1992 Brazilian Grand Prix

F1 Brazil 1968 Brazilian Interlagos_1990.jpg 5 April 1992 XXI Grande Prêmio do Brasil 3 16 Permanent racing facility Autódromo José Carlos PaceInterlagos, São Paulo, Brazil 2.687 4.325 71 190.808 307.075 Dry Nigel Mansell Williams-Renault UK 1:15.703 Riccardo Patrese Italy Williams-Renault 1:19.490 34 Nigel Mansell Williams-Renault UK Riccardo Patrese Williams-Renault Italy Michael Schumacher Benetton-Ford Germany BRA The 1992 Brazilian Grand Prix (formally the XXI Grande Prêmio do Brasil) was a Formula One motor race held at Interlagos on 5 April 1992. It was the third race of the 1992 Formula One World Championship. The 71-lap race was won by Englishman Nigel Mansell, driving a Williams-Renault, after he started from pole position. Mansell's Italian teammate, Riccardo Patrese, finished second after leading the first 31 laps, with German Michael Schumacher third in a Benetton-Ford. Background Going into the race, the two major talking points were Williams' utter domination of the previous two races, as well as McLaren's response to that domination: the new MP4/7A would debut at Interlagos, despite having originally been scheduled to debut at Barcelona. However, the car was still experiencing teething issues, despite an intensive testing programme at Silverstone following the Mexican Grand Prix. The team brought a total of six complete cars to the race, including three MP4/6Bs to be tested alongside the MP4/7A.The Domination Game: How Mansell and Williams made 1992 their own Motor Sport Magazine July 2002 https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/archive/article/july-2002/30/the-domination-game 2022-09-02 Qualifying Pre-qualifying report For the first time in 1992, there was a need for a pre-qualifying hour on Friday morning. The pool consisted of six cars, which needed to be reduced to four to ensure the maximum of thirty cars in the main qualifying sessions. The entrants were the two Lamborghini-powered Venturi LC92 cars entered by the Larrousse team, and driven by Bertrand Gachot and Ukyo Katayama; the Footwork FA13-Mugen-Honda of Michele Alboreto; the Fondmetal GR01 of Andrea Chiesa, and the two Andrea Moda S921s of Roberto Moreno and Perry McCarthy. Moreno and McCarthy had been recruited by Andrea Moda after team boss Andrea Sassetti had fired both his drivers (Alex Caffi and Enrico Bertaggia) after they had criticised the amateurish way the team had been run thus far.Walker Murray 1992 Murray Walker's 1992 Grand Prix Year Hazleton Publishing 29–36 0-905138-99-6 With very little time to prepare, McCarthy had hastily acquired a FISA Super Licence which enabled him to compete in Formula One. However, when he arrived at Interlagos, his licence was rescinded by race director Roland Bruynseraede, who told him there had been an error in the issuing of the licence, so McCarthy was withdrawn from the event. In any case, the team had not finished building his car in time, so he would not have driven in the session anyway.McCarthy Perry 2003 Flat Out, Flat Broke Haynes 167–177 1-84425-018-0 This left five cars in the session, and it became clear which four were to progress when the remaining Andrea Moda of Roberto Moreno managed just two laps before it broke down, having posted a very slow time. The other four cars were over fifteen seconds faster, with Gachot's Venturi topping the time sheets. Alboreto was just under two tenths of a second slower, with Chiesa third in the Fondmetal. Fourth was Katayama, just over a second slower than his team-mate Gachot. Thus Moreno failed to pre-qualify. Pre-qualifying classification Pos No Driver Constructor Time Gap 1 29 France Bertrand Gachot Venturi-Lamborghini 1:22.161 2 9 Italy Michele Alboreto Footwork-Mugen-Honda 1:22.346 +0.185 3 14 Switzerland Andrea Chiesa Fondmetal-Ford 1:22.860 +0.699 4 30 Japan 1947 Ukyo Katayama Venturi-Lamborghini 1:23.272 +1.111 5 34 Brazil 1968 Roberto Moreno Andrea Moda-Judd 1:38.569 +16.408 Qualifying report The Williams cars were ahead of the McLarens with Mansell on pole ahead of Patrese, with Senna third in front of his home crowd ahead of Berger, Schumacher, and Alesi. There was controversy in the second qualifying session, as Senna slowed in front of an over-enthusiastic Mansell, forcing him wide on the entry to turn 11 and into a spin. Having been collected by the outside wall, Mansell limped out of his damaged Williams. Berger's time was set in one of the MP4/6B's, as he suffered an engine failure in his primary car, an MP4/7A; however, he raced an MP4/7A on raceday. 2024, this was the last time a woman, Giovanna Amati, took part in the World Championship (Amati would be sacked by Brabham after this race and replaced by Englishman Damon Hill, son of late and two-time World Champion Graham Hill). Qualifying classification Pos No Driver Constructor Q1 Q2 Gap 1 5UK Nigel Mansell Williams-Renault 1:15.703 1:16.091 2 6Italy Riccardo Patrese Williams-Renault 1:17.591 1:16.894 +1.191 3 1Brazil 1968 Ayrton Senna McLaren-Honda 1:19.358 1:17.902 +2.199 4 2Austria Gerhard Berger McLaren-Honda 1:19.277 1:18.416 +2.713 5 19Germany Michael Schumacher Benetton-Ford 1:18.541 1:18.582 +2.838 6 27France Jean Alesi Ferrari 1:19.340 1:18.647 +2.944 7 20UK Martin Brundle Benetton-Ford 1:19.488 1:18.711 +3.008 8 22Italy Pierluigi Martini Dallara-Ferrari 1:18.953 1:20.018 +3.250 9 16Austria Karl Wendlinger March-Ilmor 1:19.897 1:19.007 +3.304 10 25Belgium Thierry Boutsen Ligier-Renault 1:20.823 1:19.038 +3.335 11 28Italy Ivan Capelli Ferrari 1:19.895 1:19.300 +3.597 12 32Italy Stefano Modena Jordan-Yamaha 1:19.344 1:19.314 +3.611 13 4Italy Andrea de Cesaris Tyrrell-Ilmor 1:19.343 1:19.497 +3.640 14 9Italy Michele Alboreto Footwork-Mugen-Honda 1:19.533 1:20.159 +3.830 15 26France Érik Comas Ligier-Renault 1:19.541 1:19.537 +3.834 16 21Finland JJ Lehto Dallara-Ferrari 1:20.502 1:19.834 +4.131 17 3France Olivier Grouillard Tyrrell-Ilmor 1:21.930 1:19.849 +4.146 18 29France Bertrand Gachot Venturi-Lamborghini 1:20.413 1:19.927 +4.224 19 15Italy Gabriele Tarquini Fondmetal-Ford 1:20.533 1:19.993 +4.290 20 23Brazil 1968 Christian Fittipaldi Minardi-Lamborghini 1:21.019 1:20.133 +4.430 21 33Brazil 1968 Maurício Gugelmin Jordan-Yamaha 1:20.817 1:20.266 +4.563 22 10Japan 1947 Aguri Suzuki Footwork-Mugen-Honda 1:20.891 1:20.435 +4.732 23 24Italy Gianni Morbidelli Minardi-Lamborghini 1:20.445 1:20.862 +4.742 24 11Finland Mika Häkkinen Lotus-Ford 1:20.577 1:20.734 +4.874 25 30Japan 1947 Ukyo Katayama Venturi-Lamborghini 1:21.568 1:20.648 +4.945 26 12UK Johnny Herbert Lotus-Ford 1:21.161 1:20.650 +4.947 27 14Switzerland Andrea Chiesa Fondmetal-Ford no time 1:20.809 +5.066 28 17France Paul Belmondo March-Ilmor 1:20.886 1:22.875 +5.183 29 7Belgium Eric van de Poele Brabham-Judd 1:22.742 1:21.770 +6.067 30 8Italy Giovanna Amati Brabham-Judd 1:30.420 1:26.645 +10.942 Sources:Brazilian Grand Prix – Qualifying 1 https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/1992/races/576/brazil/qualifying-1.html Formula1.com 5 January 2024Brazilian Grand Prix – Qualifying 2 https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/1992/races/576/brazil/qualifying-2.html Formula1.com 5 January 20241992 Brazilian Grand Prix Classification Qualifying https://www.motorsportstats.com/results/fia-formula-one-world-championship/1992/brazilian-grand-prix/classification/qualifying Motorsport Stats 5 January 2024 Race Race report On the parade lap, Gerhard Berger stalled and had to start at the back. Mansell’s start was poor and Patrese blasted ahead of him with Brundle getting ahead of Alesi. The order from there was Patrese, Mansell, Senna, Schumacher, Brundle and Alesi. Berger had to retire after only four laps in the pits with electrical failure. Both Williams cars pulled away while Senna was holding the rest at bay; Schumacher was thirty seconds behind by the time he had passed Senna for third on lap 13. Martin Brundle and Jean Alesi passed him soon afterwards and Senna retired with engine problems on lap 17. The stops brought Alesi closer to Brundle and Alesi made his move on lap 31. The two collided, with Brundle spinning out into retirement as a result. This promoted Karl Wendlinger in the March up to fifth and he was there until his clutch failed on lap 56. Thierry Boutsen collided with teammate Érik Comas in the leading Ligier and forced the Lotus of Johnny Herbert off into the gravel at the Senna S, forcing Boutsen and Herbert to retire but Comas managed to continue, this incident happened just six laps after Brundle's retirement, Comas would soon retire with gearbox failure on lap 42 which meant a double retirement for Ligier. Meanwhile, Mansell pitted while passing back markers and took advantage of subsequent clear laps, taking over first place when Patrese pitted after slower laps passing more of the back markers. Mansell then built a lead and won with a 29-second lead over Patrese in second, another Williams 1–2 and lapping the rest of the field ahead of Michael Schumacher, Jean Alesi, Ivan Capelli who was able to score his first points for Ferrari in fifth (which was Ferrari's only double points finish of the season) and Michele Alboreto scoring his first point for Footwork. Race classification Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 5 UK Nigel Mansell Williams-Renault 71 1:36:51.856 1 10 2 6 Italy Riccardo Patrese Williams-Renault 71 + 29.330 2 6 3 19 Germany Michael Schumacher Benetton-Ford 70 + 1 lap 5 4 4 27 France Jean Alesi Ferrari 70 + 1 lap 6 3 5 28 Italy Ivan Capelli Ferrari 70 + 1 lap 11 2 6 9 Italy Michele Alboreto Footwork-Mugen-Honda 70 + 1 lap 14 1 7 24 Italy Gianni Morbidelli Minardi-Lamborghini 69 + 2 laps 23 8 21 Finland JJ Lehto Dallara-Ferrari 69 + 2 laps 16 9 30 Japan 1947 Ukyo Katayama Venturi-Lamborghini 68 + 3 laps 25 10 11 Finland Mika Häkkinen Lotus-Ford 67 + 4 laps 24 Ret Retired 15 Italy Gabriele Tarquini Fondmetal-Ford 62 Engine 19 Ret Retired 16 Austria Karl Wendlinger March-Ilmor 55 Clutch 9 Ret Retired 23 Brazil 1968 Christian Fittipaldi Minardi-Lamborghini 54 Gearbox 20 Ret Retired 3 France Olivier Grouillard Tyrrell-Ilmor 52 Engine 17 Ret Retired 26 France Érik Comas Ligier-Renault 42 Gearbox 15 Ret Retired 12 UK Johnny Herbert Lotus-Ford 36 Collision 26 Ret Retired 25 Belgium Thierry Boutsen Ligier-Renault 36 Collision 10 Ret Retired 33 Brazil 1968 Maurício Gugelmin Jordan-Yamaha 36 Gearbox 21 Ret Retired 20 UK Martin Brundle Benetton-Ford 30 Collision 7 Ret Retired 22 Italy Pierluigi Martini Dallara-Ferrari 24 Clutch 8 Ret Retired 29 France Bertrand Gachot Venturi-Lamborghini 23 Suspension 18 Ret Retired 4 Italy Andrea de Cesaris Tyrrell-Ilmor 21 Engine 13 Ret Retired 1 Brazil 1968 Ayrton Senna McLaren-Honda 17 Engine 3 Ret Retired 2 Austria Gerhard Berger McLaren-Honda 4 Electrical 4 Ret Retired 10 Japan 1947 Aguri Suzuki Footwork-Mugen-Honda 2 Engine 22 Ret Retired 32 Italy Stefano Modena Jordan-Yamaha 1 Gearbox 12 DNQ Did not qualify 14 Switzerland Andrea Chiesa Fondmetal-Ford 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-Judd DNPQ Did not pre-qualify 34 Brazil 1968 Roberto Moreno Andrea Moda-JuddSource:http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1992/186/ 1992 Brazilian Grand Prix formula1.com 23 December 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150117161310/http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1992/186/ 17 January 2015 Championship standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings PosDriverPoints 10px 1 GBR Nigel Mansell 30 10px 2 ITA Riccardo Patrese 18 10px 3 GER Michael Schumacher 11 10px 4 AUT Gerhard Berger 5 10px 5 BRA 1968 Ayrton Senna 4Source:https://www.statsf1.com/en/1992/bresil/championnat.aspx Brazil 1992 - Championship • STATS F1 www.statsf1.com 13 March 2019 Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 10px 1 GBR Williams-Renault 48 10px 1 2 GBR Benetton-Ford 11 10px 1 3 GBR McLaren-Honda 9 10px 10 4 ITA Ferrari 5 10px 1 5 GBR Tyrrell-Ilmor 2Source: Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. References Henry Alan Alan Henry AUTOCOURSE 1992-93 Hazleton Publishing 1992 0-905138-96-1 Brazilian Grand Prix 1992 1992 Mexican Grand Prix 1992 Spanish Grand Prix 1991 Brazilian Grand Prix 1993 Brazilian Grand Prix Brazilian Grand Prix Category:Brazilian Grand Prix Grand Prix Brazilian Grand Prix