1992 French motorcycle Grand Prix

  1992 French Grand Prix

Race details
Race 10 of 13 races in the 1992 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	19 July 1992
Location	Magny Cours
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.250 km (2.641 mi)
500 cc
Pole position
Rider	Doug Chandler
Time	1:38.524
Fastest lap
Rider	Wayne Gardner
Time	1:39.273
Podium
First	Wayne Rainey
Second	Wayne Gardner
Third	John Kocinski
250 cc
Pole position
Rider	Pierfrancesco Chili
Time	1:41.215
Fastest lap
Rider	Loris Reggiani
Time	1:41.428
Podium
First	Loris Reggiani
Second	Pierfrancesco Chili
Third	Luca Cadalora
125 cc
Pole position
Rider	Ezio Gianola
Time	1:47.530
Fastest lap
Rider	Ezio Gianola
Time	1:46.674
Podium
First	Ezio Gianola
Second	Noboru Ueda
Third	Jorge Martínez

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."^[1]

500 cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Points
1	Wayne Rainey	Yamaha	45:05.182	20
2	Wayne Gardner	Honda	+6.682	15
3	John Kocinski	Yamaha	+8.687	12
4	Juan Garriga	Yamaha	+11.645	10
5	Eddie Lawson	Cagiva	+33.901	8
6	Niall Mackenzie	Yamaha	+45.706	6
7	Miguel Duhamel	Yamaha	+51.449	4
8	Randy Mamola	Yamaha	+57.215	3
9	James Whitham	Harris Yamaha	+1:26.833	2
10	Toshiyuki Arakaki	ROC Yamaha	+1:39.291	1
11	Andrew Stroud	ROC Yamaha	+1:44.567
12	Serge David	ROC Yamaha	+1 Lap
13	Cees Doorakkers	Harris Yamaha	+1 Lap
14	Michael Rudroff	Harris Yamaha	+1 Lap
15	Nicholas Schmassman	ROC Yamaha	+1 Lap
16	Peter Graves	Harris Yamaha	+1 Lap
17	Josef Doppler	ROC Yamaha	+1 Lap
18	Marco Papa	Librenti	+2 Laps
Ret	Kevin Schwantz	Suzuki	Retirement
Ret	Kevin Mitchell	Harris Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Dominique Sarron	ROC Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Doug Chandler	Suzuki	Retirement
Ret	Àlex Crivillé	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Eddie Laycock	Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Corrado Catalano	ROC Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Claude Arciero	ROC Yamaha	Retirement

References

1. ↑ Schwantz, Kevin: Blurred Past kevinschwantz.com 1994.