1994 Monaco Grand Prix

1994 Monaco Grand Prix
1994 Monaco Grand Prix
Race 4 of 16 in the 1994 Formula One World Championship
Race details
Date	15 May 1994
Official name	LII Grand Prix Automobile de Monaco
Location	Circuit de Monaco, Monte Carlo
Course	Street circuit
Course length	3.328 km (2.068 miles)
Distance	78 laps, 259.584 km (161.298 miles)
Weather	Sunny
Pole position
Driver	Michael Schumacher ;
Time	1:18.560
Fastest lap
Driver	Michael Schumacher
Time	1:21.076 on lap 35 (lap record)
Podium
First	Michael Schumacher ;
Second	Martin Brundle ;
Third	Gerhard Berger ;
	Lap leaders ;

Last updated August 18, 2024

The 1994 Monaco Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on 15 May 1994 at the Circuit de Monaco, Monte Carlo. It was the fourth race of the 1994 Formula One World Championship, and the first following the deaths of Ayrton Senna and Roland Ratzenberger at the San Marino Grand Prix two weeks previously.

Report

Background

After the deaths of Ayrton Senna and Roland Ratzenberger at the San Marino Grand Prix, sweeping changes were announced by the FIA to the rules and regulations of Formula One in a bid to improve safety. The majority were scheduled to come into force after the Monaco Grand Prix, but an 80 km/h pit-lane speed limit was brought into force in time for this race.^[1]

Both Williams and Simtek, the teams for whom Senna and Ratzenberger drove, ran only one car each during the race weekend.

Eddie Irvine was serving the third race of his three-race ban issued to him for his part in the crash during the Brazilian Grand Prix. Andrea de Cesaris again took Irvine's place at Jordan, whilst Irvine acted as a pit-lane reporter for ESPN.^[2]

Olivier Beretta became the first Monégasque to compete in the Monaco Grand Prix since André Testut in 1959. This was the last time a driver from Monaco competed in his home race, until Charles Leclerc took part in the 2018 race.

Practice and qualifying

During the first free practice session on Thursday morning, Austrian driver Karl Wendlinger had a major accident at the Nouvelle Chicane. Travelling at almost 280 km/h (170 mph) he appeared to brake too late, and the car slid sideways into the water-filled barriers. Wendlinger was knocked unconscious and was taken initially to the Princess Grace Hospital, and later to Saint Roch Hospital in Nice. He suffered a serious head injury and remained in a coma for several weeks.^[1] The Sauber-Mercedes team decided to withdraw from the race after this incident.

Michael Schumacher claimed the first pole position of his Grand Prix career. Mika Häkkinen qualified second, which was also the highest starting position thus far in his career. Martin Brundle qualified 2nd in the first qualifying session on the Thursday, three tenths of a second in front of team mate Mika Häkkinen, but could not repeat this on the Saturday and dropped to 8th.

Race

As a mark of respect for Senna and Ratzenberger, the FIA decided to leave the first two grid positions empty for the race and painted them with the colours of the Brazilian and Austrian flags.^[3] For the first time since the 1959 United States Grand Prix, there was no previous World Champion competing in the race and also no former Monaco Grand Prix winner. There were also only four previous race winners: Schumacher, Hill, Berger and Alboreto.

At the start of the race, Damon Hill clipped the left rear tyre of Mika Häkkinen's McLaren just before the Sainte Dévote corner. Häkkinen retired immediately, while Hill continued for a few corners before retiring with broken right front suspension. Gianni Morbidelli and Pierluigi Martini also collided before Sainte Dévote, putting each other out. Eric Bernard in the second Ligier had soon spun out of the race at the Nouvelle chicane.

Katayama retired his Tyrrell from 6th position on lap 39 when his gearbox failed, as of which by lap 41, the engine on Mark Blundell's Tyrrell failed, leaving oil on the track at Sainte Dévote retiring 2 laps after Katayama which Schumacher, leading the race, had to avoid. The second placed Ferrari of Gerhard Berger did slip on the oil, however, and required a three-point turn to escape from the run off area beside the stricken Tyrrell. Berger returned to the track still in his second place, but dirty tyres left him vulnerable to the McLaren of Martin Brundle, who promptly overtook him down the outside of Mirabeau on the same lap. Christian Fittipaldi in his Footwork-Ford ran close behind the Ferraris of Berger and Alesi in fourth position until his first refuelling stop near the start of the race. Fittipaldi continued to run strongly in a points position until lap 47 when the gearbox failed.

The race was led from start to finish by Schumacher, who continued his perfect start to the 1994 season with four victories in the first four races. As Schumacher also held the fastest lap, this meant he scored the first Grand Slam of his career, and he was the first driver other than Alain Prost or Ayrton Senna to win the Monaco Grand Prix since 1983. Brundle's second place equalled the best finish of his F1 career. Michele Alboreto finished sixth in his Minardi to score his final point in F1.

Post-race

This is more or less where I live now so this victory means a lot. I am very pleased that we came here with the car sorted out after a few small problems and we were very competitive. I am very happy that Formula One set such an example.
— Michael Schumacher commenting about victory, Transcript of recording from Grand Prix Racing.

This is a great day for me and I am so glad to achieve this for my loyal and patient fans. Today was one of the best days in my racing career. I made a perfect start and had a faultless race. It has been a very difficult time. When your five-year-old daughter asks you if it's true [Ayrton] Senna is dead it is difficult to reconcile things.
— Martin Brundle on his second place and Ayrton Senna, Transcript of recording from Grand Prix Racing.

Classification

Qualifying

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Q1 Time	Q2 Time	Gap
1	5	Michael Schumacher	Benetton-Ford	1:20.230	1:18.560
2	7	Mika Häkkinen	McLaren-Peugeot	1:21.881	1:19.488	+0.928
3	28	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	1:22.038	1:19.958	+1.398
4	0	Damon Hill	Williams-Renault	1:22.605	1:20.079	+1.519
5	27	Jean Alesi	Ferrari	1:22.521	1:20.452	+1.892
6	9	Christian Fittipaldi	Footwork-Ford	1:23.588	1:21.053	+2.493
7	10	Gianni Morbidelli	Footwork-Ford	1:23.580	1:21.189	+2.629
8	8	Martin Brundle	McLaren-Peugeot	1:21.580	1:21.222	+2.662
9	23	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi-Ford	1:23.162	1:21.288	+2.728
10	4	Mark Blundell	Tyrrell-Yamaha	1:23.522	1:21.614	+3.054
11	3	Ukyo Katayama	Tyrrell-Yamaha	1:24.488	1:21.731	+3.171
12	24	Michele Alboreto	Minardi-Ford	1:25.421	1:21.793	+3.233
13	20	Érik Comas	Larrousse-Ford	1:23.514	1:22.211	+3.651
14	15	Andrea de Cesaris	Jordan-Hart	1:24.519	1:22.265	+3.701
15	14	Rubens Barrichello	Jordan-Hart	1:24.731	1:22.359	+3.799
16	12	Johnny Herbert	Lotus-Mugen-Honda	1:24.103	1:22.375	+3.815
17	6	JJ Lehto	Benetton-Ford	1:23.885	1:22.679	+4.119
18	19	Olivier Beretta	Larrousse-Ford	1:24.126	1:23.025	+4.465
19	11	Pedro Lamy	Lotus-Mugen-Honda	1:25.859	1:23.858	+5.298
20	26	Olivier Panis	Ligier-Renault	1:25.115	1:24.131	+5.571
21	25	Éric Bernard	Ligier-Renault	1:27.694	1:24.377	+5.817
22	31	David Brabham	Simtek-Ford	1:26.690	1:24.656	+6.096
23	34	Bertrand Gachot	Pacific-Ilmor	1:48.173	1:26.082	+7.522
24	33	Paul Belmondo	Pacific-Ilmor	1:29.984	8:36.897	+11.424
WD	30	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Sauber-Mercedes
WD	29	Karl Wendlinger	Sauber-Mercedes
Sources:^[4]^[5]^[6]

Race

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	5	Michael Schumacher	Benetton-Ford	78	1:49:55.372	1	10
2	8	Martin Brundle	McLaren-Peugeot	78	+ 37.278	8	6
3	28	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	78	+ 1:16.824	3	4
4	15	Andrea de Cesaris	Jordan-Hart	77	+ 1 Lap	14	3
5	27	Jean Alesi	Ferrari	77	+ 1 Lap	5	2
6	24	Michele Alboreto	Minardi-Ford	77	+ 1 Lap	12	1
7	6	JJ Lehto	Benetton-Ford	77	+ 1 Lap	17
8	19	Olivier Beretta	Larrousse-Ford	76	+ 2 Laps	18
9	26	Olivier Panis	Ligier-Renault	76	+ 2 Laps	20
10	20	Érik Comas	Larrousse-Ford	75	+ 3 Laps	13
11	11	Pedro Lamy	Lotus-Mugen-Honda	73	+ 5 Laps	19
Ret	12	Johnny Herbert	Lotus-Mugen-Honda	68	Gearbox	16
Ret	33	Paul Belmondo	Pacific-Ilmor	53	Physical	24
Ret	34	Bertrand Gachot	Pacific-Ilmor	49	Gearbox	23
Ret	9	Christian Fittipaldi	Footwork-Ford	47	Gearbox	6
Ret	31	David Brabham	Simtek-Ford	45	Engine	22
Ret	4	Mark Blundell	Tyrrell-Yamaha	40	Engine	10
Ret	3	Ukyo Katayama	Tyrrell-Yamaha	38	Gearbox	11
Ret	25	Éric Bernard	Ligier-Renault	34	Spun off	21
Ret	14	Rubens Barrichello	Jordan-Hart	27	Electrical	15
Ret	7	Mika Häkkinen	McLaren-Peugeot	0	Collision	2
Ret	0	Damon Hill	Williams-Renault	0	Collision damage	4
Ret	10	Gianni Morbidelli	Footwork-Ford	0	Collision	7
Ret	23	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi-Ford	0	Collision	9
WD	30	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Sauber-Mercedes		Withdrawn
DNS	29	Karl Wendlinger	Sauber-Mercedes		Injury
Source:^[7]

Championship standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings

Pos	Driver	Points
1	Michael Schumacher	40
2	Gerhard Berger	10
3	Damon Hill	7
4	Rubens Barrichello	7
5	Martin Brundle	6
Source: ^[8]

Constructors' Championship standings

Pos	Constructor	Points
1	Benetton-Ford	40
2	Ferrari	22
3	McLaren-Peugeot	10
4	Jordan-Hart	10
5	Williams-Renault	7
Source: ^[8]

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References

1 2 Oliver Holt (13 May 1994). "Wendlinger 'critical' after crash". The Times. London. p. 48.
↑ ESPN Speedworld: Formula 1 Grand Prix of Monaco. 1994.
↑ "Monaco Grand Prix report". Motorsport.com. 8 May 1994. Archived from the original on 31 August 2020. Retrieved 17 August 2020.
↑ "Grand Prix de Monaco – Qualifying 1". Formula1.com. Retrieved 29 December 2023.
↑ "Grand Prix de Monaco – Qualifying 2". Formula1.com. Retrieved 29 December 2023.
↑ "1994 Monaco Grand Prix Classification Qualifying". Motorsport Stats. Retrieved 29 December 2023.
↑ "1994 Monaco Grand Prix - Race Result". Formula1.com. Retrieved 2020-02-08.
1 2 "Monaco 1994 - Championship • STATS F1". www.statsf1.com. Retrieved 19 March 2019.

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[wendlingertimes-1] 1 2 Oliver Holt (13 May 1994). "Wendlinger 'critical' after crash". The Times. London. p. 48.

[2] ESPN Speedworld: Formula 1 Grand Prix of Monaco. 1994.

[3] "Monaco Grand Prix report". Motorsport.com. 8 May 1994. Archived from the original on 31 August 2020. Retrieved 17 August 2020.

[4] "Grand Prix de Monaco – Qualifying 1". Formula1.com. Retrieved 29 December 2023.

[5] "Grand Prix de Monaco – Qualifying 2". Formula1.com. Retrieved 29 December 2023.

[6] "1994 Monaco Grand Prix Classification Qualifying". Motorsport Stats. Retrieved 29 December 2023.

[7] "1994 Monaco Grand Prix - Race Result". Formula1.com. Retrieved 2020-02-08.

[Championship-8] 1 2 "Monaco 1994 - Championship • STATS F1". www.statsf1.com. Retrieved 19 March 2019.

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1994 Monaco Grand Prix

Contents

Report

Background

Practice and qualifying

Race

Post-race

Classification

Qualifying

Race

Championship standings after the race

Related Research Articles

References