1994 Brazilian Grand Prix

November 2017 F1 Brazil Brazilian XXIII Grande Prêmio do Brasil Interlagos_1990.jpg 27 March 1994 1 16 Autódromo José Carlos PaceSão Paulo, Brazil Permanent racing facility 2.687 4.325 71 190.808 307.075 Sunny Ayrton Senna Williams-Renault 1:15.962 Brazil Michael Schumacher Benetton-Ford 1:18.455 7 Germany Michael Schumacher Benetton-Ford Germany Damon Hill Williams-Renault United Kingdom Jean Alesi Ferrari France BRA The 1994 Brazilian Grand Prix (formally the XXIII Grande Prêmio do Brasil) was a Formula One motor race held on 27 March 1994 at the Autódromo José Carlos Pace, São Paulo. It was the first race of the 1994 Formula One World Championship. The 71-lap race was won by German driver Michael Schumacher, driving a Benetton-Ford, after starting from second position. Local hero Ayrton Senna took pole position in his Williams-Renault and led before being overtaken by Schumacher at the first round of pit stops, after which he spun off. Senna's British teammate Damon Hill finished second, with Frenchman Jean Alesi third in a Ferrari. Background The first race of the 1994 season saw five drivers made their F1 debuts: Heinz-Harald Frentzen, Olivier Panis, Jos Verstappen, Olivier Beretta and Roland Ratzenberger. There were also two new teams: Simtek, who had previously been involved in F1 as the designers of the Andrea Moda S921 in 1992, and Pacific Racing, who had enjoyed much success in lower formulae. This race also was first Grand Prix since 1983 to permit refuelling during in-race pit stops. Qualifying report In his first race for Williams, Ayrton Senna took pole position by 0.3 of a second from Michael Schumacher's Benetton. Jean Alesi was third in his Ferrari, over a second behind Schumacher, with Damon Hill fourth in the other Williams. Frentzen impressed by taking fifth in his Sauber, with Gianni Morbidelli – back in F1 after contesting the 1993 Italian Superturismo Championship – taking sixth in his Footwork. The top ten was completed by Karl Wendlinger in the second Sauber, Mika Häkkinen in the McLaren, Verstappen in the second Benetton and Ukyo Katayama in the Tyrrell. Of the two new teams, Bertrand Gachot qualified 25th in his Pacific and David Brabham 26th in his Simtek, with their respective teammates Paul Belmondo and Ratzenberger failing to qualify. Qualifying classification Pos No Driver Constructor Q1 Q2 Gap 1 2 Brazil Ayrton Senna Williams-Renault 1:16.386 1:15.962 — 2 5 Germany Michael Schumacher Benetton-Ford 1:16.575 1:16.290 +0.328 3 27 France Jean Alesi Ferrari 1:17.772 1:17.385 +1.423 4 0 United Kingdom Damon Hill Williams-Renault 1:18.270 1:17.554 +1.592 5 30 Germany Heinz-Harald Frentzen Sauber-Mercedes 1:18.144 1:17.806 +1.844 6 10 Italy Gianni Morbidelli Footwork-Ford 1:18.970 1:17.866 +1.904 7 29 Austria Karl Wendlinger Sauber-Mercedes 1:17.982 1:17.927 +1.965 8 7 Finland Mika Häkkinen McLaren-Peugeot 1:18.122 1:19.576 +2.160 9 6 Netherlands Jos Verstappen Benetton-Ford 1:18.787 1:18.183 +2.221 10 3 Japan 1947 Ukyo Katayama Tyrrell-Yamaha 1:19.519 1:18.194 +2.232 11 9 Brazil Christian Fittipaldi Footwork-Ford 1:18.730 1:18.204 +2.242 12 4 United Kingdom Mark Blundell Tyrrell-Yamaha 1:19.045 1:18.246 +2.284 13 20 France Érik Comas Larrousse-Ford 1:18.990 1:18.321 +2.359 14 14 Brazil Rubens Barrichello Jordan-Hart 1:18.759 1:18.414 +2.452 15 23 Italy Pierluigi Martini Minardi-Ford 1:18.659 no time +2.697 16 15 United Kingdom Eddie Irvine Jordan-Hart 1:19.269 1:18.751 +2.789 17 28 Austria Gerhard Berger Ferrari 1:18.931 1:18.855 +2.893 18 8 United Kingdom Martin Brundle McLaren-Peugeot 1:18.864 13:18.601 +2.902 19 26 France Olivier Panis Ligier-Renault 1:19.304 1:19.533 +3.342 20 25 France Éric Bernard Ligier-Renault 1:19.396 1:19.633 +3.434 21 12 United Kingdom Johnny Herbert Lotus-Mugen-Honda 1:19.798 1:19.483 +3.521 22 24 Italy Michele Alboreto Minardi-Ford 1:19.517 no time +3.555 23 19 Monaco Olivier Beretta Larrousse-Ford 1:19.922 1:19.524 +3.562 24 11 Portugal Pedro Lamy Lotus-Mugen-Honda 1:21.029 1:19.975 +4.013 25 34 France Bertrand Gachot Pacific-Ilmor 1:22.495 1:20.729 +4.767 26 31 Australia David Brabham Simtek-Ford 1:22.266 1:21.186 +5.224DNQ Did not qualify 32 Austria Roland Ratzenberger Simtek-Ford 1:22.707 1:23.109 +6.745DNQ Did not qualify 33 France Paul Belmondo Pacific-Ilmor no time no time — Sources:Grande Premio do Brasil Interlagos – Qualifying 1 https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/1994/races/605/brazil/qualifying-1.html Formula1.com 29 December 2023Grande Premio do Brasil Interlagos – Qualifying 2 https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/1994/races/605/brazil/qualifying-2.html Formula1.com 29 December 20231994 Brazilian Grand Prix Classification Qualifying https://www.motorsportstats.com/results/fia-formula-one-world-championship/1994/brazilian-grand-prix/classification/qualifying Motorsport Stats 30 September 2023 Race report At the start Senna led from pole position, while Alesi overtook Schumacher. Schumacher retook second place on lap 2 and started chasing after Senna, who had pulled a four-second lead in the opening laps. Before the pit stops Schumacher had reduced the gap to just over a second, and on lap 21 the leading pair entered the pit lane together. Despite both teams running the same fuel strategy, Schumacher's stop was faster than Senna's, and thus he took the lead. On lap 35, there was a four-car pile-up as Eddie Irvine and Verstappen came up to lap the Ligier of Éric Bernard. All three were rapidly closing up on Martin Brundle's McLaren which had suffered an engine failure. Faced with the prospect of colliding with the McLaren, Irvine jinked left as Verstappen attempted an overtake on that side thus forcing Verstappen on to the grass; Verstappen then lost control of his car and somersaulted over the McLaren whilst Bernard took avoiding action to the right. Brundle's helmet was impacted by the airborne Benetton although he escaped serious injury. Irvine was subsequently sanctioned by the FIA with a one-race ban, which was increased to three after the appeal of Jordan failed; Irvine was already under investigation due to an incident with Senna in Suzuka the year before. Schumacher increased his lead to 10 seconds after the second round of pit stops, after which Senna started to close. By lap 55 the pair had lapped third-place runner Hill and the gap was down to 5 seconds, but then Senna lost control of his Williams and retired, However, even though he retired from the race in Brazil, he finished in 13th place because he was the last driver to retired and had completed more laps than the other drivers who had retired earlier.2026-09-03 en Formula 1 - Official Site 1994 Brazilian Grand Prix - Race Result https://www.formula1.com/en/results/1994/races/605/brazil/race-result After Senna's retirement Schumacher won comfortably, a lap ahead of Hill in second place and Alesi finishing third. Rubens Barrichello, Katayama and Wendlinger completed the top six, Katayama scoring his first points. Race classification Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 5 Germany Michael Schumacher Benetton-Ford 71 1:35:38.759 2 10 2 0 UK Damon Hill Williams-Renault 70 + 1 lap 4 6 3 27 France Jean Alesi Ferrari 70 + 1 lap 3 4 4 14 Brazil Rubens Barrichello Jordan-Hart 70 + 1 lap 14 3 5 3 Japan 1947 Ukyo Katayama Tyrrell-Yamaha 69 + 2 laps 10 2 6 29 Austria Karl Wendlinger Sauber-Mercedes 69 + 2 laps 7 1 7 12 UK Johnny Herbert Lotus-Mugen-Honda 69 + 2 laps 21   8 23 Italy Pierluigi Martini Minardi-Ford 69 + 2 laps 15   9 20 France Érik Comas Larrousse-Ford 68 + 3 laps 13   10 11 Portugal Pedro Lamy Lotus-Mugen-Honda 68 + 3 laps 24   11 26 France Olivier Panis Ligier-Renault 68 + 3 laps 19   12 31 Australia David Brabham Simtek-Ford 67 + 4 laps 26   Ret Retired 2 Brazil Ayrton Senna Williams-Renault 55 Spun off 1   Ret Retired 8 UK Martin Brundle McLaren-Peugeot 34 Collision 18   Ret Retired 15 UK Eddie Irvine Jordan-Hart 34 Collision 16   Ret Retired 6 Netherlands Jos Verstappen Benetton-Ford 34 Collision 9   Ret Retired 25 France Éric Bernard Ligier-Renault 33 Collision 20   Ret Retired 4 UK Mark Blundell Tyrrell-Yamaha 21 Spun off 12   Ret Retired 9 Brazil Christian Fittipaldi Footwork-Ford 21 Gearbox 11   Ret Retired 30 Germany Heinz-Harald Frentzen Sauber-Mercedes 15 Spun off 5   Ret Retired 7 Finland Mika Häkkinen McLaren-Peugeot 13 Engine 8   Ret Retired 24 Italy Michele Alboreto Minardi-Ford 7 Engine 22   Ret Retired 10 Italy Gianni Morbidelli Footwork-Ford 5 Gearbox 6   Ret Retired 28 Austria Gerhard Berger Ferrari 5 Engine 17   Ret Retired 19 Monaco Olivier Beretta Larrousse-Ford 2 Collision 23   Ret Retired 34 France Bertrand Gachot Pacific-Ilmor 1 Collision 25  {{center|Source: Championship standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings PosDriverPoints 1 GER Michael Schumacher 10 2 GBR Damon Hill 6 3 FRA Jean Alesi 4 4 BRA Rubens Barrichello 3 5 JPN 1947 Ukyo Katayama 2Source:https://www.statsf1.com/en/1994/bresil/championnat.aspx Brazil 1994 – Championship • STATS F1 www.statsf1.com 13 March 2019 Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 GBR Benetton-Ford10 2 GBR Williams-Renault6 3 ITA Ferrari4 4 IRE Jordan-Hart3 5 GBR Tyrrell-Yamaha2Source: Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. References 2 Brazilian Grand Prix 1994 1993 Australian Grand Prix 1994 Pacific Grand Prix 1993 Brazilian Grand Prix 1995 Brazilian Grand Prix Brazilian Grand Prix Category:Brazilian Grand Prix Grand Prix Brazilian Grand Prix