1992 Hungarian motorcycle Grand Prix

  1992 Hungarian Grand Prix

Race details
Race 9 of 13 races in the 1992 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	12 July 1992
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

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.

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.^[1]

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."^[2]

500 cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Points
1	Eddie Lawson	Cagiva	58:21.786	20
2	Doug Chandler	Suzuki	+14.194	15
3	Randy Mamola	Yamaha	+37.730	12
4	Kevin Schwantz	Suzuki	+1:03.608	10
5	Wayne Rainey	Yamaha	+1:07.662	8
6	Wayne Gardner	Honda	+1:35.352	6
7	John Kocinski	Yamaha	+1:42.724	4
8	Juan Garriga	Yamaha	+1:45.077	3
9	Alex Barros	Cagiva	+1 Lap	2
10	Eddie Laycock	Yamaha	+1 Lap	1
11	Miguel Duhamel	Yamaha	+1 Lap
12	Andrew Stroud	ROC Yamaha	+1 Lap
13	Thierry Crine	ROC Yamaha	+1 Lap
14	Niall Mackenzie	Yamaha	+2 Laps
15	Dominique Sarron	ROC Yamaha	+2 Laps
16	Michael Rudroff	Harris Yamaha	+2 Laps
17	Cees Doorakkers	Harris Yamaha	+3 Laps
18	Peter Graves	Harris Yamaha	+3 Laps
19	Andreas Leuthe	VRP	+3 Laps
20	Serge David	ROC Yamaha	+4 Laps
21	Josef Doppler	ROC Yamaha	+4 Laps
Ret	Nicholas Schmassman	ROC Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Claude Arciero	ROC Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Toshiyuki Arakaki	ROC Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Kevin Mitchell	Harris Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Lucio Pedercini	Paton	Retirement
Ret	Àlex Crivillé	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Corrado Catalano	ROC Yamaha	Retirement

References

1. Scott, Michael: "Wayne Rainey", page 171. Haynes Publishing, 1997.
2. Schwantz, Kevin: Blurred Past kevinschwantz.com 1994.