Grand Prix of the Pacific
Tanaka International Circuit | |
Route data | |
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Main sponsor: | Marlboro (1995) |
in the racing calendar: | 1994, 1995 |
Route length: | 3.703 km |
Race length: | 307.349 km in 83 laps |
Records | |
Lap record: | 1: 14.023 (1994, Michael Schumacher , Benetton-Ford ) |
Lap record qualification: | 1: 10,218 (1994, Ayrton Senna , Williams-Renault ) |
Most wins: | Michael Schumacher (2) |
Most Poles: | David Coulthard , Ayrton Senna (1) |
As a Pacific Grand Prix was in the seasons 1994 and 1995 , a Formula 1 race at Japan on the Tanaka International Circuit in Aida near Kobe in Okayama Prefecture held.
The main initiator of this event was Hajime Tanaka , who had the track built in 1990 and whose greatest wish was to have Formula 1 as a guest. Tanaka received support from Okayama Prefecture, which saw the race as an opportunity to promote the region.
The second race in 1995 had to be postponed from the original date in April to October at short notice, as the Great Hanshin earthquake made the route, which was already difficult to access, inaccessible for the expected crowd.
The Grand Prix was rather unpopular with the drivers , as the course was viewed as too slow and hostile to overtaking.
The name Pacific Grand Prix was chosen because another race on the Formula 1 calendar was held as the Japanese Grand Prix in both 1994 and 1995 .
The Pacific Grand Prix was held in Laguna Seca, California, from 1960 to 1963 . However, the races did not count towards the automobile / Formula 1 world championship.
Results
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abbreviation | class | comment |
F1 | formula 1 | Formula 1 World Championship from 1950 |
F2 | Formula 2 | |
FL | Formula libre | Vehicle class usually advertised by the organizer |
SW | Sports car | |
TW | Touring car | |
GP | Grand Prix vehicles | |
↓ Solid gray lines indicate when a new course was used in history. ↓ | ||
Entries with a light red background were not runs for the automobile or Formula 1 world championship. | ||
Entries with a yellow background were runs for the European Championship . |
1 The numbering was restarted in 1994.