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Ayrton Senna won the 1992 Hungarian Grand Prix

Ayrton Senna won the 1992 Hungarian Grand Prix for McLaren, ahead of Nigel Mansell and Gerhard Berger at Hungaroring.

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Race recap

Winner
Ayrton Senna
Team
McLaren
Top listed
Ayrton Senna, Nigel Mansell, and Gerhard Berger
Race date
August 16, 1992
Pole
Riccardo Patrese
Fastest lap
Nigel Mansell
Classified drivers
31
Circuit
Hungaroring

The decisive result

Ayrton Senna finished first for McLaren. Nigel Mansell is listed 2 for Williams, with Gerhard Berger 3 for McLaren.

Grid to finish

Damon Hill from P25 to P11 (+14), Mika Häkkinen from P16 to P4 (+12), and Andrea de Cesaris from P19 to P8 (+11) recorded the largest positive grid-to-finish changes in the classification. Riccardo Patrese started from the listed P1 grid position.

Status and fastest lap

The classification lists 9 Collision, 5 Finished, 4 DNQ, 2 +2 laps, and 2 +4 laps. Nigel Mansell holds the fastest-lap entry at 1:18.308 on lap 63. It records the result without speculating about incidents or strategy.

This summary sticks to the classification and does not speculate about incidents, strategy, weather, or causes. Source: F1DB (CC BY 4.0) · updated Jul 26, 2026.

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Race classification
PosDriverConstructorTime / statusPoints
1Ayrton SennaMcLaren1:46:19.21610
2Nigel MansellWilliams1:46:59.3556
3Gerhard BergerMcLaren1:47:09.9984
4Mika HäkkinenTeam Lotus1:47:13.5293
5Martin BrundleBenetton1:47:16.7142
6Ivan CapelliFerrari+1 lap1
7Michele AlboretoFootwork+2 laps0
8Andrea de CesarisTyrrell+2 laps0
9Paul BelmondoMarch+3 laps0
10Maurício GugelminJordan+4 laps0
11Damon HillBrabham+4 laps0
DNFMichael SchumacherBenettonBroken wing0
DNFRiccardo PatreseWilliamsEngine0
DNFPierluigi MartiniDallaraGearbox0
DNFUkyo KatayamaVenturiEngine0
DNFJean AlesiFerrariSpun off0
DNFBertrand GachotVenturiCollision0
DNFAguri SuzukiFootworkCollision0
DNFOlivier GrouillardTyrrellCollision0
DNFKarl WendlingerMarchCollision0