1995 Belgian Grand Prix

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1995 Belgian Grand Prix
Race 11 of 17 in the 1995 Formula One World Championship
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Race details
Date27 August 1995
Official name LIII Grand Prix de Belgique
Location Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps
Francorchamps, Wallonia, Belgium [1]
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 6.968 km (4.330 [2] miles)
Distance 44 laps, 306.856 km (191.785 miles)
Weather Cloudy, then heavy rain
Pole position
Driver
 Ferrari
Time 1:54.392
Fastest lap
Driver Flag of the United Kingdom.svg David Coulthard Williams-Renault
Time 1:53.412 on lap 11
Podium
First
 Benetton-Renault
Second
 Williams-Renault
Third
 Ligier Mugen-Honda
Lap leaders
  • 1995 Belgian Grand Prix

The 1995 Belgian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on 27 August 1995 at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, near the village of Francorchamps, Wallonia. It was the eleventh race of the 1995 Formula One World Championship.

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The 44-lap race was won by Michael Schumacher, driving a Benetton-Renault. Despite qualifying only 16th, Schumacher took his sixth victory of the season after an intense battle with Damon Hill in the Williams-Renault. Hill settled for second, with Martin Brundle third in a Ligier-Mugen-Honda, which would be his last podium finish. [3]

Race report

The race was attended by in excess of 100,000 people. [4] Schumacher and Hill both qualified further down the grid than usual in a wet-dry qualifying session, but fought back during the race. Both Jean Alesi and Johnny Herbert briefly led the race, but Alesi broke down and Herbert struggled for pace once the track was dry. Polesitter Gerhard Berger struggled before dropping out.

David Coulthard pulled away at the front for Williams before suffering a gearbox problem, leaving Hill to lead the race. When Hill made his first pit stop for fresh slick tyres, Schumacher took over at the head of the field. It then started to rain and while Hill went back to the pits for wet weather tyres, Schumacher stayed out on his dry weather slicks. The Williams driver rapidly caught up with the German, but despite lapping six seconds a lap slower, Schumacher was able to keep Hill behind him until he went off the wet track and Hill passed him. Almost immediately the changing track conditions began to favour slicks once more and Schumacher re-passed Hill who pitted again, this time for slicks.

The rain intensified again and the field levelled out when the safety car appeared. Both drivers pitted for wets and returned to the track with Schumacher narrowly ahead of Hill. This appeared to set the two title rivals up for a battle for the lead going into the last ten laps, but Hill then had to pit again to serve a ten-second stop-go penalty for pit lane speeding, a penalty he served with six laps to go, and which put him down to third. Hill recovered to pass Martin Brundle on the Kemmel straight on the final lap to regain second place.

Schumacher's performance did not impress Hill after his defensive moves forced Hill to either back off or go off the track. Schumacher claimed that he had only blocked Hill at the low-speed corners, but video evidence suggested that Schumacher had blocked Hill on some of the high speed corners, such as the Radillion and Blanchimont. Hill later commented that "We (he and Schumacher) had some pretty hairy moments and I am not satisfied with being driven into; I don't think that was acceptable. That is all well and good but if it was meant on purpose I would be very upset, F1 cars are not go-karts. I think there are some things which are acceptable and some things which are not." Schumacher defended himself by agreeing that touching wheels in high-speed corners is "not acceptable" but added that at the speed he and Hill were doing, he thought it was acceptable. Schumacher was given a one-race suspended ban for driving aggressively in order to stop Hill from passing. [5]

Classification

Qualifying

PosNoDriverConstructorQ1Q2Gap
128 Flag of Austria.svg Gerhard Berger Ferrari 2:14.7441:54.392—
227 Flag of France.svg Jean Alesi Ferrari 2:15.0771:54.631+0.239
38 Flag of Finland.svg Mika Häkkinen McLaren-Mercedes 2:15.8481:55.435+1.043
42 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Johnny Herbert Benetton-Renault —1:56.085+1.693
56 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg David Coulthard Williams-Renault 2:15.2321:56.254+1.862
67 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Mark Blundell McLaren-Mercedes 2:18.1361:56.622+2.230
715 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Eddie Irvine Jordan-Peugeot 2:16.5401:57.001+2.609
85 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Damon Hill Williams-Renault 2:15.1431:57.768+3.376
926 Flag of France.svg Olivier Panis Ligier-Mugen-Honda 2:17.5791:58.021+3.629
1030 Flag of Germany.svg Heinz-Harald Frentzen Sauber-Ford 2:15.5331:58.148+3.756
114 Flag of Finland.svg Mika Salo Tyrrell-Yamaha 2:18.1041:58.224+3.832
1214 Flag of Brazil.svg Rubens Barrichello Jordan-Peugeot 2:17.1441:58.293+3.901
1325 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Martin Brundle Ligier-Mugen-Honda 2:17.2071:58.314+3.922
1429 Flag of France.svg Jean-Christophe Boullion Sauber-Ford 2:17.4061:58.356+3.964
153 Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Ukyo Katayama Tyrrell-Yamaha 2:18.1941:58.551+4.159
161 Flag of Germany.svg Michael Schumacher Benetton-Renault 2:14.9621:59.079+4.687
1723 Flag of Portugal.svg Pedro Lamy Minardi-Ford 2:18.5471:59.256+4.864
1810 Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Taki Inoue Footwork-Hart 2:23.3112:00.990+6.598
1924 Flag of Italy.svg Luca Badoer Minardi-Ford 2:17.3352:01.013+6.621
209 Flag of Italy.svg Massimiliano Papis Footwork-Hart 2:19.3002:01.685+7.293
2117 Flag of Italy.svg Andrea Montermini Pacific-Ford 2:25.2912:02.405+8.013
2222 Flag of Brazil.svg Roberto Moreno Forti-Ford 2:23.4172:03.817+9.425
2316 Flag of Italy.svg Giovanni Lavaggi Pacific-Ford 2:26.3112:06.407+12.015
2421 Flag of Brazil.svg Pedro Diniz Forti-Ford 2:25.6992:09.537+15.145
Sources: [6] [7] [8]

Race

PosNoDriverConstructorLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
11 Flag of Germany.svg Michael Schumacher Benetton-Renault 441:36:47.8751610
25 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Damon Hill Williams-Renault 44+ 19.49386
325 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Martin Brundle Ligier-Mugen-Honda 44+ 24.998134
430 Flag of Germany.svg Heinz-Harald Frentzen Sauber-Ford 44+ 26.972103
57 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Mark Blundell McLaren-Mercedes 44+ 33.77262
614 Flag of Brazil.svg Rubens Barrichello Jordan-Peugeot 44+ 39.674121
72 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Johnny Herbert Benetton-Renault 44+ 54.0434 
84 Flag of Finland.svg Mika Salo Tyrrell-Yamaha 44+ 54.54811 
926 Flag of France.svg Olivier Panis Ligier-Mugen-Honda 44+ 1:06.1709 
1023 Flag of Portugal.svg Pedro Lamy Minardi-Ford 44+ 1:19.78917 
1129 Flag of France.svg Jean-Christophe Boullion Sauber-Ford 43+ 1 lap14 
1210 Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Taki Inoue Footwork-Hart 43+ 1 lap18 
1321 Flag of Brazil.svg Pedro Diniz Forti-Ford 42+ 2 laps24 
1422 Flag of Brazil.svg Roberto Moreno Forti-Ford 42+ 2 laps22 
Ret3 Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Ukyo Katayama Tyrrell-Yamaha 28Spun off15 
Ret16 Flag of Italy.svg Giovanni Lavaggi Pacific-Ford 27Gearbox23 
Ret24 Flag of Italy.svg Luca Badoer Minardi-Ford 23Accident19 
Ret28 Flag of Austria.svg Gerhard Berger Ferrari 22Electrical1 
Ret15 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Eddie Irvine Jordan-Peugeot 21Fire7 
Ret9 Flag of Italy.svg Massimiliano Papis Footwork-Hart 20Spun off20 
Ret17 Flag of Italy.svg Andrea Montermini Pacific-Ford 18Out of fuel21 
Ret6 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg David Coulthard Williams-Renault 13Gearbox5 
Ret27 Flag of France.svg Jean Alesi Ferrari 4Suspension2 
Ret8 Flag of Finland.svg Mika Häkkinen McLaren-Mercedes 1Spun off3 
Source: [9]

Championship standings after the race

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