1992 Japanese Grand Prix

1992 Japanese Grand Prix
Race 15 of 16 in the 1992 Formula One World Championship
Race details
Date 25 October 1992
Official name XVIII Fuji Television Japanese Grand Prix
Location Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka, Japan
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 5.860 km (3.641[1] miles)
Distance 53 laps, 310.580 km (192.985 miles)
Weather Dry, warm, cloudy
Attendance 332,000[2]
Pole position
Driver Williams-Renault
Time 1:37.360
Fastest lap
Driver United Kingdom Nigel Mansell Williams-Renault
Time 1:40.646 on lap 44
Podium
First Williams-Renault
Second McLaren-Honda
Third Benetton-Ford
Lap leaders

The 1992 Japanese Grand Prix (formally the XVIII Fuji Television Japanese Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race held at Suzuka on 25 October 1992. It was the fifteenth race of the 1992 Formula One World Championship.

The 53-lap race was won by Italian driver Riccardo Patrese, driving a Williams-Renault. It was Patrese's sixth and final Grand Prix victory, and the last win for an Italian driver for over a decade, until Giancarlo Fisichella won the 2003 Brazilian Grand Prix. Austrian Gerhard Berger finished second in a McLaren-Honda, with Englishman Martin Brundle third in a Benetton-Ford.

  1. ^ "1992 Japanese Grand Prix | Motorsport Database".
  2. ^ "Formula 1 Honda Japanese Grand Prix 2022 – Media Kit" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 5 October 2022. Retrieved 5 October 2022.