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In motorsport, a safety car, or a pace car, is an automobile which limits the speed of competing cars or motorcycles on a racetrack in the case of a caution period such as an obstruction on the track or bad weather. The aim of the safety car is to enable the clearance of any obstruction under safer conditions, especially for marshals and/or await more favourable track conditions weather-wise. By following the safety car, the competitors' tyres remain as close as possible to operating temperature while their engines do not overheat. A safety car is also preferred over stopping the race and restarting as the latter takes longer.
Mercedes-Benz SLK pace car of the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters at the Goodwood Festival of Speed
Two Superleague Formula safety cars in the paddock at Silverstone Circuit
Felipe Massa driving behind a Mercedes-Benz CLK 63 AMG F1 Safety Car at the 2006 Brazilian Grand Prix. When required, the F1 safety car will lead the field around the circuit at reduced speed with the race leader immediately following.
Bernd Mayländer, the F1 safety car driver since 2000
The 1992 Formula One World Championship was the 46th season of FIA Formula One motor racing. It featured the 1992 Formula One World Championship for Drivers and the 1992 Formula One World Championship for Constructors, which were contested concurrently over a sixteen-race series that commenced on 1 March and ended on 8 November. Nigel Mansell won the Drivers' Championship and Williams-Renault won the Constructors' Championship.
Mansell's teammate Riccardo Patrese finished as runner-up in the Drivers' Championship.
Michael Schumacher (pictured in 1991) ranked third for Benetton in the Drivers' Championship, having scored one win.
The Brabham team folded during the 1992 season.