1992 French Grand Prix

December 2019 F1 France French Rhône-Poulenc Grand Prix de France Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours (1992-2002).svg 5 July 1992 8 16 Permanent racing facility Circuit de Nevers Magny-CoursMagny-Cours, France 2.651 4.250 69 182.938 293.250 72 190.892 306.000 Dry, then raining Nigel Mansell Williams-Renault UK 1:13.864 Nigel Mansell UK Williams-Renault 1:17.070 37 Nigel Mansell Williams-Renault UK Riccardo Patrese Williams-Renault Italy Martin Brundle Benetton-Ford UK FRA The 1992 French Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Magny-Cours on 5 July 1992. It was the eighth race of the 1992 Formula One World Championship. The 69-lap race was won by Briton Nigel Mansell, driving a Williams-Renault, after he started from pole position. Mansell took his sixth victory of the season by 46 seconds from his Italian teammate, Riccardo Patrese, who led the first 18 laps. Another Briton, Martin Brundle, finished third in a Benetton-Ford. Friday's planned pre-qualifying session for the event was cancelled after the Andrea Moda team failed to turn up at the circuit. Pre-race The usual Friday morning pre-qualifying session was cancelled when the Andrea Moda Formula team failed to arrive at the circuit. The team's transporter had been stuck in traffic due to a blockade by French lorry drivers, and although all the other teams had also been affected, Andrea Moda were the only team to fail to arrive; all others used alternate routes to reach the circuit.McCarthy Perry 2003 Flat Out, Flat Broke Haynes 190–191 1-84425-018-0https://www.grandprix.com/gpe/rr524.html French GP, 1992 7 June 2020 grandprix.com The remaining four cars in the pre-qualifying pool therefore progressed automatically to the main qualifying sessions.Walker Murray 1992 Murray Walker's 1992 Grand Prix Year Hazleton Publishing 69–76 0-905138-99-6 Qualifying Qualifying report Again the Williams-Renaults filled the front row of the grid, Nigel Mansell taking pole position by nearly half a second from Riccardo Patrese. On the second row were the McLaren-Hondas of Ayrton Senna and Gerhard Berger, Senna's time over 1.3 seconds slower than Mansell's. On the third row were Michael Schumacher in the Benetton and Jean Alesi in the Ferrari, and on the fourth row were their respective teammates, Martin Brundle and Ivan Capelli. In the Ligier team's home race, Thierry Boutsen and Érik Comas filled the fifth row, and on the sixth were the Lotuses of Mika Häkkinen and Johnny Herbert. Christian Fittipaldi failed to qualify after he crashed his Minardi heavily at the Imola chicane, fracturing his fifth vertebra.Collings Timothy 5 July 1992 Mansell leads the way with lap best The Sunday Telegraph London 38 He was joined in non-qualification by Paul Belmondo in the March and the two Brabhams of Eric van de Poele and Damon Hill. Qualifying classification Pos No Driver Constructor Q1 Q2 Gap 1 5UK Nigel Mansell Williams-Renault 1:15.047 1:13.864 2 6Italy Riccardo Patrese Williams-Renault 1:15.551 1:14.332 +0.468 3 1Brazil Ayrton Senna McLaren-Honda 1:16.892 1:15.199 +1.335 4 2Austria Gerhard Berger McLaren-Honda 1:16.944 1:15.316 +1.452 5 19Germany Michael Schumacher Benetton-Ford 1:16.969 1:15.569 +1.705 6 27France Jean Alesi Ferrari 1:17.686 1:16.118 +2.254 7 20UK Martin Brundle Benetton-Ford 1:17.638 1:16.151 +2.287 8 28Italy Ivan Capelli Ferrari 1:18.152 1:16.443 +2.579 9 25Belgium Thierry Boutsen Ligier-Renault 1:18.179 1:16.806 +2.942 10 26France Érik Comas Ligier-Renault 1:17.637 1:16.938 +3.074 11 11Finland Mika Häkkinen Lotus-Ford 1:18.327 1:16.999 +3.135 12 12UK Johnny Herbert Lotus-Ford 1:18.168 1:17.257 +3.393 13 29France Bertrand Gachot Venturi-Lamborghini 1:18.864 1:17.442 +3.578 14 9Italy Michele Alboreto Footwork-Mugen-Honda 1:19.291 1:17.508 +3.644 15 10Japan 1947 Aguri Suzuki Footwork-Mugen-Honda 1:19.022 1:17.548 +3.684 16 24Italy Gianni Morbidelli Minardi-Lamborghini 1:19.110 1:17.667 +3.803 17 21Finland JJ Lehto Dallara-Ferrari 1:19.279 1:17.677 +3.813 18 30Japan 1947 Ukyo Katayama Venturi-Lamborghini 1:19.819 1:17.709 +3.845 19 4Italy Andrea de Cesaris Tyrrell-Ilmor 1:20.029 1:17.868 +4.004 20 32Italy Stefano Modena Jordan-Yamaha 1:18.905 1:17.901 +4.037 21 16Austria Karl Wendlinger March-Ilmor 1:18.596 1:17.937 +4.073 22 3France Olivier Grouillard Tyrrell-Ilmor 1:19.204 1:17.989 +4.125 23 15Italy Gabriele Tarquini Fondmetal-Ford 1:19.146 1:17.993 +4.129 24 33Brazil Maurício Gugelmin Jordan-Yamaha 1:19.574 1:18.337 +4.473 25 22Italy Pierluigi Martini Dallara-Ferrari 1:18.634 1:18.586 +4.722 26 14Switzerland Andrea Chiesa Fondmetal-Ford 1:19.835 1:18.701 +4.837 27 17France Paul Belmondo March-Ilmor 1:19.963 1:19.354 +5.490 28 23Brazil Christian Fittipaldi Minardi-Lamborghini 1:20.062 no time +6.198 29 7Belgium Eric van de Poele Brabham-Judd 1:21.594 1:20.139 +6.275 30 8UK Damon Hill Brabham-Judd 1:21.412 1:22.495 +7.548Source:Rhone Poulenc French Grand Prix - QUALIFYING 1 https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/1992/races/581/france/qualifying-1.html formula1.com 13 September 2017Rhone Poulenc French Grand Prix - QUALIFYING 2 https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/1992/races/581/france/qualifying-2.html formula1.com 13 September 2017Rhone Poulenc French Grand Prix - OVERALL QUALIFYING https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/1992/races/581/france/qualifying-0.html formula1.com 13 September 2017 Race Race report At the start, Patrese got by Mansell while Berger got ahead of Senna and Martin Brundle was able to sneak by Alesi. At the Adelaide hairpin, Schumacher tried to pass Senna but instead hit him, taking Senna out and forcing himself to pit. Meanwhile, Patrese and Mansell were side by side but Patrese kept the lead. Patrese led Mansell, Berger, Brundle, Alesi and Häkkinen. Nothing changed until lap 11 when Berger's engine failed. Soon afterwards it began to rain so heavily that the race was stopped. After some time the rain decreased and the grid formed up again. The race would be decided on the aggregate times of both parts of the race. Patrese took the lead again with Alesi getting ahead of Mika Häkkinen's Lotus as well. Mansell tried to pass his teammate again but Patrese defended and once again kept the lead. Further back, Schumacher again tried too hard, hitting Stefano Modena in the Jordan, dropping out of the race with a broken front suspension. Patrese led Mansell, Brundle, Alesi, Häkkinen and Comas on aggregate. Patrese then waved Mansell through on track and soon Mansell got ahead on aggregate. When Patrese was quizzed after the race on whether team orders existed in the Williams team he refused to comment. It began to rain again and everyone pitted for wets with Alesi leaving the change too late and dropping down to sixth. His engine failed on lap 61. Mansell won with Patrese making it a Williams 1-2 ahead of Brundle, Häkkinen, Comas and Herbert. This was Brundle's first podium; he had been disqualified from his podium finish at the 1984 Detroit Grand Prix. Thus, at the halfway stage of the season, Mansell led the championship with 66 points compared to Patrese's 34. Schumacher was third with 26, Senna was fourth with 18, Berger was fifth with 18, Alesi was sixth with 11, Brundle was seventh with nine and Alboreto was eighth with five. In the constructors championship, Williams had 100 points and were well ahead of the field: McLaren were second with 36, Benetton were third with 35 and Ferrari were fourth with 13. Due to his sabbatical from Formula One in 1992, the race was only the second time since he first appeared on the podium for his home race in 1981 that Alain Prost was not on the podium for the French Grand Prix. Prost had won the French GP in 1981, 1983, 1988, 1989 and 1990. He was second in 1982, 1986 and 1991, and finished third in 1985 and 1987. The only podium he missed from 1981-1991 was at Dijon in 1984 when he finished seventh after problems with a loose wheel. Race classification Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 5 UK Nigel Mansell Williams-Renault 69 1:38:08.459 1 10 2 6 Italy Riccardo Patrese Williams-Renault 69 + 46.447 2 6 3 20 UK Martin Brundle Benetton-Ford 69 + 1:12.579 7 4 4 11 Finland Mika Häkkinen Lotus-Ford 68 + 1 lap 11 3 5 26 France Érik Comas Ligier-Renault 68 + 1 lap 10 2 6 12 UK Johnny Herbert Lotus-Ford 68 + 1 lap 12 1 7 9 Italy Michele Alboreto Footwork-Mugen-Honda 68 + 1 lap 14 8 24 Italy Gianni Morbidelli Minardi-Lamborghini 68 + 1 lap 16 9 21 Finland JJ Lehto Dallara-Ferrari 67 + 2 laps 17 10 22 Italy Pierluigi Martini Dallara-Ferrari 67 + 2 laps 25 11 3 France Olivier Grouillard Tyrrell-Ilmor 66 + 3 laps 22 Ret Retired 27 France Jean Alesi Ferrari 61 Engine 6 Ret Retired 4 Italy Andrea de Cesaris Tyrrell-Ilmor 51 Spun off 19 Ret Retired 30 Japan 1947 Ukyo Katayama Venturi-Lamborghini 49 Engine 18 Ret Retired 25 Belgium Thierry Boutsen Ligier-Renault 46 Spun off 9 Ret Retired 28 Italy Ivan Capelli Ferrari 38 Engine 8 Ret Retired 16 Austria Karl Wendlinger March-Ilmor 33 Gearbox 21 Ret Retired 32 Italy Stefano Modena Jordan-Yamaha 25 Engine 20 Ret Retired 10 Japan 1947 Aguri Suzuki Footwork-Mugen-Honda 20 Spun off 15 Ret Retired 19 Germany Michael Schumacher Benetton-Ford 17 Collision 5 Ret Retired 2 Austria Gerhard Berger McLaren-Honda 10 Engine 4 Ret Retired 15 Italy Gabriele Tarquini Fondmetal-Ford 6 Throttle 23 Ret Retired 1 Brazil Ayrton Senna McLaren-Honda 0 Collision 3 Ret Retired 29 France Bertrand Gachot Venturi-Lamborghini 0 Collision 13 Ret Retired 33 Brazil Maurício Gugelmin Jordan-Yamaha 0 Collision 24 Ret Retired 14 Switzerland Andrea Chiesa Fondmetal-Ford 0 Collision 26 DNQ Did not qualify 17 France Paul Belmondo March-Ilmor DNQ Did not qualify 23 Brazil Christian Fittipaldi Minardi-Lamborghini DNQ Did not qualify 7 Belgium Eric van de Poele Brabham-Judd DNQ Did not qualify 8 UK Damon Hill Brabham-JuddSource:1992 French Grand Prix http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1992/190/ formula1.com https://web.archive.org/web/20141103143649/http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1992/190/ 3 November 2014 23 December 2015 Championship standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings PosDriverPoints 10px 1 GBR Nigel Mansell 66 10px 2 ITA Riccardo Patrese 34 10px 3 GER Michael Schumacher 26 10px 4 BRA Ayrton Senna 18 10px 5 AUT Gerhard Berger 18Source:France 1992 - Championship • STATS F1 https://www.statsf1.com/en/1992/france/championnat.aspx www.statsf1.com 17 March 2019 Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 10px 1 GBR Williams-Renault 100 10px 2 GBR McLaren-Honda 36 10px 3 GBR Benetton-Ford 35 10px 4 ITA Ferrari 13 10px 3 5 GBR Lotus-Ford 6Source: 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 French Grand Prix 1992 1992 Canadian Grand Prix 1992 British Grand Prix 1991 French Grand Prix 1993 French Grand Prix 1991 French Grand Prix 1993 European Grand Prix French Grand Prix Grand Prix Category:French Grand Prix French Grand Prix