1994 Pacific Grand Prix
1994 Pacific Grand Prix | |||
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Race 2 of 16 in the 1994 Formula One World Championship | |||
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Race details | |||
Date | 17 April 1994 | ||
Official name | I Pacific Grand Prix | ||
Location | TI Circuit, Aida, Japan | ||
Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
Course length | 3.703 km (2.314 mi) | ||
Distance | 83 laps, 307.349 km (192.093 mi) | ||
Weather | Sunny | ||
Pole position | |||
Driver | Williams-Renault | ||
Time | 1:10.218 | ||
Fastest lap | |||
Driver |
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Time | 1:14.023 on lap 10 | ||
Podium | |||
First | Benetton-Ford | ||
Second | Ferrari | ||
Third | Jordan-Hart | ||
Lap leaders
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The 1994 Pacific Grand Prix (formally the I Pacific Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race held on 17 April 1994 at the TI Circuit, Aida. It was the second race of the 1994 Formula One season. The 83-lap race was won by Benetton driver Michael Schumacher after he started from second position. Gerhard Berger finished second for the Ferrari team and Jordan driver Rubens Barrichello came in third.
Report
Qualifying
Ayrton Senna took pole during Friday's qualifying session, with slower track conditions on Saturday leaving most drivers unable to improve their times. During Saturday qualifying both Williams-Renault drivers spun at Revolver corner.
Race
Ayrton Senna was overtaken by Schumacher before the first corner and was then hit from behind by Mika Häkkinen and spun off the track. Nicola Larini also went off the track and crashed into Senna, causing race-ending damage to both cars. Mark Blundell also spun on the same corner and stalled his car in the middle of the track. On lap 3 Damon Hill spun off trying to overtake Hakkinen, but rejoined and climbed back to second place before stopping with transmission failure on lap 49. Michael Schumacher won comfortably from Gerhard Berger and Rubens Barrichello. Roland Ratzenberger's 11th place would be the Austrian's only finish before his death during qualifying for the following Grand Prix at Imola.
Controversy
During the weekend, Ferrari test driver Nicola Larini (who had replaced the injured Jean Alesi for the early part of the season), leaked to the Italian media that he had used traction control (one of the banned for 1994 electronic driver aids) during the practice session for the race. Ferrari and Larini later denied the claims to the worldwide press.[1] The "leak" by Larini further raised suspicions about teams using illegal aids to help them in races. Further, after the first corner collision that put him out of the race, instead of going back to the Williams pit area, Ayrton Senna opted to sit on the wall on the outside of the turn and watch the cars for a number of laps to see if he could hear any noises that suggested traction control was being used illegally in the other cars.[2] Senna returned to the Williams pit area after about 10 laps had been completed, suspicious that the Benetton B194 was illegal.[3]
Classification
Qualifying
Pos | No | Driver | Constructor | Q1 | Q2 | Gap |
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1 | 2 | ![]() |
Williams-Renault | 1:10.218 | 1:19.304 | — |
2 | 5 | ![]() |
Benetton-Ford | 1:10.440 | — | +0.222 |
3 | 0 | ![]() |
Williams-Renault | 1:10.771 | 1:12.048 | +0.553 |
4 | 7 | ![]() |
McLaren-Peugeot | 1:11.683 | — | +1.465 |
5 | 28 | ![]() |
Ferrari | 1:11.744 | 1:12.184 | +1.526 |
6 | 8 | ![]() |
McLaren-Peugeot | 1:12.351 | — | +2.133 |
7 | 27 | ![]() |
Ferrari | 1:12.372 | 5:32.428 | +2.154 |
8 | 14 | ![]() |
Jordan-Hart | 1:12.409 | 1:13.172 | +2.191 |
9 | 9 | ![]() |
Footwork-Ford | 1:13.169 | 1:12.444 | +2.226 |
10 | 6 | ![]() |
Benetton-Ford | 1:12.554 | 1:12.681 | +2.336 |
11 | 30 | ![]() |
Sauber-Mercedes | 1:12.686 | 1:12.797 | +2.468 |
12 | 4 | ![]() |
Tyrrell-Yamaha | 1:13.013 | 1:12.751 | +2.533 |
13 | 10 | ![]() |
Footwork-Ford | 1:12.866 | 1:13.090 | +2.648 |
14 | 3 | ![]() |
Tyrrell-Yamaha | 1:13.013 | 1:13.411 | +2.795 |
15 | 24 | ![]() |
Minardi-Ford | 1:13.342 | 1:13.016 | +2.798 |
16 | 20 | ![]() |
Larrousse-Ford | 1:13.111 | 1:13.550 | +2.893 |
17 | 23 | ![]() |
Minardi-Ford | 1:13.529 | 1:13.756 | +3.311 |
18 | 25 | ![]() |
Ligier-Renault | 1:13.613 | 1:14.204 | +3.395 |
19 | 29 | ![]() |
Sauber-Mercedes | 1:13.855 | 1:14.163 | +3.637 |
20 | 15 | ![]() |
Jordan-Hart | 1:14.036 | 1:13.932 | +3.714 |
21 | 19 | ![]() |
Larrousse-Ford | 1:14.101 | 1:14.271 | +3.883 |
22 | 26 | ![]() |
Ligier-Renault | 1:14.106 | 1:14.667 | +3.888 |
23 | 12 | ![]() |
Lotus-Mugen-Honda | 1:14.538 | 1:14.424 | +4.206 |
24 | 11 | ![]() |
Lotus-Mugen-Honda | 1:14.657 | 1:15.146 | +4.439 |
25 | 31 | ![]() |
Simtek-Ford | 1:14.946 | 1:14.748 | +4.530 |
26 | 32 | ![]() |
Simtek-Ford | — | 1:16.536 | +6.318 |
27 | 34 | ![]() |
Pacific-Ilmor | 1:16.927 | 1:18.571 | +6.709 |
28 | 33 | ![]() |
Pacific-Ilmor | 1:18.671 | 1:17.450 | +7.232 |
Race
Championship standings after the race
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References
- ↑ Collings, Timothy; Edworthy, Sarah (2002). The Daily Telegraph - The Formula One Years. SevenOaks. pp. 256–259. ISBN 1-86200-101-4.
- ↑ "Grand Prix Results: Pacific GP, 1994". GrandPrix.com. Inside F1. Archived from the original on 5 September 2008. Retrieved 28 August 2008.
- ↑ Saward, Joe (11 August 1994). "Globetrotter: Rocking the boat". GrandPrix.com. Inside F1. Archived from the original on 29 September 2008. Retrieved 28 August 2008.
- ↑ "1994 Pacific Grand Prix". formula1.com. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
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FIA Formula One World Championship 1994 season |
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Previous race: 1963 Pacific Grand Prix |
Pacific Grand Prix | Next race: 1995 Pacific Grand Prix |
Awards | ||
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Preceded by 1993 European Grand Prix |
Formula One Promotional Trophy for Race Promoter 1994 |
Succeeded by 1995 Australian Grand Prix |