1992 Italian Formula One Championship

1992 Italian Formula One Championship season
Pierluigi Martini became the second non-Ferrari Champion
Season
Races	6
Start date	17th May
Start Event	San Marino Grand Prix
End date	8th December
End Event	F1 Indoor Trophy
Awards
Driver's Champion	Pierluigi Martini
Constructor's Champion	Scuderia Italia
Seasons
Previous season	Next season
1991	1993

All information on this page is not part of canon.

The 1992 Italian Formula One Championship was the fifth season of the of Italian Formula One Championship. Reigning Champions Ferrari would be without their double Drivers Champion Alain Prost, who had left the team after a falling-out at the end of the 1991 season. He would be replaced by the promising Ivan Capelli, though the team would be ultimately powerless to defend their titles as a result of truly dreadful reliability. As a result, this would be the second and final season won by an Italian driver, and by a non-Ferrari driver. Equally notable is that the Monaco Grand Prix and F1 Indoor Trophy would both be won by different non-Italian constructors. The season would see sixteen drivers compete for seven different teams.

Teams and Drivers

Team	Chassis	Engine	Race Drivers	Rounds
Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari F92A	Ferrari 038 3.5 V12	Jean Alesi	1-5
			Ivan Capelli	1-5
BMS Scuderia Italia	Dallara F192	Ferrari 037 3.5 V12	JJ Lehto	All
			Pierluigi Martini	1-5
			Michele Alboreto	6
Minardi Team	Minardi M192	Lamborghini 3512 3.5 V12	Christian Fittipaldi	1-2, 4-6
			Gianni Morbidelli	1-5
			Alex Zanardi	3, 6
Fondmetal	Fondmetal GR01	Ford HBA5 3.5 V8	Andrea Chiesa	1-2
			Gabriele Tarquini	1-4
			Eric van de Poele	3-4
Andrea Moda Formula	Andrea Moda S921	Judd GV 3.5 V10	Perry McCarthy	1-3
			Roberto Moreno	1-3
Central Park Venturi Larrousse	Venturi LC92	Lamborghini 3512 3.5 V12	Bertrand Gachot	1-5
			Ukyo Katayama	1-5
Team Lotus	Lotus 107	Ford HBA5 3.5 V8	Johnny Herbert	6

Calendar

As usual, the calendar would contain the four core events of the San Marino, Monaco and Italian Grands Prix, in addition to the Indoor Trophy. On this occasion, the two additional events selected to complete the calendar were the Hungarian Grand Prix at the Hungaroring and the Portuguese Grand Prix at Autodromo do Estoril.

	Race	Venue	Date	Winning driver	Winning team
1	San Marino Grand Prix	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari	17th May	Pierluigi Martini	Scuderia Italia
2	Monaco Grand Prix	Circuit de Monaco	31st May	Bertrand Gachot	Venturi
3	Hungarian Grand Prix	Hungaroring	16th August	Ivan Capelli	Ferrari
4	Italian Grand Prix	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	13th September	Pieluigi Martini	Scuderia Italia
5	Portuguese Grand Prix	Autodromo do Estoril	27th September	Christian Fittipaldi	Minardi
6	F1 Indoor Trophy	Bologna Motor Show	8th December	Johnny Herbert	Lotus

Championship Standings

Championship points are awarded to the top four cars at each event. Constructors earn the points for their best car at any given event.

Position	1	2	3	4
Points	5	3	2	1

Drivers Championship

Pos	Driver	SMR	MON	HUN	ITA	POR	IND	Points
1	Pierluigi Martini	1	Ret	2†	1	Ret		13
2	JJ Lehto	2	3	DNQ	3	3†	2	12
3	Christian Fittipaldi	Ret	2		DNQ	1	4	9
4	Ukyo Katayama	3†	DNQ	3†	2	4†		8
5	Ivan Capelli	Ret	4†	1	Ret	Ret		6
6	Bertrand Gachot	Ret	1	Ret	Ret	Ret		5
7	Johnny Herbert						1	5
8	Gianni Morbidelli	Ret	Ret	DNQ	Ret	2		3
9	Alex Zanardi			DNQ			3	2
10	Jean Alesi	4†	Ret	4†	Ret	Ret		2
11	Gabriele Tarquini	Ret	Ret	Ret	4†			1
12	Michele Alboreto						5	0
13	Eric van de Poele			Ret	Ret			0
14	Roberto Moreno	DNQ	Ret	DNQ				0
15	Perry McCarthy	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ				0
16	Andrea Chiesa	DNQ	DNQ					0

Constructors Championship

Pos	Team	SMR	MON	HUN	ITA	POR	IND	Points
1	Scuderia Italia	1	3	2†	1	3†	2	20
2	Venturi	3†	1	3†	2	4†		13
3	Minardi	Ret	2	DNQ	Ret	1	3	10
4	Ferrari	4†	4†	1	Ret	Ret		7
5	Lotus						1	5
6	Fondmetal	Ret	Ret	Ret	4†			1
7	Andrea Moda	DNQ	Ret	DNQ				0

† Driver did not finish, but was classified due to being among the last four cars running