1992 French motorcycle Grand Prix

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.

  1992 French Grand Prix

Race details
Race 10 of 13 races in the 1992 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	19 July 1992
Official name	Grand Prix de France 92
Location	Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.250 km (2.641 mi)
500cc
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
250cc
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
125cc
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

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."

500 cc classification

Pos.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Points
1	Wayne Rainey	Marlboro Team Roberts	Yamaha	45:05.182	20
2	Wayne Gardner	Rothmans Kanemoto Honda	Honda	+6.682	15
3	John Kocinski	Marlboro Team Roberts	Yamaha	+8.687	12
4	Juan Garriga	Ducados Yamaha	Yamaha	+11.645	10
5	Eddie Lawson	Cagiva Team Agostini	Cagiva	+33.901	8
6	Niall Mackenzie	Yamaha Motor Banco	Yamaha	+45.706	6
7	Miguel Duhamel	Yamaha Motor Banco	Yamaha	+51.449	4
8	Randy Mamola	Budweiser Team/Global Motorsports	Yamaha	+57.215	3
9	James Whitham	Padgett's Motorcycles	Harris Yamaha	+1:26.833	2
10	Toshiyuki Arakaki	Team ROC Banco	ROC Yamaha	+1:39.291	1
11	Andrew Stroud	Valvoline Team WCM	ROC Yamaha	+1:44.567
12	Serge David	Team ROC Banco	ROC Yamaha	+1 Lap
13	Cees Doorakkers	HEK Racing Team	Harris Yamaha	+1 Lap
14	Michael Rudroff	Rallye Sport	Harris Yamaha	+1 Lap
15	Nicholas Schmassman	Uvex Racing Team	ROC Yamaha	+1 Lap
16	Peter Graves	Peter Graves Racing Team	Harris Yamaha	+1 Lap
17	Josef Doppler	Uvex Racing Team	ROC Yamaha	+1 Lap
18	Marco Papa	Librenti Corse	Librenti	+2 Laps
Ret	Kevin Schwantz	Lucky Strike Suzuki	Suzuki	Retirement
Ret	Kevin Mitchell	MBM Racing	Harris Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Dominique Sarron	Team ROC Banco	ROC Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Doug Chandler	Lucky Strike Suzuki	Suzuki	Retirement
Ret	Àlex Crivillé	Campsa Honda Team	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Eddie Laycock	Milla Racing	Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Corrado Catalano	KCS International	ROC Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Claude Arciero	Arciero Racing Team	ROC Yamaha	Retirement
DNS	Alex Barros	Cagiva Team Agostini	Cagiva	Did not start
DNS	Thierry Crine	Ville de Paris	ROC Yamaha	Did not start
DNS	Bernard Garcia	Yamaha Motor Banco	Yamaha	Did not start
DNQ	Andreas Leuthe	VRP Racing Team	VRP	Did not qualify
DNQ	Larry Moreno Vacondio	Team Domina	Yamaha	Did not qualify
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