1992 Portuguese Grand Prix

 1992 Portuguese Grand Prix

Racing data
14th of 16 races in the 1992 Formula 1 World Championship
Surname:	Grande Premio SG Gigante de Portugal
Date:	September 27, 1992
Place:	Estoril
Course:	Autódromo Fernanda Pires da Silva
Length:	308.85 km in 71 laps of 4.35 km
Weather:	cloudy but warm
Spectator:	~ 50,000
Pole position
Driver:	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Renault
Time:	1: 13.041 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Ayrton Senna	McLaren Honda
Time:	1: 16.272 min (lap 66)
Podium
First:	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Renault
Second:	Gerhard Berger	McLaren Honda
Third:	Ayrton Senna	McLaren Honda

The 1992 Portuguese Grand Prix took place on September 27 at the Autódromo Fernanda Pires da Silva near Estoril and was the 14th race of the 1992 Formula 1 World Championship .

Reports

background

As a result of the spontaneous withdrawal of its main sponsor, the Fondmetal team ended its Formula 1 involvement after the Italian Grand Prix . Since there were only 26 pilots left, for the first time since the Japanese Grand Prix in 1987, all participants who had traveled could qualify for the race, as there were just as many starting places available.

training

The two Williams drivers Nigel Mansell and Riccardo Patrese qualified for the front row ahead of McLaren teammates Ayrton Senna and Gerhard Berger and the two Benettons of Michael Schumacher and Martin Brundle .

run

As a result of an engine problem at the start of the warm-up lap, Michael Schumacher had to start the race from the back of the field. Mansell achieved a start-to-finish victory. The ninth win by a driver in one season was a new record at the time.

Until his pit stop on lap 23, Patrese was in second place. The stop was delayed due to a problem and Patrese came back on track in fourth behind Senna and Berger. He caught up with Berger within 15 laps and found her next to him when he wanted to turn into the pit lane. Patrese's front wheel hit Berger's rear wheel, causing Patreses Williams to take off and tossing him several meters through the air. The Italian survived the accident with minor injuries. Several pursuers damaged their vehicles when they ran over debris that was lying on the route. Among other things, Schumacher had to make two unscheduled pit stops as a result. The Williams team saw Berger as the cause of the accident and protested that he was allowed to continue the race without being disqualified. However, the stewards judged the incident as a normal racing accident and therefore did not issue any penalties.

More than 37 seconds behind Nigel Mansell, Gerhard Berger crossed the finish line in second place. After a total of four pit stops, Ayrton Senna was third ahead of Martin Brundle, Mika Häkkinen and Michele Alboreto .

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	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
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: 13.041	214.400 km / h	1: 13.961	211.733 km / h	01
02	Riccardo Patrese	Williams-Renault	1: 13.672	212.564 km / h	1: 14.305	210.753 km / h	02
03	Ayrton Senna	McLaren Honda	1: 15.343	207.849 km / h	1: 14.258	210.886 km / h	03
04th	Gerhard Berger	McLaren Honda	1: 15.117	208.475 km / h	1: 15.068	208.611 km / h	04th
05	Michael sSchumacher	Benetton-Ford	1: 15.356	207.814 km / h	1: 15.890	206.351 km / h	05
06th	Martin Brundle	Benetton-Ford	1: 16.796	203.917 km / h	1: 16.084	205.825 km / h	06th
07th	Mika Hakkinen	Lotus Ford	1: 16.173	205.585 km / h	1: 16.213	205.477 km / h	07th
08th	Michele Alboreto	Footwork Mugen Honda	1: 16.282	205.291 km / h	1: 17.109	203.089 km / h	08th
09	Johnny Herbert	Lotus Ford	1: 16.755	204.026 km / h	1: 16.628	204.364 km / h	09
10	Jean Alesi	Ferrari	1: 16.937	203.543 km / h	1: 16.884	203.683 km / h	10
11	Thierry Boutsen	Ligier-Renault	1: 17.332	202.503 km / h	1: 16.930	203.562 km / h	11
12	Andrea de Cesaris	Tyrrell-Ilmor	1: 17.356	202.441 km / h	1: 17.240	202.745 km / h	12
13	Bertrand Gachot	Venturi Lamborghini	1: 17.624	201.742 km / h	1: 17.250	202.718 km / h	13
14th	Érik Comas	Ligier-Renault	1: 17.384	202.367 km / h	1: 17.264	202.682 km / h	14th
15th	Olivier Grouillard	Tyrrell-Ilmor	1: 17.512	202.033 km / h	1: 17.277	202.648 km / h	15th
16	Ivan Capelli	Ferrari	1: 18.030	200.692 km / h	1: 17.287	202.621 km / h	16
17th	Aguri Suzuki	Footwork Mugen Honda	1: 17.361	202.428 km / h	1: 17.675	201.609 km / h	17th
18th	Gianni Morbidelli	Minardi-Lamborghini	1: 17.973	200.839 km / h	1: 17.387	202.360 km / h	18th
19th	JJ Lehto	Dallara-Ferrari	1: 17.847	201.164 km / h	1: 17.474	202.132 km / h	19th
20th	Maurício Gugelmin	Jordan-Yamaha	1: 17.949	200.901 km / h	1: 17.631	201.724 km / h	20th
21st	Pierluigi Martini	Dallara-Ferrari	1: 17.661	201.646 km / h	1: 18.676	199.044 km / h	21st
22nd	Karl Wendlinger	March-Ilmor	1: 18.060	200.615 km / h	1: 18.445	199.630 km / h	22nd
23	Emanuele Naspetti	March-Ilmor	1: 18.092	200.533 km / h	1: 18.531	199.412 km / h	23
24	Stefano Modena	Jordan-Yamaha	1: 18.318	199.954 km / h	1: 19.314	197.443 km / h	24
25th	Ukyō Katayama	Venturi Lamborghini	-	-	1: 18.592	199.257 km / h	25th
26th	Christian Fittipaldi	Minardi-Lamborghini	1: 18.615	199.199 km / h	1: 18.823	198.673 km / h	26th

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	begin	Fastest lap	Failure reason
01	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Renault	71	1	1: 34: 46.659	01	1: 17.137
02	Gerhard Berger	McLaren Honda	71	3	+ 37.533	04th	1: 17.399
03	Ayrton Senna	McLaren Honda	70	4th	+ 1 lap	03	1: 16.272
04th	Martin Brundle	Benetton-Ford	70	1	+ 1 lap	06th	1: 19.371
05	Mika Hakkinen	Lotus Ford	70	1	+ 1 lap	07th	1: 20.187
06th	Michele Alboreto	Footwork Mugen Honda	70	0	+ 1 lap	08th	1: 19.966
07th	Michael sSchumacher	Benetton-Ford	69	3	+ 2 rounds	05	1: 17.772
08th	Thierry Boutsen	Ligier-Renault	69	0	+ 2 rounds	11	1: 20.275
09	Andrea de Cesaris	Tyrrell-Ilmor	69	0	+ 2 rounds	12	1: 20.515
10	Aguri Suzuki	Footwork Mugen Honda	68	0	+ 3 rounds	17th	1: 20.080
11	Emanuele Naspetti	March-Ilmor	68	0	+ 3 rounds	23	1: 21.314
12	Christian Fittipaldi	Minardi-Lamborghini	68	0	+ 3 rounds	26th	1: 19.605
13	Stefano Modena	Jordan-Yamaha	68	0	+ 3 rounds	24	1: 20.889
14th	Gianni Morbidelli	Minardi-Lamborghini	68	0	+ 3 rounds	18th	1: 20.807
-	JJ Lehto	Dallara-Ferrari	51	0	DNF	19th	1: 21.874	broken chassis
-	Karl Wendlinger	March-Ilmor	48	0	DNF	22nd	1: 20.716	defective gearbox
-	Érik Comas	Ligier-Renault	47	0	DNF	14th	1: 20.145	Gearbox damage
-	Ukyō Katayama	Venturi Lamborghini	46	0	DNF	25th	1: 21.216	accident
-	Riccardo Patrese	Williams-Renault	43	1	DNF	02	1: 18.349	collision
-	Pierluigi Martini	Dallara-Ferrari	43	0	DNF	21st	1: 22.156	Tire damage
-	Ivan Capelli	Ferrari	34	0	DNF	16	1: 21.799	Engine failure
-	Olivier Grouillard	Tyrrell-Ilmor	27	0	DNF	15th	1: 21.906	Gearbox damage
-	Bertrand Gachot	Venturi Lamborghini	25th	0	DNF	13	1: 22.394	Fuel pressure drop
-	Maurício Gugelmin	Jordan-Yamaha	19th	0	DNF	20th	1: 23.606	Electrical damage
-	Jean Alesi	Ferrari	12	0	DNF	10	1: 21.638	Lathe operator
-	Johnny Herbert	Lotus Ford	02	1	DNF	09	1: 58.788	defective steering

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  Ayrton Senna McLaren Honda 50 03  Michael sSchumacher Benetton-Ford 47 04th  Riccardo Patrese Williams-Renault 46 05  Gerhard Berger McLaren Honda 33 06th  Martin Brundle Benetton-Ford 30th 07th  Jean Alesi Ferrari 13 08th  Mika Hakkinen Lotus Ford 11

Item driver constructor Points 09  Michele Alboreto Footwork Mugen Honda 6th 10  Andrea de Cesaris Tyrrell-Ilmor 5 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 154 02  McLaren Honda 83 03  Benetton-Ford 77 04th  Ferrari 16 05  Lotus Ford 13 06th  Footwork Mugen Honda 6th

Item constructor Points 07th  Tyrrell-Ilmor 5 08th  Ligier-Renault 4th 09  March-Ilmor 3 10  Dallara-Ferrari 2 11  Venturi Lamborghini 1

Individual evidence

1. ↑ "Training" ( Memento of the original from March 5, 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 February 22, 2014)  
2. ^ "Report" (accessed on February 22, 2014)
3. ^ "World Cup stands" ( Memento of the original from March 24, 2007 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 February 22, 2014)  

Web links

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