1992 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season

The 1992 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season was the 44th F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship season. Honda secured the constructor's title in all three categories.

Wayne Rainey won the 1992 World Championship for the third consecutive year on a Kenny Roberts Marlboro Yamaha, however he was largely outshone by a dominant Michael Doohan on his Rothmans Honda, and was only prevented from winning what would have been his first world title by injury.^[1]

Doohan won the first four opening rounds, the first he nearly didn't qualify for, due to tricky conditions in Suzuka, but ended up winning as Rainey crashed out in the rain. Rainey followed Doohan home in second in the following three races, still not fully fit due to a broken femur he had suffered at the end of the 1991 season. Daryl Beattie was third at his home race in Australia, riding as a replacement for Wayne Gardner, who injured himself in a crash in the opening round. There were also podiums for Crivillé on his Honda in the third round and Niall Mackenzie on his Team France Yamaha in the fourth round after Crivillé had crashed out of third from his home race at Jerez.

The fifth round at Mugello saw one of the only races of the season where the three best riders of the era - Rainey, Doohan and Kevin Schwantz were fully fit and able to battle it out. Schwantz had missed the third round due to injury but was able to take the victory at Mugello on his Lucky Strike Suzuki as Rainey crashed out whilst battling for the lead. Rainey did however win his first race of the season at Catalunya in round six, passing Doohan for victory with two laps remaining. The seventh round of the season saw Doohan get back to winning ways, but Rainey had to retire due to being unable to continue after riding in pain following a heavy practice fall.

The eighth round at Assen proved to be crucial to the title race. Rainey left the circuit during practice, still being unable to ride comfortably, all but conceding the title to Doohan. However Doohan was to have his own crash in practice, suffering a double-fracture of his right leg and ruling him out for five races. Gardner also injured himself in practice leaving the Rothmans Honda squad without a rider for the race. Schwantz was therefore favorite for the race, but was being heavily challenged by Cagiva's four time world champion and veteran Eddie Lawson. Lawson took both riders out of the race with a collision, which resulted in Schwantz suffering a broken arm. The series of events left a group of riders chasing a rare victory and it was Crivillé who took the win, the first of his career.

Rainey was back for the following round at the Hungaroring, but changeable weather conditions allowed Lawson to take Cagiva's first ever 500cc victory, and Lawson's last in a glittering career. Rainey got back to winning ways in France for the tenth round, however Gardner took a popular win at the British round, with Rainey in second. A patch of oil into the first turn catching out several riders including high flying Schwantz, and teammate Doug Chandler.

The penultimate round of the season saw the return of Doohan, however he was still not fully fit. Rainey won the race, and whilst Doohan was running in the top ten for periods, he wasn't able to maintain the pace and finished twelfth. In the final round Rainey needed to a two-point swing to win the world championship, and although Doohan managed a sterling effort to finish sixth, Rainey's third place was enough to secure him his third and final world title.^[1] John Kocinski, Rainey's teammate took his only win of the season, in his last race for Marlboro Roberts Yamaha, and promoted him to third in the world championship table, ahead of Schwantz. Chandler impressed in his first season in the series finishing fifth, whilst Gardner's strong performances when fit saw him good enough for sixth. Juan Garriga was a strong seventh on a Yamaha, with Crivillé impressing in his debut season in eighth, ahead of Lawson took ninth, ahead of Randy Mamola. At the end of 1992 several of the big names of the 80's retired - Lawson, Gardner, and Mamola all left the sport, for different reasons.^[1]

The factory Honda riders debuted the "big bang" engine, with the NSR500, where the firing order of the cylinders made the power come out in pulses. The benefit to this was in traction, allowing the tires to adhere between pulses, rather than spin because of the two-stroke 500’s peaky powerband. Yamaha came up with their own version for the 9th round and Suzuki had it available by mid-season, though Schwantz didn't use it initially. The "big bang" concept is still used in today's four-stroke MotoGP bikes.

Luca Cadalora claimed his second 250cc crown by a much larger margin than his previous title.^[1] He won five out of the first six races on his Rothmans Honda accumulating such a huge points lead that he could afford to be more conservative in the second half of the season. Fellow Italians Loris Reggiani and Pierfrancesco Chili provided Cadalora's strongest competition.^[1] Reggiani won two races on his factory Aprilia, whilst Chili put in a number of strong performances winning three races, but failing to finish on a number of occasions, and suffered the embarrassment of thinking he had claimed a podium in the fourth round at Jerez, only to realise he had slowed down prematurely and had in fact been warming down on the final lap. Helmut Bradl had a more disappointing 1992 season, having run Cadalora close for the title in the previous year, the German on the HB Honda failed to win a race, and was often off the pace, back in fifth in the championship standings. 1992 saw the emergence of several future 250cc stars, with Max Biaggi, Chili's teammate, winning several pole positions and winning the final round in his debut season and impressing more and more as the season progressed. Loris Capirossi made the step up from 125s to 250s for the 1992 season. He was largely off the pace at the start of the season as he wasn't given a full works Honda initially, but once provided with a Honda much closer to the performance of Cadalora's as he proved he had the speed to be a contender. Similarly, Doriano Romboni's performances improved in the final few races when his HB Honda was upgraded. Former 250 world champion Carlos Lavado retired at the end of the season having had a very low-key 1992, rarely appearing in the points.^[1]

Alessandro Gramigni won the first ever 125cc championship for Aprilia, in a tight championship.^[1] This was despite Gramigni suffering a broken leg in a road bike accident midway through the season and missing a couple of rounds. Former double 125 champion Fausto Gresini had been consistent throughout the season on his Marlboro Honda, but only won one race, finishing second in the championship. Gresini was looking in serious contention for the championship, but had a critical crash when running in second place in the French round. Honda's Ralf Waldmann finished third in the championship, but had led the series for most of the year having won three of the first four races. His dip in form after that saw him rarely finish on the podium in the second half of the season. Ezio Gianola won the most races in the class - four, yet a number of crashes and low finishes meant he finished fourth in the championship on his Honda, this was a marked up-turn in fortune for Gianola who had considered retiring after a disappointing 1991 season. Aprilia's Bruno Casanova also had a much better 1992 than the previous season, finishing fifth in the championship. His only win coming in the closest race of the season at Hockenheim, where the super fast slipstreaming circuit provided a classic 125 race with the lead changing hands almost every lap. Up and coming Dirk Raudies ended the season well with a victory in the penultimate round in Brazil, and 125 veteran Jorge Martinez became the seventh different winner of the season when he won the final round of the season in South Africa.

During 1992 Rainey created the International Motorcycle Racers’ Association (IMRA) to pressure track organizers for safety improvements. Michelin came back from a semi-withdrawal and supplied tires to the Honda, Suzuki and Yamaha teams. The points system was revised to award points to the top 10 finishers only, instead of the top 15.^[1] This system would last for only the 1992 season, a slightly modified version being brought in for 1993, that is still used today.

The calendar was shortened to 13 rounds, with the United States, Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia and Austria losing their races.^[1] The South African Grand Prix was added and the European Grand Prix continued for another year.^[1]

The official 1992 calendar was approved on 28 February 1992.^[2] The following Grands Prix were scheduled to take place in 1992:^[3][4]

Round	Date	Grand Prix	Circuit
1	29 March	Japanese Grand Prix	Suzuka Circuit
2	12 April	Foster's Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix	Eastern Creek Raceway
3	19 April	Malaysia Motorcycle Grand Prix	Shah Alam Circuit
4	10 May	Gran Premio Ducados de España	Circuito Permanente de Jerez
5	24 May	Gran Premio d'Italia	Mugello Circuit
6	31 May	Gran Premio Super Nintendo Entertainment System de Europa	Circuit de Catalunya
7	14 June	Großer Preis von Deutschland Motorräder	Hockenheimring
8	27 June	Dutch TT Assen	TT Circuit Assen
9	12 July	HB Magyar Nagydíj	Hungaroring
10	19 July	Grand Prix de France	Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours
11	2 August	Rothmans British Grand Prix	Donington Park
12	23 August	Brazilian Grand Prix	Autódromo José Carlos Pace
13	6 September	Nashua South African Grand Prix	Kyalami

• The United States, Austrian, San Marino and Czechoslovakian motorcycle Grand Prix races were taken off the calendar due to a demand from Bernie Ecclestone which started to meddle more with motorcycle racing affairs, along with the IRTA.^[5][6][7]
• The Hungarian Grand Prix was added to the calendar after a one-year absence on demand of Bernie Ecclestone, who wanted to get more F1 tracks on the calendar.
• The Brazilian Grand Prix was added on the calendar after a two-year absence. On demand of Bernie Ecclestone, the chosen track became the Interlagos circuit, instead of the previously used Goiânia circuit.
• The French Grand Prix moved from the Paul Ricard circuit to the Magny-Cours circuit on demand of Bernie Ecclestone.
• The South African Grand Prix returned on the calendar after a six-year absence due to apartheid policies in the country. The venue used was the new, redesigned Kyalami circuit.
• The Vitesse du Mans Grand Prix was taken off the calendar.
• The European Grand Prix moved from the Jarama circuit to the newly built Catalunya circuit.
• The Malaysian Grand Prix was moved forward, from 29 September to 19 April.

Round	Date	Race	Location	125cc winner	250cc winner	500cc winner	Report
1	29 March	Japanese Grand Prix	Suzuka	Ralf Waldmann	Luca Cadalora	Mick Doohan	Report
2	12 April	Australian Grand Prix	Eastern Creek	Ralf Waldmann	Luca Cadalora	Mick Doohan	Report
3	19 April	Malaysian Grand Prix	Shah Alam	Alessandro Gramigni	Luca Cadalora	Mick Doohan	Report
4	10 May	Spanish Grand Prix	Jerez	Ralf Waldmann	Loris Reggiani	Mick Doohan	Report
5	24 May	Italian Grand Prix	Mugello	Ezio Gianola	Luca Cadalora	Kevin Schwantz	Report
6	31 May	European Grand Prix	Catalunya	Ezio Gianola	Luca Cadalora	Wayne Rainey	Report
7	14 June	German Grand Prix	Hockenheim	Bruno Casanova	Pierfrancesco Chili	Mick Doohan	Report
8	27 June	Dutch TT	Assen	Ezio Gianola	Pierfrancesco Chili	Àlex Crivillé	Report
9	12 July	Hungarian Grand Prix	Hungaroring	Alessandro Gramigni	Luca Cadalora	Eddie Lawson	Report
10	19 July	French Grand Prix	Magny-Cours	Ezio Gianola	Loris Reggiani	Wayne Rainey	Report
11	2 August	British Grand Prix	Donington	Fausto Gresini	Pierfrancesco Chili	Wayne Gardner	Report
12	23 August	Brazilian Grand Prix	Interlagos	Dirk Raudies	Luca Cadalora	Wayne Rainey	Report
13	6 September	South African Grand Prix	Kyalami	Jorge Martínez	Max Biaggi	John Kocinski	Report

Team Constructor Motorcycle No. Rider Rounds Marlboro Team Roberts Yamaha Yamaha YZR500 1 Wayne Rainey 1–7, 9–13 4 John Kocinski 1–2, 4–13 Rothmans Honda Team Honda Honda NSR500 2 Mick Doohan 1–7, 12–13 Rothmans Kanemoto Honda Honda Honda NSR500 5 Wayne Gardner 1, 5, 7, 9–13 58 Daryl Beattie 2–3 Team HRC Honda Honda NSR500 53 Shinichi Ito 1 58 Daryl Beattie 1 Ducados Yamaha Team Yamaha Yamaha YZR500 6 Juan Garriga All Cagiva Team Agostini Cagiva Cagiva GP500 C592 7 Eddie Lawson All 12 Alex Barros 1–9, 12–13 Global Motorsports/Budweiser Racing Yamaha Yamaha YZR500 8 Randy Mamola All Lucky Strike Suzuki 500 Suzuki Suzuki RGV500 10 Doug Chandler All 34 Kevin Schwantz 1–2, 4–13 S.R.T. Suzuki Suzuki RGV500 55 Keiji Ohishi 1 Millar Racing Yamaha Yamaha YZR500 11 Eddie Laycock All Banco ROC ROC-Yamaha ROC GP1 14 Dominique Sarron 2, 4–13 HEK Racing Team Harris-Yamaha Harris SLS500 15 Cees Doorakkers 2–13 Librenti Corse Librenti Librenti 500 16 Marco Papa 2–8, 10–13 Yamaha France/Banco Yamaha Yamaha YZR500 17 Miguel Duhamel All 19 Niall Mackenzie All 65 Bernard Garcia 10 Rallye-Sport Racing Team Harris-Yamaha Harris SLS500 18 Michael Rudroff All Team Valvoline/WCM ROC-Yamaha ROC GP1 21 Peter Goddard 1–4, 6–7, 11–13 40 Andrew Stroud 9–10 Padgett's Racing Team Harris-Yamaha Harris SLS500 22 Simon Buckmaster 2–8, 12–13 61 Jamie Whitham 11 63 Terry Rymer 11 Uvex Racing Team ROC-Yamaha ROC GP1 23 Niggi Schmassmann 2–13 25 Josef Doppler 2–13 Paton Paton Paton V115 500 24 Lucio Pedercini 2, 4–9, 11–12 MBM Racing Harris-Yamaha Harris SLS500 26 Kevin Mitchell 2–13 62 Carl Fogarty 11 Team ROC Swiss ROC-Yamaha ROC GP1 27 Serge David 2–13 32 Toshiyuki Arakaki 2–13 Campsa Honda Team Honda Honda NSR500 28 Àlex Crivillé All VRP Racing Team VRP VRP 500 GP 29 Andreas Leuthe 4, 8–9, 11–13 Peter Graves Racing Team Harris-Yamaha Harris SLS500 30 Peter Graves 2–5, 7–13 Ville de Paris ROC-Yamaha ROC GP1 31 Thierry Criné 2–10 Ville de Paris - Reims ROC-Yamaha ROC GP1 60 Mike Wilson 13 Ville de Reims ROC-Yamaha ROC GP1 64 Bruno Bonhuil 11 K.C.S. International ROC-Yamaha ROC GP1 33 Corrado Catalano All Team Domina/SVES Racing Harris-Yamaha Harris SLS500 35 Larry Moreno Vacondio 0 (5–6, 9–10) Arciero Racing Team ROC-Yamaha ROC GP1 36 Claude Arciero 4, 6–10 Nivea For Men Team ROC-Yamaha ROC GP1 37 Juan López Mella 4–7, 12–13 Kirin Mets RT Yamaha Yamaha Yamaha YZR500 52 Norihiko Fujiwara 1 An Team Blue Fox Honda Honda NSR500 54 Keiichiro Iwahashi 1 Hiro Racing Team Yamaha Yamaha Yamaha YZR500 56 Toshihiko Honma 1 AM/PM Racing Honda Honda NSR500 57 Satoshi Tsujimoto 1 Grant Nashua Harris-Yamaha Harris SLS500 66 Russell Wood 13 Source: [8] r

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Team Constructor Motorcycle No. Rider Rounds Rothmans Kanemoto Honda Honda Honda NSR250 1 Luca Cadalora All HB Honda Germany Honda Honda NSR250 2 Helmut Bradl All 17 Stefan Prein All Repsol Honda/Cardús Honda Honda NSR250 3 Carlos Cardús 1–6, 10–11 23 Antonio Sanchez 8 Lucky Strike Suzuki 250 Suzuki Suzuki RGV250 4 Wilco Zeelenberg 1–6, 8–13 28 Herri Torrontegui All 41 Nobuyuki Wakai 7 Hero Sports with M-Promotion Honda Honda Honda NSR250 5 Masahiro Shimizu All Marlboro Team Pileri Honda Honda NSR250 6 Loris Capirossi All Telkor Valesi Racing Aprilia Aprilia RSV 250 7 Pierfrancesco Chili All 29 Max Biaggi 1–9, 11–13 Mitsui Yamaha Yamaha Yamaha YZR 250 8 Jochen Schmid All Gilera Racing Team Gilera Aprilia RSV 250 9 Jean-Philippe Ruggia All 14 Carlos Lavado All Gallina/Compagnucci Yamaha Yamaha YZR 250 10 Paolo Casoli All 27 Stefano Caracchi 1–5 67 Michele Gallina 6–13 Team Preining Aprilia Aprilia RSV 250 11 Andy Preining All Euromoto Elf Honda Honda Honda NSR250 12 Jean-Pierre Jeandat 1–8 31 Bernard Cazade All 38 José Kuhn 9–13 JPJ Team Motul Aprilia Aprilia RSV 250 12 Jean-Pierre Jeandat 10 Aprilia Unlimited Jeans Aprilia Aprilia RSV 250 13 Loris Reggiani All HB Racing Team Italy Honda Honda NSR250 15 Doriano Romboni All Ducados DC Sports Aprilia Aprilia RSV 250 16 Alberto Puig All Exact Software-DC Sports Aprilia Aprilia RSV 250 36 Patrick van den Goorbergh All Aprilia-Marushin-Kuhnert Aprilia Aprilia RSV 250 18 Harald Eckl All Jha Racing Honda Honda NSR250 19 Katsuyoshi Kozono All Team Greco Yamaha Yamaha YZR 250 20 Renzo Colleoni 1–5, 7–13 Marlboro Aprilia Mohag Aprilia Aprilia RSV 250 21 Bernard Häenggeli All 25 Eskil Suter All Adi Stadler Racing Honda Honda NSR250 24 Adi Stadler All Rallye Sport Team Munich Aprilia Aprilia RSV 250 26 Bernd Kassner All Honda Suisse Mühlebach Honda Honda NSR250 30 Adrian Bosshard All Melly Racing Team Honda Honda NSR250 32 Yves Briguet All Van den Goorbergh Racing Aprilia Aprilia RSV 250 33 Jurgen van den Goorbergh All Paquexpres / S.S.P. Competition Honda Honda NSR250 34 Luis d'Antin ?? KKN Racing Aprilia Aprilia RSV 250 35 Erkka Korpiaho 1–11 FP Moto Team Aprilia Aprilia RSV 250 37 Frédéric Protat All Team HRC TSR-Honda Honda NSR250 51 Tadayuki Okada 1 Nescafé Can RT Yamaha Yamaha Yamaha YZR 250 52 Tetsuya Harada 1 Cup Noodle Honda TS Kanto Honda Honda NSR250 53 Nobuatsu Aoki 1 Marlboro Yamaha Hong Leong Yamaha Yamaha YZR 250 59 Kuan Meng Heng 3 Yamaha Team Rainey Yamaha Yamaha YZR 250 64 Sete Gibernau 4 Source: [9]

Key Regular Rider Wildcard Rider Replacement Rider

Team Constructor Motorcycle No. Rider Rounds Marlboro Team Pileri Honda Honda RS125R 2 Fausto Gresini 1–10, 12–14 5 Noboru Ueda 1–7, 9–13 Team Pileri Honda Honda RS125R 44 Antonio Sánchez 8 Zwafink Racing Honda Honda RS125R 3 Ralf Waldmann All 22 Oliver Petrucciani All Semprucci IDM Semprucci Pit Lane Honda Honda RS125R 4 Gabriele Debbia All 16 Ezio Gianola All Coronas Elf Honda Honda RS125R 6 Jorge Martínez All 11 Heinz Lüthi All Coronas Aspar Honda Honda RS125R 64 Juan Borja 8 Team Europa Raudies Honda Honda RS125R 8 Dirk Raudies 1–7, 9–13 AGV Team Germany Rotax Rotax 125 GP 9 Peter Öttl 1, 4–13 63 Garry McCoy 2–3 Moto Bum Racing Supply Honda Honda RS125R 10 Nobuyuki Wakai All F.C.C./T.S. Venus Honda Honda RS125R 13 Kazuto Sakata 1–5, 7–13 Exact Software-DC Sports Aprilia Aprilia RS125R 14 Hans Spaan All 30 Arie Molenaar All Scot Racing Team Aprilia Aprilia RS125R 15 Bruno Casanova All 37 Emilio Cuppini 1–5 59 Luis Alvaro 4, 6–13 Gazzaniga Corse Gazzaniga Gazzaniga 125 18 Maurizio Vitali 1–5, 7–9, 11–13 33 Giovanni Palmieri 1–9, 11–13 Team Unemoto Honda Honda RS125R 19 Hisashi Unemoto 1–10 41 Johnny Wickström 11–13 Colin Appleyard Racing Honda Honda RS125R 20 Kinya Wada All 21 Robin Appleyard All Hernández Racing Team Team Parra Aprilia Aprilia RS125R 23 Manuel Hernández All Ditter Plastic-Stauch Honda Honda RS125R 24 Oliver Koch 1–7, 9–10, 12–13 63 Garry McCoy 8 Lazzarini - BYRD/Yamaha Yamaha Yamaha TZ125 25 Giuseppe Fiorillo 1, 4–6, 8–11 26 Gimmi Bosio 1 26 Fausto Ricci 4-5, 8-11 Miralles Racing Team Honda Honda RS125R 27 Julián Miralles 1–5, 7–13 Team+Co Promotion Honda Honda RS125R 28 Alfred Waibel All 29 Hubert Abold All 77 Attila Szabó 9 Carlos Giró Team Aprilia Aprilia RS125R 31 Carlos Giró Jr All Elf Team Kepla Honda Honda RS125R 32 Takao Shimizu All Promotop 41 Honda Honda RS125R 34 Alain Bronec All L B Racing Team Honda Honda RS125R 35 Loek Bodelier All Clarke Racing Team Honda Honda RS125R 36 Steve Patrickson All Driza-Bone Honda Honda RS125R 38 Peter Galvin 1–5, 7–13 Aprilia Unlimited Jeans Aprilia Aprilia RS125R 39 Alessandro Gramigni 1–3, 5–13 Aprilia-Marushin-Kuhnert Aprilia Aprilia RS125R 40 Maik Stief 1–8, 10–13 Tomumeito-Plot-Kohsaka Honda Honda RS125R 52 Akira Saito 1 MBM Racing Honda Honda RS125R 69 Neil Hodgson 11 Team-JMC Honda Honda RS125R 75 Régis Laconi 10 Source: [10]

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Scoring system

Points are awarded to the top ten finishers. A rider has to finish the race to earn points.

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th
Points	20	15	12	10	8	6	4	3	2	1

Pos Rider Bike JPN AUS MAL ESP ITA EUR GER NED HUN FRA GBR BRA RSA Pts 1 Wayne Rainey Yamaha Ret 2 2 2 Ret 1 Ret 5 1 2 1 3 140 2 Mick Doohan Honda 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 12 6 136 3 John Kocinski Yamaha Ret DNQ 5 3 5 5 2 7 3 Ret 2 1 102 4 Kevin Schwantz Suzuki 3 4 4 1 4 2 Ret 4 Ret Ret 7 5 99 5 Doug Chandler Suzuki 2 5 5 10 4 3 8 Ret 2 Ret Ret 3 4 94 6 Wayne Gardner Honda Ret DNQ 3 6 2 1 4 2 78 7 Juan Garriga Yamaha 12 9 4 7 6 10 9 4 8 4 3 Ret 10 61 8 Àlex Crivillé Honda Ret 7 3 Ret 8 Ret 4 1 DNS Ret Ret 6 7 59 9 Eddie Lawson Cagiva 14 6 Ret 11 11 6 6 Ret 1 5 4 11 Ret 56 10 Randy Mamola Yamaha 5 8 7 8 10 9 DNQ 5 3 8 Ret 10 Ret 45 11 Niall Mackenzie Yamaha 7 Ret Ret 3 9 7 Ret 7 14 6 Ret 9 8 37 12 Miguel Duhamel Yamaha Ret 10 Ret 9 7 8 11 6 11 7 7 5 9 34 13 Alex Barros Cagiva 11 12 Ret 12 5 11 7 3 9 8 Ret 29 14 Daryl Beattie Honda DNS 3 6 18 15 Peter Goddard Yamaha Ret 11 8 6 12 10 5 Ret Ret 18 16 Shinichi Ito Honda 4 10 17 Keiji Ohishi Suzuki 6 6 18 Terry Rymer Yamaha 6 6 19 Corrado Catalano Yamaha 16 14 9 20 12 Ret Ret 8 Ret Ret Ret Ret 12 5 20 Eddie Laycock Yamaha Ret Ret 10 Ret 14 19 15 9 10 Ret Ret 20 18 4 21 Toshihiko Honma Yamaha 8 3 22 Michael Rudroff Yamaha 15 18 14 16 16 18 14 11 16 14 8 15 19 3 23 Jamie Whitham Yamaha 9 Ret 2 24 Dominique Sarron Yamaha 15 15 17 17 13 DNS 15 DNS 9 13 17 2 25 Norihiko Fujiwara Yamaha 9 2 26 Toshi Arakaki Yamaha 16 13 18 15 14 Ret 13 Ret 10 10 14 11 2 27 Kevin Mitchell Yamaha 20 11 14 Ret 16 16 10 Ret Ret Ret 16 Ret 1 28 Satoshi Tsujimoto Honda 10 1 Serge David Yamaha 19 15 21 Ret 20 Ret 16 20 12 11 18 20 0 Andrew Stroud Yamaha 12 11 0 Cees Doorakkers Yamaha 17 12 17 19 Ret 19 12 17 13 15 22 Ret 0 Juan Lopez Mella Yamaha 19 18 15 12 13 0 Bruno Bonhuil Yamaha 12 0 Thierry Crine Yamaha 13 Ret 13 13 13 Ret 15 13 0 Nicholas Schmassmann Yamaha 22 16 22 21 21 18 17 Ret 15 13 19 21 0 Keiichiro Iwahashi Honda 13 0 Peter Graves Yamaha Ret Ret Ret 22 21 19 18 16 14 23 22 0 Damon Buckmaster Yamaha 21 Ret Ret 20 Ret 17 14 Ret Ret 0 Russel Wood Yamaha 14 0 Mike Wilson Yamaha 15 0 Marco Papa Librenti Ret Ret 24 Ret 22 Ret 18 18 16 17 16 0 Josef Doppler Yamaha Ret Ret 23 Ret 24 20 21 21 17 Ret Ret 24 0 Andreas Leuthe VRP Ret Ret 19 Ret 21 23 0 Lucio Pedercini Paton Ret Ret Ret 23 22 20 Ret Ret Ret 0 Claude Arciero Yamaha Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 0 Carl Fogarty Yamaha Ret 0 Pos Rider Bike JPN AUS MAL ESP ITA EUR GER NED HUN FRA GBR BRA RSA Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Did not arrive (DNA) Excluded (EX) Bold – Pole Position

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Place	Rider	Number	Country	Team	Machine	Points	Wins
1	Luca Cadalora	1	Italy	Rothmans-Honda	NSR250	203	7
2	Loris Reggiani	13	Italy	Unlimited Jeans-Aprilia	RSV250	159	2
3	Pierfrancesco Chili	7	Italy	Telkor Valesi-Aprilia	RSV250	119	3
4	Helmut Bradl	2	Germany	HB-Honda Germany	NSR250	89	0
5	Max Biaggi	29	Italy	Telkor Valesi-Aprilia	RSV250	78	1
6	Alberto Puig	16	Spain	Ducados-Aprilia	RSV250	71	0
7	Jochen Schmid	8	Germany	Mitsui-Yamaha	YZR250	58	0
8	Carlos Cardús	3	Spain	Repsol-Honda	NSR250	48	0
9	Masahiro Shimizu	5	Japan	Hero Sports-Honda	NSR250	46	0
10	Doriano Romboni	15	Italy	HB-Honda Italy	NSR250	43	0
11	Wilco Zeelenberg	4	Netherlands	Lucky Strike Suzuki 250		38	0
12	Loris Capirossi	6	Italy	Marlboro Team Pileri	NSR250	27	0
13	Tadayuki Okada	51	Japan	Team HRC	TSR-Honda	15	0
14	Nobuatsu Aoki	53	Japan	Cup Noodle Honda	NSR250	12	0
15	Herri Torrontegui	28	Spain	Lucky Strike Suzuki 250		11	0
16	Andy Preining	11	Austria	Team Preining-Aprilia	RSV250	6
17	Jean Philippe Ruggia					6
18	Noboiuki Wakai					4
19	Carlos Lavado					4
20	Kyoji Nanba					3
21	Paolo Casoli					3
22	Bernard Haenggeli					2
22	Stefan Prein					2
22	Patrick van de Goorbergh					2
25	Jurgen van de Goorbergh					2
26	Bernd Kassner					1
26	Jean Pierre Jeandat					1

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Place	Rider	Number	Country	Machine	Points	Wins
1	Alessandro Gramigni	7	Italy	Aprilia	134	2
2	Fausto Gresini	2	Italy	Honda	118	1
3	Ralf Waldmann	3	Germany	Honda	112	3
4	Ezio Gianola	16	Italy	Honda	105	4
5	Bruno Casanova	15	Italy	Aprilia	96	1
6	Dirk Raudies	8	Germany	Honda	91	1
7	Jorge Martínez	6	Spain	Honda	83	1
8	Gabriele Debbia	4	Italy	Honda	58	0
9	Noboru Ueda	5	Japan	Honda	57	0
10	Nobuyuki Wakai	10	Japan	Honda	52	0
11	Kazuto Sakata				42
12	Carlos Giro Jr.				39
13	Hans Spaan				12
14	Peter Oettl				10
15	Oliver Petrucciani				9
16	Oliver Koch				9
17	Akira Saito				8
18	Takao Shimizu				5
19	Kinya Wada				5
20	Yu Fujiwara				4
21	Stefan Kurfiss				3
22	Heinz Lüthi				1

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