The
1992 Formula One season was the 43rd season of
FIA Formula One motor racing. It featured the 1992 FIA Formula One World Championship, which commenced on 1 March 1992 and ended on 8 November after sixteen races.
Nigel Mansell won the Drivers' Championship, and
Williams-Renault won the Constructors' Championship, their first Constructors' Championship since 1987. Mansell became the first driver in Formula One history to win nine races in a single season. He sealed the title as early as in August. Reigning champion
Ayrton Senna managed three race wins but trailed Mansell,
Riccardo Patrese and young German
Michael Schumacher in the championship. Schumacher took his first race win of 91 at the
Belgian Grand Prix.