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Home / Seasons / 1992 F1 World Championship Season / 1992 French Grand Prix

1992 French Grand Prix

DateSunday, 5 July 1992
Winner
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Nigel Mansell
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Williams-Renault
Pole position
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Nigel Mansell
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Williams-Renault
Fastest lap
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Nigel Mansell
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Williams-Renault
CircuitMagny-Cours, 69 laps
Round8 of 16
Race numbers

The 1992 French Grand Prix was the

  • 524th World Championship race
  • 42nd World Championship French Grand Prix
  • 2nd World Championship race at Magny-Cours
More 1992 season
More French Grands Prix

Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1 United Kingdom flag lazyload Nigel MansellWilliams-Renault691hr 38m 08.459s10
2 Italy flag lazyload Riccardo PatreseWilliams-Renault69+46.447s6
3+4United Kingdom flag lazyload Martin BrundleBenetton-Ford Cosworth69+1m 12.579s4
4+7Finland flag lazyload Mika HakkinenLotus-Ford Cosworth68+1 lap3
5+5France flag lazyload Erik ComasLigier-Renault68+1 lap2
6+6United Kingdom flag lazyload Johnny HerbertLotus-Ford Cosworth68+1 lap1
7+7Italy flag lazyload Michele AlboretoFootwork-Mugen-Honda68+1 lap 
8+8Italy flag lazyload Gianni MorbidelliMinardi-Lamborghini68+1 lap 
9+8Finland flag lazyload JJ LehtoDallara-Ferrari67+2 laps 
10+15Italy flag lazyload Pierluigi MartiniDallara-Ferrari67+2 laps 
11+11France flag lazyload Olivier GrouillardTyrrell-Ilmor66+3 laps 
R France flag lazyload Jean AlesiFerrari61DNF 
R Italy flag lazyload Andrea de CesarisTyrrell-Ilmor51DNF 
R Japan flag lazyload Ukyo KatayamaVenturi-Lamborghini49DNF 
R Belgium flag lazyload Thierry BoutsenLigier-Renault46DNF 
R Italy flag lazyload Ivan CapelliFerrari38DNF 
R Austria flag lazyload Karl WendlingerMarch-Ilmor33DNF 
R Italy flag lazyload Stefano ModenaJordan-Yamaha25DNF 
R Japan flag lazyload Aguri SuzukiFootwork-Mugen-Honda20DNF 
R Germany flag lazyload Michael SchumacherBenetton-Ford Cosworth17DNF 
R Austria flag lazyload Gerhard BergerMcLaren-Honda10DNF 
R Italy flag lazyload Gabriele TarquiniFondmetal-Ford Cosworth6DNF 
R France flag lazyload Bertrand GachotVenturi-Lamborghini0DNF 
R Brazil flag lazyload Mauricio GugelminJordan-Yamaha0DNF 
R Switzerland flag Andrea ChiesaFondmetal-Ford Cosworth0DNF 
R Brazil flag lazyload Ayrton SennaMcLaren-Honda0DNF 

Starting grid

PosDriverConstructor
1United Kingdom flag lazyload Nigel MansellWilliams-Renault
2Italy flag lazyload Riccardo PatreseWilliams-Renault
3Brazil flag lazyload Ayrton SennaMcLaren-Honda
4Austria flag lazyload Gerhard BergerMcLaren-Honda
5Germany flag lazyload Michael SchumacherBenetton-Ford Cosworth
6France flag lazyload Jean AlesiFerrari
7United Kingdom flag lazyload Martin BrundleBenetton-Ford Cosworth
8Italy flag lazyload Ivan CapelliFerrari
9Belgium flag lazyload Thierry BoutsenLigier-Renault
10France flag lazyload Erik ComasLigier-Renault
11Finland flag lazyload Mika HakkinenLotus-Ford Cosworth
12United Kingdom flag lazyload Johnny HerbertLotus-Ford Cosworth
13France flag lazyload Bertrand GachotVenturi-Lamborghini
14Italy flag lazyload Michele AlboretoFootwork-Mugen-Honda
15Japan flag lazyload Aguri SuzukiFootwork-Mugen-Honda
16Italy flag lazyload Gianni MorbidelliMinardi-Lamborghini
17Finland flag lazyload JJ LehtoDallara-Ferrari
18Japan flag lazyload Ukyo KatayamaVenturi-Lamborghini
19Italy flag lazyload Andrea de CesarisTyrrell-Ilmor
20Italy flag lazyload Stefano ModenaJordan-Yamaha
21Austria flag lazyload Karl WendlingerMarch-Ilmor
22France flag lazyload Olivier GrouillardTyrrell-Ilmor
23Italy flag lazyload Gabriele TarquiniFondmetal-Ford Cosworth
24Brazil flag lazyload Mauricio GugelminJordan-Yamaha
25Italy flag lazyload Pierluigi MartiniDallara-Ferrari
26Switzerland flag Andrea ChiesaFondmetal-Ford Cosworth

Qualifying result

PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
1United Kingdom flag lazyload Nigel MansellWilliams-Renault1:13.864 
2Italy flag lazyload Riccardo PatreseWilliams-Renault1:14.3320.468
3Brazil flag lazyload Ayrton SennaMcLaren-Honda1:15.1991.335
4Austria flag lazyload Gerhard BergerMcLaren-Honda1:15.3161.452
5Germany flag lazyload Michael SchumacherBenetton-Ford Cosworth1:15.5691.705
6France flag lazyload Jean AlesiFerrari1:16.1182.254
7United Kingdom flag lazyload Martin BrundleBenetton-Ford Cosworth1:16.1512.287
8Italy flag lazyload Ivan CapelliFerrari1:16.4432.579
9Belgium flag lazyload Thierry BoutsenLigier-Renault1:16.8062.942
10France flag lazyload Erik ComasLigier-Renault1:16.9383.074
11Finland flag lazyload Mika HakkinenLotus-Ford Cosworth1:16.9993.135
12United Kingdom flag lazyload Johnny HerbertLotus-Ford Cosworth1:17.2573.393
13France flag lazyload Bertrand GachotVenturi-Lamborghini1:17.4423.578
14Italy flag lazyload Michele AlboretoFootwork-Mugen-Honda1:17.5083.644
15Japan flag lazyload Aguri SuzukiFootwork-Mugen-Honda1:17.5483.684
16Italy flag lazyload Gianni MorbidelliMinardi-Lamborghini1:17.6673.803
17Finland flag lazyload JJ LehtoDallara-Ferrari1:17.6773.813
18Japan flag lazyload Ukyo KatayamaVenturi-Lamborghini1:17.7093.845
19Italy flag lazyload Andrea de CesarisTyrrell-Ilmor1:17.8684.004
20Italy flag lazyload Stefano ModenaJordan-Yamaha1:17.9014.037
21Austria flag lazyload Karl WendlingerMarch-Ilmor1:17.9374.073
22France flag lazyload Olivier GrouillardTyrrell-Ilmor1:17.9894.125
23Italy flag lazyload Gabriele TarquiniFondmetal-Ford Cosworth1:17.9934.129
24Brazil flag lazyload Mauricio GugelminJordan-Yamaha1:18.3374.473
25Italy flag lazyload Pierluigi MartiniDallara-Ferrari1:18.5864.722
26Switzerland flag Andrea ChiesaFondmetal-Ford Cosworth1:18.7014.837
Did not qualify
27France flag lazyload Paul BelmondoMarch-Ilmor1:19.3545.490
28Brazil flag lazyload Christian FittipaldiMinardi-Lamborghini1:20.0626.198
29Belgium flag lazyload Eric van de PoeleBrabham-Judd1:20.1396.275
30United Kingdom flag lazyload Damon HillBrabham-Judd1:21.4127.548

Championship standings

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

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1United Kingdom flag lazyload Nigel Mansell66
2Italy flag lazyload Riccardo Patrese34
3Germany flag lazyload Michael Schumacher26
4Brazil flag lazyload Ayrton Senna18
5Austria flag lazyload Gerhard Berger18
6France flag lazyload Jean Alesi11
7United Kingdom flag lazyload Martin Brundle9
8Italy flag lazyload Michele Alboreto5
9Finland flag lazyload Mika Hakkinen4
10Italy flag lazyload Andrea de Cesaris4
11Austria flag lazyload Karl Wendlinger3
12France flag lazyload Erik Comas3
13Italy flag lazyload Ivan Capelli2
14Italy flag lazyload Pierluigi Martini2
=United Kingdom flag lazyload Johnny Herbert2
16France flag lazyload Bertrand Gachot1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1United Kingdom flag lazyload Williams-Renault100
2United Kingdom flag lazyload McLaren-Honda36
3United Kingdom flag lazyload Benetton-Ford Cosworth35
4Italy flag lazyload Ferrari13
5United Kingdom flag lazyload Lotus-Ford Cosworth6
6United Kingdom flag lazyload Footwork-Mugen-Honda5
7United Kingdom flag lazyload Tyrrell-Ilmor4
8United Kingdom flag lazyload March-Ilmor3
9France flag lazyload Ligier-Renault3
10Italy flag lazyload Dallara-Ferrari2
11France flag lazyload Venturi-Lamborghini1

Statistics & milestones

Last start
Andrea Chiesa
Wins
27th for Nigel Mansell
57th for Williams
Race 1-2
20th for Williams (3rd constructor to finish 1-2 in 20 races)
Podiums
53rd for Nigel Mansell, 32nd for Riccardo Patrese, 1st for Martin Brundle (160th different podium finisher, 32nd British driver)
145th & 146th for Williams, 31st for Benetton
Poles
24th for Nigel Mansell
44th for Williams
Qualifying 1-2
17th for Williams
Fastest laps
26th for Nigel Mansell
61st for Williams
Front row starts
46th for Nigel Mansell, 23rd for Riccardo Patrese
Points finishes
75th for Nigel Mansell
Pole & win
13th for Nigel Mansell
Win & fastest lap
11th for Nigel Mansell
Hat-trick (pole, win & fastest lap)
4th for Nigel Mansell

See also

  • French Grand Prix
  • Magny-Cours circuit
  • 1992 World Championship season

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