Season 1992 · Round 1

South African Grand Prix

1992 Season R2 →
1992-03-01 · Kyalami · South Africa · South African Grand Prix · 72Lap · 306.792km
5 Nigel Mansell
Williams 1:36:45.320
Team win 16pt P1 · P2 1-2
6 Riccardo Patrese
Williams +24.360
1 Ayrton Senna
McLaren +34.675
Fastest Lap
—
DNF
13
Olivier Grouillard L62 Thierry Boutsen L60 Pierluigi Martini L56 Gianni Morbidelli L55 Jyrki Järvilehto L44 Christian Fittipaldi L43 Andrea de Cesaris L41 Jean Alesi L40 Ivan Capelli L28 Gabriele Tarquini L23 +3
Tyre usage Race Control
Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Pole-to-win rate 4/20 20%
Most DNFs · all-time P5
Closest finish · all-time P41
Circuit Info
Kyalami Midrand, South Africa
72Lap 306.792km 20 races held (1967–)
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Wins
P3 Nigel Mansell 2 wins · → Niki Lauda -1
P6 Riccardo Patrese 1 wins · → Alain Prost -1
Starts
P6 Riccardo Patrese 9 starts · → Carlos Reutemann -1
P22 Michele Alboreto 6 starts · → Patrick Depailler -1
P34 Nigel Mansell 5 starts · → Michele Alboreto -1
Grid → Finish · places gained and lost
GRID FINISH 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 L72 Mansell · P1 → P1 1 Mansell MAN 1 Mansell MAN Patrese · P4 → P2 · +2 4 Patrese PAT 2 Patrese PAT Senna · P2 → P3 · -1 2 Senna SEN 3 Senna SEN Schumacher · P6 → P4 · +2 6 Schumacher MSC 4 Schumacher MSC Berger · P3 → P5 · -2 3 Berger BER 5 Berger BER Herbert · P11 → P6 · +5 11 Herbert HER 6 Herbert HER Comas · P13 → P7 · +6 13 Comas COM 7 Comas COM Suzuki · P16 → P8 · +8 16 Suzuki SUZ 8 Suzuki SUZ Häkkinen · P21 → P9 · +12 21 Häkkinen HÄK 9 Häkkinen HÄK Alboreto · P17 → P10 · +7 17 Alboreto ALB 10 Alboreto ALB Gugelmin · P23 → P11 · +12 23 Gugelmin GUG 11 Gugelmin GUG Katayama · P18 → P12 · +6 18 Katayama KAT 12 Katayama KAT van de Poele · P26 → P13 · +13 26 van de Poele VAN 13 van de Poele VAN Grouillard · P12 → retired L62 Grouillard · retired L62 12 Grouillard GRO R Grouillard GRO Boutsen · P14 → retired L60 Boutsen · retired L60 14 Boutsen BOU R Boutsen BOU Martini · P25 → retired L56 Martini · retired L56 25 Martini MAR R Martini MAR Morbidelli · P19 → retired L55 Morbidelli · retired L55 19 Morbidelli MOR R Morbidelli MOR Järvilehto · P24 → retired L44 Järvilehto · retired L44 24 Järvilehto JÄR R Järvilehto JÄR Fittipaldi · P20 → retired L43 Fittipaldi · retired L43 20 Fittipaldi FIT R Fittipaldi FIT de Cesaris · P10 → retired L41 de Cesaris · retired L41 10 de Cesaris DE R de Cesaris DE Alesi · P5 → retired L40 Alesi · retired L40 5 Alesi ALE R Alesi ALE Capelli · P9 → retired L28 Capelli · retired L28 9 Capelli CAP R Capelli CAP Tarquini · P15 → retired L23 Tarquini · retired L23 15 Tarquini TAR R Tarquini TAR Wendlinger · P7 → retired L13 Wendlinger · retired L13 7 Wendlinger WEN R Wendlinger WEN Gachot · P22 → retired L8 Gachot · retired L8 22 Gachot GAC R Gachot GAC Brundle · P8 → retired L1 Brundle · retired L1 8 Brundle BRU R Brundle BRU
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 5 Nigel Mansell Williams 1 72 1:36:45.320 10
2 6 Riccardo Patrese Williams 4 72 +24.360 6
3 1 Ayrton Senna McLaren 2 72 +34.675 4
4 19 Michael Schumacher Benetton 6 72 +47.863 3
5 2 Gerhard Berger McLaren 3 72 +1:13.634 2
6 12 Johnny Herbert Team Lotus 11 71 +1 Lap 1
7 26 Érik Comas Ligier 13 71 +1 Lap
8 10 Aguri Suzuki Footwork 16 70 +2 Laps
9 11 Mika Häkkinen Team Lotus 21 70 +2 Laps
10 9 Michele Alboreto Footwork 17 70 +2 Laps
11 33 Maurício Gugelmin Jordan 23 70 +2 Laps
12 30 Ukyo Katayama Larrousse 18 68 +4 Laps
13 14 Eric van de Poele Brabham 26 68 +4 Laps
R 3 Olivier Grouillard Tyrrell 12 62 Engine
R 25 Thierry Boutsen Ligier 14 60 Fuel system
R 22 Pierluigi Martini Dallara 25 56 Clutch
R 24 Gianni Morbidelli Minardi 19 55 Engine
R 21 Jyrki Järvilehto Dallara 24 44 Gearbox
R 23 Christian Fittipaldi Minardi 20 43 Alternator
R 4 Andrea de Cesaris Tyrrell 10 41 Engine
R 27 Jean Alesi Ferrari 5 40 Engine
R 28 Ivan Capelli Ferrari 9 28 Engine
R 15 Gabriele Tarquini Fondmetal 15 23 Engine
R 16 Karl Wendlinger March 7 13 Overheating
R 29 Bertrand Gachot Larrousse 22 8 Steering
R 20 Martin Brundle Benetton 8 1 Clutch
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
5 Nigel Mansell
2
1 Ayrton Senna
3
2 Gerhard Berger
4
6 Riccardo Patrese
5
27 Jean Alesi
6
19 Michael Schumacher
7
16 Karl Wendlinger
8
20 Martin Brundle
9
28 Ivan Capelli
10
4 Andrea de Cesaris
11
12 Johnny Herbert
12
3 Olivier Grouillard
13
26 Érik Comas
14
25 Thierry Boutsen
15
15 Gabriele Tarquini
16
10 Aguri Suzuki
17
9 Michele Alboreto
18
30 Ukyo Katayama
19
24 Gianni Morbidelli
20
23 Christian Fittipaldi
21
11 Mika Häkkinen
22
29 Bertrand Gachot
23
33 Maurício Gugelmin
24
21 Jyrki Järvilehto
25
22 Pierluigi Martini
26
14 Eric van de Poele
Final grid as classified, including any pit lane starts. Source: Jolpica-F1. The arrow compares the grid slot with the qualifying classification; hover a drop to see the stewards document behind it.
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Record Basis · Calculation basis
Race order is the final classification(post-race penalties applied) · qualifying session data 2003+ · lap times 1996+ · pit stops 2012+ (pit-lane transit, not stationary time) · DNF = Finished(Finished·+N Laps) non-Finished statuses
Data sources: Jolpica-F1 (Ergast compatible API) · weather·Race Control OpenF1 (2023+) · Last fetched: 2026-09-05 14:15