1992 Australian Grand Prix

 1992 Australian Grand Prix

Racing data
16th of 16 races in the 1992 Formula 1 World Championship
Surname:	Foster's Australian Grand Prix
Date:	November 8, 1992
Place:	Adelaide
Course:	Adelaide Street Circuit
Length:	306.18 km in 81 laps of 3.78 km
Weather:	cloudy but warm
Spectator:	~ 100,000
Pole position
Driver:	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Renault
Time:	1: 13.732 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Michael sSchumacher	Benetton-Ford
Time:	1: 16.078 min (lap 68)
Podium
First:	Gerhard Berger	McLaren Honda
Second:	Michael sSchumacher	Benetton-Ford
Third:	Martin Brundle	Benetton-Ford

The 1992 Australian Grand Prix took place on November 8th as the 16th and final race of the 1992 Formula 1 World Championship on the Adelaide Street Circuit .

Reports

background

The same field of participants that had contested the Japanese Grand Prix two weeks earlier also completed the season finale in Australia.

training

Nigel Mansell qualified for pole position from Ayrton Senna . Their respective teammates Riccardo Patrese and Gerhard Berger followed in the second row, ahead of Michael Schumacher , Jean Alesi , Andrea de Cesaris and Martin Brundle .

run

While Mansell took the lead ahead of Senna, Pierluigi Martini , Olivier Grouillard and Michele Alboreto collided further down the field . Maurício Gugelmin , who was also easily involved in the accident, was initially able to continue the race. However, he had an accident a few laps later due to a brake failure, as a brake line had been damaged in the course of the collision.

On lap 19, Mansell slowed suddenly. Senna, who did not expect this and did not react quickly enough, crashed into the rear of his competitor and later accused him of intent after both were eliminated. Patrese and Berger then dueled for the lead until Berger fell back to third place behind Schumacher after a pit stop on lap 34. When the latter also stopped a little later, the two of them swapped positions again. Patrese, who planned to complete the race without changing tires in the meantime, retired after 50 laps due to an engine failure.

Berger won ahead of Schumacher, Brundle and Alesi. With Thierry Boutsen and Stefano Modena in fifth and sixth, two drivers scored their first and therefore only championship points of the year in the last race of the season.

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
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 107	Ford Cosworth HB 3.5 V8	G
	12	Johnny Herbert
March F1	16	Jan Lammers	March CG911	Ilmor 2175A 3.5 V10	G
	17th	Emanuele Naspetti
Camel Benetton Ford	19th	Michael sSchumacher	Benetton B192	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 M192	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 F92AT	Ferrari 040 3.5 V12	G
	28	Nicola Larini	Ferrari F92A
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

Classifications

Qualifying

Item	driver	constructor	1. Qualification training		2. Qualification training		begin
			time	Ø speed	time	Ø speed
01	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Renault	1: 13.732	184.560 km / h	1: 15.133	181.119 km / h	01
02	Ayrton Senna	McLaren Honda	1: 14.202	183.391 km / h	1: 14.416	182.864 km / h	02
03	Riccardo Patrese	Williams-Renault	1: 14.370	182.977 km / h	1: 15.895	179.300 km / h	03
04th	Gerhard Berger	McLaren Honda	1: 15.114	181.165 km / h	1: 15.688	179.791 km / h	04th
05	Michael sSchumacher	Benetton-Ford	1: 15.210	180.933 km / h	1: 16.613	177.620 km / h	05
06th	Jean Alesi	Ferrari	1: 16.091	178.838 km / h	1: 17.213	176.240 km / h	06th
07th	Andrea de Cesaris	Tyrrell-Ilmor	1: 16.440	178.022 km / h	1: 17.333	175.966 km / h	07th
08th	Martin Brundle	Benetton-Ford	1: 16.562	177.738 km / h	1: 17.674	175.194 km / h	08th
09	Érik Comas	Ligier-Renault	1: 16.727	177.356 km / h	1: 17.856	174.784 km / h	09
10	Mika Hakkinen	Lotus Ford	1: 16.863	177.042 km / h	1: 17.868	174.757 km / h	10
11	Michele Alboreto	Footwork Mugen Honda	1: 16.937	176.872 km / h	1: 17.621	175.313 km / h	11
12	Johnny Herbert	Lotus Ford	1: 16.944	176.856 km / h	1: 18.099	174.240 km / h	12
13	Olivier Grouillard	Tyrrell-Ilmor	1: 17.037	176.642 km / h	1: 19.017	172.216 km / h	13
14th	Pierluigi Martini	Dallara-Ferrari	1: 17.047	176.619 km / h	1: 18.043	174.365 km / h	14th
15th	Stefano Modena	Jordan-Yamaha	1: 17.231	176.199 km / h	1: 18.790	172.712 km / h	15th
16	Gianni Morbidelli	Minardi-Lamborghini	1: 17.333	175.966 km / h	1: 19.661	170.824 km / h	16
17th	Christian Fittipaldi	Minardi-Lamborghini	1: 17.367	175.889 km / h	1: 19.441	171.297 km / h	17th
18th	Aguri Suzuki	Footwork Mugen Honda	1: 17.409	175.794 km / h	1: 19.589	170.978 km / h	18th
19th	Nicola Larini	Ferrari	1: 17.465	175.666 km / h	1: 18.618	173.090 km / h	19th
20th	Maurício Gugelmin	Jordan-Yamaha	1: 17.805	174.899 km / h	1: 19.735	170.665 km / h	20th
21st	Bertrand Gachot	Venturi Lamborghini	1: 17.808	174.892 km / h	1: 18.477	173.401 km / h	21st
22nd	Thierry Boutsen	Ligier-Renault	1: 17.957	174.558 km / h	1: 17.976	174.515 km / h	22nd
23	Emanuele Naspetti	March-Ilmor	-	-	1: 18.138	174.153 km / h	23
24	JJ Lehto	Dallara-Ferrari	1: 18.565	173.207 km / h	1: 18.891	172.491 km / h	24
25th	Jan Lammers	March-Ilmor	-	-	1: 18.843	172.596 km / h	25th
26th	Ukyō Katayama	Venturi Lamborghini	1: 18.862	172.555 km / h	1: 20.306	169.452 km / h	26th

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	begin	Fastest lap	Failure reason
01	Gerhard Berger	McLaren Honda	81	1	1: 46: 54.766	04th	1: 16.807
02	Michael sSchumacher	Benetton-Ford	81	1	+ 0.741	05	1: 16.078
03	Martin Brundle	Benetton-Ford	81	1	+ 54.156	08th	1: 17.877
04th	Jean Alesi	Ferrari	80	0	+ 1 lap	06th	1: 19.119
05	Thierry Boutsen	Ligier-Renault	80	0	+ 1 lap	22nd	1: 18.398
06th	Stefano Modena	Jordan-Yamaha	80	0	+ 1 lap	15th	1: 18.888
07th	Mika Hakkinen	Lotus Ford	80	0	+ 1 lap	10	1: 18.950
08th	Aguri Suzuki	Footwork Mugen Honda	79	0	+ 2 rounds	18th	1: 19.092
09	Christian Fittipaldi	Minardi-Lamborghini	79	0	+ 2 rounds	17th	1: 18,956
10	Gianni Morbidelli	Minardi-Lamborghini	79	0	+ 2 rounds	16	1: 19.737
11	Nicola Larini	Ferrari	79	0	+ 2 rounds	19th	1: 19.202
12	Jan Lammers	March-Ilmor	78	0	+ 3 rounds	25th	1: 19.568
13	Johnny Herbert	Lotus Ford	77	1	+ 4 rounds	12	1: 18.572
-	JJ Lehto	Dallara-Ferrari	70	0	DNF	24	1: 19.407	Gearbox damage
-	Emanuele Naspetti	March-Ilmor	55	0	DNF	23	1: 21.053	Gearbox damage
-	Bertrand Gachot	Venturi Lamborghini	51	0	DNF	21st	1: 19.895	Engine failure
-	Riccardo Patrese	Williams-Renault	50	0	DNF	03	1: 18.069	Fuel pressure drop
-	Ukyō Katayama	Venturi Lamborghini	35	0	DNF	26th	1: 21.502	Differential damage
-	Andrea de Cesaris	Tyrrell-Ilmor	29	0	DNF	07th	1: 20.607	Engine failure
-	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Renault	18th	0	DNF	01	1: 17.823	collision
-	Ayrton Senna	McLaren Honda	18th	0	DNF	02	1: 17.818	collision
-	Maurício Gugelmin	Jordan-Yamaha	07th	0	DNF	20th	1: 22.318	accident
-	Érik Comas	Ligier-Renault	04th	0	DNF	09	1: 24.629	Engine failure
-	Michele Alboreto	Footwork Mugen Honda	00	0	DNF	11	-	accident
-	Olivier Grouillard	Tyrrell-Ilmor	00	0	DNF	13	-	collision
-	Pierluigi Martini	Dallara-Ferrari	00	0	DNF	14th	-	collision

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 108 02  Riccardo Patrese Williams-Renault 56 03  Michael sSchumacher Benetton-Ford 53 04th  Ayrton Senna McLaren Honda 50 05  Gerhard Berger McLaren Honda 49 06th  Martin Brundle Benetton-Ford 38 07th  Jean Alesi Ferrari 18th 08th  Mika Hakkinen Lotus Ford 11 09  Andrea de Cesaris Tyrrell-Ilmor 8th 10  Michele Alboreto Footwork Mugen Honda 6th

Item driver constructor Points 11  Érik Comas Ligier-Renault 4th 12  Karl Wendlinger March-Ilmor 3 13  Ivan Capelli Ferrari 3 14th  Pierluigi Martini Dallara-Ferrari 2 15th  Thierry Boutsen Ligier-Renault 2 16  Johnny Herbert Lotus Ford 2 17th  Bertrand Gachot Venturi Lamborghini 1 18th  Christian Fittipaldi Minardi-Lamborghini 1 19th  Stefano Modena Jordan-Yamaha 1

Constructors' championship

Item constructor Points 01  Williams-Renault 164 02  McLaren Honda 99 03  Benetton-Ford 91 04th  Ferrari 21st 05  Lotus Ford 13 06th  Tyrrell-Ilmor 8th 07th  Footwork Mugen Honda 6th

Item constructor Points 08th  Ligier-Renault 6th 09  March-Ilmor 3 10  Dallara-Ferrari 2 11  Venturi Lamborghini 1 12  Minardi-Lamborghini 1 13  Jordan-Yamaha 1

Individual evidence

1. ^ "Training" ( Memento from March 5, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) (Motorsportarchiv.de; accessed on February 22, 2014)
2. ^ "Report" (accessed on February 22, 2014)
3. ^ "World Cup stands" ( Memento from February 10, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) (Motorsportarchiv.de; accessed on February 22, 2014)

Web links

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