1992 German motorcycle Grand Prix

  1992 German Grand Prix

Race details
Race 7 of 13 races in the 1992 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	14 June 1992
Location	Hockenheim
Course	Permanent racing facility 6.823 km (4.24 mi)
500 cc
Pole position
Rider	Mick Doohan
Time	1:58.325
Fastest lap
Rider	Mick Doohan
Time	1:58.956
Podium
First	Mick Doohan
Second	Kevin Schwantz
Third	Wayne Gardner
250 cc
Pole position
Rider	Max Biaggi
Time	2:06.630
Fastest lap
Rider	Loris Reggiani
Time	2:06.499
Podium
First	Pierfrancesco Chili
Second	Max Biaggi
Third	Loris Reggiani
125 cc
Pole position
Rider	Ralf Waldmann
Time	2:18.346
Fastest lap
Rider	Ezio Gianola
Time	2:19.065
Podium
First	Bruno Casanova
Second	Fausto Gresini
Third	Ralf Waldmann

The 1992 German motorcycle Grand Prix was the seventh round of the 1992 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 12–14 June 1992, at the Hockenheim circuit.

500cc race

Wayne Rainey took a big highside in qualifying and crashed, breaking his ribs, wrist and injuring his knee, but decided to race anyway. "Mentally I was down, probably the worst I had ever been in my GP career. I’d screwed myself up trying to race with Doohan. And I didn’t feel I was getting the support from Yamaha. I was still on the same bike, it was still slow."^[1]:169

Mick Doohan was on pole. John Kocinski took the lead at the start but gave it up to Doohan quickly. Doohan got a gap to Kevin Schwantz, then the rest followed. Rainey retired from the race: "I ended up pulling in, for the first time in my career, because I was just too hurt to continue. ... I knew anything could happen, but the only thing for me would be if Mick made a huge mistake. That was possible because I knew he only thought about being the fastest guy, winning every race and devastating everybody."^{[1]:169–170}

The fight for third between Àlex Crivillé, Wayne Gardner and Kocinski went to experience over youth.

500 cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Points
1	Mick Doohan	Honda	35:57.895	20
2	Kevin Schwantz	Suzuki	+24.626	15
3	Wayne Gardner	Honda	+35.765	12
4	Àlex Crivillé	Honda	+35.943	10
5	John Kocinski	Yamaha	+36.065	8
6	Eddie Lawson	Cagiva	+36.646	6
7	Alex Barros	Cagiva	+37.920	4
8	Doug Chandler	Suzuki	+38.204	3
9	Juan Garriga	Yamaha	+42.263	2
10	Peter Goddard	ROC Yamaha	+1:10.185	1
11	Miguel Duhamel	Yamaha	+1:15.276
12	Juan Lopez Mella	ROC Yamaha	+1:36.493
13	Dominique Sarron	ROC Yamaha	+1:37.457
14	Michael Rudroff	Harris Yamaha	+1:37.802
15	Eddie Laycock	Yamaha	+1:38.940
16	Kevin Mitchell	Harris Yamaha	+1 Lap
17	Damon Buckmaster	Harris Yamaha	+1 Lap
18	Nicholas Schmassman	ROC Yamaha	+1 Lap
19	Cees Doorakkers	Harris Yamaha	+1 Lap
20	Josef Doppler	ROC Yamaha	+1 Lap
21	Peter Graves	Harris Yamaha	+1 Lap
22	Lucio Pedercini	Paton	+1 Lap
Ret	Serge David	ROC Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Thierry Crine	ROC Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Marco Papa	Librenti	Retirement
Ret	Claude Arciero	ROC Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Toshiyuki Arakaki	ROC Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Randy Mamola	Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Niall Mackenzie	Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Wayne Rainey	Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Corrado Catalano	ROC Yamaha	Retirement

References

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