1992 South African motorcycle Grand Prix

  1992 South African Grand Prix

Race details
Race 13 of 13 races in the 1992 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	6 September 1992
Location	Kyalami
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.242 km (2.613 mi)
500 cc
Pole position
Rider	John Kocinski
Time	1:39.548
Fastest lap
Rider	Wayne Gardner
Time	1:39.952
Podium
First	John Kocinski
Second	Wayne Gardner
Third	Wayne Rainey
250 cc
Pole position
Rider	Helmut Bradl
Time	1:42.056
Fastest lap
Rider	Max Biaggi
Time	1:42.094
Podium
First	Max Biaggi
Second	Loris Reggiani
Third	Pierfrancesco Chili
125 cc
Pole position
Rider	Alessandro Gramigni
Time	1:48.869
Fastest lap
Rider	Carlos Giró
Time	1:48.687
Podium
First	Jorge Martínez
Second	Carlos Giró
Third	Alessandro Gramigni

The 1992 South African motorcycle Grand Prix was the last round of the 1992 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 4–6 September 1992 at Kyalami.

500 cc race

Eddie Lawson announced his retirement. To win the championship, Wayne Rainey had to finish in front of Mick Doohan and higher than 6th if Doohan was behind. According to Scott, Kenny Roberts asked Rainey if he wanted John Kocinski’s "help", and Rainey said no.^[1]:172

Kocinski on pole. Rainey gets the start from Kocinski, Doohan and Kevin Schwantz.

Doug Chandler moved into 3rd, Schwantz 4th, Doohan 5th.

Chandler makes it a 3-way fight for first with Rainey and teammate Kocinski.

Kocinski through to 1st, Wayne Gardner and Schwantz in a battle for 4th.

Kocinski gets a gap from Rainey, then it’s a small gap to Gardner and Chandler.

Gardner closes on Rainey and passes into 2nd place. Gardner would much rather Rainey get the championship than Doohan, "so for once [Gardner] gave [Rainey] a whole lot of room as he went by."^[1]:172

Rainey’s 3rd place is enough to win the championship by 4 points. Kocinski goes to Suzuki 250 GP next year, then is fired and goes to Cagiva.

500 cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Points
1	John Kocinski	Yamaha	47:00.729	20
2	Wayne Gardner	Honda	+2.935	15
3	Wayne Rainey	Yamaha	+4.969	12
4	Doug Chandler	Suzuki	+12.577	10
5	Kevin Schwantz	Suzuki	+22.050	8
6	Mick Doohan	Honda	+30.313	6
7	Àlex Crivillé	Honda	+33.870	4
8	Niall Mackenzie	Yamaha	+34.519	3
9	Miguel Duhamel	Yamaha	+1:03.123	2
10	Juan Garriga	Yamaha	+1:10.226	1
11	Toshiyuki Arakaki	ROC Yamaha	+1:25.031
12	Corrado Catalano	ROC Yamaha	+1:25.041
13	Juan López Mella	ROC Yamaha	+1 Lap
14	Russel Wood	Harris Yamaha	+1 Lap
15	Mike Wilson	ROC Yamaha	+1 Lap
16	Marco Papa	Cagiva	+1 Lap
17	Dominique Sarron	ROC Yamaha	+1 Lap
18	Eddie Laycock	Yamaha	+1 Lap
19	Michael Rudroff	Harris Yamaha	+1 Lap
20	Serge David	ROC Yamaha	+1 Lap
21	Nicholas Schmassman	ROC Yamaha	+1 Lap
22	Peter Graves	Harris Yamaha	+1 Lap
23	Andreas Leuthe	Harris Yamaha	+1 Lap
24	Josef Doppler	ROC Yamaha	+2 Laps
Ret	Peter Goddard	ROC Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Cees Doorakkers	Harris Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Eddie Lawson	Cagiva	Retirement
Ret	Damon Buckmaster	Harris Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Kevin Mitchell	Harris Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Alex Barros	Cagiva	Retirement

250 cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Points
1	Max Biaggi	Aprilia	44:43.367	20
2	Loris Reggiani	Aprilia	+4.587	15
3	Pierfrancesco Chili	Aprilia	+9.749	12
4	Helmut Bradl	Honda	+412.391	10
5	Loris Capirossi	Honda	+17.244	8
6	Luca Cadalora	Honda	+22.888	6
7	Jochen Schmid	Yamaha	+30.931	4
8	Herri Torrontegui	Suzuki	+34.666	3
9	Jean-Philippe Ruggia	Gilera	+35.299	2
10	Andy Preining	Aprilia	+55.278	1
11	Masahiro Shimizu	Honda	+1.00.991
12	Eskil Suter	Aprilia	+1.03.895
13	Bernd Kassner	Aprilia	+1.04.091
14	Katsuyoshi Kozono	Honda	+1.08.817
15	Carlos Lavado	Gilera	+1.18.604
16	Jurgen van den Goorbergh	Aprilia	+1.21.618
17	Martin Paetzold	Yamaha	+1.25.844
18	Yves Briguet	Honda	+1.28.561
19	Bernard Hänggeli	Aprilia	+1.28.652
20	Adrian Bosshard	Honda	+1.29.313
21	Renzo Colleoni	Aprilia	+1.29.581
22	Wilco Zeelenberg	Suzuki	+1.36.085
23	Bernard Cazade	Honda	+1.39.771
24	Patrick van den Goorbergh	Aprilia	+1.52.401
25	Gavin Ramsay	Yamaha	+1 Lap
26	José Kuhn	Honda	+1 Lap
Ret	Frédéric Protat	Aprilia	Retirement
Ret	Michele Gallina	Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Luis d'Antin	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Doriano Romboni	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Adi Stadler	Aprilia	Retirement
Ret	Harald Eckl	Aprilia	Retirement
Ret	Paolo Casoli	Aprilia	Retirement
Ret	Alberto Puig	Aprilia	Retirement
Ret	Stefan Prein	Honda	Retirement

References

1. 1 2 Scott, Michael: "Wayne Rainey". Haynes Publishing, 1997.