Belgian Grand Prix 1995

 Belgian Grand Prix 1995

Racing data
11th of 17 races in the 1995 Formula 1 World Championship
Surname:	LIII Grand Prix de Belgique
Date:	August 27, 1995
Place:	spa
Course:	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps
Length:	306.586 km in 44 laps of 6.968 km
Pole position
Driver:	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari
Time:	1: 54.392 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	David Coulthard	Williams-Renault
Time:	1: 53.412 min (lap 11)
Podium
First:	Michael sSchumacher	Benetton Renault
Second:	Damon Hill	Williams-Renault
Third:	Martin Brundle	Ligier-Mugen-Honda

The 1995 Belgian Grand Prix took place on August 27 at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps in Spa and was the eleventh race of the 1995 Formula 1 World Championship .

Reports

background

After the Hungarian Grand Prix , Michael Schumacher led the drivers' standings with eleven points ahead of Damon Hill and with 24 points ahead of Jean Alesi . Benetton-Renault led the constructors' championship with six points ahead of Williams-Renault and with 17 points ahead of Ferrari .

With Hill (twice) and Schumacher (once) two former winners competed at this Grand Prix.

training

The two Ferrari drivers qualified for the front row. Gerhard Berger was faster than Alesi. Mika Häkkinen qualified in third place . The two leaders of the world championship had to start from further back. While Hill started the race from eighth, Schumacher had to start from 16th.

run

The race started under dry track conditions. Berger did not start optimally and lost two positions to Alesi and Johnny Herbert . Herbert sat down on the Kemmel straight on the outside lane next to Alesi, later braked and took over his lead.

After the first lap, Herbert was leading ahead of Alesi, Berger, Häkkinen, David Coulthard and Hill.

Häkkinen spun at the beginning of the second lap and then had a gearbox failure, which ended the race for him. On the Kemmel straight there was another duel between Alesi and Herbert, this time with the better end for Alesi. At the end of the second lap, Schumacher had improved to tenth place. A short time later, Berger was overtaken by Coulthard in the La Source curve. Berger lost momentum at the end of the curve, with Hill being close behind him. Hill used the slipstream on the Kemmel Straight and also overtook Berger.

At the end of the fourth lap, Alesi came into the pit lane as the leader. His Ferrari had a suspension damage, which meant the end of the race for him. A little later, while in the lead, Herbert turned at the end of the Kemmel straight and fell back to third. On the same lap he spun in front of the bus stop chicane and lost more places. In addition, Herbert blocked the track for Mark Blundell and both drivers lost many positions. The beneficiary of this situation was Schumacher, who had moved up to fifth at the end of the seventh lap. Eddie Irvine in fourth place has already been put under pressure by Schumacher. While Coulthard gradually expanded his lead, Schumacher managed an overtaking maneuver against Irvine at the end of the eleventh lap and took over his fourth position. Then Schumacher made up time on Berger.

When Rubens Barrichello made the first normal pit stop, Coulthard slowed and coasted. Meanwhile, Schumacher caught up with Berger and put him under pressure. Shortly afterwards, Hill and Berger pitted on the same lap, with Schumacher taking the lead. At the end of the 18th lap, Schumacher also made his first pit stop and returned to second place.

A short time later it started to rain and Hill switched to rain tires. Schumacher stayed on slicks and took the lead again. Several failures occurred at short intervals: Massimiliano Papis spun, Irvine had a fire in the pits, Berger retired with problems with the electronics and Luca Badoer had an accident.

Hill took advantage of his rain tires and quickly caught up with Schumacher. At the start of lap 23, Hill was right behind him. At the end of the Kemmel Straight, Hill attempted to overtake. Schumacher kept his line and stayed ahead of him. In the further course of the round, Schumacher kept the lead. On the following lap, Hill sat down next to Schumacher again in the same place and finally overtook him. In the meantime it had stopped raining. As a result, the advantage of the rain tires was quickly gone and Schumacher caught up again on Hill and finally overtook him.

Hill switched back to dry tires a little later without losing his position. Shortly afterwards, however, the rain intensified again and the race management decided to send the safety car out. Schumacher and Hill pitted and switched to rain tires without losing positions one and two. Only a lapped vehicle separated the two. During the safety car phase, Ukyō Katayama had twisted out and had to end the race.

When the race was reopened, there were still twelve laps to drive. Schumacher kept the lead and pulled away. A short time later, Hill received a 10-second stop-and-go penalty for exceeding the speed limit of 80 km / h in the pit lane. So Schumacher was no longer in trouble until the end of the race. Hill fell back to third, Martin Brundle was second. Blundell, Frentzen and Herbert followed.

In the final laps, Hill caught up on Brundle and Frentzen on Blundell. With four laps to go, Frentzen was right behind Blundell and overtook him in front of the bus stop chicane.

At the end of the penultimate lap, Hill was right behind Brundle. At the exit of the La Source curve, Hill took more momentum into the Eau Rouge and sat down on the Kemmel Straight inside next to Brundle. Brundle slowed down late but was unable to defend his position.

Schumacher won ahead of Hill, Brundle, Frentzen, Blundell and Barrichello. Coulthard drove the fastest lap.

Registration list

team	No.	driver	chassis	engine	tires
Mild Seven Benetton Ford	01	Michael sSchumacher	Benetton B195	Renault 3.0 V10	G
	02	Johnny Herbert
Nokia Tyrrell Yamaha	03	Ukyō Katayama	Tyrrell 023	Yamaha 3.0 V10	G
	04th	Mika Salo
Rothmans Williams Renault	05	Damon Hill	Williams FW17	Renault 3.0 V10	G
	06th	David Coulthard
Marlboro McLaren Mercedes	07th	Mark Blundell	McLaren MP4 / 10B	Mercedes-Benz 3.0 V10	G
	08th	Mika Hakkinen
Footwork Hart	09	Massimiliano Papis	Footwork FA16	Hard 3.0 V8	G
	10	Taki Inoue
Total Jordan Peugeot	14th	Rubens Barrichello	Jordan 195	Peugeot 3.0 V10	G
	15th	Eddie Irvine
Pacific Grand Prix Ltd	16	Giovanni Lavaggi	Pacific PR02	Ford ED 3.0 V8	G
	17th	Andrea Montermini
Parmalat Forti Ford	21st	Pedro Diniz	Forti FG01	Ford ED 3.0 V8	G
	22nd	Roberto Moreno
Minardi Scuderia Italia	23	Pedro Lamy	Minardi M195	Ford EDM 3.0 V8	G
	24	Luca Badoer
Ligier Gitanes Blondes	25th	Martin Brundle	Ligier JS41	Mugen-Honda 3.0 V10	G
	26th	Olivier Panis
Scuderia Ferrari SpA	27	Jean Alesi	Ferrari 412T2	Ferrari 3.0 V12	G
	28	Gerhard Berger
Red Bull Sauber Ford	29	Jean-Christophe Boullion	Clean C14	Ford Zetec-R 3.0 V8	G
	30th	Heinz-Harald Frentzen

Classifications

Qualifying

Item	driver	constructor	1. Qualification training		2. Qualification training		begin
			time	Ø speed	time	Ø speed
01	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	2: 14.744		1: 54.392		01
02	Jean Alesi	Ferrari	2: 15.077		1: 54.631		02
03	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren-Mercedes	2: 15.848		1: 55.435		03
04th	Johnny Herbert	Benetton Renault	-		1: 56.085		04th
05	David Coulthard	Williams-Renault	2: 15.232		1: 56.254		05
06th	Mark Blundell	McLaren-Mercedes	2: 18.136		1: 56.622		06th
07th	Eddie Irvine	Jordan-Peugeot	2: 16.540		1: 57.001		07th
08th	Damon Hill	Williams-Renault	2: 15.143		1: 57.768		08th
09	Olivier Panis	Ligier-Mugen-Honda	2: 17.579		1: 58.021		09
10	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Clean Ford	2: 15.533		1: 58.148		10
11	Mika Salo	Tyrrell Yamaha	2: 18.104		1: 58.224		11
12	Rubens Barrichello	Jordan-Peugeot	2: 17,144		1: 58.293		12
13	Martin Brundle	Ligier-Mugen-Honda	2: 17.207		1: 58.314		13
14th	Jean-Christophe Boullion	Clean Ford	2: 17.406		1: 58.356		14th
15th	Ukyō Katayama	Tyrrell Yamaha	2: 18.194		1: 58.551		15th
16	Michael sSchumacher	Benetton Renault	2: 14.962		1: 59.079		16
17th	Pedro Lamy	Minardi-Ford	2: 18.547		1: 59.256		17th
18th	Taki Inoue	Footwork-Hart	2: 23.311		2: 00.990		18th
19th	Luca Badoer	Minardi-Ford	2: 17.335		2: 01.013		19th
20th	Massimiliano Papis	Footwork-Hart	2: 19,300		2: 01.685		20th
21st	Andrea Montermini	Pacific Ford	2: 25.291		2: 02,405		21st
22nd	Roberto Moreno	Forti-Ford	2: 23.417		2: 03.817		22nd
23	Giovanni Lavaggi	Pacific Ford	2: 26.311		2: 06,407		23
24	Pedro Diniz	Forti-Ford	2: 25.699		2: 09.537		24

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	begin	Fastest lap
01	Michael sSchumacher	Benetton Renault	44	2	1: 36: 47.875	16	1: 53.613 (17.)
02	Damon Hill	Williams-Renault	44	5	+ 19.493	08th	1: 54.473 (14th)
03	Martin Brundle	Ligier-Mugen-Honda	44	1	+ 24.998	13	1: 56.502 (15.)
04th	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Clean Ford	44	2	+ 26.972	10	1: 56.261 (18.)
05	Mark Blundell	McLaren-Mercedes	44	4th	+ 33.772	06th	1: 55.972 (15.)
06th	Rubens Barrichello	Jordan-Peugeot	44	3	+ 39.674	12	1: 56.967 (11.)
07th	Johnny Herbert	Benetton Renault	44	3	+ 54.048	04th	1: 55.630 (16.)
08th	Mika Salo	Tyrrell Yamaha	44	2	+ 54.548	11	1: 57.420 (17.)
09	Olivier Panis	Ligier-Mugen-Honda	44	3	+1: 06.170	09	1: 56.696 (16.)
10	Pedro Lamy	Minardi-Ford	44	1	+1: 19.789	17th	1: 58.312 (17.)
11	Jean-Christophe Boullion	Clean Ford	43	3	+ 1 lap	14th	1: 57.927 (15.)
12	Taki Inoue	Footwork-Hart	43	1	+ 1 lap	18th	1: 59.331 (15.)
13	Pedro Diniz	Forti-Ford	42	1	+ 2 rounds	24	2: 02.546 (17.)
14th	Roberto Moreno	Forti-Ford	42	2	+ 2 rounds	22nd	2: 02.603 (15.)
-	Ukyō Katayama	Tyrrell Yamaha	28	1	DNF	15th	1: 57.229 (18.)
-	Giovanni Lavaggi	Pacific Ford	27	2	DNF	23	2: 04.196 (15.)
-	Luca Badoer	Minardi-Ford	23	1	DNF	19th	1: 58.395 (14th)
-	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	22nd	2	DNF	01	1: 55.462 (18.)
-	Eddie Irvine	Jordan-Peugeot	21st	1	DNF	07th	1: 55.561 (14th)
-	Massimiliano Papis	Footwork-Hart	20th	0	DNF	20th	1: 57.866 (17.)
-	Andrea Montermini	Pacific Ford	18th	0	DNF	21st	2: 00.136 (16.)
-	David Coulthard	Williams-Renault	13	0	DNF	05	1: 53.412 (11.)
-	Jean Alesi	Ferrari	04th	1	DNF	02	1: 56.853 ( 03rd)
-	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren-Mercedes	01	0	DNF	03	2: 07.082 ( 01st)

Web links

• Race result on the official Formula 1 website
• Race result on "Motorsportarchiv.de"