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

1992 Mexican Grand Prix

DateSunday, 22 March 1992
Winner
  • Nigel Mansell
  • Williams-Renault
Pole position
  • Nigel Mansell
  • Williams-Renault
Fastest lap
  • Gerhard Berger
  • McLaren-Honda
CircuitMexico City, 69 laps
Round2 of 16
Race numbers

The 1992 Mexican Grand Prix was the:

  • 518th World Championship race
  • 15th World Championship Mexican Grand Prix (last until 2015)
  • 15th World Championship race at Mexico City (last until 2015)
More 1992 season
More Mexican Grands Prix

On this page

  • Race result
  • Starting grid
  • Qualifying result
  • Championship standings
  • Statistics & milestones

Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1 (GBR) Nigel MansellWilliams-Renault691hr 31m 53.587s10
2 (ITA) Riccardo PatreseWilliams-Renault69+12.971s6
3 (DEU) Michael SchumacherBenetton-Ford Cosworth69+21.429s4
4+1(AUT) Gerhard BergerMcLaren-Honda69+33.347s3
5+6(ITA) Andrea de CesarisTyrrell-Ilmor68+1 lap2
6+12(FIN) Mika HakkinenLotus-Ford Cosworth68+1 lap1
7+5(GBR) Johnny HerbertLotus-Ford Cosworth68+1 lap 
8-1(FIN) JJ LehtoDallara-Ferrari68+1 lap 
9+17(FRA) Erik ComasLigier-Renault67+2 laps 
10+12(BEL) Thierry BoutsenLigier-Renault67+2 laps 
11+2(FRA) Bertrand GachotVenturi-Lamborghini66+3 laps 
12+12(JPN) Ukyo KatayamaVenturi-Lamborghini66+3 laps 
13+12(ITA) Michele AlboretoFootwork-Mugen-Honda65+4 laps 
R (GBR) Martin BrundleBenetton-Ford Cosworth47DNF 
R (ITA) Gabriele TarquiniFondmetal-Ford Cosworth45DNF 
R (CHE) Andrea ChiesaFondmetal-Ford Cosworth37DNF 
R (ITA) Pierluigi MartiniDallara-Ferrari36DNF 
R (FRA) Jean AlesiFerrari31DNF 
R (ITA) Gianni MorbidelliMinardi-Lamborghini29DNF 
R (ITA) Stefano ModenaJordan-Yamaha17DNF 
R (FRA) Olivier GrouillardTyrrell-Ilmor12DNF 
R (BRA) Ayrton SennaMcLaren-Honda11DNF 
R (BRA) Christian FittipaldiMinardi-Lamborghini2DNF 
R (BRA) Mauricio GugelminJordan-Yamaha0DNF 
R (ITA) Ivan CapelliFerrari0DNF 
R (AUT) Karl WendlingerMarch-Ilmor0DNF 
Did not start
  (ITA) Alex CaffiAndrea Moda-Judd   
  (ITA) Enrico BertaggiaAndrea Moda-Judd   

Notes

  • Andrea Moda withdrew from the Grand Prix as their cars did not arrive in time.

Starting grid

PosDriverConstructor
1(GBR) Nigel MansellWilliams-Renault
2(ITA) Riccardo PatreseWilliams-Renault
3(DEU) Michael SchumacherBenetton-Ford Cosworth
4(GBR) Martin BrundleBenetton-Ford Cosworth
5(AUT) Gerhard BergerMcLaren-Honda
6(BRA) Ayrton SennaMcLaren-Honda
7(FIN) JJ LehtoDallara-Ferrari
8(BRA) Mauricio GugelminJordan-Yamaha
9(ITA) Pierluigi MartiniDallara-Ferrari
10(FRA) Jean AlesiFerrari
11(ITA) Andrea de CesarisTyrrell-Ilmor
12(GBR) Johnny HerbertLotus-Ford Cosworth
13(FRA) Bertrand GachotVenturi-Lamborghini
14(ITA) Gabriele TarquiniFondmetal-Ford Cosworth
15  
16(FRA) Olivier GrouillardTyrrell-Ilmor
17(BRA) Christian FittipaldiMinardi-Lamborghini
18(FIN) Mika HakkinenLotus-Ford Cosworth
19(AUT) Karl WendlingerMarch-Ilmor
20(ITA) Ivan CapelliFerrari
21(ITA) Gianni MorbidelliMinardi-Lamborghini
22(BEL) Thierry BoutsenLigier-Renault
23(CHE) Andrea ChiesaFondmetal-Ford Cosworth
24(JPN) Ukyo KatayamaVenturi-Lamborghini
25(ITA) Michele AlboretoFootwork-Mugen-Honda
26(FRA) Erik ComasLigier-Renault
Started from the pit lane
 (ITA) Stefano ModenaJordan-Yamaha

Qualifying result

PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
1(GBR) Nigel MansellWilliams-Renault1:16.346 
2(ITA) Riccardo PatreseWilliams-Renault1:16.3620.016
3(DEU) Michael SchumacherBenetton-Ford Cosworth1:17.2920.946
4(GBR) Martin BrundleBenetton-Ford Cosworth1:18.5882.242
5(AUT) Gerhard BergerMcLaren-Honda1:18.5892.243
6(BRA) Ayrton SennaMcLaren-Honda1:18.7912.445
7(FIN) JJ LehtoDallara-Ferrari1:19.1112.765
8(BRA) Mauricio GugelminJordan-Yamaha1:19.3553.009
9(ITA) Pierluigi MartiniDallara-Ferrari1:19.3783.032
10(FRA) Jean AlesiFerrari1:19.4173.071
11(ITA) Andrea de CesarisTyrrell-Ilmor1:19.4233.077
12(GBR) Johnny HerbertLotus-Ford Cosworth1:19.5093.163
13(FRA) Bertrand GachotVenturi-Lamborghini1:19.7433.397
14(ITA) Gabriele TarquiniFondmetal-Ford Cosworth1:19.7693.423
15(ITA) Stefano ModenaJordan-Yamaha1:19.9573.611
16(FRA) Olivier GrouillardTyrrell-Ilmor1:19.9613.615
17(BRA) Christian FittipaldiMinardi-Lamborghini1:20.0423.696
18(FIN) Mika HakkinenLotus-Ford Cosworth1:20.1453.799
19(AUT) Karl WendlingerMarch-Ilmor1:20.2003.854
20(ITA) Ivan CapelliFerrari1:20.2233.877
21(ITA) Gianni MorbidelliMinardi-Lamborghini1:20.2273.881
22(BEL) Thierry BoutsenLigier-Renault1:20.3954.049
23(CHE) Andrea ChiesaFondmetal-Ford Cosworth1:20.8454.499
24(JPN) Ukyo KatayamaVenturi-Lamborghini1:20.9354.589
25(ITA) Michele AlboretoFootwork-Mugen-Honda1:21.0644.718
26(FRA) Erik ComasLigier-Renault1:21.1224.776
Did not qualify
27(JPN) Aguri SuzukiFootwork-Mugen-Honda1:21.1874.841
28(FRA) Paul BelmondoMarch-Ilmor1:21.5045.158
29(BEL) Eric van de PoeleBrabham-Judd1:22.1975.851
30(ITA) Giovanna AmatiBrabham-Judd1:25.0528.706

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(GBR) Nigel Mansell20
2(ITA) Riccardo Patrese12
3(DEU) Michael Schumacher7
4(AUT) Gerhard Berger5
5(BRA) Ayrton Senna4
6(ITA) Andrea de Cesaris2
7(GBR) Johnny Herbert1
=(FIN) Mika Hakkinen1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Williams-Renault32
2McLaren-Honda9
3Benetton-Ford Cosworth7
4Tyrrell-Ilmor2
5Lotus-Ford Cosworth2

Statistics & milestones

Race debut
Andrea Chiesa
Wins
23rd for Nigel Mansell
53rd for Williams
Race 1-2
17th for Williams
Podiums
48th for Nigel Mansell
28th for Riccardo Patrese
1st for Michael Schumacher (159th different podium finisher, 7th German driver; first German driver to finish on the podium since 1977)
136th & 137th for Williams
27th for Benetton
Poles
19th for Nigel Mansell
39th for Williams
1-2 start
13th for Williams
Fastest laps
15th for Gerhard Berger
66th for McLaren
Front row starts
41st for Nigel Mansell
18th for Riccardo Patrese
Pole & win
9th for Nigel Mansell

See also

  • Mexican Grand Prix
  • Mexico City circuit
  • 1992 World Championship season

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