The 1992 Formula One season was one of the most one-sided contests the sport has ever seen.
Nigel Mansell pole-axed the opposition with the Williams-Renault FW14B and pocketed the title after just 11 of the 16 rounds.
His seventh win of the year came on home ground at Silverstone and the post race celebrations got a bit out of control as the videos below show.
In many respects 1992 was a watershed year: Mansell quit the sport at the end of the year, McLaren's successful association with Honda came to an end and Michael Schumacher had his first full season and breakthrough victory.
Here's footage from four of that year's races shot by F1 fans.
Mexican Grand Prix
Mansell led every lap of the first round in South Africa and repeated the feat at the second race of the year in Mexico.
Ivan Capelli is the first driver to make an appearance in the first video, driving Ferrari's F92A ' a car that was as attractive as it was uncompetitive. The team endured their second consecutive winless season in 1992. Team mate Jean Alesi appears shortly afterwards.
Next into view is the Fondmetal GR01 of Gabriele Tarquini. The team made its first F1 start at this race the year before, but dropped out of F1 before the end of 1992.
Next to appear is the reigning world champion ' Ayrton Senna. He used the team's 1991 car for the final time in this race, but dropped out with transmission failure after just 11 laps. His title defence was already looking shaky.
This was the last time F1 raced in Mexico, at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez. Read more about the Grand Prix here:
- 1992 Mexican Grand Prix: Schumacher's first podium and Mexico's last race
British Grand Prix
By July Mansell's championship victory looked like a foregone conclusion. At Silverstone the grandstands were packed with fans watching him move one step closer to it ' even during the wet pre-race preparations.
When Mansell delivered the longed-for victory the place went crazy, fans spilling onto the track. Some paid too little heed to the cars already on the track ' watch out for Michael Schumacher, who'd just finished fourth, revving his engine as he passed by.
In the last video you can see fans taking the opportunity to get a closer look at some of the cars after the track invasion.
Italian Grand Prix
The Italian Grand Prix was preceded by a traditional tyre test to prepare for the high-speed track.
In the first of these videos you can see Damon Hill running in an unnumbered Williams. By this point the team had already wrapped up the constructors' championship.
You can also see ' and, more importantly, hear ' the McLarens running with their V12 Honda engines for the last time at one of F1's great power tracks.
Minardi and Jordan were also packing V12 power that year ' look out for their cars in the third video, powered by Lamborghini and Yamaha respectively.
Australian Grand Prix
The season finale was held at Adelaide in Australia. It was the last time Mansell and Senna faced each other on track, and the outcome was explosive.
Senna made a bid to pass Mansell for the lead at the end of lap one but braked too late and slipped back to second ' as seen in the second video. On the 19th lap Senna hit Mansell from behind at the last corner, putting both out.
With engine failure ending Riccardo Patrese's race, that left Gerhard Berger to win his last Grand Prix for McLaren.
Your F1 race videos
Have you shot any videos at F1 races? You can share your videos of last years' races via the links below.
And if you have footage from other seasons you can also share links to it in the forum, on Twitter, through Facebook or via F1 Fanatic on Youtube.
- 2012 Australian Grand Prix ' your pictures and video
- 2012 Malaysian Grand Prix ' your pictures and video
- 2012 Chinese Grand Prix ' your pictures and video
- 2012 Bahrain Grand Prix ' your pictures and video
- 2012 Spanish Grand Prix ' your pictures and video
- 2012 Monaco Grand Prix ' your pictures and video
- 2012 Canadian Grand Prix ' your pictures and video
- 2012 European Grand Prix ' your pictures and video
- 2012 British Grand Prix ' your pictures and video
- 2012 German Grand Prix ' your pictures and video
- 2012 Hungarian Grand Prix ' your pictures and video
- 2012 Belgian Grand Prix ' Your pictures and video
- 2012 Italian Grand Prix ' Your pictures and video
- 2012 Singapore Grand Prix ' Your pictures and video
- 2012 Japanese Grand Prix ' Your pictures and video
- 2012 Korean Grand Prix ' Your pictures and video
- 2012 Indian Grand Prix ' Your pictures and video
- 2012 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix ' Your pictures and video
- 2012 United States Grand Prix ' Your pictures and video
- 2012 Brazilian Grand Prix ' Your pictures and video
F1 fans' classic Grand Prix videos
- F1 fans' classic Grand Prix videos: 1992
- F1 fans' classic Grand Prix videos: 1991
- F1 fans' classic Grand Prix videos: 1990
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