The 1992 German motorcycle Grand Prix, held from the weekend of 12–14 June 1992, at the Hockenheim circuit was the seventh round of the 1992 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season.
500cc race Wayne Rainey experienced a big highside during qualifying, leading to multiple injuries, including broken ribs and wrist along with injuring his knee. Despite his injuries, he decided to race, stating, "Mentally, I was down, probably the worst I had ever been in my GP career. I had screwed myself up trying to race with Doohan, and I didn't feel I was getting the support from Yamaha. I was still on the same bike, it was still slow."Scott, Michael: "Wayne Rainey". Haynes Publishing, 1997.
Mick Doohan was on pole. John Kocinski took the lead at the start but gave it up to Doohan quickly. Doohan quickly reclaimed it and created a gap over Kevin Schwantz, with the rest trailing behind. Rainey eventually retired from the race, noting, "I ended up pulling in, for the first time in my career, because I was just too hurt to continue... I knew anything could happen, but the only thing for me would be if Mick made a huge mistake. That was possible because I knew he only focused solely on being the fastest guy, winning every race and devastating everybody."
The fight for third between Àlex Crivillé, Wayne Gardner and Kocinski went to experience over youth.
500 cc classification Pos. Rider Team Manufacturer Time/Retired Points 1 Mick Doohan Rothmans Honda Team Honda 35:57.895 20 2 Kevin Schwantz Lucky Strike Suzuki Suzuki +24.626 15 3 Wayne Gardner Rothmans Kanemoto Honda Honda +35.765 12 4 Àlex Crivillé Campsa Honda Team Honda +35.943 10 5 John Kocinski Marlboro Team Roberts Yamaha +36.065 8 6 Eddie Lawson Cagiva Team Agostini Cagiva +36.646 6 7 Alex Barros Cagiva Team Agostini Cagiva +37.920 4 8 Doug Chandler Lucky Strike Suzuki Suzuki +38.204 3 9 Juan Garriga Ducados Yamaha Yamaha +42.263 2 10 Peter Goddard Valvoline Team WCM ROC Yamaha +1:10.185 1 11 Miguel Duhamel Yamaha Motor Banco Yamaha +1:15.276 12 Juan Lopez Mella Nivea For Men Team ROC Yamaha +1:36.493 13 Dominique Sarron Team ROC Banco ROC Yamaha +1:37.457 14 Michael Rudroff Rallye Sport Harris Yamaha +1:37.802 15 Eddie Laycock Milla Racing Yamaha +1:38.940 16 Kevin Mitchell MBM Racing Harris Yamaha +1 Lap 17 Damon Buckmaster Padgett's Motorcycles Harris Yamaha +1 Lap 18 Nicholas Schmassman Uvex Racing Team ROC Yamaha +1 Lap 19 Cees Doorakkers HEK Racing Team Harris Yamaha +1 Lap 20 Josef Doppler Uvex Racing Team ROC Yamaha +1 Lap 21 Peter Graves Peter Graves Racing Team Harris Yamaha +1 Lap 22 Lucio Pedercini Paton Grand Prix Paton +1 Lap Ret (23) Serge David Team ROC Banco ROC Yamaha Retirement Ret (24) Thierry Crine Ville de Paris ROC Yamaha Retirement Ret (25) Marco Papa Librenti Corse Librenti Retirement Ret (26) Claude Arciero Arciero Racing Team ROC Yamaha Retirement Ret (27) Toshiyuki Arakaki Team ROC Banco ROC Yamaha Retirement Ret (28) Randy Mamola Budweiser Team/Global Motorsports Yamaha Retirement Ret (29) Niall Mackenzie Yamaha Motor Banco Yamaha Retirement Ret (30) Wayne Rainey Marlboro Team Roberts Yamaha Retirement Ret (31) Corrado Catalano KCS International ROC Yamaha Retirement DNQ Andreas Leuthe VRP Racing Team VRP Did not qualify Sources:
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