1992 Japanese Grand Prix
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The 1992 Japanese Grand Prix (formally the XVIII Fuji Television Japanese Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race held at Suzuka on 25 October 1992. It was the fifteenth race of the 1992 Formula One World Championship.
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1992 Japanese Grand Prix | |||
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Race 15 of 16 in the 1992 Formula One World Championship | |||
Race details | |||
Date | 25 October 1992 | ||
Official name | XVIII Fuji Television Japanese Grand Prix | ||
Location | Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka, Japan | ||
Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
Course length | 5.860 km (3.641[1] miles) | ||
Distance | 53 laps, 310.580 km (192.985 miles) | ||
Weather | Dry, warm, cloudy | ||
Attendance | 332,000[2] | ||
Pole position | |||
Driver | Williams-Renault | ||
Time | 1:37.360 | ||
Fastest lap | |||
Driver | Nigel Mansell | Williams-Renault | |
Time | 1:40.646 on lap 44 | ||
Podium | |||
First | Williams-Renault | ||
Second | McLaren-Honda | ||
Third | Benetton-Ford | ||
Lap leaders |
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The 53-lap race was won by Italian driver Riccardo Patrese, driving a Williams-Renault. It was Patrese's sixth and final Grand Prix victory, and the last win for an Italian driver for over a decade, until Giancarlo Fisichella won the 2003 Brazilian Grand Prix. Austrian Gerhard Berger finished second in a McLaren-Honda, with Englishman Martin Brundle third in a Benetton-Ford.