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1992 Belgian Grand Prix | |||
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Race 12 of 16 in the 1992 Formula One World Championship | |||
Race details | |||
Date | 30 August 1992 | ||
Official name | L Grand Prix de Belgique | ||
Location |
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps Francorchamps, Wallonia, Belgium | ||
Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
Course length | 6.940 km (4.312 miles) | ||
Distance | 44 laps, 305.341 km (189.730 miles) | ||
Weather | Overcast, brief rain mid-race | ||
Pole position | |||
Driver | Williams-Renault | ||
Time | 1:50.545 | ||
Fastest lap | |||
Driver | Michael Schumacher | Benetton-Ford | |
Time | 1:53.791 on lap 39 | ||
Podium | |||
First | Benetton-Ford | ||
Second | Williams-Renault | ||
Third | Williams-Renault | ||
Lap leaders |
The 1992 Belgian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Spa-Francorchamps on 30 August 1992. It was the twelfth race of the 1992 Formula One World Championship.[1] The 44-lap race was won by Michael Schumacher, driving a Benetton-Ford. This was the first Grand Prix win for a German driver since Jochen Mass at the 1975 Spanish Grand Prix, and the first of an eventual record 91 Grand Prix wins for Schumacher (since eclipsed by Lewis Hamilton in 2020). New World Champion Nigel Mansell finished second in his Williams-Renault with teammate Riccardo Patrese third, thus securing the Constructors' Championship for Williams. Schumacher's win, which was the first full-length Grand Prix won by a German since Wolfgang von Trips's last win at the 1961 British Grand Prix, marked the last time a Formula One car to win a Grand Prix while sporting a H-pattern manual gearbox.[2] This race also marked Ferrari's 500th start in a World Championship event as a team,[3][nb 1] and the last race for Andrea Moda.[4]
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