1994 Spanish Grand Prix

F1 Spain Spanish XXXVI Gran Premio Marlboro de España Catalunya1994.png 29 May 1994 5 16 Circuit de Catalunya, Montmeló, Catalonia, Spain1994 Spanish Grand Prix https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/database/races/1994-spanish-grand-prix/ Motor Sport 31 May 2022 Permanent racing facility 2.948 4.745 65 191.559 308.284 Sunny 40,000 Michael Schumacher Benetton-Ford 1:21.908 Germany Michael Schumacher Benetton-Ford 1:25.155 18 Germany Damon Hill Williams-Renault United Kingdom Michael Schumacher Benetton-Ford Germany Mark Blundell Tyrrell-Yamaha United Kingdom ESP The 1994 Spanish Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on 29 May 1994 at the Circuit de Catalunya, Montmeló. It was the 36th Spanish Grand Prix and the fourth to be held at the Circuit de Catalunya, and the fifth race of the 1994 Formula One World Championship. The 65-lap race was won by Englishman Damon Hill, driving a Williams-Renault. It was the first victory of the season for Hill and the Williams team, who were still recovering from the death of Ayrton Senna at Imola four weeks previously. Hill won by 24 seconds from German driver and championship leader Michael Schumacher, whose Benetton-Ford was stuck in fifth gear for most of the race. Another Englishman, Mark Blundell, finished third in a Tyrrell-Yamaha, which would turn out to be the final podium finish for him and the Tyrrell team. The Grand Prix was additionally notable for the season-ending crash of debutant Italian driver Andrea Montermini in his Simtek S941 on the front straight. Montermini, elevated from test driver status after the death of Roland Ratzenberger at the San Marino Grand Prix crashed heavily into the outside wall exiting the final corner. It also marked the Formula One debut of future race winner David Coulthard, replacing Senna for Williams.Ayrton Senna death: David Coulthard - I owe him my career https://www.bbc.com/sport/0/formula1/27190030 BBC Sport 9 May 2014 The new Lotus 109 made its debut this weekend replacing the two-year-old 107. Report Pre-race This was the first race for the newly formed Grand Prix Drivers Association (GPDA). Several top level names, including Michael Schumacher, Damon Hill, and Gerhard Berger, were instrumental in the setup and running of the GPDA, and they took the decision to install a temporary chicane before the Nissan corner.F1 – 1994 FIA Review – 05 Spain https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IVUGs0lgaFY&t=1m11s https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211222/IVUGs0lgaFY 2021-12-22 live YouTube 2017-03-29 This was an attempt to improve safety, as well as limit speeds around the track, as the Nissan corner was generally taken at near flat-out speeds. Sauber entered only one car for this race due to Karl Wendlinger's injury at the previous race. Qualifying Michael Schumacher took the second pole position in succession and the second of his career. Damon Hill also lined up on the front row, his time had been beaten by Schumacher's by over half a second, and he was only one thousandth of a second ahead of Mika Häkkinen. The pair's respective Williams and McLaren teammates lined up eighth and ninth, McLaren's Martin Brundle on the fourth row in front of a disappointed David Coulthard for Williams. JJ Lehto, Schumacher's Benetton teammate had done a bit better for himself and lined up fourth. Rubens Barrichello's Jordan qualified in fifth, followed by the two Ferraris. Tyrrell driver Ukyo Katayama was the other driver in the top ten, while at the back Andrea Montermini crashed heavily in the Simtek previously driven by Roland Ratzenberger and broke his left heel and his right foot. He thus did not set a timed lap in the second session, and failed to qualify, although he would have been unable to start the race anyway. Race Olivier Beretta retired when his Larousse-Ford's engine failed on the formation lap. Schumacher led from pole position at the start of the race whilst Barrichello and Berger touched at the first corner. Neither driver retired as a direct result of the collision, although both did retire eventually. Later in the race Berger ran across the grass and lost places and would retire on lap 28 with gearbox problems. Coulthard climbed up to fifth place from his ninth place starting spot, but his car stalled in the pits on lap 16. Despite retiring from twelfth place on lap 32 with electrical problems, he described his race as a "good debut overall".http://www.gpracing.net192.com/races/reports/553.cfm At last - Hill challenges the Schumacher monopoly Grand Prix Racing dead https://web.archive.org/web/20080130032259/http://www.gpracing.net192.com/races/reports/553.cfm 30 January 2008 23 January 2016 Michael Schumacher led comfortably for first 22 laps, but became stuck in fifth gear after his first pit stop which led to overtakes by Mika Häkkinen and Damon Hill. Rubens Barrichello retired after he went off the track on lap 40. After the pit stops, Mika Häkkinen was in third place for McLaren behind Hill and Schumacher, having temporarily been in front of Schumacher earlier in the race. Häkkinen's engine failed on lap 49, as did JJ Lehto's Benetton-Ford 5 laps later, granting the place to Hakkinen's teammate Martin Brundle. Brundle then retired himself after a transmission explosion from the back of his car at the first corner on lap 60 and was classified 11th. While Williams notched up their first victory of the season with Damon Hill, and first after the death of Ayrton Senna, championship leader Michael Schumacher finished a strong second, despite being stuck in fifth gear for most of the race. Knowing that he had a major problem, he managed to make a pitstop (and get away from the pit stop in 5th gear), and as the race unfolded gave nothing to the leading Hill's pace. He had to change his driving style to find new trajectories and corner apexes, and his past experience as a World Sports Car driver helped him to do so.http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2007/05/10/spanish-grand-prix-flashback-1994 1994 Spanish Grand Prix flashback F1 Fanatic dead https://web.archive.org/web/20140521080457/http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2007/05/10/spanish-grand-prix-flashback-1994/ 21 May 2014 23 January 2016 Mark Blundell, for Tyrrell, completed the podium celebrations, scoring his 3rd and last podium of his career as well as Tyrrell's last Formula 1 podium. Jean Alesi, Pierluigi Martini and Eddie Irvine scored the remaining points. In a high attrition race only ten drivers took checkered flag and Martin Brundle was classified 11th as he completed more than 90% of the race distance. Post-race After the race, the Williams team were very emotional with Hill's win. I don't think I have known such a difficult month. Everyone at Williams has been through a terrible time. This victory must go to them and to all the fans of Ayrton Senna who I met in Brazil. They wanted Williams to be successful. It was important to do well in this race and to win it is better than I expected to do. 20px 20px Damon Hill speaking about Senna Transcript of recording from Grand Prix Racing. Classification Qualifying Pos No Driver Constructor Q1 Time Q2 Time Gap 1 5 Germany Michael Schumacher Benetton-Ford 1:23.426 1:21.908 2 0 United Kingdom Damon Hill Williams-Renault 1:24.716 1:22.559 +0.651 3 7 Finland Mika Häkkinen McLaren-Peugeot 1:24.580 1:22.660 +0.752 4 6 Finland JJ Lehto Benetton-Ford 1:25.587 1:22.983 +1.075 5 14 Brazil Rubens Barrichello Jordan-Hart 1:25.990 1:23.594 +1.686 6 27 France Jean Alesi Ferrari 1:24.997 1:23.700 +1.792 7 28 Austria Gerhard Berger Ferrari 1:26.121 1:23.715 +1.807 8 8 United Kingdom Martin Brundle McLaren-Peugeot 1:26.614 1:23.763 +1.855 9 2 United Kingdom David Coulthard Williams-Renault 1:27.428 1:23.782 +1.874 10 3 Japan 1947 Ukyo Katayama Tyrrell-Yamaha 1:27.017 1:23.969 +2.061 11 4 United Kingdom Mark Blundell Tyrrell-Yamaha 1:25.863 1:23.981 +2.073 12 30 Germany Heinz-Harald Frentzen Sauber-Mercedes 1:25.115 1:24.254 +2.346 13 15 United Kingdom Eddie Irvine Jordan-Hart 1:26.368 1:24.930 +3.022 14 24 Italy Michele Alboreto Minardi-Ford 1:26.595 1:24.996 +3.088 15 10 Italy Gianni Morbidelli Footwork-Ford 1:27.459 1:25.018 +3.110 16 20 France Érik Comas Larrousse-Ford 1:26.097 1:25.050 +3.142 17 19 Monaco Olivier Beretta Larrousse-Ford 1:28.011 1:25.161 +3.253 18 23 Italy Pierluigi Martini Minardi-Ford 1:25.502 1:25.247 +3.339 19 26 France Olivier Panis Ligier-Renault 1:27.872 1:25.577 +3.669 20 25 France Éric Bernard Ligier-Renault 1:28.289 1:25.766 +3.858 21 9 Brazil Christian Fittipaldi Footwork-Ford 1:27.631 1:26.084 +4.176 22 12 United Kingdom Johnny Herbert Lotus-Mugen-Honda 28:05.683 1:26.397 +4.489 23 11 Italy Alessandro Zanardi Lotus-Mugen-Honda 1:30.379 1:27.685 +5.777 24 31 Australia David Brabham Simtek-Ford 1:30.797 1:28.151 +6.243 25 34 France Bertrand Gachot Pacific-Ilmor 1:34.318 1:28.873 +6.965 26 33 France Paul Belmondo Pacific-Ilmor 1:31.750 1:30.657 +8.749 DNQ Did not qualify 32 Italy Andrea Montermini Simtek-Ford 1:31.111 No time +9.203 Sources:Gran Premio Marlboro de España – Qualifying 1 https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/1994/races/609/spain/qualifying-1.html Formula1.com 29 December 2023Gran Premio Marlboro de España – Qualifying 2 https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/1994/races/609/spain/qualifying-2.html Formula1.com 29 December 20231994 Spanish Grand Prix Classification Qualifying https://www.motorsportstats.com/results/fia-formula-one-world-championship/1994/spanish-grand-prix/classification/qualifying Motorsport Stats 29 December 2023 Race Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 0 UK Damon Hill Williams-Renault 65 1:36:14.374 2 10 2 5 Germany Michael Schumacher Benetton-Ford 65 + 24.166 1 6 3 4 UK Mark Blundell Tyrrell-Yamaha 65 + 1:26.969 11 4 4 27 France Jean Alesi Ferrari 64 + 1 lap 6 3 5 23 Italy Pierluigi Martini Minardi-Ford 64 + 1 lap 18 2 6 15 UK Eddie Irvine Jordan-Hart 64 + 1 lap 13 1 7 26 France Olivier Panis Ligier-Renault 63 + 2 laps 19   8 25 France Éric Bernard Ligier-Renault 62 + 3 laps 20   9 11 Italy Alessandro Zanardi Lotus-Mugen-Honda 62 + 3 laps 23   10 31 Australia David Brabham Simtek-Ford 61 + 4 laps 24   11 8 UK Martin Brundle McLaren-Peugeot 59 Clutch 8   Ret Retired 6 Finland JJ Lehto Benetton-Ford 53 Engine 4   Ret Retired 7 Finland Mika Häkkinen McLaren-Peugeot 48 Engine 3   Ret Retired 12 UK Johnny Herbert Lotus-Mugen-Honda 41 Spun off 22   Ret Retired 14 Brazil Rubens Barrichello Jordan-Hart 39 Spun off 5   Ret Retired 9 Brazil Christian Fittipaldi Footwork-Ford 35 Gearbox 21   Ret Retired 2 UK David Coulthard Williams-Renault 32 Electrical 9   Ret Retired 34 France Bertrand Gachot Pacific-Ilmor 32 Broken wing 25   Ret Retired 28 Austria Gerhard Berger Ferrari 27 Gearbox 7   Ret Retired 10 Italy Gianni Morbidelli Footwork-Ford 24 Fuel system 15   Ret Retired 30 Germany Heinz-Harald Frentzen Sauber-Mercedes 21 Gearbox 12   Ret Retired 20 France Érik Comas Larrousse-Ford 19 Radiator 16   Ret Retired 3 Japan 1947 Ukyo Katayama Tyrrell-Yamaha 16 Engine 10   Ret Retired 24 Italy Michele Alboreto Minardi-Ford 4 Engine 14   Ret Retired 33 France Paul Belmondo Pacific-Ilmor 2 Spun off 26   DNS Did not startPast Results - Spanish Grand Prix http://www.skysports.com/f1/grandprix/spain/results/1994/race www.skysports.com 2017-04-11 19 Monaco Olivier Beretta Larrousse-Ford 0 Engine 17  Source:2020-02-08 1994 Spanish Grand Prix - Race Result https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/1994/races/609/spain/race-result.html 2020-02-08 Formula1.com enSpain 1994 - Result https://www.statsf1.com/en/1994/espagne/classement.aspx live 2021-06-14 www.statsf1.com https://web.archive.org/web/20100310080812/http://statsf1.com:80/en/1994/espagne/classement.aspx 2010-03-10 Championship standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings PosDriverPoints 1 GER Michael Schumacher 46 2 GBR Damon Hill 17 3 AUT Gerhard Berger 10 4 FRA Jean Alesi 9 5 BRA Rubens Barrichello 7Source:https://www.statsf1.com/en/1994/espagne/championnat.aspx Spain 1994 - Championship • STATS F1 www.statsf1.com 20 March 2019 Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 GBR Benetton-Ford 46 2 ITA Ferrari 25 3 GBR Williams-Renault 17 4 IRE Jordan-Hart 11 5 GBR McLaren-Peugeot 10Source: References Spanish Grand Prix 1994 1994 Monaco Grand Prix 1994 Canadian Grand Prix 1993 Spanish Grand Prix 1995 Spanish Grand Prix Spanish Grand Prix Category:Spanish Grand Prix Grand Prix Spanish Grand Prix