1992 Australian Grand Prix

Race details
Race 2 of 13 races in the 1992 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	12 April 1992
Official name	Foster's Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix[1][2][3]
Location	Eastern Creek Raceway
Course	Permanent racing facility 3.930 km (2.442 mi)
500 cc
Pole position Rider Mick Doohan Time 1:30.756 Fastest lap Rider Mick Doohan Time 1:31.411 Podium First Mick Doohan Second Wayne Rainey Third Daryl Beattie
250 cc
Pole position Rider Helmut Bradl Time 1:33.980 Fastest lap Rider Carlos Cardús Time 1:34.797 Podium First Luca Cadalora Second Carlos Cardús Third Helmut Bradl
125 cc
Pole position Rider Kazuto Sakata Time 1:39.834 Fastest lap Rider Bruno Casanova Time 1:40.013 Podium First Ralf Waldmann Second Alessandro Gramigni Third Bruno Casanova

The 1992 Australian motorcycle Grand Prix was the second round of the 1992 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 10–12 April 1992 at Eastern Creek Raceway.

500 cc race report

John Kocinski was injured in practice and missed the race.

Mick Doohan started on pole, and led away with Wayne Rainey and they swapped places, with Daryl Beattie in 3rd. Kevin Schwantz and Doug Chandler battled for 4th.

500 cc classification

Pos.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Points
1	Mick Doohan	Rothmans Honda Team	Honda	46:04.276	20
2	Wayne Rainey	Marlboro Team Roberts	Yamaha	+6.822	15
3	Daryl Beattie	Team HRC	Honda	+18.425	12
4	Kevin Schwantz	Lucky Strike Suzuki	Suzuki	+31.062	10
5	Doug Chandler	Lucky Strike Suzuki	Suzuki	+36.019	8
6	Eddie Lawson	Cagiva Team Agostini	Cagiva	+1:03.653	6
7	Àlex Crivillé	Campsa Honda Team	Honda	+1:51.839	4
8	Randy Mamola	Budweiser Team/Global Motorsports	Yamaha	+1:55.951	3
9	Juan Garriga	Ducados Yamaha	Yamaha	+1:56.250	2
10	Miguel Duhamel	Yamaha Motor Banco	Yamaha	+1 Lap	1
11	Peter Goddard	Valvoline Team WCM	ROC Yamaha	+1 Lap
12	Alex Barros	Cagiva Team Agostini	Cagiva	+1 Lap
13	Thierry Crine	Ville de Paris	Yamaha	+1 Lap
14	Corrado Catalano	KCS International	ROC Yamaha	+1 Lap
15	Dominique Sarron	Team ROC Banco	ROC Yamaha	+1 Lap
16	Toshiyuki Arakaki	Team ROC Banco	ROC Yamaha	+1 Lap
17	Cees Doorakkers	HEK Racing Team	Harris Yamaha	+1 Lap
18	Michael Rudroff	Rallye Sport	Harris Yamaha	+1 Lap
19	Serge David	Team ROC Banco	ROC Yamaha	+1 Lap
20	Kevin Mitchell	MBM Racing	Harris Yamaha	+1 Lap
21	Damon Buckmaster	Padgett's Motorcycles	Harris Yamaha	+2 Laps
22	Nicholas Schmassman	Uvex Racing Team	ROC Yamaha	+2 Laps
Ret	Josef Doppler	Uvex Racing Team	ROC Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Eddie Laycock	Milla Racing	Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Niall Mackenzie	Yamaha Motor Banco	Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Lucio Pedercini	Paton Grand Prix	Paton	Retirement
Ret	Marco Papa	Librenti Corse	Librenti	Retirement
Ret	Peter Graves	Peter Graves Racing Team	Harris Yamaha	Retirement
DNS	John Kocinski	Marlboro Team Roberts	Yamaha	Did not start
Sources:[4][5]

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