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1992 German Grand Prix

1992 German Grand Prix
Race 10 of 16 in the 1992 Formula One World Championship
Race details
Date	26 July 1992
Official name	Grosser Mobil 1 Preis von Deutschland
Location	Hockenheimring Hockenheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course length	6.815 km (4.251 miles)
Distance	45 laps, 306.675 km (191.313 miles)
Weather	Dry
Pole position
Driver	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Renault
Time	1:37.960
Fastest lap
Driver	Riccardo Patrese	Williams-Renault
Time	1:41.591 on lap 36
Podium
First	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Renault
Second	Ayrton Senna	McLaren-Honda
Third	Michael Schumacher	Benetton-Ford
Lap leaders

Motor car race

The 1992 German Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at the HockenheimringinHockenheim, Germany on 26 July 1992. It was the tenth race of the 1992 Formula One World Championship.

The 45-lap race was won from pole position by Briton Nigel Mansell, driving a Williams-Renault, with Brazilian Ayrton Senna second in a McLaren-Honda and local driver Michael Schumacher third in a Benetton-Ford.

The Ostkurve chicane was modified for this race from a quick left-right gap into a turning sequence, after there were safety concerns with the chicane the previous year, when Érik Comas had a major accident there in his Ligier.

The Friday morning pre-qualifying session again followed the familiar pattern, with the Andrea Moda cars failing to pre-qualify. Gabriele Tarquini was fastest in the session for Fondmetal, just ahead of Larrousse driver Bertrand Gachot. Just over eight tenths of a second slower was Gachot's team-mate Ukyo Katayama, with Fondmetal's Andrea Chiesa, back in the newer GR02, the fourth and final pre-qualifier.

Andrea Moda's Roberto Moreno was fifth fastest as usual, although on this occasion he was much closer to Chiesa, just 0.376 of a second slower despite an engine failure.^[1] Perry McCarthy had managed one lap and was slowest, but his time was deleted after he missed a weightcheck and was excluded.^[1]

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Time	Gap
1	15	Gabriele Tarquini	Fondmetal-Ford	1:45.518	—
2	29	Bertrand Gachot	Venturi-Lamborghini	1:45.766	+0.248
3	30	Ukyo Katayama	Venturi-Lamborghini	1:46.599	+1.081
4	14	Andrea Chiesa	Fondmetal-Ford	1:48.502	+2.984
5	34	Roberto Moreno	Andrea Moda-Judd	1:48.878	+3.360
EX	35	Perry McCarthy	Andrea Moda-Judd	—	—

Nigel Mansell qualified on pole position, ahead of Riccardo Patrese and Ayrton Senna. Stefano Modena, Eric van de Poele, Andrea Chiesa and Damon Hill were the four drivers who did not qualify for the race. For Chiesa, it proved to be the last time he took part in a Grand Prix event, as he was replaced for the next race at the Fondmetal team by van de Poele.

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Q1	Q2	Gap
1	5	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Renault	1:38.340	1:37.960
2	6	Riccardo Patrese	Williams-Renault	1:40.501	1:38.310	+0.350
3	1	Ayrton Senna	McLaren-Honda	1:40.331	1:39.106	+1.146
4	2	Gerhard Berger	McLaren-Honda	1:40.869	1:39.716	+1.756
5	27	Jean Alesi	Ferrari	1:42.563	1:40.959	+2.999
6	19	Michael Schumacher	Benetton-Ford	1:42.183	1:41.132	+3.172
7	26	Érik Comas	Ligier-Renault	1:43.696	1:41.942	+3.982
8	25	Thierry Boutsen	Ligier-Renault	1:42.930	1:42.112	+4.152
9	20	Martin Brundle	Benetton-Ford	1:43.614	1:42.136	+4.176
10	16	Karl Wendlinger	March-Ilmor	1:44.173	1:42.357	+4.397
11	12	Johnny Herbert	Lotus-Ford	1:46.164	1:42.645	+4.685
12	28	Ivan Capelli	Ferrari	1:43.744	1:42.748	+4.788
13	11	Mika Häkkinen	Lotus-Ford	1:44.370	1:42.749	+4.789
14	3	Olivier Grouillard	Tyrrell-Ilmor	1:44.689	1:42.797	+4.837
15	10	Aguri Suzuki	Footwork-Mugen-Honda	1:44.359	1:42.838	+4.878
16	30	Ukyo Katayama	Venturi-Lamborghini	1:46.406	1:43.079	+5.119
17	9	Michele Alboreto	Footwork-Mugen-Honda	1:43.574	1:43.171	+5.211
18	22	Pierluigi Martini	Dallara-Ferrari	1:45.099	1:43.556	+5.596
19	15	Gabriele Tarquini	Fondmetal-Ford	1:44.661	1:43.777	+5.817
20	4	Andrea de Cesaris	Tyrrell-Ilmor	1:43.790	1:44.505	+5.830
21	21	JJ Lehto	Dallara-Ferrari	1:45.132	1:43.931	+5.971
22	17	Paul Belmondo	March-Ilmor	1:45.190	1:44.130	+6.170
23	33	Maurício Gugelmin	Jordan-Yamaha	1:45.941	1:44.521	+6.561
24	23	Alessandro Zanardi	Minardi-Lamborghini	1:45.788	1:44.593	+6.633
25	29	Bertrand Gachot	Venturi-Lamborghini	no time	1:44.596	+6.636
26	24	Gianni Morbidelli	Minardi-Lamborghini	1:45.455	1:44.763	+6.803
27	32	Stefano Modena	Jordan-Yamaha	1:46.211	1:45.088	+7.128
28	7	Eric van de Poele	Brabham-Judd	1:47.321	1:45.098	+7.138
29	14	Andrea Chiesa	Fondmetal-Ford	1:46.362	1:45.459	+7.499
30	8	Damon Hill	Brabham-Judd	1:49.843	1:45.871	+7.911
Source:[2][3][4]

At the start, Mansell took an early lead from teammate Patrese, with Senna in third. Mansell made a scheduled pitstop and quickly caught Senna, who chose to run the race without a pitstop. Aguri Suzuki spun off at the Sachs Kurve on lap 2. Ukyo Katayama also retired after spinning off only seven laps later, and Gerhard Berger retired in the pits with electrical problems on lap 17 as he had a long stop for tyres. On lap 19, Mansell cut the corner at the OstKurve chicane, exited faster, and passed Senna on the following straight. Mansell was not penalised. Meanwhile further back, Ivan Capelli retired with engine trouble on lap 22, as did both the Lotus cars of Mika Häkkinen and Johnny Herbert, retiring with the same problems by lap 24.

On the last lap, Riccardo Patrese spun off whilst trying to pass Ayrton Senna for second position. He was ultimately classified in eighth position. Mansell held on for the race victory, ahead of Senna in second, whose McLaren car ran out of fuel shortly after crossing the finish line and Michael Schumacher in third.

Mansell tied the record from Ayrton Senna in 1988 for most wins in a season with eight, accomplished in only ten races.

Ayrton Senna dropped out of title contention at this race, although it seemed inevitable that only Mansell would be Driver's Champion anyway – he clinched the title at the next race in Hungary.

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	5	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Renault	45	1:18:22.032	1	10
2	1	Ayrton Senna	McLaren-Honda	45	+ 4.500	3	6
3	19	Michael Schumacher	Benetton-Ford	45	+ 34.462	6	4
4	20	Martin Brundle	Benetton-Ford	45	+ 36.959	9	3
5	27	Jean Alesi	Ferrari	45	+ 1:12.607	5	2
6	26	Érik Comas	Ligier-Renault	45	+ 1:36.498	7	1
7	25	Thierry Boutsen	Ligier-Renault	45	+ 1:37.180	8
8	6	Riccardo Patrese	Williams-Renault	44	Spun off	2
9	9	Michele Alboreto	Footwork-Mugen-Honda	44	+ 1 lap	17
10	21	JJ Lehto	Dallara-Ferrari	44	+ 1 lap	21
11	22	Pierluigi Martini	Dallara-Ferrari	44	+ 1 lap	18
12	24	Gianni Morbidelli	Minardi-Lamborghini	44	+ 1 lap	26
13	17	Paul Belmondo	March-Ilmor	44	+ 1 lap	22
14	29	Bertrand Gachot	Venturi-Lamborghini	44	+ 1 lap	25
15	33	Maurício Gugelmin	Jordan-Yamaha	43	+ 2 laps	23
16	16	Karl Wendlinger	March-Ilmor	42	+ 3 laps	10
Ret	15	Gabriele Tarquini	Fondmetal-Ford	33	Engine	19
Ret	4	Andrea de Cesaris	Tyrrell-Ilmor	25	Engine	20
Ret	12	Johnny Herbert	Lotus-Ford	23	Engine	11
Ret	28	Ivan Capelli	Ferrari	21	Engine	12
Ret	11	Mika Häkkinen	Lotus-Ford	21	Engine	13
Ret	2	Gerhard Berger	McLaren-Honda	16	Electrical	4
Ret	3	Olivier Grouillard	Tyrrell-Ilmor	8	Engine	14
Ret	30	Ukyo Katayama	Venturi-Lamborghini	8	Spun off	16
Ret	10	Aguri Suzuki	Footwork-Mugen-Honda	1	Spun off	15
Ret	23	Alessandro Zanardi	Minardi-Lamborghini	1	Gearbox	24
DNQ	32	Stefano Modena	Jordan-Yamaha
DNQ	7	Eric van de Poele	Brabham-Judd
DNQ	14	Andrea Chiesa	Fondmetal-Ford
DNQ	8	Damon Hill	Brabham-Judd
DNPQ	34	Roberto Moreno	Andrea Moda-Judd
EX	35	Perry McCarthy	Andrea Moda-Judd
Source:[5]

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Nigel Mansell 86 2 Riccardo Patrese 40 3 Michael Schumacher 33 4 Ayrton Senna 24 5 Gerhard Berger 20 Source: [6]

Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 Williams-Renault 126 2 Benetton-Ford 49 3 McLaren-Honda 44 4 Ferrari 15 5 Lotus-Ford 7 Source: [6]

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

• Henry, Alan (1992). AUTOCOURSE 1992-93. Hazleton Publishing. ISBN 0-905138-96-1.