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Mike Hawthorn was at first disqualified during this race, but championship rival Stirling Moss had seen the incident which caused the disqualification and went to the judges to revert the decision since he felt Hawthorn had done nothing wrong. Hawthorn retained his points, clinching the title.

The race was won by Benetton's Michael Schumacher, the first of his record 91 Grand Prix wins. The Benetton B192's win also marks the last F1 win of a Grand Prix car with an H-Pattern manual gearbox.

It was McLaren's first win since Ayrton Senna won the 1993 Australian Grand Prix. You can notice Sir Jack Brabham waving the chequered flag.

The McLaren-Honda pair ran in formation for the most of the race with Senna letting Berger through on the last lap to win his first race for McLaren.

Rubens Barrichello finished in 3rd position for Honda's best finish of the 2008 season. It was also Honda's first podium finish since 2006 and first podium finish for the Brazilian since 2005.

The first F1 podium for Peter Revson came in South Africa, with a 3rd place finish. You can see Ferrari's Jacky Ickx right behind him, and the stopped Brabham of Carlos Reutemann.