1992 Mexican Grand Prix

F1 Mexico Mexican Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez.svg 22 March 1992 2 16 XVI Gran Premio de México Permanent racing facility Autódromo Hermanos RodríguezMexico City, Mexico 2.747 4.421 69 189.549 305.049 Scattered clouds27 °C °FHistory | Weather Underground http://www.wunderground.com/history/airport/MMMX/1992/3/22/DailyHistory.html?req_city=NA&req_state=NA&req_statename=NA Wunderground.com 26 October 2013 Nigel Mansell Williams-Renault UK 1:16.346 Gerhard Berger Austria McLaren-Honda 1:17.711 60 Nigel Mansell Williams-Renault UK Riccardo Patrese Williams-Renault Italy Michael Schumacher Benetton-Ford Germany MEX The 1992 Mexican Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez in Mexico City on 22 March 1992. It was the second race of the 1992 Formula One World Championship. The 69-lap race was won from pole position by British driver Nigel Mansell, driving a Williams-Renault. Italian teammate Riccardo Patrese finished second, with Michael Schumacher third in a Benetton-Ford, the first of an eventual 155 podiums for the German driver (and also the first podium for a German driver since the Jochen Mass's third place in the 1977 Canadian Grand Prix). The Hermanos Rodríguez circuit had a reputation for being very bumpy, and by this point the condition of the track had deteriorated even further; the perceived decline of Mexico City itself with increasing crowding and pollution problems arguably made the event look bad for Formula One's glamorous image at the time.May 2020 This was the final Formula One race in Mexico until 2015, when the Grand Prix was revived on a revised Hermanos Rodríguez circuit. Pre-race On 20 February 1992 Mexico city officials put out a smog alert due to the dangerous air pollution levels in the city. Alerts mandated restrictions on operating heavy motorized equipment. The Mexican Grand Prix committee had to delay work paving sections of the track.https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=860&dat=19920220&id=AnFUAAAAIBAJ&sjid=S48DAAAAIBAJ&pg=6959,3420567&hl=en Gray haze makes people sick: Mexico city smog worsens February 20, 1992 Ellensburg Daily Record Associated Press November 1, 2015 The planned pre-qualifying session was again cancelled, as it had been in South Africa, where the Andrea Moda team was excluded from the event due to non-payment of the $100,000 guarantee required for new teams. With the guarantee now paid, FISA clarified that if Andrea Moda came to Mexico with two new cars that met the regulations, the team would be reinstated in the Championship. Andrea Moda : de l'exclusion au repêchage Sport Auto 363 April 1992 Andrea Moda: From exclusion to draft pick fr 24 Therefore team owner Andrea Sassetti abandoned the C4B car with its Coloni origins, and brought forward the introduction of their new car, the Simtek-designed Andrea Moda S921, which was originally intended for the fourth round in Spain. The team brought two hastily built S921s for Alex Caffi and Enrico Bertaggia, but the cars could not be made ready in time for pre-qualifying. Sassetti withdrew his cars, citing "freight delays" as extenuating circumstances.McCarthy Perry 2003 Flat Out, Flat Broke https://archive.org/details/isbn_9781844250189 registration Haynes 166–167 1-84425-018-0 With only four cars remaining in the pre-qualifying pool, the session was cancelled.Walker Murray 1992 Murray Walker's 1992 Grand Prix Year Hazleton Publishing 21–28 0-905138-99-6 Qualifying Qualifying report During the Friday qualifying session, Ayrton Senna hit one of the bumps in the Esses, lost control of his McLaren, and crashed into a perimeter wall at 150 mph km/h on.Collings Timothy 21 March 1992 Senna injures leg in practice crash The Daily Telegraph London 37 He suffered whiplash and a severely bruised leg, and did not take any further part in this session, but was deemed fit enough to participate in the Saturday session. Nigel Mansell took pole position in his Williams-Renault by 0.016 seconds from teammate Riccardo Patrese. The Benettons of Michael Schumacher and Martin Brundle made up the second row of the grid, though Schumacher's time was over 0.9 seconds slower than those of the Williams and Brundle's time was nearly 1.3 seconds slower than Schumacher's. The McLarens made up the third row, Gerhard Berger ahead of a still-sore Senna. The Dallaras impressed with JJ Lehto seventh and Pierluigi Martini ninth; between them was Maurício Gugelmin in the Jordan. Jean Alesi completed the top ten in his Ferrari; his teammate Ivan Capelli could only manage 20th. The four non-qualifiers were Aguri Suzuki in the Footwork, Paul Belmondo in the March, and the two Brabhams of Eric van de Poele and Giovanna Amati. This was the first time in the Brabham team's history that neither of its cars had qualified. Qualifying classification Pos No Driver Constructor Q1 Q2 Gap 1 5UK Nigel Mansell Williams-Renault 1:16.346 1:16.648 2 6Italy Riccardo Patrese Williams-Renault 1:17.908 1:16.362 +0.016 3 19Germany Michael Schumacher Benetton-Ford 1:17.554 1:17.292 +0.946 4 20UK Martin Brundle Benetton-Ford 1:18.937 1:18.588 +2.242 5 2Austria Gerhard Berger McLaren-Honda 1:18.604 1:18.589 +2.243 6 1Brazil 1968 Ayrton Senna McLaren-Honda 1:23.063 1:18.791 +2.445 7 21Finland JJ Lehto Dallara-Ferrari 1:19.982 1:19.111 +2.765 8 33Brazil 1968 Maurício Gugelmin Jordan-Yamaha 1:20.246 1:19.355 +3.009 9 22Italy Pierluigi Martini Dallara-Ferrari 1:19.767 1:19.378 +3.032 10 27France Jean Alesi Ferrari 1:21.434 1:19.417 +3.071 11 4Italy Andrea de Cesaris Tyrrell-Ilmor 1:19.423 1:24.117 +3.077 12 12UK Johnny Herbert Lotus-Ford 1:20.450 1:19.509 +3.163 13 29France Bertrand Gachot Venturi-Lamborghini 1:21.656 1:19.743 +3.397 14 15Italy Gabriele Tarquini Fondmetal-Ford 1:20.386 1:19.769 +3.423 15 32Italy Stefano Modena Jordan-Yamaha 1:19.957 1:20.469 +3.611 16 3France Olivier Grouillard Tyrrell-Ilmor 1:20.709 1:19.961 +3.615 17 23Brazil 1968 Christian Fittipaldi Minardi-Lamborghini 1:20.042 1:20.202 +3.696 18 11Finland Mika Häkkinen Lotus-Ford 1:20.145 1:20.390 +3.799 19 16Austria Karl Wendlinger March-Ilmor 47:56.613 1:20.200 +3.854 20 28Italy Ivan Capelli Ferrari 1:20.223 1:21.120 +3.877 21 24Italy Gianni Morbidelli Minardi-Lamborghini 1:21.019 1:20.227 +3.881 22 25Belgium Thierry Boutsen Ligier-Renault 1:20.709 1:20.395 +4.049 23 14Switzerland Andrea Chiesa Fondmetal-Ford 1:21.902 1:20.845 +4.499 24 30Japan 1947 Ukyo Katayama Venturi-Lamborghini 1:22.188 1:20.935 +4.589 25 9Italy Michele Alboreto Footwork-Mugen-Honda 1:21.396 1:21.064 +4.718 26 26France Érik Comas Ligier-Renault 1:21.122 1:21.963 +4.776 27 10Japan 1947 Aguri Suzuki Footwork-Mugen-Honda 1:21.617 1:21.187 +4.841 28 17France Paul Belmondo March-Ilmor 1:23.508 1:21.504 +5.158 29 7Belgium Eric van de Poele Brabham-Judd 1:22.937 1:22.197 +5.851 30 8Italy Giovanna Amati Brabham-Judd no time 1:25.052 +8.706 Sources:Mexican Grand Prix – Qualifying 1 https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/1992/races/575/mexico/qualifying-1.html Formula1.com 5 January 2024Mexican Grand Prix – Qualifying 2 https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/1992/races/575/mexico/qualifying-2.html Formula1.com 5 January 20241992 Mexican Grand Prix Classification Qualifying https://www.motorsportstats.com/results/fia-formula-one-world-championship/1992/mexican-grand-prix/classification/qualifying Motorsport Stats 5 January 2024 Race Race report Stefano Modena, having qualified 15th in the other Jordan, had to start the race from the pit lane. Nigel Mansell dominated the race straight from the pole position, finishing the race 12 seconds ahead of Patrese and 21 seconds ahead of Michael Schumacher. Senna's transmission broke on the 11th lap, ending his race prematurely; teammate Berger finished 4th, salvaging some pride for McLaren in the farewell race for the MP4/6. Gerhard Berger managed to get ahead of Martin Brundle with a battle that managed to last for eight laps until Brundle was able to move back up to fourth on lap 44 but soon retired with engine trouble on lap 47, ending the battle for fourth. At the front, Mansell won with Patrese making it a Williams 1–2 again ahead of Schumacher, Berger, de Cesaris and Mika Häkkinen scoring the final point for Lotus for the second race in succession from South Africa and respectively the Finn's first point of the season. Race classification Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 5 UK Nigel Mansell Williams-Renault 69 1:31:53.587 1 10 2 6 Italy Riccardo Patrese Williams-Renault 69 + 12.971 2 6 3 19 Germany Michael Schumacher Benetton-Ford 69 + 21.429 3 4 4 2 Austria Gerhard Berger McLaren-Honda 69 + 33.347 5 3 5 4 Italy Andrea de Cesaris Tyrrell-Ilmor 68 + 1 lap 11 2 6 11 Finland Mika Häkkinen Lotus-Ford 68 + 1 lap 18 1 7 12 UK Johnny Herbert Lotus-Ford 68 + 1 lap 12 8 21 Finland JJ Lehto Dallara-Ferrari 68 + 1 lap 7 9 26 France Érik Comas Ligier-Renault 67 + 2 laps 26 10 25 Belgium Thierry Boutsen Ligier-Renault 67 + 2 laps 22 11 29 France Bertrand Gachot Venturi-Lamborghini 66 + 3 laps 13 12 30 Japan 1947 Ukyo Katayama Venturi-Lamborghini 66 + 3 laps 24 13 9 Italy Michele Alboreto Footwork-Mugen-Honda 65 + 4 laps 25 Ret Retired 20 UK Martin Brundle Benetton-Ford 47 Engine 4 Ret Retired 15 Italy Gabriele Tarquini Fondmetal-Ford 45 Clutch 14 Ret Retired 14 Switzerland Andrea Chiesa Fondmetal-Ford 37 Spun off 23 Ret Retired 22 Italy Pierluigi Martini Dallara-Ferrari 36 Handling 9 Ret Retired 27 France Jean Alesi Ferrari 31 Engine 10 Ret Retired 24 Italy Gianni Morbidelli Minardi-Lamborghini 29 Spun off 21 Ret Retired 32 Italy Stefano Modena Jordan-Yamaha 17 Gearbox 15 Ret Retired 3 France Olivier Grouillard Tyrrell-Ilmor 12 Engine 16 Ret Retired 1 Brazil 1968 Ayrton Senna McLaren-Honda 11 Transmission 6 Ret Retired 23 Brazil 1968 Christian Fittipaldi Minardi-Lamborghini 2 Spun off 17 Ret Retired 33 Brazil 1968 Maurício Gugelmin Jordan-Yamaha 0 Engine 8 Ret Retired 16 Austria Karl Wendlinger March-Ilmor 0 Collision 19 Ret Retired 28 Italy Ivan Capelli Ferrari 0 Collision 20 DNQ Did not qualify 10 Japan 1947 Aguri Suzuki Footwork-Mugen-Honda DNQ Did not qualify 17 France Paul Belmondo March-Ilmor DNQ Did not qualify 7 Belgium Eric van de Poele Brabham-Judd DNQ Did not qualify 8 Italy Giovanna Amati Brabham-JuddSource:1992 Mexican Grand Prix http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1992/183/ formula1.com https://web.archive.org/web/20150217072325/http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1992/183/ 17 February 2015 23 December 2015 Championship standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings PosDriverPoints 10px 1 GBR Nigel Mansell 20 10px 2 ITA Riccardo Patrese 12 10px 1 3 GER Michael Schumacher 7 10px 1 4 AUT Gerhard Berger 5 10px 2 5 BRA 1968 Ayrton Senna 4Source:Mexico 1992 - Championship • STATS F1 https://www.statsf1.com/en/1992/mexique/championnat.aspx www.statsf1.com 19 March 2019 Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 10px 1 GBR Williams-Renault 32 10px 2 GBR McLaren-Honda 9 10px 3 GBR Benetton-Ford 7 10px 6 4 GBR Tyrrell-Ilmor 2 10px 1 5 GBR Lotus-Ford 2Source: Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. References Henry Alan Alan Henry 1992 AUTOCOURSE 1992-93 Hazleton Publishing 0-905138-96-1 Mexican Grand Prix 1992 1992 South African Grand Prix 1992 Brazilian Grand Prix 1991 Mexican Grand Prix 2015 Mexican Grand Prix Mexican Grand Prix Category:Mexican Grand Prix Grand Prix Category:March 1992 sports events in Mexico