1992 French Grand Prix

 1992 French Grand Prix

Racing data
8th of 16 races in the 1992 Formula 1 World Championship
Surname:	Rhône-Poulenc Grand Prix de France
Date:	5th July 1992
Place:	Magny-Cours
Course:	Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours
Length:	293.25 km in 69 laps of 4.25 km
Weather:	cloudy, occasional rain
Spectator:	~ 70,000
Pole position
Driver:	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Renault
Time:	1: 13.864 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Renault
Time:	1: 17.070 min (lap 37)
Podium
First:	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Renault
Second:	Riccardo Patrese	Williams-Renault
Third:	Martin Brundle	Benetton-Ford

The 1992 French Grand Prix took place on July 5th at the Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours and was the eighth race of the 1992 Formula 1 World Championship .

Reports

background

A strike by truck drivers caused traffic problems throughout France in the run-up to the eighth World Cup. With the exception of Andrea Moda Formula , all Formula 1 teams were on site in time for the first training session.

training

Due to the lack of Andrea Moda, the maximum number of 30 training participants was present, so a pre-qualification was not necessary.

After a collision with Gerhard Berger, Érik Comas survived the subsequent violent impact in a boundary wall unharmed. In rainy weather, Christian Fittipaldi and Michele Alboreto collided during the course of training .

For the seventh time on the eighth race weekend of the year, Nigel Mansell , who was by far the leader in the world championship rankings, qualified for pole position. His Williams team- mate Riccardo Patrese followed in second place in front of Ayrton Senna and Gerhard Berger, who share the second row in their McLaren MP4 / 7A . Michael Schumacher and Jean Alesi formed the third row in front of their respective teammates Martin Brundle and Ivan Capelli .

run

In wet track conditions, Patrese took the lead from Mansell. As a result of a driving error, Schumacher collided with Senna at the end of the back straight, who was then eliminated. Several other collisions occurred in the midfield. Patrese finished the first lap as the leader ahead of Mansell, Berger, Brundle and Alesi. Mika Häkkinen followed ahead of Thierry Boutsen , Éric Comas and Johnny Herbert .

After ten laps, Berger retired due to an engine failure. Shortly afterwards it started to rain. By the 18th lap the weather conditions deteriorated to such an extent that the race was interrupted with the red flag.

A restart was performed after a heavy shower ended. Patrese was able to defend his top position at first, but was overtaken by Mansell at the end of the back straight. The Italian immediately countered successfully, but at the end of the lap he finally let his teammate pass according to the stable order .

When it started to rain again, most of the pilots, who were at the top of the group at the time, headed for the pits to have rain tires fitted. Alesi initially tried to continue the race on slicks in order to save the time of the pit stop. This brought him up to second place in the meantime. After eight laps, however, he had to realize that this strategy did not promise lasting success and also had his tires changed. A little later he had to give up due to an engine failure.

Mansell won ahead of Patrese, Brundle, Häkkinen, Comas and Herbert. For Williams this was already the fifth double victory of the year. Brundle stood on the podium for the first time in his career.

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	Damon Hill
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	Andrea Chiesa	Fund metal GR02		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 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 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

Classifications

Qualifying

Item	driver	constructor	1. Qualification training		2. Qualification training		begin
			time	Ø speed	time	Ø speed
01	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Renault	1: 15.047	203.872 km / h	1: 13.864	207.137 km / h	01
02	Riccardo Patrese	Williams-Renault	1: 15.551	202.512 km / h	1: 14.332	205.833 km / h	02
03	Ayrton Senna	McLaren Honda	1: 16.892	198.980 km / h	1: 15.199	203.460 km / h	03
04th	Gerhard Berger	McLaren Honda	1: 16.944	198.846 km / h	1: 15.316	203.144 km / h	04th
05	Michael sSchumacher	Benetton-Ford	1: 16.969	198.781 km / h	1: 15.569	202.464 km / h	05
06th	Jean Alesi	Ferrari	1: 17.686	196.947 km / h	1: 16.118	201.004 km / h	06th
07th	Martin Brundle	Benetton-Ford	1: 17.638	197.068 km / h	1: 16.151	200.917 km / h	07th
08th	Ivan Capelli	Ferrari	1: 18,152	195.772 km / h	1: 16.443	200.149 km / h	08th
09	Thierry Boutsen	Ligier-Renault	1: 18.179	195.705 km / h	1: 16.806	199.203 km / h	09
10	Érik Comas	Ligier-Renault	1: 17.637	197.071 km / h	1: 16.938	198.861 km / h	10
11	Mika Hakkinen	Lotus Ford	1: 18.327	195.335 km / h	1: 16.999	198.704 km / h	11
12	Johnny Herbert	Lotus Ford	1: 18.168	195.732 km / h	1: 17.257	198.040 km / h	12
13	Bertrand Gachot	Venturi Lamborghini	1: 18.864	194.005 km / h	1: 17.442	197.567 km / h	13
14th	Michele Alboreto	Footwork Mugen Honda	1: 19.291	192.960 km / h	1: 17.508	197.399 km / h	14th
15th	Aguri Suzuki	Footwork Mugen Honda	1: 19.022	193.617 km / h	1: 17.548	197.297 km / h	15th
16	Gianni Morbidelli	Minardi-Lamborghini	1: 19.110	193.402 km / h	1: 17.667	196.995 km / h	16
17th	JJ Lehto	Dallara-Ferrari	1: 19.279	192.989 km / h	1: 17.677	196.970 km / h	17th
18th	Ukyō Katayama	Venturi Lamborghini	1: 19.819	191.684 km / h	1: 17.709	196.888 km / h	18th
19th	Andrea de Cesaris	Tyrrell-Ilmor	1: 20.029	191.181 km / h	1: 17.868	196.486 km / h	19th
20th	Stefano Modena	Jordan-Yamaha	1: 18.905	193.904 km / h	1: 17.901	196.403 km / h	20th
21st	Karl Wendlinger	March-Ilmor	1: 18.596	194.666 km / h	1: 17.937	196.312 km / h	21st
22nd	Olivier Grouillard	Tyrrell-Ilmor	1: 19.204	193.172 km / h	1: 17.989	196.182 km / h	22nd
23	Gabriele Tarquini	Fond metal Ford	1: 19.146	193.314 km / h	1: 17.993	196.171 km / h	23
24	Maurício Gugelmin	Jordan-Yamaha	1: 19.574	192.274 km / h	1: 18.337	195.310 km / h	24
25th	Pierluigi Martini	Dallara-Ferrari	1: 18.634	194.572 km / h	1: 18.586	194.691 km / h	25th
26th	Andrea Chiesa	Fond metal Ford	1: 19.835	191.645 km / h	1: 18.701	194.407 km / h	26th
DNQ	Paul Belmondo	March-Ilmor	1: 19.963	191.338 km / h	1: 19.354	192.807 km / h	-
DNQ	Christian Fittipaldi	Minardi-Lamborghini	1: 20.062	191.102 km / h	-	-	-
DNQ	Eric van de Poele	Brabham-Judd	1: 21.594	187.514 km / h	1: 20.139	190.918 km / h	-
DNQ	Damon Hill	Brabham-Judd	1: 21.412	187.933 km / h	1: 22.495	185.466 km / h	-

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	begin	Fastest lap	Failure reason
01	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Renault	69	1	1: 38: 08.459	01	1: 17.070
02	Riccardo Patrese	Williams-Renault	69	1	+ 46.447	02	1: 18.006
03	Martin Brundle	Benetton-Ford	69	1	+1: 12.579	07th	1: 18.636
04th	Mika Hakkinen	Lotus Ford	68	0	+ 1 lap	11	1: 18.526
05	Érik Comas	Ligier-Renault	68	0	+ 1 lap	10	1: 18.660
06th	Johnny Herbert	Lotus Ford	68	0	+ 1 lap	12	1: 19.252
07th	Michele Alboreto	Footwork Mugen Honda	68	0	+ 1 lap	14th	1: 19.542
08th	Gianni Morbidelli	Minardi-Lamborghini	68	1	+ 1 lap	16	1: 19.944
09	JJ Lehto	Dallara-Ferrari	67	0	+ 2 rounds	17th	1: 20.133
10	Pierluigi Martini	Dallara-Ferrari	67	0	+ 2 rounds	25th	1: 19.742
11	Olivier Grouillard	Tyrrell-Ilmor	66	0	+ 3 rounds	22nd	1: 20.222
-	Jean Alesi	Ferrari	61	1	DNF	06th	1: 18.431	Engine failure
-	Andrea de Cesaris	Tyrrell-Ilmor	51	0	DNF	19th	1: 19.525	accident
-	Ukyō Katayama	Venturi Lamborghini	49	0	DNF	18th	1: 18.714	Engine failure
-	Thierry Boutsen	Ligier-Renault	46	0	DNF	09	1: 19.139	Lathe operator
-	Ivan Capelli	Ferrari	38	0	DNF	08th	1: 19.324	Electronics failure
-	Karl Wendlinger	March-Ilmor	33	0	DNF	21st	1: 21.074	Collision damage
-	Stefano Modena	Jordan-Yamaha	25th	0	DNF	20th	1: 21.070	Engine failure
-	Aguri Suzuki	Footwork Mugen Honda	20th	0	DNF	15th	1: 20.965	accident
-	Michael sSchumacher	Benetton-Ford	17th	1	DNF	05	1: 19.939	collision
-	Gerhard Berger	McLaren Honda	10	0	DNF	04th	1: 20.213	Engine failure
-	Gabriele Tarquini	Fond metal Ford	06th	0	DNF	23	1: 23.438	cracked throttle cable
-	Ayrton Senna	McLaren Honda	00	0	DNF	03	-	collision
-	Bertrand Gachot	Venturi Lamborghini	00	0	DNF	13	-	collision
-	Maurício Gugelmin	Jordan-Yamaha	00	0	DNF	24	-	collision
-	Andrea Chiesa	Fond metal Ford	00	0	DNF	26th	-	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 66 02  Riccardo Patrese Williams-Renault 34 03  Michael sSchumacher Benetton-Ford 26th 04th  Gerhard Berger McLaren Honda 18th 05  Ayrton Senna McLaren Honda 18th 06th  Jean Alesi Ferrari 11 07th  Martin Brundle Benetton-Ford 9 08th  Michele Alboreto Footwork Mugen Honda 5

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

Constructors' championship

Item constructor Points 01  Williams-Renault 100 02  McLaren Honda 36 03  Benetton-Ford 35 04th  Ferrari 13 05  Lotus Ford 6th 06th  Footwork Mugen Honda 5

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

Individual evidence

1. ↑ "Training" ( Memento of the original from January 16, 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 January 16, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Motorsportarchiv.de; accessed on January 8, 2014)  

Web links

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