1992 Spanish Grand Prix

Race details
Race 4 of 16 in the 1992 Formula One season
Date	May 3, 1992
Official name	Gran Premio Tío Pepe de España
Location	Circuit de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.747 km (2.950 mi)
Distance	65 laps, 308.555 km (191.727 mi)
Weather	Wet
Pole position
Driver	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Renault
Time	1:20.190
Fastest lap
Driver	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Renault
Time	1:42.503 on lap 10
Podium
First	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Renault
Second	Michael Schumacher	Benetton-Ford
Third	Jean Alesi	Ferrari

The 1992 Spanish Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on May 3, 1992 at the Circuit de Catalunya. It was the fourth round of the 1992 Formula One season.

Race[link]

The race was also advertised as the Grand Prix of the Olympic Games. The race was moved up from its former September date, and held just months before the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona.

British driver Perry McCarthy was allowed to compete for the first time and his Andrea Moda car was entered for the pre-qualifying session before the race, but the engine blew up and the car rolled to a halt 18 metres later having barely left the garage. Damon Hill, son of former world champion Graham Hill, made his debut with the Brabham team, but did not qualify for the race. As in the three previous races, Mansell qualified in pole position, ahead of Michael Schumacher, Ayrton Senna, Riccardo Patrese, Ivan Capelli and Martin Brundle.

At the start of the race, in torrential wet conditions, Patrese got by Schumacher and Senna. Ferrari driver Jean Alesi made a good start from 8th on the grid to 3rd into the first corner on the first lap, forcing other drivers to take defensive actions and drop back. Senna dropped from 3rd all the way to 7th. But, he recovered 2 positions to 5th during the first lap. The order was: Mansell, Patrese, Alesi, Schumacher, Senna and Capelli.

Schumacher attacked and passed Alesi on lap 7. Berger tried to do the same but tipped Alesi into a spin, putting the Frenchman behind Senna and Capelli as well. By, now the rain intensified, and Patrese spun off on lap 20 while trying to lap a backmarker. This put Mansell ahead of Schumacher, Senna, Berger, Capelli and Alesi.

During the pit-stops, Alesi got past Capelli and began to charge up through the field. He cruised past Berger for fourth and began to attack Senna for third. He wanted to attack Schumacher as well and was in a hurry. The pressure was so much that Senna spun off with two laps to go, although he was still classified 9th. At the same time, Capelli spun off as well.

Mansell continued his perfect record in 1992 with his fourth win of the season from Schumacher, Alesi, Berger, Alboreto and Pierluigi Martini, but for the first time in the season his Williams team did not score a 1-2 finish. Martin Brundle scored his 4th consecutive retirement of the season in his Benetton.

Classification[link]

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	5	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Renault	65	1:56:10.674	1	10
2	19	Michael Schumacher	Benetton-Ford	65	+ 23.914	2	6
3	27	Jean Alesi	Ferrari	65	+ 26.462	8	4
4	2	Gerhard Berger	McLaren-Honda	65	+ 1:20.647	7	3
5	9	Michele Alboreto	Footwork-Mugen-Honda	64	+ 1 Lap	16	2
6	22	Pierluigi Martini	Dallara-Ferrari	63	+ 2 Laps	13	1
7	10	Aguri Suzuki	Footwork-Mugen-Honda	63	+ 2 Laps	19
8	16	Karl Wendlinger	March-Ilmor	63	+ 2 Laps	9
9	1	Ayrton Senna	McLaren-Honda	62	Spun Off	3
10	28	Ivan Capelli	Ferrari	62	Spun Off	5
11	23	Christian Fittipaldi	Minardi-Lamborghini	61	+ 4 Laps	22
12	17	Paul Belmondo	March-Ilmor	61	+ 4 Laps	23
Ret	21	Jyrki Järvilehto	Dallara-Ferrari	56	Spun Off	12
Ret	15	Gabriele Tarquini	Fondmetal-Ford	56	Spun Off	18
Ret	11	Mika Häkkinen	Lotus-Ford	56	Spun Off	21
Ret	26	Érik Comas	Ligier-Renault	55	Spun Off	10
Ret	29	Bertrand Gachot	Larrousse-Lamborghini	35	Engine	24
Ret	3	Olivier Grouillard	Tyrrell-Ilmor	30	Spun Off	15
Ret	24	Gianni Morbidelli	Minardi-Lamborghini	26	Handling	25
Ret	33	Maurício Gugelmin	Jordan-Yamaha	24	Spun Off	17
Ret	14	Andrea Chiesa	Fondmetal-Ford	22	Spun Off	20
Ret	6	Riccardo Patrese	Williams-Renault	19	Spun Off	4
Ret	12	Johnny Herbert	Lotus-Ford	13	Spun Off	26
Ret	25	Thierry Boutsen	Ligier-Renault	11	Engine	14
Ret	20	Martin Brundle	Benetton-Ford	4	Spun Off	6
Ret	4	Andrea de Cesaris	Tyrrell-Ilmor	2	Engine	11
DNQ	30	Ukyo Katayama	Larrousse-Lamborghini
DNQ	7	Eric van de Poele	Brabham-Judd
DNQ	32	Stefano Modena	Jordan-Yamaha
DNQ	8	Damon Hill	Brabham-Judd
DNPQ	34	Roberto Moreno	Moda-Judd
DNPQ	35	Perry McCarthy	Moda-Judd

Standings after the race[link]

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Nigel Mansell 40 2 Riccardo Patrese 18 3 Michael Schumacher 17 4 Gerhard Berger 8 5 Jean Alesi 7

Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 Williams-Renault 58 2 Benetton-Ford 17 3 McLaren-Honda 12 4 Ferrari 9 5 Footwork-Mugen-Honda 3

• Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

References[link]

• "The Official Formula 1 website". Archived from the original on 30 September 2007. http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1992/185/. Retrieved 2007-08-25. 
• Henry, Alan (1992). AUTOCOURSE 1992-93. Hazleton Publishing. ISBN 0-905138-96-1. 

Spanish Grand Prix

Circuit de Catalunya
Race information
Laps	66
Circuit length	4.655 km (2.892 mi)
Race length	307.104 km (190.825 mi)
Number of times held	53
First held	1913
Most wins (drivers)	Michael Schumacher (6)
Most wins (constructors)	Ferrari (11)
Last race (2012):
Pole position	Pastor Maldonado Williams-Renault 1:22.985
Podium	1. Pastor Maldonado Williams-Renault 1h 39m 09.145s 2. Fernando Alonso Ferrari +3.196s 3. Kimi Räikkönen Lotus-Renault +3.884s
Fastest lap	Romain Grosjean Lotus-Renault 1:26.250

The Spanish Grand Prix (Spanish: Gran Premio de España, Catalan: Gran Premi d'Espanya) is a Formula One race currently held at the Circuit de Catalunya in Barcelona, Spain, as part of the annual Formula One championship season.

History[link]

The first Spanish Grand Prix in 1913 was not actually run to the Grand Prix formula of the day, but to touring car rules, taking place on a 300-kilometre road circuit at Guadarrama, near Madrid, on the road to Valladolid.

Motor racing events had taken place in Spain prior to that - the most notable among them being the Catalan Cup of 1908 and 1909, on roads around Sitges, near Barcelona. Both of these events were won by Jules Goux, establishing a strong racing tradition in Catalonia, which has continued to this day. This enthusiasm for racing led to the plan to build a permanent track at Sitges - a 2-kilometre (1.2 mi) oval which became known as Sitges-Terramar, and was the site of the 1923 Spanish Grand Prix.

After this first race, the track fell into financial difficulties, and the organisers had to look for another venue. In 1926, the Spanish Grand Prix moved to Circuito Lasarte on the northern coast, home of the main race in Spain during the 1920s - the San Sebastián Grand Prix. The 1927 Spanish Grand Prix was part of the AIACR World Manufacturers' Championship, but the race was still not established and in 1928 and 1929 was run to sports car regulations.

The 1930 Spanish Grand Prix for sports cars, scheduled for July 27, was cancelled due to the bad economic situation following the Wall Street crash in October 1929. The 1931 and 1932 Spanish Grands Prix were also announced, only to be cancelled due to political and economic difficulties. Finally, in 1933 the Spanish Grand Prix was revived at Lasarte with government backing.

Following the 1935 race, Spain descended into civil war and racing stopped. In 1946, racing returned to Spain in the form of the Penya Rhin Grand Prix at the Pedralbes Circuit in Barcelona.

Spain did not return to the international calendar until 1951, joining the list of races of the Formula One championship, on the Pedralbes Circuit. In 1955, a terrible accident at the 24 Hours of Le Mans resulted in regulations governing spectator safety, and the pedestrian-lined street track at Pedralbes was dropped from the racing calendar.

Comeback[link]

In the 1960s, Spain made a bid to return to the world of international motor racing - the Royal Automobile Club of Spain commissioned a new circuit north of Madrid at Jarama, and Catalonia refurbished their circuit at Montjuïc circuit in Barcelona. A non-championship Grand Prix took place at Jarama in 1967, which was won by Jim Clark racing in a Lotus F1 car.

In 1968, Jarama hosted the Spanish Grand Prix, near the beginning of the F1 season. It was agreed, following this event, that the race would alternate between Jarama and Montjuic.

The 1975 Grand Prix at Montjuic was marked by tragedy. There had been concerns about track safety during practice races, and double-winner Emerson Fittipaldi retired in protest after a single lap. On the 26th lap of the race, Rolf Stommelen's car crashed when the rear wing broke off, killing four spectators. The race was stopped on the 29th lap and won by Jochen Mass, though only half the points were awarded.

After the tragic events at the dangerously fast and confined space of Montjuic, the Spanish Grand Prix was confined to Jarama until 1981, after which it was dropped from the racing calendar because of the unpleasant conditions and small crowd at the 1981 race. In 1985, the Mayor of Jerez commissioned a new racing circuit in his town to promote tourism and sherries. The track, the Circuito Permanente de Jerez, was finished in time for the 1986 championship, which saw a furious battle between Ayrton Senna and Nigel Mansell, with the two cars finishing side by side. Senna won by 0.014 seconds - one of F1's closest finishes.

The 1990 Spanish Grand Prix was the last in Jerez (although Jerez did stage the European Grand Prix in 1994 and 1997). During the practice, Martin Donnelly's car was destroyed in a high-speed collision, and Donnelly was severely injured.

Work on the Circuit de Catalunya was underway in Barcelona, and in 1991, the event moved to this new track, where it has remained since. The 1992 event was advertised as the Grand Prix of the Olympic Games. Since that race the race has been held in early season, usually in late April or early May.

The Williams team dominated the first outings there, taking all victories until 1994. Michael Schumacher has won a total of six times, including his 1996 victory in heavy rain, which was his first for Ferrari. Mika Häkkinen took three victories and was on road for fourth in 2001 before his car failed on the last lap.

Since 2003 the race has been well attended thanks to success of Fernando Alonso. Alonso finished second in 2003 and 2005 before taking victory in 2006.

Two Spanish drivers have won the Spanish Grand Prix; Carlos de Salamanca in 1923 and Alonso in 2006.

Sponsors[link]

Gran Premio Talbot de España 1981
Gran Premio Tio Pepe de España 1986-1992
Gran Premio Marlboro de España 1993-2005
Gran Premio de España Telefónica 2006-2010
Gran Premio de España Santander 2011-2012

Winners of the Spanish Grand Prix[link]

Multiple winners (drivers)[link]

Embolded drivers are competing in the Formula One championship in the current season
A pink background indicates an event which was not part of the Formula One World Championship.

# Wins	Driver	Years Won
6	Michael Schumacher	1995, 1996, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004
3	Louis Chiron	1928, 1929, 1933
	Jackie Stewart	1969, 1970, 1971
	Nigel Mansell	1987, 1991, 1992
	Alain Prost	1988, 1990, 1993
	Mika Häkkinen	1998, 1999, 2000
2	Emerson Fittipaldi	1972, 1973
	Mario Andretti	1977, 1978
	Ayrton Senna	1986, 1989
	Kimi Räikkönen	2005, 2008

Multiple winners (constructors)[link]

A pink background indicates an event which was not part of the Formula One World Championship.
A cream background indicates an event which was part of the pre-war European Championship.
Embolded teams are competing in the Formula One championship in the current season

# Wins	Constructor	Years Won[1]
11	Ferrari	1954, 1974, 1981, 1990, 1996, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2008
8	McLaren	1975, 1976, 1988, 1989, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2005
	Williams	1980, 1987, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1997, 2012
7	Lotus	1967, 1968, 1972, 1973, 1977, 1978, 1986
3	Bugatti	1926, 1928, 1929
2	Mercedes-Benz	1934, 1935
	Red Bull	2010, 2011

By year[link]

Jerez, used from 1986-1990

Jarama, used from 1967-1981

Montjuïc, alternating with Jarama from 1969-1975

Pedralbes, used in 1951 and 1954

Events which were not part of the Formula One World Championship are indicated by a pink background.
A cream background indicates an event which was part of the pre-war European Championship.

Year	Driver	Constructor	Location	Report
2012	Pastor Maldonado	Williams-Renault	Catalunya	Report
2011	Vettel, SebastianSebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault		Report
2010	Webber, MarkMark Webber	Red Bull-Renault		Report
2009	Button, JensonJenson Button	Brawn-Mercedes		Report
2008	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari		Report
2007	Felipe Massa	Ferrari		Report
2006	Fernando Alonso	Renault		Report
2005	Kimi Räikkönen	McLaren-Mercedes		Report
2004	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari		Report
2003	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari		Report
2002	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari		Report
2001	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari		Report
2000	Mika Häkkinen	McLaren-Mercedes		Report
1999	Mika Häkkinen	McLaren-Mercedes		Report
1998	Mika Häkkinen	McLaren-Mercedes		Report
1997	Jacques Villeneuve	Williams-Renault		Report
1996	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari		Report
1995	Michael Schumacher	Benetton-Renault		Report
1994	Damon Hill	Williams-Renault		Report
1993	Alain Prost	Williams-Renault		Report
1992	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Renault		Report
1991	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Renault		Report
1990	Alain Prost	Ferrari	Jerez	Report
1989	Ayrton Senna	McLaren-Honda		Report
1988	Alain Prost	McLaren-Honda		Report
1987	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Honda		Report
1986	Ayrton Senna	Lotus-Renault		Report
1985 - 1982	Not held
1981	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari	Jarama	Report
1980	Alan Jones	Williams-Ford		Report
1979	Patrick Depailler	Ligier-Ford		Report
1978	Mario Andretti	Lotus-Ford		Report
1977	Mario Andretti	Lotus-Ford		Report
1976	James Hunt	McLaren-Ford		Report
1975	Jochen Mass	McLaren-Ford	Montjuïc	Report
1974	Niki Lauda	Ferrari	Jarama	Report
1973	Émerson Fittipaldi	Lotus-Ford	Montjuïc	Report
1972	Émerson Fittipaldi	Lotus-Ford	Jarama	Report
1971	Jackie Stewart	Tyrrell-Ford	Montjuïc	Report
1970	Jackie Stewart	March-Ford	Jarama	Report
1969	Jackie Stewart	Matra-Ford	Montjuïc	Report
1968	Graham Hill	Lotus-Ford	Jarama	Report
1967	Jim Clark	Lotus-Cosworth		Report
1966 - 1955	Not held
1954	Mike Hawthorn	Ferrari	Pedralbes	Report
1953 - 1952	Not held
1951	Juan Manuel Fangio	Alfa Romeo	Pedralbes	Report
1950 - 1936	Not held
1935	Rudolf Caracciola	Mercedes-Benz	Lasarte	Report
1934	Luigi Fagioli	Mercedes-Benz	Lasarte	Report
1933	Louis Chiron	Alfa Romeo		Report
1932 - 1931	Not held
1930	Achille Varzi	Maserati	Lasarte	Report
1929	Louis Chiron	Bugatti		Report *
1928	Louis Chiron	Bugatti		Report *
1927	Robert Benoist	Delage		Report
1926	Bartolomeo Costantini	Bugatti		Report
1925 - 1924	Not held
1923	Albert Divo	Sunbeam	Sitges-Terramar	Report
1922 - 1914	Not held
1913	Carlos de Salamanca	Rolls-Royce	Guadarrama	Report *

* Sports car race

See also[link]

• San Sebastián Grand Prix

References[link]

External links[link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Spanish Grand Prix

• Circuit de Catalunya official website (click on English to change language)
• Spanish Grand Prix Statistics
• Catalunya F1 statistics

Coordinates: 41°34′9.9″N 2°15′26.9″E / 41.569417°N 2.257472°E / 41.569417; 2.257472

Look up Grand Prix in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

Grand Prix (French pronunciation: [ɡʁɑ̃pʁi], meaning "Grand Prize"; plural Grands Prix) may refer to:

Competitions[link]

• Grand Prix (snooker), a former name of the World Open
• Six-red World Grand Prix, a former name of the Sangsom Six-red World Championship
• IAAF Grand Prix Final, an athletics competitions replaced by the IAAF World Athletics Final
• Grand Prix de Futsal, international futsal competition
• Grand Prix gliding
• Grand Prix tennis circuit
• ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating
• FIVB World Grand Prix
• World Grand Prix (darts)
• Grand Prix (Magic: The Gathering)
• Aero GP, flying competition
• IAAF Super Grand Prix, a series of athletics meetings held until 2009
• Some of the meetings in the series that succeeded the IAAF Super Grand Prix
  • Adidas Grand Prix
  • British Grand Prix (athletics)
  • London Grand Prix
  • Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix
  • Shanghai Golden Grand Prix

Racing[link]

• Grand Prix motor racing, form of racing that has evolved into Formula One racing
  • List of Formula One Grands Prix
  • Formula One
• Grand Prix motorcycle Road Racing, known commonly as MotoGP after its premier class.
  • List of Grand Prix motorcycle races
• Grand Prix Chantal Biya, a road bicycle racing event
• U.S. Gran Prix of Cyclocross, a cyclo-cross bicycle racing series
• Grand Prix Masters
• A1 Grand Prix
• D1 Grand Prix
• Speedway Grand Prix (motorcycle speedway)

Chess[link]

• Grand Prix Attack, a chess opening
• USCF Grand Prix
• FIDE Grand Prix 2008–2009

Equestrianism[link]

• Grand Prix (horse race), the original name of the Prix Gladiateur, a horse race in France
• Nakayama Grand Prix, original name of the Arima Kinen horse race in Japan
• Grand Prix Dressage
• Grand Prix show jumping

Combat sports[link]

• K-1 World Grand Prix, K-1's annual kickboxing World Grand Prix tournaments
• Strikeforce Grand Prix, the name for a competition run by Strikeforce
• Pride Grand Prix, the name for a series of tournaments held by Pride
• DREAM Grand Prix, the name for DREAM's various mixed martial arts Grand Prix tournaments
• IFL Grand Prix, the name for International Fight League's various mixed martial arts Grand Prix tournaments

Awards[link]

• Grand Prix (Cannes Film Festival)
• Grand Prix de Littérature Policière, annual literary award for French and international crime fiction
• Grand Prix de la ville d'Angoulême, a comics award
• Prix Saint-Michel, another comics award
• Grand Prix at International Film Festival Bratislava

Entertainment and arts[link]

• Eurovision Song Contest (originally named Grand Prix d'Eurovision de la Chanson)
• *Melodi Grand Prix - Norwegian selection for Eurovision
  • Dansk Melodi Grand Prix - Danish selection for Eurovision
• Grand Prix (album), by Teenage Fanclub
• Grand Prix (1934 film), a British film
• Grand Prix (1966 film), a 1966 film about Formula One motor racing
• Grand Prix (2010 film), a South Korean film
• "Grand Prix" (CSI: Miami), seventh episode from second season of CSI: Miami
• Grand Prix (band), a hard rock and AOR band from the early 1980s

Video games[link]

• F-1 Sensation, the Japanese/European version of the cancelled NES game Grand Prix
• Formula One Grand Prix (video game)
  • Grand Prix 2
  • Grand Prix 3
  • Grand Prix 4
• Grand Prix (video game) by Activision
• Grand Prix Challenge, by Atari
• Grand Prix Circuit (video game), by Accolade
• Grand Prix Legends (1967 season)
• A gameplay mode in all seven Mario Kart games

Other uses[link]

• Pontiac Grand Prix, an automobile formerly manufactured by General Motors
• Grand Prix (drinks), a line of soft drinks sold in Canada by Dominion Stores in the 1960s

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Ukyo Katayama Katayama in 2008 Born (1963-05-29) 29 May 1963 (age 49) Formula One World Championship career Nationality Japanese Active years 1992–1997 Teams Larrousse, Tyrrell, Minardi Races 97 (95 starts) Championships 0 Wins 0 Podiums 0 Career points 5 Pole positions 0 Fastest laps 0 First race 1992 South African Grand Prix Last race 1997 European Grand Prix 24 Hours of Le Mans career Participating years 1998-1999 Teams Toyota Team Europe Best finish 2nd (1999) Class wins 1 (1999)

Ukyo Katayama (片山 右京, Katayama Ukyō^?, born May 29, 1963) is a Japanese racing driver, most notable for competing six years in Formula One. Despite struggling with under-funded teams throughout his career, Katayama's performances impressed on several occasions, and was popular in the F1 paddock for his unshakeably sunny disposition and self-deprecating sense of humour ("It is possible to do more with this car - the only problem is my driving!")^[1]

He participated in 97 Grands Prix, debuting on March 1, 1992. He scored a total of five championship points, all of them for the Tyrell team in 1994.

He also competed in the 1999 24 Hours of Le Mans, finishing 2nd overall and 1st in the GTP class.

Biography[link]

Katayama was born in Tokyo. He first raced in Europe in 1986 in France before returning home to win the Japanese F3000 series in 1991.

Formula One[link]

His sponsors, Japan Tobacco, arranged a Formula One seat for Katayama in 1992 with Cabin brand, with the Larrousse team. The car was unreliable and a distinct midfielder, with team-mate Bertrand Gachot getting the lion's share of the team's meagre resources. However, Katayama impressed by running in 5th at the Canadian GP until his engine blew, but was eventually left with a brace of 9th places as his best result. Unfortunately, the year was also remembered for two embarrassing collisions with Gachot in Canada and at home in Japan.

Japan Tobacco managed to arrange a switch to Tyrrell for 1993, but the team were at a nadir, with the interim 020C essentially three years old, and the new 021 proving uncompetitive. 10th place at the Hungarian GP was his best result, in a year in which he attracted more attention for accidents.

1994 was to see a considerable turnaround for Tyrrell and Katayama. He impressed with the new 022, with three points-scoring finishes, a number of good qualifying performances, and generally being faster than his more experienced and acclaimed team-mate Mark Blundell. He was consistently a top-6 runner, but the car proved to be unreliable, leading him to 12 retirements, including the German GP, in which he was running 3rd before his throttle stuck open. However, in the four races that he did finish, he scored two 5th places, one 6th, and one 7th, good enough for 5 World Championship points.

Katayama driving for Tyrrell at the 1995 British Grand Prix.

After his 1994 performance, he was allegedly offered a contract with a top team for the 1995 season, but in Katayama's words, "he couldn't sign it". It would later emerge that in 1994 he had been diagnosed with cancer in his back; while non-threatening, it was painful, and his Grand Prix commitments delayed treatment. Katayama did not announce this until he retired from Formula One, not wanting anyone's sympathy to make excuses for him.

He stayed on with Tyrrell for the next two seasons, but suffered a loss of form, with two 7th places in high-attrition races his best results, thus scoring no points whilst being outpaced by rookie team-mate Mika Salo. During these years his habit of crashing would re-emerge, notably with a spectacular barrel-roll at the start of the 1995 Portuguese GP, and, as a rather short man, was highly disadvantaged by the regulation changes which led to walls being built up around the cockpit, a response to the death of Ayrton Senna at the 1994 San Marino GP.

After leaving Tyrrell, his Mild Seven (another brand of Japan Tobacco) backing landed him a seat at Minardi, but they too were at a low ebb, and two 10th places were his best result. At his home Grand Prix, he emotionally announced his retirement from Formula One.

After Formula One[link]

As a racing driver[link]

Katayama's Toyota GT-One for the 1999 24 Hours of Le Mans.

Still popular in his homeland, Katayama has since dabbled in sportscars and GT racing, as well as his other love of mountaineering. One of his most notable performance post F1 was at the 1999 24 Hours of Le Mans, when during the last hour, as he was lapping traffic and closing up the leading BMW in his Toyota GT-One, sharing with compatriots Keiichi Tsuchiya and Toshio Suzuki, his car suffered a tyre blowout and, while he managed to keep the car on the track, he was forced to slowly make his way around the track to return to the pits for a new set. In the process the GT-One lost the chance to contend with the lead BMW, and thus lost the race. The lone GT-One would come home 2nd overall. As a consolation prize, the GT-One would win the GTP class, although it was the only car in the class to actually finish.

In 2008, he was one of several retired F1 drivers to compete in the new Speedcar Series.

As a motorsport director[link]

In year 2000, He established TeamUKYO which participated in JGTC/Super GT (2001-2002 in GT500 and 2011 in GT300), also in Dakar Rally (2002-2005, 2007).

As a mountain climber[link]

Katayama is a lover of mountain climbing. He has often been climbing mountains since his F1 era.

In 2001 he climbed the world's sixth-highest mountain, Cho Oyu. On December 1, 2006, it was reported that he had achieved his lifetime ambition of climbing Manaslu, the eighth-highest mountain in the world, after an unsuccessful attempt in 2004.^[2]

On December 18, 2009, it was reported that he had been missing whilst climbing Mount Fuji with two friends. Upon calling a police search and rescue team, they informed the police that one of their climbing party had died, and another was presumed to be dying. Eventually, Katayama was found alive while two fellow climbers were found dead.^[3]

As of the end of 2010, Katayama summited five of the Seven Summits: Mont Blanc (climbed in 1996), Kilimanjaro (1998), Elbrus (1998), McKinley (2008), Aconcagua (2009), and Vinson Massif (2010)^[4]

Other sports[link]

He has been participating other sporting events as an official invitee, such as Honolulu Marathon and Honolulu Century Ride.

Media appearances[link]

He is now a commentator of Formula One in Japan, for Fuji TV. In 1996 he was a guest judge on Iron Chef.

Helmet[link]

Katayama's helmet was blue with a red and white stripe crossing the rear area and going in the sides forming an obliquous T letter, and a vertical red and white stripe going across the top (until the visor)

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Racing record[link]

Complete Formula One results[link]

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