1992 Spanish Grand Prix
| Race details | |||
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| Race 4 of 16 in the 1992 Formula One season | |||
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| Date | 3 May 1992 | ||
| Official name | Gran Premio Tío Pepe de España | ||
| Location | Circuit de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
| Course length | 4.747 km (2.950 mi) | ||
| Distance | 65 laps, 308.555 km (191.727 mi) | ||
| Weather | Wet | ||
| Attendance | 28,000 | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Williams-Renault | ||
| Time | 1:20.190 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Driver |
 Nigel Mansell
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Williams-Renault | |
| Time | 1:42.503 on lap 10 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | Williams-Renault | ||
| Second | Benetton-Ford | ||
| Third | Ferrari | ||
The 1992 Spanish Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on 3 May 1992 at the Circuit de Catalunya, Barcelona. The 65-lap race was the fourth round of the 1992 Formula One season 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.
British driver Perry McCarthy was allowed to compete for the first time and his Andrea Moda car was entered for the pre-qualifying session before the race, but the engine blew up and the car rolled to a halt 18 metres later having barely left the garage. Damon Hill, son of former world champion Graham Hill, made his debut with the Brabham replacing Giovanna Amati who was dismissed from the team, but did not qualify for the race. As in the three previous races, Mansell qualified in pole position, ahead of Michael Schumacher, Ayrton Senna, Riccardo Patrese, Ivan Capelli and Martin Brundle.
At the start of the race, in damp conditions, Patrese got by Schumacher and Senna. Ferrari driver Jean Alesi made a good start from 8th on the grid to 3rd into the first corner on the first lap, forcing other drivers to take defensive actions and drop back. Senna dropped from 3rd all the way to 7th. But, he recovered 2 positions to 5th during the first lap. The order was: Mansell, Patrese, Alesi, Schumacher, Senna and Capelli.
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