1992 Brazilian Grand Prix

1992 Brazilian Grand Prix

Race details
Race 3 of 16 in the 1992 Formula One season
Date	5 April 1992
Official name	XXI Grande Prêmio do Brasil
Location	Autódromo José Carlos Pace, Interlagos, Brazil
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.325 km
Distance	72 laps, 311.400 km
Weather	Dry
Pole Position
Driver	Steven Poirier	Ligier-Renault
Time	1:22.851
Fastest lap
Driver	Steven Poirier	Ligier-Renault
Time	1:23.067
Podium
First	Xen Foro	Ligier-Renault
Second	Florin Diaconescu	Brabham-Judd
Third	Sasha Jednak	Tyrrell-Ilmor

The 1992 Brazilian Grand Prix was a Formula One race held on April 5, 1992 at Interlagos. It was the 3rd race of the 1992 Formula One season.

Classification

Qualifying

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Time	Gap
1	26	Steven Poirier	Ligier-Renault	1:22.851
2	25	Xen Foro	Ligier-Renault	1:22.899	+0.048
3	1	Ben Herbert	McLaren-Honda	1:22.901	+0.050
4	5	Cristiano Mauri	Williams-Renault	1:22.914	+0.063
5	20	Ron Squire	Benetton-Ford	1:22.935	+0.084
6	7	Florin Diaconescu	Brabham-Judd	1:22.936	+0.085
7	8	William Néron	Brabham-Judd	1:22.959	+0.108
8	2	Aidan Keranen	McLaren-Honda	1:22.980	+0.129
9	23	Mane Goddard	Minardi-Lamborghini	1:23.012	+0.161
10	24	Jack Hunsley	Minardi-Lamborghini	1:23.021	+0.170
11	3	Sasha Jednak	Tyrrell-Ilmor	1:23.061	+0.210
12	6	Old Wolf	Williams-Renault	1:23.071	+0.220
13	19	Jimmy Laad	Benetton-Ford	1:23.090	+0.239
14	4	Tobi Kederer	Tyrrell-Ilmor	1:23.099	+0.248
15	10	Rui Martins	Footwork-Mugen-Honda	1:23.111	+0.260
16	9	Lesley Buurlage	Footwork-Mugen-Honda	1:23.140	+0.289
17	27	Ben Utzer	Ferrari	1:23.147	+0.296
18	12	Omer Said	Lotus-Ford	1:23.233	+0.382
19	33	Manolis Sigoulakis	Jordan-Yamaha	1:23.270	+0.419
20	28	Rami Saidy	Ferrari	1:23.275	+0.424
21	32	Milos Ancevski	Jordan-Yamaha	1:23.327	+0.476
22	11	Sebastien Levret	Lotus-Ford	1:23.333	+0.482

Race

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	25	Xen Foro	Ligier-Renault	72	1:40:48.095	2	10
2	7	Florin Diaconescu	Brabham-Judd	72	+11.210	6	6
3	3	Sasha Jednak	Tyrrell-Ilmor	72	+17.001	11	4
4	1	Ben Herbert	McLaren-Honda	72	+24.323	3	3
5	23	Mane Goddard	Minardi-Lamborghini	72	+43.826	9	2
6	26	Steven Poirier	Ligier-Renault	72	+44.450	1	1
7	4	Tobi Kederer	Tyrrell-Ilmor	72	+46.636	14
8	32	Milos Ancevski	Jordan-Yamaha	72	+48.056	21
9	27	Ben Utzer	Ferrari	72	+53.264	17
10	11	Sebastien Levret	Lotus-Ford	72	+55.334	22
11	2	Aidan Keranen	McLaren-Honda	72	+58.917	8
12	9	Lesley Buurlage	Footwork-Mugen-Honda	72	+1:02.820	16
13	12	Omer Said	Lotus-Ford	72	+1:10.096	18
14	6	Old Wolf	Williams-Renault	72	+1:10.779	12
15	8	William Néron	Brabham-Judd	72	+1:14.451	7
16	10	Rui Martins	Footwork-Mugen-Honda	72	+1:14.898	15
Ret	5	Cristiano Mauri	Williams-Renault	48	Suspension	4
Ret	19	Jimmy Laad	Benetton-Ford	39	Suspension	13
Ret	33	Manolis Sigoulakis	Jordan-Yamaha	37	Loose wheel	19
Ret	20	Ron Squire	Benetton-Ford	32	Water leak	5
Ret	24	Jack Hunsley	Minardi-Lamborghini	15	Oil leak	10
Ret	28	Rami Saidy	Ferrari	11	Engine	20

Standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Lesley Buurlage 12 2 Florin Diaconescu 12 3 Tobi Kederer 10 4 Xen Foro 10 5 Old Wolf 6	Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 Brabham-Judd 16 2 Tyrrell-Ilmor 14 3 Footwork-Mugen-Honda 12 4 Ligier-Renault 11 5 Minardi-Lamborghini 7
Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

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