1992 Belgian Grand Prix

Race result

Pos		Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time	Points
1	+2	Michael Schumacher	Benetton-Ford Cosworth	44	1hr 36m 10.721s	10
2	-1	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Renault	44	+36.595s	6
3	+1	Riccardo Patrese	Williams-Renault	44	+43.897s	4
4	+5	Martin Brundle	Benetton-Ford Cosworth	44	+46.059s	3
5	-3	Ayrton Senna	McLaren-Honda	44	+1m 08.369s	2
6	+2	Mika Hakkinen	Lotus-Ford Cosworth	44	+1m 10.030s	1
7	+9	JJ Lehto	Dallara-Ferrari	44	+1m 38.237s
8	+5	Andrea de Cesaris	Tyrrell-Ilmor	43	+1 lap
9	+16	Aguri Suzuki	Footwork-Mugen-Honda	43	+1 lap
10	+5	Eric van de Poele	Fondmetal-Ford Cosworth	43	+1 lap
11	+7	Karl Wendlinger	March-Ilmor	43	+1 lap
12	+9	Emanuele Naspetti	March-Ilmor	43	+1 lap
13	-3	Johnny Herbert	Lotus-Ford Cosworth	42	DNF
14	+10	Mauricio Gugelmin	Jordan-Yamaha	42	+2 laps
15	+2	Stefano Modena	Jordan-Yamaha	42	+2 laps
16	+7	Gianni Morbidelli	Minardi-Lamborghini	42	+2 laps
17	+9	Ukyo Katayama	Venturi-Lamborghini	42	+2 laps
18	+2	Bertrand Gachot	Venturi-Lamborghini	40	DNF
R		Thierry Boutsen	Ligier-Renault	27	DNF
R		Ivan Capelli	Ferrari	25	DNF
R		Gabriele Tarquini	Fondmetal-Ford Cosworth	25	DNF
R		Michele Alboreto	Footwork-Mugen-Honda	20	DNF
R		Jean Alesi	Ferrari	7	DNF
R		Olivier Grouillard	Tyrrell-Ilmor	1	DNF
R		Pierluigi Martini	Dallara-Ferrari	0	DNF
R		Gerhard Berger	McLaren-Honda	0	DNF

Starting grid

Pos	Driver	Constructor
1	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Renault
2	Ayrton Senna	McLaren-Honda
3	Michael Schumacher	Benetton-Ford Cosworth
4	Riccardo Patrese	Williams-Renault
5	Jean Alesi	Ferrari
6	Gerhard Berger	McLaren-Honda
7	Thierry Boutsen	Ligier-Renault
8	Mika Hakkinen	Lotus-Ford Cosworth
9	Martin Brundle	Benetton-Ford Cosworth
10	Johnny Herbert	Lotus-Ford Cosworth
11	Gabriele Tarquini	Fondmetal-Ford Cosworth
12	Ivan Capelli	Ferrari
13	Andrea de Cesaris	Tyrrell-Ilmor
14	Michele Alboreto	Footwork-Mugen-Honda
15	Eric van de Poele	Fondmetal-Ford Cosworth
16	JJ Lehto	Dallara-Ferrari
17	Stefano Modena	Jordan-Yamaha
18	Karl Wendlinger	March-Ilmor
19	Pierluigi Martini	Dallara-Ferrari
20	Bertrand Gachot	Venturi-Lamborghini
21	Emanuele Naspetti	March-Ilmor
22	Olivier Grouillard	Tyrrell-Ilmor
23	Gianni Morbidelli	Minardi-Lamborghini
24	Mauricio Gugelmin	Jordan-Yamaha
25	Aguri Suzuki	Footwork-Mugen-Honda
26	Ukyo Katayama	Venturi-Lamborghini

Qualifying result

Pos	Driver	Constructor	Time	Gap
1	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Renault	1:50.545
2	Ayrton Senna	McLaren-Honda	1:52.743	2.198
3	Michael Schumacher	Benetton-Ford Cosworth	1:53.221	2.676
4	Riccardo Patrese	Williams-Renault	1:53.557	3.012
5	Jean Alesi	Ferrari	1:54.438	3.893
6	Gerhard Berger	McLaren-Honda	1:54.642	4.097
7	Thierry Boutsen	Ligier-Renault	1:54.654	4.109
8	Mika Hakkinen	Lotus-Ford Cosworth	1:54.812	4.267
9	Martin Brundle	Benetton-Ford Cosworth	1:54.973	4.428
10	Johnny Herbert	Lotus-Ford Cosworth	1:55.027	4.482
11	Gabriele Tarquini	Fondmetal-Ford Cosworth	1:55.965	5.420
12	Ivan Capelli	Ferrari	1:56.075	5.530
13	Andrea de Cesaris	Tyrrell-Ilmor	1:56.111	5.566
14	Michele Alboreto	Footwork-Mugen-Honda	1:56.282	5.737
15	Eric van de Poele	Fondmetal-Ford Cosworth	1:56.674	6.129
16	JJ Lehto	Dallara-Ferrari	1:56.809	6.264
17	Stefano Modena	Jordan-Yamaha	1:56.889	6.344
18	Karl Wendlinger	March-Ilmor	1:57.039	6.494
19	Pierluigi Martini	Dallara-Ferrari	1:57.267	6.722
20	Bertrand Gachot	Venturi-Lamborghini	1:57.330	6.785
21	Emanuele Naspetti	March-Ilmor	1:57.794	7.249
22	Olivier Grouillard	Tyrrell-Ilmor	1:57.818	7.273
23	Gianni Morbidelli	Minardi-Lamborghini	1:58.126	7.581
24	Mauricio Gugelmin	Jordan-Yamaha	1:58.499	7.954
25	Aguri Suzuki	Footwork-Mugen-Honda	1:58.826	8.281
26	Ukyo Katayama	Venturi-Lamborghini	1:59.383	8.838
Did not qualify
27	Christian Fittipaldi	Minardi-Lamborghini	1:59.626	9.081
28	Roberto Moreno	Andrea Moda-Judd	2:05.096	14.551
29	Perry McCarthy	Andrea Moda-Judd	2:15.050	24.505
30	Erik Comas	Ligier-Renault	–	–

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-1992 Belgian Grand Prix.

Driver

Pos	Driver	Points
1	Nigel Mansell	98
2	Riccardo Patrese	44
3	Michael Schumacher	43
4	Ayrton Senna	36
5	Gerhard Berger	24
6	Martin Brundle	21
7	Jean Alesi	13
8	Mika Hakkinen	9
9	Michele Alboreto	5
10	Andrea de Cesaris	4
11	Erik Comas	4
12	Karl Wendlinger	3
13	Ivan Capelli	3
14	Pierluigi Martini	2
=	Johnny Herbert	2
16	Bertrand Gachot	1

Constructor

Pos	Constructor	Points
1	Williams-Renault	142
2	Benetton-Ford Cosworth	64
3	McLaren-Honda	60
4	Ferrari	16
5	Lotus-Ford Cosworth	11
6	Footwork-Mugen-Honda	5
7	Tyrrell-Ilmor	4
8	Ligier-Renault	4
9	March-Ilmor	3
10	Dallara-Ferrari	2
11	Venturi-Lamborghini	1

Statistics & milestones

Race debut

Emanuele Naspetti

World Champion

5th title for Williams (4th constructor to win five championships)

Wins

1st for Michael Schumacher (79th different winner, 3rd German driver; first German winner since 1975)

6th for Benetton

Podiums

57th for Nigel Mansell, 34th for Riccardo Patrese, 6th for Michael Schumacher

151st & 152nd for Williams, 34th for Benetton

Poles

27th for Nigel Mansell

48th for Williams

Fastest laps

1st for Michael Schumacher (92nd different fastest lap setter, 4th German driver; first German driver to set a fastest lap since 1976)

8th for Benetton

Front row starts

78th for Ayrton Senna, 50th for Nigel Mansell (3rd driver to achieve 50 front row starts, 1st British driver)

Win & fastest lap

1st for Michael Schumacher (50th different driver to win and set the fastest lap, 1st German driver; last until 1994)

See also

• Belgian Grand Prix
• Spa-Francorchamps circuit
• 1992 World Championship season