German Grand Prix 1994

 German Grand Prix 1994

Racing data
9th of 16 races in the 1994 Formula 1 World Championship
Surname:	Grand Mobil 1 Prize from Germany
Date:	July 31, 1994
Place:	Hockenheim
Course:	Hockenheimring
Length:	307.44 km in 45 laps of 6.832 km
Weather:	sunny
Spectator:	~ 150,000
Pole position
Driver:	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari
Time:	1: 43.582 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	David Coulthard	Williams
Time:	1: 46.211 min (lap 11)
Podium
First:	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari
Second:	Olivier Panis	Ligier
Third:	Eric Bernard	Ligier

The 1994 Grand Prix of Germany (officially the Grand Mobil 1 Prize of Germany ) took place on July 31 at the Hockenheimring in Hockenheim and was the ninth race of the 1994 Formula 1 World Championship .

Reports

background

After the British Grand Prix , Michael Schumacher led the drivers' standings with 27 points ahead of Damon Hill and 47 points ahead of Jean Alesi . Benetton-Ford led the constructors' championship with 24 points ahead of Williams-Renault and with 25 points ahead of Ferrari .

With Michele Alboreto (once) joined former winner of this Grand Prix. However, Alboreto won this Grand Prix at the Nürburgring, so that no competitor has won at the Hockenheimring before.

training

In the first free practice, Hill set the fastest time ahead of Schumacher and Berger. Alesi finished the second free practice as the fastest, followed by Coulthard and Hill.

Qualifying

There were two qualifying sessions, one on Friday and one on Saturday. Most of the drivers set their best time on Saturday. Berger secured pole position ahead of Alesi and Hill.

run

At the start of the race there were accidents in the middle and back field in which several vehicles were involved. A total of nine drivers did not finish the first lap, including Alesi, who had to retire due to electronic problems. Jos Verstappen drove to his pit stop on lap 15 , when gasoline leaks ignited and a brief, strong fire broke out. Verstappen then had to end the race.

Berger won the race unchallenged ahead of Olivier Panis and Éric Bernard .

• German Grand Prix 1994
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  Mika Hakkinen

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  Olivier Panis

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  Michael Schumacher rolls to his starting place

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  Let's go into the introductory round

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  The first three plus Olivier Beretta on her lap of honor

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	begin	Fastest lap	Failure reason
01	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	45		1: 22: 37.275	01	1: 47.544 (12.)
02	Olivier Panis	Ligier	45		+ 54.779	12	1: 49.253 (11.)
03	Eric Bernard	Ligier	45		+1: 05.042	14th	1: 49.459 ( 08.)
04th	Christian Fittipaldi	Footwork	45		+1: 21.609	14th	1: 49.982 (13th)
05	Gianni Morbidelli	Footwork	45		+1: 30.544	17th	1: 49.981 (12.)
06th	Érik Comas	Larrousse	45		+1: 45.445	22nd	1: 50.409 ( 09.)
07th	Olivier Beretta	Larrousse	44		+ 1 lap	24	1: 50.466 (12.)
08th	Damon Hill	Williams	44		+ 1 lap	03	1: 46.303 ( 09.)
-	Jean-Marc Gounon	Simtek	39		DNF	26th	1: 52.023 (17.)	Engine failure
-	David Brabham	Simtek	37		DNF	25th	1: 52.364 (18th)	Clutch damage
-	Michael sSchumacher	Benetton	20th		DNF	04th	1: 47.103 (17.)	Engine failure
-	Martin Brundle	McLaren	19th		DNF	13	1: 48.329 (11.)	Engine failure
-	David Coulthard	Williams	17th		DNF	06th	1: 46.211 (11.)	electronics
-	Jos Verstappen	Benetton	15th		DNF	19th	1: 49.219 (12.)	Fire damage
-	Ukyo Katayama	Tyrrell	5		DNF	05	1: 49.966 ( 04.)	accelerator
-	Jean Alesi	Ferrari	0		DNF	02		electronics
-	Mark Blundell	Tyrrell	0		DNF	07th		accident
-	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren	0		DNF	08th		accident
-	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Clean	0		DNF	09		accident
-	Eddie Irvine	Jordan	0		DNF	10		accident
-	Rubens Barrichello	Jordan	0		DNF	11		accident
-	Johnny Herbert	lotus	0		DNF	15th		accident
-	Andrea de Cesaris	Clean	0		DNF	18th		accident
-	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi	0		DNF	20th		accident
-	Alessandro Zanardi	lotus	0		DNF	21st		accident
-	Michele Alboreto	Minardi	0		DNF	23		accident
-	Bertrand Gachot	Pacific			DNQ
-	Paul Belmondo	Pacific			DNQ

Individual evidence

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Web links

Commons : Grand Prix of Germany 1994  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Race result on the official Formula 1 website