The 1992 Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix was the third round of the 1992 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 17–19 April 1992 at the Shah Alam Circuit.
500 cc race report Kevin Schwantz injured his hand in practice and missed the race. Mick Doohan was on pole and got the lead at the start from Àlex Crivillé and Wayne Rainey. Then Doohan got a small gap while Rainey moved into 2nd. Rain brought out a red flag; 18 laps for a second leg in intermediate conditions. After one or two laps, Doohan was again at the front, followed by Juan Garriga. The rain started pouring and there was another red flag, ending the race.
500 cc classification Pos. Rider Team Manufacturer Time/Retired Points 1 Mick Doohan Rothmans Honda Team Honda 45:45.608 20 2 Wayne Rainey Marlboro Team Roberts Yamaha +10.433 15 3 Àlex Crivillé Campsa Honda Team Honda +14.307 12 4 Juan Garriga Ducados Yamaha Yamaha +27.693 10 5 Doug Chandler Lucky Strike Suzuki Suzuki +31.429 8 6 Daryl Beattie Team HRC Honda +32.279 6 7 Randy Mamola Budweiser Team/Global Motorsports Yamaha +1:03.497 4 8 Peter Goddard Valvoline Team WCM ROC Yamaha +2:02.624 3 9 Corrado Catalano KCS International ROC Yamaha +2:06.910 2 10 Eddie Laycock Milla Racing Yamaha +2:11.932 1 11 Kevin Mitchell MBM Racing Harris Yamaha +2:27.337 12 Cees Doorakkers HEK Racing Team Harris Yamaha +2:31.293 13 Toshiyuki Arakaki Team ROC Banco ROC Yamaha +1 Lap 14 Michael Rudroff Rallye Sport Harris Yamaha +1 Lap 15 Serge David Team ROC Banco ROC Yamaha +2 Laps 16 Nicholas Schmassman Uvex Racing Team ROC Yamaha +2 Laps Ret (17) Eddie Lawson Cagiva Team Agostini Cagiva Retirement Ret (18) Dominique Sarron Team ROC Banco ROC Yamaha Retirement Ret (19) Miguel Duhamel Yamaha Motor Banco Yamaha Retirement Ret (20) Peter Graves Peter Graves Racing Team Harris Yamaha Retirement Ret (21) Marco Papa Librenti Corse Librenti Retirement Ret (22) Thierry Crine Ville de Paris ROC Yamaha Retirement Ret (23) Damon Buckmaster Padgett's Motorcycles Harris Yamaha Retirement Ret (24) Josef Doppler Uvex Racing Team ROC Yamaha Retirement Ret (25) Niall Mackenzie Yamaha Motor Banco Yamaha Retirement Ret (26) Alex Barros Cagiva Team Agostini Cagiva Retirement Sources:
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