1992 Monaco Grand Prix | |||
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Race 6 of 16 in the 1992 Formula One World Championship | |||
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 | ||
Fastest lap | |||
Driver | Nigel Mansell | Williams-Renault | |
Time | 1:21.598 on lap 74 | ||
Podium | |||
First | McLaren-Honda | ||
Second | Williams-Renault | ||
Third | Williams-Renault | ||
Lap leaders |
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.