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1994 German Grand Prix | |||
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Race 9 of 16 in the 1994 Formula One World Championship | |||
Race details | |||
Date | 31 July 1994 | ||
Official name | LVI Grosser Mobil 1 Preis von Deutschland | ||
Location | Hockenheimring Hockenheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany | ||
Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
Course length | 6.823 km (4.264 miles) | ||
Distance | 45 laps, 307.035 km (191.896 miles) | ||
Weather | Sunny | ||
Pole position | |||
Driver | Ferrari | ||
Time | 1:43.582 | ||
Fastest lap | |||
Driver | David Coulthard | Williams-Renault | |
Time | 1:46.211 on lap 11 | ||
Podium | |||
First | Ferrari | ||
Second | Ligier-Renault | ||
Third | Ligier-Renault | ||
Lap leaders |
The 1994 German Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on 31 July 1994 at the Hockenheimring, Hockenheim. It was the ninth race of the 1994 Formula One World Championship.
The 45-lap race was won from pole position by Austrian driver Gerhard Berger, driving a Ferrari. Berger achieved the first victory for the Ferrari team since the 1990 Spanish Grand Prix, some 59 races previously. In a race of high attrition, including eleven retirements on the opening lap, only eight cars finished, with French drivers Olivier Panis and Éric Bernard second and third respectively in their Ligier-Renaults.
The fast Hockenheim circuit had been modified from the year before, with the fast Senna chicane being made slower.
The Ferraris filled the front row of the grid, Gerhard Berger taking pole position by 0.43 seconds from Jean Alesi. Damon Hill was third in his Williams, with Drivers' Championship leader Michael Schumacher fourth in his Benetton. The Tyrrells impressed with Ukyo Katayama fifth and Mark Blundell seventh, with David Coulthard between them in the second Williams. Completing the top ten were Mika Häkkinen in the McLaren, Heinz-Harald Frentzen in the Sauber and Eddie Irvine in the Jordan. Once again, the Pacifics of Paul Belmondo and Bertrand Gachot failed to qualify, with Belmondo, the faster of the two, nearly two seconds slower than the 26th and last qualifier, Jean-Marc Gounon in the Simtek.
Pos | No | Driver | Constructor | Q1 time | Q2 time | Gap |
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1 | 28 | Gerhard Berger | Ferrari | 1:44.616 | 1:43.582 | |
2 | 27 | Jean Alesi | Ferrari | 1:45.272 | 1:44.012 | +0.430 |
3 | 0 | Damon Hill | Williams-Renault | 1:44.026 | 1:44.131 | +0.444 |
4 | 5 | Michael Schumacher | Benetton-Ford | 1:44.875 | 1:44.268 | +0.686 |
5 | 3 | Ukyo Katayama | Tyrrell-Yamaha | 1:46.534 | 1:44.718 | +1.136 |
6 | 2 | David Coulthard | Williams-Renault | 1:45.477 | 1:45.146 | +1.564 |
7 | 4 | Mark Blundell | Tyrrell-Yamaha | 1:45.814 | 1:45.474 | +1.892 |
8 | 7 | Mika Häkkinen | McLaren-Peugeot | 1:45.487 | 1:45.878 | +1.905 |
9 | 30 | Heinz-Harald Frentzen | Sauber-Mercedes | 1:46.488 | 1:45.893 | +2.311 |
10 | 15 | Eddie Irvine | Jordan-Hart | 1:45.911 | 1:45.942 | +2.329 |
11 | 14 | Rubens Barrichello | Jordan-Hart | 1:45.962 | 1:45.939 | +2.357 |
12 | 26 | Olivier Panis | Ligier-Renault | 1:47.925 | 1:46.185 | +2.603 |
13 | 8 | Martin Brundle | McLaren-Peugeot | 1:46.644 | 1:46.218 | +2.636 |
14 | 25 | Éric Bernard | Ligier-Renault | 1:47.531 | 1:46.290 | +2.708 |
15 | 12 | Johnny Herbert | Lotus-Mugen-Honda | 1:48.621 | 1:46.630 | +3.048 |
16 | 10 | Gianni Morbidelli | Footwork-Ford | 1:47.814 | 1:46.817 | +3.235 |
17 | 9 | Christian Fittipaldi | Footwork-Ford | 1:47.150 | 1:47.102 | +3.520 |
18 | 29 | Andrea de Cesaris | Sauber-Mercedes | 1:47.745 | 1:47.235 | +3.653 |
19 | 6 | Jos Verstappen | Benetton-Ford | 40:34.496 | 1:47.316 | +3.734 |
20 | 23 | Pierluigi Martini | Minardi-Ford | 1:47.831 | 1:47.402 | +3.820 |
21 | 11 | Alessandro Zanardi | Lotus-Mugen-Honda | 1:47.678 | 1:47.425 | +3.843 |
22 | 20 | Érik Comas | Larrousse-Ford | 1:48.770 | 1:48.229 | +4.647 |
23 | 24 | Michele Alboreto | Minardi-Ford | 1:48.402 | 1:48.295 | +4.713 |
24 | 19 | Olivier Beretta | Larrousse-Ford | 1:48.681 | 1:48.875 | +5.099 |
25 | 31 | David Brabham | Simtek-Ford | 1:50.685 | 1:48.870 | +5.288 |
26 | 32 | Jean-Marc Gounon | Simtek-Ford | 1:50.361 | 1:49.204 | +5.622 |
DNQ | 33 | Paul Belmondo | Pacific-Ilmor | 1:51.916 | 1:51.122 | +7.540 |
DNQ | 34 | Bertrand Gachot | Pacific-Ilmor | 1:52.839 | 1:51.292 | +7.710 |
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The race was notable for its high rate of attrition, with 11 retirements on the opening lap. Within ten seconds of the start Alessandro Zanardi and Andrea de Cesaris tangled towards the back of the pack, taking out both Michele Alboreto and Pierluigi Martini before even reaching the first corner. Mika Häkkinen and David Coulthard then tangled going into the first corner, the Finn sliding in front of a group of cars into the wall on the outside of the circuit while the Scot continued to the pits to replace his front wing. Unfortunately, for the cars that had been eliminated, the Clerk of the Course opted not to red flag the race.
Mark Blundell braked hard to avoid the McLaren only to be hit from behind by Eddie Irvine, while Rubens Barrichello and Heinz-Harald Frentzen had nowhere to go but the gravel. Barrichello retired on the spot, but Frentzen stopped towards the end of the lap with broken suspension and a punctured tyre. In the melee behind this incident, Johnny Herbert and Martin Brundle tangled, the McLaren spinning out and the Lotus retiring later on in the lap with a broken front suspension. Damon Hill also damaged his suspension in a first-lap contact with Ukyo Katayama and, along with a very long pitstop, circulated outside the points for the remainder of the race. This result would have significant consequences for Hill at the end of the season.
Meanwhile Jean Alesi had gotten away unscathed, having qualified second, only for his Ferrari to stop with electrical problems on the run to the first chicane. It was a bad weekend for the Benetton team. After the first lap mayhem, Schumacher went on to take on the leading Ferrari of Gerhard Berger but fell away with engine problems very quickly. Then, a few laps later, Benetton driver Jos Verstappen also came into the pits; while refuelling, some fuel was accidentally sprayed onto the hot bodywork of the car, and a few seconds later the fuel ignited and Verstappen's car was engulfed in a ball of flames. The Dutchman escaped the incident with burns around his eyes, as he had his visor up during the pit stop. No other crew members or any persons were injured severely. As well as Ferrari winning its first and only race of the 1994 Formula One season (and the first Ferrari F1 win since the 1990 F1 season), the race was especially good for Ligier with Olivier Panis finishing second, in his first career podium in Formula One, and Éric Bernard coming home third, achieving his only podium. Christian Fittipaldi finished fourth, scoring what would be his last points in Formula One, ahead of Gianni Morbidelli in fifth. Érik Comas finished sixth achieving his and Larrousse's last Formula One points.
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