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|Date = 31 May |
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|Year = 1992 |
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|Official name = 50ème Grand Prix de Monaco |
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|Race_No = 6 |
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|Weather = Dry |
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|Pole_Driver = [[Nigel Mansell]] |
|Pole_Driver = [[Nigel Mansell]] |
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|Pole_Team = [[Williams |
|Pole_Team = [[Williams Grand Prix Engineering|Williams]]-[[Renault in Formula One|Renault]] |
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|Pole_Country = UK |
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|Pole_Time = 1:19.495 |
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|Fast_Driver = [[Nigel Mansell]] |
|Fast_Driver = [[Nigel Mansell]] |
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|Fast_Team = [[Williams |
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|Second_Driver = [[Nigel Mansell]] |
|Second_Driver = [[Nigel Mansell]] |
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|Second_Team = [[Williams Grand Prix Engineering|Williams]]-[[Renault in Formula One|Renault]] |
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|Third_Driver = [[Riccardo Patrese]] |
|Third_Driver = [[Riccardo Patrese]] |
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|Third_Team = [[Williams |
|Third_Team = [[Williams Grand Prix Engineering|Williams]]-[[Renault in Formula One|Renault]] |
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The '''1992 Monaco Grand Prix''' (formally the ''' |
The '''1992 Monaco Grand Prix''' (formally the '''50ème Grand Prix de Monaco'''<ref>{{cite web|title=Motor Racing Programme Covers: 1992 |url=http://www.progcovers.com/motor/montecarlo920531.jpg |publisher=The Programme Covers Project |access-date=21 February 2018}}</ref>) was a [[Formula One]] motor race held on 31 May 1992 at the [[Circuit de Monaco]]. It was the sixth race of the [[1992 Formula One World Championship]]. |
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The 78-lap race was won by [[Ayrton Senna]], driving a [[McLaren MP4/7A|McLaren]]-[[Honda in Formula One|Honda]]. Drivers' Championship leader [[Nigel Mansell]] took [[pole position]] in his [[Williams FW14|Williams]]-[[Renault in Formula One|Renault]] and led until lap 71, when he suspected he had a puncture and made a pit stop for new tyres. He emerged behind Senna, closed up to the Brazilian and tried to find a way past but without success, Senna holding on to win by 0.2 seconds. It was Senna's fifth Monaco Grand Prix win, equalling the record set by [[Graham Hill]]. |
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[[Riccardo Patrese]] took the final podium position after just holding off [[Michael Schumacher]]'s [[Benetton Formula|Benetton]] who finished fourth after an earlier collision with Jean Alesi's Ferrari, which damaged the sidepod and the electronics of Alesi's Ferrari and caused his retirement. [[Martin Brundle]] in the second [[Benetton Formula|Benetton]] finished fifth despite having to pit for a new nose cone and tyres after a crash at the Nouvelle Chicane. [[Bertrand Gachot]] finished sixth in the final points position after having to pre-qualify on Thursday morning and scored [[Larrousse]]'s first and only point of the 1992 season. |
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Mansell's teammate [[Riccardo Patrese]] was third, half a minute behind, with the top six completed by the [[Benetton B192|Benetton]]s of [[Michael Schumacher]] and [[Martin Brundle]] and the [[Venturi LC92|Larrousse]] of [[Bertrand Gachot]]. |
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== Report == |
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==Pre-race== |
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After the first five races of the championship, [[WilliamsF1|Williams]] driver [[Nigel Mansell]] lead the Drivers Championship by 26 points having achieved five race wins in a row. Team-mate [[Riccardo Patrese]] was second with 24 points. The Williams team was leading the Constructors Championship with 74 points; second-placed [[Benetton Formula|Benetton]] had 20, with their driver [[Michael Schumacher]] in third place. Reigning World Champion [[Ayrton Senna]] of [[McLaren]] was only in fourth place, having accumulated eight points. However, the [[Monaco Grand Prix]] had only been won in the last eight years by either [[Ayrton Senna]] or [[Alain Prost]], but [[Nigel Mansell]] was looking to achieve his first win at [[Circuit de Monaco|Monaco]]. There were no changes to the driver line-up from the previous race, however before the race [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]] President [[Luca di Montezemolo]] had to publicly announce [[Ivan Capelli]]'s position within the [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]] team was "safe" in response to criticism from the Italian Autosprint magazine about Capelli's recent performances.<ref name="Ivan The Terrible">{{cite web|url=http://www.f1rejects.com/centrale/capelli/index.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040810033547/http://f1rejects.com/centrale/capelli/index.html|title=Ivan The Terrible|publisher=F1 Rejects|access-date=26 January 2016|archive-date=10 August 2004}}</ref> [[Autosport]] had also reported on the Thursday before the race that Capelli was "about to be replaced" according to "Italian rumours", highlighting the fact [[Gianni Morbidelli]] had carried out most of [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]]'s testing work at the [[Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari|Imola]] circuit before the Monaco race.<ref name=r&r>{{cite journal|last= Dodgins|first= Tony|title=A new shake up at Ferrari – or is it idle speculation|journal=[[Autosport]]|publisher=[[Haymarket Group|Haymarket Publications]]|volume=127|issue=9|page=6|date=28 May 1992}}</ref> [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]] had released a statement in response to [[Gianni Morbidelli|Morbidelli]]'s testing of the [[Ferrari F92A]] saying Capelli had been "on holiday" but Capelli denied this was the case.<ref name=r&r/> [[Team Lotus]] also brought a second new [[Lotus 107|107]] chassis for [[Mika Häkkinen]] at [[Circuit de Monaco|Monaco]] as only one [[Lotus 107|107]] had been available for Herbert at [[1992 San Marino Grand Prix|San Marino]].<ref>{{cite journal|last= Dodgins|first= Tony|title=Team Lotus|journal=[[Autosport]]|publisher=[[Haymarket Group|Haymarket Publications]]|volume=127|issue=9|page=9|date=28 May 1992}}</ref> The car had been "shaken down" at [[Hethel]] in Norfolk by [[Olivier Beretta]] before being taken to [[Monaco]]<ref>{{cite journal|last= Dodgins|first= Tony|title=Team Lotus|journal=[[Autosport]]|publisher=[[Haymarket Group|Haymarket Publications]]|volume=127|issue=10|page=7|date=4 June 1992}}</ref> |
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==Qualifying== |
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=== Pre-qualifying === |
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===Pre-qualifying report=== |
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{{quote box|quote=The team still hadn't made a proper seat for me, so I had taken a beating inside the cockpit, but I kept my foot down and desperately tried to remember where the next corner was. I knew the tunnel was taken flat out on my first lap but as I came back into daylight at 170mph, I was being bounced around so badly, I had double vision and I vividly remember speeding toward the tyre barrier wondering if I should turn left or right. Anyway I was called back to the pits and that was my run for the day.|source=[[Perry McCarthy]] sums up his Monaco pre-qualifying session.<ref>McCarthy, Perry ''[[Flat Out, Flat Broke: Formula 1 the Hard Way!]]'' p.197 Haynes Publishing {{ISBN|1-85960-886-8}}</ref>|width=31%|align=right}} |
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{{quote box|quote=The team still hadn't made a proper seat for me, so I had taken a beating inside the cockpit, but I kept my foot down and desperately tried to remember where the next corner was. I knew the tunnel was taken flat out on my first lap but as I came back into daylight at 170mph, I was being bounced around so badly, I had double vision and I vividly remember speeding toward the tyre barrier wondering if I should turn left or right. Anyway I was called back to the pits and that was my run for the day.|source=[[Perry McCarthy]] sums up his Monaco pre-qualifying session.<ref name="McCarthy">{{cite book |last=McCarthy |first=Perry |date=2003 |title=Flat Out, Flat Broke |publisher=Haynes |pages=186–188 |isbn=1-84425-018-0}}</ref>|width=31%|align=right}} |
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The [[Formula One racing# |
The [[Formula One racing#Historical pre-qualifying|pre-qualifying]] session on the Thursday morning lasted for one hour and started at 8:00 local time, in warm and sunny weather conditions.<ref name=p39>{{cite journal|last= Saward|first= Joe|title=Monaco GP|journal=[[Autosport]]|publisher=[[Haymarket Group|Haymarket Publications]]|volume=127|issue=10|page=39|date=4 June 1992}}</ref> [[Michele Alboreto]] was the fastest pre-qualifier in the [[Footwork Arrows|Footwork]], for the second Grand Prix in succession. [[Bertrand Gachot]] also pre-qualified without drama for [[Larrousse]], finishing second fastest, just over half a second slower than Alboreto.<ref name=p39/> Brazilian [[Roberto Moreno]] finished third fastest despite a slight gearbox leak, promoting the [[Andrea Moda Formula|Andrea Moda]] team into the main qualifying sessions for the first time. [[Andrea Chiesa]] was again the final pre-qualifier in fourth place in the [[Fondmetal]], 0.57 of a second slower than Moreno.<ref name=p39/> |
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The second [[Venturi Automobiles|Venturi]] [[Larrousse]] of [[Ukyo Katayama]] was slowed by a slight oil leak before the Japanese driver crashed at Tabac in the final minutes of session, finishing with the fifth fastest time and becoming the only driver other than Moreno and [[Perry McCarthy]] to fail to pre-qualify in 1992.<ref name=p37>{{cite journal|last= Saward|first= Joe|title=Monaco GP|journal=[[Autosport]]|publisher=[[Haymarket Group|Haymarket Publications]]|volume=127|issue=10|page=37|date=4 June 1992}}</ref> McCarthy drove three laps at the beginning of the session, still with his ill-fitting seat, before the Andrea Moda team ordered him back to the pits,<ref name="McCarthy" /> as the team wanted his car to be ready as a spare for Moreno, should he have needed it.<ref name=p37/> |
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=== Practice and qualifying === |
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Two practice sessions were held before the race; the first was held on Friday morning, with the second held on Saturday morning. Both sessions lasted 1 hour and 45 minutes. The first practice session took place under warm and hazy weather conditions.<ref name=p28/>[[File:Andrea Chiesa 1992 Monaco.jpg|thumb| left|[[Andrea Chiesa]]'s [[Fondmetal]] spins in front of [[Karl Wendlinger]]'s [[March Engineering|March]] during the Thursday practice session. [[Andrea Chiesa|Chiesa]] failed to qualify as he finished 29th fastest, 0.715 seconds slower than [[Roberto Moreno|Moreno]]'s [[Andrea Moda Formula|Andrea Moda]].<ref name="Qualifying">{{cite news|url=http://www.manipef1.com/results/1992/monaco/qualifying|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407082114/http://www.manipef1.com/results/1992/monaco/qualifying|archivedate=7 April 2014 |title=Qualifying|publisher=Manipef1}}</ref>]] |
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[[File:Riccardo Patrese 1992 Monaco.jpg|thumb|left|[[Riccardo Patrese]] finished Saturday qualifying second fastest despite being blocked by [[Bertrand Gachot]] in the final minutes of Saturday qualifying, resulting in a "paddock confrontation" between them.<ref>{{cite journal|last= Saward|first= Joe|title=Monaco GP|journal=[[Autosport]]|publisher=[[Haymarket Group|Haymarket Publications]]|volume=127|issue=10|page=36|date=28 May 1992}}</ref>]][[File:Michael Schumacher 1992 Monaco.jpg|thumb|right|[[Michael Schumacher]] finished Saturday qualifying sixth fastest.]] [[Nigel Mansell]] was fastest in the first practice session, 0.883 seconds ahead of [[Ayrton Senna]] in second, with [[Gerhard Berger]] in third and [[Michael Schumacher]] fourth.<ref name=p28/> [[Michele Alboreto]] took advantage of his extra running in the earlier pre-qualifying session by finishing sixth fastest, with [[Andrea de Cesaris]]'s [[Tyrrell Racing|Tyrrell]] in seventh and [[Karl Wendlinger]]'s [[March Engineering|March]] eighth.<ref name=p28/> [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]] tried out a new traction control device and electronic differential on [[Jean Alesi]]'s [[Ferrari F92A|F92A]] car and he finished the session ninth fastest.<ref name=p28/> Alesi still said the engine "needed more power and better response" though.<ref name=p37/> [[Stefano Modena]] who qualified on the front row of the grid in the [[1991 Monaco Grand Prix]] achieved the tenth fastest time and showed improvement with the [[Jordan 192]] having previously failed to qualify for two races with Jordan in 1992.<ref name=p39/> |
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===Pre-qualifying classification=== |
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The [[List of motorsport terminology#Q|qualifying session]] was split into two one-hour sessions; the first was held on Thursday afternoon with the second held on Saturday afternoon. The fastest time from either sessions counted towards their final [[Standing start|grid position]]. The Thursday afternoon qualifying session was held under warm but overcast conditions.<ref name=p39/> Nigel Mansell finished Thursday qualifying fastest with a 1:20.714.<ref name=p39/> [[Ayrton Senna]] was second fastest ahead of [[Ricardo Patrese]] in third. [[Gerhard Berger]] was fourth fastest with a time of 1:22.359, but halfway through the session his [[McLaren]]'s front suspension broke at Massenet causing him to crash heavily into the barriers. Berger commented: {{quote|I was really pushing hard and the car just didn't turn into the corner. I think something may have broken. It was a big shunt. I'm surprised I wasn't hurt.<ref name=p28/>}} Jean Alesi had a spin in the session and was forced to use the spare [[Ferrari F92A]] on used tyres, however he still finished with the fifth fastest time. [[Michael Schumacher]] rounded out the top six with [[Andrea de Cesaris]] up in seventh place in the [[Tyrrell 020]]B. Having [[Formula One racing#Pre-qualifying|pre-qualified]] for the first time with [[Andrea Moda Formula|Andrea Moda]], [[Roberto Moreno]] continued to show improved speed by posting a 1:25.185 in the first twenty minutes, which put him 11th on the grid at the time despite Moreno's complaints of a "down-on-power engine".<ref name=p37/><ref name=Motoretro/> [[Roberto Moreno|Moreno]] managed no further laps in the session due to overheating problems and slipped to 20th fastest by the end of Thursday qualifying.<ref name=Motoretro/> [[Andrea Chiesa]] had an engine changed on his [[Fondmetal GR01]] during the session and started late, finishing with a best lap time of 1:27.140, the slowest time of Thursday qualifying. |
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The weather conditions on Saturday were sunny and dry, but gradually became more overcast later into the afternoon.<ref name=p39/> Within the first practice session on Saturday morning [[Pierluigi Martini]] crashed in the [[Circuit de Monaco|Monaco]] tunnel, causing damage to the barrier which took 40 minutes to repair and delayed the start of Saturday Qualifying by 30 minutes.<ref name="grandprix.com">{{cite web|url= http://www.grandprix.com/gpe/rr522.html|title=GRAND PRIX RESULTS: MONACO GP, 1992|publisher= grandprix.com| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20110623172313/http://www.grandprix.com/gpe/rr522.html|archivedate=23 June 2011|deadurl= no}}</ref><ref name=FP1-eurosport>{{cite video | people = Allard Kalff (Commentator) | date = 30 May 1992 | title = Monaco Grand Prix: 2nd Qualifying Session Live | medium = Television production | publisher = [[Eurosport]] | location = London, England }}</ref> |
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[[Nigel Mansell]] went even faster on Saturday with a 1:19.495 and took his sixth pole position of the season. Mansell later described his time as a "totally clear lap".<ref name=quali2>{{cite video | date = 30 May 1992 | title = Monaco Grand Prix: 2nd Qualifying Session Live | medium = Television production | publisher = [[Eurosport]] | location = London, England }}</ref> [[Riccardo Patrese]] improved to qualify second fastest, however he was held up by [[Bertrand Gachot]] on one of his qualifying laps, and reacted by heading over to the [[Larrousse]] pit and trying to punch the Frenchman.<ref name=p39/><ref name="grandprix.com"/> [[Ayrton Senna]] finished qualifying third on the grid despite spinning the rear of his car into the tyre barrier at the Mirabeau corner, damaging both his rear suspension and wing which eventually broke off in the tunnel as [[Ayrton Senna|Senna]] returned his damaged car to the pits.<ref name=quali2/> [[Stefano Modena]] suffered a drive shaft failure early in the session and ran back to his pit to use the spare [[Jordan 192|Jordan]]. In the spare car he failed to improve on his Friday time and dropped to 21st on the grid. [[Stefano Modena|Modena]] was the only driver who did not set a faster time in Saturday Qualifying. Following his crash in the morning [[Pierluigi Martini]] still took part in the afternoon session in the spare [[Dallara]] and qualified 18th fastest.<ref name="Qualifying"/> Having finished 20th fastest on Thursday [[Roberto Moreno]] only managed to improve slightly on his Thursday time with a 1:24.945 due to "a string of mechanical problems" with the [[Andrea Moda S921|S921]] chassis.<ref name=p37/> With the circuit proving faster on Saturday Moreno fell to 26th place by the end of the session. [[Eric van de Poele]] set his fastest time in the final minutes of qualifying but just failed to make 26th place as he was +0.036 seconds slower than Moreno's [[Andrea Moda Formula|Andrea Moda]].<ref name="grandprix.com"/> Formula 1 journalist [[Joe Saward]] reported there was "rejoicing" in the Andrea Moda pit upon Moreno's qualification for the race.<ref name=p33>{{cite journal|last= Saward|first= Joe|title=Monaco GP|journal=[[Autosport]]|publisher=[[Haymarket Group|Haymarket Publications]]|volume=127|issue=10|page=31|date=4 June 1992}}</ref> |
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=== Race === |
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[[File:Ayrton Senna 1992 Monaco.jpg|thumb|right|[[Ayrton Senna]] took the lead of the race on lap 70, but had to hold off a much faster [[Nigel Mansell]] after he caught up in the last three laps]] The conditions for the race were overcast, but warm and dry.<ref name=p39/> The drivers took to the track on Sunday morning for a 30-minute warm-up session and Williams driver [[Ricardo Patrese]] finished fastest with Mansell down in fifth.<ref name=p39/> [[Michele Alboreto]] performed strongly in his [[Footwork Arrows|Footwork]] to finish the session second, but his team-mate [[Aguri Suzuki]] was sent to hospital for checks after crashing his [[Footwork FA13|FA13]] at Tabac.<ref name=p39/> The Japanese driver was later pronounced fit to race.<ref name="grandprix.com"/> |
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The formation lap started at 15:30 local time. 26 cars qualified for the race, but only 25 took to the grid for the start as [[Gianni Morbidelli]] couldn't start his car during the warm-up lap and subsequently had to start from the pit lane. |
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At the start, [[Ayrton Senna|Senna]] passed [[Ricardo Patrese|Patrese]] into the St. Devote corner. [[Michael Schumacher|Schumacher]] also passed [[Gerhard Berger|Berger]] into the first corner. [[Pierluigi Martini]] also experienced his second crash of the weekend within the opening lap by running into the barrier on the exit of ''Mirabeau''. The order at the end of lap one was Mansell in first, followed by Senna, Patrese, Alesi, Schumacher and Berger. Morbidelli joined the race a couple of laps down but only managed one lap before the gearbox again caused problems and forced him to retire for good.<ref name=p37/> |
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[[Roberto Moreno]] had moved up to nineteenth place thanks to the six earlier retirements but was forced to retire the [[Andrea Moda S921]] on lap 11 in the pits due to engine problems with the [[Judd (engine)|Judd GV]] [[V10 engine|V10]].<ref name=p37/> Patrese began to attack Senna but then began to drop back with gearbox troubles. On lap 12, Schumacher tried to pass Alesi in the ''Loews Hairpin'' and the two collided, and an electronic box was damaged in Alesi's car. Alesi continued to stay in fifth for another 16 laps with Schumacher getting ahead of him, before the damage forced him to retire on lap 28, this promoted [[Gerhard Berger|Berger]] to fifth. [[Martin Brundle|Brundle]] was chasing Berger, but he made an error in ''Nouvelle Chicane'' and not only suffered a puncture but also damaged the Benetton's front wing and had to pit for repairs, giving sixth place to [[Ivan Capelli|Capelli]]. On lap 32 Berger had to retire when his gearbox failed.<ref name=p37/> |
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On lap 60 [[Michele Alboreto]] made a mistake and spun in front of Senna's [[McLaren]]-[[Honda F1|Honda]], nearly causing a collision between them. In avoiding Alboreto's [[Footwork Arrows|Footwork]] Senna lost nearly 10 seconds.<ref name="grandprix.com"/> |
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|quote='''[[Murray Walker]]''': "[[Ivan Capelli]]. This won't of course have done his [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]] position any good because although [[Luca Cordero di Montezemolo|Luca Di Montezemolo]], the [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]] boss of both the passenger and the racing car divisions has said [[Ivan Capelli|Capelli]]'s position is safe; some of us doubted that statement and [[Ivan Capelli|Capelli]] has gone off and out of the race, out of fifth position, out of a possible two points for the team"<br />'''[[James Hunt]]''': "Some of us horrible cynics yes"|source=[[BBC Sport|BBC F1 Commentary]]<ref name=BBC/>}}[[Ivan Capelli]] was running in 5th place despite having been lapped by [[Nigel Mansell]], however on lap 61 he spun at Casino Square, damaging the steering arm. When he reached the swimming pool complex the damage caused him to spin and slide backwards wedging his [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]] into barrier before Rascasse at a 45-degree angle. His retirement reminded the BBC F1 commentary team of the speculation regarding his future with [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]], which had been prominent before the race weekend.<ref name=BBC>{{cite video|people=[[Murray Walker|Walker, Murray]] (Commentator); [[James Hunt|Hunt, James]] (Commentator)|date=31 May 1992|title=Grand Prix -race live|work=[[BBC Sport]]|publisher=[[BBC]]|location=[[Monaco]]}}</ref> |
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[[Nigel Mansell]] led the race in his [[Williams FW14]]B-[[Renault F1|Renault]] up until lap 70, but then suffered a loose wheel nut and was forced into the pits, emerging behind [[Ayrton Senna]]'s [[McLaren]]-[[Honda F1|Honda]]. Mansell, on fresh tyres, set a lap record almost two seconds quicker than Senna's and closed from 5.2 to 1.9 seconds in only two laps. The pair duelled around [[Circuit de Monaco|Monaco]] for the final three laps but Mansell could find no way past, finishing just two-tenths of a second behind the Brazilian.<ref name="grandprix.com"/><ref name=pg150>{{cite book | chapter = 1992 Grands Prix: Monaco Grand Prix | last = Henry | first = Alan | authorlink = Alan Henry | title = [[Autocourse]] 1992–93 | origyear = 1992 | publisher = Hazleton Publishing | isbn = 0-905138-96-1 | pages = 150–153 |date=December 1992 }}</ref> It was Senna's fifth win at Monaco, equalling Graham Hill's record. Ricardo Patrese took the final podium position after just holding off Michael Schumacher's Benetton who finished fourth. |
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===Post-race=== |
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[[File:Senna 1992 Monaco cropped.jpg|thumb|right|Ayrton Senna with Prince Rainier and Princess Stephanie.]] |
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The top three finishers appeared in [[Albert II, Prince of Monaco|Prince Albert II of Monaco's]] Royal box to collect their trophies and in the subsequent press conference with [[Tony Jardine]] asking the questions.<ref name=race2/> Senna admitted he knew the Williams car was "several seconds faster" than him in the last few laps and his tyres were like "driving on ice" due to having completed the whole race on the same set.<ref name=race2/> |
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Mansell expressed his "disappointment" at not winning the race, but still described the result as the most important second place in his life and complimented Senna for his fair defensive driving: |
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{{quote|I must compliment Ayrton because he pretty well second guessed every move I tried to do and he was very fair and he is entitled to do what he did and I think he drove fantastic and that's why he won the race I came a close second.<ref name=race2/>}} |
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Mansell also described the sequence of events as a result of the suspected puncture on lap 71: |
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{{quote|Coming into the tunnel I almost lost it, the back end just went down and I knew immediately I had picked up an instant puncture. The problem was I was halfway from the pits. So I had to drive so slowly to get to the pits. The car's brakes weren't working because I was only on three wheels. I think I lost 10–15 seconds just getting it back to the pits. We then had a longer pitstop than normal and as I came out of the pit I saw Ayrton go by, and I knew then that the race was probably lost, but as you can see from the last 10 laps we gave it everything we could and more and his car was just too wide to get past.<ref name=race2>{{cite video | date = 31 May 1995 | title = Monaco Grand Prix: Race Live | medium = Television production | publisher = [[Eurosport]] | location = London, England }}</ref>}} |
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Despite initial reports that Mansell incurred a puncture in the tunnel on lap 71 Goodyear later denied this was the case.<ref name=p34/> Williams engineer [[Adrian Newey]] later speculated the problem had "perhaps" been caused by a "loose wheel nut".<ref name=p34>{{cite journal|last= Roebuck|first= Nigel|title=Monaco GP|journal=[[Autosport]]|volume=127|issue=10|page=34|date=4 June 1992}}</ref> |
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The 1992 Monaco Grand Prix turned out to be the only time the [[Andrea Moda Formula|Andrea Moda]] team qualified for a Formula One race. [[Roberto Moreno]] retired after 11 laps with engine problems and the team never improved on this race result. In an interview in 2011 [[Roberto Moreno]] declared qualifying the [[Andrea Moda S921]] at Monaco was one of his greatest motor racing memories: |
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{{quote|I will remember forever going out to pre-qualify the Andrea Moda in Monaco. The tyres in those days would do their best laps around the fifth or sixth laps. For us, after the fourth lap, the engine would overheat, because we didn't have cooling big enough! We could never run that long. The engine would overheat, and the oil would be too hot. I had to stop on lap 4, to not blow the engine up. So I had given it my max in pre-qualifying before I even got the best use of the tyres. It was enough to get through stage one, and the first hurdle was overcome. I got to qualifying, and I went out early in the session. In Monaco you always get the best times in the final laps, but I put the car 11th in the first twenty minutes, that was all the laps I could do. Coming into the pits, every team was out in the pits clapping at me, and that will stay in my memory forever. Suzuka 1990 was obviously a great memory, but in achievements? Qualifying an Andrea Moda is up there as well.<ref name=Motoretro>{{cite web |url= http://www.motorsportretro.com/2011/04/andrea-moda/ |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20141011075442/http://www.motorsportretro.com/2011/04/andrea-moda/|archivedate=11 October 2014|work = Motorsport Retro|title=Qualifying an Andrea Moda is up there as well |first=Andy|last=Hallbery|accessdate=10 January 2016}}</ref>}} |
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In a feature on the BBC's Formula 1 Website in 2009 former BBC Formula One commentator [[Murray Walker]] ranked the 1992 Monaco Grand Prix as one of the five "best ever" Formula 1 races due to what he described as the "absolute magic" battle for lead in the last three laps between Senna and Mansell.<ref>{{cite news|url= http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/formula_one/7928772.stm|archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20140407075700/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/formula_one/7928772.stm|archivedate=7 April 2014|title=Murray Walker's "Five of the Best" GPs – Monaco 1992|work=[[BBC Sport]]|publisher=[[BBC]]|date=6 March 2009}}</ref> |
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== Classification == |
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===Pre-Qualifying=== |
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===Practice and qualifying report=== |
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===Qualifying=== |
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Two practice sessions were held before the race; the first was held on Thursday morning, with the second held on Saturday morning. Both sessions lasted 1 hour and 45 minutes. The first practice session took place under warm and hazy weather conditions.<ref name=p28>{{cite journal|last= Saward|first= Joe|title=Monaco GP|journal=[[Autosport]]|publisher=[[Haymarket Group|Haymarket Publications]]|volume=127|issue=10|page=28|date=4 June 1992}}</ref>[[File:Andrea Chiesa 1992 Monaco.jpg|thumb| left|[[Andrea Chiesa]]'s [[Fondmetal]] spins in front of [[Karl Wendlinger]]'s [[March Engineering|March]] during the Thursday practice session. [[Andrea Chiesa|Chiesa]] failed to qualify as he finished 29th fastest, 0.715 seconds slower than [[Roberto Moreno|Moreno]]'s [[Andrea Moda Formula|Andrea Moda]].<ref name="Qualifying">{{cite news|url=http://www.manipef1.com/results/1992/monaco/qualifying|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407082114/http://www.manipef1.com/results/1992/monaco/qualifying|archive-date=7 April 2014 |title=Qualifying|publisher=Manipef1}}</ref>]] |
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[[File:Riccardo Patrese 1992 Monaco.jpg|thumb|left|[[Riccardo Patrese]] finished Saturday qualifying second fastest despite being blocked by [[Bertrand Gachot]] in the final minutes of Saturday qualifying, resulting in a "paddock confrontation" between them.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/archive/article/july-1992/16/what-did-go-wrong/ |title=What did go wrong? |magazine=[[Motor Sport (magazine)|Motor Sport]] |first=David |last=Tremayne |access-date=10 July 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last= Saward|first= Joe|title=Monaco GP|journal=[[Autosport]]|publisher=[[Haymarket Group|Haymarket Publications]]|volume=127|issue=10|page=36|date=28 May 1992}}</ref>]][[File:Michael Schumacher 1992 Monaco.jpg|thumb|right|[[Michael Schumacher]] finished Saturday qualifying sixth fastest.]] [[Nigel Mansell]] was fastest in the first practice session, 0.883 seconds ahead of [[Ayrton Senna]] in second, with [[Gerhard Berger]] in third and [[Michael Schumacher]] fourth.<ref name=p28/> [[Michele Alboreto]] took advantage of his extra running in the earlier pre-qualifying session by finishing sixth fastest, with [[Andrea de Cesaris]]'s [[Tyrrell Racing|Tyrrell]] in seventh and [[Karl Wendlinger]]'s [[March Engineering|March]] eighth.<ref name=p28/> [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]] tried out a new traction control device and electronic differential on [[Jean Alesi]]'s [[Ferrari F92A|F92A]] car and he finished the session ninth fastest.<ref name=p28/> Alesi still said the engine "needed more power and better response" though.<ref name=p37/> [[Stefano Modena]] who qualified on the front row of the grid in the [[1991 Monaco Grand Prix]] achieved the tenth fastest time and showed improvement with the [[Jordan 192]] having previously failed to qualify for two races with Jordan in 1992.<ref name=p39/> |
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The [[List of motorsport terminology#Q|qualifying session]] was split into two one-hour sessions; the first was held on Thursday afternoon with the second held on Saturday afternoon. The fastest time from either sessions counted towards their final [[Standing start|grid position]]. The Thursday afternoon qualifying session was held under warm but overcast conditions.<ref name=p39/> Mansell finished Thursday qualifying fastest with a 1:20.714.<ref name=p39/> Senna was second fastest ahead of [[Riccardo Patrese]] in third. Berger was fourth fastest with a time of 1:22.359, but halfway through the session his [[McLaren]]'s front suspension broke at Massenet causing him to crash heavily into the barriers. Berger commented: {{quote|I was really pushing hard and the car just didn't turn into the corner. I think something may have broken. It was a big shunt. I'm surprised I wasn't hurt.<ref name=p28/>}} Jean Alesi had a spin in the session and was forced to use the spare [[Ferrari F92A]] on used tyres, however he still finished with the fifth fastest time. Schumacher rounded out the top six with [[Andrea de Cesaris]] up in seventh place in the [[Tyrrell 020]]B. Having [[Formula One racing#Historical pre-qualifying|pre-qualified]] for the first time with [[Andrea Moda Formula|Andrea Moda]], [[Roberto Moreno]] continued to show improved speed by posting a 1:25.185 in the first twenty minutes, which put him 11th on the grid at the time despite Moreno's complaints of a "down-on-power engine".<ref name=p37/><ref name=Motoretro/> He managed no further laps in the session due to overheating problems and slipped to 20th fastest by the end of Thursday qualifying.<ref name=Motoretro/> [[Andrea Chiesa]] had an engine changed on his [[Fondmetal GR01]] during the session and started late, finishing with a best lap time of 1:27.140, the slowest time of Thursday qualifying. |
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The weather conditions on Saturday were sunny and dry, but gradually became more overcast later into the afternoon.<ref name=p39/> Within the first practice session on Saturday morning [[Pierluigi Martini]] crashed in the tunnel, causing damage to the barrier which took 40 minutes to repair and delayed the start of Saturday Qualifying by 30 minutes.<ref name="grandprix.com">{{cite web|url= http://www.grandprix.com/gpe/rr522.html |title=Grand Prix Results: Monaco GP, 1992 |publisher=Grandprix.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110623172313/http://www.grandprix.com/gpe/rr522.html |archive-date=23 June 2011 |access-date=21 July 2011 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=FP1-eurosport>{{cite video | people = Allard Kalff (Commentator) | date = 30 May 1992 | title = Monaco Grand Prix: 2nd Qualifying Session Live | medium = Television production | publisher = [[Eurosport]] | location = London, England }}</ref> |
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Mansell went even faster on Saturday with a 1:19.495 and took his sixth pole position of the season. He later described his time as a "totally clear lap".<ref name=quali2>{{cite video | date = 30 May 1992 | title = Monaco Grand Prix: 2nd Qualifying Session Live | medium = Television production | publisher = [[Eurosport]] | location = London, England }}</ref> Patrese improved to qualify second fastest, however he was held up by [[Bertrand Gachot]] on one of his qualifying laps, and reacted by heading over to the [[Larrousse]] pit and trying to punch the Frenchman.<ref name=p39/><ref name="grandprix.com"/> Senna finished qualifying third on the grid despite spinning the rear of his car into the tyre barrier at the Mirabeau corner, damaging both his rear suspension and wing which eventually broke off in the tunnel as he returned his damaged car to the pits.<ref name=quali2/> Modena suffered a drive shaft failure early in the session and ran back to his pit to use the spare [[Jordan 192|Jordan]]. In the spare car he failed to improve on his Friday time and dropped to 21st on the grid. He was the only driver who did not set a faster time in Saturday Qualifying. Following his crash in the morning Martini still took part in the afternoon session in the spare [[Dallara]] and qualified 18th fastest.<ref name="Qualifying"/> Having finished 20th fastest on Thursday, Moreno only managed to improve slightly on his Thursday time with a 1:24.945 due to "a string of mechanical problems" with the [[Andrea Moda S921|S921]] chassis.<ref name=p37/> With the circuit proving faster on Saturday he fell to 26th place by the end of the session. [[Eric van de Poele]] set his fastest time in the final minutes of qualifying but just failed to make 26th place as he was +0.036 seconds slower than Moreno.<ref name="grandprix.com"/> Formula 1 journalist [[Joe Saward]] reported there was "rejoicing" in the Andrea Moda pit upon Moreno's qualification for the race.<ref name=p33>{{cite journal|last= Saward|first= Joe|title=Monaco GP|journal=[[Autosport]]|publisher=[[Haymarket Group|Haymarket Publications]]|volume=127|issue=10|page=31|date=4 June 1992}}</ref> |
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===Qualifying classification=== |
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| {{flagicon|UK}} [[Nigel Mansell]] |
| {{flagicon|UK}} [[Nigel Mansell]] |
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| 1:20.714 |
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| {{flagicon|Italy}} [[Riccardo Patrese]] |
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| [[McLaren]]-[[Honda in Formula One|Honda]] |
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| {{flagicon|France}} [[Bertrand Gachot]] |
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==Race== |
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===Race report=== |
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[[File:Ayrton Senna 1992 Monaco.jpg|thumb|right|[[Ayrton Senna]] took the lead of the race on lap 70, but had to hold off a much faster [[Nigel Mansell]] after he caught up in the last three laps]] The conditions for the race were overcast, but warm and dry.<ref name=p39/> The drivers took to the track on Sunday morning for a 30-minute warm-up session and Williams driver Patrese finished fastest with Mansell down in fifth.<ref name=p39/> Alboreto performed strongly in his [[Footwork Arrows|Footwork]] to finish the session second, but his team-mate [[Aguri Suzuki]] was sent to hospital for checks after crashing his [[Footwork FA13|FA13]] at Tabac.<ref name=p39/> The Japanese driver was later pronounced fit to race.<ref name="grandprix.com"/> |
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The formation lap started at 15:30 local time. 26 cars qualified for the race, but only 25 took to the grid for the start as [[Gianni Morbidelli]] couldn't start his car during the warm-up lap and subsequently had to start from the pit lane. |
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At the start, Senna passed Patrese into the St. Devote corner. Schumacher also passed Berger into the first corner. Martini also experienced his second crash of the weekend within the opening lap by running into the barrier on the exit of ''Mirabeau''. The order at the end of lap one was Mansell in first, followed by Senna, Patrese, Alesi, Schumacher and Berger. Morbidelli joined the race a couple of laps down but only managed one lap before the gearbox again caused problems and forced him to retire for good.<ref name=p37/> |
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Moreno had moved up to nineteenth place thanks to the six earlier retirements but was forced to retire on lap 11 in the pits due to engine problems with the [[Judd (engine)|Judd GV]] [[V10 engine|V10]].<ref name=p37/> Patrese began to attack Senna but then began to drop back with gearbox troubles. On lap 12, Schumacher tried to pass Alesi in the ''Loews Hairpin'' and the two collided, and an electronic box was damaged in Alesi's car. Alesi continued to stay in fifth for another 16 laps with Schumacher getting ahead of him, before the damage forced him to retire on lap 28, this promoted Berger to fifth. [[Martin Brundle]] was chasing Berger, but he made an error in ''Nouvelle Chicane'' and not only suffered a puncture but also damaged the Benetton's front wing and had to pit for repairs, giving sixth place to [[Ivan Capelli]]. On lap 32 Berger had to retire when his gearbox failed.<ref name=p37/> |
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On lap 60 Alboreto made a mistake and spun in front of Senna's [[McLaren]]-[[Honda F1|Honda]], nearly causing a collision between them. In avoiding Alboreto's Footwork, Senna lost nearly 10 seconds.<ref name="grandprix.com"/> |
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|quote='''[[Murray Walker]]''': "[[Ivan Capelli]]. This won't of course have done his [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]] position any good because although [[Luca Cordero di Montezemolo|Luca Di Montezemolo]], the [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]] boss of both the passenger and the racing car divisions has said [[Ivan Capelli|Capelli]]'s position is safe; some of us doubted that statement and [[Ivan Capelli|Capelli]] has gone off and out of the race, out of fifth position, out of a possible two points for the team"<br />'''[[James Hunt]]''': "Some of us horrible cynics yes"|source=[[BBC Sport|BBC F1 Commentary]]<ref name=BBC/>}}[[Ivan Capelli]] was running in fifth place despite having been lapped by [[Nigel Mansell]], however on lap 61 he spun at Casino Square, damaging the steering arm. When he reached the swimming pool complex the damage caused him to spin and slide backwards wedging his [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]] into barrier before Rascasse at a 45-degree angle. His retirement reminded the BBC F1 commentary team of the speculation regarding his future with [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]], which had been prominent before the race weekend.<ref name=BBC>{{cite video|people=[[Murray Walker|Walker, Murray]] (Commentator); [[James Hunt|Hunt, James]] (Commentator)|date=31 May 1992|title=Grand Prix -race live|work=[[BBC Sport]]|publisher=[[BBC]]|location=[[Monaco]]}}</ref> |
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Mansell led the race in his [[Williams FW14]]B-[[Renault F1|Renault]] up until lap 70, but then suffered a loose wheel nut and was forced into the pits, emerging behind Senna's McLaren. Mansell, on fresh tyres, set a lap record almost two seconds quicker than Senna's and closed from 5.2 to 1.9 seconds in only two laps. The pair duelled around the circuit for the final three laps but Mansell could find no way past, finishing just two-tenths of a second behind the Brazilian.<ref name="grandprix.com"/><ref name=pg150>{{cite book |last=Henry |first=Alan |author-link=Alan Henry |year=1992 |title=[[Autocourse]] 1992–93 |publisher=Hazleton Publishing |chapter=1992 Grands Prix: Monaco Grand Prix |pages=150–153 |isbn=0-905138-96-1}}</ref> It was Senna's fourth consecutive win at Monaco and fifth overall, equalling Graham Hill's record. Patrese took the final podium position after just holding off Schumacher's Benetton who finished fourth. |
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===Post-race=== |
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[[File:Senna 1992 Monaco cropped.jpg|thumb|right|Senna with Prince Rainier and Princess Stephanie]] |
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The top three finishers appeared in [[Albert II, Prince of Monaco|Prince Albert II of Monaco's]] Royal box to collect their trophies. An exhausted Mansell had to be helped up the stairs by marshals.<ref>Schot, Marcel. [http://www.atlasf1.com/2002/mon/preview/schot.html "Monaco Facts, Stats and Memoirs"]. [[Atlas F1]]. Retrieved 6 March 2021.</ref> In the subsequent press conference with [[Tony Jardine]] asking the questions,<ref name=race2/> Senna admitted he knew the Williams car was "several seconds faster" than him in the last few laps and his tyres were like "driving on ice" due to having completed the whole race on the same set.<ref name=race2/> |
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Mansell expressed his "disappointment" at not winning the race, but still described the result as the most important second place in his life and complimented Senna for his fair defensive driving: |
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{{quote|I must compliment Ayrton because he pretty well second guessed every move I tried to do and he was very fair and he is entitled to do what he did and I think he drove fantastic and that's why he won the race I came a close second.<ref name=race2/>}} |
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Mansell also described the sequence of events as a result of the suspected puncture on lap 71: |
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{{quote|Coming into the tunnel I almost lost it, the back end just went down and I knew immediately I had picked up an instant puncture. The problem was I was halfway from the pits. So I had to drive so slowly to get to the pits. The car's brakes weren't working because I was only on three wheels. I think I lost 10–15 seconds just getting it back to the pits. We then had a longer pitstop than normal and as I came out of the pit I saw Ayrton go by, and I knew then that the race was probably lost, but as you can see from the last 10 laps we gave it everything we could and more and his car was just too wide to get past.<ref name=race2>{{cite video | date = 31 May 1995 | title = Monaco Grand Prix: Race Live | medium = Television production | publisher = [[Eurosport]] | location = London, England }}</ref>}} |
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Despite initial reports that Mansell incurred a puncture in the tunnel on lap 71 Goodyear later denied this was the case.<ref name=p34/> Williams engineer [[Adrian Newey]] later speculated the problem had "perhaps" been caused by a "loose wheel nut".<ref name=p34>{{cite journal|last= Roebuck|first= Nigel|title=Monaco GP|journal=[[Autosport]]|volume=127|issue=10|page=34|date=4 June 1992}}</ref> |
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The 1992 Monaco Grand Prix turned out to be the only time the Andrea Moda team qualified for a Formula One race with Roberto Moreno retiring after 11 laps with engine problems. In an interview in 2011, Moreno declared qualifying the Andrea Moda S921 at Monaco was one of his greatest motor racing memories: |
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{{quote|I will remember forever going out to pre-qualify the Andrea Moda in Monaco. The tyres in those days would do their best laps around the fifth or sixth laps. For us, after the fourth lap, the engine would overheat, because we didn't have cooling big enough! We could never run that long. The engine would overheat, and the oil would be too hot. I had to stop on lap 4, to not blow the engine up. So I had given it my max in pre-qualifying before I even got the best use of the tyres. It was enough to get through stage one, and the first hurdle was overcome. I got to qualifying, and I went out early in the session. In Monaco you always get the best times in the final laps, but I put the car 11th in the first twenty minutes, that was all the laps I could do. Coming into the pits, every team was out in the pits clapping at me, and that will stay in my memory forever. Suzuka 1990 was obviously a great memory, but in achievements? Qualifying an Andrea Moda is up there as well.<ref name=Motoretro>{{cite web |last=Hallbery |first=Andy |date=18 April 2011 |title=Roberto Moreno: "Qualifying an Andrea Moda is up there as well" |url=http://www.motorsportretro.com/2011/04/andrea-moda/ |publisher=Motorsport Retro |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141011075442/http://www.motorsportretro.com/2011/04/andrea-moda/ |archive-date=11 October 2014 |access-date=10 January 2016}}</ref>}} |
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In a feature on the BBC's Formula 1 Website in 2009 former BBC Formula One commentator [[Murray Walker]] ranked the 1992 Monaco Grand Prix as one of the five "best ever" Formula 1 races due to what he described as the "absolute magic" battle for the lead in the last three laps between Senna and Mansell.<ref>{{cite news|url= http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/formula_one/7928772.stm|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140407075700/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/formula_one/7928772.stm|archive-date=7 April 2014|title=Murray Walker's "Five of the Best" GPs – Monaco 1992|work=[[BBC Sport]]|publisher=[[BBC]]|date=6 March 2009}}</ref> |
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| 1992 Monaco Grand Prix | |||
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| Race 6 of 16 in the 1992 Formula One World Championship | |||
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| Race details | |||
| Date | 31 May 1992 | ||
| Official name | 50ème Grand Prix de Monaco | ||
| Location | Circuit de Monaco, Monte Carlo | ||
| Course | Temporary street circuit | ||
| Course length | 3.328 km (2.068 miles) | ||
| Distance | 78 laps, 259.584 km (161.298 miles) | ||
| Weather | Dry | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Williams-Renault | ||
| Time | 1:19.495 | ||
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| Driver |
 Nigel Mansell | Williams-Renault | |
| Time | 1:21.598 on lap 74 | ||
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| First | McLaren-Honda | ||
| Second | Williams-Renault | ||
| Third | Williams-Renault | ||
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The 1992 Monaco Grand Prix (formally the 50ème Grand Prix de Monaco[1]) was a Formula One motor race held on 31 May 1992 at the Circuit de Monaco. It was the sixth race of the 1992 Formula One World Championship.
The 78-lap race was won by Ayrton Senna, driving a McLaren-Honda. Drivers' Championship leader Nigel Mansell took pole position in his Williams-Renault and led until lap 71, when he suspected he had a puncture and made a pit stop for new tyres. He emerged behind Senna, closed up to the Brazilian and tried to find a way past but without success, Senna holding on to win by 0.2 seconds. It was Senna's fifth Monaco Grand Prix win, equalling the record set by Graham Hill.
Mansell's teammate Riccardo Patrese was third, half a minute behind, with the top six completed by the Benettons of Michael Schumacher and Martin Brundle and the Larrousse of Bertrand Gachot.
Pre-race
[edit]After the first five races of the championship, Williams driver Nigel Mansell lead the Drivers Championship by 26 points having achieved five race wins in a row. Team-mate Riccardo Patrese was second with 24 points. The Williams team was leading the Constructors Championship with 74 points; second-placed Benetton had 20, with their driver Michael Schumacher in third place. Reigning World Champion Ayrton Senna of McLaren was only in fourth place, having accumulated eight points. However, the Monaco Grand Prix had only been won in the last eight years by either Ayrton Senna or Alain Prost, but Nigel Mansell was looking to achieve his first win at Monaco. There were no changes to the driver line-up from the previous race, however before the race Ferrari President Luca di Montezemolo had to publicly announce Ivan Capelli's position within the Ferrari team was "safe" in response to criticism from the Italian Autosprint magazine about Capelli's recent performances.[2] Autosport had also reported on the Thursday before the race that Capelli was "about to be replaced" according to "Italian rumours", highlighting the fact Gianni Morbidelli had carried out most of Ferrari's testing work at the Imola circuit before the Monaco race.[3] Ferrari had released a statement in response to Morbidelli's testing of the Ferrari F92A saying Capelli had been "on holiday" but Capelli denied this was the case.[3] Team Lotus also brought a second new 107 chassis for Mika Häkkinen at Monaco as only one 107 had been available for Herbert at San Marino.[4] The car had been "shaken down" at Hethel in Norfolk by Olivier Beretta before being taken to Monaco[5]
Qualifying
[edit]Pre-qualifying report
[edit]The team still hadn't made a proper seat for me, so I had taken a beating inside the cockpit, but I kept my foot down and desperately tried to remember where the next corner was. I knew the tunnel was taken flat out on my first lap but as I came back into daylight at 170mph, I was being bounced around so badly, I had double vision and I vividly remember speeding toward the tyre barrier wondering if I should turn left or right. Anyway I was called back to the pits and that was my run for the day.
Perry McCarthy sums up his Monaco pre-qualifying session.[6]
The pre-qualifying session on the Thursday morning lasted for one hour and started at 8:00 local time, in warm and sunny weather conditions.[7] Michele Alboreto was the fastest pre-qualifier in the Footwork, for the second Grand Prix in succession. Bertrand Gachot also pre-qualified without drama for Larrousse, finishing second fastest, just over half a second slower than Alboreto.[7] Brazilian Roberto Moreno finished third fastest despite a slight gearbox leak, promoting the Andrea Moda team into the main qualifying sessions for the first time. Andrea Chiesa was again the final pre-qualifier in fourth place in the Fondmetal, 0.57 of a second slower than Moreno.[7]
The second Venturi Larrousse of Ukyo Katayama was slowed by a slight oil leak before the Japanese driver crashed at Tabac in the final minutes of session, finishing with the fifth fastest time and becoming the only driver other than Moreno and Perry McCarthy to fail to pre-qualify in 1992.[8] McCarthy drove three laps at the beginning of the session, still with his ill-fitting seat, before the Andrea Moda team ordered him back to the pits,[6] as the team wanted his car to be ready as a spare for Moreno, should he have needed it.[8]
Pre-qualifying classification
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| 1 | 9 |  Michele Alboreto
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| 3 | 34 |  Roberto Moreno
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| 4 | 14 |  Andrea Chiesa
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Fondmetal-Ford | 1:27.756 | +2.343 | |
| 5 | 30 |  Ukyo Katayama
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| 6 | 35 | Perry McCarthy
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Practice and qualifying report
[edit]Two practice sessions were held before the race; the first was held on Thursday morning, with the second held on Saturday morning. Both sessions lasted 1 hour and 45 minutes. The first practice session took place under warm and hazy weather conditions.[10]
Nigel Mansell was fastest in the first practice session, 0.883 seconds ahead of Ayrton Senna in second, with Gerhard Berger in third and Michael Schumacher fourth.[10] Michele Alboreto took advantage of his extra running in the earlier pre-qualifying session by finishing sixth fastest, with Andrea de Cesaris's Tyrrell in seventh and Karl Wendlinger's March eighth.[10] Ferrari tried out a new traction control device and electronic differential on Jean Alesi's F92A car and he finished the session ninth fastest.[10] Alesi still said the engine "needed more power and better response" though.[8] Stefano Modena who qualified on the front row of the grid in the 1991 Monaco Grand Prix achieved the tenth fastest time and showed improvement with the Jordan 192 having previously failed to qualify for two races with Jordan in 1992.[7] The qualifying session was split into two one-hour sessions; the first was held on Thursday afternoon with the second held on Saturday afternoon. The fastest time from either sessions counted towards their final grid position. The Thursday afternoon qualifying session was held under warm but overcast conditions.[7] Mansell finished Thursday qualifying fastest with a 1:20.714.[7] Senna was second fastest ahead of Riccardo Patrese in third. Berger was fourth fastest with a time of 1:22.359, but halfway through the session his McLaren's front suspension broke at Massenet causing him to crash heavily into the barriers. Berger commented:
I was really pushing hard and the car just didn't turn into the corner. I think something may have broken. It was a big shunt. I'm surprised I wasn't hurt.[10]
Jean Alesi had a spin in the session and was forced to use the spare Ferrari F92A on used tyres, however he still finished with the fifth fastest time. Schumacher rounded out the top six with Andrea de Cesaris up in seventh place in the Tyrrell 020B. Having pre-qualified for the first time with Andrea Moda, Roberto Moreno continued to show improved speed by posting a 1:25.185 in the first twenty minutes, which put him 11th on the grid at the time despite Moreno's complaints of a "down-on-power engine".[8][14] He managed no further laps in the session due to overheating problems and slipped to 20th fastest by the end of Thursday qualifying.[14] Andrea Chiesa had an engine changed on his Fondmetal GR01 during the session and started late, finishing with a best lap time of 1:27.140, the slowest time of Thursday qualifying.
The weather conditions on Saturday were sunny and dry, but gradually became more overcast later into the afternoon.[7] Within the first practice session on Saturday morning Pierluigi Martini crashed in the tunnel, causing damage to the barrier which took 40 minutes to repair and delayed the start of Saturday Qualifying by 30 minutes.[15][16]
Mansell went even faster on Saturday with a 1:19.495 and took his sixth pole position of the season. He later described his time as a "totally clear lap".[17] Patrese improved to qualify second fastest, however he was held up by Bertrand Gachot on one of his qualifying laps, and reacted by heading over to the Larrousse pit and trying to punch the Frenchman.[7][15] Senna finished qualifying third on the grid despite spinning the rear of his car into the tyre barrier at the Mirabeau corner, damaging both his rear suspension and wing which eventually broke off in the tunnel as he returned his damaged car to the pits.[17] Modena suffered a drive shaft failure early in the session and ran back to his pit to use the spare Jordan. In the spare car he failed to improve on his Friday time and dropped to 21st on the grid. He was the only driver who did not set a faster time in Saturday Qualifying. Following his crash in the morning Martini still took part in the afternoon session in the spare Dallara and qualified 18th fastest.[11] Having finished 20th fastest on Thursday, Moreno only managed to improve slightly on his Thursday time with a 1:24.945 due to "a string of mechanical problems" with the S921 chassis.[8] With the circuit proving faster on Saturday he fell to 26th place by the end of the session. Eric van de Poele set his fastest time in the final minutes of qualifying but just failed to make 26th place as he was +0.036 seconds slower than Moreno.[15] Formula 1 journalist Joe Saward reported there was "rejoicing" in the Andrea Moda pit upon Moreno's qualification for the race.[18]
Qualifying classification
[edit]| Pos | No | Driver | Constructor | Q1 Time | Q2 Time | Gap |
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| 2 | 6 | Riccardo Patrese
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| 3 | 1 | Ayrton Senna
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| 4 | 27 | Jean Alesi
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| 5 | 2 |  Gerhard Berger
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| 6 | 19 |  Michael Schumacher
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Benetton-Ford | 1:23.150 | 1:21.831 | +2.336 |
| 7 | 20 | Martin Brundle
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| 8 | 28 | Ivan Capelli
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| 9 | 12 | Johnny Herbert
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| 10 | 4 | Andrea de Cesaris
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| 11 | 9 | Michele Alboreto
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| 12 | 24 | Gianni Morbidelli
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Minardi-Lamborghini | 1:24.567 | 1:22.733 | +3.238 |
| 13 | 33 | Maurício Gugelmin
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| 14 | 11 |  Mika Häkkinen
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| 15 | 29 | Bertrand Gachot
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| 16 | 16 | Karl Wendlinger
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| 17 | 23 | Christian Fittipaldi
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| 18 | 22 | Pierluigi Martini
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| 19 | 10 | Aguri Suzuki
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| 20 | 21 | JJ Lehto
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| 21 | 32 | Stefano Modena
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| 22 | 25 |  Thierry Boutsen
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| 23 | 26 | Érik Comas
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| 24 | 3 | Olivier Grouillard
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| 25 | 15 | Gabriele Tarquini
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Fondmetal-Ford | 1:25.614 | 1:24.479 | +4.984 |
| 26 | 34 | Roberto Moreno
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| 27 | 7 | Eric van de Poele
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Brabham-Judd | 1:25.702 | 1:24.981 | +5.486 |
| 28 | 8 | Damon Hill
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| 29 | 14 | Andrea Chiesa
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Fondmetal-Ford | 1:27.140 | 1:25.660 | +6.165 |
| 30 | 17 | Paul Belmondo
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Race
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The conditions for the race were overcast, but warm and dry.[7] The drivers took to the track on Sunday morning for a 30-minute warm-up session and Williams driver Patrese finished fastest with Mansell down in fifth.[7] Alboreto performed strongly in his Footwork to finish the session second, but his team-mate Aguri Suzuki was sent to hospital for checks after crashing his FA13 at Tabac.[7] The Japanese driver was later pronounced fit to race.[15]
The formation lap started at 15:30 local time. 26 cars qualified for the race, but only 25 took to the grid for the start as Gianni Morbidelli couldn't start his car during the warm-up lap and subsequently had to start from the pit lane.
At the start, Senna passed Patrese into the St. Devote corner. Schumacher also passed Berger into the first corner. Martini also experienced his second crash of the weekend within the opening lap by running into the barrier on the exit of Mirabeau. The order at the end of lap one was Mansell in first, followed by Senna, Patrese, Alesi, Schumacher and Berger. Morbidelli joined the race a couple of laps down but only managed one lap before the gearbox again caused problems and forced him to retire for good.[8]
Moreno had moved up to nineteenth place thanks to the six earlier retirements but was forced to retire on lap 11 in the pits due to engine problems with the Judd GV V10.[8] Patrese began to attack Senna but then began to drop back with gearbox troubles. On lap 12, Schumacher tried to pass Alesi in the Loews Hairpin and the two collided, and an electronic box was damaged in Alesi's car. Alesi continued to stay in fifth for another 16 laps with Schumacher getting ahead of him, before the damage forced him to retire on lap 28, this promoted Berger to fifth. Martin Brundle was chasing Berger, but he made an error in Nouvelle Chicane and not only suffered a puncture but also damaged the Benetton's front wing and had to pit for repairs, giving sixth place to Ivan Capelli. On lap 32 Berger had to retire when his gearbox failed.[8]
On lap 60 Alboreto made a mistake and spun in front of Senna's McLaren-Honda, nearly causing a collision between them. In avoiding Alboreto's Footwork, Senna lost nearly 10 seconds.[15]
Murray Walker: "Ivan Capelli. This won't of course have done his Ferrari position any good because although Luca Di Montezemolo, the Ferrari boss of both the passenger and the racing car divisions has said Capelli's position is safe; some of us doubted that statement and Capelli has gone off and out of the race, out of fifth position, out of a possible two points for the team"
James Hunt: "Some of us horrible cynics yes"
Ivan Capelli was running in fifth place despite having been lapped by Nigel Mansell, however on lap 61 he spun at Casino Square, damaging the steering arm. When he reached the swimming pool complex the damage caused him to spin and slide backwards wedging his Ferrari into barrier before Rascasse at a 45-degree angle. His retirement reminded the BBC F1 commentary team of the speculation regarding his future with Ferrari, which had been prominent before the race weekend.[19]
Mansell led the race in his Williams FW14B-Renault up until lap 70, but then suffered a loose wheel nut and was forced into the pits, emerging behind Senna's McLaren. Mansell, on fresh tyres, set a lap record almost two seconds quicker than Senna's and closed from 5.2 to 1.9 seconds in only two laps. The pair duelled around the circuit for the final three laps but Mansell could find no way past, finishing just two-tenths of a second behind the Brazilian.[15][20] It was Senna's fourth consecutive win at Monaco and fifth overall, equalling Graham Hill's record. Patrese took the final podium position after just holding off Schumacher's Benetton who finished fourth.
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The top three finishers appeared in Prince Albert II of Monaco's Royal box to collect their trophies. An exhausted Mansell had to be helped up the stairs by marshals.[21] In the subsequent press conference with Tony Jardine asking the questions,[22] Senna admitted he knew the Williams car was "several seconds faster" than him in the last few laps and his tyres were like "driving on ice" due to having completed the whole race on the same set.[22]
Mansell expressed his "disappointment" at not winning the race, but still described the result as the most important second place in his life and complimented Senna for his fair defensive driving:
I must compliment Ayrton because he pretty well second guessed every move I tried to do and he was very fair and he is entitled to do what he did and I think he drove fantastic and that's why he won the race I came a close second.[22]
Mansell also described the sequence of events as a result of the suspected puncture on lap 71:
Coming into the tunnel I almost lost it, the back end just went down and I knew immediately I had picked up an instant puncture. The problem was I was halfway from the pits. So I had to drive so slowly to get to the pits. The car's brakes weren't working because I was only on three wheels. I think I lost 10–15 seconds just getting it back to the pits. We then had a longer pitstop than normal and as I came out of the pit I saw Ayrton go by, and I knew then that the race was probably lost, but as you can see from the last 10 laps we gave it everything we could and more and his car was just too wide to get past.[22]
Despite initial reports that Mansell incurred a puncture in the tunnel on lap 71 Goodyear later denied this was the case.[23] Williams engineer Adrian Newey later speculated the problem had "perhaps" been caused by a "loose wheel nut".[23]
The 1992 Monaco Grand Prix turned out to be the only time the Andrea Moda team qualified for a Formula One race with Roberto Moreno retiring after 11 laps with engine problems. In an interview in 2011, Moreno declared qualifying the Andrea Moda S921 at Monaco was one of his greatest motor racing memories:
I will remember forever going out to pre-qualify the Andrea Moda in Monaco. The tyres in those days would do their best laps around the fifth or sixth laps. For us, after the fourth lap, the engine would overheat, because we didn't have cooling big enough! We could never run that long. The engine would overheat, and the oil would be too hot. I had to stop on lap 4, to not blow the engine up. So I had given it my max in pre-qualifying before I even got the best use of the tyres. It was enough to get through stage one, and the first hurdle was overcome. I got to qualifying, and I went out early in the session. In Monaco you always get the best times in the final laps, but I put the car 11th in the first twenty minutes, that was all the laps I could do. Coming into the pits, every team was out in the pits clapping at me, and that will stay in my memory forever. Suzuka 1990 was obviously a great memory, but in achievements? Qualifying an Andrea Moda is up there as well.[14]
In a feature on the BBC's Formula 1 Website in 2009 former BBC Formula One commentator Murray Walker ranked the 1992 Monaco Grand Prix as one of the five "best ever" Formula 1 races due to what he described as the "absolute magic" battle for the lead in the last three laps between Senna and Mansell.[24]
Race classification
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- ^ "Murray Walker's "Five of the Best" GPs – Monaco 1992". BBC Sport. BBC. 6 March 2009. Archived from the original on 7 April 2014.
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