At the very wet British Grand Prix for instance, Berger led the opening laps from Senna having already attained pole position, consequently building a large cushion over the rest of the field before having to slow just to finish ( at the halfway mark he was in 2nd place, 50 seconds in front of 3rd placed Nigel Mansell ).

Berger deservedly won the 1992 Canadian Grand Prix having overtaken Riccardo Patrese's Williams and attacking teammate Senna before the Brazilian retired.

The race was notable for the dominance of Ayrton Senna where he won the race by over 1 minute from Damon Hill, having advanced from fifth to first in the opening lap.

Senna faded to finish fifth, but the battle for second continued between Boutsen and Piquet-Boutsen went out avoiding Piquet who was rejoining the track after having gone off-and then between Piquet and Prost, which Prost won.

Senna made a late charge in an attempt to catch Berger but the Austrian had enough in hand to respond despite having what appeared to be a dragging under-tray.

Prost led from the start, away from Senna, the Ferraris and the Benettons, although after ten laps Gerhard Berger began having issues with the fuel system of his Ferrari.

By lap 45, following traffic problems for Senna and a streak of fast laps, Prost had caught his team-mate and on lap 61 passed him at the inside at the Signes corner, while the Brazilian was having trouble lapping Alex Caffi and Pierluigi Martini.

On lap 57, Senna, still having problems with his fuel readout, pitted for a tyre change and was passed by Alboreto, Boutsen and Derek Warwick, falling to 6th.

If Senna then failed to score they would be equal on points, but Senna would still win the title, having taken more wins ( 8 to 7 ).

Senna become only the second champion after John Surtees to win the Championship without having scored the largest number of points.

Senna continued to dominate, Prost having been slowed by the Piquet-De Cesaris incident and duly won his second Monaco Grand Prix from Prost.

With Mansell having problems with his Ferrari, Senna and Prost battled for the entire race, as both drivers were driving on the limit.

With Patrese out, Senna led Piquet, who was having to hold off Alesi, by over a minute.

Senna won by a mere 2. 9 seconds from Patrese, having to be lifted bodily from the car due to exhaustion and driven to the podium in the medical car.

Moreno's gearbox broke on lap 52 causing him to retire, whilst Senna was having problems with oil pressure caused by the special high-torque Honda V12.

Patrese started his recovery drive by out-braking Senna into turn 1 to take second place and set off after Mansell, the Williams-Renault package clearly having distinguished itself over the bumps of the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez.

Senna made a rocket start to lead Mansell, while Patrese was the first casualty of the day, having been bumped off by Berger.

Meanwhile Mansell cruised to his third straight win, leading home Patrese, Alesi, Berger, de Cesaris, and Gachot, Senna having run out of fuel on the last lap for the second straight race, allowing Mansell to close to within eight points of Senna in the drivers championship.

Mansell meanwhile cruised to victory from Senna, Prost, Berger, Schumacher, and Piquet, Alesi having retired with a blown engine.

Reigning World Champion Ayrton Senna of McLaren was only in fourth place, having accumulated eight points.

However, The Monaco Grand Prix had only been won in the last eight years by either Ayrton Senna and Alain Prost but Nigel Mansell was looking to achieve his first win at Monaco having won the previous five races.

The track began to dry and everyone pitted once again with Senna having a problem and losing 20 seconds.

Barrichello's win was the first victory by a Brazilian driver since the death of three-time champion Ayrton Senna six years previously.

By mid-season 1991 Newey's FW14 chassis was every bit a match for the previously dominant McLaren, but early season reliability issues and the efforts of Ayrton Senna prevented Williams team leader, Nigel Mansell, from taking the title.

Accounts tell of an incident at Monza where in a joint helicopter ride Senna had been showing off his new tailor-made briefcase.

Having been made of carbon fibre composite, Senna argued that it was virtually indestructible.

Nonetheless, the Hungaroring has been the scene of several memorable races such as the duels of Nelson Piquet and Ayrton Senna, Nigel Mansell's lost wheel in 1987, Mansell's win from 12th on the grid after a dramatic pass on Ayrton Senna in 1989, Damon Hill's almost victory with Arrows in 1997 and maiden wins for Hill in 1993, Fernando Alonso in 2003, Jenson Button in 2006 in the track's first ever wet grand prix, and Heikki Kovalainen in 2008.

He reported that there was no chance, based on what he ascertained on arriving at the scene, that Senna could have been saved due to the graveness of the head injury he had suffered.

Senna and Mansell were not the only new drivers to run near the front – Stefan Bellof, running in the only naturally aspirated car in the race, finished third and had been closing on both Senna and Prost.

After intentionally dropping to 6th in order to save fuel, Alain Prost stormed through the field, passed 5 leading cars ( Nelson Piquet, Nigel Mansell, Andrea De Cesaris, Keke Rosberg and Ayrton Senna ) and battled with Senna ( who made an excellent start from fourth on the grid, had been leading almost every lap since lap 1, but eventually retired with fuel problems ) for much of the second half of the race.

Senna and Prost qualified in 3rd and 4th place, the first time no McLaren had been on the front row of the grid since the 1987 Mexican Grand Prix and first time in 1988 that neither McLaren was on pole.

It worked almost immediately and was the scene of Nigel Mansell's race-winning pass on Ayrton Senna after the Brazilian had been slowed by the lapped Onyx of Stefan Johansson.

Prost was not impressed with Senna's tactics and this led to some angry, but controlled, words in the McLaren camp after the race ( Senna countered Prost's anger by stating that he had almost been pushed onto the grass by Prost before the first corner after the start, though many saw this as a tactic used by drivers at just about every start ).

Alain Prost finished in second place for McLaren, strengthening his championship chances after his team-mate and rival Ayrton Senna had been involved in a collision with Ferrari driver Nigel Mansell which resulted in them both retiring.

Arnoux had actually been 2nd fastest in the wet pre-race warmup behind Senna.

Senna had to come from behind after the young French driver Jean Alesi almost stole the race away in what would have been a major upset win for Alesi and his comparatively under-funded Tyrrell 018.

Senna said he knew Alesi had the ingredients to be World Champion, and Alesi gushed, " He is my hero and has been for many years.

There had been no changes to the field as the cars arrived for the Jewel in the crown of Formula One and qualifying saw no surprises with Monaco master Ayrton Senna taking pole from arch-rival Alain Prost.

Hunt, who as the Champion was in the photo shoot along with the Fangio, Sir Jack Brabham, Stewart, Alan Jones, Niki Lauda, as well as current drivers Senna and Nelson Piquet, claimed during the race commentary that Prost had been beaten down by Senna after losing the championship to him in controversial circumstances and seemed to be " a driver who was under a form of mental collapse ".

In the two previous years, the championship had been decided when Senna and Prost tangled at Suzuka.

Unable to lap Hill, Senna was re-passed by Irvine, who had been lapped but was chasing Hill for 4th position.

The fast Hockenheim circuit had been modified from the year before, with the fast Senna chicane being made slower.