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Race · Round 15 of 16 ·

1994 Japanese Grand Prix

Damon Hill won for Williams from 2nd on the grid at Suzuka Circuit. 13 of the starters were not classified.

Wet · High of 18 °C, 21.9 mm of rain on the day (modelled, Open-Meteo)

How it is modelled

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Circuit
Suzuka CircuitSuzuka, Japan
Winner
Damon HillWilliams
Fastest lap
Damon Hill
Entries
2813 classified

Classification

Classification
PosDriverConstructorChassisGridLapsOutPointsFL
1Damon HillWilliams—250Finished10fastest lap
2Michael SchumacherBenettonB194150Finished6
3Jean AlesiFerrari—750Finished4
4Nigel MansellWilliams—450Finished3
5Eddie IrvineJordan194650Finished2
6Heinz-Harald FrentzenSauberC13350Finished1
7Mika HakkinenMcLarenMP4/9850Finished0
8Christian FittipaldiFootworkFA151849Finished0
9Érik ComasLarrousseLH942249Finished0
10Mika SaloTeam Lotus—2549Finished0
11Olivier PanisLigierJS39B1949Finished0
12David BrabhamSimtekS9412448Finished0
13Alex ZanardiTeam Lotus—1748Finished0
DNFMark BlundellTyrrell181326Engine0
DNFRubens BarrichelloJordan1941016Gearbox0
DNFMartin BrundleMcLarenMP4/9913Spun off0
DNFGianni MorbidelliFootworkFA151213Spun off0
DNFGerhard BergerFerrari—1110Battery0
DNFFranck LagorceLigierJS39B2010Collision0
DNFPierluigi MartiniMinardi—1610Collision0
DNFMichele AlboretoMinardi—2110Spun off0
DNFJohnny HerbertBenettonB19453Spun off0
DNFUkyo KatayamaTyrrell18143Spun off0
DNFTaki InoueSimtekS941263Spun off0
DNFHideki NodaLarrousseLH94PL0Spun off0
DNFJyrki JärvilehtoSauberC13150Engine0
DNQBertrand GachotPacificPR01——DNQ0
DNQPaul BelmondoPacificPR01——DNQ0
A blank chassis is a season the team ran more than one design and no source says which car raced here.
F1DB layout suzuka-1 · 5.86 km · 18 turns, F1DB’s figures
F1DB, CC BY 4.0 · drawn by Jules Roy
The outline is F1DB’s, for every layout; the trace is OpenStreetMap’s, where it exists.

Grid to flag

05101520253035404550Laps completedGridResult21Damon Hill12Michael Schumacher73Jean Alesi44Nigel Mansell65Eddie Irvine36Heinz-Harald Frentzen87Mika Hakkinen188Christian Fittipaldi229Érik Comas2510Mika Salo1911Olivier Panis2412David Brabham1713Alex Zanardi13DNFMark Blundell10DNFRubens Barrichello9DNFMartin Brundle12DNFGianni Morbidelli11DNFGerhard Berger20DNFFranck Lagorce16DNFPierluigi Martini21DNFMichele Alboreto5DNFJohnny Herbert14DNFUkyo Katayama26DNFTaki InouePLDNFHideki Noda15DNFJyrki Järvilehto

Lines run from grid slot to result, ending at the last lap completed. A dashed line ending in a cross is a driver not classified. Nothing between is recorded, so a crossing is not an overtake at that lap.

Grid to flag
DriverGridResultLaps
Damon Hill2150
Michael Schumacher1250
Jean Alesi7350
Nigel Mansell4450
Eddie Irvine6550
Heinz-Harald Frentzen3650
Mika Hakkinen8750
Christian Fittipaldi18849
Érik Comas22949
Mika Salo251049
Olivier Panis191149
David Brabham241248
Alex Zanardi171348
Mark Blundell13DNF26
Rubens Barrichello10DNF16
Martin Brundle9DNF13
Gianni Morbidelli12DNF13
Gerhard Berger11DNF10
Franck Lagorce20DNF10
Pierluigi Martini16DNF10
Michele Alboreto21DNF10
Johnny Herbert5DNF3
Ukyo Katayama14DNF3
Taki Inoue26DNF3
Hideki NodaPLDNF0
Jyrki Järvilehto15DNF0

Qualifying

Qualifying
PosDriverConstructorNo.TimeGap≈ DistanceInterval
1Michael SchumacherBenetton51:37.209—0 m—
2Damon HillWilliams01:37.696+0.48729 m+0.487
3Heinz-Harald FrentzenSauber301:37.742+0.53332 m+0.046
4Nigel MansellWilliams21:37.768+0.55934 m+0.026
5Johnny HerbertBenetton61:37.828+0.61937 m+0.060
6Eddie IrvineJordan151:37.880+0.67140 m+0.052
7Jean AlesiFerrari271:37.907+0.69842 m+0.027
8Mika HakkinenMcLaren71:37.998+0.78948 m+0.091
9Martin BrundleMcLaren81:38.076+0.86752 m+0.078
10Rubens BarrichelloJordan141:38.533+1.32480 m+0.457
11Gerhard BergerFerrari281:38.570+1.36182 m+0.037
12Gianni MorbidelliFootwork101:39.030+1.821110 m+0.460
13Mark BlundellTyrrell41:39.266+2.057124 m+0.236
14Ukyo KatayamaTyrrell31:39.462+2.253136 m+0.196
15Jyrki JärvilehtoSauber291:39.483+2.274137 m+0.021
16Pierluigi MartiniMinardi231:39.548+2.339141 m+0.065
17Alex ZanardiTeam Lotus121:39.721+2.512151 m+0.173
18Christian FittipaldiFootwork91:39.868+2.659160 m+0.147
19Olivier PanisLigier261:40.042+2.833171 m+0.174
20Franck LagorceLigier251:40.577+3.368203 m+0.535
21Michele AlboretoMinardi241:40.652+3.443208 m+0.075
22Érik ComasLarrousse201:40.978+3.769227 m+0.326
23Hideki NodaLarrousse191:40.990+3.781228 m+0.012
24David BrabhamSimtek311:41.659+4.450268 m+0.669
25Mika SaloTeam Lotus111:41.805+4.596277 m+0.146
26Taki InoueSimtek321:45.004+7.795470 m+3.199
27Bertrand GachotPacific341:46.374+9.165552 m+1.370
28Paul BelmondoPacific331:46.629+9.420568 m+0.255
Before knock-out qualifying arrived in 2006 there is one time per driver; from 2006, the best lap of each of the three sessions.
How it is derived: distance, Qualifying

Distance at the session-best lap’s average speed, on the layout raced that year.

Pit stops

05101520253035404550LapStops on each lap (up to 2)1Damon HillLap 12: pit lane 35.1 s2Michael SchumacherLap 5: pit lane 34.6 sLap 27: pit lane 32.8 s3Jean AlesiLap 16: pit lane 35.7 s4Nigel MansellLap 13: pit lane 35.7 s5Eddie IrvineLap 20: pit lane 36.0 s6Heinz-Harald FrentzenLap 7: pit lane 38.9 s7Mika HakkinenLap 14: pit lane 33.6 s8Christian FittipaldiLap 17: pit lane 37.5 s9Érik ComasLap 22: pit lane 36.9 s10Mika SaloLap 1: pit lane 41.0 s11Olivier Panis12David BrabhamLap 1: pit lane 42.8 sLap 8: pit lane 46.1 s13Alex ZanardiDNFMark BlundellLap 8: pit lane 36.4 sDNFRubens BarrichelloDNFMartin BrundleDNFGianni MorbidelliDNFGerhard BergerDNFFranck LagorceDNFPierluigi MartiniDNFMichele AlboretoDNFJohnny HerbertDNFUkyo KatayamaDNFTaki InoueDNFHideki NodaDNFJyrki Järvilehto

Bars run in finishing order, ticked at each stop. An unticked bar may hide a stop: F1DB’s record has gaps. A cross is a driver not classified. Ticks and strip mark the lap, not cause, tyres or gain; the table gives times.

Pit stops
DriverResultLapsStops recordedStopped on lapPit-lane time (s)
Damon Hill15011235.1
Michael Schumacher25025, 2734.6, 32.8
Jean Alesi35011635.7
Nigel Mansell45011335.7
Eddie Irvine55012036.0
Heinz-Harald Frentzen6501738.9
Mika Hakkinen75011433.6
Christian Fittipaldi84911737.5
Érik Comas94912236.9
Mika Salo10491141.0
Olivier Panis11490None recorded—
David Brabham124821, 842.8, 46.1
Alex Zanardi13480None recorded—
Mark BlundellDNF261836.4
Rubens BarrichelloDNF160None recorded—
Martin BrundleDNF130None recorded—
Gianni MorbidelliDNF130None recorded—
Gerhard BergerDNF100None recorded—
Franck LagorceDNF100None recorded—
Pierluigi MartiniDNF100None recorded—
Michele AlboretoDNF100None recorded—
Johnny HerbertDNF30None recorded—
Ukyo KatayamaDNF30None recorded—
Taki InoueDNF30None recorded—
Hideki NodaDNF00None recorded—
Jyrki JärvilehtoDNF00None recorded—
A pit-lane time is all of a stop’s time in the pit lane, any wait or repair there included.

Who stopped first, between neighbours

Who stopped first, between neighbours
Drivers, in grid orderGridResultFirst recorded stop, lapStopped firstGrid to flag
Michael Schumacher · Damon Hill1 · 22 · 15 · 12Michael SchumacherSwapped places
Damon Hill · Heinz-Harald Frentzen2 · 31 · 612 · 7Heinz-Harald FrentzenKept their order
Michael Schumacher · Jean Alesi1 · 72 · 35 · 16Michael SchumacherKept their order
Nigel Mansell · Jean Alesi4 · 74 · 313 · 16Nigel MansellSwapped places
Eddie Irvine · Jean Alesi6 · 75 · 320 · 16Jean AlesiSwapped places
Jean Alesi · Mika Hakkinen7 · 83 · 716 · 14Mika HakkinenKept their order
Heinz-Harald Frentzen · Nigel Mansell3 · 46 · 47 · 13Heinz-Harald FrentzenSwapped places
Nigel Mansell · Eddie Irvine4 · 64 · 513 · 20Nigel MansellKept their order
Heinz-Harald Frentzen · Eddie Irvine3 · 66 · 57 · 20Heinz-Harald FrentzenSwapped places
Heinz-Harald Frentzen · Mika Hakkinen3 · 86 · 77 · 14Heinz-Harald FrentzenKept their order
Mika Hakkinen · Christian Fittipaldi8 · 187 · 814 · 17Mika HakkinenKept their order
Christian Fittipaldi · Érik Comas18 · 228 · 917 · 22Christian FittipaldiKept their order
Érik Comas · Mika Salo22 · 259 · 1022 · 1Mika SaloKept their order
David Brabham · Mika Salo24 · 2512 · 101 · 1Same lapSwapped places
Pairs of classified drivers who started or finished next to each other, each with a stop recorded; the two names in a row are in grid order. Both are read from the stops F1DB records, which has gaps. It is the order things happened in and no more: with no lap times, the record cannot say whether stopping first won or lost a place.
Practice sessions Practice 1 · Practice 2 · Warm-up

Practice 1

Practice 1
PosDriverConstructorNo.Best lapGap≈ DistanceIntervalLaps
1Michael SchumacherBenetton51:37.951—0 m—23
2Nigel MansellWilliams21:38.557+0.60636 m+0.60622
3Damon HillWilliams01:38.694+0.74344 m+0.13722
4Johnny HerbertBenetton61:39.351+1.40084 m+0.65722
5Mika HakkinenMcLaren71:39.571+1.62097 m+0.22021
6Gerhard BergerFerrari281:39.712+1.761105 m+0.14118
7Heinz-Harald FrentzenSauber301:39.812+1.861111 m+0.10021
8Jean AlesiFerrari271:40.007+2.056123 m+0.19520
9Rubens BarrichelloJordan141:40.091+2.140128 m+0.08414
10Eddie IrvineJordan151:40.146+2.195131 m+0.05512
11Martin BrundleMcLaren81:40.379+2.428145 m+0.23323
12Ukyo KatayamaTyrrell31:40.705+2.754165 m+0.32618
13Mark BlundellTyrrell41:41.082+3.131187 m+0.37721
14Pierluigi MartiniMinardi231:41.422+3.471208 m+0.34022
15Jyrki JärvilehtoSauber291:41.423+3.472208 m+0.00119
16Christian FittipaldiFootwork91:41.667+3.716222 m+0.24421
17Gianni MorbidelliFootwork101:41.734+3.783226 m+0.06717
18Alex ZanardiTeam Lotus121:41.817+3.866231 m+0.08317
19Olivier PanisLigier261:42.168+4.217252 m+0.35120
20Franck LagorceLigier251:42.416+4.465267 m+0.24823
21Michele AlboretoMinardi241:42.463+4.512270 m+0.04723
22Érik ComasLarrousse201:43.224+5.273315 m+0.76118
23Hideki NodaLarrousse191:43.573+5.622336 m+0.34922
24David BrabhamSimtek311:43.742+5.791346 m+0.16922
25Mika SaloTeam Lotus111:44.913+6.962417 m+1.17113
26Bertrand GachotPacific341:47.565+9.614575 m+2.65218
27Taki InoueSimtek321:47.731+9.780585 m+0.16621
28Paul BelmondoPacific331:47.812+9.861590 m+0.08118
Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.
How it is derived: distance, Practice 1

Distance at the session-best lap’s average speed, on the layout raced that year.

Practice 2

Practice 2
PosDriverConstructorNo.Best lapGap≈ DistanceIntervalLaps
1Nigel MansellWilliams21:36.852—0 m—22
2Michael SchumacherBenetton51:37.743+0.89154 m+0.89120
3Damon HillWilliams01:37.907+1.05564 m+0.16423
4Mika HakkinenMcLaren71:38.463+1.61197 m+0.55616
5Eddie IrvineJordan151:38.835+1.983120 m+0.37220
6Heinz-Harald FrentzenSauber301:38.845+1.993121 m+0.01021
7Martin BrundleMcLaren81:38.970+2.118128 m+0.12522
8Jean AlesiFerrari271:39.062+2.210134 m+0.09221
9Johnny HerbertBenetton61:39.063+2.211134 m+0.00123
10Rubens BarrichelloJordan141:39.095+2.243136 m+0.03212
11Gerhard BergerFerrari281:39.262+2.410146 m+0.16719
12Ukyo KatayamaTyrrell31:39.341+2.489151 m+0.07921
13Alex ZanardiTeam Lotus121:39.378+2.526153 m+0.03720
14Olivier PanisLigier261:39.729+2.877174 m+0.35122
15Jyrki JärvilehtoSauber291:39.920+3.068186 m+0.19119
16Gianni MorbidelliFootwork101:40.350+3.498212 m+0.43018
17Christian FittipaldiFootwork91:40.432+3.580217 m+0.08219
18Pierluigi MartiniMinardi231:40.542+3.690223 m+0.11022
19Michele AlboretoMinardi241:41.013+4.161252 m+0.47123
20Hideki NodaLarrousse191:41.066+4.214255 m+0.05322
21Mark BlundellTyrrell41:41.265+4.413267 m+0.19912
22Mika SaloTeam Lotus111:41.495+4.643281 m+0.23014
23Érik ComasLarrousse201:41.523+4.671283 m+0.02823
24Franck LagorceLigier251:41.786+4.934299 m+0.26316
25David BrabhamSimtek311:42.599+5.747348 m+0.81319
26Bertrand GachotPacific341:44.160+7.308442 m+1.56119
27Taki InoueSimtek321:45.151+8.299502 m+0.99116
28Paul BelmondoPacific331:47.771+10.919661 m+2.62021
Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.
How it is derived: distance, Practice 2

Distance at the session-best lap’s average speed, on the layout raced that year.

Warm-up

Warm-up
PosDriverConstructorNo.Best lapGap≈ DistanceIntervalLaps
1Martin BrundleMcLaren81:57.837—0 m—11
2Nigel MansellWilliams21:57.904+0.0673 m+0.06710
3Heinz-Harald FrentzenSauber301:58.279+0.44222 m+0.37512
4Mark BlundellTyrrell41:58.914+1.07754 m+0.6359
5Damon HillWilliams01:59.297+1.46073 m+0.38312
6Jean AlesiFerrari271:59.347+1.51075 m+0.05010
7Michael SchumacherBenetton51:59.431+1.59479 m+0.08410
8Eddie IrvineJordan151:59.503+1.66683 m+0.0728
9Ukyo KatayamaTyrrell32:00.743+2.906145 m+1.2408
10Gerhard BergerFerrari282:00.762+2.925145 m+0.01911
11Érik ComasLarrousse202:00.787+2.950147 m+0.02513
12Rubens BarrichelloJordan142:00.843+3.006149 m+0.05610
13Jyrki JärvilehtoSauber292:01.231+3.394169 m+0.3889
14Olivier PanisLigier262:01.532+3.695184 m+0.30111
15Gianni MorbidelliFootwork102:01.880+4.043201 m+0.3487
16Pierluigi MartiniMinardi232:02.119+4.282213 m+0.23910
17Mika HakkinenMcLaren72:02.225+4.388218 m+0.10611
18Johnny HerbertBenetton62:02.298+4.461222 m+0.0737
19Michele AlboretoMinardi242:02.416+4.579228 m+0.1189
20Mika SaloTeam Lotus112:03.045+5.208259 m+0.6299
21Alex ZanardiTeam Lotus122:03.560+5.723285 m+0.5158
22David BrabhamSimtek312:04.373+6.536325 m+0.8139
23Franck LagorceLigier252:04.374+6.537325 m+0.00110
24Hideki NodaLarrousse192:06.814+8.977446 m+2.4407
25Christian FittipaldiFootwork92:07.128+9.291462 m+0.3146
26Taki InoueSimtek322:07.191+9.354465 m+0.06310
Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.
How it is derived: distance, Warm-up

Distance at the session-best lap’s average speed, on the layout raced that year.

The cars in this race

The photograph each car's Wikipedia article leads with, from Wikimedia Commons: taken wherever and whenever that was, not necessarily at this race.

Benetton B194
Benetton B194
Michael Schumacher 1994 Silverstone 4 · Martin Lee · CC BY-SA 2.0 · unchecked
Jordan 194
Jordan 194
Eddie Irivne - Jordan 194 at the 1994 British Grand Prix (32162302350) · Martin Lee from London, UK · CC BY-SA 2.0
Sauber C13
Sauber C13
Andrea de Cesaris - Sauber C13 at the 1994 British Grand Prix (32418704201) · Martin Lee from London, UK · CC BY-SA 2.0
McLaren MP4/9
McLaren MP4/9
Mika Hakkinen - Mclaren MP4-9 at the 1994 British Grand Prix (31697599654) · Martin Lee from London, UK · CC BY-SA 2.0
Larrousse LH94
Larrousse LH94
Eric Comas - Larrousse LH94 at the 1994 British Grand Prix (32418647801) · Martin Lee from London, UK · CC BY-SA 2.0
Ligier JS39
Ligier JS39
Martin Brundle 1993 Silverstone · Martin Lee · CC BY-SA 2.0 · unchecked

A photograph marked unchecked has a file name that does not name the car it is shown for. Most are still the right car, filed under the driver rather than the machine — but nobody has confirmed these one by one.

3 more photographs
Simtek S941
Simtek S941
David Brabham 1994 Silverstone · Martin Lee · CC BY-SA 2.0 · unchecked
Pacific PR01
Pacific PR01
Bertrand Gachot - Pacific PR01 at the 1994 British Grand Prix (32418697731) · Martin Lee from London, UK · CC BY-SA 2.0
Tyrrell 022
Tyrrell 022
Mark Blundell - Tyrrell 022 leaves the pits at the 1994 British Grand Prix (32418592261) (cropped) · Original: Martin Lee from London, UK / Derivative work: Danyele · CC BY-SA 2.0

Where this comes from

Round
15 of 1994
Grand Prix
Japanese Grand Prix
Dates
Layout raced
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Format
Standard weekend
Constructor
Williams
Entrant
Williams-Renault
Confidence
reference

No layout is recorded for this round: this register has no layout timeline for the circuit, and a blank here is better than a guess.