1992 South African Grand Prix

Formula One motor race February 2021 May 2012 F1 South Africa 1982 South African Kyalami 1992 Layout.png Circuit Kyalami in South Africa 1 March 1992 1 16 Yellow Pages South African Grand PrixMotor Racing Programme Covers: 1992 http://www.progcovers.com/motor/kyalami920301.jpg The Programme Covers Project 26 October 2017 Permanent racing facility KyalamiMidrand, Transvaal Province, South Africa 2.648 4.261 72 190.632 306.792 Hot, dry and dull Nigel Mansell Williams-Renault UK 1:15.486 Nigel Mansell UK Williams-Renault 1:17.578 70 Nigel Mansell Williams-Renault UK Riccardo Patrese Williams-Renault Italy Ayrton Senna McLaren-Honda Brazil 1968 RSA The 1992 South African Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at the Kyalami circuit in Midrand, South Africa on 1 March 1992. It was the opening round of the 1992 Formula One World Championship and was contested over 72 laps. It was the 32nd South African Grand Prix, and the 22nd as part of the World Championship. Nigel Mansell dominated the weekend in his Williams-Renault, taking pole position, fastest lap and leading every lap of the race en route to victory for the second time in his career. Mansell's teammate, Riccardo Patrese, asserted the dominance of the car by completing a 1–2 finish. Ayrton Senna completed the podium for the McLaren team. This was the first post-apartheid South African Grand Prix, the last running of the race having been in 1985 (also won by Mansell driving a Williams, but with a Honda turbo-engine) during Premier P. W. Botha's state of emergency. It was held on a revised Kyalami circuit, which used only a small part of the old layout. Pre-race As the revised Kyalami circuit was new to the Formula One calendar, there were two acclimatization sessions held on the Thursday before the Grand Prix weekend. A pre-qualifying session was to be held on Friday morning to eliminate two cars, allowing the other thirty to take part in the main qualifying sessions on Friday afternoon and Saturday. The entrants required to take part in pre-qualifying included the Larrousse team with their new Venturi LC92 chassis, driven by Bertrand Gachot, who had driven for the team in the season-ending 1991 Australian Grand Prix after losing his seat at Jordan; and the reigning Japanese Formula 3000 champion Ukyo Katayama. Also due to take part were one car from each of the Fondmetal and Footwork teams. They had chosen Swiss debutant Andrea Chiesa and Italian veteran Michele Alboreto respectively. The other two cars taking part were from the new Andrea Moda team.Walker Murray 1992 Murray Walker's 1992 Grand Prix Year Hazleton Publishing 13–20 0-905138-99-6 The Andrea Moda fashion company, owned by Andrea Sassetti, had bought the Coloni team, which had failed to pre-qualify at every race of the 1991 season. They had signed ex-Footwork driver Alex Caffi, and Enrico Bertaggia, who had driven for Coloni during the 1989 season, and had brought the Judd-engined Andrea Moda C4B to South Africa. This car was an adaptation of last season's Cosworth-powered Coloni C4. Caffi drove in the second of Thursday's acclimatization sessions, although the car's battery failed on the first lap. Bertaggia did not run, and it was unclear if a second C4B had been built, or brought to Kyalami.Andrea Moda Motorsport Aktuell 1992 11 8 de Zurich However, a stewards' meeting on Thursday afternoon ruled that Andrea Moda was a new team, not a continuation of Coloni, and were therefore liable to pay a $100,000 guarantee according to Article 41 of the Formula One Sporting Regulations. The stewards also noted the C4 cars were originally built, and had been raced, by another constructor, i.e. Coloni, not Andrea Moda, thus the cars were likely to be ineligible, as a new team must use an original chassis. In any case, failure to pay the guarantee meant exclusion from the event.FIA press release, "Cars Nos 34 and 35", 27 February 1992 Sassetti believed that he did not have to pay the guarantee for new teams as he had purchased an existing team, but officials decided that he had not purchased Coloni's entry into Formula One, or the constructor itself, only its cars and facilities.http://www.circusf1.com/2014/09/terza-macchina-in-formula-1-prospettiva-allettante.php Terza macchina in Formula 1? Una prospettiva molto allettante 9 September 2014 circusf1.com 5 October 2015 it 3 October 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20231003035928/https://www.circusf1.com/2014/09/terza-macchina-in-formula-1-prospettiva-allettante.php dead Sassetti lodged an appeal, citing the fact that several other teams, such as March, Fondmetal and Footwork had not been required to pay the guarantee when the teams changed hands.http://www.f1rejects.com/teams/andreamoda/profile.html Andrea Moda - Full Profile 16 January 2016 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20080513155121/http://f1rejects.com/teams/andreamoda/profile.html 13 May 2008 In any case, Andrea Moda's exclusion meant that pre-qualifying was cancelled. Qualifying Qualifying report Mansell took pole position with a time almost three-quarters of a second faster than that of Senna in second, and over a second and a half faster than that of his teammate Patrese, who was fourth. Berger was third in the other McLaren, nearly half a second slower than teammate Senna but over three-tenths of a second faster than Patrese. Jean Alesi was fifth in his Ferrari, and was the only other driver within two seconds of Mansell's time. Michael Schumacher was sixth in his Benetton, followed by Karl Wendlinger in the March, who in turn was ahead of Martin Brundle in the second Benetton and Ivan Capelli in the second Ferrari. Andrea de Cesaris completed the top ten in his Tyrrell. Three of the five debutants failed to qualify: Paul Belmondo in the second March, Andrea Chiesa in the Fondmetal, and Giovanna Amati, the first female F1 driver in over a decade, in the Brabham. They were joined by Stefano Modena in the Jordan, whose Yamaha engine suffered reliability problems. Of the other two debutants, Katayama was 18th in the Venturi Larrousse and Christian Fittipaldi 20th in the Minardi. Qualifying classification Pos No Driver Constructor Q1 Q2 Gap 1 5UK Nigel Mansell Williams-Renault 1:15.576 1:15.486 2 1Brazil 1968 Ayrton Senna McLaren-Honda 1:16.815 1:16.227 +0.741 3 2Austria Gerhard Berger McLaren-Honda 1:16.672 1:16.877 +1.186 4 6Italy Riccardo Patrese Williams-Renault 1:17.571 1:16.989 +1.503 5 27France Jean Alesi Ferrari 1:18.388 1:17.208 +1.722 6 19Germany Michael Schumacher Benetton-Ford 1:18.251 1:17.635 +2.149 7 16Austria Karl Wendlinger March-Ilmor 1:18.880 1:18.115 +2.629 8 20UK Martin Brundle Benetton-Ford 1:19.885 1:18.327 +2.841 9 28Italy Ivan Capelli Ferrari 1:19.039 1:18.387 +2.901 10 4Italy Andrea de Cesaris Tyrrell-Ilmor 1:18.544 1:18.907 +3.058 11 12UK Johnny Herbert Lotus-Ford 1:19.362 1:18.626 +3.140 12 3France Olivier Grouillard Tyrrell-Ilmor 1:19.473 1:18.749 +3.263 13 26France Érik Comas Ligier-Renault 1:19.970 1:19.200 +3.714 14 25Belgium Thierry Boutsen Ligier-Renault 1:19.506 1:19.296 +3.810 15 15Italy Gabriele Tarquini Fondmetal-Ford 1:19.577 1:19.305 +3.819 16 10Japan 1947 Aguri Suzuki Footwork-Mugen-Honda 1:19.532 1:20.285 +4.046 17 9Italy Michele Alboreto Footwork-Mugen-Honda 1:19.571 1:19.643 +4.085 18 30Japan 1947 Ukyo Katayama Venturi-Lamborghini 1:22.129 1:19.621 +4.135 19 24Italy Gianni Morbidelli Minardi-Lamborghini 1:21.027 1:19.636 +4.150 20 23Brazil 1968 Christian Fittipaldi Minardi-Lamborghini 1:20.111 1:19.641 +4.155 21 11Finland Mika Häkkinen Lotus-Ford 1:19.672 1:19.931 +4.186 22 29France Bertrand Gachot Venturi-Lamborghini 1:21.477 1:20.039 +4.553 23 33Brazil 1968 Maurício Gugelmin Jordan-Yamaha 1:20.120 1:20.216 +4.634 24 21Finland JJ Lehto Dallara-Ferrari 1:20.571 1:20.126 +4.640 25 22Italy Pierluigi Martini Dallara-Ferrari 1:21.134 1:20.203 +4.717 26 7Belgium Eric van de Poele Brabham-Judd 1:21.648 1:20.488 +5.002 27 17France Paul Belmondo March-Ilmor 1:22.022 1:20.580 +5.094 28 14Switzerland Andrea Chiesa Fondmetal-Ford 1:22.170 1:21.209 +5.723 29 32Italy Stefano Modena Jordan-Yamaha 1:22.020 1:21.494 +6.008 30 8Italy Giovanna Amati Brabham-Judd 1:25.942 1:24.405 +8.919 Sources:Yellow Pages South African Grand Prix – Qualifying 1 https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/1992/races/2/south-africa/qualifying-1.html Formula1.com 5 January 2024Yellow Pages South African Grand Prix – Qualifying 2 https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/1992/races/2/south-africa/qualifying-2.html Formula1.com 5 January 20241992 South African Grand Prix Classification Qualifying https://www.motorsportstats.com/results/fia-formula-one-world-championship/1992/south-african-grand-prix/classification/qualifying Motorsport Stats 5 January 2024 Race Race report The race was fairly uneventful as Mansell led from lights to flag, finishing nearly 25 seconds ahead of Patrese. Martin Brundle spun off on the first lap but was able to continue until his clutch failed as a result of the spin and was forced into retirement when he pulled into the pits. Senna drove well to ensure he remained on the podium with a 1991 car, as did Schumacher, who gained from his qualifying position to complete the race in fourth place after Jean Alesi had retired with engine failure on lap 41 while behind Senna and ahead of Schumacher. Berger finished in fifth place, nearly forty seconds behind his teammate; he was the last driver to finish the race on the lead lap. Johnny Herbert finished in sixth place and took the final point for Lotus after the Tyrrell of Andrea de Cesaris had retired when his Ilmor engine failed on lap 42. Race classification Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 5 UK Nigel Mansell Williams-Renault 72 1:36:45.320 1 10 2 6 Italy Riccardo Patrese Williams-Renault 72 + 24.360 4 6 3 1 Brazil 1968 Ayrton Senna McLaren-Honda 72 + 34.675 2 4 4 19 Germany Michael Schumacher Benetton-Ford 72 + 47.863 6 3 5 2 Austria Gerhard Berger McLaren-Honda 72 + 1:13.634 3 2 6 12 UK Johnny Herbert Lotus-Ford 71 + 1 lap 11 1 7 26 France Érik Comas Ligier-Renault 71 + 1 lap 13 8 10 Japan 1947 Aguri Suzuki Footwork-Mugen-Honda 70 + 2 laps 16 9 11 Finland Mika Häkkinen Lotus-Ford 70 + 2 laps 21 10 9 Italy Michele Alboreto Footwork-Mugen-Honda 70 + 2 laps 17 11 33 Brazil 1968 Maurício Gugelmin Jordan-Yamaha 70 + 2 laps 23 12 30 Japan 1947 Ukyo Katayama Venturi-Lamborghini 68 + 4 laps 18 13 7 Belgium Eric van de Poele Brabham-Judd 68 + 4 laps 26 Ret Retired 3 France Olivier Grouillard Tyrrell-Ilmor 62 Engine 12 Ret Retired 25 Belgium Thierry Boutsen Ligier-Renault 60 Fuel system 14 Ret Retired 22 Italy Pierluigi Martini Dallara-Ferrari 56 Clutch 25 Ret Retired 24 Italy Gianni Morbidelli Minardi-Lamborghini 55 Engine 19 Ret Retired 21 Finland JJ Lehto Dallara-Ferrari 44 Gearbox 24 Ret Retired 23 Brazil 1968 Christian Fittipaldi Minardi-Lamborghini 43 Alternator 20 Ret Retired 4 Italy Andrea de Cesaris Tyrrell-Ilmor 41 Engine 10 Ret Retired 27 France Jean Alesi Ferrari 40 Engine 5 Ret Retired 28 Italy Ivan Capelli Ferrari 28 Engine 9 Ret Retired 15 Italy Gabriele Tarquini Fondmetal-Ford 23 Engine 15 Ret Retired 16 Austria Karl Wendlinger March-Ilmor 13 Overheating 7 Ret Retired 29 France Bertrand Gachot Venturi-Lamborghini 8 Steering 22 Ret Retired 20 UK Martin Brundle Benetton-Ford 1 Clutch 8 DNQ Did not qualify 17 France Paul Belmondo March-Ilmor DNQ Did not qualify 14 Switzerland Andrea Chiesa Fondmetal-Ford DNQ Did not qualify 32 Italy Stefano Modena Jordan-Yamaha DNQ Did not qualify 8 Italy Giovanna Amati Brabham-Judd EX Excluded 34 Italy Alex Caffi Andrea Moda-Judd EX Excluded 35 Italy Enrico Bertaggia Andrea Moda-JuddSource:1992 South African Grand Prix http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1992/182/ formula1.com https://web.archive.org/web/20141103143614/http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1992/182/ 3 November 2014 23 December 2015 Championship standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings PosDriverPoints 1 GBR Nigel Mansell 10 2 ITA Riccardo Patrese 6 3 BRA 1968 Ayrton Senna 4 4 GER Michael Schumacher 3 5 AUT Gerhard Berger 2Source:South Africa 1992 - Championship • STATS F1 https://www.statsf1.com/en/1992/afrique-du-sud/championnat.aspx statsf1.com 20 March 2019 Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 GBR Williams-Renault 16 2 GBR McLaren-Honda 6 3 GBR Benetton-Ford 3 4 GBR Lotus-Ford 1Source: 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 South African Grand Prix 1992 1991 Australian Grand Prix 1992 Mexican Grand Prix 1985 South African Grand Prix 1993 South African Grand Prix South African Grand Prix Category:South African Grand Prix Grand Prix Category:March 1992 sports events in Africa