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.