Season 1992 · Round 15

Japanese Grand Prix

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1992-10-25 · Suzuka Circuit · Japan · Japanese Grand Prix · 53Lap · 310.580km
6 Riccardo Patrese
Williams 1:33:09.533
Team win 10pt P1 · P16
2 Gerhard Berger
McLaren +13.729
20 Martin Brundle
Benetton +1:15.503
Fastest Lap
—
DNF
11
Nigel Mansell L44 Mika Häkkinen L44 Bertrand Gachot L39 Érik Comas L36 Jan Lammers L27 Maurício Gugelmin L22 Johnny Herbert L15 Michael Schumacher L13 Olivier Grouillard L6 Thierry Boutsen L3 +1
Tyre usage Race Control
Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Most wins at this GP
Michael Schumacher active 6 wins
Pole-to-win rate 20/36 55.6%
Most SC/VSC · all-time P14
Closest finish · all-time P27
Most lead changes · all-time P1
Circuit Info
Suzuka Circuit Suzuka, Japan
53Lap 310.580km 36 races held (1987–) Lap record 1:30.965 · Andrea Kimi Antonelli (2025)
Track layout in detail →
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Wins
P1 Michael Schumacher 6 wins · GP #1
P5 Gerhard Berger 2 wins · → Sebastian Vettel -2
P5 Ayrton Senna 2 wins · → Sebastian Vettel -2
Starts
P2 Michael Schumacher 19 starts · → Fernando Alonso -3
P11 Jean Alesi 13 starts · → Sebastian Vettel -1
P16 Gerhard Berger 11 starts · → Mark Webber -1
Grid → Finish · places gained and lost
GRID FINISH 10 20 30 40 50 L53 Patrese · P2 → P1 · +1 2 Patrese PAT 1 Patrese PAT Berger · P4 → P2 · +2 4 Berger BER 2 Berger BER Brundle · P13 → P3 · +10 13 Brundle BRU 3 Brundle BRU de Cesaris · P9 → P4 · +5 9 de Cesaris DE 4 de Cesaris DE Alesi · P15 → P5 · +10 15 Alesi ALE 5 Alesi ALE Fittipaldi · P12 → P6 · +6 12 Fittipaldi FIT 6 Fittipaldi FIT Modena · P17 → P7 · +10 17 Modena MOD 7 Modena MOD Suzuki · P16 → P8 · +8 16 Suzuki SUZ 8 Suzuki SUZ Järvilehto · P22 → P9 · +13 22 Järvilehto JÄR 9 Järvilehto JÄR Martini · P19 → P10 · +9 19 Martini MAR 10 Martini MAR Katayama · P20 → P11 · +9 20 Katayama KAT 11 Katayama KAT Larini · P11 → P12 · -1 11 Larini LAR 12 Larini LAR Naspetti · P26 → P13 · +13 26 Naspetti NAS 13 Naspetti NAS Morbidelli · P14 → P14 14 Morbidelli MOR 14 Morbidelli MOR Alboreto · P24 → P15 · +9 24 Alboreto ALB 15 Alboreto ALB Mansell · P1 → retired L44 Mansell · retired L44 1 Mansell MAN R Mansell MAN Häkkinen · P7 → retired L44 Häkkinen · retired L44 7 Häkkinen HÄK R Häkkinen HÄK Gachot · P18 → retired L39 Gachot · retired L39 18 Gachot GAC R Gachot GAC Comas · P8 → retired L36 Comas · retired L36 8 Comas COM R Comas COM Lammers · P23 → retired L27 Lammers · retired L27 23 Lammers LAM R Lammers LAM Gugelmin · P25 → retired L22 Gugelmin · retired L22 25 Gugelmin GUG R Gugelmin GUG Herbert · P6 → retired L15 Herbert · retired L15 6 Herbert HER R Herbert HER Schumacher · P5 → retired L13 Schumacher · retired L13 5 Schumacher MSC R Schumacher MSC Grouillard · P21 → retired L6 Grouillard · retired L6 21 Grouillard GRO R Grouillard GRO Boutsen · P10 → retired L3 Boutsen · retired L3 10 Boutsen BOU R Boutsen BOU Senna · P3 → retired L2 Senna · retired L2 3 Senna SEN R Senna SEN
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 6 Riccardo Patrese Williams 2 53 1:33:09.533 10
2 2 Gerhard Berger McLaren 4 53 +13.729 6
3 20 Martin Brundle Benetton 13 53 +1:15.503 4
4 4 Andrea de Cesaris Tyrrell 9 52 +1 Lap 3
5 27 Jean Alesi Ferrari 15 52 +1 Lap 2
6 23 Christian Fittipaldi Minardi 12 52 +1 Lap 1
7 32 Stefano Modena Jordan 17 52 +1 Lap
8 10 Aguri Suzuki Footwork 16 52 +1 Lap
9 21 Jyrki Järvilehto Dallara 22 52 +1 Lap
10 22 Pierluigi Martini Dallara 19 52 +1 Lap
11 30 Ukyo Katayama Larrousse 20 52 +1 Lap
12 28 Nicola Larini Ferrari 11 52 +1 Lap
13 17 Emanuele Naspetti March 26 51 +2 Laps
14 24 Gianni Morbidelli Minardi 14 51 +2 Laps
15 9 Michele Alboreto Footwork 24 51 +2 Laps
R 5 Nigel Mansell Williams 1 44 Engine
R 11 Mika Häkkinen Team Lotus 7 44 Engine
R 29 Bertrand Gachot Larrousse 18 39 Collision
R 26 Érik Comas Ligier 8 36 Engine
R 16 Jan Lammers March 23 27 Clutch
R 33 Maurício Gugelmin Jordan 25 22 Spun off
R 12 Johnny Herbert Team Lotus 6 15 Gearbox
R 19 Michael Schumacher Benetton 5 13 Gearbox
R 3 Olivier Grouillard Tyrrell 21 6 Spun off
R 25 Thierry Boutsen Ligier 10 3 Gearbox
R 1 Ayrton Senna McLaren 3 2 Engine
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
5 Nigel Mansell
2
6 Riccardo Patrese
3
1 Ayrton Senna
4
2 Gerhard Berger
5
19 Michael Schumacher
6
12 Johnny Herbert
7
11 Mika Häkkinen
8
26 Érik Comas
9
4 Andrea de Cesaris
10
25 Thierry Boutsen
11
28 Nicola Larini
12
23 Christian Fittipaldi
13
20 Martin Brundle
14
24 Gianni Morbidelli
15
27 Jean Alesi
16
10 Aguri Suzuki
17
32 Stefano Modena
18
29 Bertrand Gachot
19
22 Pierluigi Martini
20
30 Ukyo Katayama
21
3 Olivier Grouillard
22
21 Jyrki Järvilehto
23
16 Jan Lammers
24
9 Michele Alboreto
25
33 Maurício Gugelmin
26
17 Emanuele Naspetti
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