1992 Formula One Season

1992 FIA Formula One World Championship
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1992 World Champion, Nigel Mansell
Season Information
Number of races	16
Season opener	South African Grand Prix
Season finale	Australian Grand Prix
Tyre suppliers	G
Drivers' World Championship
Champion	Nigel Mansell 108 points
Runner-Up	Riccardo Patrese 56 points
3rd	Michael Schumacher 53 points
Constructors' World Championship
Champion	Williams-Renault 164 points
Runner-Up	McLaren-Honda 99 points
3rd	Benetton-Ford 91 points

The 1992 FIA Formula One World Championship was the 43rd season of the Drivers' World Championship and the 35th season of the Constructors' Championship.

It began on March 1 in South Africa and ended on November 8 in Australia after 16 events.

The Drivers' World Championship was won by Nigel Mansell of Williams-Renault, finishing 52 points ahead of his nearest competitor in his team-mate Riccardo Patrese with Michael Schumacher finishing 3rd in the Benetton-Ford.

Williams-Renault won the Constructors Championship by 65 points over McLaren-Honda and another eight points ahead of Benetton-Ford.

Teams and Drivers

Outlined below is the full list of teams and drivers for the 1992 FIA Formula One World Championship:

Constructor	Chassis	Tyre	No.	Driver	Rounds	Test/Reserve Drivers
Team	Engine
McLaren-Honda	MP4/6B MP4/7A	G	1	Ayrton Senna	All
Honda Marlboro McLaren	Honda RA122E 3.5 V12 Honda RA122E/B 3.5 V12		2	Gerhard Berger	All
Tyrrell-Ilmor	020B	G	3	Olivier Grouillard	All
Tyrrell Racing Organisation	Ilmor 2175A 3.5 V10		4	Andrea de Cesaris	All
Williams-Renault	FW14B	G	5	Nigel Mansell	All
Canon Williams Team	Renault RS3C 3.5 V10 Renault RS4 3.5 V10		6	Riccardo Patrese	All
Brabham-Judd	BT60B	G	7	Eric van de Poele	1–10
Motor Racing Developments Ltd.	Judd GV 3.5 V10		8	Giovanna Amati	1–3
			8	Damon Hill	4–11
Footwork-Mugen-Honda	FA13	G	9	Michele Alboreto	All
Footwork Mugen Honda	Mugen-Honda MF-351H 3.5 V10		10	Aguri Suzuki	All
Lotus-Ford Cosworth	102D 107	G	11	Mika Häkkinen	All
Team Lotus	Ford Cosworth HBA5 3.5 V8		12	Johnny Herbert	All
Fondmetal-Ford Cosworth	GR01 GR02	G	14	Andrea Chiesa	1–10
Fondmetal SpA	Ford Cosworth HBA5 3.5 V8		14	Eric van de Poele	11–13
			15	Gabriele Tarquini	1–13
March-Ilmor	CG911B	G	16	Karl Wendlinger	1–14
March F1	Ilmor 2175A 3.5 V10		16	Jan Lammers	15–16
			17	Paul Belmondo	1–11
			17	Emanuele Naspetti	12–16
Benetton-Ford Cosworth	B191B B192	G	19	Michael Schumacher	All
Camel Benetton Ford	Ford Cosworth HBA5 3.5 V8 Ford Cosworth HBA7 3.5 V8		20	Martin Brundle	All
Dallara-Ferrari	F192	G	21	JJ Lehto	All
BMS Scuderia Italia	Ferrari 037 3.5 V12		22	Pierluigi Martini	All
Minardi-Lamborghini	M191B M192	G	23	Christian Fittipaldi	1–8, 12–16
Minardi Team	Lamborghini 3512 3.5 V12		23	Alex Zanardi	9–11
			24	Gianni Morbidelli	All
Ligier-Renault	JS37	G	25	Thierry Boutsen	All
Ligier Gitanes Blondes	Renault RS3C 3.5 V10		26	Érik Comas	All
Ferrari	F92A F92AT	G	27	Jean Alesi	All
Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari 037 3.5 V12		28	Ivan Capelli	1–14
			28	Nicola Larini	15–16
Venturi-Lamborghini	LC92	G	29	Bertrand Gachot	All
Central Park Venturi Larrousse	Lamborghini 3512 3.5 V12		30	Ukyo Katayama	All
Jordan-Yamaha	192	G	32	Stefano Modena	All
Sasol Jordan Yamaha	Yamaha OX99 3.5 V12		33	Maurício Gugelmin	All
Andrea Moda-Judd	C4B S921	G	34	Alex Caffi	1–2
Andrea Moda Formula	Judd GV 3.5 V10		34	Roberto Moreno	3–7, 9–12
			35	Enrico Bertaggia	1–2
			35	Perry McCarthy	3–7, 9–12

Calendar

World Championship Schedule

Outlined below is the full world championship schedule for the 1992 FIA Formula One World Championship:

Round	Grand Prix	Date

1	South African Grand Prix			1 March
		Official Title	Yellow Pages South African Grand Prix
		Circuit	Kyalami
		Location	Midrand, Gauteng, South Africa
		Lap distance	4.261 km (2.648 mi)
		Race distance	306.792 km (190.632 mi)
		Date	1 March	Laps	72

2	Mexican Grand Prix			22 March
		Official Title	Gran Premio de Mexico
		Circuit	Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez
		Location	Mexico City, Mexico
		Lap distance	4.421 km (2.747 mi)
		Race distance	305.049 km (189.549 mi)
		Date	22 March	Laps	69

3	Brazilian Grand Prix			5 April
		Official Title	Grande Prêmio do Brasil
		Circuit	Interlagos
		Location	São Paulo, Brazil
		Lap distance	4.325 km (2.687 mi)
		Race distance	307.075 km (190.808 mi)
		Date	5 April	Laps	71

4	Spanish Grand Prix			3 May
		Official Title	Gran Premio Tio Pepe de España
		Circuit	Circuit de Catalunya
		Location	Montmeló, Catalonia, Spain
		Lap distance	4.747 km (2.950 mi)
		Race distance	308.555 km (191.727 mi)
		Date	3 May	Laps	65

5	San Marino Grand Prix			17 May
		Official Title	12° Gran Premio Iceberg di San Marino
		Circuit	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari
		Location	Imola, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
		Lap distance	5.040 km (3.132 mi)
		Race distance	302.4 km (187.903 mi)
		Date	17 May	Laps	60

6	Monaco Grand Prix			31 May
		Official Title	50ème Grand Prix de Monaco
		Circuit	Circuit de Monaco
		Location	Monte Carlo, Monaco
		Lap distance	3.328 km (2.068 mi)
		Race distance	259.584 km (161.298 mi)
		Date	31 May	Laps	78

7	Canadian Grand Prix			14 June
		Official Title	Grand Prix Molson du Canada
		Circuit	Circuit Gilles Villeneuve
		Location	Parc Jean-Drapeau, Quebec, Canada
		Lap distance	4.430 km (2.753 mi)
		Race distance	305.67 km (189.935 mi)
		Date	14 June	Laps	69

8	French Grand Prix			5 July
		Official Title	Rhône-Poulenc Grand Prix de France
		Circuit	Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours
		Location	Magny-Cours, France
		Lap distance	4.250 km (2.641 mi)
		Race distance	306 km (190.140 mi)
		Date	5 July	Laps	72

9	British Grand Prix			12 July
		Official Title	British Grand Prix
		Circuit	Silverstone Circuit
		Location	Silverstone, Northamptonshire, England
		Lap distance	5.226 km (3.247 mi)
		Race distance	308.334 km (191.590 mi)
		Date	12 July	Laps	59

Non-Championship Schedule

Date	Event	Circuit	Report
7–8 December	V Formula One Indoor Trophy	Bologna	Report

Results

The full results for for the 1992 FIA Formula One World Championship are outlined below:

Round	Event				Report
	Grid		Result

1	South African Grand Prix				Report
	[[Nigel Mansell]] Williams-Renault	1	[[Nigel Mansell]] Williams-Renault		Fastest Lap
	[[Ayrton Senna]] McLaren-Honda	2	[[Riccardo Patrese]] Williams-Renault		[[Nigel Mansell]] Williams-Renault
	[[Gerhard Berger]] McLaren-Honda	3	[[Ayrton Senna]] McLaren-Honda		1:17.578 on Lap 70

2	Mexican Grand Prix				Report
	[[Nigel Mansell]] Williams-Renault	1	[[Nigel Mansell]] Williams-Renault		Fastest Lap
	[[Riccardo Patrese]] Williams-Renault	2	[[Riccardo Patrese]] Williams-Renault		[[Gerhard Berger]] McLaren-Honda
	[[Michael Schumacher]] Benetton-Ford Cosworth	3	[[Michael Schumacher]] Benetton-Ford Cosworth		1:17.711 on Lap 60

3	Brazilian Grand Prix				Report
	[[Nigel Mansell]] Williams-Renault	1	[[Nigel Mansell]] Williams-Renault		Fastest Lap
	[[Riccardo Patrese]] Williams-Renault	2	[[Riccardo Patrese]] Williams-Renault		[[Riccardo Patrese]] Williams-Renault
	[[Ayrton Senna]] McLaren-Honda	3	[[Michael Schumacher]] Benetton-Ford Cosworth		1:19.490 on Lap 34

4	Spanish Grand Prix				Report
	[[Nigel Mansell]] Williams-Renault	1	[[Nigel Mansell]] Williams-Renault		Fastest Lap
	[[Michael Schumacher]] Benetton-Ford Cosworth	2	[[Michael Schumacher]] Benetton-Ford Cosworth		[[Nigel Mansell]] Williams-Renault
	[[Ayrton Senna]] McLaren-Honda	3	[[Jean Alesi]] Ferrari		1:42.503 on Lap 10

Standings

World Championship for Drivers

Outlined below are the full standings for the 1992 FIA Formula One World Championship for Drivers:

World Championship for Drivers
Pos.	Driver	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Pts.
1st	Mansell	1stP	1stP	1stP	1stP	1stP	2ndP	Ret	1stP	1stP	1stP	2nd	2ndP	RetP	1stP	RetP	RetP	108
2nd	Patrese	2nd	2nd	2nd	Ret	2nd	3rd	Ret	2nd	2nd	8th†	RetP	3rd	5th	Ret	1st	Ret	56
3rd	Schumacher	4th	3rd	3rd	2nd	Ret	4th	2nd	Ret	4th	3rd	Ret	1st	3rd	7th	Ret	2nd	53
4th	Senna	3rd	Ret	Ret	9th†	3rd	1st	RetP	Ret	Ret	2nd	1st	5th	1st	3rd	Ret	Ret	50
5th	Berger	5th	4th	Ret	4th	Ret	Ret	1st	Ret	5th	Ret	3rd	Ret	4th	2nd	2nd	1st	49
6th	Brundle	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	4th	5th	Ret	3rd	3rd	4th	5th	4th	2nd	4th	3rd	3rd	38
7th	Alesi	Ret	Ret	4th	3rd	Ret	Ret	3rd	Ret	Ret	5th	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	5th	4th	18
8th	Häkkinen	9th	6th	10th	Ret	DNQ	Ret	Ret	4th	6th	Ret	4th	6th	Ret	5th	Ret	7th	11
9th	de Cesaris	Ret	Ret	4th	3rd	Ret	Ret	3rd	Ret	Ret	5th	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	5th	4th	8
10th	Alboreto	10th	13th	6th	5th	5th	7th	7th	7th	7th	9th	7th	Ret	7th	6th	15th	Ret	6
11th	Comas	7th	9th	Ret	Ret	9th	10th	6th	5th	8th	6th	Ret	DNQ	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	4
12th	Wendlinger	Ret	Ret	Ret	8th	12th	Ret	4th	Ret	Ret	16th	Ret	11th	10th	Ret			3
=	Capelli	Ret	Ret	5th	10th†	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	9th	Ret	6th	Ret	Ret	Ret			3
14th	Boutsen	Ret	10th	Ret	Ret	Ret	12th	10th	Ret	10th	7th	Ret	Ret	Ret	8th	Ret	5th	2
=	Herbert	6th	7th	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	6th	Ret	Ret	Ret	13th†	Ret	Ret	Ret	13th	2
=	Martini	Ret	Ret	Ret	6th	6th	Ret	8th	10th	15th	11th	Ret	Ret	8th	Ret	10th	Ret	2
17th	Modena	DNQ	Ret	Ret	DNQ	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	DNQ	Ret	15th	DNQ	13th	7th	6th	1
=	Fittipaldi	Ret	Ret	Ret	11th	Ret	8th	13th	DNQ	INJ	INJ	INJ	DNQ	DNQ	12th	6th	9th	1
=	Gachot	Ret	11th	Ret	Ret	Ret	6th	DSQ	Ret	Ret	14th	Ret	18th†	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	1
—	Suzuki	8th	DNQ	Ret	7th	10th	11th	DNQ	Ret	12th	Ret	Ret	9th	Ret	10th	8th	8th	0
—	Lehto	Ret	8th	8th	Ret	11th†	9th	9th	9th	13th	10th	DNQ	7th	11th†	Ret	9th	Ret	0
—	Morbidelli	Ret	Ret	7th	Ret	Ret	Ret	11th	8th	17th†	12th	DNQ	16th	Ret	14th	14th	10th	0
—	Gugelmin	11th	Ret	Ret	Ret	7th	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	15th	10th	14th	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	0
—	Grouillard	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	8th	Ret	12th	11th	11th	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	0
—	Katayama	12th	12th	9th	DNQ	Ret	DNPQ	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	17th	9th†	Ret	11th	Ret	0
—	Belmondo	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	12th	13th	DNQ	14th	DNQ	DNQ	13th	9th						0
—	van de Poele	11th	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	Ret	10th	Ret				0
—	Naspetti												12th	Ret	11th	13th	Ret	0
—	Larini															12th	11th	0
—	Hill				DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	16th	DNQ	11th						0
—	Lammers															Ret	12th	0
—	Tarquini	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	14th	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret				0
—	Chiesa	DNQ	Ret	DNQ	Ret	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	Ret	DNQ	DNQ							0
—	Moreno			DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	Ret	DNPQ	WD	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNQ	DNQ					0
—	Zanardi									DNQ	Ret	DNQ						0
—	Amati	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ														0
—	McCarthy			DNP	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNP	WD	DNPQ	EXC	DNPQ	DNQ					0
—	Caffi	EXC	DNP															0
—	Bertaggia	EXC	DNP															0
Pos.	Driver																	Pts.
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16

• ^P Indicates a driver who qualified pole position.
• Italic donates as a driver's fastest lap.
• ^† Indicates a driver who was still classified despite retiring as they had completed 90% of the race distance.

International Cup of Constructors

Outlined below are the full standings for the 1992 FIA Formula One International Cup of Constructors:

International Cup of Constructors
Pos.	Driver	No.	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Pts.
1st	Williams-Renault	5	1stP	1stP	1stP	1stP	1stP	2ndP	Ret	1stP	1stP	1stP	2nd	2ndP	RetP	1stP	RetP	RetP	164
		6	2nd	2nd	2nd	Ret	2nd	3rd	Ret	2nd	2nd	8th†	RetP	3rd	5th	Ret	1st	Ret
2nd	McLaren-Honda	1	3rd	Ret	Ret	9th†	3rd	1st	RetP	Ret	Ret	2nd	1st	5th	1st	3rd	Ret	Ret	99
		2	5th	4th	Ret	4th	Ret	Ret	1st	Ret	5th	Ret	3rd	Ret	4th	2nd	2nd	1st
3rd	Benetton-Ford Cosworth	19	4th	3rd	3rd	2nd	Ret	4th	2nd	Ret	4th	3rd	Ret	1st	3rd	7th	Ret	2nd	91
		20	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	4th	5th	Ret	3rd	3rd	4th	5th	4th	2nd	4th	3rd	3rd
4th	Ferrari	27	Ret	Ret	4th	3rd	Ret	Ret	3rd	Ret	Ret	5th	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	5th	4th	21
		28	Ret	Ret	5th	10th†	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	9th	Ret	6th	Ret	Ret	Ret	12th	11th
5th	Lotus-Ford Cosworth	11	9th	6th	10th	Ret	DNQ	Ret	Ret	4th	6th	Ret	4th	6th	Ret	5th	Ret	7th	13
		12	6th	7th	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	6th	Ret	Ret	Ret	13th†	Ret	Ret	Ret	13th
6th	Tyrrell-Ilmor	3	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	8th	Ret	12th	11th	11th	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	8
		4	Ret	Ret	4th	3rd	Ret	Ret	3rd	Ret	Ret	5th	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	5th	4th
7th	Footwork-Mugen-Honda	9	10th	13th	6th	5th	5th	7th	7th	7th	7th	9th	7th	Ret	7th	6th	15th	Ret	6
		10	8th	DNQ	Ret	7th	10th	11th	DNQ	Ret	12th	Ret	Ret	9th	Ret	10th	8th	8th
=	Ligier-Renault	25	Ret	10th	Ret	Ret	Ret	12th	10th	Ret	10th	7th	Ret	Ret	Ret	8th	Ret	5th	6
		26	7th	9th	Ret	Ret	9th	10th	6th	5th	8th	6th	Ret	DNQ	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret
9th	March-Ilmor	16	Ret	Ret	Ret	8th	12th	Ret	4th	Ret	Ret	16th	Ret	11th	10th	Ret	Ret	12th	3
		17	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	12th	13th	DNQ	14th	DNQ	DNQ	13th	9th	12th	Ret	11th	13th	Ret
10th	Dallara-Ferrari	21	Ret	8th	8th	Ret	11th†	9th	9th	9th	13th	10th	DNQ	7th	11th†	Ret	9th	Ret	2
		22	Ret	Ret	Ret	6th	6th	Ret	8th	10th	15th	11th	Ret	Ret	8th	Ret	10th	Ret
11th	Jordan-Yamaha	32	DNQ	Ret	Ret	DNQ	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	DNQ	Ret	15th	DNQ	13th	7th	6th	1
		33	11th	Ret	Ret	Ret	7th	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	15th	10th	14th	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret
=	Minardi-Lamborghini	23	Ret	Ret	Ret	11th	Ret	8th	13th	DNQ	DNQ	Ret	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	12th	6th	9th	1
		24	Ret	Ret	7th	Ret	Ret	Ret	11th	8th	17th†	12th	DNQ	16th	Ret	14th	14th	10th
=	Venturi-Lamborghini	29	Ret	11th	Ret	Ret	Ret	6th	DSQ	Ret	Ret	14th	Ret	18th†	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	1
		30	12th	12th	9th	DNQ	Ret	DNPQ	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	17th	9th†	Ret	11th	Ret
—	Fondmetal-Ford Cosworth	14	DNQ	Ret	DNQ	Ret	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	Ret	DNQ	DNQ	Ret	10th	Ret				0
		15	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	14th	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret
—	Brabham-Judd	7	11th	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ							0
		8	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	16th	DNQ	11th
—	Andrea Moda-Judd	34	EXC	DNP	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	Ret	DNPQ	WD	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNQ	DNQ					0
		35	EXC	DNP	DNP	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNP	WD	DNPQ	EXC	DNPQ	DNQ
Pos.	Driver	No.																	Pts.
			1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16

• ^P Indicates a driver who qualified pole position.
• Italic donates as a driver's fastest lap.
• ^† Indicates a driver who was still classified despite retiring as they had completed 90% of the race distance.

Notes

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