1995 German Grand Prix

9th round of the 1995 Formula One season F1 Germany German 1995 British Grand Prix 1995 Hungarian Grand Prix Hockenheimring prior to 2002.svg 30 July 1995 9 17 XXIV Grosser Mobil 1 Preis von Deutschland HockenheimringHockenheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany Permanent racing facility 4.264 6.823 45 191.896 307.035 Sunny, 28 °C °F Damon Hill Williams-Renault 1:44.385 United Kingdom Michael Schumacher Benetton-Renault 1:48.824 22 Germany Michael Schumacher Benetton-Renault Germany David Coulthard Williams-Renault United Kingdom Gerhard Berger Ferrari Austria GER The 1995 German Grand Prix (formally the XXIV Grosser Mobil 1 Preis von Deutschland) was a Formula One motor race held at the Hockenheimring, Hockenheim on 30 July 1995. It was the ninth race of the 1995 Formula One World Championship. The 45-lap race was won by local driver Michael Schumacher, driving a Benetton-Renault, after he started from second position. Briton Damon Hill took pole position in his Williams-Renault, but spun off on lap 2 as a result of a driveshaft failure. Hill's compatriot and teammate David Coulthard finished second, with Austrian Gerhard Berger third in a Ferrari. With the win, his fifth of the season, Schumacher extended his lead over Hill in the Drivers' Championship to 21 points. Summary Damon Hill started the race from the pole position alongside Michael Schumacher. After making a good start, Hill spun on entry to the first corner on the 2nd lap sending his car across a gravel trap and into a tyre barrier, ending his race. A driveshaft failure caused Hill's Williams to lock its rear wheels and initiated his spin off the track. Schumacher was left leading David Coulthard and Gerhard Berger, who was given a 10-second stop-and-go penalty for jumping the start of the race. The penalty dropped Berger to 14th position though he fought back to finish back in 3rd place. Berger denied jumping the start, claiming that though his car did move slightly when he put it into gear, it was stationary when the green light came on to start the race. Benetton's 2-stop strategy for Schumacher prevailed over the 1-stop strategy Coulthard was on, as Schumacher pulled away from the field giving himself enough room to make his second pit stop and remain in the lead. Schumacher became the first German to win a World Championship German Grand Prix (other German drivers had won the German Grand Prix before the inception of the World Championship, the most recent being Rudolf Caracciola in 1939). His car broke down after the race had finished, as did that of team-mate Johnny Herbert and Aguri Suzuki (whose car caught fire). Initially it was believed that Hill spun off due to oil laid down on the track from overfull oil tanks – as it is common practice for teams to fill the oil tanks prior to the start of the race. A few days after the race, the Williams team discovered that Hill's car had in fact suffered from a driveshaft failure leading to his accident. Shortly before he went off, Murray Walker commented that he had noticed blue smoke coming out of the back of Hill's car; the reason for this was never discovered. It was the final F1 race of Pierluigi Martini, who retired with a blown engine and was replaced by Pedro Lamy for the next race. Classification Qualifying Pos No Driver Constructor Q1 Time Q2 Time Gap 1 5UK Damon Hill Williams-Renault 1:44.932 1:44.385 2 1Germany Michael Schumacher Benetton-Renault 1:45.505 1:44.465 +0.080 3 6UK David Coulthard Williams-Renault 1:45.306 1:44.540 +0.155 4 28Austria Gerhard Berger Ferrari 1:46.482 1:45.553 +1.168 5 14Brazil Rubens Barrichello Jordan-Peugeot 1:48.203 1:45.765 +1.380 6 15UK Eddie Irvine Jordan-Peugeot 1:46.916 1:45.846 +1.461 7 8Finland Mika Häkkinen McLaren-Mercedes 1:46.291 1:45.849 +1.464 8 7UK Mark Blundell McLaren-Mercedes 1:47.854 1:46.221 +1.836 9 2UK Johnny Herbert Benetton-Renault 1:46.381 1:46.315 +1.930 10 27France Jean Alesi Ferrari 1:46.356 1:46.475 +1.971 11 30Germany Heinz-Harald Frentzen Sauber-Ford 1:47.769 1:46.801 +2.416 12 26France Olivier Panis Ligier-Mugen-Honda 1:47.372 1:47.528 +2.987 13 4Finland Mika Salo Tyrrell-Yamaha 1:49.103 1:47.507 +3.122 14 29France Jean-Christophe Boullion Sauber-Ford 1:48.526 1:47.636 +3.251 15 9Italy Massimiliano Papis Footwork-Hart 1:49.621 1:48.093 +3.708 16 24Italy Luca Badoer Minardi-Ford 1:50.409 1:49.302 +4.917 17 3Japan 1947 Ukyo Katayama Tyrrell-Yamaha 1:56.518 1:49.402 +5.017 18 25Japan 1947 Aguri Suzuki Ligier-Mugen-Honda 2:04.193 1:49.716 +5.331 19 10Japan 1947 Taki Inoue Footwork-Hart 1:50.451 1:49.892 +5.507 20 23Italy Pierluigi Martini Minardi-Ford 1:51.368 1:49.990 +5.605 21 21Brazil Pedro Diniz Forti-Ford 1:54.303 1:52.961 +8.576 22 22Brazil Roberto Moreno Forti-Ford 1:53.456 1:53.405 +9.020 23 17Italy Andrea Montermini Pacific-Ford 1:53.492 No time +9.107 24 16Italy Giovanni Lavaggi Pacific-Ford 1:54.625 1:56.325 +10.240 Sources:Grosser Mobil 1 Preis von Deutschland – Qualifying 1 https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/1995/races/629/germany/qualifying-1.html Formula1.com 29 December 2023Grosser Mobil 1 Preis von Deutschland – Qualifying 2 https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/1995/races/629/germany/qualifying-2.html Formula1.com 29 December 20231995 German Grand Prix Classification Qualifying https://www.motorsportstats.com/results/fia-formula-one-world-championship/1995/german-grand-prix/classification/qualifying Motorsport Stats 29 December 2023 Race Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 1 Germany Michael Schumacher Benetton-Renault 45 1:22:56.043 2 10 2 6 UK David Coulthard Williams-Renault 45 + 5.988 3 6 3 28 Austria Gerhard Berger Ferrari 45 + 1:08.097 4 4 4 2 UK Johnny Herbert Benetton-Renault 45 + 1:23.436 9 3 5 29 France Jean-Christophe Boullion Sauber-Ford 44 + 1 lap 14 2 6 25 Japan 1947 Aguri Suzuki Ligier-Mugen-Honda 44 + 1 lap 18 1 7 3 Japan 1947 Ukyo Katayama Tyrrell-Yamaha 44 + 1 lap 17   8 17 Italy Andrea Montermini Pacific-Ford 42 + 3 laps 23   9 15 UK Eddie Irvine Jordan-Peugeot 41 Throttle 6   Ret Retired 8 Finland Mika Häkkinen McLaren-Mercedes 33 Engine 7   Ret Retired 30 Germany Heinz-Harald Frentzen Sauber-Ford 32 Engine 11   Ret Retired 24 Italy Luca Badoer Minardi-Ford 28 Oil leak 16   Ret Retired 16 Italy Giovanni Lavaggi Pacific-Ford 27 Gearbox 24   Ret Retired 22 Brazil Roberto Moreno Forti-Ford 27 Halfshaft 22   Ret Retired 14 Brazil Rubens Barrichello Jordan-Peugeot 20 Engine 5   Ret Retired 7 UK Mark Blundell McLaren-Mercedes 17 Engine 8   Ret Retired 26 France Olivier Panis Ligier-Mugen-Honda 13 Water leak 12   Ret Retired 27 France Jean Alesi Ferrari 12 Engine 10   Ret Retired 23 Italy Pierluigi Martini Minardi-Ford 11 Engine 20   Ret Retired 10 Japan 1947 Taki Inoue Footwork-Hart 9 Gearbox 19   Ret Retired 21 Brazil Pedro Diniz Forti-Ford 8 Brakes 21   Ret Retired 5 UK Damon Hill Williams-Renault 1 Driveshaft/spun off 1   Ret Retired 4 Finland Mika Salo Tyrrell-Yamaha 0 Clutch 13   Ret Retired 9 Italy Massimiliano Papis Footwork-Hart 0 Gearbox 15  Source:1995 German Grand Prix http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1995/124/ formula1.com https://web.archive.org/web/20141102011552/http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1995/124/ 2 November 2014 24 December 2015 Championship standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Germany Michael Schumacher 56 2 UK Damon Hill 35 3 France Jean Alesi 32 4 UK Johnny Herbert 25 5 UK David Coulthard 23Source:Germany 1995 - Championship • STATS F1 https://www.statsf1.com/en/1995/allemagne/championnat.aspx www.statsf1.com 18 March 2019 Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 UK Benetton-Renault 71 2 Italy Ferrari 53 3 UK Williams-Renault 52 4 Ireland Jordan-Peugeot 13 5 France Ligier-Mugen-Honda 11Source: Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. 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