Race · Round 12 of 16 · 30 August 1992

1992 Belgian Grand Prix

Michael Schumacher won for Benetton from 3rd on the grid at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps. 8 of the starters were not classified. It was the first championship race win for Michael Schumacher.

Wet · High of 17 °C, 3.5 mm of rain on the day (modelled, Open-Meteo)

How it is modelled

ERA5's reanalysis, through Open-Meteo, of the circuit's whole local day and not the race's hours, for the grid cell the circuit sits in and not the track, so a shower can be missing from it. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.

Circuit: Circuit de Spa-FrancorchampsStavelot, Belgium
Winner: Michael SchumacherBenetton
Pole: Nigel Mansell
Fastest lap: Michael Schumacher
Entries: 3018 classified

Classification

Classification
Pos	Driver	Constructor	Chassis	Grid	Laps	Out	Points	FL
1	Michael Schumacher	Benetton	—	3	44	Finished	10	fastest lap
2	Nigel Mansell	Williams	FW14B	1	44	Finished	6
3	Riccardo Patrese	Williams	FW14B	4	44	Finished	4
4	Martin Brundle	Benetton	—	9	44	Finished	3
5	Ayrton Senna	McLaren	—	2	44	Finished	2
6	Mika Hakkinen	Team Lotus	—	8	44	Finished	1
7	Jyrki Järvilehto	Dallara	F192	16	44	Finished	0
8	Andrea de Cesaris	Tyrrell	020B	13	43	Finished	0
9	Aguri Suzuki	Footwork	FA13	25	43	Finished	0
10	Eric van de Poele	Fondmetal	—	15	43	Finished	0
11	Karl Wendlinger	March	CG911B	18	43	Finished	0
12	Emanuele Naspetti	March	CG911B	21	43	Finished	0
13	Johnny Herbert	Team Lotus	—	10	42	Finished	0
14	Mauricio Gugelmin	Jordan	192	24	42	Finished	0
15	Stefano Modena	Jordan	192	17	42	Finished	0
16	Gianni Morbidelli	Minardi	—	23	42	Finished	0
17	Ukyo Katayama	Venturi	LC92	26	42	Finished	0
18	Bertrand Gachot	Venturi	LC92	20	40	Spun off	0
DNF	Thierry Boutsen	Ligier	JS37	7	27	Spun off	0
DNF	Ivan Capelli	Ferrari	—	12	25	Engine	0
DNF	Gabriele Tarquini	Fondmetal	—	11	25	Engine	0
DNF	Michele Alboreto	Footwork	FA13	14	20	Gearbox	0
DNF	Jean Alesi	Ferrari	—	5	7	Puncture	0
DNF	Olivier Grouillard	Tyrrell	020B	22	1	Accident	0
DNF	Gerhard Berger	McLaren	—	6	0	Transmission	0
DNF	Pierluigi Martini	Dallara	F192	19	0	Spun off	0
DNQ	Christian Fittipaldi	Minardi	—	—	—	DNQ	0
DNQ	Roberto Moreno	Andrea Moda	—	—	—	DNQ	0
DNQ	Perry McCarthy	Andrea Moda	—	—	—	DNQ	0
DNQ	Érik Comas	Ligier	JS37	—	—	Accident in qualifying	0

A blank chassis is a season the team ran more than one design and no source says which car raced here.

F1DB layout spa-francorchamps-2 · 6.94 km · 19 turns, F1DB’s figures
F1DB, CC BY 4.0 · drawn by Jules Roy
The outline is F1DB’s, for every layout; the trace is OpenStreetMap’s, where it exists.

Grid to flag

Lines run from grid slot to result, ending at the last lap completed. A dashed line ending in a cross is a driver not classified. Nothing between is recorded, so a crossing is not an overtake at that lap.

Grid to flag
Driver	Grid	Result	Laps
Michael Schumacher	3	1	44
Nigel Mansell	1	2	44
Riccardo Patrese	4	3	44
Martin Brundle	9	4	44
Ayrton Senna	2	5	44
Mika Hakkinen	8	6	44
Jyrki Järvilehto	16	7	44
Andrea de Cesaris	13	8	43
Aguri Suzuki	25	9	43
Eric van de Poele	15	10	43
Karl Wendlinger	18	11	43
Emanuele Naspetti	21	12	43
Johnny Herbert	10	13	42
Mauricio Gugelmin	24	14	42
Stefano Modena	17	15	42
Gianni Morbidelli	23	16	42
Ukyo Katayama	26	17	42
Bertrand Gachot	20	18	40
Thierry Boutsen	7	DNF	27
Ivan Capelli	12	DNF	25
Gabriele Tarquini	11	DNF	25
Michele Alboreto	14	DNF	20
Jean Alesi	5	DNF	7
Olivier Grouillard	22	DNF	1
Gerhard Berger	6	DNF	0
Pierluigi Martini	19	DNF	0

Qualifying

Qualifying
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Time	Gap	≈ Distance	Interval
1	Nigel Mansell	Williams	5	1:50.545	—	0 m	—
2	Ayrton Senna	McLaren	1	1:52.743	+2.198	139 m	+2.198
3	Michael Schumacher	Benetton	19	1:53.221	+2.676	170 m	+0.478
4	Riccardo Patrese	Williams	6	1:53.557	+3.012	191 m	+0.336
5	Jean Alesi	Ferrari	27	1:54.438	+3.893	247 m	+0.881
6	Gerhard Berger	McLaren	2	1:54.642	+4.097	260 m	+0.204
7	Thierry Boutsen	Ligier	25	1:54.654	+4.109	260 m	+0.012
8	Mika Hakkinen	Team Lotus	11	1:54.812	+4.267	270 m	+0.158
9	Martin Brundle	Benetton	20	1:54.973	+4.428	281 m	+0.161
10	Johnny Herbert	Team Lotus	12	1:55.027	+4.482	284 m	+0.054
11	Gabriele Tarquini	Fondmetal	15	1:55.965	+5.420	343 m	+0.938
12	Ivan Capelli	Ferrari	28	1:56.075	+5.530	350 m	+0.110
13	Andrea de Cesaris	Tyrrell	4	1:56.111	+5.566	353 m	+0.036
14	Michele Alboreto	Footwork	9	1:56.282	+5.737	363 m	+0.171
15	Eric van de Poele	Fondmetal	14	1:56.674	+6.129	388 m	+0.392
16	Jyrki Järvilehto	Dallara	21	1:56.809	+6.264	397 m	+0.135
17	Stefano Modena	Jordan	32	1:56.889	+6.344	402 m	+0.080
18	Karl Wendlinger	March	16	1:57.039	+6.494	411 m	+0.150
19	Pierluigi Martini	Dallara	22	1:57.267	+6.722	426 m	+0.228
20	Bertrand Gachot	Venturi	29	1:57.330	+6.785	430 m	+0.063
21	Emanuele Naspetti	March	17	1:57.794	+7.249	459 m	+0.464
22	Olivier Grouillard	Tyrrell	3	1:57.818	+7.273	461 m	+0.024
23	Gianni Morbidelli	Minardi	24	1:58.126	+7.581	480 m	+0.308
24	Mauricio Gugelmin	Jordan	33	1:58.499	+7.954	504 m	+0.373
25	Aguri Suzuki	Footwork	10	1:58.826	+8.281	525 m	+0.327
26	Ukyo Katayama	Venturi	30	1:59.383	+8.838	560 m	+0.557
27	Christian Fittipaldi	Minardi	23	1:59.626	+9.081	575 m	+0.243
28	Roberto Moreno	Andrea Moda	34	2:05.096	+14.551	922 m	+5.470
29	Perry McCarthy	Andrea Moda	35	2:15.050	+24.505	1,553 m	+9.954

Before knock-out qualifying arrived in 2006 there is one time per driver; from 2006, the best lap of each of the three sessions.

How it is derived: distance

Distance at the session-best lap’s average speed, on the layout raced that year.

Pit stops

Pit stops are recorded from 1994. F1DB, the source of every stop here, holds none before then, so this race has no stints to draw.

Practice sessions Practice 1 · Practice 2 · Warm-up

Practice 1

Practice 1
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	≈ Distance	Interval	Laps
1	Nigel Mansell	Williams	5	1:52.675	—	0 m	—	—
2	Riccardo Patrese	Williams	6	1:54.266	+1.591	99 m	+1.591	—
3	Ayrton Senna	McLaren	1	1:54.517	+1.842	115 m	+0.251	—
4	Thierry Boutsen	Ligier	25	1:55.966	+3.291	205 m	+1.449	—
5	Michael Schumacher	Benetton	19	1:56.094	+3.419	213 m	+0.128	—
6	Martin Brundle	Benetton	20	1:56.189	+3.514	218 m	+0.095	—
7	Gerhard Berger	McLaren	2	1:56.211	+3.536	220 m	+0.022	—
8	Johnny Herbert	Team Lotus	12	1:56.498	+3.823	238 m	+0.287	—
9	Mika Hakkinen	Team Lotus	11	1:57.224	+4.549	283 m	+0.726	—
10	Andrea de Cesaris	Tyrrell	4	1:57.393	+4.718	293 m	+0.169	—
11	Stefano Modena	Jordan	32	1:57.702	+5.027	312 m	+0.309	—
12	Jean Alesi	Ferrari	27	1:57.769	+5.094	317 m	+0.067	—
13	Ivan Capelli	Ferrari	28	1:57.818	+5.143	320 m	+0.049	—
14	Karl Wendlinger	March	16	1:58.345	+5.670	352 m	+0.527	—
15	Mauricio Gugelmin	Jordan	33	1:58.485	+5.810	361 m	+0.140	—
16	Olivier Grouillard	Tyrrell	3	1:58.661	+5.986	372 m	+0.176	—
17	Gabriele Tarquini	Fondmetal	15	1:58.746	+6.071	377 m	+0.085	—
18	Bertrand Gachot	Venturi	29	1:58.897	+6.222	387 m	+0.151	—
19	Jyrki Järvilehto	Dallara	21	1:58.910	+6.235	388 m	+0.013	—
20	Gianni Morbidelli	Minardi	24	1:59.090	+6.415	399 m	+0.180	—
21	Michele Alboreto	Footwork	9	1:59.136	+6.461	402 m	+0.046	—
22	Eric van de Poele	Fondmetal	14	1:59.294	+6.619	411 m	+0.158	—
23	Pierluigi Martini	Dallara	22	1:59.436	+6.761	420 m	+0.142	—
24	Aguri Suzuki	Footwork	10	2:00.055	+7.380	459 m	+0.619	—
25	Érik Comas	Ligier	26	2:00.481	+7.806	485 m	+0.426	—
26	Ukyo Katayama	Venturi	30	2:01.218	+8.543	531 m	+0.737	—
27	Emanuele Naspetti	March	17	2:01.420	+8.745	544 m	+0.202	—
28	Christian Fittipaldi	Minardi	23	2:02.714	+10.039	624 m	+1.294	—
29	Perry McCarthy	Andrea Moda	35	2:08.583	+15.908	989 m	+5.869	—
30	Roberto Moreno	Andrea Moda	34	2:38.558	+45.883	2,852 m	+29.975	—

Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.

How it is derived: distance

Distance at the session-best lap’s average speed, on the layout raced that year.

Practice 2

Practice 2
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	≈ Distance	Interval	Laps
1	Michael Schumacher	Benetton	19	2:13.261	—	0 m	—	—
2	Nigel Mansell	Williams	5	2:13.976	+0.715	38 m	+0.715	—
3	Gerhard Berger	McLaren	2	2:14.607	+1.346	71 m	+0.631	—
4	Jyrki Järvilehto	Dallara	21	2:16.263	+3.002	158 m	+1.656	—
5	Martin Brundle	Benetton	20	2:16.438	+3.177	167 m	+0.175	—
6	Jean Alesi	Ferrari	27	2:16.759	+3.498	184 m	+0.321	—
7	Michele Alboreto	Footwork	9	2:18.663	+5.402	284 m	+1.904	—
8	Stefano Modena	Jordan	32	2:19.339	+6.078	319 m	+0.676	—
9	Pierluigi Martini	Dallara	22	2:19.696	+6.435	338 m	+0.357	—
10	Aguri Suzuki	Footwork	10	2:19.849	+6.588	346 m	+0.153	—
11	Mika Hakkinen	Team Lotus	11	2:20.166	+6.905	363 m	+0.317	—
12	Ayrton Senna	McLaren	1	2:20.442	+7.181	377 m	+0.276	—
13	Johnny Herbert	Team Lotus	12	2:20.593	+7.332	385 m	+0.151	—
14	Mauricio Gugelmin	Jordan	33	2:20.714	+7.453	392 m	+0.121	—
15	Olivier Grouillard	Tyrrell	3	2:21.208	+7.947	418 m	+0.494	—
16	Andrea de Cesaris	Tyrrell	4	2:21.689	+8.428	443 m	+0.481	—
17	Bertrand Gachot	Venturi	29	2:23.145	+9.884	519 m	+1.456	—
18	Thierry Boutsen	Ligier	25	2:23.456	+10.195	536 m	+0.311	—
19	Riccardo Patrese	Williams	6	2:24.883	+11.622	611 m	+1.427	—
20	Gianni Morbidelli	Minardi	24	2:25.238	+11.977	629 m	+0.355	—
21	Ivan Capelli	Ferrari	28	2:27.255	+13.994	736 m	+2.017	—

Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.

How it is derived: distance

Distance at the session-best lap’s average speed, on the layout raced that year.

Warm-up

Warm-up
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	≈ Distance	Interval	Laps
1	Nigel Mansell	Williams	5	1:55.409	—	0 m	—	—
2	Michael Schumacher	Benetton	19	1:56.571	+1.162	71 m	+1.162	—
3	Gerhard Berger	McLaren	2	1:56.762	+1.353	82 m	+0.191	—
4	Ayrton Senna	McLaren	1	1:57.243	+1.834	111 m	+0.481	—
5	Riccardo Patrese	Williams	6	1:57.524	+2.115	128 m	+0.281	—
6	Martin Brundle	Benetton	20	1:57.531	+2.122	129 m	+0.007	—
7	Mika Hakkinen	Team Lotus	11	1:57.549	+2.140	130 m	+0.018	—
8	Jean Alesi	Ferrari	27	1:58.617	+3.208	195 m	+1.068	—
9	Thierry Boutsen	Ligier	25	1:59.062	+3.653	222 m	+0.445	—
10	Ivan Capelli	Ferrari	28	1:59.422	+4.013	244 m	+0.360	—
11	Bertrand Gachot	Venturi	29	1:59.439	+4.030	245 m	+0.017	—
12	Karl Wendlinger	March	16	1:59.505	+4.096	249 m	+0.066	—
13	Andrea de Cesaris	Tyrrell	4	1:59.690	+4.281	260 m	+0.185	—
14	Aguri Suzuki	Footwork	10	1:59.858	+4.449	270 m	+0.168	—
15	Michele Alboreto	Footwork	9	2:00.018	+4.609	280 m	+0.160	—
16	Olivier Grouillard	Tyrrell	3	2:00.488	+5.079	308 m	+0.470	—
17	Pierluigi Martini	Dallara	22	2:00.792	+5.383	327 m	+0.304	—
18	Jyrki Järvilehto	Dallara	21	2:00.827	+5.418	329 m	+0.035	—
19	Stefano Modena	Jordan	32	2:00.987	+5.578	339 m	+0.160	—
20	Johnny Herbert	Team Lotus	12	2:01.044	+5.635	342 m	+0.057	—
21	Emanuele Naspetti	March	17	2:01.536	+6.127	372 m	+0.492	—
22	Gianni Morbidelli	Minardi	24	2:01.682	+6.273	381 m	+0.146	—
23	Mauricio Gugelmin	Jordan	33	2:02.404	+6.995	425 m	+0.722	—
24	Ukyo Katayama	Venturi	30	2:02.704	+7.295	443 m	+0.300	—
25	Gabriele Tarquini	Fondmetal	15	2:03.097	+7.688	467 m	+0.393	—
26	Eric van de Poele	Fondmetal	14	2:03.805	+8.396	510 m	+0.708	—

Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.

How it is derived: distance

Distance at the session-best lap’s average speed, on the layout raced that year.

The cars in this race

The photograph each car's Wikipedia article leads with, from Wikimedia Commons: taken wherever and whenever that was, not necessarily at this race.

A photograph marked unchecked has a file name that does not name the car it is shown for. Most are still the right car, filed under the driver rather than the machine — but nobody has confirmed these one by one.

Where this comes from

Round: 12 of 1992
Grand Prix: Belgian Grand Prix
Dates: 30 Aug 1992
Layout raced: Modern circuit · 7.004 km · 19 turns
Format: Standard weekend
Constructor: Benetton
Entrant: Benetton-Ford
Confidence: reference

The layout raced and its figures are this register’s, from its own sources; the figures under the race’s drawing are F1DB’s, and at some circuits the two disagree.