1992 Canadian Grand Prix

  1992 Canadian Grand Prix

Race details
Race 7 of 16 in the 1992 Formula One season
Date	14 June 1992
Location	Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Course	Temporary street circuit 4.430 km (2.763 mi)
Distance	69 laps, 305.670 km (190.686 mi)
Weather	Dry
Pole position
Driver	Ayrton Senna	McLaren-Honda
Time	1:19.775
Fastest lap
Driver	Gerhard Berger	McLaren-Honda
Time	1:22.325 on lap 61
Podium
First	Gerhard Berger	McLaren-Honda
Second	Michael Schumacher	Benetton-Ford
Third	Jean Alesi	Ferrari

The 1992 Canadian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve on June 14, 1992. It was the seventh round of the 1992 Formula One season.

Qualifying

The result of qualifying was somewhat surprising as Senna managed to put his McLaren-Honda on pole position. It was his first pole of the season and it proved to be the only pole position not scored by the dominant Williams-Renault in 1992. The two Williamses were in second and third with Patrese this time ahead of Mansell. Fourth was Berger in the other McLaren followed by Schumacher in the Benetton, Herbert a very good 6th in the Lotus, Brundle in 7th, the two Ferraris of Alesi and Capelli in 8th and 9th and Häkkinen rounding out the top 10 in the Lotus.

Race

At the start Senna took the lead from the two Williams-Renaults with Mansell getting ahead of Patrese then Berger, Schumacher, Herbert and Brundle. On lap 14 Mansell tried to overtake Senna at the last chicane but the car ended off track and spun and came to a stop on the main straight. The Williams driver was out of the race. Lap 18 saw the exit of Capelli who crashed out. On lap 37 Senna retired from the lead with electrical problems. Next Patrese was out as his gearbox failed. Berger was in the lead followed by Schumacher. Katayama was driving a good race but had to retire from 5th on lap 61 when his engine expired.

Classification

Pre Qualifying

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Time	Gap
1	9	Michele Alboreto	Footwork-Mugen-Honda	1:25.068	—
2	29	Bertrand Gachot	Larrousse-Lamborghini	1:25.358	+0.290
3	30	Ukyo Katayama	Larrousse-Lamborghini	1:27:309	+2.241
4	14	Andrea Chiesa	Fondmetal-Ford	1:29.562	+4.494
5	34	Roberto Moreno	Moda-Judd	1:43.557	+18.489

Qualifying

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Q1	Q2	Gap
1	1	Ayrton Senna	McLaren-Honda	1:19.775	1:20.590	—
2	6	Riccardo Patrese	Williams-Renault	1:19.872	1:21.075	+0.097
3	5	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Renault	1:20:157	1:19.948	+0.173
4	2	Gerhard Berger	McLaren-Honda	1:20.145	1:21.038	+0.370
5	19	Michael Schumacher	Benetton-Ford	1:20.456	1:21.045	+0.681
6	12	Johnny Herbert	Lotus-Ford	1:21.645	1:23.043	+1.870
7	20	Martin Brundle	Benetton-Ford	1:22.408	1:21.738	+1.963
8	27	Jean Alesi	Ferrari	1:21.777	1:22.033	+2.002
9	28	Ivan Capelli	Ferrari	1:22.297	1:26.259	+2.522
10	11	Mika Häkkinen	Lotus-Ford	1:22.360	1:22.787	+2.585
11	30	Ukyo Katayama	Larrousse-Lamborghini	1:22.510	1:33.438	+2.735
12	16	Karl Wendlinger	March-Ilmor	1:22.778	1:22.566	+2.791
13	24	Gianni Morbidelli	Minardi-Lamborghini	1:22.594	1:23.028	+2.819
14	4	Andrea de Cesaris	Tyrrell-Ilmor	1:22.635	1:23.948	+2.860
15	22	Pierluigi Martini	Dallara-Ferrari	1:24.144	1:22.850	+3.075
16	9	Michele Alboreto	Footwork-Mugen-Honda	1:22.878	1:23.022	+3.103
17	32	Stefano Modena	Jordan-Yamaha	1:23.023	1:23.572	+3.248
18	15	Gabriele Tarquini	Fondmetal-Ford	1:24.281	1:23.063	+3.288
19	29	Bertrand Gachot	Larrousse-Lamborghini	1:23.410	1:23.138	+3.363
20	17	Paul Belmondo	March-Ilmor	1:24.852	1:23.189	+3.414
21	25	Thierry Boutsen	Ligier-Renault	1:23.425	1:23.203	+3.428
22	26	Érik Comas	Ligier-Renault	1:23.537	1:23.212	+3.437
23	21	JJ Lehto	Dallara-Ferrari	1:23.793	1:23.249	+3.474
24	33	Maurício Gugelmin	Jordan-Yamaha	1:23.431	1:24.640	+3.656
25	23	Christian Fittipaldi	Minardi-Lamborghini	1:23.759	1:23.433	+3.658
26	3	Olivier Grouillard	Tyrrell-Ilmor	1:23.469	1:24.060	+3.694
27	10	Aguri Suzuki	Footwork-Mugen-Honda	1:23.958	1:23.721	+3.946
28	7	Eric van de Poele	Brabham-Judd	1:24.858	1:24.499	+4.724
29	14	Andrea Chiesa	Fondmetal-Ford	1:25.044	1:25.612	+5.837
30	8	Damon Hill	Brabham-Judd	1:26.641	1:25.812	+6.037

Race

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	2	Gerhard Berger	McLaren-Honda	69	1:37:08.299	4	10
2	19	Michael Schumacher	Benetton-Ford	69	+ 12.401	5	6
3	27	Jean Alesi	Ferrari	69	+ 1:07.327	8	4
4	16	Karl Wendlinger	March-Ilmor	68	+ 1 Lap	12	3
5	4	Andrea de Cesaris	Tyrrell-Ilmor	68	+ 1 Lap	14	2
6	26	Érik Comas	Ligier-Renault	68	+ 1 Lap	22	1
7	9	Michele Alboreto	Footwork-Mugen-Honda	68	+ 1 Lap	16
8	22	Pierluigi Martini	Dallara-Ferrari	68	+ 1 Lap	15
9	21	JJ Lehto	Dallara-Ferrari	68	+ 1 Lap	23
10	25	Thierry Boutsen	Ligier-Renault	67	+ 2 Laps	21
11	24	Gianni Morbidelli	Minardi-Lamborghini	67	+ 2 Laps	13
12	3	Olivier Grouillard	Tyrrell-Ilmor	67	+ 2 Laps	26
13	23	Christian Fittipaldi	Minardi-Lamborghini	65	+ 4 Laps	25
14	17	Paul Belmondo	March-Ilmor	64	+ 5 Laps	20
Ret	30	Ukyo Katayama	Larrousse-Lamborghini	61	Engine	11
Ret	20	Martin Brundle	Benetton-Ford	45	Transmission	7
Ret	6	Riccardo Patrese	Williams-Renault	43	Gearbox	2
Ret	1	Ayrton Senna	McLaren-Honda	37	Electrical	1
Ret	32	Stefano Modena	Jordan-Yamaha	36	Transmission	17
Ret	11	Mika Häkkinen	Lotus-Ford	35	Gearbox	10
Ret	12	Johnny Herbert	Lotus-Ford	34	Clutch	6
Ret	28	Ivan Capelli	Ferrari	18	Accident	9
Ret	5	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Renault	14	Spun Off	3
Ret	33	Maurício Gugelmin	Jordan-Yamaha	14	Transmission	24
DSQ	29	Bertrand Gachot	Larrousse-Lamborghini	14	Disqualified	19
Ret	15	Gabriele Tarquini	Fondmetal-Ford	0	Transmission	18
DNQ	10	Aguri Suzuki	Footwork-Mugen-Honda
DNQ	7	Eric van de Poele	Brabham-Judd
DNQ	14	Andrea Chiesa	Fondmetal-Ford
DNQ	8	Damon Hill	Brabham-Judd
DNPQ	34	Roberto Moreno	Moda-Judd

Notes

• Pole position: Ayrton Senna - 1:19.775
• Fastest lap: Gerhard Berger - 1:22.325 on lap 61
• First race of the season where a driver other than Mansell secured pole position and only race of the 1992 season where a Williams was not on pole position.
• Stefano Modena started the race from the back of the grid.
• Gachot was disqualified for a push start.
• Last points for the March team. The March cars had lots of local advertising this weekend, apparently due to a newspaper article about the team's financial struggles.
• Ukyo Katayama was on course to score his first points finish of the season, but failed to do so due to an engine failure. He pulled back to the pits and retired.
• The Andrea Moda team had to borrow Judd engines from the Brabham team in order to compete.
• Nigel Mansell's first retirement of the season.
• First race of the season in which both Williams retired. Mansell crashed out on the start-finish straight and Patrese retired his car in the pits due to a gearbox problem.
• Ligier scored their first points since the 1989 French Grand Prix almost 3 years prior.

Standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings

Pos	Driver	Points
1	Nigel Mansell	56
2	Riccardo Patrese	28
3	Michael Schumacher	26
4	Ayrton Senna	18
5	Gerhard Berger	18

Constructors' Championship standings

Pos	Constructor	Points
1	Williams-Renault	84
2	McLaren-Honda	36
3	Benetton-Ford	31
4	Ferrari	13
5	Footwork-Mugen-Honda	5

• 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. Retrieved 2007-08-26. 
• Henry, Alan (1992). AUTOCOURSE 1992-93. Hazleton Publishing. ISBN 0-905138-96-1. 

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