1992 Dutch TT

The 1992 Dutch TT was the eighth round of the 1992 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 25th-27th June, 1992 at the TT Circuit Assen located in Assen, Netherlands.

500 cc race report

Wayne Rainey couldn’t complete practice because of his injured wrist and ankle, and team manager Kenny Roberts wouldn’t let him ride with pain medication, so Rainey left Assen.

Mick Doohan crashes during first qualifying, and suffers a double-fracture of the right leg; complications from the injury will keep him from racing until Brazil. Wayne Gardner also crashes and suffers a concussion. Randy Mamola, Kevin Schwantz and Niall Mackenzie also crash pre-race.

Eddie Lawson has been setting fast lap times, and is favored to win.

Schwantz gets the start, then Lawson and Alex Barros; John Kocinski down the field with a bad start.

Doug Chandler joins the 3 at the front, but crashes out. Juan Garriga and Àlex Crivillé battle for 4th.

Lawson stalking Schwantz, but can’t get past him. On the 7th lap, Lawson tries to pass Schwantz on the straight but can’t clear the Suzuki, so Lawson stays on the inside and attempts a block pass, but Schwantz is committed on a wide line and it’s a game of chicken where neither backs down. Schwantz comes across the front of Lawson and Lawson touches Schwantz’ back tire, just enough to make it hop and bring the Suzuki down. It’s poetic justice for Lawson as Schwantz’ bike falls in front of him and he can’t avoid hitting it and crashes. Schwantz goes into some reinforced bales and Lawson tumbles hard into a ditch, but Lawson is able to walk away while Schwantz has to be carried off with a broken arm.

Barros is now in the lead, but Garriga and Crivillé have caught him. Kocinski back a ways in 4th.

Crivillé and Barros exchange the lead. Garriga makes a mistake and Kocinski moves into 3rd. He then catches Crivillé they go at it.

Barros makes a small mistake and drops back to 4th. Kocinski is now at the head of the quartet.

Crivillé gets to the front and Barros to 2nd, but Kocinski takes 2nd before the line. This is Crivillé’s first 500 win, and in his premier-class rookie season.

Schwantz: "As far as the accident goes, I say it's his fault, he says it's my fault. We'll argue about that until both of our racing days and probably our days in general are over, it'll be an argument between Eddie and myself. It is the same with everybody, if you look at it biased one way or the other, that is the way you are going to see it. I was in front, that's my only argument, I didn't know where he was. I sure as hell didn't know he was coming up the inside." [Schwantz, Kevin: [http://kevinschwantz.com/html/static.php?file=blurredpast14.htm "Blurred Past"] kevinschwantz.com 1994.]

500cc classification

References

MotoGP_race_report
Name_of_race = Dutch TT
Year_of_race = 1992
Previous_race_in_season = 1992 German Grand Prix
Next_race_in_season = 1992 Hungarian Grand Prix
Previous_year's_race = 1991 Dutch TT
Next_year's_race = 1993 Dutch TT