Race · Round 15 of 16 · 25 October 1992

1992 Japanese Grand Prix

Riccardo Patrese won for Williams from 2nd on the grid at Suzuka Circuit. 11 of the starters were not classified.

Dry, with cloud · High of 17 °C, no rain on the day (modelled, Open-Meteo)

How it is modelled

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Circuit: Suzuka CircuitSuzuka, Japan
Winner: Riccardo PatreseWilliams
Pole: Nigel Mansell
Fastest lap: Nigel Mansell
Entries: 2615 classified

Classification

Classification
Pos	Driver	Constructor	Chassis	Grid	Laps	Out	Points	FL
1	Riccardo Patrese	Williams	FW14B	2	53	Finished	10
2	Gerhard Berger	McLaren	—	4	53	Finished	6
3	Martin Brundle	Benetton	—	13	53	Finished	4
4	Andrea de Cesaris	Tyrrell	020B	9	52	Finished	3
5	Jean Alesi	Ferrari	—	15	52	Finished	2
6	Christian Fittipaldi	Minardi	—	12	52	Finished	1
7	Stefano Modena	Jordan	192	17	52	Finished	0
8	Aguri Suzuki	Footwork	FA13	16	52	Finished	0
9	Jyrki Järvilehto	Dallara	F192	22	52	Finished	0
10	Pierluigi Martini	Dallara	F192	19	52	Finished	0
11	Ukyo Katayama	Venturi	LC92	20	52	Finished	0
12	Nicola Larini	Ferrari	—	11	52	Finished	0
13	Emanuele Naspetti	March	CG911B	26	51	Finished	0
14	Gianni Morbidelli	Minardi	—	14	51	Finished	0
15	Michele Alboreto	Footwork	FA13	24	51	Finished	0
DNF	Nigel Mansell	Williams	FW14B	1	44	Engine	0	fastest lap
DNF	Mika Hakkinen	Team Lotus	—	7	44	Engine	0
DNF	Bertrand Gachot	Venturi	LC92	18	39	Collision	0
DNF	Érik Comas	Ligier	JS37	8	36	Engine	0
DNF	Jan Lammers	March	CG911B	23	27	Clutch	0
DNF	Mauricio Gugelmin	Jordan	192	25	22	Spun off	0
DNF	Johnny Herbert	Team Lotus	—	6	15	Gearbox	0
DNF	Michael Schumacher	Benetton	—	5	13	Gearbox	0
DNF	Olivier Grouillard	Tyrrell	020B	21	6	Spun off	0
DNF	Thierry Boutsen	Ligier	JS37	10	3	Gearbox	0
DNF	Ayrton Senna	McLaren	—	3	2	Engine	0

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

F1DB layout suzuka-1 · 5.86 km · 18 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
Riccardo Patrese	2	1	53
Gerhard Berger	4	2	53
Martin Brundle	13	3	53
Andrea de Cesaris	9	4	52
Jean Alesi	15	5	52
Christian Fittipaldi	12	6	52
Stefano Modena	17	7	52
Aguri Suzuki	16	8	52
Jyrki Järvilehto	22	9	52
Pierluigi Martini	19	10	52
Ukyo Katayama	20	11	52
Nicola Larini	11	12	52
Emanuele Naspetti	26	13	51
Gianni Morbidelli	14	14	51
Michele Alboreto	24	15	51
Nigel Mansell	1	DNF	44
Mika Hakkinen	7	DNF	44
Bertrand Gachot	18	DNF	39
Érik Comas	8	DNF	36
Jan Lammers	23	DNF	27
Mauricio Gugelmin	25	DNF	22
Johnny Herbert	6	DNF	15
Michael Schumacher	5	DNF	13
Olivier Grouillard	21	DNF	6
Thierry Boutsen	10	DNF	3
Ayrton Senna	3	DNF	2

Qualifying

Qualifying
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Time	Gap	≈ Distance	Interval
1	Nigel Mansell	Williams	5	1:37.360	—	0 m	—
2	Riccardo Patrese	Williams	6	1:38.219	+0.859	52 m	+0.859
3	Ayrton Senna	McLaren	1	1:38.375	+1.015	61 m	+0.156
4	Gerhard Berger	McLaren	2	1:40.296	+2.936	177 m	+1.921
5	Michael Schumacher	Benetton	19	1:40.922	+3.562	214 m	+0.626
6	Johnny Herbert	Team Lotus	12	1:41.030	+3.670	221 m	+0.108
7	Mika Hakkinen	Team Lotus	11	1:41.415	+4.055	244 m	+0.385
8	Érik Comas	Ligier	26	1:42.187	+4.827	291 m	+0.772
9	Andrea de Cesaris	Tyrrell	4	1:42.361	+5.001	301 m	+0.174
10	Thierry Boutsen	Ligier	25	1:42.428	+5.068	305 m	+0.067
11	Nicola Larini	Ferrari	28	1:42.488	+5.128	309 m	+0.060
12	Christian Fittipaldi	Minardi	23	1:42.617	+5.257	316 m	+0.129
13	Martin Brundle	Benetton	20	1:42.626	+5.266	317 m	+0.009
14	Gianni Morbidelli	Minardi	24	1:42.627	+5.267	317 m	+0.001
15	Jean Alesi	Ferrari	27	1:42.824	+5.464	329 m	+0.197
16	Aguri Suzuki	Footwork	10	1:43.029	+5.669	341 m	+0.205
17	Stefano Modena	Jordan	32	1:43.117	+5.757	347 m	+0.088
18	Bertrand Gachot	Venturi	29	1:43.156	+5.796	349 m	+0.039
19	Pierluigi Martini	Dallara	22	1:43.251	+5.891	355 m	+0.095
20	Ukyo Katayama	Venturi	30	1:43.488	+6.128	369 m	+0.237
21	Olivier Grouillard	Tyrrell	3	1:43.941	+6.581	396 m	+0.453
22	Jyrki Järvilehto	Dallara	21	1:44.037	+6.677	402 m	+0.096
23	Jan Lammers	March	16	1:44.075	+6.715	404 m	+0.038
24	Michele Alboreto	Footwork	9	1:44.149	+6.789	409 m	+0.074
25	Mauricio Gugelmin	Jordan	33	1:44.253	+6.893	415 m	+0.104
26	Emanuele Naspetti	March	17	1:47.303	+9.943	598 m	+3.050

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	1:37.978	—	0 m	—	—
2	Ayrton Senna	McLaren	1	1:39.260	+1.282	77 m	+1.282	—
3	Riccardo Patrese	Williams	6	1:39.326	+1.348	81 m	+0.066	—
4	Gerhard Berger	McLaren	2	1:40.495	+2.517	151 m	+1.169	—
5	Michael Schumacher	Benetton	19	1:41.622	+3.644	218 m	+1.127	—
6	Johnny Herbert	Team Lotus	12	1:42.145	+4.167	249 m	+0.523	—
7	Thierry Boutsen	Ligier	25	1:42.430	+4.452	266 m	+0.285	—
8	Jean Alesi	Ferrari	27	1:42.622	+4.644	278 m	+0.192	—
9	Gianni Morbidelli	Minardi	24	1:42.762	+4.784	286 m	+0.140	—
10	Andrea de Cesaris	Tyrrell	4	1:42.788	+4.810	288 m	+0.026	—
11	Martin Brundle	Benetton	20	1:42.943	+4.965	297 m	+0.155	—
12	Aguri Suzuki	Footwork	10	1:42.991	+5.013	300 m	+0.048	—
13	Stefano Modena	Jordan	32	1:43.235	+5.257	314 m	+0.244	—
14	Érik Comas	Ligier	26	1:43.395	+5.417	324 m	+0.160	—
15	Bertrand Gachot	Venturi	29	1:43.439	+5.461	327 m	+0.044	—
16	Ukyo Katayama	Venturi	30	1:43.814	+5.836	349 m	+0.375	—
17	Nicola Larini	Ferrari	28	1:43.840	+5.862	351 m	+0.026	—
18	Christian Fittipaldi	Minardi	23	1:44.086	+6.108	365 m	+0.246	—
19	Olivier Grouillard	Tyrrell	3	1:44.112	+6.134	367 m	+0.026	—
20	Jyrki Järvilehto	Dallara	21	1:44.440	+6.462	386 m	+0.328	—
21	Mika Hakkinen	Team Lotus	11	1:44.469	+6.491	388 m	+0.029	—
22	Pierluigi Martini	Dallara	22	1:45.093	+7.115	426 m	+0.624	—
23	Michele Alboreto	Footwork	9	1:45.330	+7.352	440 m	+0.237	—
24	Mauricio Gugelmin	Jordan	33	1:45.721	+7.743	463 m	+0.391	—
25	Jan Lammers	March	16	1:46.721	+8.743	523 m	+1.000	—
26	Emanuele Naspetti	March	17	1:46.767	+8.789	526 m	+0.046	—

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	Nigel Mansell	Williams	5	1:58.693	—	0 m	—	—
2	Jean Alesi	Ferrari	27	1:58.799	+0.106	5 m	+0.106	—
3	Michael Schumacher	Benetton	19	2:00.196	+1.503	74 m	+1.397	—
4	Ayrton Senna	McLaren	1	2:01.697	+3.004	148 m	+1.501	—
5	Riccardo Patrese	Williams	6	2:02.367	+3.674	181 m	+0.670	—
6	Jan Lammers	March	16	2:03.914	+5.221	258 m	+1.547	—
7	Michele Alboreto	Footwork	9	2:03.915	+5.222	258 m	+0.001	—
8	Pierluigi Martini	Dallara	22	2:04.413	+5.720	282 m	+0.498	—
9	Johnny Herbert	Team Lotus	12	2:05.582	+6.889	340 m	+1.169	—
10	Thierry Boutsen	Ligier	25	2:06.574	+7.881	389 m	+0.992	—
11	Jyrki Järvilehto	Dallara	21	2:06.724	+8.031	396 m	+0.150	—
12	Nicola Larini	Ferrari	28	2:06.788	+8.095	400 m	+0.064	—
13	Mauricio Gugelmin	Jordan	33	2:07.068	+8.375	413 m	+0.280	—
14	Olivier Grouillard	Tyrrell	3	2:07.745	+9.052	447 m	+0.677	—
15	Aguri Suzuki	Footwork	10	2:09.029	+10.336	510 m	+1.284	—
16	Emanuele Naspetti	March	17	2:09.151	+10.458	516 m	+0.122	—
17	Gianni Morbidelli	Minardi	24	2:09.962	+11.269	556 m	+0.811	—
18	Érik Comas	Ligier	26	2:10.163	+11.470	566 m	+0.201	—
19	Mika Hakkinen	Team Lotus	11	2:10.677	+11.984	592 m	+0.514	—
20	Christian Fittipaldi	Minardi	23	2:15.719	+17.026	841 m	+5.042	—

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	Riccardo Patrese	Williams	6	1:42.255	—	0 m	—	—
2	Nigel Mansell	Williams	5	1:43.376	+1.121	64 m	+1.121	—
3	Gerhard Berger	McLaren	2	1:44.124	+1.869	107 m	+0.748	—
4	Johnny Herbert	Team Lotus	12	1:44.475	+2.220	127 m	+0.351	—
5	Ayrton Senna	McLaren	1	1:44.520	+2.265	130 m	+0.045	—
6	Michael Schumacher	Benetton	19	1:44.778	+2.523	145 m	+0.258	—
7	Bertrand Gachot	Venturi	29	1:45.052	+2.797	160 m	+0.274	—
8	Martin Brundle	Benetton	20	1:45.065	+2.810	161 m	+0.013	—
9	Mika Hakkinen	Team Lotus	11	1:45.226	+2.971	170 m	+0.161	—
10	Thierry Boutsen	Ligier	25	1:45.728	+3.473	199 m	+0.502	—
11	Olivier Grouillard	Tyrrell	3	1:45.851	+3.596	206 m	+0.123	—
12	Érik Comas	Ligier	26	1:45.874	+3.619	207 m	+0.023	—
13	Pierluigi Martini	Dallara	22	1:45.961	+3.706	212 m	+0.087	—
14	Andrea de Cesaris	Tyrrell	4	1:46.068	+3.813	219 m	+0.107	—
15	Jyrki Järvilehto	Dallara	21	1:46.320	+4.065	233 m	+0.252	—
16	Michele Alboreto	Footwork	9	1:46.669	+4.414	253 m	+0.349	—
17	Ukyo Katayama	Venturi	30	1:47.100	+4.845	278 m	+0.431	—
18	Jean Alesi	Ferrari	27	1:47.353	+5.098	292 m	+0.253	—
19	Gianni Morbidelli	Minardi	24	1:47.441	+5.186	297 m	+0.088	—
20	Mauricio Gugelmin	Jordan	33	1:47.539	+5.284	303 m	+0.098	—
21	Stefano Modena	Jordan	32	1:47.541	+5.286	303 m	+0.002	—
22	Emanuele Naspetti	March	17	1:47.833	+5.578	320 m	+0.292	—
23	Nicola Larini	Ferrari	28	1:48.156	+5.901	338 m	+0.323	—
24	Christian Fittipaldi	Minardi	23	1:48.339	+6.084	349 m	+0.183	—
25	Aguri Suzuki	Footwork	10	1:48.609	+6.354	364 m	+0.270	—

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: 15 of 1992
Grand Prix: Japanese Grand Prix
Dates: 25 Oct 1992
Layout raced: —
Format: Standard weekend
Constructor: Williams
Entrant: Williams-Renault
Confidence: reference

No layout is recorded for this round: this register has no layout timeline for the circuit, and a blank here is better than a guess.