1992 Belgian Grand Prix

Formula One motor race March 2019 February 2024 F1 Belgium Belgian L Grand Prix de Belgique Circuit Spa.png 30 August 1992 12 16 Circuit de Spa-FrancorchampsFrancorchamps, Wallonia, Belgium Permanent racing facility 4.312 6.940 44 189.730 305.341 Overcast, brief rain mid-race Nigel Mansell Williams-Renault 1:50.545 United Kingdom Michael Schumacher Benetton-Ford 1:53.791 39 Germany Michael Schumacher Benetton-Ford Germany Nigel Mansell Williams-Renault United Kingdom Riccardo Patrese Williams-Renault Italy BEL The 1992 Belgian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Spa-Francorchamps on 30 August 1992. It was the twelfth race of the 1992 Formula One World Championship.1992 F1 World Championship Motorsport Database https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/database/championships/1992-f1-world-championship/ 2024-02-15 Motor Sport The 44-lap race was won by Michael Schumacher, driving a Benetton-Ford. This was the first Grand Prix win for a German driver since Jochen Mass at the 1975 Spanish Grand Prix, and the first of an eventual record 91 Grand Prix wins for Schumacher (since eclipsed by Lewis Hamilton in 2020). New World Champion Nigel Mansell finished second in his Williams-Renault with teammate Riccardo Patrese third, thus securing the Constructors' Championship for Williams. Schumacher's win, which was the first full-length Grand Prix won by a German since Wolfgang von Trips's last win at the 1961 British Grand Prix, marked the last time a Formula One car to win a Grand Prix while sporting a H-pattern manual gearbox.Aggarwal Pranav 2018-01-03 Remarkable Moments from Michael Schumacher's career https://www.essentiallysports.com/most-remarkable-michael-schumacher-career/ 2024-02-11 EssentiallySports https://web.archive.org/web/20211025104755/https://www.essentiallysports.com/most-remarkable-michael-schumacher-career/ 25 October 2021 dead This race also marked Ferrari's 500th start in a World Championship event as a team,1992-06-01 Ferrari's 500th GP https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/ferraris-500th-gp-5053031/5053031/ 2024-02-15 AutosportFerrari did not participate in the 1950 French Grand Prix, and Peter Whitehead's privateer entry in this race does not count towards the team's participation tally. Ferrari celebrated its 500th entry at the 1992 Hungarian Grand Prix due to counting Alberto Ascari entry at the 1952 Indy 500. Until 1960, the Indianapolis 500 was considered a round of the World Championship, albeit for reasons more symbolic than logical. nb and the last race for Andrea Moda.Williamson Martin 1 November 2010 Andrea Moda – Running on empty http://en.espn.co.uk/f1/motorsport/story/32421.html 11 October 2018 ESPN UK Pre-race There was no pre-qualifying session at this race after the Brabham team did not arrive due to financial problems and the impending sale of the team. This left thirty cars, the maximum allowed in the main qualifying sessions.Walker Murray 1992 Murray Walker's 1992 Grand Prix Year Hazleton Publishing 103–110 0-905138-99-6 Emanuele Naspetti made his Grand Prix debut for the March team, replacing Paul Belmondo. Qualifying Qualifying report Ligier driver Érik Comas was injured and briefly knocked unconscious in a heavy crash during practice on Friday and was advised by doctors not to drive again over the weekend, so he was withdrawn from qualifying. Ayrton Senna encountered Comas's car on the race track, stopped to help him, and cut off the car's engine to reduce the risk of fire. Comas later credited this with likely having saved his life.@Cadmuss Ayrton Saved my Life (English sub) – Erik Comas Interview about his crash and Senna's death at Imola 2011-01-08 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dUyXHG55xQ8&t=98 2018-02-01 YouTube Gerhard Berger had a 160 mph crash down the hill in the wet during practice on the entrance to Eau Rouge with the back of the car catching fire, although he was uninjured. Aside from Comas, the other three non-qualifiers included Minardi driver Christian Fittipaldi, returning after four races missed through injury. Also failing to qualify were the two Andrea Moda cars, this being the first time both cars had been present in the main qualifying sessions. Roberto Moreno could only manage 28th fastest, over five seconds slower than Fittipaldi, with Perry McCarthy 29th after he went off the track at the 170 mph Eau Rouge section. McCarthy reported to his team that the car's steering had jammed, and that he suspected the steering rack was flexing. Team boss Andrea Sassetti replied that the team already knew the rack was faulty because it had previously been fitted to Moreno's car, and he had reported the same problem. McCarthy quit the team after the Friday qualifying session. Moreno was a sole entry in a wet Saturday qualifying session. Sassetti was subsequently arrested in the paddock on Saturday afternoon on allegations of forging documents and fraud, and thus Andrea Moda was banned from the championship.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 Motor SportMcCarthy Perry 2003 Flat Out, Flat Broke Haynes 199–200 1-84425-018-0 Qualifying classification Pos No Driver Constructor Q1 Q2 Gap 1 5UK Nigel Mansell Williams-Renault 1:50.545 2:07.693 no time 2 1Brazil Ayrton Senna McLaren-Honda 1:52.743 2:14.983 +2.198 3 19Germany Michael Schumacher Benetton-Ford 1:53.221 2:11.770 +2.676 4 6Italy Riccardo Patrese Williams-Renault 1:53.557 no time +3.012 5 27France Jean Alesi Ferrari 1:54.438 2:11.360 +3.893 6 2Austria Gerhard Berger McLaren-Honda 1:54.642 no time +4.097 7 25Belgium Thierry Boutsen Ligier-Renault 1:54.654 2:12.153 +4.109 8 11Finland Mika Häkkinen Lotus-Ford 1:54.812 2:15.987 +4.267 9 20UK Martin Brundle Benetton-Ford 1:54.973 2:12.619 +4.428 10 12UK Johnny Herbert Lotus-Ford 1:55.027 2:16.726 +4.482 11 15Italy Gabriele Tarquini Fondmetal-Ford 1:55.965 no time +5.420 12 28Italy Ivan Capelli Ferrari 1:56.075 2:15.529 +5.530 13 4Italy Andrea de Cesaris Tyrrell-Ilmor 1:56.111 2:11.341 +5.566 14 9Italy Michele Alboreto Footwork-Mugen-Honda 1:56.282 2:14.734 +5.737 15 14Belgium Eric van de Poele Fondmetal-Ford 1:56.674 no time +6.129 16 21Finland JJ Lehto Dallara-Ferrari 1:56.809 2:12.232 +6.264 17 32Italy Stefano Modena Jordan-Yamaha 1:56.889 2:14.037 +6.344 18 16Austria Karl Wendlinger March-Ilmor 1:57.039 2:14.765 +6.494 19 22Italy Pierluigi Martini Dallara-Ferrari 1:57.267 no time +6.722 20 29France Bertrand Gachot Venturi-Lamborghini 1:57.330 2:13.415 +6.785 21 17Italy Emanuele Naspetti March-Ilmor 1:57.794 2:16.618 +7.249 22 3France Olivier Grouillard Tyrrell-Ilmor 1:57.818 2:13.612 +7.273 23 24Italy Gianni Morbidelli Minardi-Lamborghini 1:58.126 2:23.090 +7.581 24 33Brazil Maurício Gugelmin Jordan-Yamaha 1:58.499 2:15.268 +7.954 25 10Japan 1947 Aguri Suzuki Footwork-Mugen-Honda 1:58.826 2:14.711 +8.281 26 30Japan 1947 Ukyo Katayama Venturi-Lamborghini 1:59.383 2:19.247 +8.838 27 23Brazil Christian Fittipaldi Minardi-Lamborghini 1:59.626 no time +9.081 28 34Brazil Roberto Moreno Andrea Moda-Judd 2:05.096 2:24.830 +14.551 29 35UK Perry McCarthy Andrea Moda-Judd 2:15.050 no time +24.505 30 26France Érik Comas Ligier-Renault no time no time —Source:https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/1992/races/585/belgium/qualifying-1.html Belgian Grand Prix – Qualifying 1 Formula 1 13 September 2017https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/1992/races/585/belgium/qualifying-2.html Belgian Grand Prix – Qualifying 2 Formula 13 September 2017https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/1992/races/585/belgium/qualifying-0.html Belgian Grand Prix – Overall Qualifying Formula 1 13 September 2017 Race Race report At the start before La Source, Gerhard Berger failed to get away from sixth position and retired after an immediate transmission problem which put him out straight away. Mansell attacked and passed Senna at the end of the second lap with Patrese following suit. Then it began to rain and almost everybody pitted for wets. In the early stages of the race, Senna showed strong pace, briefly leading from the Williams. Then, when rain fell and the other front-runners made pit stops for rain tyres, the Brazilian gambled on the rain stopping and thus stayed out. He pitted late and rejoined down in 12th as Alesi went out with a puncture after colliding with Mansell at La Source. Ivan Capelli suffered a dramatic engine failure on lap 26 as he went straight off into the gravel trap at Blanchimont whilst battling Herbert for sixth position.1992 Belgian Grand Prix Motorsport Database https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/database/races/1992-belgian-grand-prix/ 2024-02-15 Motorsport Database By the time Thierry Boutsen spun off on lap 28, the track was beginning to dry, which meant Senna's gamble had failed, and the subsequent pit stop dropped him back down to twelfth. He then made a charge through the field, passing Mika Häkkinen's Lotus for fifth on the penultimate lap. Johnny Herbert retired once again with engine problems on lap 43, and was classified 13th. Schumacher took his first Grand Prix win for Benetton by a comfortable margin over both the Williamses of Mansell and Patrese after they both suffered engine problems in the closing laps (Mansell with a broken exhaust). The Williams duo were able to finish second and third ahead of Brundle in the other Benetton, Senna in the remaining McLaren and Häkkinen in the remaining Lotus securing the final point. Eighteen cars were classified as finishers, the highest number for the season. In what was his 18th race a year after his debut in 1991, Schumacher achieved his first Grand Prix win, the first of 91 career wins, and the first of a record six-Belgian Grand Prix wins.Burnett Rob 2017-09-11 The race that made Michael Schumacher https://www.theneweuropean.co.uk/brexit-news-belgian-gp-michael-schumacher-20818/ 2024-02-15 The New EuropeanSmith Damien 2021-06-30 Autocar's favourite races: 1992 Belgian Grand Prix https://www.autocar.co.uk/opinion/motorsport-news-f1/autocars-favourite-races-1992-belgian-grand-prix 2024-02-15 Autocar2023-07-26 Michael Schumacher the King of Spa-Francorchamps https://www.grandprix247.com/2023/07/26/michael-schumacher-the-king-of-spa-francorchamps-f1-belgian-gp/ 2024-02-15 Grand Prix 247 Race classification Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 19 Germany Michael Schumacher Benetton-Ford 44 1:36:10.721 3 10 2 5 UK Nigel Mansell Williams-Renault 44 + 36.595 1 6 3 6 Italy Riccardo Patrese Williams-Renault 44 + 43.897 4 4 4 20 UK Martin Brundle Benetton-Ford 44 + 46.059 9 3 5 1 Brazil Ayrton Senna McLaren-Honda 44 + 1:08.369 2 2 6 11 Finland Mika Häkkinen Lotus-Ford 44 + 1:10.030 8 1 7 21 Finland JJ Lehto Dallara-Ferrari 44 + 1:38.237 16 8 4 Italy Andrea de Cesaris Tyrrell-Ilmor 43 + 1 lap 13 9 10 Japan 1947 Aguri Suzuki Footwork-Mugen-Honda 43 + 1 lap 25 10 14 Belgium Eric van de Poele Fondmetal-Ford 43 + 1 lap 15 11 16 Austria Karl Wendlinger March-Ilmor 43 + 1 lap 18 12 17 Italy Emanuele Naspetti March-Ilmor 43 + 1 lap 21 13 12 UK Johnny Herbert Lotus-Ford 42 Engine 10 14 33 Brazil Maurício Gugelmin Jordan-Yamaha 42 + 2 laps 24 15 32 Italy Stefano Modena Jordan-Yamaha 42 + 2 laps 17 16 24 Italy Gianni Morbidelli Minardi-Lamborghini 42 + 2 laps 23 17 30 Japan 1947 Ukyo Katayama Venturi-Lamborghini 42 + 2 laps 26 18 29 France Bertrand Gachot Venturi-Lamborghini 40 Spun off 20 Ret Retired 25 Belgium Thierry Boutsen Ligier-Renault 27 Spun off 7 Ret Retired 28 Italy Ivan Capelli Ferrari 25 Engine 12 Ret Retired 15 Italy Gabriele Tarquini Fondmetal-Ford 25 Engine 11 Ret Retired 9 Italy Michele Alboreto Footwork-Mugen-Honda 20 Gearbox 14 Ret Retired 27 France Jean Alesi Ferrari 7 Puncture 5 Ret Retired 3 France Olivier Grouillard Tyrrell-Ilmor 1 Accident 22 Ret Retired 2 Austria Gerhard Berger McLaren-Honda 0 Transmission 6 Ret Retired 22 Italy Pierluigi Martini Dallara-Ferrari 0 Spun off 19 DNQ Did not qualify 23 Brazil Christian Fittipaldi Minardi-Lamborghini DNQ Did not qualify 34 Brazil Roberto Moreno Andrea Moda-Judd DNQ Did not qualify 35 UK Perry McCarthy Andrea Moda-Judd DNQ Did not qualify 26 FRA Érik Comas Ligier-Renault Qualifying accidentSource:http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1992/194/ 1992 Belgian Grand Prix Formula 1 https://web.archive.org/web/20141103143709/http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1992/194/ 3 November 2014 23 December 2015 Championship standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings PosDriverPoints 10px 1 GBR Nigel Mansell 98 10px 2 ITA Riccardo Patrese 44 10px 1 3 GER Michael Schumacher 43 10px 1 4 BRA Ayrton Senna 36 10px 5 AUT Gerhard Berger 24Source:https://www.statsf1.com/en/1992/belgique/championnat.aspx Belgium 1992 – Championship • STATS F1 Stats F1 13 March 2019 Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 10px 1 GBR Williams-Renault 142 10px 1 2 GBR Benetton-Ford 64 10px 1 3 GBR McLaren-Honda 60 10px 4 ITA Ferrari 16 10px 5 GBR Lotus-Ford 11Source: Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. Bold text indicates the 1992 World Champions. Notes nb References Further reading Henry Alan Alan Henry Autocourse 1992–93 Hazleton Publishing 1992 0-905138-96-1 Belgian Grand Prix 1992 1992 Hungarian Grand Prix 1992 Italian Grand Prix 1991 Belgian Grand Prix 1993 Belgian Grand Prix Belgian Grand Prix Category:Belgian Grand Prix Grand Prix