1992 Spanish Grand Prix

F1 Spain Spanish 3 May 1992 Catalunya1994.png Gran Premio Tío Pepe de España 4 16 Circuit de Catalunya, Montmeló, Catalonia, Spain1992 Spanish Grand Prix https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/database/races/1992-spanish-grand-prix/ Motor Sport 31 May 2022 Permanent racing facility 2.950 4.747 65 191.727 308.555 Dry at start, wet later 28,000 Nigel Mansell Williams-Renault 1:20.190 UK Nigel Mansell Williams-Renault 1:42.503 10 UK Nigel Mansell Williams-Renault UK Michael Schumacher Benetton-Ford Germany Jean Alesi Ferrari France ESP The 1992 Spanish Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on 3 May 1992 at the Circuit de Catalunya, Montmeló. The 65-lap race was the fourth round of the 1992 Formula One World Championship and was won by Nigel Mansell driving a Williams-Renault and scoring the third grand chelem of his career. The race was also advertised as the Grand Prix of the Olympic Games. The race was moved up from its former September date, and held just months before the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. Qualifying Pre-qualifying report The Friday morning pre-qualifying session was a similar story to the previous session in Brazil. The Andrea Moda cars were well behind the performance of the other entrants in the session, who all pre-qualified easily. Perry McCarthy had regained his Super Licence so was able to compete for the team alongside Roberto Moreno. Team boss Andrea Sassetti had been approached by Enrico Bertaggia, whom Sassetti had sacked after the Mexican Grand Prix, but who now wanted to return to the team with $1 million in sponsorship. Sassetti wanted to fire McCarthy and rehire Bertaggia, but was told that the team had already reached its maximum number of driver changes for the season, so was forced to retain McCarthy.https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/archive/article/january-1998/87/worst-car-i-ever-drove The worst car I ever drove January 1998 1 June 2020 MotorSport magazineMcCarthy Perry 2003 Flat Out, Flat Broke Haynes 176–177 1-84425-018-0 In the session itself, Bertrand Gachot was again fastest for Larrousse, less than a tenth of a second faster than Michele Alboreto in the Footwork. Third was Gachot's team-mate Ukyo Katayama, 1.4 seconds ahead of the last pre-qualifier, Andrea Chiesa in the Fondmetal. McCarthy took to the track for Andrea Moda, but his engine cut out just four metres after the pitlane exit line.Walker Murray 1992 Murray Walker's 1992 Grand Prix Year Hazleton Publishing 37–44 0-905138-99-6 Moreno managed three laps in his car before it also suffered an engine failure. McCarthy's car was brought back for Moreno to use, but the Brazilian was still unable to pre-qualify. Pre-qualifying classification Pos No Driver Constructor Time Gap 1 29 France Bertrand Gachot Venturi-Lamborghini 1:26.032 — 2 9 Italy Michele Alboreto Footwork-Mugen-Honda 1:26.120 +0.088 3 30 Japan 1947 Ukyo Katayama Venturi-Lamborghini 1:26.484 +0.452 4 14 Switzerland Andrea Chiesa Fondmetal-Ford 1:27.902 +1.870 5 34 Brazil 1968 Roberto Moreno Andrea Moda-Judd 1:37.155 +11.123 6 35 UK Perry McCarthy Andrea Moda-Judd no time — Qualifying report Damon Hill, son of former world champion Graham Hill, made his debut with Brabham, replacing Giovanna Amati who was dismissed from the team, but did not qualify for the race. As in the three previous races, Mansell qualified in pole position, ahead of Michael Schumacher, Ayrton Senna, Riccardo Patrese, Ivan Capelli and Martin Brundle. Qualifying classification Pos No Driver Constructor Q1Q2 Gap 1 5 UK Nigel Mansell Williams-Renault 1:20.1901:46.737 2 19 Germany Michael Schumacher Benetton-Ford 1:21.195No time +1.005 3 1 Brazil 1968 Ayrton Senna McLaren-Honda 1:21.2091:46.581 +1.019 4 6 Italy Riccardo Patrese Williams-Renault 1:21.534No time +1.344 5 28 Italy Ivan Capelli Ferrari 1:22.4131:52.319 +2.223 6 20 UK Martin Brundle Benetton-Ford 1:22.529No time +2.339 7 2 Austria Gerhard Berger McLaren-Honda 1:22.7111:46.062 +2.521 8 27 France Jean Alesi Ferrari 1:22.7461:45.903 +2.556 9 16 Austria Karl Wendlinger March-Ilmor 1:23.121No time +2.931 10 26 France Érik Comas Ligier-Renault 1:23.5931:50.914 +3.403 11 4 Italy Andrea de Cesaris Tyrrell-Ilmor 1:23.7231:49.847 +3.533 12 21 Finland JJ Lehto Dallara-Ferrari 1:24.0541:54.117 +3.864 13 22 Italy Pierluigi Martini Dallara-Ferrari 1:24.2361:54.590 +4.046 14 25 Belgium Thierry Boutsen Ligier-Renault 1:24.5831:56.313 +4.393 15 3 France Olivier Grouillard Tyrrell-Ilmor 1:24.6081:51.606 +4.418 16 9 Italy Michele Alboreto Footwork-Mugen-Honda 1:24.6341:48.366 +4.444 17 33 Brazil 1968 Maurício Gugelmin Jordan-Yamaha 1:24.6711:50.598 +4.481 18 15 Italy Gabriele Tarquini Fondmetal-Ford 1:24.8001:57.115 +4.610 19 10 Japan 1947 Aguri Suzuki Footwork-Mugen-Honda 1:24.940No time +4.750 20 14 Switzerland Andrea Chiesa Fondmetal-Ford 1:24.963No time +4.773 21 11 Finland Mika Häkkinen Lotus-Ford 1:25.202No time +5.012 22 23 Brazil 1968 Christian Fittipaldi Minardi-Lamborghini 1:25.3151:54.122 +5.125 23 17 France Paul Belmondo March-Ilmor 1:25.467No time +5.277 24 29 France Bertrand Gachot Venturi-Lamborghini 1:25.7001:54.108 +5.510 25 24 Italy Gianni Morbidelli Minardi-Lamborghini 1:25.7861:58.389 +5.596 26 12 UK Johnny Herbert Lotus-Ford 1:25.786No time +5.596 27 30 Japan 1947 Ukyo Katayama Venturi-Lamborghini 1:25.932No time +5.742 28 7 Belgium Eric van de Poele Brabham-Judd 1:26.8803:23.215 +6.690 29 32 Italy Stefano Modena Jordan-Yamaha 1:27.4801:54.443 +7.290 30 8 UK Damon Hill Brabham-Judd 1:27.763No time +7.573 Sources:Tio Pepe Spanish Grand Prix – Qualifying 1 https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/1992/races/577/spain/qualifying-1.html Formula1.com 5 January 2024Tio Pepe Spanish Grand Prix – Qualifying 2 https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/1992/races/577/spain/qualifying-2.html Formula1.com 5 January 20241992 Spanish Grand Prix Classification Qualifying https://www.motorsportstats.com/results/fia-formula-one-world-championship/1992/spanish-grand-prix/classification/qualifying Motorsport Stats 5 January 2024 Race Race report At the start of the race, in damp conditions, Patrese got by Schumacher and Senna. Ferrari driver Jean Alesi made a good start from eighth on the grid to third into the first corner on the first lap, forcing other drivers to take defensive actions and drop back. Senna dropped from third all the way to seventh, he recovered two positions to fifth during the first lap. The order was: Mansell, Patrese, Alesi, Schumacher, Senna and Capelli. Andrea de Cesaris became the first retirement in the Tyrrell with an engine problem on lap 3 where he retired in the pits. Brundle meanwhile had spun off on the main straight into retirement with a clutch problem by lap 5. Schumacher attacked and passed Alesi on lap 7. Berger tried to do the same but tipped Alesi into a spin, putting the Frenchman behind Senna and Capelli as well. By, now the rain intensified, and Patrese spun off on lap 20 while trying to lap a backmarker. This put Mansell ahead of Schumacher, Senna, Berger, Capelli and Alesi. Maurício Gugelmin had spun into the pit wall on lap 25 meaning more disaster for the Jordan team, as he was the only one to qualify for the race. Alesi pitted for fresh tyres halfway through the race, and soon began to charge up through the field as the rain intensified despite making contact with both Gerhard Berger in the McLaren and Mika Häkkinen in the Lotus forcing the Finn to spin off the track whilst trying to lap him, who eventually retired after 56 laps from spinning off. He cruised past Berger for fourth and began to close in quickly on Senna and Schumacher. With two laps to go Senna spun off and into the wall trying to lap Martini, although he was still classified ninth; he had already spun and recovered a few laps earlier. At the same time, Capelli spun off as well (The Italian was classified tenth). Mansell continued his perfect record in 1992 with his fourth win of the season from Schumacher, Alesi, Berger, Alboreto and Pierluigi Martini, but for the first time in the season his Williams team did not score a 1-2 finish. Martin Brundle scored his fourth consecutive retirement of the season in his Benetton, it was proven to be a clutch failure by lap 2 causing the Benetton to eventually spin into retirement on lap 5. Race classification Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 5 UK Nigel Mansell Williams-Renault 65 1:56:10.674 1 10 2 19 Germany Michael Schumacher Benetton-Ford 65 + 23.914 2 6 3 27 France Jean Alesi Ferrari 65 + 26.462 8 4 4 2 Austria Gerhard Berger McLaren-Honda 65 + 1:20.647 7 3 5 9 Italy Michele Alboreto Footwork-Mugen-Honda 64 + 1 lap 16 2 6 22 Italy Pierluigi Martini Dallara-Ferrari 63 + 2 laps 13 1 7 10 Japan 1947 Aguri Suzuki Footwork-Mugen-Honda 63 + 2 laps 19 8 16 Austria Karl Wendlinger March-Ilmor 63 + 2 laps 9 9 1 Brazil 1968 Ayrton Senna McLaren-Honda 62 Spun off 3 10 28 Italy Ivan Capelli Ferrari 62 Spun off 5 11 23 Brazil 1968 Christian Fittipaldi Minardi-Lamborghini 61 + 4 laps 22 12 17 France Paul Belmondo March-Ilmor 61 + 4 laps 23 Ret Retired 21 Finland JJ Lehto Dallara-Ferrari 56 Spun off 12 Ret Retired 15 Italy Gabriele Tarquini Fondmetal-Ford 56 Spun off 18 Ret Retired 11 Finland Mika Häkkinen Lotus-Ford 56 Spun off 21 Ret Retired 26 France Érik Comas Ligier-Renault 55 Spun off 10 Ret Retired 29 France Bertrand Gachot Venturi-Lamborghini 35 Engine 24 Ret Retired 3 France Olivier Grouillard Tyrrell-Ilmor 30 Spun off 15 Ret Retired 24 Italy Gianni Morbidelli Minardi-Lamborghini 26 Handling 25 Ret Retired 33 Brazil 1968 Maurício Gugelmin Jordan-Yamaha 24 Spun off 17 Ret Retired 14 Switzerland Andrea Chiesa Fondmetal-Ford 22 Spun off 20 Ret Retired 6 Italy Riccardo Patrese Williams-Renault 19 Spun off 4 Ret Retired 12 UK Johnny Herbert Lotus-Ford 13 Spun off 26 Ret Retired 25 Belgium Thierry Boutsen Ligier-Renault 11 Engine 14 Ret Retired 20 UK Martin Brundle Benetton-Ford 4 Spun off/Clutch 6 Ret Retired 4 Italy Andrea de Cesaris Tyrrell-Ilmor 2 Engine 11 DNQ Did not qualify 30 Japan 1947 Ukyo Katayama Venturi-Lamborghini DNQ Did not qualify 7 Belgium Eric van de Poele Brabham-Judd DNQ Did not qualify 32 Italy Stefano Modena Jordan-Yamaha DNQ Did not qualify 8 UK Damon Hill Brabham-Judd DNPQ Did not pre-qualify 34 Brazil 1968 Roberto Moreno Andrea Moda-Judd DNPQ Did not pre-qualify 35 UK Perry McCarthy Andrea Moda-JuddSource:http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1992/185/ 1992 Spanish Grand Prix formula1.com 23 December 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20141103143624/http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1992/185/ 3 November 2014 Championship standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings PosDriverPoints 10px 1 GBR Nigel Mansell 40 10px 2 ITA Riccardo Patrese 18 10px 3 GER Michael Schumacher 17 10px 4 AUT Gerhard Berger 8 10px 1 5 FRA Jean Alesi 7Source:https://www.statsf1.com/en/1992/espagne/championnat.aspx Spain 1992 - Championship • STATS F1 www.statsf1.com 20 March 2019 Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 10px 1 GBR Williams-Renault 58 10px 2 GBR Benetton-Ford 17 10px 3 GBR McLaren-Honda 12 10px 4 ITA Ferrari 9 10px 2 5 GBR Footwork-Mugen-Honda 3Source: 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 Spanish Grand Prix 1992 1992 Brazilian Grand Prix 1992 San Marino Grand Prix 1991 Spanish Grand Prix 1993 Spanish Grand Prix Spanish Grand Prix Category:Spanish Grand Prix Grand Prix