider Alex Barros Time 1:46.862 Podium First Eddie Lawson Second Doug Chandler Third Randy Mamola
250 cc
Pole position Rider Luca Cadalora Time 1:44.069 Fastest lap Rider Pierfrancesco Chili Time 1:44.995 Podium First Luca Cadalora Second Loris Reggiani Third Alberto Puig
125 cc
Pole position Rider Alessandro Gramigni Time 1:50.034 Fastest lap Rider Fausto Gresini Time 1:50.150 Podium First Alessandro Gramigni Second Ralf Waldmann Third Fausto Gresini

500 cc race report

Wayne Rainey and Kevin Schwantz are back from injury, Schwantz with a thin cast that will allow him to ride. Yamaha introduced its YZR500 version of a "big bang" bike for Rainey. Rainey tried using the old engine with the new chassis, but the rear wheel spun too much and the power came on too abruptly.[4]

Doug Chandler on pole; John Kocinski gets the start but rain brings out a red flag and a new race.

Wet restart goes to Eddie Lawson, then Schwantz and Rainey. Randy Mamola moves to the lead.

Order becomes: Mamola, Rainey, Chandler and Schwantz. Chandler passes Rainey.

Lawson started the race with cut slicks, and as conditions dry out, he moves quickly through the field, passing Schwantz in 4th place. Crivillé pits and switches bikes.

Lawson passes Rainey, then Mamola. Chandler still ahead. Many riders are pitting to change tires.

Lawson passes Chandler with 2 laps to go. It is Cagiva's first win in the premier class.

Schwantz: "To finish where I finished, actually in front of him, was almost a race win in itself for me. To have had Wayne as far out in front of me as he was early in the race, to reel him in and pass him and to leave with more points on him was great."[5]

500 cc classification

Pos.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Points
1	Eddie Lawson	Cagiva Team Agostini	Cagiva	58:21.786	20
2	Doug Chandler	Lucky Strike Suzuki	Suzuki	+14.194	15
3	Randy Mamola	Budweiser Team/Global Motorsports	Yamaha	+37.730	12
4	Kevin Schwantz	Lucky Strike Suzuki	Suzuki	+1:03.608	10
5	Wayne Rainey	Marlboro Team Roberts	Yamaha	+1:07.662	8
6	Wayne Gardner	Rothmans Kanemoto Honda	Honda	+1:35.352	6
7	John Kocinski	Marlboro Team Roberts	Yamaha	+1:42.724	4
8	Juan Garriga	Ducados Yamaha	Yamaha	+1:45.077	3
9	Alex Barros	Cagiva Team Agostini	Cagiva	+1 Lap	2
10	Eddie Laycock	Milla Racing	Yamaha	+1 Lap	1
11	Miguel Duhamel	Yamaha Motor Banco	Yamaha	+1 Lap
12	Andrew Stroud	Valvoline Team WCM	ROC Yamaha	+1 Lap
13	Thierry Crine	Ville de Paris	ROC Yamaha	+1 Lap
14	Niall Mackenzie	Yamaha Motor Banco	Yamaha	+2 Laps
15	Dominique Sarron	Team ROC Banco	ROC Yamaha	+2 Laps
16	Michael Rudroff	Rallye Sport	Harris Yamaha	+2 Laps
17	Cees Doorakkers	HEK Racing Team	Harris Yamaha	+3 Laps
18	Peter Graves	Peter Graves Racing Team	Harris Yamaha	+3 Laps
19	Andreas Leuthe	VRP Racing Team	VRP	+3 Laps
20	Serge David	Team ROC Banco	ROC Yamaha	+4 Laps
21	Josef Doppler	Uvex Racing Team	ROC Yamaha	+4 Laps
Ret	Nicholas Schmassman	Uvex Racing Team	ROC Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Claude Arciero	Arciero Racing Team	ROC Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Toshiyuki Arakaki	Team ROC Banco	ROC Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Kevin Mitchell	MBM Racing	Harris Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Lucio Pedercini	Paton Grand Prix	Paton	Retirement
Ret	Corrado Catalano	KCS International	ROC Yamaha	Retirement
DSQ	Àlex Crivillé	Campsa Honda Team	Honda	Disqualified
DNS	Simon Buckmaster	Padgett's Motorcycles	Harris Yamaha	Did not start
DNQ	Larry Moreno Vacondio	Team Domina	Yamaha	Did not qualify
Sources:[6][7]

References

1. "Grand Prix uitslagen en bijzonderheden 1992". 15 March 2014. Archived from the original on 15 March 2014.
2. Mitchell, Malcolm. "1992 500cc Class (FIM Grand Prix World Championship) Programmes - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". www.progcovers.com.
3. Mitchell, Malcolm. "Hungaroring - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
4. Scott, Michael: "Wayne Rainey", page 171. Haynes Publishing, 1997.
5. Schwantz, Kevin: Blurred Past Archived 2006-05-19 at the Wayback Machine kevinschwantz.com 1994.
6. "1992 Hungarian MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". 13 June 2017.
7. "motogp.com · HUNGARIAN GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1992". www.motogp.com.