1992 Brazilian Grand Prix

 1992 Brazilian Grand Prix

Racing data
3rd of 16 races in the 1992 Formula 1 World Championship
Surname:	Grande Prêmio do Brasil
Date:	April 5, 1992
Place:	São Paulo
Course:	Autódromo José Carlos Pace
Length:	307.075 km in 71 laps of 4.325 km
Weather:	cloudy but warm
Spectator:	~ 40,000
Pole position
Driver:	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Renault
Time:	1: 15.703 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Riccardo Patrese	Williams-Renault
Time:	1: 19.490 min (lap 34)
Podium
First:	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Renault
Second:	Riccardo Patrese	Williams-Renault
Third:	Michael sSchumacher	Benetton-Ford

The 1992 Brazilian Grand Prix took place in São Paulo on April 5 and was the third race of the 1992 Formula 1 World Championship .

Reports

background

McLaren traveled to Brazil for the third World Championship round of the year with a total of six racing cars . These were three copies of the MP4 / 6B that had been in use until then, all of which were available as replacement vehicles, as well as three copies of the new MP4 / 7A , which was to take part in a Grand Prix for the first time this weekend.

The Andrea Moda Formula team was present again and managed to get the two S921 racing cars ready to go until shortly before the end of the registration period . Since the Formula 1 newcomer Perry McCarthy, who was to be the second driver, did not have a super license , only one of the two cars was approved for Roberto Moreno for the race weekend.

training

With Moreno's participation, 31 pilots competed for the first time in the current season to qualify for one of the 26 starting positions. Since only 30 vehicles were still allowed for the regular training units, the pre-qualification procedure that was already known from previous years had to be carried out on Friday morning. In addition to Roberto Moreno, the two Larrousse pilots Bertrand Gachot and Ukyō Katayama as well as Michele Alboreto for Footwork and Andrea Chiesa for Fondmetal had to take part. Moreno retired, so that Andrea Moda was again unable to participate in the race.

On the third race weekend of the year , the two Williams drivers Nigel Mansell and Riccardo Patrese secured the front row for the third time with lap times that were almost two seconds shorter than the McLaren drivers Ayrton Senna and Gerhard Berger , who qualified for the second row. Michael Schumacher and Jean Alesi shared the third row in front of Martin Brundle and Pierluigi Martini .

run

Since Berger's engine could not be started in time for the warm-up lap, the Austrian had to start from the pit lane. Mansell didn't get off to a good start, so he had to defend himself against Schumacher and Senna while his team-mate Patrese took the lead. During the first lap, Senna overtook Schumacher on the outside of a curve.

The dominance of the two Williams FW14Bs was evident in the fact that the two drivers were able to set themselves apart from the rest of the field, although they dueled for the top position during the following laps. On lap 13, Schumacher again found a way to overtake Senna. A little later he also fell behind Alesi and Brundle and was finally eliminated on lap 17 due to an electronic defect.

Thierry Boutsen and Johnny Herbert were eliminated after colliding in the battle for seventh place. The second Ligier driver Érik Comas had to retire a little later due to a gearbox damage.

With the victory of Nigel Mansell in front of Riccardo Patrese and Michael Schumacher, the podium was the same as two weeks earlier at the Mexican Grand Prix . The third one-two victory in the third race meant the maximum possible number of points for both Team Williams and Mansell and Patrese. Jean Alesi crossed the finish line in fourth ahead of his team-mate Ivan Capelli . The pre-qualifier Michele Alboreto finished sixth.

Registration list

team	No.	driver	chassis	engine	tires
Honda Marlboro McLaren	1	Ayrton Senna	McLaren MP4 / 7A	Honda RA122E 3.5 V12	G
	2	Gerhard Berger
Tyrrell Racing Organization	3	Olivier Grouillard	Tyrrell 020B	Ilmor 2175A 3.5 V10	G
	4th	Andrea de Cesaris
Canon Williams team	5	Nigel Mansell	Williams FW14B	Renault RS3C 3.5 V10	G
	6th	Riccardo Patrese
Motor Racing Developments	7th	Eric van de Poele	Brabham BT60B	Judd GV 3.5 V10	G
	8th	Giovanna Amati
Footwork Mugen Honda	9	Michele Alboreto	Footwork FA13	Mugen-Honda MF-351H 3.5 V10	G
	10	Aguri Suzuki
Team Lotus	11	Mika Hakkinen	Lotus 102D	Ford Cosworth HB 3.5 V8	G
	12	Johnny Herbert
Fund metal	14th	Andrea Chiesa	Fund metal GR01		G
	15th	Gabriele Tarquini
March F1	16	Karl Wendlinger	March CG911	Ilmor 2175A 3.5 V10	G
	17th	Paul Belmondo
Camel Benetton Ford	19th	Michael sSchumacher	Benetton B191B	Ford Cosworth HB 3.5 V8	G
	20th	Martin Brundle
BMS Scuderia Italia	21st	JJ Lehto	Dallara 192	Ferrari 037 3.5 V12	G
	22nd	Pierluigi Martini
Minardi team	23	Christian Fittipaldi	Minardi M191B	Lamborghini 3512 3.5 V12	G
	24	Gianni Morbidelli
Ligier Gitanes Blondes	25th	Thierry Boutsen	Ligier JS37	Renault RS3C 3.5 V10	G
	26th	Érik Comas
Scuderia Ferrari	27	Jean Alesi	Ferrari F92A	Ferrari 040 3.5 V12	G
	28	Ivan Capelli
Central Park Venturi Larrousse	29	Bertrand Gachot	Venturi LC92	Lamborghini 3512 3.5 V12	G
	30th	Ukyō Katayama
Sasol Jordan Yamaha	32	Stefano Modena	Jordan 192	Yamaha OX99 3.5 V12	G
	33	Maurício Gugelmin
Andrea Moda Formula	34	Roberto Moreno	Andrea Moda S921	Judd GV 3.5 V10	G

Classifications

Qualifying

Item	driver	constructor	Pre-qualification		1. Qualification training		2. Qualification training		begin
			time	Ø speed	time	Ø speed	time	Ø speed
01	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Renault	-	-	1: 15.703	205.672 km / h	1: 16.091	204.623 km / h	01
02	Riccardo Patrese	Williams-Renault	-	-	1: 17.591	200.668 km / h	1: 16.894	202.487 km / h	02
03	Ayrton Senna	McLaren Honda	-	-	1: 19.358	196,200 km / h	1: 17.902	199.866 km / h	03
04th	Gerhard Berger	McLaren Honda	-	-	1: 19.277	196.400 km / h	1: 18.416	198.556 km / h	04th
05	Michael sSchumacher	Benetton-Ford	-	-	1: 18.541	198.240 km / h	1: 18.582	198.137 km / h	05
06th	Jean Alesi	Ferrari	-	-	1: 19.340	196.244 km / h	1: 18.647	197.973 km / h	06th
07th	Martin Brundle	Benetton-Ford	-	-	1: 19.488	195.879 km / h	1: 18.711	197.812 km / h	07th
08th	Pierluigi Martini	Dallara-Ferrari	-	-	1: 18.953	197.206 km / h	1: 20.018	194.581 km / h	08th
09	Karl Wendlinger	March-Ilmor	-	-	1: 19.897	194.876 km / h	1: 19.007	197.071 km / h	09
10	Thierry Boutsen	Ligier-Renault	-	-	1: 20.823	192.643 km / h	1: 19.038	196.994 km / h	10
11	Ivan Capelli	Ferrari	-	-	1: 19.895	194.881 km / h	1: 19,300	196.343 km / h	11
12	Stefano Modena	Jordan-Yamaha	-	-	1: 19.344	196.234 km / h	1: 19.314	196.308 km / h	12
13	Andrea de Cesaris	Tyrrell-Ilmor	-	-	1: 19.343	196.237 km / h	1: 19.497	195.856 km / h	13
14th	Michele Alboreto	Footwork Mugen Honda	1: 22.346	189.080 km / h	1: 19.533	195.768 km / h	1: 20.159	194.239 km / h	14th
15th	Érik Comas	Ligier-Renault	-	-	1: 19.541	195.748 km / h	1: 19.537	195.758 km / h	15th
16	JJ Lehto	Dallara-Ferrari	-	-	1: 20.502	193.411 km / h	1: 19.834	195.030 km / h	16
17th	Olivier Grouillard	Tyrrell-Ilmor	-	-	1: 21.930	190.040 km / h	1: 19.849	194.993 km / h	17th
18th	Bertrand Gachot	Venturi Lamborghini	1: 22.161	189.506 km / h	1: 20.413	193.625 km / h	1: 19.927	194.803 km / h	18th
19th	Gabriele Tarquini	Fond metal Ford	-	-	1: 20.533	193.337 km / h	1: 19.993	194.642 km / h	19th
20th	Christian Fittipaldi	Minardi-Lamborghini	-	-	1: 21.019	192.177 km / h	1: 20.133	194.302 km / h	20th
21st	Maurício Gugelmin	Jordan-Yamaha	-	-	1: 20.817	192.657 km / h	1: 20.266	193.980 km / h	21st
22nd	Aguri Suzuki	Footwork Mugen Honda	-	-	1: 20.891	192.481 km / h	1: 20.435	193.572 km / h	22nd
23	Gianni Morbidelli	Minardi-Lamborghini	-	-	1: 20.445	193.548 km / h	1: 20.862	192.550 km / h	23
24	Mika Hakkinen	Lotus Ford	-	-	1: 20.577	193.231 km / h	1: 20.734	192.856 km / h	24
25th	Ukyō Katayama	Venturi Lamborghini	1: 23.272	186.978 km / h	1: 21.568	190.884 km / h	1: 20.648	193.061 km / h	25th
26th	Johnny Herbert	Lotus Ford	-	-	1: 21.161	191.841 km / h	1: 20.650	193.056 km / h	26th
DNQ	Andrea Chiesa	Fond metal Ford	1: 22.860	187.907 km / h	-	-	1: 20.809	192.677 km / h	-
DNQ	Paul Belmondo	March-Ilmor	-	-	1: 20.886	192.493 km / h	1: 22.875	187.873 km / h	-
DNQ	Eric van de Poele	Brabham-Judd	-	-	1: 22.742	188.175 km / h	1: 21.770	190.412 km / h	-
DNQ	Giovanna Amati	Brabham-Judd	-	-	1: 30.420	172.196 km / h	1: 26.645	179.699 km / h	-
DNPQ	Roberto Moreno	Andrea Moda-Judd	1: 38.569	157.960 km / h	-	-	-	-	-

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	begin	Fastest lap	Failure reason
01	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Renault	71	1	1: 36: 51.856	01	1: 19.682
02	Riccardo Patrese	Williams-Renault	71	1	+ 29,330	02	1: 19.490
03	Michael sSchumacher	Benetton-Ford	70	1	+ 1 lap	05	1: 21.625
04th	Jean Alesi	Ferrari	70	1	+ 1 lap	06th	1: 22.048
05	Ivan Capelli	Ferrari	70	1	+ 1 lap	11	1: 22.116
06th	Michele Alboreto	Footwork Mugen Honda	70	0	+ 1 lap	14th	1: 22.217
07th	Gianni Morbidelli	Minardi-Lamborghini	69	0	+ 2 rounds	23	1: 22.160
08th	JJ Lehto	Dallara-Ferrari	69	0	+ 2 rounds	16	1: 22.445
09	Ukyō Katayama	Venturi Lamborghini	68	0	+ 3 rounds	25th	1: 22.712
10	Mika Hakkinen	Lotus Ford	67	0	+ 4 rounds	24	1: 22.593
-	Gabriele Tarquini	Fond metal Ford	62	0	DNF	19th	1: 21.028	Engine failure
-	Karl Wendlinger	March-Ilmor	55	1	DNF	09	1: 21.851	Clutch damage
-	Christian Fittipaldi	Minardi-Lamborghini	54	0	DNF	20th	1: 22.597	Gearbox damage
-	Olivier Grouillard	Tyrrell-Ilmor	52	0	DNF	17th	1: 22.091	Engine failure
-	Érik Comas	Ligier-Renault	42	0	DNF	15th	1: 22.129	Gearbox damage
-	Johnny Herbert	Lotus Ford	36	0	DNF	26th	1: 22.771	collision
-	Thierry Boutsen	Ligier-Renault	36	0	DNF	10	1: 22.180	collision
-	Maurício Gugelmin	Jordan-Yamaha	36	0	DNF	21st	1: 22.722	Gearbox damage
-	Martin Brundle	Benetton-Ford	30th	1	DNF	07th	1: 22.019	collision
-	Pierluigi Martini	Dallara-Ferrari	24	0	DNF	08th	1: 23.047	Clutch damage
-	Bertrand Gachot	Venturi Lamborghini	23	0	DNF	18th	1: 23.524	Suspension damage
-	Andrea de Cesaris	Tyrrell-Ilmor	21st	0	DNF	13	1: 23.241	Engine failure
-	Ayrton Senna	McLaren Honda	17th	0	DNF	03	1: 23.101	Electronics failure
-	Gerhard Berger	McLaren Honda	04th	0	DNF	04th	1: 23.601	Electronics failure
-	Aguri Suzuki	Footwork Mugen Honda	02	0	DNF	22nd	1: 39,300	Engine failure
-	Stefano Modena	Jordan-Yamaha	01	0	DNF	12	2: 08.611	Gearbox damage

World Cup stands after the race

The first six of the race got 10, 6, 4, 3, 2 and 1 point (s) respectively.

Driver ranking

Item driver constructor Points 01  Nigel Mansell Williams-Renault 30th 02  Riccardo Patrese Williams-Renault 18th 03  Michael sSchumacher Benetton-Ford 11 04th  Gerhard Berger McLaren Honda 5 05  Ayrton Senna McLaren Honda 4th 06th  Jean Alesi Ferrari 3

Item driver constructor Points 07th  Andrea de Cesaris Tyrrell-Ilmor 2 08th  Ivan Capelli Ferrari 2 09  Michele Alboreto Footwork Mugen Honda 1 10  Mika Hakkinen Lotus Ford 1 11  Johnny Herbert Lotus Ford 1

Constructors' championship

Item constructor Points 01  Williams-Renault 48 02  Benetton-Ford 11 03  McLaren Honda 9 04th  Ferrari 5

Item constructor Points 05  Tyrrell-Ilmor 2 06th  Lotus Ford 2 07th  Footwork Mugen Honda 1

Individual evidence

1. ^ "Training" ( Memento of January 12, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) (Motorsportarchiv.de; accessed on January 8, 2014)
2. ^ "Report" (accessed on January 8, 2014)
3. ^ "World Championship stands" ( Memento from January 12, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) (Motorsportarchiv.de; accessed on January 8, 2014)

Web links

• Race result on the official Formula 1 website
• Race result on "Motorsportarchiv.de"