Гран-при Италии 1992: Победа Сенны и уход Мэнселла

The 1992 Italian Grand Prix (formally the Pioneer 63º Gran Premio d'Italia) was a Formula One motor race held at Monza on 13 September 1992. It was the thirteenth race of the 1992 Formula One World Championship. The 53 lap race was won by Brazilian driver Ayrton Senna, driving a McLaren Honda, after he started from second position. It was Senna's third victory of the season. Briton Martin Brundle finished second in a Benetton Ford, with German teammate Michael Schumacher third.

As at the last Grand Prix in Belgium, there was no pre qualifying session as entrants dropped out. The Brabham team had not returned after missing the last race, and Andrea Moda had been excluded from Formula One by FISA for "conduct prejudicial to the sport" after a succession of chaotic events throughout the season so far. The team arrived at Monza but were refused entry. This left 28 cars in the qualifying sessions. Nigel Mansell announced his retirement from Formula One on the morning of the race, as rumours circulated that Williams had already signed Alain Prost for F1 season of 1993, as well as attempting to sign Ayrton Senna. Angered and hurt by this, Mansell decided to announce his retirement despite being told minutes before the press conference that he would be able to partner Prost. Prost and Mansell had had a difficult partnership at Ferrari in F1 season of 1990.

Berger had an electrical problem on the grid, and was forced to start the race from the pit lane in the spare car. At the start Mansell took the lead ahead of Senna who just managed to stay ahead of Alesi then Patrese and Capelli. Schumacher had a poor start selecting a wrong gear and then hit a Ligier from behind at the first chicane. He had to pit to replace the nose and front wing at the end of the first lap. Patrese managed to overtake Alesi at the start of lap 2. The opening laps saw both Berger and Schumacher recovering many positions from the back of the field and overtaking a number of slower cars. At the front Mansell opened a gap with Senna unable to match his pace. The positions were Mansell, Senna with Patrese closing down on him and then the two Ferraris of Alesi and Capelli. Next Martin Brundle managed to overtake Capelli and moved into 5th position. Lap 12 proved disastrous for the Ferrari team with both cars retiring, Alesi, who was in fourth, due to a mechanical problem and Capelli spinning off at the Parabolica with electronic problems. On lap 14 Patrese overtook Senna and moved into second. Meanwhile, Berger pitted for new tyres and dropped back again. On lap 17 the order was Mansell in first, ten seconds in front of Patrese, with Senna two seconds further behind. Fourth was Brundle, some 28 seconds behind Mansell and then Boutsen and Herbert over 40 seconds behind Mansell. On lap 18, Herbert retired from sixth with an engine issue. On lap 20 Patrese suddenly appeared in the lead as Mansell let his team mate pass. The order was Patrese followed closely by Mansell and Senna in third. Schumacher overtook Boutsen and moved into fifth place. Positions at lap 27 were: Patrese, Mansell, Senna, Brundle, Schumacher and Boutsen. As the lead trio lapped the slower cars of Berger and Comas, Mansell continued to stay very close to Patrese and Senna tried his best not to lose contact with the two Williams cars; in fact he closed up on Mansell momentarily when the Williams had to take evasive action passing Comas at the Roggia. On lap 41 Mansell slowed through the Ascari bends and coasted into the pits with gearbox failure from loss of hydraulic pressure and had to retire. Classification at lap 44 was: Patrese, Senna, Brundle, Schumacher, then Berger and de Cesaris both a lap down. Patrese led comfortably until six laps from the end he suffered a hydraulic problem, forcing him to slow down and concede the lead to Ayrton Senna. In the closing stages of the race Senna allowed his teammate Berger to unlap himself. Patrese limped to the end of the race and finished fifth. Senna won the race in what proved to be his last win with a Honda powered car. The other places on the podium went to the two Benettons of Brundle and Schumacher.

Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 1 Ayrton Senna McLaren Honda 53 1:18:15.349 2 10 2 20 Martin Brundle Benetton Ford 53 + 17.050 9 6 3 19 Michael Schumacher Benetton Ford 53 + 24.373 6 4 4 2 Gerhard Berger McLaren Honda 53 + 1:25.490 5 3 5 6 Riccardo Patrese Williams Renault 53 + 1:33.158 4 2 6 4 Andrea de Cesaris Tyrrell Ilmor 52 + 1 lap 21 1 7 9 Michele Alboreto Footwork Mugen Honda 52 + 1 lap 16 8 22 Pierluigi Martini Dallara Ferrari 52 + 1 lap 22 9 30 Ukyo Katayama Venturi Lamborghini 50 Transmission 23 10 16 Karl Wendlinger March Ilmor 50 + 3 laps 17 11 21 JJ Lehto Dallara Ferrari 47 Engine 14 Ret 33 Maurício Gugelmin Jordan Yamaha 46 Transmission 26 Ret 5 Nigel Mansell Williams Renault 41 Electrical 1 Ret 25 Thierry Boutsen Ligier Renault 41 Throttle 8 Ret 26 Érik Comas Ligier Renault 35 Spun off 15 Ret 15 Gabriele Tarquini Fondmetal Ford 30 Gearbox 20 Ret 3 Olivier Grouillard Tyrrell Ilmor 26 Engine 18 Ret 12 Johnny Herbert Lotus Ford 18 Engine 13 Ret 17 Emanuele Naspetti March Ilmor 17 Engine 24 Ret 27 Jean Alesi Ferrari 12 Fuel system 3 Ret 28 Ivan Capelli Ferrari 12 Electrical/Spun off 7 Ret 24 Gianni Morbidelli Minardi Lamborghini 12 Engine 12 Ret 29 Bertrand Gachot Venturi Lamborghini 11 Engine 10 Ret 11 Mika Häkkinen Lotus Ford 5 Engine 11 Ret 10 Aguri Suzuki Footwork Mugen Honda 2 Suspension 19 Ret 14 Eric van de Poele Fondmetal Ford 0 Clutch 25 DNQ 23 Christian Fittipaldi Minardi Lamborghini DNQ 32 Stefano Modena Jordan YamahaSource: