1992 Japanese Grand Prix

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1992 Japanese Grand Prix
Race 15 of 16 in the 1992 Formula One World Championship
Suzuka circuit map (1987-2002).svg
Race details
Date25 October 1992
Official name XVIII Fuji Television Japanese Grand Prix
Location Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka, Japan
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 5.860 km (3.641 [1] miles)
Distance 53 laps, 310.580 km (192.985 miles)
Weather Dry, warm, cloudy
Attendance 332,000 [2]
Pole position
Driver
 Williams-Renault
Time 1:37.360
Fastest lap
Driver Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Nigel Mansell Williams-Renault
Time 1:40.646 on lap 44
Podium
First
 Williams-Renault
Second
 McLaren-Honda
Third
 Benetton-Ford
Lap leaders
  • 1992 Japanese Grand Prix

The 1992 Japanese Grand Prix (formally the XVIII Fuji Television Japanese Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race held at Suzuka on 25 October 1992. It was the fifteenth race of the 1992 Formula One World Championship.

Contents

The 53-lap race was won by Italian driver Riccardo Patrese, driving a Williams-Renault. It was Patrese's sixth and final Grand Prix victory, and the last win for an Italian driver for over a decade, until Giancarlo Fisichella won the 2003 Brazilian Grand Prix. Austrian Gerhard Berger finished second in a McLaren-Honda, with Englishman Martin Brundle third in a Benetton-Ford.

Pre-race

Two driver changes took place before the race: Ferrari replaced Ivan Capelli with their test driver Nicola Larini, while Karl Wendlinger left March to join Sauber's preparatory program ahead of the Swiss team's debut in 1993. His place was taken by Jan Lammers, making his first F1 start for over 10 years. [3]

Qualifying

Qualifying report

In qualifying, Williams' Nigel Mansell took his 13th pole position of the season, equalling the record set by Ayrton Senna in 1988 and 1989. Team-mate Riccardo Patrese was alongside him on the front row, while the McLarens of Senna and Gerhard Berger filled the second row. Michael Schumacher in the Benetton was fifth, followed by the two Lotuses of Johnny Herbert and Mika Häkkinen. The top ten was completed by Érik Comas in the Ligier, Andrea de Cesaris in the Tyrrell and Thierry Boutsen in the second Ligier.

Qualifying classification

PosNoDriverConstructorQ1Q2Gap
15 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Nigel Mansell Williams-Renault 1:37.3602:07.703no time
26 Flag of Italy.svg Riccardo Patrese Williams-Renault 1:38.2192:13.971+0.859
31 Flag of Brazil.svg Ayrton Senna McLaren-Honda 1:38.375no time+1.015
42 Flag of Austria.svg Gerhard Berger McLaren-Honda 1:40.296no time+2.936
519 Flag of Germany.svg Michael Schumacher Benetton-Ford 1:40.92211:12.418+3.562
612 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Johnny Herbert Lotus-Ford 1:41.030no time+3.670
711 Flag of Finland.svg Mika Häkkinen Lotus-Ford 1:41.415no time+4.055
826 Flag of France.svg Érik Comas Ligier-Renault 1:42.187no time+4.827
94 Flag of Italy.svg Andrea de Cesaris Tyrrell-Ilmor 1:42.361no time+5.001
1025 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Thierry Boutsen Ligier-Renault 1:42.428no time+5.068
1128 Flag of Italy.svg Nicola Larini Ferrari 1:42.488no time+5.128
1223 Flag of Brazil.svg Christian Fittipaldi Minardi-Lamborghini 1:42.617no time+5.257
1320 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Martin Brundle Benetton-Ford 1:42.626no time+5.266
1424 Flag of Italy.svg Gianni Morbidelli Minardi-Lamborghini 1:42.6272:10.260+5.267
1527 Flag of France.svg Jean Alesi Ferrari 1:42.824no time+5.464
1610 Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Aguri Suzuki Footwork-Mugen-Honda 1:43.029no time+5.669
1732 Flag of Italy.svg Stefano Modena Jordan-Yamaha 1:43.1172:19.944+5.757
1829 Flag of France.svg Bertrand Gachot Venturi-Lamborghini 1:43.156no time+5.796
1922 Flag of Italy.svg Pierluigi Martini Dallara-Ferrari 1:43.251no time+5.891
2030 Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Ukyo Katayama Venturi-Lamborghini 1:43.4885:40.775+6.128
213 Flag of France.svg Olivier Grouillard Tyrrell-Ilmor 1:43.941no time+6.581
2221 Flag of Finland.svg JJ Lehto Dallara-Ferrari 1:44.037no time+6.677
2316 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jan Lammers March-Ilmor 1:44.075no time+6.715
249 Flag of Italy.svg Michele Alboreto Footwork-Mugen-Honda 1:44.1492:25.413+6.789
2533 Flag of Brazil.svg Maurício Gugelmin Jordan-Yamaha 1:44.253no time+6.893
2617 Flag of Italy.svg Emanuele Naspetti March-Ilmor 1:47.303no time+9.943
Source: [4] [5] [6]

Race

Race report

Mansell made a fast start and at the end of the first lap led Patrese by three seconds. Senna held on to third before becoming the race's first retirement on lap 3 with an engine failure. Meanwhile, Larini, who had qualified 11th, stalled on the grid and fell to last, while Boutsen's gearbox failed on lap 4. Olivier Grouillard in the second Tyrrell spun off and crashed at Spoon curve on lap 7.

Berger made an early pit stop and rejoined the race in sixth place, behind Schumacher and the two Lotuses. On lap 13, Schumacher retired with gearbox failure, his only mechanical retirement of the year; Herbert's gearbox also failed two laps later. After the mid-race pit stops for tyres, Mansell retained a comfortable lead over Patrese, while Berger moved ahead of Häkkinen into third and Martin Brundle, who had only qualified 13th in the second Benetton, moved up to fifth ahead of Comas and de Cesaris. Maurício Gugelmin in the second Jordan had also spun off the track and crashed at 130R leaving debris on the track by lap 23.

On lap 36, Mansell slowed and Patrese moved ahead. The following lap, Comas retired with an engine failure. The two Venturi Larousse cars collided at the chicanes as they were both on lap 40 at the time as Bertrand Gachot hit his Japanese teammate Ukyo Katayama and went off into the gravel trap, who managed to carry on and pit in for fresh tyres (despite making contact). On lap 45, both Mansell and Häkkinen suffered engine failures of their own; this moved Berger and Brundle into second and third respectively. Patrese cruised to his sixth and final Grand Prix victory, finishing 13 seconds ahead of Berger with Brundle a further minute back; the top six was completed by de Cesaris, Jean Alesi in the second Ferrari and Christian Fittipaldi, who scored his first point in Formula One and the only point of the season for the Minardi team.

Race classification

PosNoDriverConstructorLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
16 Flag of Italy.svg Riccardo Patrese Williams-Renault 531:33:09.533210
22 Flag of Austria.svg Gerhard Berger McLaren-Honda 53+ 13.72946
320 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Martin Brundle Benetton-Ford 53+ 1:15.503134
44 Flag of Italy.svg Andrea de Cesaris Tyrrell-Ilmor 52+ 1 lap93
527 Flag of France.svg Jean Alesi Ferrari 52+ 1 lap152
623 Flag of Brazil.svg Christian Fittipaldi Minardi-Lamborghini 52+ 1 lap121
732 Flag of Italy.svg Stefano Modena Jordan-Yamaha 52+ 1 lap17
810 Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Aguri Suzuki Footwork-Mugen-Honda 52+ 1 lap16
921 Flag of Finland.svg JJ Lehto Dallara-Ferrari 52+ 1 lap22
1022 Flag of Italy.svg Pierluigi Martini Dallara-Ferrari 52+ 1 lap19
1130 Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Ukyo Katayama Venturi-Lamborghini 52+ 1 lap20
1228 Flag of Italy.svg Nicola Larini Ferrari 52+ 1 lap11
1317 Flag of Italy.svg Emanuele Naspetti March-Ilmor 51+ 2 laps26
1424 Flag of Italy.svg Gianni Morbidelli Minardi-Lamborghini 51+ 2 laps14
159 Flag of Italy.svg Michele Alboreto Footwork-Mugen-Honda 51+ 2 laps24
Ret5 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Nigel Mansell Williams-Renault 44Engine1
Ret11 Flag of Finland.svg Mika Häkkinen Lotus-Ford 44Engine7
Ret29 Flag of France.svg Bertrand Gachot Venturi-Lamborghini 39Collision/Spun off18
Ret26 Flag of France.svg Érik Comas Ligier-Renault 36Engine8
Ret16 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jan Lammers March-Ilmor 27Clutch23
Ret33 Flag of Brazil.svg Maurício Gugelmin Jordan-Yamaha 22Spun off25
Ret12 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Johnny Herbert Lotus-Ford 15Gearbox6
Ret19 Flag of Germany.svg Michael Schumacher Benetton-Ford 13Gearbox5
Ret3 Flag of France.svg Olivier Grouillard Tyrrell-Ilmor 6Spun off21
Ret25 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Thierry Boutsen Ligier-Renault 3Gearbox10
Ret1 Flag of Brazil.svg Ayrton Senna McLaren-Honda 2Engine3
Source: [7]

Championship standings after the race

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