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  1992 Monaco Grand Prix

Race details
Race 6 of 16 in the 1992 Formula One season
Date	31 May 1992
Official name	L Grand Prix Automobile de Monaco
Location	Circuit de Monaco, Monte Carlo
Course	Temporary street circuit 3.328 km (2.068 mi)
Distance	78 laps, 259.584 km (161.298 mi)
Weather	Dry
Pole position
Driver	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Renault
Time	1:19.495
Fastest lap
Driver	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Renault
Time	1:21.598 on lap 74
Podium
First	Ayrton Senna	McLaren-Honda
Second	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Renault
Third	Riccardo Patrese	Williams-Renault

The 1992 Monaco Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Monaco on May 31, 1992. It was the sixth round of the 1992 Formula One season.

Nigel Mansell, who had won all five races held to that point in the season, took pole and dominated the race in his Williams FW14B-Renault. However, with seven laps remaining, Mansell suffered a loose wheel nut and was forced into the pits, emerging behind Ayrton Senna's McLaren-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 Monaco for the final four laps but Mansell could find no way past, finishing just two tenths of a second behind the Brazilian.^[1][2] It was Senna's fifth win at Monaco, equalling Graham Hill's record.

Classification

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	1	Ayrton Senna	McLaren-Honda	78	1:50:59.372	3	10
2	5	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Renault	78	+ 0.215	1	6
3	6	Riccardo Patrese	Williams-Renault	78	+ 31.843	2	4
4	19	Michael Schumacher	Benetton-Ford	78	+ 39.294	6	3
5	20	Martin Brundle	Benetton-Ford	78	+ 1:21.347	7	2
6	29	Bertrand Gachot	Larrousse-Lamborghini	77	+ 1 Lap	15	1
7	9	Michele Alboreto	Footwork-Mugen-Honda	77	+ 1 lap	11
8	23	Christian Fittipaldi	Minardi-Lamborghini	77	+ 1 lap	17
9	21	Jyrki Järvilehto	Dallara-Ferrari	76	+ 2 Laps	20
10	26	Érik Comas	Ligier-Renault	76	+ 2 Laps	23
11	10	Aguri Suzuki	Footwork-Mugen-Honda	76	+ 2 Laps	19
12	25	Thierry Boutsen	Ligier-Renault	75	+ 3 Laps	22
Ret	28	Ivan Capelli	Ferrari	60	Spun Off	8
Ret	2	Gerhard Berger	McLaren-Honda	32	Gearbox	5
Ret	11	Mika Häkkinen	Lotus-Ford	30	Gearbox	14
Ret	27	Jean Alesi	Ferrari	28	Gearbox	4
Ret	33	Maurício Gugelmin	Jordan-Yamaha	18	Gearbox	13
Ret	12	Johnny Herbert	Lotus-Ford	17	Spun Off	9
Ret	34	Roberto Moreno	Moda-Judd	11	Engine	26
Ret	4	Andrea de Cesaris	Tyrrell-Ilmor	9	Gearbox	10
Ret	15	Gabriele Tarquini	Fondmetal-Ford	9	Engine	25
Ret	32	Stefano Modena	Jordan-Yamaha	6	Spun Off	21
Ret	3	Olivier Grouillard	Tyrrell-Ilmor	4	Transmission	24
Ret	16	Karl Wendlinger	March-Ilmor	1	Gearbox	16
Ret	24	Gianni Morbidelli	Minardi-Lamborghini	1	Gearbox	12
Ret	22	Pierluigi Martini	Dallara-Ferrari	0	Spun Off	18
DNQ	7	Eric van de Poele	Brabham-Judd
DNQ	8	Damon Hill	Brabham-Judd
DNQ	14	Andrea Chiesa	Fondmetal-Ford
DNQ	17	Paul Belmondo	March-Ilmor
DNPQ	30	Ukyo Katayama	Larrousse-Lamborghini
DNPQ	35	Perry McCarthy	Moda-Judd

Notes

• Lap leaders: Nigel Mansell 70 (1-70), Ayrton Senna 8 (1-8)
• Gianni Morbidelli couldn't start his car during the warm-up lap; his grid slot was left empty and he retired after 1 lap.
• Ayrton Senna's first victory of the season ended Mansell's sequence of 5 successive wins.
• After Mansell had to make an unscheduled pit stop for a puncture, from a comfortable 25 second lead, this race saw a very exciting and memorable battle between Senna and Mansell in the closing stages.
• Ayrton Senna's 5th Monaco Grand Prix win.
• Only time an Andrea Moda car made it to the grid; Roberto Moreno retired after 11 laps with engine problems.

References

• "The Official Formula 1 website". http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1992/188/. Retrieved 2007-08-26.  
• Henry, Alan (1992). AUTOCOURSE 1992-93. Hazleton Publishing. ISBN 0-905138-96-1.  

External links

• Last 3 laps from 1992 Monaco Grand Prix (video)