1992 Life SuperPrix of Australia

The 1992 Life SuperPrix of Australia was the 19th and final round of the 1992 Life Grand Prix Series season. It was held at Eastern Creek Raceway on November 15, 1992.

The race was one of the most controversial in LifeGP history. Four drivers, (James Davies, defending champion Dave Wilson, Jan van der Maeyede, and Jose Braggia) all entered it with a chance of winning the championship. Davies would start from pole position, as he had for every race he entered that year. He also entered the race off the back of 3 consecutive perfect scores, the only man to ever achieve that in the history of the series.

The race would take place under severe monsoon conditions, and like the previous three, was characterised by a dominant performance from Davies. Championship contenders van der Maeyede and Braggia were quickly eliminated from contention - van der Maeyede was unable to keep his car on the track in the tricky conditions, while Braggia only had a remote chance which was snuffed out when Davies took pole position.

The race continued until lap 15, when Davies' teammate, Jérémy-Étienne Voeckler suffered a problem which caused him to stop in the middle of the frontstraight. Davies, unsighted by all the spray, smashed into his teammate, taking both Foster's Good Call Racing cars out of the race on the spot. Dave Wilson motored past the pair of them to take the lead, when the race was red flagged due to the conditions. A heated debate then occurred in the steward's office, as one faction, largely made up of representatives of Davies and Foster's Good Call Racing attempted to get the results of the race taken from the end of the last completed lap, while others would wanted the race to continue. In the end, the stewards ruled in favour of calling the race and taking the results from the end of lap 14, thus giving the win and championship to James Davies by half a point.

Despite the dramatic fashion in which Davies took the title, having only entered the final 7 rounds of the season, the controversy surrounding the outcome of the race is widely considered to be one of the key factors in the ultimate demise of the Life Grand Prix Series. The decision ultimately resulted in a loss of confidence of the series' management from some major backers, who pulled out and left the series in quite a vulnerable position for the 1993 season. This, combined with several other factors such as the relative dominance of the the Good Call and Al Smith Racing Enterprises teams, the infamous 1993 Life Irish GP, and the departure of 1991 champ and fan favourite Dave Wilson, left the series insolvent at the conclusion of the 1993 season.

Classification

Race

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	00	James Davies	Foster's Good Call Racing	14		1	5.5
2	9	Jérémy-Étienne Voeckler	Foster's Good Call Racing	14		2	3
3	5	Dave Wilson	Team DAYP Loans Racing	14		5	2
4	19	Christopher Arthurs	Team Sandinista!	14		6	1.5
5	264	Anderson Angula	Life of Namibia	14		24	1
6	16	Pieter Kickert	Kickert Motorsport Engineering	14		16	0.5
7	40	Jean-Pierre Balivernes	Mazzacane Motorsport			26
8	55	Vic Sunset	Blokkmonsta Racing			15
9	88	Jose Braggia	Scuderia Asso di Fiori			32
10	29	Algernon Bell	Zeroforce			25
11	444	Cleide do Nascimento	V.I.D.A.			27
12	42	Apostolos Alianopoulos	Racing for Greece			30
13	4	Geoff Donnelly	Alstom GPE			29
14	99	Cameron Maroon	Nicchi Motori			36
15	76	Shigeru Hashimoto	H.T.M.T.R.T.			20
Ret	10	Joe Bloggs	Aussie Motorsport	12	Collision damage	33
Ret	8	Joe Gaera	Aussie Motorsport	12	Engine	12
Ret	666	Mikhail Karimov	The Team of the Workers Party	12	Engine	21
Ret	53	Marky Howard	Rockets to Russia	12	Accident	9
Ret	39	José Pablo Mazzacane	Mazzacane Motorsport	12	Accident	13
Ret	20	Rachel Graham	Team Sandinista!	12	Accident	10
Ret	17	Frédéric-Maxime Voeckler	Al Smith Racing	11	Suspension	7
Ret	25	Fidrik Arnason	Ursus Racing	11	Brakes	34
Ret	13	Kim Jong-Sung	Great Leap Backward	11	Gearbox	19
Ret	98	Gio van Dycke	Scuderia Asso di Fiori	6	Brakes	3
Ret	34	Richard Richardson	EuroBrum	5	Suspension	17
Ret	69	Charles Jericho	Herbalife Racing	5	Engine	11
Ret	47	Will Roberts	HURT Racing	4	Gearbox	37
Ret	71	Jan van der Maeyede	Al Smith Racing	1	Brakes	4
Ret	445	Julio Vaca	V.I.D.A.	1	Gearbox	14
Ret	35	Danny Ramone	Rockets to Russia	0	Clutch	8
Ret	33	William Anker	EuroBrum	0	Suspension	31
Ret	43	Atos Koumettou	Racing for Greece	0	Suspension	23
Ret	888	Ralf Alden	The Team of the Workers Party	0	Clutch	28
Ret	190	Pjotr Madunochev	Foxhound Life	0	Suspension	18
Ret	500	Ronald Tenpecost	Caraxl	0	Electronics	22
Ret	31	Josip Stalic	Great Leap Backward	0	Accident	35

Standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings

Pos.	Driver	Points
1	James Davies	46.5
2	Dave Wilson	46
3	Jan van der Maeyede	40
4	Jose Braggia	32
5	Marky Howard	30