1992 Australian Grand Prix

December 2020 December 2011 F1 Australian Australia Adelaide (long route).svg 8 November 1992 16 16 LVII Australian Grand Prix Temporary street circuit Adelaide Street CircuitAdelaide, South Australia, Australia 2.362 3.780 81 191.322 306.180 Cloudy Nigel Mansell Williams-Renault GBR 1:13.732 Michael Schumacher GER Benetton-Ford 1:16.078 68 Gerhard Berger AUT McLaren-Honda Michael Schumacher Benetton-Ford GER Martin Brundle Benetton-Ford GBR AUS 1993 South African Grand Prix 1992 Japanese Grand Prix The 1992 Australian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Adelaide on 8 November 1992. It was the sixteenth and final race of the 1992 Formula One World Championship. The 81-lap race was won by Austrian driver Gerhard Berger, driving a McLaren-Honda. Berger won by 0.7 seconds from German Michael Schumacher in a Benetton-Ford, with Schumacher's British teammate Martin Brundle third. Nigel Mansell, in what was intended to be his final Formula One race before his move to IndyCars for 1993, took pole position in his Williams-Renault and led until Brazilian Ayrton Senna, in the other McLaren-Honda, collided with him while attempting to overtake him, eliminating them both. Brundle (who spent 1993 with Ligier), Berger (who returned to Ferrari) and Riccardo Patrese (who joined Benetton) were among the many drivers for whom this was the final race with their current teams, while for Jan Lammers, Stefano Modena, Maurício Gugelmin and Olivier Grouillard it was the last Grand Prix of their careers. This was McLaren's final race using Honda engines until 2015. The company ceased their full factory involvement in the sport following this race, although the Mugen arm of the company continued. They returned in 2000 as engine supplier to BAR. This Grand Prix would also be the last Grand Prix for the March F1 team. Qualifying Qualifying report Nigel Mansell took pole position in his Williams-Renault by nearly half a second from Ayrton Senna in the McLaren-Honda. It was Mansell's 14th pole position of the season, surpassing the 13 achieved by Senna in both 1988 and 1989.Dornin Tim 8 November 1992 Mansell takes pole The Sun-Herald Sydney, New South Wales Australian Associated Press 65 "In what should be his Formula One swansong, Mansell yesterday clinched his 14th pole position of 1992 – a record eclipsing the previous best season's tally held by Ayrton Senna." Their respective teammates, Riccardo Patrese and Gerhard Berger, were third and fourth, followed by Michael Schumacher in the Benetton and Jean Alesi in the Ferrari. Completing the top ten were Andrea de Cesaris in the Tyrrell, Martin Brundle in the second Benetton, Érik Comas in the Ligier and Mika Häkkinen in the Lotus. Qualifying classification Pos No Driver Constructor Q1 Q2 Gap 1 5UK Nigel Mansell Williams-Renault 1:13.732 1:15.133 2 1Brazil Ayrton Senna McLaren-Honda 1:14.202 1:14.416 +0.470 3 6Italy Riccardo Patrese Williams-Renault 1:14.370 1:15.895 +0.638 4 2Austria Gerhard Berger McLaren-Honda 1:15.114 1:15.688 +1.382 5 19Germany Michael Schumacher Benetton-Ford 1:15.210 1:16.613 +1.478 6 27France Jean Alesi Ferrari 1:16.091 1:17.213 +2.359 7 4Italy Andrea de Cesaris Tyrrell-Ilmor 1:16.440 1:17.333 +2.708 8 20UK Martin Brundle Benetton-Ford 1:16.562 1:17.674 +2.830 9 26France Érik Comas Ligier-Renault 1:16.727 1:17.856 +2.995 10 11Finland Mika Häkkinen Lotus-Ford 1:16.863 1:17.868 +3.131 11 9Italy Michele Alboreto Footwork-Mugen-Honda 1:16.937 1:17.621 +3.205 12 12UK Johnny Herbert Lotus-Ford 1:16.944 1:18.099 +3.212 13 3France Olivier Grouillard Tyrrell-Ilmor 1:17.037 1:19.017 +3.305 14 22Italy Pierluigi Martini Dallara-Ferrari 1:17.047 1:18.043 +3.315 15 32Italy Stefano Modena Jordan-Yamaha 1:17.231 1:18.790 +3.499 16 24Italy Gianni Morbidelli Minardi-Lamborghini 1:17.333 1:19.661 +3.601 17 23Brazil Christian Fittipaldi Minardi-Lamborghini 1:17.367 1:19.441 +3.635 18 10Japan 1947 Aguri Suzuki Footwork-Mugen-Honda 1:17.409 1:19.589 +3.677 19 28Italy Nicola Larini Ferrari 1:17.465 1:18.618 +3.733 20 33Brazil Maurício Gugelmin Jordan-Yamaha 1:17.805 1:19.735 +4.073 21 29France Bertrand Gachot Venturi-Lamborghini 1:17.808 1:18.477 +4.076 22 25Belgium Thierry Boutsen Ligier-Renault 1:17.957 1:17.976 +4.225 23 17Italy Emanuele Naspetti March-Ilmor 4:23.313 1:18.099 +4.367 24 21Finland JJ Lehto Dallara-Ferrari 1:18.565 1:18.891 +4.833 25 16Netherlands Jan Lammers March-Ilmor 3:10.720 1:18.843 +5.111 26 30Japan 1947 Ukyo Katayama Venturi-Lamborghini 1:18.862 1:20.306 +5.130Source:https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/1992/races/589/australia/qualifying-1.html Foster's Australian Grand Prix - QUALIFYING 1 formula1.com 15 September 2017https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/1992/races/589/australia/qualifying-2.html Foster's Australian Grand Prix - QUALIFYING 2 formula1.com 15 September 2017https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/1992/races/589/australia/qualifying-0.html Foster's Australian Grand Prix - OVERALL QUALIFYING formula1.com 15 September 2017 Race Race report Nicola Larini started this race from the back of the grid. A first-lap collision between the Tyrrell of Olivier Grouillard and the Dallara of Pierluigi Martini had eliminated both drivers on the same lap. The order of the top six at the end of the first lap was Mansell, Senna, Patrese, Berger, Schumacher and Alesi. Mansell as usual was unable to pull away, whilst Senna in second tried his hardest to pass the Williams on lap 8, but was unable to do so. Gugelmin for the second race running had spun out and crashed by lap 9. Senna ran wide and allowed Mansell to retain the lead. The order of the top two remained the same until lap 19 when they collided at the Mistral hairpin; Senna attempted to overtake Mansell but crashed into the rear of the Williams (eliminating both drivers). This allowed Riccardo Patrese to take the lead from lap 20 in the remaining Williams, but was under enormous pressure from Gerhard Berger who was a close second. Berger, like Senna, attempted to pass the Williams on the outside but ran wide. Berger pitted for fresh tyres on lap 35, as did Michael Schumacher in the leading Benetton five laps later; the German rejoined four seconds behind Berger. Martin Brundle was able to pass Jean Alesi in the leading Ferrari for third during their pit-stops. Patrese led by 20 seconds over Berger by the end of lap 50 until his engine failed on the next lap. Thus allowing Berger to take the lead and hold on to the lead for the remaining 31 laps and took the eighth victory of his career ahead of a hard-charging Schumacher by less than a second. The order of the top six was Berger winning ahead of, Michael Schumacher, Brundle, Alesi, Thierry Boutsen and Stefano Modena in the Jordan. Jordan scored their only point of the season with Stefano Modena, while Thierry Boutsen (who won here in 1989) scored his only 1992 season points, and the last points of his career. Benetton's double podium finish ensured that they scored points in every round, as Benetton were the first team to score points in every round of a season since Lotus in 1963. Race classification Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 2 AUT Gerhard Berger McLaren-Honda 81 1:46:54.786 4 10 2 19 GER Michael Schumacher Benetton-Ford 81 + 0.741 5 6 3 20 GBR Martin Brundle Benetton-Ford 81 + 54.156 8 4 4 27 FRA Jean Alesi Ferrari 80 + 1 lap 6 3 5 25 BEL Thierry Boutsen Ligier-Renault 80 + 1 lap 22 2 6 32 ITA Stefano Modena Jordan-Yamaha 80 + 1 lap 15 1 7 11 FIN Mika Häkkinen Lotus-Ford 80 + 1 lap 10 8 10 JPN Aguri Suzuki Footwork-Mugen-Honda 79 + 2 laps 18 9 23 BRA Christian Fittipaldi Minardi-Lamborghini 79 + 2 laps 17 10 24 ITA Gianni Morbidelli Minardi-Lamborghini 79 + 2 laps 16 11 28 ITA Nicola Larini Ferrari 79 + 2 laps 19 12 16 NED Jan Lammers March-Ilmor 78 + 3 laps 25 13 12 GBR Johnny Herbert Lotus-Ford 77 + 4 laps 12 Ret Retired 21 FIN JJ Lehto Dallara-Ferrari 70 Gearbox 24 Ret Retired 17 ITA Emanuele Naspetti March-Ilmor 55 Gearbox 23 Ret Retired 29 FRA Bertrand Gachot Venturi-Lamborghini 51 Fuel system 21 Ret Retired 6 ITA Riccardo Patrese Williams-Renault 50 Engine 3 Ret Retired 30 JPN Ukyo Katayama Venturi-Lamborghini 35 Differential 26 Ret Retired 4 ITA Andrea de Cesaris Tyrrell-Ilmor 29 Engine 7 Ret Retired 5 GBR Nigel Mansell Williams-Renault 18 Collision 1 Ret Retired 1 BRA Ayrton Senna McLaren-Honda 18 Collision 2 Ret Retired 33 BRA Maurício Gugelmin Jordan-Yamaha 7 Spun off 20 Ret Retired 26 FRA Érik Comas Ligier-Renault 4 Engine 9 Ret Retired 9 ITA Michele Alboreto Footwork-Mugen-Honda 0 Engine 11 Ret Retired 22 ITA Pierluigi Martini Dallara-Ferrari 0 Accident 14 Ret Retired 3 FRA Olivier Grouillard Tyrrell-Ilmor 0 Accident 13Source:http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1992/198/ 1992 Australian Grand Prix formula1.com 23 December 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20141102131915/http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1992/198/ 2 November 2014 Final championship standings Drivers' Championship standings PosDriverPoints 10px 1 GBR Nigel Mansell 108 10px 2 ITA Riccardo Patrese 56 10px 1 3 GER Michael Schumacher 53 10px 1 4 BRA Ayrton Senna 50 10px 5 AUT Gerhard Berger 49Source:https://www.statsf1.com/en/1992/australie/championnat.aspx Australia 1992 - Championship • STATS F1 statsf1.com 6 March 2019 Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 10px 1 GBR Williams-Renault 164 10px 2 GBR McLaren-Honda 99 10px 3 GBR Benetton-Ford 91 10px 4 ITA Ferrari 21 10px 5 GBR Lotus-Ford 13Source: Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. Bold text indicates the 1992 World Champions. References Henry Alan Alan Henry AUTOCOURSE 1992-93 Hazleton Publishing 1992 0-905138-96-1 Australian Grand Prix 1992 1992 Japanese Grand Prix 1993 South African Grand Prix 1991 Australian Grand Prix 1993 Australian Grand Prix Grand Prix Australian Grand Prix Category:Australian Grand Prix Category:Motorsport in Adelaide Category:Sports competitions in Adelaide Australian Grand Prix