1992 Japanese Grand Prix

 1992 Japanese Grand Prix

Racing data
15th of 16 races in the 1992 Formula 1 World Championship
Surname:	Fuji Television Japanese Grand Prix
Date:	October 25, 1992
Place:	Suzuka
Course:	Suzuka International Racing Course
Length:	310.792 km in 53 laps of 5.864 km
Weather:	cloudy and windy
Spectator:	~ 150,000
Pole position
Driver:	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Renault
Time:	1: 37.360 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Renault
Time:	1: 40.646 min (lap 44)
Podium
First:	Riccardo Patrese	Williams-Renault
Second:	Gerhard Berger	McLaren Honda
Third:	Martin Brundle	Benetton-Ford

The 1992 Japanese Grand Prix took place in Suzuka on October 25th and was the 15th race of the 1992 Formula 1 World Championship .

Reports

background

For the last two races of the year Ivan Capelli was replaced at Ferrari by Nicola Larini . Jan Lammers returned to the Grand Prix scene more than ten years after his last Formula 1 appearance at the French Grand Prix in 1982 to take over from Karl Wendlinger at March . The sponsorship money urgently needed by the team and brought by Lammers had led to this change.

training

Nigel Mansell completed the fastest training lap for the 13th time this season. His team-mate Riccardo Patrese qualified for second place on the grid, ahead of the two McLaren drivers Ayrton Senna and Gerhard Berger as well as Michael Schumacher on Benetton and the two Lotus team- mates Johnny Herbert and Mika Häkkinen .

Due to heavy rain, no time improvements were possible during the second qualifying session on Saturday. Most pilots therefore decided not to take part in this round.

run

Mansell finished the first lap of the race with a lead of around 3.1 seconds over his team-mate Patrese. Senna, who was initially in third place, retired after two laps due to an engine failure. His team-mate Berger fell behind Schumacher, Herbert and Häkkinen after ten laps due to an unscheduled pit stop. Within two laps, both Schumacher and Herbert, who had followed him directly, had to give up due to gear damage.

After driving through debris left on the track after an accident by Maurício Gugelmin , Mansell made a pit stop to have his tires changed. Nevertheless, he was still in the lead with around 20 seconds ahead of Patrese and Berger, who had stopped earlier as planned. Martin Brundle , who had only qualified for 13th place on the grid, was already fifth behind Mika Häkkinen at this point. Érik Comas followed in sixth place ahead of Andrea de Cesaris .

On the 36th lap, Mansell deliberately slowed down to let his team-mate overtake him and then put him under pressure. Just like at the Italian Grand Prix six weeks earlier, he apparently wanted to demonstrate that he was the superior driver of the team. On the 45th lap he retired due to an engine failure.

Patrese won the race ahead of Berger and Brundle, who benefited from the technical failure of Häkkinen. Andrea de Cesaris took fourth place ahead of Jean Alesi and Christian Fittipaldi .

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: 37.360	216.828 km / h	2: 07.703	165.309 km / h	01
02	Riccardo Patrese	Williams-Renault	1: 38.219	214.932 km / h	2: 13.971	157.574 km / h	02
03	Ayrton Senna	McLaren Honda	1: 38.375	214.591 km / h	-	-	03
04th	Gerhard Berger	McLaren Honda	1: 40.296	210.481 km / h	-	-	04th
05	Michael sSchumacher	Benetton-Ford	1: 40.922	209.175 km / h	-	-	05
06th	Johnny Herbert	Lotus Ford	1: 41.030	208.952 km / h	-	-	06th
07th	Mika Hakkinen	Lotus Ford	1: 41.415	208.159 km / h	-	-	07th
08th	Érik Comas	Ligier-Renault	1: 42.187	206.586 km / h	-	-	08th
09	Andrea de Cesaris	Tyrrell-Ilmor	1: 42.361	206.235 km / h	2: 13.715	157.876 km / h	09
10	Thierry Boutsen	Ligier-Renault	1: 42.428	206.100 km / h	-	-	10
11	Nicola Larini	Ferrari	1: 42.488	205.979 km / h	-	-	11
12	Christian Fittipaldi	Minardi-Lamborghini	1: 42.617	205.720 km / h	-	-	12
13	Martin Brundle	Benetton-Ford	1: 42.626	205.702 km / h	-	-	13
14th	Gianni Morbidelli	Minardi-Lamborghini	1: 42.627	205.700 km / h	2: 10.260	162.064 km / h	14th
15th	Jean Alesi	Ferrari	1: 42.824	205.306 km / h	-	-	15th
16	Aguri Suzuki	Footwork Mugen Honda	1: 43.029	204.898 km / h	-	-	16
17th	Stefano Modena	Jordan-Yamaha	1: 43.117	204.723 km / h	2: 19.944	150.849 km / h	17th
18th	Bertrand Gachot	Venturi Lamborghini	1: 43.156	204.645 km / h	-	-	18th
19th	Pierluigi Martini	Dallara-Ferrari	1: 43.251	204.457 km / h	-	-	19th
20th	Ukyō Katayama	Venturi Lamborghini	1: 43.488	203.989 km / h	-	-	20th
21st	Olivier Grouillard	Tyrrell-Ilmor	1: 43.941	203.100 km / h	-	-	21st
22nd	JJ Lehto	Dallara-Ferrari	1: 44.037	202.912 km / h	-	-	22nd
23	Jan Lammers	March-Ilmor	1: 44.075	202.838 km / h	-	-	23
24	Michele Alboreto	Footwork Mugen Honda	1: 44.149	202.694 km / h	2: 25.413	145.175 km / h	24
25th	Maurício Gugelmin	Jordan-Yamaha	1: 44.253	202.492 km / h	-	-	25th
26th	Emanuele Naspetti	March-Ilmor	1: 47.303	196.736 km / h	-	-	26th

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	begin	Fastest lap	Failure reason
01	Riccardo Patrese	Williams-Renault	53	1	1: 33: 09.553	02	1: 40.910
02	Gerhard Berger	McLaren Honda	53	2	+ 13.729	04th	1: 42.180
03	Martin Brundle	Benetton-Ford	53	2	+1: 15.503	13	1: 43.105
04th	Andrea de Cesaris	Tyrrell-Ilmor	52	0	+ 1 lap	09	1: 44.760
05	Jean Alesi	Ferrari	52	1	+ 1 lap	15th	1: 45.455
06th	Christian Fittipaldi	Minardi-Lamborghini	52	0	+ 1 lap	12	1: 45.638
07th	Stefano Modena	Jordan-Yamaha	52	0	+ 1 lap	17th	1: 45.413
08th	Aguri Suzuki	Footwork Mugen Honda	52	1	+ 1 lap	16	1: 45.928
09	JJ Lehto	Dallara-Ferrari	52	0	+ 1 lap	22nd	1: 45.846
10	Pierluigi Martini	Dallara-Ferrari	52	0	+ 1 lap	19th	1: 45.650
11	Ukyō Katayama	Venturi Lamborghini	52	2	+ 1 lap	20th	1: 43.233
12	Nicola Larini	Ferrari	52	1	+ 1 lap	11	1: 45.661
13	Emanuele Naspetti	March-Ilmor	51	0	+ 2 rounds	26th	1: 45.613
14th	Gianni Morbidelli	Minardi-Lamborghini	51	0	+ 2 rounds	14th	1: 45.827
15th	Michele Alboreto	Footwork Mugen Honda	51	0	+ 2 rounds	24	1: 46.560
-	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Renault	44	1	DNF	01	1: 40.646	Engine failure
-	Mika Hakkinen	Lotus Ford	44	1	DNF	07th	1: 43.288	Engine failure
-	Bertrand Gachot	Venturi Lamborghini	39	0	DNF	18th	1: 44.960	collision
-	Érik Comas	Ligier-Renault	36	0	DNF	08th	1: 45.340	Engine failure
-	Jan Lammers	March-Ilmor	27	0	DNF	23	1: 48.218	Gearbox damage
-	Maurício Gugelmin	Jordan-Yamaha	22nd	0	DNF	25th	1: 47.633	accident
-	Johnny Herbert	Lotus Ford	15th	0	DNF	06th	1: 45.028	Gearbox damage
-	Michael sSchumacher	Benetton-Ford	13	0	DNF	05	1: 46.218	Gearbox damage
-	Olivier Grouillard	Tyrrell-Ilmor	06th	0	DNF	21st	1: 48.225	accident
-	Thierry Boutsen	Ligier-Renault	03	0	DNF	10	2: 00.768	Gearbox damage
-	Ayrton Senna	McLaren Honda	02	0	DNF	03	1: 46.229	Engine failure

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  Ayrton Senna McLaren Honda 50 04th  Michael sSchumacher Benetton-Ford 47 05  Gerhard Berger McLaren Honda 39 06th  Martin Brundle Benetton-Ford 34 07th  Jean Alesi Ferrari 15th 08th  Mika Hakkinen Lotus Ford 11 09  Andrea de Cesaris Tyrrell-Ilmor 8th

Item driver constructor Points 10  Michele Alboreto Footwork Mugen Honda 6th 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 17th  Christian Fittipaldi Minardi-Lamborghini 1

Constructors' championship

Item constructor Points 01  Williams-Renault 164 02  McLaren Honda 89 03  Benetton-Ford 81 04th  Ferrari 18th 05  Lotus Ford 13 06th  Tyrrell-Ilmor 8th

Item constructor Points 07th  Footwork Mugen Honda 6th 08th  Ligier-Renault 4th 09  March-Ilmor 3 10  Dallara-Ferrari 2 11  Venturi Lamborghini 1 12  Minardi-Lamborghini 1

Individual evidence

1. ↑ "Training" ( Memento of the original from March 1, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Motorsportarchiv.de; accessed on February 22, 2014)  
2. ^ "Report" (accessed on February 22, 2014)
3. ↑ "World Cup stands" ( Memento of the original from March 1, 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 February 22, 2014)  

Web links

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