1992 Brazilian Grand Prix

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1992 Brazilian Grand Prix
Race 3 of 16 in the 1992 Formula One World Championship
Interlagos 1990.jpg
Race details
Date5 April 1992
Official name XXI Grande Prêmio do Brasil
Location Autódromo José Carlos Pace
Interlagos, São Paulo, Brazil
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 4.325 km (2.687 miles)
Distance 71 laps, 307.075 km (190.808 miles)
Weather Dry
Pole position
Driver Williams-Renault
Time 1:15.703
Fastest lap
Driver Flag of Italy.svg Riccardo Patrese Williams-Renault
Time 1:19.490 on lap 34
Podium
First Williams-Renault
Second Williams-Renault
Third Benetton-Ford
Lap leaders
  • 1992 Brazilian Grand Prix

The 1992 Brazilian Grand Prix (formally the XXI Grande Prêmio do Brasil) was a Formula One motor race held at Interlagos on 5 April 1992. It was the third race of the 1992 Formula One World Championship.

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The 71-lap race was won by Englishman Nigel Mansell, driving a Williams-Renault, after he started from pole position. Mansell's Italian teammate, Riccardo Patrese, finished second after leading the first 31 laps, with German Michael Schumacher third in a Benetton-Ford.

Background

Going into the race, the two major talking points were Williams' utter domination of the previous two races, as well as McLaren's response to that domination: the new MP4/7A would debut at Interlagos, despite having originally been scheduled to debut at Barcelona. However, the car was still experiencing teething issues, despite an intensive testing programme at Silverstone following the Mexican Grand Prix. The team brought a total of 6 complete cars to the race, including three MP4/6Bs to be tested alongside the MP4/7A. [1]

Qualifying

Pre-qualifying report

For the first time in 1992, there was a need for a pre-qualifying hour on Friday morning. The pool consisted of six cars, which needed to be reduced to four to ensure the maximum of 30 cars in the main qualifying sessions. The entrants were the two Lamborghini-powered Venturi LC92 cars entered by the Larrousse team, and driven by Bertrand Gachot and Ukyo Katayama; the Footwork FA13-Mugen-Honda of Michele Alboreto; the Fondmetal GR01 of Andrea Chiesa, and the two Andrea Moda S921s of Roberto Moreno and Perry McCarthy. Moreno and McCarthy had been recruited by Andrea Moda after team boss Andrea Sassetti had fired both his drivers (Alex Caffi and Enrico Bertaggia) after they had criticised the amateurish way the team had been run thus far. [2]

With very little time to prepare, McCarthy had hastily acquired a FISA Super Licence which enabled him to compete in Formula One. However, when he arrived at Interlagos, his licence was rescinded by race director Roland Bruynseraede, who told him there had been an error in the issuing of the licence, so McCarthy was withdrawn from the event. In any case, the team had not finished building his car in time, so he would not have driven in the session anyway. [3]

This left five cars in the session, and it became clear which four were to progress when the remaining Andrea Moda of Roberto Moreno managed just two laps before it broke down, having posted a very slow time. [3] The other four cars were over 15 seconds faster, with Gachot's Venturi topping the time sheets. Alboreto was just under two tenths of a second slower, with Chiesa third in the Fondmetal. Fourth was Katayama, just over a second slower than his team-mate Gachot. Thus Moreno failed to pre-qualify. [2]

Pre-qualifying classification

PosNoDriverConstructorTimeGap
129 Flag of France.svg Bertrand Gachot Venturi-Lamborghini 1:22.161
29 Flag of Italy.svg Michele Alboreto Footwork-Mugen-Honda 1:22.346+0.185
314 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Andrea Chiesa Fondmetal-Ford 1:22.860+0.699
430 Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Ukyo Katayama Venturi-Lamborghini 1:23.272+1.111
534 Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg Roberto Moreno Andrea Moda-Judd 1:38.569+16.408

Qualifying report

The Williams cars were ahead of the McLarens with Mansell on pole ahead of Patrese, with Senna third in front of his home crowd ahead of Berger, Schumacher, and Alesi. There was controversy in the second qualifying session, as Senna slowed in front of an over-enthusiastic Mansell, forcing him wide on the entry to turn 11 and into a spin. Having been collected by the outside wall, Mansell limped out of his damaged Williams. Interestingly, Berger's time was set in one of the MP4/6B's, as he suffered an engine failure in his primary car, an MP4/7A; however, he raced an MP4/7A on raceday. As of 2024, this was the last time a woman, Giovanna Amati, took part in the World Championship (Amati would be sacked by Brabham after this race and replaced by Englishman Damon Hill, son of late and two-time World Champion Graham Hill).

Qualifying classification

PosNoDriverConstructorQ1Q2Gap
15 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Nigel Mansell Williams-Renault 1:15.7031:16.091
26 Flag of Italy.svg Riccardo Patrese Williams-Renault 1:17.5911:16.894+1.191
31 Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg Ayrton Senna McLaren-Honda 1:19.3581:17.902+2.199
42 Flag of Austria.svg Gerhard Berger McLaren-Honda 1:19.2771:18.416+2.713
519 Flag of Germany.svg Michael Schumacher Benetton-Ford 1:18.5411:18.582+2.838
627 Flag of France.svg Jean Alesi Ferrari 1:19.3401:18.647+2.944
720 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Martin Brundle Benetton-Ford 1:19.4881:18.711+3.008
822 Flag of Italy.svg Pierluigi Martini Dallara-Ferrari 1:18.9531:20.018+3.250
916 Flag of Austria.svg Karl Wendlinger March-Ilmor 1:19.8971:19.007+3.304
1025 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Thierry Boutsen Ligier-Renault 1:20.8231:19.038+3.335
1128 Flag of Italy.svg Ivan Capelli Ferrari 1:19.8951:19.300+3.597
1232 Flag of Italy.svg Stefano Modena Jordan-Yamaha 1:19.3441:19.314+3.611
134 Flag of Italy.svg Andrea de Cesaris Tyrrell-Ilmor 1:19.3431:19.497+3.640
149 Flag of Italy.svg Michele Alboreto Footwork-Mugen-Honda 1:19.5331:20.159+3.830
1526 Flag of France.svg Érik Comas Ligier-Renault 1:19.5411:19.537+3.834
1621 Flag of Finland.svg JJ Lehto Dallara-Ferrari 1:20.5021:19.834+4.131
173 Flag of France.svg Olivier Grouillard Tyrrell-Ilmor 1:21.9301:19.849+4.146
1829 Flag of France.svg Bertrand Gachot Venturi-Lamborghini 1:20.4131:19.927+4.224
1915 Flag of Italy.svg Gabriele Tarquini Fondmetal-Ford 1:20.5331:19.993+4.290
2023 Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg Christian Fittipaldi Minardi-Lamborghini 1:21.0191:20.133+4.430
2133 Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg Maurício Gugelmin Jordan-Yamaha 1:20.8171:20.266+4.563
2210 Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Aguri Suzuki Footwork-Mugen-Honda 1:20.8911:20.435+4.732
2324 Flag of Italy.svg Gianni Morbidelli Minardi-Lamborghini 1:20.4451:20.862+4.742
2411 Flag of Finland.svg Mika Häkkinen Lotus-Ford 1:20.5771:20.734+4.874
2530 Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Ukyo Katayama Venturi-Lamborghini 1:21.5681:20.648+4.945
2612 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Johnny Herbert Lotus-Ford 1:21.1611:20.650+4.947
2714 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Andrea Chiesa Fondmetal-Ford no time1:20.809+5.066
2817 Flag of France.svg Paul Belmondo March-Ilmor 1:20.8861:22.875+5.183
297 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Eric van de Poele Brabham-Judd 1:22.7421:21.770+6.067
308 Flag of Italy.svg Giovanna Amati Brabham-Judd 1:30.4201:26.645+10.942

Race

Race report

On the parade lap, Gerhard Berger stalled and had to start at the back. Mansell’s start was poor and Patrese blasted ahead of him with Brundle getting ahead of Alesi. The order from there was Patrese, Mansell, Senna, Schumacher, Brundle and Alesi. Berger had to retire after only 4 laps in the pits with electrical failure. The Williamses pulled away while Senna was holding the rest at bay; Schumacher was 30 seconds behind by the time he had passed Senna for third on lap 13. Martin Brundle and Jean Alesi passed him soon afterwards and Senna retired with engine problems on lap 17.

The stops brought Alesi closer to Brundle and Alesi made his move on lap 31. The two collided, with Brundle spinning out into retirement as a result. This promoted Karl Wendlinger in the March up to fifth and he was there until his clutch failed on lap 56. As Thierry Boutsen collided with teammate Érik Comas in the leading Ligier and forced the Lotus of Johnny Herbert off into the gravel at the Senna S as it forced both drivers to retire but Comas managed to continue, this incident happened just six laps after Brundle's retirement, Comas would soon retire with gearbox failure on lap 42 which meant a double retirement for Ligier. Meanwhile, Mansell pitted while passing back markers and took advantage of subsequent clear laps, taking over first place when Patrese pitted after slower laps passing more of the back markers. Mansell then built a lead and won with a 29-second lead over Patrese in second, making it yet another Williams 1–2 and lapping the rest of the field ahead of Michael Schumacher, Jean Alesi, Ivan Capelli who was able to score his first points for Ferrari in fifth (which was Ferrari's only double points finish of the season) and Michele Alboreto scoring his first point for Footwork.

Race classification

PosNoDriverConstructorLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
15 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Nigel Mansell Williams-Renault 711:36:51.856110
26 Flag of Italy.svg Riccardo Patrese Williams-Renault 71+ 29.33026
319 Flag of Germany.svg Michael Schumacher Benetton-Ford 70+ 1 lap54
427 Flag of France.svg Jean Alesi Ferrari 70+ 1 lap63
528 Flag of Italy.svg Ivan Capelli Ferrari 70+ 1 lap112
69 Flag of Italy.svg Michele Alboreto Footwork-Mugen-Honda 70+ 1 lap141
724 Flag of Italy.svg Gianni Morbidelli Minardi-Lamborghini 69+ 2 laps23
821 Flag of Finland.svg JJ Lehto Dallara-Ferrari 69+ 2 laps16
930 Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Ukyo Katayama Venturi-Lamborghini 68+ 3 laps25
1011 Flag of Finland.svg Mika Häkkinen Lotus-Ford 67+ 4 laps24
Ret15 Flag of Italy.svg Gabriele Tarquini Fondmetal-Ford 62Engine19
Ret16 Flag of Austria.svg Karl Wendlinger March-Ilmor 55Clutch9
Ret23 Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg Christian Fittipaldi Minardi-Lamborghini 54Gearbox20
Ret3 Flag of France.svg Olivier Grouillard Tyrrell-Ilmor 52Engine17
Ret26 Flag of France.svg Érik Comas Ligier-Renault 42Gearbox15
Ret12 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Johnny Herbert Lotus-Ford 36Collision26
Ret25 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Thierry Boutsen Ligier-Renault 36Collision10
Ret33 Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg Maurício Gugelmin Jordan-Yamaha 36Gearbox21
Ret20 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Martin Brundle Benetton-Ford 30Collision7
Ret22 Flag of Italy.svg Pierluigi Martini Dallara-Ferrari 24Clutch8
Ret29 Flag of France.svg Bertrand Gachot Venturi-Lamborghini 23Suspension18
Ret4 Flag of Italy.svg Andrea de Cesaris Tyrrell-Ilmor 21Engine13
Ret1 Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg Ayrton Senna McLaren-Honda 17Engine3
Ret2 Flag of Austria.svg Gerhard Berger McLaren-Honda 4Electrical4
Ret10 Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Aguri Suzuki Footwork-Mugen-Honda 2Engine22
Ret32 Flag of Italy.svg Stefano Modena Jordan-Yamaha 1Gearbox12
DNQ14 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Andrea Chiesa Fondmetal-Ford
DNQ17 Flag of France.svg Paul Belmondo March-Ilmor
DNQ7 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Eric van de Poele Brabham-Judd
DNQ8 Flag of Italy.svg Giovanna Amati Brabham-Judd
DNPQ34 Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg Roberto Moreno Andrea Moda-Judd
Source: [4]

Championship standings after the race

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