Formula 1 World Championship 1994

Formula 1 World Championship 1994

World Champion
Driver:	Michael sSchumacher
Constructor:	Williams-Renault
Season dates
Number of races:	16
<1993 season	1995 season>

The 1994 Formula 1 World Championship was the 45th season of the Formula 1 World Championship . It was held over 16 races between March 27, 1994 and November 13, 1994. Michael Schumacher won his first of seven drivers 'world championships, the Williams team became constructors ' world champions for the seventh time and third time in a row. The season was overshadowed by several serious accidents, two of which were fatal during the race weekend for the San Marino Grand Prix in Imola . The Austrian Roland Ratzenberger died after an accident during training, the Brazilian Ayrton Senna after a series of incidents due to an accident during the race. During training for the Monaco Grand Prix , Karl Wendlinger had such a serious accident that he was in a coma for several weeks and had to end his Formula 1 career some time later.

Changes in 1994

Regulations

With regard to the technical regulations, the year 1994 represented a turning point: all driving aids such as active wheel suspension , ABS , traction control and launch control were banned. Corresponding resources had been available to the established, financially strong teams in previous years and cemented their supremacy, which was seen as the reason why several smaller racing teams had ceased operations every year since 1989. In addition, the ban on refueling during the race, which had existed since 1984, was lifted again.

After the accidents at the beginning of the season, further measures were ordered from the Spanish Grand Prix, which should make the vehicles slower and thus safer for a short time. This included, among other things, a reduction in the size of the rear wing, restrictions on the air pressure in the airbox and, above all, the mandatory installation of a wooden floor plate ("plank") 1 cm thick, which could be sanded down by a maximum of 1 mm due to wear and tear during the race.

Racetracks

After only two editions, the South African Grand Prix was abandoned. What was new, however, was the Pacific Grand Prix , which was the second race of the season at the Tanaka International Circuit in Japan. The European Grand Prix, which was reintroduced in the previous year , also changed its venue and now took place on the Spanish Circuito de Jerez , where a Formula 1 race had last taken place in 1990. Together with the Grand Prix of San Marino in Italy, the situation arose that there were three countries in which two Grands Prix were held each time. This was only repeated in 1995 and 1997 : In the first year the European Grand Prix went to the German Nürburgring , while the Pacific Grand Prix continued to take place. Last year, the European Grand Prix again took place in Jerez, while a race was also held at the Nürburgring as the Grand Prix of Luxembourg . Before that, a comparable situation had arisen in 1982 when, in addition to the Italian and San Marino Grand Prix, two races in France (including the Swiss Grand Prix in Dijon-Prenois ) and three races in the USA ( West US Grand Prix , Grand US East Prize and Las Vegas Grand Prix ) took place.

Teams

BMS Scuderia Italia stopped racing after the 1993 season, but team owner Giuseppe Lucchini remained connected to Formula 1 and took part in the Minardi racing team, which this season operated as Minardi Scuderia Italia . In addition, with Simtek and Pacific there were two new racing teams in the field, which now comprised 28 vehicles.

Engines

After the experience of the previous year, McLaren relied all the more on factory support from a large automotive company. At the end of 1993, a partnership with Chrysler- owned Lamborghini Engineering , which had been manufacturing twelve-cylinder engines for Formula 1 since 1989, was considered. However, McLaren soon received offers from Peugeot , which had long-term plans. McLaren agreed, and Chrysler shut down Lamborghini Engineering. Larrousse , previously the main beneficiary of Lamborghini engines, then used Ford customer engines .

Mugen-Honda switched from Footwork to Lotus . Footwork subsequently also switched back to Ford customer engines. The debutant Simtek also competed with such engines.

At Ilmor , the previous engine supplier of Sauber was Mercedes-Benz now holds a 25%. The new 2175B engines that debuted at Sauber this year were therefore reported as Mercedes-Benz, while the older 2175A engines used by the other debutant Pacific continued to be referred to as Ilmor.

For the first time since 1990 Ferrari stopped delivering engines to customer teams. Corresponding engines had not brought any advantages to the teams at Minardi (1991) or at BMS Scuderia Italia (1992–93), but mainly represented a financial burden and endangered the reputation of the traditional Italian company with sporting failures .

Driver change before the start of the season

Ayrton Senna , world champion in 1988, 1990 and 1991, moved to Williams after six years at McLaren , where Alain Prost , world champion of the previous year, had now announced his final resignation. Damon Hill had now established himself there as the second driver. As in the previous year, however, the world championship team did not have a car with the starting number 1, as the current world champion had again withdrawn with a right to this number. Hill started again with number 0.

McLaren, Senna's ex-team, continued to bet on Mika Häkkinen , who at the end of the preseason had turned out to be a dedicated and talented replacement for the disappointing Michael Andretti . He was supplemented by the former Ligier driver Martin Brundle . Ligier, in turn, completely reorganized himself; now the debutant Olivier Panis and the returnee Éric Bernard drove for the French racing team. Mark Blundell , the other Ligier driver of the 1993 season, now drove for Tyrrell alongside Ukyō Katayama , whose previous teammate Andrea de Cesaris initially seemed to be about to end his career.

As a new team mate for Michael Schumacher instead of Riccardo Patrese , who had also retired , JJ Lehto was initially planned, who came from Sauber, but was seriously injured during test drives before the season. The first races of the season and most of the rest of the season was therefore played by the Dutch debutant Jos Verstappen . Another debutant for Lehto's place at Sauber was Heinz-Harald Frentzen , who shared a past with his team-mate Karl Wendlinger (and Michael Schumacher) in the Mercedes factory team of the sports car world championship led by team boss Peter Sauber .

There was a completely new line-up at Footwork: Christian Fittipaldi came from Minardi, and Gianni Morbidelli , who had previously worked for Minardi, BMS Scuderia Italia and, once, also for Ferrari, joined . Fittipaldi's place at Minardi was taken by the veteran Michele Alboreto , who had previously driven for the now dissolved Scuderia Italia. His teammate was Pierluigi Martini , who had replaced Fabrizio Barbazza in the middle of the preseason . The Footwork driver duo, which previously consisted of Aguri Suzuki and Derek Warwick , disappeared for the time being in the case of Suzuki, and in the case of Warwick finally from Formula 1.

At Larrousse, Monegasse Olivier Beretta became Érik Comas' new teammate . A return celebrated David Brabham , who previously much of the 1990 season in originally by his father Jack Brabham founded, now long defunct Brabham had denied -Rennstall. His teammate was the Austrian debutant Roland Ratzenberger . In contrast, Pacific relied on a more experienced pilot , at least with Bertrand Gachot . His teammate Paul Belmondo , son of the actor Jean-Paul Belmondo , had already appeared as a driver with an engagement at March 1992, but was otherwise considered a playboy and paydriver .

The only teams that started the 1994 season with the same pair of drivers that were used in the last race in 1993 were Ferrari, Lotus and Jordan .

Driver change during the season

The smaller teams were particularly affected by driver changes during the season: Simtek in particular deployed four additional paydrivers with Andrea Montermini , Jean-Marc Gounon , Domenico Schiattarella and Taki Inoue after Ratzenberger's death in an accident . Lotus, whose driver Pedro Lamy was seriously injured during tests during the season, took a similar approach : Initially, Alessandro Zanardi returned to the team, but later Philippe Adams , Ligier driver Éric Bernard and Mika Salo drove for the team. Larrousse was also forced to employ well-to-do drivers; none of the drivers completed all of the races of the season: Olivier Beretta was successively replaced by Philippe Alliot , Yannick Dalmas and Hideki Noda , Érik Comas in the last race by Jean-Denis Delétraz .

But even in the big teams, the line-up fluctuated due to accidents: After Ayrton Senna's death, the previous test driver David Coulthard drove his first races before he was replaced by returnees Nigel Mansell at the end of the season . Ferrari, on the other hand, was forced to replace the Frenchman with test driver Nicola Larini after a test accident by Jean Alesi . Sauber driver Karl Wendlinger was also injured during the season, Andrea de Cesaris and, at the end of the season, JJ Lehto returned to the team as replacements.

The course of the season at Jordan and Benetton was even more curious: At Jordan, Eddie Irvine was banned for three races after the season opener for causing a collision. He was replaced first by Aguri Suzuki, then by Andrea de Cesaris. At Benetton, in addition to the change in the second cockpit between Jos Verstappen and JJ Lehto at the end of the season, Michael Schumacher was suspended for two races, which allowed both “second” drivers to play. In the last two races of the season, however, Johnny Herbert was signed, Lehto handed over to Sauber and Verstappen demoted to test driver.

Teams and drivers

photo	team	chassis	engine	tires	No.	Regular driver	run	Test / substitute driver
	Rothmans Williams Renault	Williams FW16 Williams FW16B	Renault 3.5 V10	G	00	Damon Hill	1-16	David Coulthard
					02	Ayrton Senna	1-3
						David Coulthard	5, 6, 8-13
						Nigel Mansell	7, 14-16
	Tyrrell	Tyrrell 022	Yamaha 3.5 V10	G	03	Ukyō Katayama	1-16	n / A
					04th	Mark Blundell	1-16
	Mild Seven Benetton Ford	Benetton B194	Ford Zetec-R 3.5 V8	G	05	Michael sSchumacher	1-11, 14-16	Paul Tracy Jos Verstappen
						JJ Lehto	12, 13
					06th	Jos Verstappen	1, 2, 7-14
						JJ Lehto	3-6
						Johnny Herbert	15, 16
	Marlboro McLaren Peugeot	McLaren MP4 / 9	Peugeot 3.5 V10	G	07th	Mika Hakkinen	1-9, 11-16	Philippe Alliot
						Philippe Alliot	10
					08th	Martin Brundle	1-16
	Footwork Ford	Footwork FA15	Ford HB 3.5 V8	G	09	Christian Fittipaldi	1-16	n / A
					10	Gianni Morbidelli	1-16
	Team Lotus	Lotus 107c lotus 109	Mugen-Honda 3.5 V10	G	11	Pedro Lamy	1-4	n / A
						Alessandro Zanardi	5-10, 12
						Philippe Adams	11, 13
						Eric Bernard	14th
						Mika Salo	15, 16
					12	Johnny Herbert	1-13
						Alessandro Zanardi	14-16
	Sasol Jordan	Jordan 194	Hard 3.5 V10	G	14th	Rubens Barrichello	1-16	n / A
					15th	Eddie Irvine	1, 5-16
						Aguri Suzuki	2
						Andrea de Cesaris	3, 4
	Tourtel Larrousse F1	Larrousse LH94	Ford HB 3.5 V8	G	19th	Olivier Beretta	1-10	n / A
						Philippe Alliot	11
						Yannick Dalmas	12, 13
						Hideki Noda	14-16
					20th	Érik Comas	1-15
						Jean-Denis Delétraz	16
	Minardi Scuderia Italia	Minardi M193B Minardi M194	Ford HB 3.5 V8	G	23	Pierluigi Martini	1-16	Luca Badoer
					24	Michele Alboreto	1-16
	Ligier Gitanes Blondes	Ligier JS39B	Renault 3.5 V10	G	25th	Eric Bernard	1-13	Franck Lagorce
						Johnny Herbert	14th
						Franck Lagorce	15, 16
					26th	Olivier Panis	1-16
	Scuderia Ferrari SpA	Ferrari 412T1 Ferrari 412T1 / B	Ferrari 3.5 V12	G	27	Jean Alesi	1, 4-16	Nicola Larini
						Nicola Larini	2, 3
					28	Gerhard Berger	1-16
	Broker Sauber Mercedes	Clean C13	Mercedes-Benz 3.5 V10	G	29	Karl Wendlinger	1-4	n / A
						Andrea de Cesaris	6-14
						JJ Lehto	15, 16
					30th	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	1-16
	MTV Simtek Ford	Simtek S941	Ford HB 3.5 V8	G	31	David Brabham	1-16	Andrea Montermini
					32	Roland Ratzenberger	1-3
						Andrea Montermini	5
						Jean-Marc Gounon	7-13
						Domenico Schiattarella	14, 16
						Taki Inoue	15th
	Pacific Grand Prix Ltd  Ursus Pacific Grand Prix	Pacific PR01	Ilmor 3.5 V10	G	33	Paul Belmondo	1-16	Oliver Gavin Giovanni Lavaggi
					34	Bertrand Gachot	1-16

1. ↑ The start number 1 was not awarded because Alain Prost, the world champion from 1993, no longer competed. So the first start numbers automatically went to the constructors' world champions.
2. ↑ From the 13th race, the Grand Prix of Portugal, Pacific Racing entered under the name Ursus Pacific Grand Prix .

Racing calendar

No.	date	Grand Prix	route	Distance (km)	Pole position	Fastest race lap	winner	Overall leading driver	Overall leading designer
01	27th of March	Brazil	Autódromo José Carlos Pace	307.075	Ayrton Senna	Michael sSchumacher	Michael sSchumacher	Michael sSchumacher	Benetton-Ford
02	17th April	Pacific	Tanaka International Circuit Aida	307,349	Ayrton Senna	Michael sSchumacher	Michael sSchumacher
03	1st of May	San Marino	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari	292,320	Ayrton Senna	Damon Hill	Michael sSchumacher
04th	May 15	Monaco	Circuit de Monaco	259,584	Michael sSchumacher	Michael sSchumacher	Michael sSchumacher
05	May 29th	Spain	Circuit de Catalunya	308,555	Michael sSchumacher	Michael sSchumacher	Damon Hill
06th	June 12	Canada	Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve	307,050	Michael sSchumacher	Michael sSchumacher	Michael sSchumacher
07th	3rd of July	France	Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours	306,000	Damon Hill	Damon Hill	Michael sSchumacher
08th	10th of July	Great Britain	Silverstone Circuit	303,420	Damon Hill	Damon Hill	Damon Hill
09	July 31	Germany	Hockenheimring	307.035	Gerhard Berger	David Coulthard	Gerhard Berger
10	August 14th	Hungary	Hungaroring	305.536	Michael sSchumacher	Michael sSchumacher	Michael sSchumacher
11	August 28th	Belgium	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	308,044	Rubens Barrichello	Damon Hill	Damon Hill
12	September 11	Italy	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	307,400	Jean Alesi	Damon Hill	Damon Hill
13	25th of September	Portugal	Circuito do Estoril	309,560	Gerhard Berger	David Coulthard	Damon Hill
14th	October, 16th	Europe	Circuito de Jerez	305.532	Michael sSchumacher	Michael sSchumacher	Michael sSchumacher
15th	November 6th	Japan	Suzuka International Racing Course	293,200	Michael sSchumacher	Damon Hill	Damon Hill		Williams-Renault
16	November 13th	Australia	Adelaide Street Circuit	306.180	Nigel Mansell	Michael sSchumacher	Nigel Mansell

Race reports

Brazilian Grand Prix

space	driver	team	time
1	Michael sSchumacher	Benetton-Ford	1: 35: 38.759
2	Damon Hill	Williams-Renault	+ 1 lap
3	Jean Alesi	Ferrari	+ 1 lap
PP	Ayrton Senna	Williams-Renault	1: 15.962
SR	Michael sSchumacher	Benetton-Ford	1: 18.455

The Brazilian Grand Prix at the Autódromo José Carlos Pace in São Paulo took place on March 27, 1994 and ran over 71 laps (307.075 km).

Grand Prix of the Pacific

space	driver	team	time
1	Michael sSchumacher	Benetton-Ford	1: 46: 01.693
2	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	+1: 15,300
3	Rubens Barrichello	Jordan-Hart	+ 1 lap
PP	Ayrton Senna	Williams-Renault	1: 10.218
SR	Michael sSchumacher	Benetton-Ford	1: 14.023

The Pacific Grand Prix at Tanaka International Circuit Aida in Japan took place on April 17, 1994 and covered 83 laps (307.349 km).

San Marino Grand Prix

→ Main article : 1994 San Marino Grand Prix

space	driver	team	time
1	Michael sSchumacher	Benetton-Ford	1: 28: 28.642
2	Nicola Larini	Ferrari	+ 54.942
3	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren-Peugeot	+1: 10.679
PP	Ayrton Senna	Williams-Renault	1: 21.548
SR	Damon Hill	Williams-Renault	1: 24.335

The San Marino Grand Prix at the Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari in Imola took place on May 1, 1994 and covered 58 laps (292.32 km).

The racing weekend was marked by an unprecedented series of accidents. In Friday's training, Rubens Barrichello first survived a serious accident in which he got away with the shock and a broken nose. The following day, in the final training session, the Austrian driver Roland Ratzenberger had an accident when his front wing tore off at over 300 km / h and the car crashed almost head-on into the wall of the left lane barrier; Ratzenberger was dead immediately.

The Williams driver and three-time Formula 1 world champion Ayrton Senna had an accident at the race on Sunday ; He drove in the fast Tamburello curve at well over 300 km / h, probably due to a stall caused by the too long side pods of the Williams in connection with the bumps in the Tamburello curve, straight ahead and crashed into the boundary wall. Debris from the front suspension penetrated the Brazilian helmet visor and caused fatal head injuries. An accident had already occurred at the start of the race, which led to neutralization: Pedro Lamy drove the Benetton of the stopped JJ Lehto into the rear, debris flying around injured spectators. Both drivers were taken to the medical center for an examination. The final point was an unsuccessful pit stop by the Italian Michele Alboreto , as a result of which an improperly fastened bike injured several mechanics.

Senna's death remained the last fatal accident to a driver in a Formula 1 world championship race for 20 years. At the Japanese Grand Prix in 2014 was Jules Bianchi involved in a serious accident. He died of the consequences nine months later.

→ Main article : List of fatally injured Formula 1 drivers

Monaco Grand Prix

space	driver	team	time
1	Michael sSchumacher	Benetton-Ford	1: 49: 55.372
2	Martin Brundle	McLaren-Peugeot	+ 37.278
3	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	+1: 16.824
PP	Michael sSchumacher	Benetton-Ford	1: 18.560
SR	Michael sSchumacher	Benetton-Ford	1: 21.076

The Monaco Grand Prix at the Circuit de Monaco took place on May 15, 1994 and ran over 78 laps (259.584 km).

The Austrian Karl Wendlinger had a serious accident in free practice . He lost control of his vehicle on the fastest stretch after the tunnel and raced into the boundary wall of the harbor chicane. Wendlinger fell into a deep coma, his chances of survival and his future were initially uncertain. After three weeks, the Sauber pilot woke up from his coma and was almost completely recovered by autumn. A comeback attempt in the last two races failed, however.

Spanish Grand Prix

space	driver	team	time
1	Damon Hill	Williams-Renault	1: 36: 14.374
2	Michael sSchumacher	Benetton-Ford	+ 24.166
3	Mark Blundell	Tyrrell Yamaha	+1: 26.969
PP	Michael sSchumacher	Benetton-Ford	1: 21.908
SR	Michael sSchumacher	Benetton-Ford	1: 25.155

The Spanish Grand Prix at the Circuit de Catalunya in Barcelona took place on May 29, 1994 and covered 65 laps (308.555 km).

Although Schumacher had problems with his gearshift after about halfway through the race and had to finish the race in 5th gear, he finished in 2nd place.

Canadian Grand Prix

space	driver	team	time
1	Michael sSchumacher	Benetton-Ford	1: 44: 31.887
2	Damon Hill	Williams-Renault	+ 39.660
3	Jean Alesi	Ferrari	+1: 13.388
PP	Michael sSchumacher	Benetton-Ford	1: 26.178
SR	Michael sSchumacher	Benetton-Ford	1: 28.927

The Canadian Grand Prix at Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve in Montreal took place on June 12, 1994 and covered 69 laps (307.05 km).

French Grand Prix

space	driver	team	time
1	Michael sSchumacher	Benetton-Ford	1: 38: 35.704
2	Damon Hill	Williams-Renault	+ 12.642
3	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	+ 52.765
PP	Damon Hill	Williams-Renault	1: 16.282
SR	Damon Hill	Williams-Renault	1: 19.678

The French Grand Prix at the Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours took place on July 3, 1994 and covered 72 laps (306.0 km).

Great Britain Grand Prix

space	driver	team	time
1	Damon Hill	Williams-Renault	1: 30: 03,640
2	Jean Alesi	Ferrari	+1: 08.128
3	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren-Peugeot	+1: 40.659
PP	Damon Hill	Williams-Renault	1: 24.960
SR	Damon Hill	Williams-Renault	1: 27,100

The Great Britain Grand Prix at the Silverstone Circuit took place on July 10, 1994 and ran over 60 laps (303.42 km).

Michael Schumacher passed his opponent Damon Hill, contrary to the regulations, on the warm-up lap . The race management then imposed a stop-and-go penalty on the Benetton driver during the race , which he and his team ignored. As a result, he was repeatedly shown the black flag (disqualification) by the race management , which Schumacher and his team also wanted to ignore or not see. The television pictures showed a Benetton team boss Flavio Briatore who was excitedly discussing with the race management . Shortly thereafter, his pilot turned into the pit lane and served the stop-and-go penalty imposed at the beginning. After the race, Schumacher was still disqualified and lost his second place and six points. A few days after the British Grand Prix, the FIA took even more drastic measures: it banned the German for two races for ignoring the black flag. Due to an objection from the Benetton team, he was able to start at least in his home race in Hockenheim before the FIA ​​World Council in Paris confirmed the penalty for the races in Monza and Estoril .

Grand Prix of Germany

→ Main article : Grand Prix of Germany 1994

space	driver	team	time
1	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	1: 22: 37.272
2	Olivier Panis	Ligier-Renault	+ 54.779
3	Eric Bernard	Ligier-Renault	+1: 05.042
PP	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	1: 43.582
SR	David Coulthard	Williams-Renault	1: 46.211

The German Grand Prix at the Hockenheimring took place on July 31, 1994 and covered 45 laps (307.035 km).

During the race, there was a dramatic, but fortunately mild, incident when gasoline leaked during a pit stop by Jos Verstappen, ignited and set the whole car on fire. Verstappen escaped with minor burns. After the race it was found that the accident was facilitated by a manipulated tank system in which a prescribed filter had been removed in order to increase the flow rate. The Benetton team was ultimately not penalized for this irregularity.

Hungarian Grand Prix

space	driver	team	time
1	Michael sSchumacher	Benetton-Ford	1: 48: 00,185
2	Damon Hill	Williams-Renault	+ 20.827
3	Jos Verstappen	Benetton-Ford	+1: 10.329
PP	Michael sSchumacher	Benetton-Ford	1: 18.258
SR	Michael sSchumacher	Benetton-Ford	1: 20.881

The Hungarian Grand Prix on the Hungaroring near Budapest took place on August 14, 1994 and covered 77 laps (305.536 km).

Belgian Grand Prix

space	driver	team	time
1	Damon Hill	Williams-Renault	1: 28: 47,170
2	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren-Peugeot	+ 51.381
3	Jos Verstappen	Benetton-Ford	+1: 10.453
PP	Rubens Barrichello	Jordan-Hart	2: 21.163
SR	Damon Hill	Williams-Renault	1: 57.117

The Belgian Grand Prix at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps took place on August 28, 1994 and ran over 44 laps (308.044 km).

Michael Schumacher crossed the finish line first, but was disqualified on his Benetton after the race because the wooden floor panel was too thin (since Hockenheim regulation). Schumacher had turned on the kerbstones during the race and argued that this is why the wooden panel was so heavily sanded. However, the FIA ​​did not accept the objection.

Italian Grand Prix

→ Main article : 1994 Italian Grand Prix

space	driver	team	time
1	Damon Hill	Williams-Renault	1: 18: 02.754
2	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	+ 4.930
3	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren-Peugeot	+ 25.640
PP	Jean Alesi	Ferrari	1: 23.844
SR	Damon Hill	Williams-Renault	1: 25.930

The Italian Grand Prix at the Autodromo Nazionale Monza took place on September 11, 1994 and covered 53 laps (307.4 km).

Grand Prix of Portugal

space	driver	team	time
1	Damon Hill	Williams-Renault	1: 41: 10.165
2	David Coulthard	Williams-Renault	+ 0.603
3	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren-Peugeot	+ 20.193
PP	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	1: 20.608
SR	David Coulthard	Williams-Renault	1: 22.446

The Portuguese Grand Prix at the Circuito do Estoril in Lisbon took place on September 25, 1994 and ran over 71 laps (309.56 km).

Damon Hill, who benefited from the suspension of World Championship leader Schumacher in the previous and this race, won for the third time in a row and thus came within one point of Schumacher (76:75 points).

Grand Prix of Europe

space	driver	team	time
1	Michael sSchumacher	Benetton-Ford	1: 40: 26.689
2	Damon Hill	Williams-Renault	+ 24.689
3	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren-Peugeot	+1: 09.648
PP	Michael sSchumacher	Benetton-Ford	1: 22.762
SR	Michael sSchumacher	Benetton-Ford	1: 25.040

The European Grand Prix at the Circuito de Jerez in Jerez de la Frontera took place on October 16, 1994 and went over 69 laps (305.532 km).

Japanese Grand Prix

→ Main article : 1994 Japanese Grand Prix

space	driver	team	time
1	Damon Hill	Williams-Renault	1: 55: 53.532
2	Michael sSchumacher	Benetton-Ford	+ 3.365
3	Jean Alesi	Ferrari	+ 52.045
PP	Michael sSchumacher	Benetton-Ford	1: 37.209
SR	Damon Hill	Williams-Renault	1: 56.597

The Japanese Grand Prix at the Suzuka International Racing Course took place on November 6, 1994 and covered 50 laps (293.2 km).

Australian Grand Prix

space	driver	team	time
1	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Renault	1: 47: 51.480
2	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	+ 2.511
3	Martin Brundle	McLaren-Peugeot	+ 52.487
PP	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Renault	1: 16.179
SR	Michael sSchumacher	Benetton-Ford	1: 17,140

The Australian Grand Prix at the Adelaide Street Circuit took place on November 13, 1994 and ran over 81 laps (306.18 km).

Schumacher qualified for second place on the grid, right in front of Damon Hill. The fastest in training was old master Nigel Mansell. The two World Championship aspirants led the race from the start (Schumacher ahead of Hill). On the 36th lap, Schumacher slipped off the track and hit the outer wall after a left turn. He turned back onto the track and stopped just short of Hill. In the next right-hand bend Hill tried to get past the inside, the German stayed on the ideal line as the leader. The cars touched, Schumacher flew over Hill's front wheel and landed in the tire wall. The race was then over for Schumacher. Hill pitted, but since his front left suspension was broken, he gave up the race and Schumacher was world champion. Williams won the constructors' championship anyway.

World championship ratings

The world champion is the driver or designer who has accumulated the most points in the world championship by the end of the season. When distributing points, the placements in the overall result of the respective race of all races are taken into account. The six first-placed drivers in each race received points according to the following scheme:

Distribution of points
space	1	2	3	4th	5	6th
Points	10	6th	4th	3	2	1

Driver ranking

Item	driver	constructor																	Points
01	M. Schumacher	Benetton-Ford	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	DSQ	DNF	1	DSQ	EX	EX	1	2	DNF	92
02	D. Hill	Williams-Renault	2	DNF	6th	DNF	1	2	2	1	8th	2	1	1	1	2	1	DNF	91
03	G. Berger	Ferrari	DNF	2	DNF	3	DNF	4th	3	DNF	1	12 *	DNF	2	DNF	5	DNF	2	41
04th	M. Hakkinen	McLaren-Peugeot	DNF	DNF	3	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	3	DNF		2	3	3	3	7th	12 *	26th
05	J. Alesi	Ferrari	3	INJ	INJ	5	4th	3	DNF	2	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	10	3	6th	24
06th	R. Barrichello	Jordan-Hart	4th	3	DNQ	DNF	DNF	7th	DNF	4th	DNF	DNF	DNF	4th	4th	12	DNF	4th	19th
07th	M. Brundle	McLaren-Peugeot	DNF	DNF	8th	2	11 *	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	4 *	DNF	5	6th	DNF	DNF	3	16
08th	D. Coulthard	Williams-Renault					DNF	5		5	DNF	DNF	4th	6 *	2				14th
09	N. Mansell	Williams-Renault							DNF							DNF	4th	1	13
10	J. Verstappen	Benetton-Ford	DNF	DNF					DNF	8th	DNF	3	3	DNF	5	DNF			10
11	O. Panis	Ligier-Renault	11	9	11	9	7th	12	DNF	12	2	6th	7th	10	DSQ	9	11	5	9
12	M. Blundell	Tyrrell Yamaha	DNF	DNF	9	DNF	3	10 *	10	DNF	DNF	5	5	DNF	DNF	13	DNF	DNF	8th
13	H.-H. Frentzen	Clean Mercedes	DNF	5	7th	DNS	DNF	DNF	4th	7th	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	6th	6th	7th	7th
14th	N. Larini	Ferrari		DNF	2														6th
15th	C. Fittipaldi	Footwork Ford	DNF	4th	13 *	DNF	DNF	DSQ	8th	9	4th	14 *	DNF	DNF	8th	17th	8th	8th	6th
16	E. Irvine	Jordan-Hart	DNF				6th	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	13 *	DNF	7th	4th	5	DNF	6th
17th	U. Katayama	Tyrrell Yamaha	5	DNF	5	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	6th	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	7th	DNF	DNF	5
18th	É. Bernard	Ligier-Renault	DNF	10	12	DNF	8th	13	DNF	13	3	10	10	7th	10				4th
		Lotus mugen														18th			0
19th	K. Wendlinger	Clean Mercedes	6th	DNF	4th	DNS	INJ	INJ	INJ	INJ	INJ	INJ	INJ	INJ	INJ	INJ	INJ	INJ	4th
20th	A. de Cesaris	Jordan-Hart			DNF	4th													3
		Clean Mercedes						DNF	6th	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF			1
21st	P. Martini	Minardi-Ford	8th	DNF	DNF	DNF	5	9	5	10	DNF	DNF	8th	DNF	12	15th	DNF	9	4th
22nd	G. Morbidelli	Footwork Ford	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	5	DNF	6th	DNF	9	11	DNF	DNF	3
23	É. Comas	Larrousse-Ford	9	6th	DNF	10	DNF	DNF	11 *	DNF	6th	8th	DNF	8th	DNF	DNF	9		2
24	JJ Lehto	Benetton-Ford			DNF	7th	DNF	6th						9	DNF				1
		Clean Mercedes															DNF	10	0
25th	M. Alboreto	Minardi-Ford	DNF	DNF	DNF	6th	DNF	11	DNF	DNF	DNF	7th	9	DNF	13	14th	DNF	DNF	1
-	J. Herbert	Lotus mugen	7th	7th	10	DNF	DNF	8th	7th	11	DNF	DNF	12	DNF	11				0
		Ligier-Renault														8th			0
		Benetton-Ford															DNF	DNF	0
-	O. Beretta	Larrousse-Ford	DNF	DNF	DNF	8th	DNF	DNF	DNF	14th	7th	9							0
-	P. Lamy	Lotus mugen	10	8th	DNF	11													0
-	J.-M. Gounon	Simtek-Ford							9	16	DNF	DNF	11	DNF	15th				0
-	A. Zanardi	Lotus mugen					9	15th	DNF	DNF	DNF	13		DNF		16	13	DNF	0
-	D. Brabham	Simtek-Ford	12	DNF	DNF	DNF	10	14th	DNF	15th	DNF	11	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	12	DNF	0
-	M. Salo	Lotus mugen															10	DNF	0
-	F. Lagorce	Ligier-Renault															DNF	11	0
-	R. Ratzenberger	Simtek-Ford	DNQ	11	DNS														0
-	Y. Dalmas	Larrousse-Ford												DNF	14th				0
-	P. Adams	Lotus mugen											DNF		16				0
-	D. Schiattarella	Simtek-Ford														19th		DNF	0
-	B. Gachot	Pacific-Ilmor	DNF	DNQ	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	0
-	A. Senna	Williams-Renault	DNF	DNF	DNF														0
-	H. Noda	Larrousse-Ford														DNF	DNF	DNF	0
-	P. Belmondo	Pacific-Ilmor	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNF	DNF	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	0
-	P. Alliot	McLaren-Peugeot										DNF							0
		Larrousse-Ford											DNF						0
-	A. Suzuki	Jordan-Hart		DNF															0
-	T. Inoue	Simtek-Ford															DNF		0
-	J.-D. Delétraz	Larrousse-Ford																DNF	0
-	A. Montermini	Simtek-Ford					DNQ												0

Legend
colour	abbreviation	meaning
gold	-	victory
silver	-	2nd place
bronze	-	3rd place
green	-	Placement in the points
blue	-	Classified outside the point ranks
violet	DNF	Race not finished (did not finish)
	NC	not classified
red	DNQ	did not qualify
	DNPQ	failed in pre-qualification (did not pre-qualify)
black	DSQ	disqualified
White	DNS	not at the start (did not start)
	WD	withdrawn
Light Blue	PO	only participated in the training (practiced only)
	TD	Friday test driver
without	DNP	did not participate in the training (did not practice)
	INJ	injured or sick
	EX	excluded
	DNA	did not arrive
	C.	Race canceled
		no participation in the World Cup
other	P / bold	Pole position
	SR / italic	Fastest race lap
	*	not at the finish, but counted due to the distance covered
	()	Streak results
	underlined	Leader in the overall standings

Constructors' championship

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Item constructor Points 01  Williams-Renault 118 02  Benetton-Ford 103 03  Ferrari 71 04th  McLaren-Peugeot 42 05  Jordan-Hart 28 06th  Ligier-Renault 13 07th  Tyrrell Yamaha 13

Item constructor Points 08th  Clean Mercedes 12 9  Footwork Ford 9 10  Minardi-Ford 5 11  Larrousse-Ford 2 12  Lotus mugen 0 13  Simtek-Ford 0 14th  Pacific-Ilmor 0

Web links

Commons : Formula 1 World Championship 1994  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official Formula 1 website Results Season 1994 (English)