1992 Brazilian Grand Prix

  1992 Brazilian Grand Prix

Race details
Race 3 of 16 in the 1992 Formula One season
Date	5 April 1992
Official name	XXI Grande Prêmio do Brasil
Location	Autódromo José Carlos Pace, Interlagos, Brazil
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.325 km (2.687 mi)
Distance	71 laps, 307.075 km (190.808 mi)
Weather	Dry
Pole position
Driver	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Renault
Time	1:15.703
Fastest lap
Driver	Riccardo Patrese	Williams-Renault
Time	1:19.490 on lap 34
Podium
First	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Renault
Second	Riccardo Patrese	Williams-Renault
Third	Michael Schumacher	Benetton-Ford

The 1992 Brazilian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Interlagos on April 5, 1992. It was the third round of the 1992 Formula One season.

Classification

Pre Qualifying

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Time	Gap
1	29	Bertrand Gachot	Larrousse-Lamborghini	1:22.161	—
2	9	Michele Alboreto	Footwork-Mugen-Honda	1:22.346	+0.185
3	14	Andrea Chiesa	Fondmetal-Ford	1:22:860	+0.699
4	30	Ukyo Katayama	Larrousse-Lamborghini	1:23.272	+1.111
5	34	Roberto Moreno	Moda-Judd	1:38.569	+16.408

Qualifying

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Q1	Q2	Gap
1	5	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Renault	1:15.703	1:16.091	—
2	6	Riccardo Patrese	Williams-Renault	1:17.591	1:16.894	+1.191
3	1	Ayrton Senna	McLaren-Honda	1:19:358	1:17.902	+2.199
4	2	Gerhard Berger	McLaren-Honda	1:19.277	1:18.416	+2.713
5	19	Michael Schumacher	Benetton-Ford	1:18.541	1:18.582	+2.838
6	27	Jean Alesi	Ferrari	1:19.340	1:18.647	+2.944
7	20	Martin Brundle	Benetton-Ford	1:19.488	1:18.711	+3.008
8	22	Pierluigi Martini	Dallara-Ferrari	1:18.953	1:20.018	+3.250
9	16	Karl Wendlinger	March-Ilmor	1:19.897	1:19.007	+3.304
10	25	Thierry Boutsen	Ligier-Renault	1:20.823	1:19.038	+3.335
11	28	Ivan Capelli	Ferrari	1:19.895	1:19.300	+3.597
12	32	Stefano Modena	Jordan-Yamaha	1:19.344	1:19.314	+3.611
13	4	Andrea de Cesaris	Tyrrell-Ilmor	1:19.343	1:19.497	+3.640
14	9	Michele Alboreto	Footwork-Mugen-Honda	1:19.533	1:20.159	+3.830
15	26	Érik Comas	Ligier-Renault	1:19.541	1:19.537	+3.834
16	21	Jyrki Järvilehto	Dallara-Ferrari	1:20.502	1:19.834	+4.131
17	3	Olivier Grouillard	Tyrrell-Ilmor	1:21.930	1:19.849	+4.146
18	29	Bertrand Gachot	Larrousse-Lamborghini	1:20.413	1:19.927	+4.224
19	15	Gabriele Tarquini	Fondmetal-Ford	1:20.533	1:19.993	+4.290
20	23	Christian Fittipaldi	Minardi-Lamborghini	1:21.019	1:20.133	+4.430
21	33	Maurício Gugelmin	Jordan-Yamaha	1:20.817	1:20.266	+4.563
22	10	Aguri Suzuki	Footwork-Mugen-Honda	1:20.891	1:20.435	+4.732
23	24	Gianni Morbidelli	Minardi-Lamborghini	1:20.445	1:20.862	+4.742
24	11	Mika Häkkinen	Lotus-Ford	1:20.577	1:20.734	+4.874
25	30	Ukyo Katayama	Larrousse-Lamborghini	1:21.568	1:20.648	+4.945
26	12	Johnny Herbert	Lotus-Ford	1:21.161	1:20.650	+4.947
27	14	Andrea Chiesa	Fondmetal-Ford	—	1:20.809	+5.066
28	17	Paul Belmondo	March-Ilmor	1:20.886	1:22.875	+5.183
29	7	Eric van de Poele	Brabham-Judd	1:22.742	1:21.770	+6.067
30	8	Giovanna Amati	Brabham-Judd	1:30.420	1:26.645	+10.942

Race

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	5	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Renault	71	1:36:51.856	1	10
2	6	Riccardo Patrese	Williams-Renault	71	+ 29.330	2	6
3	19	Michael Schumacher	Benetton-Ford	70	+ 1 lap	5	4
4	27	Jean Alesi	Ferrari	70	+ 1 lap	6	3
5	28	Ivan Capelli	Ferrari	70	+ 1 lap	11	2
6	9	Michele Alboreto	Footwork-Mugen-Honda	70	+ 1 lap	14	1
7	24	Gianni Morbidelli	Minardi-Lamborghini	69	+ 2 laps	23
8	21	Jyrki Järvilehto	Dallara-Ferrari	69	+ 2 laps	16
9	30	Ukyo Katayama	Larrousse-Lamborghini	68	+ 3 laps	25
10	11	Mika Häkkinen	Lotus-Ford	67	+ 4 laps	24
Ret	15	Gabriele Tarquini	Fondmetal-Ford	62	Engine	19
Ret	16	Karl Wendlinger	March-Ilmor	55	Clutch	9
Ret	23	Christian Fittipaldi	Minardi-Lamborghini	54	Gearbox	20
Ret	3	Olivier Grouillard	Tyrrell-Ilmor	52	Engine	17
Ret	26	Érik Comas	Ligier-Renault	42	Gearbox	15
Ret	12	Johnny Herbert	Lotus-Ford	36	Spun Off	26
Ret	25	Thierry Boutsen	Ligier-Renault	36	Collision	10
Ret	33	Maurício Gugelmin	Jordan-Yamaha	36	Gearbox	21
Ret	20	Martin Brundle	Benetton-Ford	30	Collision	7
Ret	22	Pierluigi Martini	Dallara-Ferrari	24	Clutch	8
Ret	29	Bertrand Gachot	Larrousse-Lamborghini	23	Suspension	18
Ret	4	Andrea de Cesaris	Tyrrell-Ilmor	21	Engine	13
Ret	1	Ayrton Senna	McLaren-Honda	17	Engine	3
Ret	2	Gerhard Berger	McLaren-Honda	4	Electrical	4
Ret	10	Aguri Suzuki	Footwork-Mugen-Honda	2	Engine	22
Ret	32	Stefano Modena	Jordan-Yamaha	1	Gearbox	12
DNQ	14	Andrea Chiesa	Fondmetal-Ford
DNQ	17	Paul Belmondo	March-Ilmor
DNQ	7	Eric van de Poele	Brabham-Judd
DNQ	8	Giovanna Amati	Brabham-Judd
DNPQ	34	Roberto Moreno	Moda-Judd

Notes

• Lap leaders: Riccardo Patrese 31 (1-31), Nigel Mansell 40 (32-71)
• The Andrea Moda saga continued when Roberto Moreno failed to pre qualify and his team mate Perry McCarthy was not allowed to compete as he did not have a superlicence.
• Alex Caffi and Enrico Bertaggia had left the Andrea Moda team with Moreno and McCarthy coming in although Bertaggia did try to get the seat back later in the season.
• Gabriele Tarquini set the third fastest lap of the race in the normally uncompetitive Fondmetal^[1]
• A poor race for the McLaren team by using the new MP4/7A, with both cars retired before a quarter of the race was over.
• Last female appearance in F-1
• Michele Alboreto scored his first point in nearly 3 years.

Standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Nigel Mansell 30 2 Riccardo Patrese 18 3 Michael Schumacher 11 4 Gerhard Berger 5 5 Ayrton Senna 4

Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 Williams-Renault 48 2 Benetton-Ford 11 3 McLaren-Honda 9 4 Ferrari 5 5 Tyrrell-Ilmor 2

• Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

References

• "The Official Formula 1 website". Archived from the original on 30 September 2007. http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1992/186/. Retrieved 2007-08-25. 
• Henry, Alan (1992). AUTOCOURSE 1992-93. Hazleton Publishing. ISBN 0-905138-96-1.