The car was quite competitive with
Michael Schumacher and
Martin Brundle scoring several podiums with it. Schumacher, in his first full F1 season, came of age as a Grand Prix driver when he won the rain-affected
Belgian Grand Prix after a clever pit strategy put him in the lead after dropping behind Brundle with a brief off and realizing upon seeing Brundle's tyres that the wets were blistering as the track dried. Brundle came close to a possible victory at the
Canadian Grand Prix, chasing race leader
Gerhard Berger until a transmission issue ended his bid at winning the race. Schumacher would finish the season third in the standings, Brundle sixth. . The car had a very well-designed, nimble chassis and it made the most of the disadvantages it inherited with the under-powered
Ford V8. It did not have the
sophisticated driver aids of its rivals, lacking
active suspension,
ABS,
traction control, and a semi-automatic gearbox. When Martin Brundle drove the B192 again in 2008 at Silverstone, he recalled that although it was slightly tail-happy, it was very comfortable to drive and said of it "...I can live with it, it's great!". It was a substantial improvement over the previous year's car which Brundle described as being "very heavy on the steering", "a real challenge to drive ... and sometimes it felt like a bathtub with a loose wheel". Benetton finished third in the Constructors' Championship in 1992 after scoring points in every race of the season, with Schumacher finishing third in the Drivers' Championship with 53 points, ahead of reigning world champion
Ayrton Senna, who won three races to Schumacher's one but who struggled with retirements. ==Legacy==