Mansell seemed the only man who could make it otherwise, this year. I got to qualifying, and I went out early in the session. Mais Senna, qui accusait alors un retard d'une trentaine de secondes, passe devant pour une poignée de secondes.Mansell est deux secondes au tour plus rapide que le nouveau leader – le premier pilote hors Williams à mener au moins un tour cette saison-là – et revient dans ses échappements à l'abord des trois dernières boucles. 26 cars qualified for the race, but only 25 took to the grid for the start as At the start, Senna passed Patrese into the St. La vérité ne sera jamais établie mais cela a au moins offert une fin de course entrée dans l'Histoire.La Scuderia Ferrari rejoint enfin les F1 Esports SeriesRenault aurait "aisément été 4e partout" fin 2018 avec le bloc 2019 Believing he had a puncture (it was later suspected to be a loose wheel nut), he radioed to the pits for a change of tyres.Because it wasn't expecting him to pit, Williams didn't turn around Mansell particularly fast. La McLaren maintient le cap et franchit la ligne d'arrivée en tête, pour une cinquième victoire consécutive.Malgré la défense rude de Senna, Mansell est beau joueur : Senna quant à lui était heureux d'être parvenu à maintenir "Il Leone" (surnom acquis lors de son passage chez Ferrari) derrière lui lors de ces trois tours intenses. So I had given it my max in pre-qualifying before I even got the best use of the tyres. He later described his time as a "totally clear lap". He positioned his car exactly where was needed to close off any overtaking attempt, despite some theatrical lunges and alternative lines from Mansell.There was no room for Mansell to get past and in the end the laps ran out, handing Senna a sensational fifth win on the streets.Speaking after his first defeat of the 1992 season, Mansell said: “I must compliment Ayrton because he pretty well second guessed every move I tried to do.

Le 31 mai 1992, Ayrton Senna (McLaren) remporte un inattendu succès au GP de Monaco F1 en résistant à Nigel Mansell (Williams) dans les derniers tours. The 1992 Monaco Grand Prix (formally the 50ème Grand Prix de Monaco ) was a Formula One motor race held on 31 May 1992 at the Circuit de Monaco. In the previous eight years, the race at Monaco had been won by either Ayrton Senna or Alain Prost. La McLaren maintient le cap et franchit la ligne d'arrivée en tête. We could never run that long. Seldom has any driver dominated to such an extent, to what Mansell did in 1992. Qualifying an Andrea Moda is up there as well.In a feature on the BBC's Formula 1 Website in 2009 former BBC Formula One commentator The team still hadn't made a proper seat for me, so I had taken a beating inside the cockpit, but I kept my foot down and desperately tried to remember where the next corner was. Schumacher also passed Berger into the first corner. I had to use all my knowledge about Monaco, and it was really exciting. So what I tried to do was go hard enough to be in a position to benefit if anything happened to Mansell. I'm surprised I wasn't hurt. Stress ? Ses pneus finalement changés, le revoilà en piste. The 1992 F1 season was a picture perfect one for Nigel Mansell and Williams. À gauche, à droite, Mansell tente mais Senna répond, voire anticipe. Monaco is known as being a nigh-on impossible place for anyone to overtake. Soupçonnant une crevaison, il décide alors de passer par les stands : après une brève vérification, rien ne semble poser problème, même si un boulon mal serré sera envisagé par la suite. We then had a longer pitstop than normal and as I came out of the pit I saw Ayrton go by, and I knew then that the race was probably lost, but as you can see from the last 10 laps we gave it everything we could and more and his car was just too wide to get past.Despite initial reports that Mansell incurred a puncture in the tunnel on lap 71 Goodyear later denied this was the case.The 1992 Monaco Grand Prix turned out to be the only time the Andrea Moda team qualified for a Formula One race with Roberto Moreno retiring after 11 laps with engine problems. The first practice session took place under warm and hazy weather conditions.I was really pushing hard and the car just didn't turn into the corner. From more than five seconds adrift, the gap came down to 4.3, then 1.9 – and with three laps remaining they were nose to tail.Ayrton Senna, McLaren MP4/7A, Nigel Mansell, Williams FW14BBut despite Mansell having the luxury of the best car and fresh rubber, Senna played a blinder.

In Monaco you always get the best times in the final laps, but I put the car 11th in the first twenty minutes, that was all the laps I could do. Going through the tunnel, the Briton had a sideways moment. Coming into the tunnel I almost lost it, the back end just went down and I knew immediately I had picked up an instant puncture. Le 31 mai 1992, Ayrton Senna (McLaren) remporte le 5e de ses 6 succès au Grand Prix de Monaco F1 en résistant à Nigel Mansell (Williams). Senna le sait, sa seule chance de victoire est de prendre l'avantage sur Patrese puis de rester suffisamment proche de Mansell pour profiter du moindre problème.

“It was impossible with the superiority of his car. Cette opportunité arrive au 71e des 78 tours. I knew Nigel was going to try everything to pass me, and he was faster everywhere in the circuit.“So, I tried to stay on the inside at corners.