US Grand Prix 1992, San Francisco
Race Facts
- It is the first Grand Prix at San Francisco and the FIA hopes to stay here for a long time!
- For the first half of the Season Lotus, Arrows, Larrousse, Fondmetal and Andrea Moda will be in Pre-Qualifying. Top 5 of 9 Drivers will make the Step into the Main Qualifying Session
Pre Qualifying Result
1 Gachot (Larrousse) 1:42.431
2 Frentzen (Fondmetal) 1:43.083
3 van de Poele (Andrea Moda) 1:43.097
4 Bartels (Lotus) 1:43.457
5 Zanardi (Lotus) 1:44.499
6 Moreno (Andrea Moda) 1:44.957 (NPQ) "The car was good enough - I wasn´t

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7 McNish (Arrows) 1:45.165 (NPQ) "Still a lot of work to do

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8 Katayama (Larrousse) 1:45.791 (NPQ) "I am learning, so this can happen

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9 Bernard (Arrows) 1:46.084 (NPQ) "I really hoped for a faster car

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Qualifying Result
1 Berger (McLaren) 1:38.853
2 Senna (McLaren) 1:38.928
3 Mansell (Williams) 1:39.188
4 Alboreto (Ligier) 1:39.554
5 Patrese (Ferrari) 1:39.593
6 Prost (Ferrari) 1:39.735
7 Alesi (Williams) 1:39.832
8 Häkkinen (Tyrrell) 1:40.389
9 Grouillard (Ligier) 1:40.454
10 Wendlinger (March) 1:40.604
11 Piquet (Benetton) 1:40.883
12 Schumacher (Benetton) 1:40.989
13 Herbert (Tyrrell) 1:41.057
14 Gachot (Larrousse) 1:43.074
15 Modena (Jordan) 1:43.094
16 Bartels (Lotus) 1:43.165
17 van de Poele (Andrea Moda) 1:43.177
18 Brundle (Dallara) 1:43.462
19 Amati (Brabham) 1:44.024
20 Gugelmin (Jordan) 1:44.161
21 Belmondo (March) 1:44.203
22 Hill (Brabham) 1:44.446
23 Frentzen (Fondmetal) 1:44.545
24 Zanardi (Lotus) 1:44.560
25 Larini (Minardi) 1:44.621
26 Capelli (Lamborghini) 1:44.770
27 Lehto (Dallara) 1:44.938 (NQ) "Ouch! That hurts

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28 Martini (Minardi) 1:45.432 (NQ) "I haven´t expected that

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Surprising Win for Riccardo Patrese and Ferrari at San Francisco!
Race Result
1 Patrese (Ferrari) 1:57:40.446 "I am so glad

Winning for Ferrari is so great

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2 Mansell (Williams) + 17.572 "Was a difficult weekend for me but Second is better than nothing

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3 Grouillard (Ligier) + 1:02.362 "Everything is so fantastic

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4 Prost (Ferrari) + 1:09.337 "

:-& "
5 Häkkinen (Tyrrell) + 1:13.158 "Well, thats a good Season Start. With this car something is possible

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6 Piquet (Benetton) 1 Lap "To tell you the truth, i hoped for a little bit more

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7 Gachot (Larrousse) 2 Laps "Hoped for one more DNF in the front - but even this result is very good

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8 van de Poele (Andrea Moda) 2 Laps "Finally i made it into the grid and i also finished, thats nice

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9 Brundle (Dallara) 3 Laps "I expected a much better car

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10 Gugelmin (Jordan) 3 Laps "I thought i joined a better team

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11 Herbert (Tyrrell) 7 Laps/Spun Off "Was throwing away a point

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- Senna (McLaren) Crash "Was leading by almost one minute

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- Frentzen (Fondmetal) Suspension "We made it to the grid, that was the main goal

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- Bartels (Lotus) Engine "Well, maybe we get some better in the next races

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- Alboreto (Ligier) Suspension "I was running in Second in front of Berger

This car is really fast

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- Belmondo (March) Crash "I was loosing too much time on Karl, the car is okay

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- Larini (Minardi) Electrical "We are far away from anything

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- Berger (McLaren) Collision with Hill "That was my fault, wanted too much

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- Hill (Brabham) Collision with Berger "He was simply pushing me into the barrier

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- Zanardi (Lotus) Spun Off "My fault

We have to improve"
- Capelli (Lamborghini) Transmission "A bad weekend

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- Alesi (Williams) Loose Wheel "Was hoping for some more in my first race as World Champion

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- Wendlinger (March) Spun Off "Was running in the points. Maybe wanted too much

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- Schumacher (Benetton) Start Crash "A Race Accident... We were too slow

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- Modena (Jordan) Start Crash "Michael is right.... "
World Drivers Championship
1 Patrese (10)
2 Mansell (6)
3 Grouillard (4)
4 Prost (3)
5 Häkkinen (2)
6 Piquet (1)
World Constructors Championship
1 Ferrari (13)
2 Williams (6)
3 Ligier (4)
4 Tyrrell (2)
5 Benetton (1)