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The 1994 Spanish Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on 29 May 1994 at the Circuit de Catalunya, Montmeló. It was the 36th Spanish Grand Prix and the fourth to be held at the Circuit de Catalunya, and the fifth race of the 1994 Formula One World Championship.

The 65-lap race was won by Englishman Damon Hill, driving a Williams-Renault. It was the first victory of the season for Hill and the Williams team, who were still recovering from the death of Ayrton Senna at Imola four weeks previously. Hill won by 24 seconds from German driver and championship leader Michael Schumacher, whose Benetton-Ford was stuck in fifth gear for most of the race. Another Englishman, Mark Blundell, finished third in a Tyrrell-Yamaha, which would turn out to be the final podium finish for him and the Tyrrell team.

The Grand Prix was additionally notable for the season-ending crash of debutant Italian driver Andrea Montermini in his Simtek S941 on the front straight. Montermini, elevated from test driver status after the death of Roland Ratzenberger at the San Marino Grand Prix crashed heavily into the pit wall. It also marked the Formula One debut of Scottish driver David Coulthard, replacing Senna for Williams.[1] The new Lotus 109 made its debut this weekend replacing the two-year-old 107.

Report

Pre-race

This was the first race for the newly formed Grand Prix Drivers Association (GPDA). Several top level names, including Michael Schumacher, Damon Hill, and Gerhard Berger, were instrumental in the setup and running of the GPDA, and they took the decision to install a temporary chicane before the Nissan corner.[2] This was an attempt to improve safety, as well as limit speeds around the track, as the Nissan corner was generally taken at near flat-out speeds.

Sauber entered only one car for this race due to Karl Wendlinger's injury at the previous race.

Qualifying

Michael Schumacher took the second pole position in succession and the second of his career. Damon Hill also lined up on the front row, his time had been beaten by Schumacher's by over half a second, and he was only one thousandth of a second ahead of Mika Häkkinen. The pair's respective Williams and McLaren teammates lined up eighth and ninth, McLaren's Martin Brundle on the fourth row in front of a disappointed David Coulthard for Williams. Schumacher's Benetton teammate – JJ Lehto – had done a bit better for himself and lined up fourth. Rubens Barrichello's Jordan qualified in fifth, followed by the two Ferraris. Tyrrell driver Ukyo Katayama was the other driver in the top ten, while at the back Andrea Montermini crashed heavily in the Simtek previously driven by Roland Ratzenberger and broke his ankles. He thus did not set a timed lap in the second session, and failed to qualify, although he would have been unable to start the race anyway.

Race

Olivier Beretta retired when his Larousse-Ford's engine failed on the formation lap. Schumacher led from pole position at the start of the race whilst Barrichello and Berger collided at the first corner. Neither driver retired as a direct result of the collision, although both did eventually, but Berger was forced to run across the grass and lost places and would eventually retire on lap 28 with gearbox problems. Coulthard climbed up to fifth place from his ninth place starting spot, but his car stalled in the pits on lap 16. Despite retiring from twelfth place on lap 32 with electrical problems, he described his race as a "good debut overall".[3] While Williams notched up their first victory of the season, and first after the death of Ayrton Senna, championship leader Michael Schumacher finished a strong second, despite being stuck in fifth gear for most of the race.[3] Knowing that he had a major problem, he managed to make a pitstop (and get away from the pit stop in 5th gear), and as the race unfolded gave nothing to the leading Hill's pace. He had to change his driving style to find new trajectories and corner apexes, and his past experience as a World Sports Car driver helped him to do so.[4] Meanwhile Rubens Barrichello retired after he spun off near the pit entry on lap 40 and Schumacher was once again able to make a pitstop and not stall the car. After the pit stops, Mika Häkkinen was in third place for McLaren behind Hill and Schumacher, having temporarily been in front of Schumacher earlier in the race. Häkkinen's engine failed as did JJ Lehto's Benetton-Ford engine 5 laps after Hakkinen on lap 54, though granting the place to Hakkinen's teammate Martin Brundle. Brundle then retired himself after a transmission explosion from the back of his car at the first corner by lap 60 and was classified 11th. Mark Blundell, for Tyrrell, completed the podium celebrations, scoring his 3rd and last podium of his career.

Post-race

After the race, the Williams team were very emotional with Hill's win. Шаблон:Cquote

Classification

Qualifying

Pos No Driver Constructor Q1 Time Q2 Time Gap
1 5 Шаблон:Flagicon Michael Schumacher Benetton-Ford 1:23.426 1:21.908
2 0 Шаблон:Flagicon Damon Hill Williams-Renault 1:24.716 1:22.559 +0.651
3 7 Шаблон:Flagicon Mika Häkkinen McLaren-Peugeot 1:24.580 1:22.660 +0.752
4 6 Шаблон:Flagicon JJ Lehto Benetton-Ford 1:25.587 1:22.983 +1.075
5 14 Шаблон:Flagicon Rubens Barrichello Jordan-Hart 1:25.990 1:23.594 +1.686
6 27 Шаблон:Flagicon Jean Alesi Ferrari 1:24.997 1:23.700 +1.792
7 28 Шаблон:Flagicon Gerhard Berger Ferrari 1:26.121 1:23.715 +1.807
8 8 Шаблон:Flagicon Martin Brundle McLaren-Peugeot 1:26.614 1:23.763 +1.855
9 2 Шаблон:Flagicon David Coulthard Williams-Renault 1:27.428 1:23.782 +1.874
10 3 Шаблон:Flagicon Ukyo Katayama Tyrrell-Yamaha 1:27.017 1:23.969 +2.061
11 4 Шаблон:Flagicon Mark Blundell Tyrrell-Yamaha 1:25.863 1:23.981 +2.073
12 30 Шаблон:Flagicon Heinz-Harald Frentzen Sauber-Mercedes 1:25.115 1:24.254 +2.346
13 15 Шаблон:Flagicon Eddie Irvine Jordan-Hart 1:26.368 1:24.930 +3.022
14 24 Шаблон:Flagicon Michele Alboreto Minardi-Ford 1:26.595 1:24.996 +3.088
15 10 Шаблон:Flagicon Gianni Morbidelli Footwork-Ford 1:27.459 1:25.018 +3.110
16 20 Шаблон:Flagicon Érik Comas Larrousse-Ford 1:26.097 1:25.050 +3.142
17 19 Шаблон:Flagicon Olivier Beretta Larrousse-Ford 1:28.011 1:25.161 +3.253
18 23 Шаблон:Flagicon Pierluigi Martini Minardi-Ford 1:25.502 1:25.247 +3.339
19 26 Шаблон:Flagicon Olivier Panis Ligier-Renault 1:27.872 1:25.577 +3.669
20 25 Шаблон:Flagicon Éric Bernard Ligier-Renault 1:28.289 1:25.766 +3.858
21 9 Шаблон:Flagicon Christian Fittipaldi Footwork-Ford 1:27.631 1:26.084 +4.176
22 12 Шаблон:Flagicon Johnny Herbert Lotus-Mugen-Honda 28:05.683 1:26.397 +4.489
23 11 Шаблон:Flagicon Alessandro Zanardi Lotus-Mugen-Honda 1:30.379 1:27.685 +5.777
24 31 Шаблон:Flagicon David Brabham Simtek-Ford 1:30.797 1:28.151 +6.243
25 34 Шаблон:Flagicon Bertrand Gachot Pacific-Ilmor 1:34.318 1:28.873 +6.965
26 33 Шаблон:Flagicon Paul Belmondo Pacific-Ilmor 1:31.750 1:30.657 +8.749
DNQ 32 Шаблон:Flagicon Andrea Montermini Simtek-Ford 1:31.111 No time +9.203

Race

Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 0 Шаблон:Flagicon Damon Hill Williams-Renault 65 1:36:14.374 2 10
2 5 Шаблон:Flagicon Michael Schumacher Benetton-Ford 65 + 24.166 1 6
3 4 Шаблон:Flagicon Mark Blundell Tyrrell-Yamaha 65 + 1:26.969 11 4
4 27 Шаблон:Flagicon Jean Alesi Ferrari 64 + 1 lap 6 3
5 23 Шаблон:Flagicon Pierluigi Martini Minardi-Ford 64 + 1 lap 18 2
6 15 Шаблон:Flagicon Eddie Irvine Jordan-Hart 64 + 1 lap 13 1
7 26 Шаблон:Flagicon Olivier Panis Ligier-Renault 63 + 2 laps 19  
8 25 Шаблон:Flagicon Éric Bernard Ligier-Renault 62 + 3 laps 20  
9 11 Шаблон:Flagicon Alessandro Zanardi Lotus-Mugen-Honda 62 + 3 laps 23  
10 31 Шаблон:Flagicon David Brabham Simtek-Ford 61 + 4 laps 24  
11 8 Шаблон:Flagicon Martin Brundle McLaren-Peugeot 59 Clutch 8  
Ret 6 Шаблон:Flagicon JJ Lehto Benetton-Ford 53 Engine 4  
Ret 7 Шаблон:Flagicon Mika Häkkinen McLaren-Peugeot 48 Engine 3  
Ret 12 Шаблон:Flagicon Johnny Herbert Lotus-Mugen-Honda 41 Spun off 22  
Ret 14 Шаблон:Flagicon Rubens Barrichello Jordan-Hart 39 Spun off 5  
Ret 9 Шаблон:Flagicon Christian Fittipaldi Footwork-Ford 35 Gearbox 21  
Ret 2 Шаблон:Flagicon David Coulthard Williams-Renault 32 Electrical 9  
Ret 34 Шаблон:Flagicon Bertrand Gachot Pacific-Ilmor 32 Broken wing 25  
Ret 28 Шаблон:Flagicon Gerhard Berger Ferrari 27 Gearbox 7  
Ret 10 Шаблон:Flagicon Gianni Morbidelli Footwork-Ford 24 Fuel system 15  
Ret 30 Шаблон:Flagicon Heinz-Harald Frentzen Sauber-Mercedes 21 Gearbox 12  
Ret 20 Шаблон:Flagicon Érik Comas Larrousse-Ford 19 Radiator 16  
Ret 3 Шаблон:Flagicon Ukyo Katayama Tyrrell-Yamaha 16 Engine 10  
Ret 24 Шаблон:Flagicon Michele Alboreto Minardi-Ford 4 Engine 14  
Ret 33 Шаблон:Flagicon Paul Belmondo Pacific-Ilmor 2 Spun off 26  
DNS[5] 19 Шаблон:Flagicon Olivier Beretta Larrousse-Ford 0 Engine 17  
Source:[6][7]

Championship standings after the race

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Drivers' Championship standings
Pos Driver Points
1 Шаблон:Flagicon Michael Schumacher 46
2 Шаблон:Flagicon Damon Hill 17
3 Шаблон:Flagicon Gerhard Berger 10
4 Шаблон:Flagicon Jean Alesi 9
5 Шаблон:Flagicon Rubens Barrichello 7
Source: [8]

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Constructors' Championship standings
Pos Constructor Points
1 Шаблон:Flagicon Benetton-Ford 46
2 Шаблон:Flagicon Ferrari 25
3 Шаблон:Flagicon Williams-Renault 17
4 Шаблон:Flagicon Jordan-Hart 11
5 Шаблон:Flagicon McLaren-Peugeot 10
Source: [8]

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References

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Шаблон:F1 race report Шаблон:F1GP 90-99