From: apayton@acorn.co.uk (Andrew W Payton)
Newsgroups: rec.autos.sport
Subject: Report and Results from Italy **Major Spoiler**
Date: 14 Sep 92 10:35:45 GMT
Organization: Acorn Computers Ltd, Cambridge, England


 From BBC CEEFAX

                                        
 Ayrton Senna clinched his third Grand  
 Prix triumph of the season to keep     
 Nigel Mansell waiting for his record-  
 breaking ninth win of the campaign.    
                                        
 Mansell retired with gearbox problems  
 on lap 42 and his Williams colleague   
 Riccardo Patrese finished fifth after  
 encountering engine difficulties during
 the final few laps.                    
                                        
 This left the way open for Martin      
 Brundle to secure his best ever Grand  
 Prix finish in second place.           
                                        
 Michael Schumacher came third with     
 Gerhard Berger fourth.                 
                                         
 Martin Brundle clinched the best-ever  
 Grand Prix finish of his Formula One   
 career with second place behind Ayrton 
 Senna at Monza.                        
                                        
 Brundle finished 17 seconds behind the 
 Brazilian but his performance could    
 help him find a seat for next year     
 after losing his place at Benetton to  
 Riccardo Patrese.                      
                                        
 In-form German Michael Schumacher      
 earned Benetton two places in the top  
 three with third place.                
                                        
 Gerhard Berger, who started from the   
 pits, came home fourth.                
                                       
 Ayrton Senna won an incident-packed    
 Italian Grand Prix overshadowed by     
 Nigel Mansell's announcement that he is
 to retire at the end of the year.      
                                        
 Senna hit the front just five laps from
 the end of the 53-lap race after both  
 Mansell and Riccardo Patrese suffered  
 problems with their Williams.          
                                        
 Mansell was second behind Patrese when 
 he encountered gearbox problems on lap 
 42 and was forced to make his first    
 retirement of the season.              
                                        
 Patrese slumped down to fifth with     
 engine difficulties on lap 48.         
                                        
 Nigel Mansell had looked like achieving
 his pre-race ambition of claiming a    
 record ninth victory of the season     
 before he retired with gearbox problems
                                        
 Mansell made a scorching start and led 
 for the opening 20 laps but hydraulic  
 pressure problems upset the gearbox and
 he pulled out when placed second.      
                                        
 Patrese struggled to finish the race   
 fifth after encountering problems with 
 the nose of his Williams.              
                                        
 This added up to Williams' worsr       
 showing since Canada in June when both 
 drivers finished out of the points.    
                                        
 Ayrton Senna said he was surprised that
 he won the Italian Grand Prix after    
 being third with just 11 laps to go.   
                                        
 "I didn't feel as though I could keep  
 up with Nigel and Riccardo but the     
 traffic helped me and I just stayed in 
 there," the Brazilian said.            
                                        
 "I managed to keep up with them and    
 when they had problems and dropped back
 I was to take over.                    
                                        
 "I pushed very hard right from the     
 beginning of the race and obviously I  
 am very pleased with the final result  
 of the race," the Brazilian added.     
                                       
 Ayrton Senna clinched his third Grand  
 Prix win of the year at Monza and then 
 said he had "sympathy" for Nigel       
 Mansell, who retires later this year.  
                                        
 "I feel sympathy for Nigel because he  
 is in a similar situation to me," Senna
 said.                                  
                                        
 Senna has had talks with Williams over 
 his availability for next year but he  
 added: "Nigel was not the reason why I 
 did not agree terms - somebody else was
                                        
 This statement appears to refer to     
 Alain Prost, who is reported to have a 
 contract to drive for Williams in 1993.
                                        
 Benetton driver Martin Brundle, who is 
 still teamless for next season did his 
 hopes of finding a new F1 seat a power 
 of good with second place in Monza.    
                                        
 "There are still three races left and I
 will be trying my hardest until the end
 of the year," Brundle said. "Then I    
 will have to see what happens.         
                                        
 "Obviously, it is a very sad day for   
 British motor racing with Nigel Mansell
 announcing his decision to retire.     
                                        
 "But hopefully I can do enough to keep 
 the smiles on a few faces back home,"  
 Brundle said.                          

 FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP     
 Italian Grand Prix result from Monza:  
                           hrs mins secs
 1 A Senna      Brz Mclaren  1:18:15.349
   (average speed 146.450 mph)          
 2 M Brundle    GB  Benetton    @ 17.050
 3 M Schumacher Ger Benetton    @ 24.373
 4 G Berger     Aut McLaren   @ 1:25.490
 5 R Patrese    It  Williams  @ 1:33.158
 6 A de Cesaris It  Tyrrell   @  one lap
 7 M Alboreto   It  Footwork  @  one lap
 8 P Martini    It  Dallara   @  one lap
 9 U Katayama   Jap Venturi @ three laps
10 K Wendlinger Aut March   @ three laps
11 JJ Lehto     Fin Dallara @   six laps
12 M Gugelmin   Brz Jordan     no finish
13 N Mansell    GB  Williams   no finish
14 T Boutsen    Bel Ligier     no finish


 FIA WORLD F1 DRIVERS' STANDINGS        
 (after Italian Grand Prix)             
  1 N Mansell    GB  Williams   98 pts  
  2 M Schumacher Ger Benetton   47      
  3 R Patrese    It  Williams   46      
  = A Senna      Brz McLaren    46      
  5 G Berger     Aut McLaren    27      
  = M Brundle    GB  Benetton   27      
  7 J Alesi      Fr  Ferrari    13      
  8 M Hakkinen   Fin Lotus Ford  9      
  9 M Alboreto   It  Footwork    5      
  = A De Cesaris It  Tyrrell     5      
 11 E Comas      Fr  Ligier      4      
 12 K Wendlinger Aut March Ilmor 3      
  = I Capelli    It  Ferrari     3      
 14 P Martini    It  Dallara     2      
  = J Herbert    GB  Lotus       2      
 16 B Gachot     Bel Larrousse   1      
                                        
 CONSTRUCTORS' CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS   
 (after Italian Grand Prix)             
                                        
                                        
  1 Williams       144 points           
  2 Benetton        74                  
  3 McLaren         73                  
  4 Ferrari         16                  
  5 Lotus Ford      11                  
  6 Footwork         5                  
  = Tyrrell          5                  
  8 Ligier Renault   4                  
  9 March Ilmor      3                  
 10 Dallara          2                  
 11 Venturi          1                  
                                        

---Andrew

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