Australian Grand Prix

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Date & Time
Sun 8th November 1992 12:00am Local
Sun 8th November 1992 12:00am UTC

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League
Formula 1

Season
1992

Round
Round 16

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Location

Adelaide Street Circuit

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The 1992 Australian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Adelaide on 8 November 1992. It was the sixteenth and final race of the 1992 Formula One World Championship.
The 81-lap race was won by Austrian driver Gerhard Berger, driving a McLaren-Honda. Berger won by 0.7 seconds from German Michael Schumacher in a Benetton-Ford, with Schumacher's British teammate Martin Brundle third. Nigel Mansell, in what was intended to be his final Formula One race before his move to IndyCars for 1993, took pole position in his Williams-Renault and led until Brazilian Ayrton Senna, in the other McLaren-Honda, collided with him while attempting to overtake him, eliminating them both.

Brundle (who spent 1993 with Ligier), Berger (who returned to Ferrari) and Riccardo Patrese (who joined Benetton) were among the many drivers for whom this was the final race with their current teams, while for Jan Lammers, Stefano Modena, Maurício Gugelmin and Olivier Grouillard it was the last Grand Prix of their careers.

This was McLaren's final race using Honda engines until 2015. The company ceased their full factory involvement in the sport following this race, although the Mugen arm of the company continued. They returned in 2000 as engine supplier to BAR.
This Grand Prix also proved to be the last for the March team.

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Result List

01	Gerhard Berger	McLaren Formula 1 Team	1:46:54.786
02	Michael Schumacher	Benetton Formula	+0:00.741
03	Martin Brundle	Benetton Formula	+0:54.156
04	Jean Alesi	Scuderia Ferrari HP	+1 Lap
05	Thierry Boutsen	Ligier	+1 Lap
06	Stefano Modena	Jordan	+1 Lap
07	Mika Häkkinen	Lotus F1	+1 Lap
08	Aguri Suzuki	Footwork Arrows	+2 Laps
09	Christian Fittipaldi	Minardi	+2 Laps
10	Gianni Morbidelli	Minardi	+2 Laps
11	Nicola Larini	Scuderia Ferrari HP	+2 Laps
12	March Engineering	+3 Laps
13	Johnny Herbert	Lotus F1	+4 Laps
14	JJ Lehto	Dallara	DNF
15	Emanuele Naspetti	March Engineering	DNF
16	Bertrand Gachot	Venturi	DNF
17	Riccardo Patrese	Williams Racing	DNF
18	Ukyo Katayama	Venturi	DNF
19	Andrea De Cesaris	Tyrrell Racing	DNF
20	Nigel Mansell	Williams Racing	DNF
21	Ayrton Senna	McLaren Formula 1 Team	DNF
22	Maurício Gugelmin	Jordan	DNF
23	Érik Comas	Ligier	DNF
24	Michele Alboreto	Footwork Arrows	DNF
25	Pierluigi Martini	Dallara	DNF
26	Olivier Grouillard	Tyrrell Racing	DNF