1992 Hungarian Grand Prix
Classification -- Qualifying
Table:
Pos
No
Driver
Constructor
Lap
Gap

1

6

Riccardo Patrese

Williams-Renault

1:15.476

–

2

5

Nigel Mansell

Williams-Renault

1:15.643

+0.167

3

1

Ayrton Senna

McLaren-Honda

1:16.267

+0.791

4

19

Michael Schumacher

Benetton-Ford

1:16.524

+1.048

5

2

Gerhard Berger

McLaren-Honda

1:17.277

+1.801

6

20

Martin Brundle

Benetton-Ford

1:18.148

+2.672

7

9

Michele Alboreto

Footwork-Mugen-Honda

1:18.604

+3.128

8

25

Thierry Boutsen

Ligier-Renault

1:18.616

+3.140

9

27

Jean Alesi

Ferrari

1:18.665

+3.189

10

28

Ivan Capelli

Ferrari

1:18.765

+3.289

11

26

Érik Comas

Ligier-Renault

1:18.902

+3.426

12

15

Gabriele Tarquini

Fondmetal-Ford

1:19.123

+3.647

13

12

Johnny Herbert

Lotus-Ford

1:19.143

+3.667

14

10

Aguri Suzuki

Footwork-Mugen-Honda

1:19.200

+3.724

15

29

Bertrand Gachot

Venturi-Lamborghini

1:19.365

+3.889

16

11

Mika Häkkinen

Lotus-Ford

1:19.587

+4.111

17

17

Paul Belmondo

March-Ilmor

1:19.626

+4.150

18

14

Eric van de Poele

Fondmetal-Ford

1:19.776

+4.300

19

4

Andrea de Cesaris

Tyrrell-Ilmor

1:19.867

+4.391

20

30

Ukyo Katayama

Venturi-Lamborghini

1:19.990

+4.514

With reference to the following table plus the context paragraphs provided.

Give the answer to the question: How many Grand Prix did the driver who finished right behind Michael Schumacher in the qualifying round of the 1992 Hungarian Grand Prix win ? Output only the correct answer as {"answer": "YOUR ANSWER"}. Do not introduce information beyond the provided sources.

Riccardo Gabriele Patrese ( born 17 April 1954 ) is an Italian former racing driver , who raced in Formula One from 1977 to 1993 . He became the first Formula One driver to achieve 200 Grand Prix starts when he appeared at the 1990 British Grand Prix , and the first to achieve 250 starts at the 1993 German Grand Prix . Patrese entered 257 Formula One World Championship Grands Prix and started 256 races making him the seventh most experienced F1 driver in history , after Rubens Barrichello , Michael Schumacher , Jenson Button , Fernando Alonso , Kimi Räikkönen and Felipe Massa . He was runner-up in the 1992 Formula One season and third in 1989 and 1991 . He won six Formula One races , with a record gap of over six years between two of these - the 1983 South African Grand Prix and 1990 San Marino Grand Prix . Patrese also competed at the World Sportscar Championship for the Lancia factory team , finishing runner-up in 1982 and collecting eight wins .
Williams Grand Prix Engineering Limited , currently racing in Formula One as ROKiT Williams Racing , is a British Formula One motor racing team and constructor . It was founded by team owner Sir Frank Williams and automotive engineer Sir Patrick Head . It is still run by Williams . The team was formed in 1977 after Frank Williams 's two earlier unsuccessful F1 operations : Frank Williams Racing Cars ( 1969 to 1975 ) and Wolf-Williams Racing ( 1976 ) . All of Williams F1 chassis are called FW then a number , the FW being the initials of team owner , Frank Williams . The team 's first race was the 1977 Spanish Grand Prix , where the new team ran a March chassis for Patrick Nève . Williams started manufacturing its own cars the following year , and Switzerland 's Clay Regazzoni won Williams 's first race at the 1979 British Grand Prix . At the 1997 British Grand Prix , Canadian Jacques Villeneuve scored the team 's 100th race victory , making Williams one of only four teams in Formula One , alongside Ferrari , fellow British team McLaren , and Mercedes to win 100 races . Williams won nine Constructors ' Championships between 1980 and 1997 . This stood as a record until Ferrari surpassed it in 2000 . Drivers for Williams have included Australia 's Alan Jones ; Finland 's Keke Rosberg ; Britain 's Nigel Mansell , Damon Hill and Jenson Button ; France 's Alain Prost ; Brazil 's Nelson Piquet and Ayrton Senna ; and Canada 's Jacques Villeneuve . Each of these drivers , with the exception of Senna and Button , have captured one Drivers ' title with the team .
The French automotive manufacturer Renault has been associated with Formula One as both constructor and engine supplier for various periods since 1977 . In 1977 , the company entered Formula One as a constructor , introducing the turbo engine to Formula One in its first car , the Renault RS01 . In 1983 , Renault began supplying engines to other teams . Although the Renault team won races and competed for world titles , it withdrew at the end of 1985 . Renault continued supplying engines to other teams until 1986 , then again from 1989 to 1997 and at various other times since then until the present . Renault returned to Formula One in 2000 when it acquired the Enstone-based Benetton Formula team ( formerly Toleman ) . In 2002 Renault re-branded the team as Renault F1 Team and started to use Renault as their constructor name , winning both the Drivers ' and Constructors ' Championships in 2005 and 2006 . For the 2011 season the team competed under the name Lotus Renault GP but retained the Renault constructor name . In 2012 , the team changed their constructor name to Lotus and operated as Lotus F1 Team until the end of 2015 , when they returned to the control of Renault as a works manufacturer . For the 2019 season Sport was removed from the team 's official title . Renault has also supplied engines to other teams , including Red Bull Racing ( 2007-2015 ) , Benetton Formula ( 1995-1997 , 2001 ) and Williams ( 1989-1997 , 2012-2013 ) . In addition to its two own F1 World Constructors ' Championships ( 2005 , 2006 ) and two Drivers ' Championships , as an engine supplier , Renault has contributed to nine other World Drivers ' Championships .
Nigel Ernest James Mansell , CBE ( /ˈmænsəl/ ; born 8 August 1953 ) is a British former racing driver who won both the Formula One World Championship ( 1992 ) and the CART Indy Car World Series ( 1993 ) . Mansell was the reigning F1 champion when he moved over to CART , becoming the first person to win the CART title in his debut season , and making him the only person to hold both the World Drivers ' Championship and the American open-wheel National Championship simultaneously . His career in Formula One spanned 15 seasons , with his final two full seasons of top-level racing being spent in the CART series . Mansell is the second most successful British Formula One driver of all time in terms of race wins with 31 victories , and is seventh overall on the Formula One race winners list behind Michael Schumacher , Lewis Hamilton , Sebastian Vettel , Alain Prost , Ayrton Senna and Fernando Alonso . He held the record for the most poles set in a single season , which was broken in 2011 by Sebastian Vettel . He was rated in the top 10 Formula One drivers of all time by longtime Formula One commentator Murray Walker . In 2008 , ESPN.com ranked him 24th on their Top 25 Drivers of All Time list . He was also ranked No . 9 of the 50 greatest F1 drivers of all time by the Times Online on a list that also included such drivers as Prost , Senna , Jackie Stewart and Jim Clark . Mansell raced in the Grand Prix Masters series in 2005 , and won the championship title . He later signed a one-off race deal for the Scuderia Ecosse GT race team to drive their number 63 Ferrari F430 GT2 car at Silverstone on 6 May 2007 . He has since competed in additional sports car races with his sons Leo and Greg , including the 2010 24 Hours of Le Mans .
Ayrton Senna da Silva ( Brazilian Portuguese : [ aˈiʁtõ ˈsẽnɐ dɐ ˈsiwvɐ ] ( listen ) ; 21 March 1960 - 1 May 1994 ) was a Brazilian racing driver who won the Formula One World Drivers ' Championship in 1988 , 1990 and 1991 , and who is widely regarded as one of the greatest Formula One drivers of all time . He died in an accident while leading the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix . Senna began his motorsport career in karting , moved up to open-wheel racing in 1981 , and won the 1983 British Formula Three Championship . He made his Formula One debut with Toleman-Hart in 1984 , before moving to Lotus-Renault the following year and winning six Grands Prix over the next three seasons . In 1988 , he joined Frenchman Alain Prost at McLaren-Honda . Between them , they won all but one of the 16 Grands Prix that year , and Senna claimed his first World Championship . Prost claimed the championship in 1989 , and Senna his second and third championships in 1990 and 1991 . In 1992 , the Williams-Renault combination began to dominate Formula One . Senna nonetheless managed to finish the 1993 season as runner-up , winning five races and negotiating a move to Williams in 1994 . Senna has often been voted as the best and most influential Formula One driver of all time in various motorsport polls . He was recognised for his qualifying speed over one lap , and from 1989 until 2006 he held the record for most pole positions . He was also acclaimed for his wet weather performances , such as the 1984 Monaco Grand Prix , the 1985 Portuguese Grand Prix , and the 1993 European Grand Prix .
McLaren Racing Limited is a British motor racing team based at the McLaren Technology Centre , Woking , Surrey , England . McLaren is best known as a Formula One constructor and also has a history of competing in American open wheel racing as both an entrant and a chassis constructor , and has won the Canadian-American Challenge Cup ( Can-Am ) sports car racing championship . The team is the second oldest active , and second most successful Formula One team after Ferrari , having won 182 races , 12 Drivers ' Championships and eight Constructors ' Championships . The team is a wholly owned subsidiary of the McLaren Group . Founded in 1963 by New Zealander Bruce McLaren , the team won its first Grand Prix at the 1968 Belgian Grand Prix , but their greatest initial success was in Can-Am , which they dominated from 1967 to 1971 . Further American triumph followed , with Indianapolis 500 wins in McLaren cars for Mark Donohue in 1972 and Johnny Rutherford in 1974 and 1976 . After Bruce McLaren died in a testing accident in 1970 , Teddy Mayer took over and led the team to their first Formula One Constructors ' Championship in 1974 , with Emerson Fittipaldi and James Hunt winning the Drivers ' Championship in 1974 and 1976 respectively . The year 1974 also marked the start of a long-standing sponsorship by Phillip Morris ' Marlboro cigarette brand . In 1981 , McLaren merged with Ron Dennis ' Project Four Racing ; Dennis took over as team principal and shortly after organised a buyout of the original McLaren shareholders to take full control of the team . This began the team 's most successful era : with Porsche and Honda engines , Niki Lauda , Alain Prost , and Ayrton Senna took between them seven Drivers ' Championships and the team took six Constructors ' Championships . The combination of Prost and Senna was particularly dominant - together they won all but one race in 1988 - but later their rivalry soured and Prost left for Ferrari . Fellow English team Williams offered the most consistent challenge during this period , the two winning every constructors ' title between 1984 and 1994 .
Honda has participated in Formula One , as an entrant , constructor and engine supplier , for various periods since 1964 . Honda 's involvement in Formula One began with the 1964 season , and in 1965 they achieved their first victory at the Mexican Grand Prix . After further success with John Surtees , Honda withdrew at the end of the 1968 season due to difficulties selling road cars in the United States and Honda driver Jo Schlesser 's fatal accident . Honda returned in 1983 as an engine supplier , which started a very successful period for Honda . After winning races in 1984 and 1985 , Honda won the Constructors ' Championship every year between 1986 and 1991 with Williams and McLaren , and the Drivers ' Championship every year from 1987 to 1991 with Nelson Piquet , Ayrton Senna and Alain Prost . Honda withdrew at the end of 1992 after having achieved their targets . Honda returned again in 2000 , providing engines for British American Racing ( BAR ) . BAR-Honda finished second in the Constructors ' Championship in 2004 , and by the end of 2005 Honda had bought out the BAR team , which became the Honda team for 2006 . After a good 2006 season where Jenson Button won the Hungarian Grand Prix , Honda announced in December 2008 that they would be exiting Formula One with immediate effect due to the global financial crisis , following two difficult seasons in 2007 and 2008 . In May 2013 , Honda announced their intention to return to the sport in the 2015 season under a works agreement with McLaren to supply power units . The first iterations of the Honda engines proved to be uncompetitive , and Honda spent their first three years under the harsh scrutiny of the public eye as they developed their power unit . McLaren and Honda split after three years , Toro Rosso however , agreed to use Honda engines for the 2018 season as a works outfit .
Michael Schumacher ( /ˈʃuːmɑːkər/ ; German : [ ˈmɪçaːʔeːl ˈʃuːmaxɐ ] ( listen ) ; born 3 January 1969 ) is a retired German racing driver who raced in Formula One for Jordan Grand Prix , Benetton and Ferrari , where he spent most of his career , as well as for Mercedes upon his return to the sport . Widely regarded as one of the greatest Formula One drivers ever , and regarded by some as the greatest of all time , Schumacher is the only driver in history to win seven Formula One World Championships , five of which he won consecutively . The most successful driver in the history of the sport , Schumacher holds the records for the most World Championship titles ( 7 ) , the most Grand Prix wins ( 91 ) , the most fastest laps ( 77 ) and the most races won in a single season ( 13 ) , and according to the official Formula One website ( Formula1.com ) , Schumacher was statistically the greatest driver the sport has ever seen at the time of his retirement from the sport . After success in karting as a child , Schumacher won titles in Formula König and Formula Three before joining Mercedes in the World Sportscar Championship . In 1991 his Mercedes-funded race debut for the Jordan Formula One team resulted in Schumacher being signed by Benetton for the rest of that season . He finished third in 1992 and fourth in 1993 , before becoming the first German World Drivers ' Champion in 1994 by one point over Damon Hill , albeit in controversial circumstances . In 1995 he repeated the success , this time with a greater margin . In 1996 Schumacher moved to Ferrari , who had last won the Drivers ' Championship in 1979 , and helped them transform into the most successful team in Formula One history , as he came close to winning the 1997 and 1998 titles , before breaking his leg at the 1999 British Grand Prix , ending another title run . Schumacher won five consecutive drivers ' titles from 2000 to 2004 , including an unprecedented sixth and seventh title . In 2002 Schumacher won the title with a record six races remaining and finished on the podium in every race . In 2004 Schumacher won twelve out of the first thirteen races and went on to win a record 13 times as he won his final title . Schumacher retired from Formula One in 2006 , after finishing runner-up to Renault 's Fernando Alonso .
Benetton Formula Ltd. , commonly referred to simply as Benetton , was a Formula One constructor that participated from 1986 to 2001 . The team was owned by the Benetton family who run a worldwide chain of clothing stores of the same name . In 2000 , the team was purchased by Renault , but competed as Benetton for the 2000 and 2001 seasons . In 2002 , the team became Renault F1 . The Benetton Formula team was chaired by Alessandro Benetton from 1988 to 1998 .
Ford Motor Company , commonly known as Ford , is an American multinational automaker that has its main headquarters in Dearborn , Michigan , a suburb of Detroit . It was founded by Henry Ford and incorporated on June 16 , 1903 . The company sells automobiles and commercial vehicles under the Ford brand , and most luxury cars under the Lincoln brand . Ford also owns Brazilian SUV manufacturer Troller , an 8% stake in Aston Martin of the United Kingdom and a 32% stake in Jiangling Motors . It also has joint-ventures in China ( Changan Ford ) , Taiwan ( Ford Lio Ho ) , Thailand ( AutoAlliance Thailand ) , Turkey ( Ford Otosan ) , and Russia ( Ford Sollers ) . The company is listed on the New York Stock Exchange and is controlled by the Ford family ; they have minority ownership but the majority of the voting power . Ford introduced methods for large-scale manufacturing of cars and large-scale management of an industrial workforce using elaborately engineered manufacturing sequences typified by moving assembly lines ; by 1914 , these methods were known around the world as Fordism . Ford 's former UK subsidiaries Jaguar and Land Rover , acquired in 1989 and 2000 respectively , were sold to the Indian automaker Tata Motors in March 2008 . Ford owned the Swedish automaker Volvo from 1999 to 2010 . In 2011 , Ford discontinued the Mercury brand , under which it had marketed entry-level luxury cars in the United States , Canada , Mexico , and the Middle East since 1938 . Ford is the second-largest U.S.-based automaker ( behind General Motors ) and the fifth-largest in the world ( behind Toyota , VW , Hyundai-Kia and General Motors ) based on 2015 vehicle production . At the end of 2010 , Ford was the fifth largest automaker in Europe .
Gerhard Berger ( born 27 August 1959 ) is an Austrian former Formula One racing driver . He competed in Formula One for 14 seasons , twice finishing 3rd overall in the championship ( 1988 and 1994 ) , both times driving for Ferrari . He won ten Grands Prix , achieved 48 podiums , 12 poles and 21 fastest laps . With 210 starts he is amongst the most experienced Formula One drivers of all time . He led 33 of the 210 races he competed in and retired from 95 of them . His first and last victories were also the first and last victories for the Benetton team , with eleven years separating them . He was also a race winner with Ferrari and with McLaren . When at McLaren , Berger drove alongside Ayrton Senna , contributing to the team 's 1990 and 1991 constructors titles . Between 2006 and 2008 Berger owned 50% of the Scuderia Toro Rosso Formula One team . In 2008 Red Bull became the 100% owner of Toro Rosso having bought back the 50% stake it sold to Berger two years before .
Martin John Brundle ( born 1 June 1959 ) is a British former racing driver , best known as a Formula One driver and as a commentator for ITV Sport from 1997 to 2008 , the BBC from 2009 to 2011 , and Sky Sports since 2012 . Brundle contested the 1983 British Formula Three Championship , finishing a close second to Ayrton Senna , and the two progressed to Formula One the next year . Brundle failed to win a race at the top level of single seater racing , though continued to find success in other series . He was the 1988 World Sportscar Champion with Silk Cut Jaguar , with a record points score ; and won the 1990 24 Hours of Le Mans race for Jaguar Cars in a Jaguar XJR-12 .
Michele Alboreto ( 23 December 1956 - 25 April 2001 ) was an Italian racing driver . He was runner up to Alain Prost in the 1985 Formula One World Championship , as well as winning the 1997 24 Hours of Le Mans and 2001 12 Hours of Sebring sports car races . Alboreto competed in Formula One from 1981 until 1994 , racing for a number of teams , including five seasons ( 1984-88 ) for Ferrari . His career in motorsport began in 1976 , racing a car he and a number of his friends had built in the Formula Monza series . The car , however , achieved very little success and two years later Alboreto moved up to Formula Three . Wins in the Italian Formula Three championship and a European Formula Three Championship crown in 1980 paved the way for his entrance into Formula One with the Tyrrell team . Two wins , the first in the final round of the 1982 season in Las Vegas , and the second a year later in Detroit , earned him a place with the Ferrari team . Alboreto took three wins for the Italian team and challenged Alain Prost for the 1985 Championship , eventually losing out by 20 points . The following three seasons were less successful , however , and at the end of the 1988 campaign , the Italian left Ferrari and re-signed with his former employers Tyrrell , where he stayed until joining Larrousse midway through 1989 . Further seasons with Footwork , Scuderia Italia and Minardi followed during the tail end of his F1 career . In 1995 , Alboreto moved on to sportscars and a year later the American IndyCar series . He took his final major victories , the 1997 Le Mans 24 Hours and 2001 Sebring 12 Hours , with German manufacturers Porsche and Audi respectively .
Footwork Arrows was the name of a British Formula One motor racing team , competing during the mid-1990s . Japanese businessman Wataru Ohashi , who was the president of Footwork Express Co. , Ltd. , a Japanese logistics company , began investing heavily in the Arrows team in 1990 , the deal including requiring the cars to display the Footwork logo prominently . The team was officially renamed Footwork in 1991 , and secured a deal to race with Porsche engines . Results were poorer than expected , and after just six races , Footwork dropped the Porsche engines and continued with Hart-built Ford engines . For the 1992 season they switched engine supplier to Mugen . Arrows retained the Footwork name until Ohashi withdrew his financial backing before the 1996 season , whereupon the name of the team reverted to Arrows . Regardless , Jackie Oliver had retained operational control throughout the entire period .
Mugen Motorsports ( M-TEC Co. , Ltd ) ( 無限 ) is a Japanese company formed in 1973 by Hirotoshi Honda , the son of Honda Motor Company founder Soichiro Honda , and Masao Kimura . Mugen , meaning Without Limit , Unlimited or Vast , ( hence the commonly placed word Power after , denoting Unlimited Power ) is an engine tuner and parts manufacturer that manufactures OEM parts such as body kits and sports exhausts for Honda Motor Company . Despite the family connections , however , Mugen is not , and has never been , owned by Honda Motor Company ; Mugen owner Hirotoshi Honda has been the biggest shareholder in Honda since his father 's death in 1991 . The company tunes and races Honda vehicles in the Super GT championship , and , additionally , sells aftermarket parts to amateur enthusiasts . It was part of partnerships that won the Formula 3000 championship in 1990 and 1991 , and that eventually led to Mugen 's involvement in Formula One , from 1992 to 2000 , and up to 2005 was the exclusive supplier of Formula Nippon engines .
Thierry Marc Boutsen ( born 13 July 1957 ) is a Belgian former racing driver who raced for the Arrows , Benetton , Williams , Ligier and Jordan teams in Formula One . He competed in 164 World Championship Grands Prix ( 163 starts ) , winning three races , achieving 15 podiums and scoring 132 career points . His best finish in the World Drivers ' Championship was fourth in 1988 whilst driving for Benetton . He also twice finished second in the 24 Hours of Le Mans sportscar race ( in 1993 in a Peugeot 905 and in 1996 in a Porsche 911 GT1 ) .
Equipe Ligier is a motorsport team , best known for its Formula One team that operated from 1976 to 1996 . The team was founded in 1968 by former French rugby union player Guy Ligier as a sports car manufacturer .
Jean Alesi ( born Giovanni Alesi ; 11 June 1964 ) is a French racing driver of Italian origin . His father , Franco , was a mechanic from Alcamo , Sicily , and his mother was from Riesi . After successes in the minor categories , notably winning the 1989 Formula 3000 Championship , his Formula One career included spells at Tyrrell , Benetton , Sauber , Prost , Jordan and Ferrari , where he proved very popular among the tifosi . During his spell at Ferrari from 1991 to 1995 , his aggressive driving style , combined with the use of the number 27 on his car , led some journalists , and the tifosi , to compare him to Gilles Villeneuve and he won the 1995 Canadian Grand Prix , but this proved to be the only win of his Formula One career . During his time in Formula One , Alesi was particularly good in the wet , and was a mercurial and passionate racer , whose emotions sometimes got the better of him . After leaving Formula One , from 2002 to 2006 Alesi raced in the DTM championship , winning some races , and his best result was a fifth place in the drivers ' championship . He raced in the Speedcar Series in 2008 and 2009 , and raced at Le Mans in 2010 . He raced in the Indianapolis 500 in 2012 and became the oldest professional driver to perform the rookie test for admission to the competition . For several years he was also a commentator for the Italian TV show Pole Position . In 2006 Alesi was awarded Chevalier de la Légion dhonneur .
Scuderia Ferrari S.p.A. ( Italian : [ skudeˈriːa ferˈraːri ] ) is the racing division of luxury Italian auto manufacturer Ferrari and the racing team that competes in Formula One racing . The team is also nicknamed The Prancing Horse , with reference to their logo . It is the oldest surviving and most successful Formula One team , having competed in every world championship since the 1950 Formula One season . The team was founded by Enzo Ferrari , initially to race cars produced by Alfa Romeo , though by 1947 Ferrari had begun building its own cars . Among its important achievements outside Formula One are winning the World Sportscar Championship , 24 Hours of Le Mans , 24 Hours of Spa , 24 Hours of Daytona , 12 Hours of Sebring , Bathurst 12 Hour , races for Grand tourer cars and racing on road courses of the Targa Florio , the Mille Miglia and the Carrera Panamericana . As a constructor , Ferrari has a record 16 Constructors ' Championships , the last of which was won in 2008 . Alberto Ascari , Juan Manuel Fangio , Mike Hawthorn , Phil Hill , John Surtees , Niki Lauda , Jody Scheckter , Michael Schumacher and Kimi Räikkönen have won a record 15 Drivers ' Championships for the team . Since Räikkönen 's title in 2007 the team narrowly lost out on the 2008 drivers ' title with Felipe Massa and the 2010 and 2012 drivers ' titles with Fernando Alonso . Michael Schumacher is the team 's most successful driver . Joining the team in 1996 and departing in 2006 he won five drivers ' titles and 72 Grands Prix for the team . His titles came consecutively between 2000 and 2004 , and the team won consecutive constructors ' title from 1999 until the end of 2004 ; this was the team 's most successful period . Currently , Sebastian Vettel and Charles Leclerc are the two main race drivers .
Ivan Franco Capelli ( born 24 May 1963 , in Milan ) is an Italian former Formula One driver . He participated in 98 Grands Prix , debuting on 6 October 1985 . He achieved three podiums , and scored a total of 31 championship points . From 1998 until 2017 he was a Formula One commentator on the Italian TV station Rai 1 .
Érik Comas ( born 28 September 1963 ) is a French former Formula One driver . He was French Formula 3 champion in 1988 , and then Formula 3000 champion in 1990 , after scoring the same number of points as Jean Alesi in 1989 , but losing on a count-back of positions . He participated in 63 Grands Prix , debuting on 10 March 1991 . He scored a total of 7 championship points . His last point , in the 1994 German Grand Prix , was also the last one for the Larrousse team .
Gabriele Tarquini ( born 2 March 1962 ) is an Italian racing driver . He participated in 78 Formula One Grands Prix , debuting on May 3 , 1987 . He scored 1 championship point , and holds the record for the most failed attempts to qualify . He has subsequently raced successfully in Touring Cars , winning the BTCC in 1994 , the ETCC in 2003 the WTCC in 2009 and the WTCR in 2018 . On 22 November 2009 he won the 2009 FIA World Touring Car Championship title at the age of 47 years and 266 days . This made him the oldest ever world champion in an FIA series , breaking Juan Manuel Fangio 's record of being FIA Formula One World Drivers ' Champion at the age of 46 years and 41 days in 1957 . Tarquini backed up this record by winning the 2018 FIA World Touring Car Cup at the age of 56 years and 259 days .
Fondmetal S.p.A. is an Italian manufacturer of alloy wheels , founded in 1972 by Gabriele Rumi . A Formula One constructor of the same name , also owned by Rumi , competed in the 1991 and 1992 seasons , scoring no championship points . The company also sponsored , and supplied wheels to , numerous other constructors from the mid-1980s to the early 2000s . In 2014 the Fondmetal brand expanded to the United States and became known as Fondmetal USA . All wheels continue to be made in Italy and are TUV approved .
John Paul Johnny Herbert ( born 25 June 1964 ) is a retired British racing driver and television announcer . He raced in Formula One from 1989 to 2000 , for 7 different teams , winning three races and placed 4th in the 1995 championship . He also raced sports cars winning the Le Mans 24 Hours in 1991 driving a Mazda 787B . He enjoyed much success in lower-level motor racing .
Team Lotus was the motorsport sister company of English sports car manufacturer Lotus Cars . The team ran cars in many motorsport categories including Formula One , Formula Two , Formula Ford , Formula Junior , IndyCar , and sports car racing . More than ten years after its last race , Team Lotus remained one of the most successful racing teams of all time , winning seven Formula One Constructors ' titles , six Drivers ' Championships , and the Indianapolis 500 in the United States between 1962 and 1978 . Under the direction of founder and chief designer Colin Chapman , Lotus was responsible for many innovative and experimental developments in critical motorsport , in both technical and commercial arenas . The Lotus name returned to Formula One in 2010 as Tony Fernandes 's Lotus Racing team . In 2011 , Team Lotus 's iconic black-and-gold livery returned to F1 as the livery of the Lotus Renault GP team , sponsored by Lotus Cars , and in 2012 the team was re-branded completely as Lotus F1 Team .
Aguri Suzuki ( 鈴木 亜久里 , Suzuki Aguri , born 8 September 1960 ) is a Japanese former racing driver . He participated in 88 Formula One Grands Prix , and his most notable achievement in racing was 3rd place at the 1990 Japanese Grand Prix . Suzuki then became involved in team ownership , with interests firstly in the Japanese Formula Nippon Championship and the IRL in partnership with Mexican racer Adrian Fernandez . Most notably however , he was the owner of the Super Aguri F1 team , which participated in Formula One from 2006 to 2008 . He then went on to form Team Aguri , which raced in Formula E from 2014 to 2016 .
Bertrand Gachot ( born 23 December 1962 ) is a French former racing driver .
Larrousse Formula One was a motorsports racing team founded in 1987 by Didier Calmels and former racer Gérard Larrousse , originally under the name Larrousse & Calmels . It was based in Antony , in the southern suburbs of Paris . It was renamed Larrousse after the departure of Calmels following his murder of his wife . The team competed in Formula One from 1987 to 1994 before succumbing to financial problems , scoring a best finish of third at the 1990 Japanese Grand Prix during this time .
Automobili Lamborghini S.p.A. ( Italian pronunciation : [ lamborˈɡiːni ] ) is an Italian brand and manufacturer of luxury sports cars and SUVs based in Sant'Agata Bolognese . The company is owned by the Volkswagen Group through its subsidiary Audi . Ferruccio Lamborghini , an Italian manufacturing magnate , founded Automobili Ferruccio Lamborghini S.p.A. in 1963 to compete with established marques , including Ferrari . The company was noted for using a rear mid-engine , rear-wheel drive . Lamborghini grew rapidly during its first decade , but sales plunged in the wake of the 1973 worldwide financial downturn and the oil crisis . The firm 's ownership changed three times after 1973 , including a bankruptcy in 1978 . American Chrysler Corporation took control of Lamborghini in 1987 and sold it to Malaysian investment group Mycom Setdco and Indonesian group V'Power Corporation in 1994 . In 1998 , Mycom Setdco and V'Power sold Lamborghini to the Volkswagen Group where it was placed under the control of the group 's Audi division . New products and model lines were introduced to the brand 's portfolio and brought to the market and saw an increased productivity for the brand . In the late 2000s , during the worldwide financial crisis and the subsequent economic crisis , Lamborghini 's sales saw a drop of nearly 50 percent . Lamborghini currently produces the V12-powered Aventador and the V10-powered Huracán , along with the Urus SUV powered by a twin-turbo V8 engine . In addition , the company produces V12 engines for offshore powerboat racing .
Mika Pauli Häkkinen ( Finnish : [ ˈmikɑ ˈhækːinen ] ( listen ) ; born 28 September 1968 ) , nicknamed The Flying Finn , is a Finnish former racing driver . He was the 1998 and 1999 Formula One World Champion , driving for McLaren and has been ranked among the greatest Formula One drivers in various motorsport polls . Häkkinen currently works in driver management and is a brand ambassador for various companies . Häkkinen began his career in karting at the age of five and achieved success by winning regional and national kart championships . He progressed to car racing when he entered the Formula Ford and Formula Three series in Italy and the United Kingdom . After success in the series , Häkkinen entered Formula One in 1991 with the Team Lotus where he remained until 1992 . The following year , he moved to McLaren as test driver before he was promoted to the race team following the departure of Michael Andretti . After four years which yielded minor success for Häkkinen , he scored his first Formula One victory in 1997 . He went on to win eight races of the 1998 season , securing the World Drivers ' Championship at the season ending Japanese Grand Prix ; his success also helped McLaren secure the World Constructors ' Championship . Häkkinen repeated his World Championship success in 1999 , taking five victories . He finished as runner-up in the Drivers ' Championship in 2000 , behind Michael Schumacher and secured two more victories in 2001 before announcing a sabbatical from the sport , which became full-time retirement in mid-2002 . For 2005 , he moved to the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters ( DTM ) series , where he secured his first victory that year .
Paul Alexandre Belmondo ( born 23 April 1963 ) is a French racing driver who raced in Formula One for the March and Pacific Racing teams . He was born in Boulogne-Billancourt , Hauts-de-Seine , the son of actor Jean-Paul Belmondo and grandson of sculptor Paul Belmondo . Around 1981 , Paul gained publicity for becoming the lover of Princess Stéphanie of Monaco . Through 1987 he participated in Formula 3 and Formula 3000 , although he was never a top 10 championship finisher in either . In 1992 he joined the March F1 team as a pay driver , getting a ninth place at the Hungarian Grand Prix , but only qualifying 4 more times before he ran out of money and was replaced by Emanuele Naspetti . Two years later he became a member of the uncompetitive Pacific Grand Prix team , where he only qualified for two races and was usually behind teammate Bertrand Gachot . Thereafter he concentrated on GT racing , at the wheel of a Chrysler Viper GTS-R . He started his own team , Paul Belmondo Racing , which raced in the FIA GT Championship and Le Mans Endurance Series championship before folding in 2007 .
March Engineering was a Formula One constructor and manufacturer of customer racing cars from the United Kingdom . Although only moderately successful in Grand Prix competition , March racing cars enjoyed much better achievement in other categories of competition , including Formula Two , Formula Three , IndyCar and IMSA GTP sportscar racing .
Ilmor , founded by Mario Illien and Paul Morgan in November 1983 , is a British independent high-performance autosport engineering company . With manufacturing based in Brixworth , Northamptonshire , and maintenance offices in Plymouth , Michigan , the company supplies engines and consultancy to the IndyCar Series and MotoGP . After originally developing IndyCar engines , the company built a partnership with Mercedes-Benz to power F1 cars for both the Sauber and McLaren teams . After the death of Paul Morgan in a vintage aeroplane crash in 2001 , Mercedes increased its stake until it owned the entire company , and renamed it Mercedes-Benz High Performance Engines Ltd . In 2005 , Mario Illien concluded a deal to purchase the Special Projects part of the company in partnership with Roger Penske , which was under contract with Honda Performance Development to jointly develop , arrange , prepare and tune-up IndyCar engines from 2003-2011 . This new company , which is totally independent of Mercedes , is once again known as Ilmor Engineering Ltd . They once again developed the Ilmor X3 for the 2007 MotoGP World Motorcycle Championship , which they entered in one race before withdrawing and effectively shutting down the race team , due to funding problems . Racing remains the core part of the business today and Ilmor acts as a consultant for motorsport clients from all forms of racing . However , the business is now using its racing expertise to diversify into other areas such as OEM automotive , defence , marine and energy efficient engine applications .
Eric van de Poele ( born 30 September 1961 in Verviers ) is a Belgian racing driver and former Formula One driver . He participated in 29 Grands Prix , debuting on 10 March 1991 . He scored no championship points and failed to make the grid 24 times . After a difficult 1984 season in French Formula Three , van de Poele then won the Belgian and Benelux Formula Ford titles , also racing in the Belgian Touring Car Championship . He subsequently raced in German Touring Cars Championships , winning the 1987 championship despite not winning a race all season . He also won the 1987 Spa 24 Hours , sharing a car with Didier Theys and Jean-Michel Martin . He also dabbled in British Formula 3 . For 1989 , he moved up to Formula 3000 , finishing fourth , and then runner-up in 1990 . After this , he signed for the Modena Formula One team for 1991 , driving their Lamborghini cars thanks to backing from long-time sponsors Lease Plan . He was unsuccessful in the first two races , failing to pre-qualify , but made it onto the grid for the 1991 San Marino Grand Prix . There he impressed in the rain , running fifth in the last lap before the car ran out of fuel , dropping him to ninth . The team , in financial difficulties , failed to build on this success , and van de Poele would not race again that year .
Andrea de Cesaris ( 31 May 1959 - 5 October 2014 ) was an Italian racing driver . He started 208 Formula One Grands Prix but never won . As a result , he holds the record for the most races started without a race victory . A string of accidents early in his career earned him a reputation for being a fast but wild driver . In 2005 and 2006 he competed in the Grand Prix Masters formula for retired F1 drivers . De Cesaris died on 5 October 2014 after losing control of his motorcycle on Rome 's Grande Raccordo Anulare motorway .
The Tyrrell Racing Organisation was an auto racing team and Formula One constructor founded by Ken Tyrrell which started racing in 1958 and started building its own cars in 1970 . The team experienced its greatest success in the early 1970s , when it won three Drivers ' Championships and one Constructors ' Championship with Jackie Stewart . The team never reached such heights again , although it continued to win races through the 1970s and into the early 1980s , taking the final win for the Ford Cosworth DFV engine at Detroit in 1983 . The team was bought by British American Tobacco in 1997 and completed its final season as Tyrrell in 1998 .
Ukyo Katayama ( 片山 右京 , Katayama Ukyō , born 29 May 1963 ) is a Japanese former racing driver and team manager , most notable for competing for six years in Formula One . He participated in 97 Grands Prix , debuting on 1 March 1992 . He scored a total of five championship points , all of them for the Tyrrell team in 1994 . He also competed in the 1999 24 Hours of Le Mans , finishing 2nd overall and 1st in the GTP class . He currently serves as the team manager for Goodsmile Racing in Super GT 's GT300 class . Born in Tokyo , Katayama first raced in Europe in 1986 in France before returning home to win the Japanese F3000 series in 1991 .