1992 F1 World Championship Season

Fact File

Drivers’ Champion:	Nigel Mansell (1st title, 23rd different world champion, 7th British champion)
Constructors’ Champion:	Williams (5th title)
Races:	16
Winning drivers:	Nigel Mansell (9) Ayrton Senna (3) Gerhard Berger (2) Michael Schumacher (1) Riccardo Patrese (1)
Winning constructors:	Williams (10) McLaren (5) Benetton (1)
First-time winners (driver):	Michael Schumacher
First-time winners (constructor):	none

1992 F1 World Championship Grands Prix

Calendar

• DT: Drivers’ title decider
• CT: Constructors’ title decider

No.	Grand Prix	Circuit	Date	Race Result
1	South Africa	Kyalami	1 March	1992 South African Grand Prix
2	Mexico	Mexico City	22 March	1992 Mexican Grand Prix
3	Brazil	Interlagos	5 April	1992 Brazilian Grand Prix
4	Spain	Catalunya	3 May	1992 Spanish Grand Prix
5	San Marino	Imola	17 May	1992 San Marino Grand Prix
6	Monaco	Monte Carlo	31 May	1992 Monaco Grand Prix
7	Canada	Montreal	14 June	1992 Canadian Grand Prix
8	France	Magny-Cours	5 July	1992 French Grand Prix
9	Britain	Silverstone	12 July	1992 British Grand Prix
10	Germany	Hockenheim	26 July	1992 German Grand Prix
11	Hungary DT	Hungaroring	16 August	1992 Hungarian Grand Prix
12	Belgium CT	Spa-Francorchamps	30 August	1992 Belgian Grand Prix
13	Italy	Monza	13 September	1992 Italian Grand Prix
14	Portugal	Estoril	27 September	1992 Portuguese Grand Prix
15	Japan	Suzuka	25 October	1992 Japanese Grand Prix
16	Australia	Adelaide	8 November	1992 Australian Grand Prix

Race Winners

• Highlight: Home driver race winner

No.	Grand Prix	Circuit	Driver	Constructor	Start	Win Margin
1	South Africa	Kyalami	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Renault	1	24.360s
2	Mexico	Mexico City	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Renault	1	12.971s
3	Brazil	Interlagos	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Renault	1	29.330s
4	Spain	Catalunya	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Renault	1	23.914s
5	San Marino	Imola	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Renault	1	9.451s
6	Monaco	Monte Carlo	Ayrton Senna	McLaren-Honda	3	0.215s
7	Canada	Montreal	Gerhard Berger	McLaren-Honda	4	12.401s
8	France	Magny-Cours	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Renault	1	46.447s
9	Britain	Silverstone	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Renault	1	39.094s
10	Germany	Hockenheim	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Renault	1	4.500s
11	Hungary	Hungaroring	Ayrton Senna	McLaren-Honda	3	40.139s
12	Belgium	Spa-Francorchamps	Michael Schumacher	Benetton-Ford Cosworth	3	36.595s
13	Italy	Monza	Ayrton Senna	McLaren-Honda	2	17.050s
14	Portugal	Estoril	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Renault	1	37.533s
15	Japan	Suzuka	Riccardo Patrese	Williams-Renault	2	13.729s
16	Australia	Adelaide	Gerhard Berger	McLaren-Honda	4	0.741s

Polesitters

• Highlight: Home driver polesitter

No.	Grand Prix	Circuit	Driver	Constructor	Race	Pole Margin
1	South Africa	Kyalami	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Renault	1	0.741s
2	Mexico	Mexico City	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Renault	1	0.016s
3	Brazil	Interlagos	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Renault	1	1.191s
4	Spain	Catalunya	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Renault	1	1.005s
5	San Marino	Imola	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Renault	1	1.053s
6	Monaco	Monte Carlo	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Renault	2	0.873s
7	Canada	Montreal	Ayrton Senna	McLaren-Honda	DNF	0.097s
8	France	Magny-Cours	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Renault	1	0.468s
9	Britain	Silverstone	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Renault	1	1.919s
10	Germany	Hockenheim	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Renault	1	0.350s
11	Hungary	Hungaroring	Riccardo Patrese	Williams-Renault	DNF	0.167s
12	Belgium	Spa-Francorchamps	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Renault	2	2.198s
13	Italy	Monza	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Renault	DNF	0.601s
14	Portugal	Estoril	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Renault	1	0.631s
15	Japan	Suzuka	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Renault	DNF	0.859s
16	Australia	Adelaide	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Renault	DNF	0.470s

Fastest Laps

• Highlight: Home driver fastest lap setter

No.	Grand Prix	Circuit	Driver	Constructor
1	South Africa	Kyalami	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Renault
2	Mexico	Mexico City	Gerhard Berger	McLaren-Honda
3	Brazil	Interlagos	Riccardo Patrese	Williams-Renault
4	Spain	Catalunya	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Renault
5	San Marino	Imola	Riccardo Patrese	Williams-Renault
6	Monaco	Monte Carlo	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Renault
7	Canada	Montreal	Gerhard Berger	McLaren-Honda
8	France	Magny-Cours	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Renault
9	Britain	Silverstone	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Renault
10	Germany	Hockenheim	Riccardo Patrese	Williams-Renault
11	Hungary	Hungaroring	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Renault
12	Belgium	Spa-Francorchamps	Michael Schumacher	Benetton-Ford Cosworth
13	Italy	Monza	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Renault
14	Portugal	Estoril	Ayrton Senna	McLaren-Honda
15	Japan	Suzuka	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Renault
16	Australia	Adelaide	Michael Schumacher	Benetton-Ford Cosworth

1992 F1 World Championship Standings

Driver

Pos	Driver	Constructor	Points	Gap
1	Nigel Mansell	Williams	108
2	Riccardo Patrese	Williams	56	-52
3	Michael Schumacher	Benetton	53	-55
4	Ayrton Senna	McLaren	50	-58
5	Gerhard Berger	McLaren	49	-59
6	Martin Brundle	Benetton	38	-70
7	Jean Alesi	Ferrari	18	-90
8	Mika Hakkinen	Lotus	11	-97
9	Andrea de Cesaris	Tyrrell	8	-100
10	Michele Alboreto	Footwork	6	-102
11	Erik Comas	Ligier	4	-104
12	Karl Wendlinger	March	3	-105
=	Ivan Capelli	Ferrari	3	-105
14	Thierry Boutsen	Ligier	2	-106
15	Pierluigi Martini	Dallara	2	-106
16	Johnny Herbert	Lotus	2	-106
17	Stefano Modena	Jordan	1	-107
18	Christian Fittipaldi	Minardi	1	-107
19	Bertrand Gachot	Venturi	1	-107

Constructor

Pos	Constructor	Points	Gap
1	Williams-Renault	164
2	McLaren-Honda	99	-65
3	Benetton-Ford Cosworth	91	-73
4	Ferrari	21	-143
5	Lotus-Ford Cosworth	13	-151
6	Tyrrell-Ilmor	8	-156
7	Footwork-Mugen-Honda	6	-158
8	Ligier-Renault	6	-158
9	March-Ilmor	3	-161
10	Dallara-Ferrari	2	-162
11	Jordan-Yamaha	1	-163
12	Minardi-Lamborghini	1	-163
13	Venturi-Lamborghini	1	-163

Qualifying Results Overview

Pos	Driver	ZAF	MEX	BRA	ESP	SMR	MCO	CAN	FRA	GBR	DEU	HUN	BEL	ITA	PRT	JPN	AUS	Avg.	Best
1	Nigel Mansell	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1.19	1
2	Riccardo Patrese	4	2	2	4	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	4	4	2	2	3	2.50	1
3	Ayrton Senna	2	6	3	3	3	3	1	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	3	2	2.81	1
4	Gerhard Berger	3	5	4	7	4	5	4	4	5	4	5	6	5	4	4	4	4.56	3
5	Michael Schumacher	6	3	5	2	5	6	5	5	4	6	4	3	6	5	5	5	4.69	2
6	Jean Alesi	5	10	6	8	7	4	8	6	8	5	9	5	3	10	15	6	7.19	3
7	Martin Brundle	8	4	7	6	6	7	7	7	6	9	6	9	9	6	13	8	7.38	4
8	Ivan Capelli	9	20	11	5	8	8	9	8	14	12	10	12	7	16			10.64	5
9	Johnny Herbert	11	12	26	26	26	9	6	12	7	11	13	10	13	9	6	12	13.06	6
10	Thierry Boutsen	14	22	10	14	10	22	21	9	13	8	8	7	8	11	10	22	13.06	7
11	Andrea de Cesaris	10	11	13	11	14	10	14	19	18	20	19	13	21	12	9	7	13.81	7
12	Mika Hakkinen	21	18	24	21	27	14	10	11	9	13	16	8	11	7	7	10	14.19	7
13	Michele Alboreto	17	25	14	16	9	11	16	14	12	17	7	14	16	8	24	11	14.44	7
14	Erik Comas	13	26	15	10	13	23	22	10	10	7	11	30	15	14	8	9	14.75	7
15	Nicola Larini															11	19	15.00	11
16	Karl Wendlinger	7	19	9	9	12	16	12	21	21	10	23	18	17	22			15.43	7
17	Bertrand Gachot	22	13	18	24	19	15	19	13	11	25	15	20	10	13	18	21	17.25	10
18	Gabriele Tarquini	15	14	19	18	22	25	18	23	15	19	12	11	20				17.77	11
19	Pierluigi Martini	25	9	8	13	15	18	15	25	22	18	26	19	22	21	19	14	18.06	8
20	Aguri Suzuki	16	27	22	19	11	19	27	15	17	15	14	25	19	17	16	18	18.56	11
21	Olivier Grouillard	12	16	17	15	20	24	26	22	20	14	22	22	18	15	21	13	18.56	12
22	JJ Lehto	24	7	16	12	16	20	23	17	19	21	28	16	14	19	22	24	18.62	7
23	Gianni Morbidelli	19	21	23	25	21	12	13	16	25	26	27	23	12	18	14	16	19.44	12
24	Mauricio Gugelmin	23	8	21	17	18	13	24	24	24	23	21	24	26	20	25	20	20.69	8
25	Stefano Modena	29	15	12	29	23	21	17	20	23	27	24	17	28	24	17	15	21.31	12
26	Ukyo Katayama	18	24	25	27	17	31	11	18	16	16	20	26	23	25	20	26	21.44	11
27	Christian Fittipaldi	20	17	20	22	25	17	25	28				27	27	26	12	17	21.77	12
28	Emanuele Naspetti												21	24	23	26	23	23.40	21
29	Jan Lammers															23	25	24.00	23
30	Paul Belmondo	27	28	28	23	24	30	20	27	28	22	17						24.91	17
31	Eric van de Poele	26	29	29	28	30	27	28	29	30	28	18	15	25				26.31	15
32	Alessandro Zanardi									27	24	29						26.67	24
33	Andrea Chiesa	28	23	27	20	28	29	29	26	29	29							26.80	20
34	Damon Hill				30	29	28	30	30	26	30	25						28.50	25
35	Roberto Moreno			31	31	31	26	31		31	31	30	28					30.00	26
36	Giovanna Amati	30	30	30														30.00	30
37	Perry McCarthy				32	32	32	32		32	32	31	29					31.50	29

Race Results Overview

Pos	Driver	ZAF	MEX	BRA	ESP	SMR	MCO	CAN	FRA	GBR	DEU	HUN	BEL	ITA	PRT	JPN	AUS	Points
1	Nigel Mansell	1	1	1	1	1	2	R	1	1	1	2	2	R	1	R	R	108
2	Riccardo Patrese	2	2	2	R	2	3	R	2	2	8R	R	3	5	R	1	R	56
3	Michael Schumacher	4	3	3	2	R	4	2	R	4	3	R	1	3	7	R	2	53
4	Ayrton Senna	3	R	R	9R	3	1	R	R	R	2	1	5	1	3	R	R	50
5	Gerhard Berger	5	4	R	4	R	R	1	R	5	R	3	R	4	2	2	1	49
6	Martin Brundle	R	R	R	R	4	5	R	3	3	4	5	4	2	4	3	3	38
7	Jean Alesi	R	R	4	3	R	R	3	R	R	5	R	R	R	R	5	4	18
8	Mika Hakkinen	9	6	10	R	DNQ	R	R	4	6	R	4	6	R	5	R	7	11
9	Andrea de Cesaris	R	5	R	R	14R	R	5	R	R	R	8	8	6	9	4	R	8
10	Michele Alboreto	10	13	6	5	5	7	7	7	7	9	7	R	7	6	15	R	6
11	Erik Comas	7	9	R	R	9	10	6	5	8	6	R	DNQ	R	R	R	R	4
12	Karl Wendlinger	R	R	R	8	12	R	4	R	R	16	R	11	10	R			3
=	Ivan Capelli	R	R	5	10R	R	R	R	R	9	R	6	R	R	R			3
14	Thierry Boutsen	R	10	R	R	R	12	10	R	10	7	R	R	R	8	R	5	2
15	Johnny Herbert	6	7	R	R	R	R	R	6	R	R	R	13R	R	R	R	13	2
16	Pierluigi Martini	R	R	R	6	6	R	8	10	15	11	R	R	8	R	10	R	2
17	Stefano Modena	DNQ	R	R	DNQ	R	R	R	R	R	DNQ	R	15	DNQ	13	7	6	1
18	Christian Fittipaldi	R	R	R	11	R	8	13	DNQ				DNQ	DNQ	12	6	9	1
19	Bertrand Gachot	R	11	R	R	R	6	DSQ	R	R	14	R	18R	R	R	R	R	1
	Aguri Suzuki	8	DNQ	R	7	10	11	DNQ	R	12	R	R	9	R	10	8	8
	JJ Lehto	R	8	8	R	11R	9	9	9	13	10	DNQ	7	11R	R	9	R
	Gianni Morbidelli	R	R	7	R	R	R	11	8	17R	12	DNQ	16	R	14	14	10
	Mauricio Gugelmin	11	R	R	R	7	R	R	R	R	15	10	14	R	R	R	R
	Olivier Grouillard	R	R	R	R	8	R	12	11	11	R	R	R	R	R	R	R
	Ukyo Katayama	12	12	9	DNQ	R	DNPQ	R	R	R	R	R	17	9R	R	11	R
	Paul Belmondo	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	12	13	DNQ	14	DNQ	DNQ	13	9
	Eric van de Poele	13	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	R	10	R
	Emanuele Naspetti												12	R	11	13	R
	Nicola Larini															12	11
	Damon Hill				DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	16	DNQ	11
	Jan Lammers															R	12
	Gabriele Tarquini	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	14	R	R	R	R
	Andrea Chiesa	DNQ	R	DNQ	R	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	R	DNQ	DNQ
	Roberto Moreno			DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	R	DNPQ		DNPQ	DNPQ	DNQ	DNQ
	Alessandro Zanardi									DNQ	R	DNQ
	Giovanna Amati	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ
	Perry McCarthy				DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ		DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNQ

1992 F1 World Championship Season Statistics

See: 1992 F1 World Championship Season Statistics