1992 Belgian Grand Prix

 1992 Belgian Grand Prix

Racing data
12th of 16 races in the 1992 Formula 1 World Championship
Surname:	Belgian Grand Prix
Date:	August 30, 1992
Place:	spa
Course:	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps
Length:	306.856 km in 44 laps of 6.974 km
Weather:	cloudy, occasional rain
Spectator:	~ 76,000
Pole position
Driver:	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Renault
Time:	1: 50.545 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Michael sSchumacher	Benetton-Ford
Time:	1: 53.791 min (lap 39)
Podium
First:	Michael sSchumacher	Benetton-Ford
Second:	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Renault
Third:	Riccardo Patrese	Williams-Renault

The 1992 Belgian Grand Prix took place on August 30th at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps near Spa and was the twelfth race of the 1992 Formula 1 World Championship .

Reports

background

For financial reasons, the traditional Brabham team decided to withdraw from Formula 1 immediately and permanently.

In favor of the debutant Emanuele Naspetti , who brought sponsorship money with him, Paul Belmondo had to vacate his place at March . Christian Fittipaldi returned to the Minardi team instead of substitute driver Alessandro Zanardi after a break of several weeks due to injury .

The Scuderia Ferrari brought a copy of a further developed version of the F92A to the start. The car was called F92AT and was piloted by Jean Alesi .

The Italian team Andrea Moda Formula was here for the last time at a Grand Prix. In the night from Friday to Saturday, the team boss Andrea Sassetti was arrested by the Belgian police on suspicion of check fraud. Thereupon the FISA excluded the team from further participation in the world championship.

training

As a result of Brabham's withdrawal, the registration list consisted of exactly 30 pilots. Since this was the maximum number allowed to participate in the training, a pre-qualification was not necessary.

During the first free practice session on Friday morning, Érik Comas had such a serious accident in the fast Blanchimont corner that he lost consciousness for 17 minutes. He did not take part in the rest of the race weekend.

Nigel Mansell secured his tenth pole position of the year ahead of Ayrton Senna , Michael Schumacher , Riccardo Patrese , Jean Alesi and Gerhard Berger . Thierry Boutsen and Mika Häkkinen formed the fourth row ahead of Martin Brundle and Johnny Herbert .

The lap times achieved during the first qualifying round on Friday could not be beaten on Saturday due to rain. Nevertheless, some pilots took to the track to test the behavior of their vehicles on rain tires. This led to two more serious accidents by Gerhard Berger and Pierluigi Martini , each caused by aquaplaning . Both pilots were uninjured.

run

While Senna took the lead ahead of Mansell and Patrese, Berger's McLaren MP4 / 7A suffered a clutch defect. However, the following pilots managed to avoid the stalled car in time. On the second lap, Mansell passed Senna on the Blanchimont curve.

When it started to rain after a few minutes, Mansell was one of the first to head for the pits to have rain tires fitted. Patrese, who had also passed Senna shortly before, took the lead. When he too turned into the pit lane to change tires, Senna, who was speculating that the rain would only last for a short time, took the lead. As this turned out to be incorrect, he had his tires changed after ten laps, which put Mansell back in the lead. Patrese followed in second place ahead of Schumacher.

As the track dried up increasingly, Schumacher decided on lap 30 after a small driving error in the Stavelot area to switch back to slicks. The two Williams drivers initially did not react to this and lost time with Schumacher with their worn rain tires. This took the lead in the 34th lap in front of the two. His teammate Brundle was fourth ahead of Häkkinen and Senna. Due to a defect in the exhaust of his car, Mansell fell further behind the leader Schumacher. Patrese struggled with a similar problem, but was still able to defend third place against Brundle. On the third to last lap, Senna overtook Häkkinen and was fifth.

Michael Schumacher scored his first Grand Prix victory and the Williams team secured the Constructors' World Championship in 1992.

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
Fund metal	14th	Eric van de Poele	Fund metal GR02		G
	15th	Gabriele Tarquini
March F1	16	Karl Wendlinger	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	Ivan Capelli	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
Andrea Moda Formula	34	Roberto Moreno	Andrea Moda S921	Judd GV 3.5 V10	G
	35	Perry McCarthy

Classifications

Qualifying

Item	driver	constructor	1. Qualification training		2. Qualification training		begin
			time	Ø speed	time	Ø speed
01	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Renault	1: 50.545	227.115 km / h	2: 07.693	196.615 km / h	01
02	Ayrton Senna	McLaren Honda	1: 52.743	222.687 km / h	2: 14.983	185.997 km / h	02
03	Michael sSchumacher	Benetton-Ford	1: 53.221	221.747 km / h	2: 11.770	190.532 km / h	03
04th	Riccardo Patrese	Williams-Renault	1: 53.557	221.091 km / h	-	-	04th
05	Jean Alesi	Ferrari	1: 54.438	219.389 km / h	2: 11.360	191.127 km / h	05
06th	Gerhard Berger	McLaren Honda	1: 54.642	218.998 km / h	-	-	06th
07th	Thierry Boutsen	Ligier-Renault	1: 54.654	218.975 km / h	2: 12.153	189.980 km / h	07th
08th	Mika Hakkinen	Lotus Ford	1: 54.812	218.674 km / h	2: 15.987	184.624 km / h	08th
09	Martin Brundle	Benetton-Ford	1: 54.973	218.368 km / h	2: 12.619	189.312 km / h	09
10	Johnny Herbert	Lotus Ford	1: 55.027	218.265 km / h	2: 16.726	183.626 km / h	10
11	Gabriele Tarquini	Fond metal Ford	1: 55.965	216.500 km / h	-	-	11
12	Ivan Capelli	Ferrari	1: 56.075	216.295 km / h	2: 15.529	185.247 km / h	12
13	Andrea de Cesaris	Tyrrell-Ilmor	1: 56.111	216.228 km / h	2: 11.341	191.154 km / h	13
14th	Michele Alboreto	Footwork Mugen Honda	1: 56.282	215.910 km / h	2: 14.734	186.340 km / h	14th
15th	Eric van de Poele	Fond metal Ford	1: 56.674	215.184 km / h	-	-	15th
16	JJ Lehto	Dallara-Ferrari	1: 56.809	214.935 km / h	2: 12.232	189.866 km / h	16
17th	Stefano Modena	Jordan-Yamaha	1: 56.889	214.788 km / h	2: 14.037	187.309 km / h	17th
18th	Karl Wendlinger	March-Ilmor	1: 57.039	214.513 km / h	2: 14.765	186.298 km / h	18th
19th	Pierluigi Martini	Dallara-Ferrari	1: 57.267	214.096 km / h	-	-	19th
20th	Bertrand Gachot	Venturi Lamborghini	1: 57.330	213.981 km / h	2: 13.415	188.183 km / h	20th
21st	Emanuele Naspetti	March-Ilmor	1: 57.794	213.138 km / h	2: 16.618	183.771 km / h	21st
22nd	Olivier Grouillard	Tyrrell-Ilmor	1: 57.818	213.095 km / h	2: 13.612	187.905 km / h	22nd
23	Gianni Morbidelli	Minardi-Lamborghini	1: 58.126	212.539 km / h	2: 23.090	175.459 km / h	23
24	Maurício Gugelmin	Jordan-Yamaha	1: 58.499	211.870 km / h	2: 15.268	185.605 km / h	24
25th	Aguri Suzuki	Footwork Mugen Honda	1: 58.826	211.287 km / h	2: 14.711	186.372 km / h	25th
26th	Ukyō Katayama	Venturi Lamborghini	1: 59.383	210.301 km / h	2: 19.247	180.301 km / h	26th
DNQ	Christian Fittipaldi	Minardi-Lamborghini	1: 59.626	209.874 km / h	-	-	-
DNQ	Roberto Moreno	Andrea Moda-Judd	2: 05.096	200.697 km / h	2: 24.830	173.351 km / h	-
DNQ	Perry McCarthy	Andrea Moda-Judd	2: 15.050	185.904 km / h	-	-	-
DNQ	Érik Comas	Ligier-Renault	-	-	-	-	-

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	begin	Fastest lap	Failure reason
01	Michael sSchumacher	Benetton-Ford	44	2	1: 36: 10.721	03	1: 53.791
02	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Renault	44	2	+ 36.595	01	1: 55.294
03	Riccardo Patrese	Williams-Renault	44	2	+ 43.897	04th	1: 57.387
04th	Martin Brundle	Benetton-Ford	44	2	+ 46.059	09	1: 57.398
05	Ayrton Senna	McLaren Honda	44	2	+1: 08.369	02	1: 54.088
06th	Mika Hakkinen	Lotus Ford	44	1	+1: 10.030	08th	1: 55.929
07th	JJ Lehto	Dallara-Ferrari	44	1	+1: 38.237	16	1: 56.676
08th	Andrea de Cesaris	Tyrrell-Ilmor	43	1	+ 1 lap	13	1: 59.376
09	Aguri Suzuki	Footwork Mugen Honda	43	1	+ 1 lap	25th	1: 59.482
10	Eric van de Poele	Fond metal Ford	43	1	+ 1 lap	15th	1: 59.097
11	Karl Wendlinger	March-Ilmor	43	1	+ 1 lap	18th	1: 57.817
12	Emanuele Naspetti	March-Ilmor	43	2	+ 1 lap	21st	2: 01.032
13	Johnny Herbert	Lotus Ford	42	1	DNF	10	1: 56.254	Engine failure
14th	Maurício Gugelmin	Jordan-Yamaha	42	1	+ 2 rounds	24	2: 01.067
15th	Stefano Modena	Jordan-Yamaha	42	1	+ 2 rounds	17th	2: 03.615
16	Gianni Morbidelli	Minardi-Lamborghini	42	0	+ 2 rounds	23	2: 00.755
17th	Ukyō Katayama	Venturi Lamborghini	42	1	+ 2 rounds	26th	1: 59.914
18th	Bertrand Gachot	Venturi Lamborghini	40	1	DNF	20th	1: 57.954	accident
-	Thierry Boutsen	Ligier-Renault	27	2	DNF	07th	2: 16.745	accident
-	Ivan Capelli	Ferrari	25th	1	DNF	12	2: 16.933	Engine failure
-	Gabriele Tarquini	Fond metal Ford	25th	1	DNF	11	2: 16.893	Engine failure
-	Michele Alboreto	Footwork Mugen Honda	20th	1	DNF	14th	2: 17.039	Gearbox damage
-	Jean Alesi	Ferrari	07th	1	DNF	05	2: 15.494	accident
-	Olivier Grouillard	Tyrrell-Ilmor	01	0	DNF	22nd	2: 23.952	accident
-	Pierluigi Martini	Dallara-Ferrari	00	0	DNF	19th	-	Lathe operator
-	Gerhard Berger	McLaren Honda	00	0	DNF	06th	-	Clutch 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 98 02  Riccardo Patrese Williams-Renault 44 03  Michael sSchumacher Benetton-Ford 43 04th  Ayrton Senna McLaren Honda 36 05  Gerhard Berger McLaren Honda 24 06th  Martin Brundle Benetton-Ford 21st 07th  Jean Alesi Ferrari 13 08th  Mika Hakkinen Lotus Ford 9

Item driver constructor Points 09  Michele Alboreto Footwork Mugen Honda 5 10  Andrea de Cesaris Tyrrell-Ilmor 4th 11  Érik Comas Ligier-Renault 4th 12  Karl Wendlinger March-Ilmor 3 13  Ivan Capelli Ferrari 3 14th  Pierluigi Martini Dallara-Ferrari 2 15th  Johnny Herbert Lotus Ford 2 16  Bertrand Gachot Venturi Lamborghini 1

Constructors' championship

Item constructor Points 01  Williams-Renault 142 02  Benetton-Ford 64 03  McLaren Honda 60 04th  Ferrari 16 05  Lotus Ford 11 06th  Footwork Mugen Honda 5

Item constructor Points 07th  Ligier-Renault 4th 08th  Tyrrell-Ilmor 4th 09  March-Ilmor 3 10  Dallara-Ferrari 2 11  Venturi Lamborghini 1

Web links

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

Individual evidence

1. ↑ "Training" ( Memento of the original dated February 2, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Motorsportarchiv.de; accessed on January 8, 2014)  
2. ^ "Report" (accessed on January 8, 2014)
3. ↑ "World Cup stands" ( Memento of the original from February 2, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Motorsportarchiv.de; accessed on January 8, 2014)