1992 Italian Grand Prix

Berger had an electrical problem on the grid, and was forced to start the race from the pit lane in the spare car.

At the start Mansell took the lead ahead of Senna who just managed to stay ahead of Alesi then Patrese and Capelli. Schumacher had a poor start selecting a wrong gear and then hit a Ligier from behind at the first chicane. He had to pit to replace the nose and front wing at the end of the first lap. Patrese managed to overtake Alesi at the start of lap 2. The opening laps saw both Berger and Schumacher recovering many positions from the back of the field and overtaking a number of slower cars.

At the front Mansell opened a gap with Senna unable to match his pace. The positions were Mansell, Senna with Patrese closing down on him and then the two Ferraris of Alesi and Capelli. Next Martin Brundle managed to overtake Capelli and moved into 5th position. Lap 12 proved disastrous for the Ferrari team with both cars retiring, Alesi, who was in fourth, due to a mechanical problem and Capelli spinning off at the Parabolica with electronic problems. On lap 14 Patrese overtook Senna and moved into second. Meanwhile, Berger pitted for new tyres and dropped back again. On lap 17 the order was Mansell in first, ten seconds in front of Patrese, with Senna two seconds further behind. Fourth was Brundle, some 28 seconds behind Mansell and then Boutsen and Herbert over 40 seconds behind Mansell. On lap 18, Herbert retired from sixth with an engine issue.

On lap 20 Patrese suddenly appeared in the lead as Mansell let his team-mate pass. The order was Patrese followed closely by Mansell and Senna in third. Schumacher overtook Boutsen and moved into fifth place. Positions at lap 27 were: Patrese, Mansell, Senna, Brundle, Schumacher and Boutsen. As the lead trio lapped the slower cars of Berger and Comas, Mansell continued to stay very close to Patrese and Senna tried his best not to lose contact with the two Williams cars; in fact he closed up on Mansell momentarily when the Williams had to take evasive action passing Comas at the Roggia. On lap 41 Mansell slowed through the Ascari bends and coasted into the pits with gearbox failure from loss of hydraulic pressure and had to retire. Classification at lap 44 was: Patrese, Senna, Brundle, Schumacher, then Berger and de Cesaris both a lap down. Patrese led comfortably until six laps from the end he suffered a hydraulic problem, forcing him to slow down and concede the lead to Ayrton Senna. In the closing stages of the race Senna allowed his teammate Berger to unlap himself. Patrese limped to the end of the race and finished fifth.

Senna won the race in what proved to be his last win with a Honda-powered car. The other places on the podium went to the two Benettons of Brundle and Schumacher.^[7]

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	1	Ayrton Senna	McLaren-Honda	53	1:18:15.349	2	10
2	20	Martin Brundle	Benetton-Ford	53	+ 17.050	9	6
3	19	Michael Schumacher	Benetton-Ford	53	+ 24.373	6	4
4	2	Gerhard Berger	McLaren-Honda	53	+ 1:25.490	5	3
5	6	Riccardo Patrese	Williams-Renault	53	+ 1:33.158	4	2
6	4	Andrea de Cesaris	Tyrrell-Ilmor	52	+ 1 lap	21	1
7	9	Michele Alboreto	Footwork-Mugen-Honda	52	+ 1 lap	16
8	22	Pierluigi Martini	Dallara-Ferrari	52	+ 1 lap	22
9	30	Ukyo Katayama	Venturi-Lamborghini	50	Transmission	23
10	16	Karl Wendlinger	March-Ilmor	50	+ 3 laps	17
11	21	JJ Lehto	Dallara-Ferrari	47	Engine	14
Ret	33	Maurício Gugelmin	Jordan-Yamaha	46	Transmission	26
Ret	5	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Renault	41	Electrical	1
Ret	25	Thierry Boutsen	Ligier-Renault	41	Throttle	8
Ret	26	Érik Comas	Ligier-Renault	35	Spun off	15
Ret	15	Gabriele Tarquini	Fondmetal-Ford	30	Gearbox	20
Ret	3	Olivier Grouillard	Tyrrell-Ilmor	26	Engine	18
Ret	12	Johnny Herbert	Lotus-Ford	18	Engine	13
Ret	17	Emanuele Naspetti	March-Ilmor	17	Engine	24
Ret	27	Jean Alesi	Ferrari	12	Fuel system	3
Ret	28	Ivan Capelli	Ferrari	12	Electrical/Spun off	7
Ret	24	Gianni Morbidelli	Minardi-Lamborghini	12	Engine	12
Ret	29	Bertrand Gachot	Venturi-Lamborghini	11	Engine	10
Ret	11	Mika Häkkinen	Lotus-Ford	5	Engine	11
Ret	10	Aguri Suzuki	Footwork-Mugen-Honda	2	Suspension	19
Ret	14	Eric van de Poele	Fondmetal-Ford	0	Clutch	25
DNQ	23	Christian Fittipaldi	Minardi-Lamborghini
DNQ	32	Stefano Modena	Jordan-Yamaha
Source:[8]

• Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
• Bold text indicates the 1992 World Champions.

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

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