1992 Spanish Grand Prix

1992 Spanish Grand Prix

The 1992 Spanish Grand Prix is the 4th race of the 1992 F1 Season held at the Circuit de Catalunya. It was won by Riccardo Patrese with Mansell 2nd and Capelli 3rd taking his fisrt podium for Ferrari.

Pre-Qualifying

In the session itself, Bertrand Gachot was again fastest for Larrousse, less than a tenth of a second faster than Michele Alboreto in the Footwork. Third was Gachot's team-mate Ukyo Katayama, 1.4 seconds ahead of the last pre-qualifier, Roberto Moreno in the Andrea Moda. His teammate McCarthy failed to pre-qualify along with Chiesa.

Qualifying

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The **1992 Spanish Grand Prix** was a Formula One motor race held on 3 May 1992 at the Circuit de Catalunya, Montmeló. The 65-lap race was the fourth round of the 1992 Formula One World Championship and was won by Nigel Mansell driving a Williams-Renault and scoring the third grand chelem of his career.

The race was also advertised as the *Grand Prix of the Olympic Games*. The race was moved up from its former September date, and held just months before the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona.

## Qualifying[edit]

### Pre-qualifying report[edit]

The Friday morning pre-qualifying session was a similar story to the previous session in Brazil. The Andrea Moda cars were well behind the performance of the other entrants in the session, who all pre-qualified easily. Perry McCarthy had regained his Super Licence so was able to compete for the team alongside Roberto Moreno. Team boss Andrea Sassetti had been approached by Enrico Bertaggia, whom Sassetti had sacked after the Mexican Grand Prix, but who now wanted to return to the team with $1 million in sponsorship. Sassetti wanted to fire McCarthy and rehire Bertaggia, but was told that the team had already reached its maximum number of driver changes for the season, so was forced to retain McCarthy.

In the session itself, Bertrand Gachot was again fastest for Larrousse, less than a tenth of a second faster than Michele Alboreto in the Footwork. Third was Gachot's team-mate Ukyo Katayama, 1.4 seconds ahead of the last pre-qualifier, Andrea Chiesa in the Fondmetal.

McCarthy took to the track for Andrea Moda, but his engine cut out just four metres after the pitlane exit line. Moreno managed three laps in his car before it also suffered an engine failure. McCarthy's car was brought back for Moreno to use, but the Brazilian was still unable to pre-qualify.

### Qualifying

Damon Hill, son of former world champion Graham Hill, made his debut with Brabham, replacing Giovanna Amati who was dismissed from the team, he qualified 17th whilst the usual frontrunners were mixed with Brundle 7th, Schumacher 14th, Mansell 19th, both McLaren's 20th and 22nd and Patrese last. Modena took pole ahead of Boutsen, Alboreto, Herbert, Tarquini, Katayama, De Cesris, Morbidelli and Suzuki

Race

Patrese had a brilliant race taking advantage of attrition-filled race to take his first win of the season. Mansell finished 2nd after starting 19th and Capelli finished 3rd to take his first podium for Ferrari. Berger, Wedlinger and Martini all filled the points positions.