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1992 South African Grand Prix

Date
Winner
Pole position
Fastest lap
CircuitKyalami, 72 laps
Round1 of 16
Race numbers

The 1992 South African Grand Prix was the:

  • 517th World Championship race
  • 22nd World Championship South African Grand Prix (first since 1985)
  • 19th World Championship race at Kyalami (first since 1985)
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Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1 (GBR) Nigel MansellWilliams-Renault721hr 36m 45.320s10
2+2(ITA) Riccardo PatreseWilliams-Renault72+24.360s6
3-1(BRA) Ayrton SennaMcLaren-Honda72+34.675s4
4+2(DEU) Michael SchumacherBenetton-Ford Cosworth72+47.863s3
5-2(AUT) Gerhard BergerMcLaren-Honda72+1m 13.634s2
6+5(GBR) Johnny HerbertLotus-Ford Cosworth71+1 lap1
7+6(FRA) Erik ComasLigier-Renault71+1 lap 
8+8(JPN) Aguri SuzukiFootwork-Mugen-Honda70+2 laps 
9+12(FIN) Mika HakkinenLotus-Ford Cosworth70+2 laps 
10+7(ITA) Michele AlboretoFootwork-Mugen-Honda70+2 laps 
11+12(BRA) Mauricio GugelminJordan-Yamaha70+2 laps 
12+6(JPN) Ukyo KatayamaVenturi-Lamborghini68+4 laps 
13+13(BEL) Eric van de PoeleBrabham-Judd68+4 laps 
R (FRA) Olivier GrouillardTyrrell-Ilmor62DNF 
R (BEL) Thierry BoutsenLigier-Renault60DNF 
R (ITA) Pierluigi MartiniDallara-Ferrari56DNF 
R (ITA) Gianni MorbidelliMinardi-Lamborghini55DNF 
R (FIN) JJ LehtoDallara-Ferrari46DNF 
R (BRA) Christian FittipaldiMinardi-Lamborghini43DNF 
R (ITA) Andrea de CesarisTyrrell-Ilmor41DNF 
R (FRA) Jean AlesiFerrari40DNF 
R (ITA) Ivan CapelliFerrari28DNF 
R (ITA) Gabriele TarquiniFondmetal-Ford Cosworth23DNF 
R (AUT) Karl WendlingerMarch-Ilmor13DNF 
R (FRA) Bertrand GachotVenturi-Lamborghini8DNF 
R (GBR) Martin BrundleBenetton-Ford Cosworth1DNF 
Did not start
  (ITA) Alex CaffiAndrea Moda-Judd   
  (ITA) Enrico BertaggiaAndrea Moda-Judd   

Notes

  • Andrea Moda were excluded from the Grand Prix before start of practice for failing to pay their entry fee for new teams.

Starting grid

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

Qualifying result

PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
1(GBR) Nigel MansellWilliams-Renault1:15.486 
2(BRA) Ayrton SennaMcLaren-Honda1:16.2270.741
3(AUT) Gerhard BergerMcLaren-Honda1:16.6721.186
4(ITA) Riccardo PatreseWilliams-Renault1:16.9891.503
5(FRA) Jean AlesiFerrari1:17.2081.722
6(DEU) Michael SchumacherBenetton-Ford Cosworth1:17.6352.149
7(AUT) Karl WendlingerMarch-Ilmor1:18.1152.629
8(GBR) Martin BrundleBenetton-Ford Cosworth1:18.3272.841
9(ITA) Ivan CapelliFerrari1:18.3872.901
10(ITA) Andrea de CesarisTyrrell-Ilmor1:18.5443.058
11(GBR) Johnny HerbertLotus-Ford Cosworth1:18.6263.140
12(FRA) Olivier GrouillardTyrrell-Ilmor1:18.7493.263
13(FRA) Erik ComasLigier-Renault1:19.2003.714
14(BEL) Thierry BoutsenLigier-Renault1:19.2963.810
15(ITA) Gabriele TarquiniFondmetal-Ford Cosworth1:19.3053.819
16(JPN) Aguri SuzukiFootwork-Mugen-Honda1:19.5324.046
17(ITA) Michele AlboretoFootwork-Mugen-Honda1:19.5714.085
18(JPN) Ukyo KatayamaVenturi-Lamborghini1:19.6214.135
19(ITA) Gianni MorbidelliMinardi-Lamborghini1:19.6364.150
20(BRA) Christian FittipaldiMinardi-Lamborghini1:19.6414.155
21(FIN) Mika HakkinenLotus-Ford Cosworth1:19.6724.186
22(FRA) Bertrand GachotVenturi-Lamborghini1:20.0394.553
23(BRA) Mauricio GugelminJordan-Yamaha1:20.1204.634
24(FIN) JJ LehtoDallara-Ferrari1:20.1264.640
25(ITA) Pierluigi MartiniDallara-Ferrari1:20.2034.717
26(BEL) Eric van de PoeleBrabham-Judd1:20.4885.002
Did not qualify
27(FRA) Paul BelmondoMarch-Ilmor1:20.5805.094
28(CHE) Andrea ChiesaFondmetal-Ford Cosworth1:21.2095.723
29(ITA) Stefano ModenaJordan-Yamaha1:21.4946.008
30(ITA) Giovanna AmatiBrabham-Judd1:24.4058.919

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(GBR) Nigel Mansell10
2(ITA) Riccardo Patrese6
3(BRA) Ayrton Senna4
4(DEU) Michael Schumacher3
5(AUT) Gerhard Berger2
6(GBR) Johnny Herbert1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Williams-Renault16
2McLaren-Honda6
3Benetton-Ford Cosworth3
4Lotus-Ford Cosworth1

Statistics & milestones

Race debut
Christian Fittipaldi
Ukyo Katayama
Venturi
Wins
22nd for Nigel Mansell
52nd for Williams
Race 1-2
16th for Williams
Podiums
67th for Ayrton Senna
47th for Nigel Mansell
27th for Riccardo Patrese
226th for McLaren
134th & 135th for Williams
Poles
18th for Nigel Mansell
38th for Williams
Fastest laps
23rd for Nigel Mansell
56th for Williams
Front row starts
76th for Ayrton Senna
40th for Nigel Mansell (8th driver to achieve 40 front row starts, 4th British driver)
Pole & win
8th for Nigel Mansell
Win & fastest lap
9th for Nigel Mansell
Hat-trick (pole, win & fastest lap)
2nd for Nigel Mansell