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Race · Round 7 of 16 ·

1994 French Grand Prix

Michael Schumacher won for Benetton from 3rd on the grid at Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours. 15 of the starters were not classified.

Dry · High of 31 °C, 0.1 mm of rain on the day (modelled, Open-Meteo)

How it is modelled

ERA5's reanalysis, through Open-Meteo, of the circuit's whole local day and not the race's hours, for the grid cell the circuit sits in and not the track, so a shower can be missing from it. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.

Circuit
Circuit de Nevers Magny-CoursMagny-Cours, France
Winner
Michael SchumacherBenetton
Fastest lap
Damon Hill
Entries
2811 classified

Classification

Classification
PosDriverConstructorChassisGridLapsOutPointsFL
1Michael SchumacherBenettonB194372Finished10
2Damon HillWilliams—172Finished6fastest lap
3Gerhard BergerFerrari—572Finished4
4Heinz-Harald FrentzenSauberC131071Finished3
5Pierluigi MartiniMinardi—1670Finished2
6Andrea de CesarisSauberC131170Finished1
7Johnny HerbertTeam Lotus—1970Finished0
8Christian FittipaldiFootworkFA151870Finished0
9Jean-Marc GounonSimtekS9412668Finished0
10Mark BlundellTyrrell181767Finished0
11Érik ComasLarrousseLH942066Engine0
DNFUkyo KatayamaTyrrell181453Spun off0
DNFMika HakkinenMcLarenMP4/9948Engine0
DNFNigel MansellWilliams—245Gearbox0
DNFJean AlesiFerrari—441Collision0
DNFRubens BarrichelloJordan194741Collision0
DNFÉric BernardLigierJS39B1540Gearbox0
DNFOlivier BerettaLarrousseLH942536Engine0
DNFMartin BrundleMcLarenMP4/91229Engine0
DNFGianni MorbidelliFootworkFA152228Collision0
DNFOlivier PanisLigierJS39B1328Collision0
DNFDavid BrabhamSimtekS9412428Transmission0
DNFJos VerstappenBenettonB194825Spun off0
DNFEddie IrvineJordan194624Gearbox0
DNFMichele AlboretoMinardi—2121Engine0
DNFAlex ZanardiTeam Lotus—2320Engine0
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 magny-cours-2 · 4.25 km · 15 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

010203040506070Laps completedGridResult31Michael Schumacher12Damon Hill53Gerhard Berger104Heinz-Harald Frentzen165Pierluigi Martini116Andrea de Cesaris197Johnny Herbert188Christian Fittipaldi269Jean-Marc Gounon1710Mark Blundell2011Érik Comas14DNFUkyo Katayama9DNFMika Hakkinen2DNFNigel Mansell4DNFJean Alesi7DNFRubens Barrichello15DNFÉric Bernard25DNFOlivier Beretta12DNFMartin Brundle22DNFGianni Morbidelli13DNFOlivier Panis24DNFDavid Brabham8DNFJos Verstappen6DNFEddie Irvine21DNFMichele Alboreto23DNFAlex Zanardi

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
Michael Schumacher3172
Damon Hill1272
Gerhard Berger5372
Heinz-Harald Frentzen10471
Pierluigi Martini16570
Andrea de Cesaris11670
Johnny Herbert19770
Christian Fittipaldi18870
Jean-Marc Gounon26968
Mark Blundell171067
Érik Comas201166
Ukyo Katayama14DNF53
Mika Hakkinen9DNF48
Nigel Mansell2DNF45
Jean Alesi4DNF41
Rubens Barrichello7DNF41
Éric Bernard15DNF40
Olivier Beretta25DNF36
Martin Brundle12DNF29
Gianni Morbidelli22DNF28
Olivier Panis13DNF28
David Brabham24DNF28
Jos Verstappen8DNF25
Eddie Irvine6DNF24
Michele Alboreto21DNF21
Alex Zanardi23DNF20

Qualifying

Qualifying
PosDriverConstructorNo.TimeGap≈ DistanceInterval
1Damon HillWilliams01:16.282—0 m—
2Nigel MansellWilliams21:16.359+0.0774 m+0.077
3Michael SchumacherBenetton51:16.707+0.42524 m+0.348
4Jean AlesiFerrari271:16.954+0.67237 m+0.247
5Gerhard BergerFerrari281:16.959+0.67738 m+0.005
6Eddie IrvineJordan151:17.441+1.15965 m+0.482
7Rubens BarrichelloJordan141:17.482+1.20067 m+0.041
8Jos VerstappenBenetton61:17.645+1.36376 m+0.163
9Mika HakkinenMcLaren71:17.768+1.48683 m+0.123
10Heinz-Harald FrentzenSauber301:17.830+1.54886 m+0.062
11Andrea de CesarisSauber291:17.866+1.58488 m+0.036
12Martin BrundleMcLaren81:18.031+1.74997 m+0.165
13Olivier PanisLigier261:18.044+1.76298 m+0.013
14Ukyo KatayamaTyrrell31:18.192+1.910106 m+0.148
15Éric BernardLigier251:18.236+1.954109 m+0.044
16Pierluigi MartiniMinardi231:18.248+1.966110 m+0.012
17Mark BlundellTyrrell41:18.381+2.099117 m+0.133
18Christian FittipaldiFootwork91:18.568+2.286127 m+0.187
19Johnny HerbertTeam Lotus121:18.715+2.433136 m+0.147
20Érik ComasLarrousse201:18.811+2.529141 m+0.096
21Michele AlboretoMinardi241:18.890+2.608145 m+0.079
22Gianni MorbidelliFootwork101:18.936+2.654148 m+0.046
23Alex ZanardiTeam Lotus111:19.066+2.784155 m+0.130
24David BrabhamSimtek311:19.771+3.489194 m+0.705
25Olivier BerettaLarrousse191:19.863+3.581200 m+0.092
26Jean-Marc GounonSimtek321:21.829+5.547309 m+1.966
27Bertrand GachotPacific341:21.952+5.670316 m+0.123
28Paul BelmondoPacific331:23.004+6.722375 m+1.052
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

010203040506070LapStops on each lap (up to 7)1Michael SchumacherLap 21: pit lane 24.9 sLap 38: pit lane 23.0 sLap 55: pit lane 22.9 s2Damon HillLap 21: pit lane 26.8 sLap 46: pit lane 24.2 s3Gerhard BergerLap 21: pit lane 29.3 sLap 45: pit lane 26.7 s4Heinz-Harald FrentzenLap 21: pit lane 29.0 sLap 47: pit lane 28.2 s5Pierluigi MartiniLap 24: pit lane 27.7 sLap 47: pit lane 29.0 s6Andrea de CesarisLap 22: pit lane 25.4 sLap 47: pit lane 31.0 s7Johnny HerbertLap 23: pit lane 28.0 sLap 48: pit lane 26.9 s8Christian FittipaldiLap 32: pit lane 28.0 s9Jean-Marc GounonLap 27: pit lane 52.4 sLap 51: pit lane 45.2 s10Mark BlundellLap 33: pit lane 270.4 s11Érik ComasLap 31: pit lane 38.0 sDNFUkyo KatayamaLap 21: pit lane 26.8 sLap 44: pit lane 25.8 sDNFMika HakkinenLap 22: pit lane 26.3 sLap 46: pit lane 25.5 sDNFNigel MansellLap 19: pit lane 26.2 sLap 30: pit lane 23.7 sDNFJean AlesiLap 20: pit lane 25.7 sDNFRubens BarrichelloLap 25: pit lane 29.6 sDNFÉric BernardLap 26: pit lane 29.2 sLap 40: pit lane 51.7 sDNFOlivier BerettaLap 33: pit lane 32.1 sDNFMartin BrundleLap 21: pit lane 25.5 sDNFGianni MorbidelliDNFOlivier PanisLap 24: pit lane 27.7 sDNFDavid BrabhamLap 23: pit lane 30.1 sDNFJos VerstappenLap 12: pit lane 46.9 sLap 23: pit lane 24.3 sDNFEddie IrvineDNFMichele AlboretoLap 21: pit lane 36.2 sDNFAlex Zanardi

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)
Michael Schumacher172321, 38, 5524.9, 23.0, 22.9
Damon Hill272221, 4626.8, 24.2
Gerhard Berger372221, 4529.3, 26.7
Heinz-Harald Frentzen471221, 4729.0, 28.2
Pierluigi Martini570224, 4727.7, 29.0
Andrea de Cesaris670222, 4725.4, 31.0
Johnny Herbert770223, 4828.0, 26.9
Christian Fittipaldi87013228.0
Jean-Marc Gounon968227, 5152.4, 45.2
Mark Blundell1067133270.4
Érik Comas116613138.0
Ukyo KatayamaDNF53221, 4426.8, 25.8
Mika HakkinenDNF48222, 4626.3, 25.5
Nigel MansellDNF45219, 3026.2, 23.7
Jean AlesiDNF4112025.7
Rubens BarrichelloDNF4112529.6
Éric BernardDNF40226, 4029.2, 51.7
Olivier BerettaDNF3613332.1
Martin BrundleDNF2912125.5
Gianni MorbidelliDNF280None recorded—
Olivier PanisDNF2812427.7
David BrabhamDNF2812330.1
Jos VerstappenDNF25212, 2346.9, 24.3
Eddie IrvineDNF240None recorded—
Michele AlboretoDNF2112136.2
Alex ZanardiDNF200None 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
Damon Hill · Michael Schumacher1 · 32 · 121 · 21Same lapSwapped places
Damon Hill · Gerhard Berger1 · 52 · 321 · 21Same lapKept their order
Gerhard Berger · Heinz-Harald Frentzen5 · 103 · 421 · 21Same lapKept their order
Heinz-Harald Frentzen · Pierluigi Martini10 · 164 · 521 · 24Heinz-Harald FrentzenKept their order
Heinz-Harald Frentzen · Andrea de Cesaris10 · 114 · 621 · 22Heinz-Harald FrentzenKept their order
Andrea de Cesaris · Pierluigi Martini11 · 166 · 522 · 24Andrea de CesarisSwapped places
Pierluigi Martini · Mark Blundell16 · 175 · 1024 · 33Pierluigi MartiniKept their order
Andrea de Cesaris · Johnny Herbert11 · 196 · 722 · 23Andrea de CesarisKept their order
Christian Fittipaldi · Johnny Herbert18 · 198 · 732 · 23Johnny HerbertSwapped places
Johnny Herbert · Érik Comas19 · 207 · 1123 · 31Johnny HerbertKept their order
Mark Blundell · Christian Fittipaldi17 · 1810 · 833 · 32Christian FittipaldiSwapped places
Christian Fittipaldi · Jean-Marc Gounon18 · 268 · 932 · 27Jean-Marc GounonKept their order
Mark Blundell · Jean-Marc Gounon17 · 2610 · 933 · 27Jean-Marc GounonSwapped places
Mark Blundell · Érik Comas17 · 2010 · 1133 · 31Érik ComasKept their order
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 SchumacherBenetton51:17.143—0 m—20
2Jean AlesiFerrari271:17.962+0.81945 m+0.81922
3Damon HillWilliams01:17.965+0.82245 m+0.00323
4Mika HakkinenMcLaren71:18.801+1.65891 m+0.83619
5Gerhard BergerFerrari281:18.819+1.67692 m+0.01820
6Nigel MansellWilliams21:18.861+1.71895 m+0.04219
7Martin BrundleMcLaren81:19.191+2.048113 m+0.33021
8Jos VerstappenBenetton61:19.340+2.197121 m+0.14912
9Eddie IrvineJordan151:19.466+2.323128 m+0.12622
10Rubens BarrichelloJordan141:19.686+2.543140 m+0.22021
11Johnny HerbertTeam Lotus121:19.734+2.591143 m+0.04823
12Olivier PanisLigier261:19.943+2.800154 m+0.20921
13Éric BernardLigier251:20.031+2.888159 m+0.08823
14Heinz-Harald FrentzenSauber301:20.150+3.007166 m+0.11922
15Mark BlundellTyrrell41:20.241+3.098171 m+0.09122
16Christian FittipaldiFootwork91:20.913+3.770208 m+0.67214
17Gianni MorbidelliFootwork101:21.012+3.869213 m+0.09923
18Érik ComasLarrousse201:21.029+3.886214 m+0.0176
19Michele AlboretoMinardi241:21.153+4.010221 m+0.12422
20Ukyo KatayamaTyrrell31:21.249+4.106226 m+0.09622
21Andrea de CesarisSauber291:21.270+4.127227 m+0.02120
22Olivier BerettaLarrousse191:21.775+4.632255 m+0.50511
23Alex ZanardiTeam Lotus111:22.008+4.865268 m+0.23322
24David BrabhamSimtek311:22.035+4.892270 m+0.02717
25Pierluigi MartiniMinardi231:22.310+5.167285 m+0.2756
26Bertrand GachotPacific341:23.081+5.938327 m+0.77118
27Jean-Marc GounonSimtek321:23.988+6.845377 m+0.90713
28Paul BelmondoPacific331:24.344+7.201397 m+0.35618
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 MansellWilliams21:17.283—0 m—23
2Damon HillWilliams01:17.297+0.0141 m+0.01421
3Michael SchumacherBenetton51:17.358+0.0754 m+0.06111
4Jean AlesiFerrari271:17.439+0.1569 m+0.08120
5Rubens BarrichelloJordan141:17.502+0.21912 m+0.06323
6Martin BrundleMcLaren81:17.609+0.32618 m+0.10723
7Olivier PanisLigier261:17.613+0.33018 m+0.00423
8Eddie IrvineJordan151:17.614+0.33118 m+0.00122
9Gerhard BergerFerrari281:17.775+0.49227 m+0.16115
10Heinz-Harald FrentzenSauber301:17.876+0.59333 m+0.10112
11Mika HakkinenMcLaren71:18.167+0.88449 m+0.29116
12Andrea de CesarisSauber291:18.220+0.93752 m+0.05322
13Jos VerstappenBenetton61:18.229+0.94652 m+0.00922
14Pierluigi MartiniMinardi231:18.325+1.04257 m+0.09622
15Ukyo KatayamaTyrrell31:18.543+1.26069 m+0.21820
16Éric BernardLigier251:18.566+1.28371 m+0.02322
17Érik ComasLarrousse201:18.571+1.28871 m+0.00523
18Gianni MorbidelliFootwork101:18.727+1.44479 m+0.15617
19Michele AlboretoMinardi241:18.733+1.45080 m+0.00623
20Mark BlundellTyrrell41:18.864+1.58187 m+0.13123
21Christian FittipaldiFootwork91:19.145+1.862102 m+0.28123
22Johnny HerbertTeam Lotus121:19.445+2.162119 m+0.30022
23Alex ZanardiTeam Lotus111:19.525+2.242123 m+0.08023
24Olivier BerettaLarrousse191:19.938+2.655146 m+0.41323
25Jean-Marc GounonSimtek321:20.770+3.487192 m+0.83211
26David BrabhamSimtek311:20.981+3.698203 m+0.21112
27Bertrand GachotPacific341:21.884+4.601253 m+0.90319
28Paul BelmondoPacific331:22.630+5.347294 m+0.74623
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
1Michael SchumacherBenetton51:18.743—0 m—13
2Jean AlesiFerrari271:18.759+0.0161 m+0.01614
3Nigel MansellWilliams21:18.821+0.0784 m+0.06213
4Jos VerstappenBenetton61:19.159+0.41622 m+0.33812
5Damon HillWilliams01:19.305+0.56230 m+0.14617
6Éric BernardLigier251:19.505+0.76241 m+0.20011
7Rubens BarrichelloJordan141:19.591+0.84846 m+0.08613
8Gerhard BergerFerrari281:19.654+0.91149 m+0.06312
9Martin BrundleMcLaren81:19.730+0.98753 m+0.07613
10Pierluigi MartiniMinardi231:20.045+1.30270 m+0.31516
11Heinz-Harald FrentzenSauber301:20.088+1.34573 m+0.04311
12Eddie IrvineJordan151:20.136+1.39375 m+0.04812
13Olivier PanisLigier261:20.451+1.70892 m+0.31512
14Gianni MorbidelliFootwork101:20.717+1.974107 m+0.26611
15Christian FittipaldiFootwork91:20.843+2.100113 m+0.12616
16Michele AlboretoMinardi241:20.856+2.113114 m+0.01314
17Alex ZanardiTeam Lotus111:21.071+2.328126 m+0.21513
18Érik ComasLarrousse201:21.079+2.336126 m+0.00814
19Mika HakkinenMcLaren71:21.171+2.428131 m+0.09210
20Andrea de CesarisSauber291:21.201+2.458133 m+0.0308
21Olivier BerettaLarrousse191:21.214+2.471133 m+0.0137
22Mark BlundellTyrrell41:21.520+2.777150 m+0.30618
23Ukyo KatayamaTyrrell31:21.603+2.860154 m+0.08315
24Johnny HerbertTeam Lotus121:21.925+3.182172 m+0.32210
25David BrabhamSimtek311:22.063+3.320179 m+0.13814
26Jean-Marc GounonSimtek321:22.123+3.380182 m+0.06014
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
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
Simtek S941
Simtek S941
David Brabham 1994 Silverstone · Martin Lee · CC BY-SA 2.0 · unchecked
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
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
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

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
Ligier JS39
Ligier JS39
Martin Brundle 1993 Silverstone · Martin Lee · CC BY-SA 2.0 · unchecked
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
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

Where this comes from

Round
7 of 1994
Grand Prix
French Grand Prix
Dates
Layout raced
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Format
Standard weekend
Constructor
Benetton
Entrant
Benetton-Ford
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.