1992 San Marino Grand Prix

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1992 San Marino Grand Prix
Race 5 of 16 in the 1992 Formula One World Championship
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Race details
Date17 May 1992
Official name XII Gran Premio Iceberg di San Marino
Location Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari
Imola, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 5.040 km (3.144 miles)
Distance 60 laps, 302.400 km (188.646 miles)
Weather Sunny
Pole position
Driver Williams-Renault
Time 1:21.842
Fastest lap
Driver Flag of Italy.svg Riccardo Patrese Williams-Renault
Time 1:26.100 on lap 60
Podium
First Williams-Renault
Second Williams-Renault
Third McLaren-Honda
Lap leaders
  • 1992 San Marino Grand Prix

The 1992 San Marino Grand Prix (formally the XII Gran Premio Iceberg di San Marino) was a Formula One motor race held at Imola on 17 May 1992. It was the fifth race of the 1992 Formula One World Championship.

Contents

The 60-lap race was won from pole position by Nigel Mansell, driving a Williams-Renault. Mansell became the first driver to win the first five races of the season. Teammate Riccardo Patrese was second, with Ayrton Senna third in a McLaren-Honda.

Qualifying

Pre-qualifying report

In the Friday morning pre-qualifying session, Michele Alboreto was fastest for the first time this season in the Footwork. He was half a second faster than the Venturi Larrousse of Bertrand Gachot, who was himself a couple of tenths of a second faster than his team-mate Ukyo Katayama. The fourth pre-qualifier was again Andrea Chiesa, nearly a second behind in the Fondmetal. [1]

As in Spain, the two cars failing to pre-qualify were the Andrea Modas of Roberto Moreno and Perry McCarthy. Moreno had tested with the team here at Imola, and improved the car prior to the Grand Prix weekend, [1] and the result was that he was just 0.463 of a second behind Chiesa. McCarthy drove his first seven laps in the car, with no windscreen and an ill-fitting seat, [2] and posted a time around 8.6 seconds slower than Moreno before stopping with a differential problem. [3]

Pre-qualifying classification

PosNoDriverConstructorTimeGap
19 Flag of Italy.svg Michele Alboreto Footwork-Mugen-Honda 1:26.865
229 Flag of France.svg Bertrand Gachot Venturi-Lamborghini 1:27.407+0.542
330 Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Ukyo Katayama Venturi-Lamborghini 1:27.601+0.736
414 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Andrea Chiesa Fondmetal-Ford 1:28.480+1.615
534 Flag of Brazil.svg Roberto Moreno Andrea Moda-Judd 1:28.943+2.078
635 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Perry McCarthy Andrea Moda-Judd 1:37.537+10.672

Qualifying report

In the main qualifying session the Lotus of Mika Häkkinen, the Fondmetal of Andrea Chiesa, and the Brabhams of Damon Hill and Eric van de Poele were eliminated. This turned out to be the only race of 1992 in which Häkkinen failed to qualify.

Mansell took pole position by over a second from Williams team-mate Riccardo Patrese, who crashed at Tamburello corner two weeks before. The McLarens of Ayrton Senna and Gerhard Berger took up the second row, while the Benettons of Michael Schumacher and Martin Brundle filled the third row. The top ten was completed by the Ferraris of Jean Alesi and Ivan Capelli, the Footwork of Michele Alboreto, and the Ligier of Thierry Boutsen.

Mansell's pole position saw one of Formula One's hottest streaks come to an end, as Senna had taken pole in each of the previous seven races at Imola.

Qualifying classification

PosNoDriverConstructorQ1Q2Gap
15 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Nigel Mansell Williams-Renault 1:21.8421:22.440
26 Flag of Italy.svg Riccardo Patrese Williams-Renault 1:23.8761:22.895+1.053
31 Flag of Brazil.svg Ayrton Senna McLaren-Honda 1:23.0861:23.151+1.244
42 Flag of Austria.svg Gerhard Berger McLaren-Honda 1:23.4181:24.393+1.576
519 Flag of Germany.svg Michael Schumacher Benetton-Ford 1:23.7011:24.177+1.859
620 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Martin Brundle Benetton-Ford 1:25.2391:23.904+2.062
727 Flag of France.svg Jean Alesi Ferrari 1:23.9701:24.103+2.128
828 Flag of Italy.svg Ivan Capelli Ferrari 1:24.2741:24.192+2.350
99 Flag of Italy.svg Michele Alboreto Footwork-Mugen-Honda 1:24.7061:26.519+2.864
1025 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Thierry Boutsen Ligier-Renault 1:25.0431:25.276+3.201
1110 Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Aguri Suzuki Footwork-Mugen-Honda 1:25.1341:25.909+3.292
1216 Flag of Austria.svg Karl Wendlinger March-Ilmor 1:27.0191:25.483+3.641
1326 Flag of France.svg Érik Comas Ligier-Renault 1:25.7391:25.543+3.701
144 Flag of Italy.svg Andrea de Cesaris Tyrrell-Ilmor 1:25.6371:26.337+3.795
1522 Flag of Italy.svg Pierluigi Martini Dallara-Ferrari 1:25.8381:26.331+3.996
1621 Flag of Finland.svg JJ Lehto Dallara-Ferrari 1:25.8651:26.215+4.023
1730 Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Ukyo Katayama Venturi-Lamborghini 1:26.9001:25.982+4.140
1833 Flag of Brazil.svg Maurício Gugelmin Jordan-Yamaha 1:26.0561:26.659+4.214
1929 Flag of France.svg Bertrand Gachot Venturi-Lamborghini 1:26.4031:26.182+4.340
203 Flag of France.svg Olivier Grouillard Tyrrell-Ilmor 1:26.9531:26.404+4.562
2124 Flag of Italy.svg Gianni Morbidelli Minardi-Lamborghini 1:26.6811:27.051+4.839
2215 Flag of Italy.svg Gabriele Tarquini Fondmetal-Ford 1:26.9591:26.765+4.923
2332 Flag of Italy.svg Stefano Modena Jordan-Yamaha 1:26.9001:26.774+4.932
2417 Flag of France.svg Paul Belmondo March-Ilmor 1:28.5151:27.194+5.352
2523 Flag of Brazil.svg Christian Fittipaldi Minardi-Lamborghini 1:27.2291:27.282+5.387
2612 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Johnny Herbert Lotus-Ford 1:27.2701:27.357+5.428
2711 Flag of Finland.svg Mika Häkkinen Lotus-Ford 1:27.4371:27.912+5.595
2814 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Andrea Chiesa Fondmetal-Ford 1:27.756no time+5.914
298 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Damon Hill Brabham-Judd no time1:28.423+6.581
307 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Eric van de Poele Brabham-Judd 1:29.3471:28.832+6.990
Source: [4] [5] [6]

Race

Race report

The first start was aborted due to Karl Wendlinger's March stalling; he eventually started the race at the back of the grid. Stefano Modena started from the pit lane in his Jordan.

Mansell led every lap, finishing nearly ten seconds ahead of Patrese. Senna finished third, nearly forty seconds behind Patrese, but was unable to take his place on the podium due to discomfort he suffered all race, and was unable to get out of his car until long after the race ended; he had pulled off right after crossing the finish line, not even bothering to take a cool down lap. Ivan Capelli in the second Ferrari spun off into the gravel trap ending his race on lap 12. Michael Schumacher saw his first retirement of the season on lap 21 as he and teammate Brundle were pressuring Berger and spun out into the tyre wall on lap 21 with left suspension damage; despite fixing the problem on the front, the damage to the rear was too much and he retired in the pits only one lap later. On lap 40, Senna passed Jean Alesi going into the Villeneuve corner; Berger tried to do the same thing through Tosa, but Alesi closed the door and clipped Berger's car, lost control and clipped Berger's car again, damaging the McLaren's right rear suspension and destroying the Ferrari's front wing, forcing both drivers to retire; each side blamed the other for the accident. Mansell's win continued his perfect start to the 1992 season, with five wins from the opening five races; this broke the record of successive wins from the start of the season set by Senna the previous year.

Brundle finished fourth to pick up his first points of 1992. Alboreto finished fifth, and Pierluigi Martini finished sixth, scoring what would prove to be the Dallara team's last point in Formula One.

Race classification

PosNoDriverConstructorLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
15 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Nigel Mansell Williams-Renault 601:28:40.927110
26 Flag of Italy.svg Riccardo Patrese Williams-Renault 60+ 9.45126
31 Flag of Brazil.svg Ayrton Senna McLaren-Honda 60+ 48.98434
420 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Martin Brundle Benetton-Ford 60+ 53.00763
59 Flag of Italy.svg Michele Alboreto Footwork-Mugen-Honda 59+ 1 lap92
622 Flag of Italy.svg Pierluigi Martini Dallara-Ferrari 59+ 1 lap151
733 Flag of Brazil.svg Maurício Gugelmin Jordan-Yamaha 58+ 2 laps18
83 Flag of France.svg Olivier Grouillard Tyrrell-Ilmor 58+ 2 laps20
926 Flag of France.svg Érik Comas Ligier-Renault 58+ 2 laps13
1010 Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Aguri Suzuki Footwork-Mugen-Honda 58+ 2 laps11
1121 Flag of Finland.svg JJ Lehto Dallara-Ferrari 57Engine16
1216 Flag of Austria.svg Karl Wendlinger March-Ilmor 57+ 3 laps12
1317 Flag of France.svg Paul Belmondo March-Ilmor 57+ 3 laps24
144 Flag of Italy.svg Andrea de Cesaris Tyrrell-Ilmor 55Fuel system14
Ret30 Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Ukyo Katayama Venturi-Lamborghini 40Spun off17
Ret27 Flag of France.svg Jean Alesi Ferrari 39Collision7
Ret2 Flag of Austria.svg Gerhard Berger McLaren-Honda 39Collision4
Ret29 Flag of France.svg Bertrand Gachot Venturi-Lamborghini 32Spun off19
Ret25 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Thierry Boutsen Ligier-Renault 29Engine10
Ret32 Flag of Italy.svg Stefano Modena Jordan-Yamaha 25Gearbox23
Ret24 Flag of Italy.svg Gianni Morbidelli Minardi-Lamborghini 24Engine21
Ret15 Flag of Italy.svg Gabriele Tarquini Fondmetal-Ford 24Engine22
Ret19 Flag of Germany.svg Michael Schumacher Benetton-Ford 20Suspension5
Ret28 Flag of Italy.svg Ivan Capelli Ferrari 11Spun off8
Ret23 Flag of Brazil.svg Christian Fittipaldi Minardi-Lamborghini 8Gearbox25
Ret12 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Johnny Herbert Lotus-Ford 8Gearbox26
DNQ11 Flag of Finland.svg Mika Häkkinen Lotus-Ford
DNQ14 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Andrea Chiesa Fondmetal-Ford
DNQ8 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Damon Hill Brabham-Judd
DNQ7 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Eric van de Poele Brabham-Judd
DNPQ34 Flag of Brazil.svg Roberto Moreno Andrea Moda-Judd
DNPQ35 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Perry McCarthy Andrea Moda-Judd
Source: [7]

Championship standings after the race

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