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Race · Round 16 of 17 ·

1995 Japanese Grand Prix

Michael Schumacher won for Benetton from pole at Suzuka Circuit. 11 of the starters were not classified.

Wet · High of 18 °C, 17.5 mm of rain on the day (modelled, Open-Meteo)

How it is modelled

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Circuit
Suzuka CircuitSuzuka, Japan
Winner
Michael SchumacherBenetton
Entries
2412 classified

Classification

Classification
PosDriverConstructorChassisGridLapsOutPointsFL
1Michael SchumacherBenettonB195153Finished10fastest lap
2Mika HakkinenMcLaren—353Finished6
3Johnny HerbertBenettonB195953Finished4
4Eddie IrvineJordan195753Finished3
5Olivier PanisLigierJS411152Finished2
6Mika SaloTyrrell191252Finished1
7Mark BlundellMcLaren—2352Finished0
8Heinz-Harald FrentzenSauberC14852Finished0
9Luca BadoerMinardiM1951751Finished0
10Karl WendlingerSauberC141551Finished0
11Pedro LamyMinardiM1951651Finished0
12Taki InoueFootworkFA161851Finished0
DNFDamon HillWilliams—440Spun off0
DNFDavid CoulthardWilliams—639Spun off0
DNFPedro DinizFortiFG012032Spun off0
DNFJean AlesiFerrari412T2224Driveshaft0
DNFAndrea MonterminiPacificPR021923Spun off0
DNFGerhard BergerFerrari412T2516Electrical0
DNFRubens BarrichelloJordan1951015Spun off0
DNFUkyo KatayamaTyrrell191312Spun off0
DNFBertrand GachotPacificPR02226Halfshaft0
DNFRoberto MorenoFortiFG01211Gearbox0
DNFGianni MorbidelliFootworkFA16140Spun off0
DNSAguri SuzukiLigierJS41——Injury0
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 completedGridResult11Michael Schumacher32Mika Hakkinen93Johnny Herbert74Eddie Irvine115Olivier Panis126Mika Salo237Mark Blundell88Heinz-Harald Frentzen179Luca Badoer1510Karl Wendlinger1611Pedro Lamy1812Taki Inoue4DNFDamon Hill6DNFDavid Coulthard20DNFPedro Diniz2DNFJean Alesi19DNFAndrea Montermini5DNFGerhard Berger10DNFRubens Barrichello13DNFUkyo Katayama22DNFBertrand Gachot21DNFRoberto Moreno14DNFGianni Morbidelli

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 Schumacher1153
Mika Hakkinen3253
Johnny Herbert9353
Eddie Irvine7453
Olivier Panis11552
Mika Salo12652
Mark Blundell23752
Heinz-Harald Frentzen8852
Luca Badoer17951
Karl Wendlinger151051
Pedro Lamy161151
Taki Inoue181251
Damon Hill4DNF40
David Coulthard6DNF39
Pedro Diniz20DNF32
Jean Alesi2DNF24
Andrea Montermini19DNF23
Gerhard Berger5DNF16
Rubens Barrichello10DNF15
Ukyo Katayama13DNF12
Bertrand Gachot22DNF6
Roberto Moreno21DNF1
Gianni Morbidelli14DNF0

Qualifying

Qualifying
PosDriverConstructorNo.TimeGap≈ DistanceInterval
1Michael SchumacherBenetton11:38.023—0 m—
2Jean AlesiFerrari271:38.888+0.86552 m+0.865
3Mika HakkinenMcLaren81:38.954+0.93156 m+0.066
4Damon HillWilliams51:39.032+1.00960 m+0.078
5Gerhard BergerFerrari281:39.040+1.01761 m+0.008
6David CoulthardWilliams61:39.155+1.13268 m+0.115
7Eddie IrvineJordan151:39.621+1.59896 m+0.466
8Heinz-Harald FrentzenSauber301:40.010+1.987119 m+0.389
9Johnny HerbertBenetton21:40.349+2.326139 m+0.339
10Rubens BarrichelloJordan141:40.381+2.358141 m+0.032
11Olivier PanisLigier261:40.838+2.815168 m+0.457
12Mika SaloTyrrell41:41.355+3.332199 m+0.517
13Aguri SuzukiLigier251:41.592+3.569213 m+0.237
14Ukyo KatayamaTyrrell31:41.977+3.954236 m+0.385
15Gianni MorbidelliFootwork91:42.059+4.036241 m+0.082
16Karl WendlingerSauber291:42.912+4.889292 m+0.853
17Pedro LamyMinardi231:43.102+5.079304 m+0.190
18Luca BadoerMinardi241:43.542+5.519330 m+0.440
19Taki InoueFootwork101:44.074+6.051362 m+0.532
20Andrea MonterminiPacific171:46.097+8.074483 m+2.023
21Pedro DinizForti211:46.654+8.631516 m+0.557
22Roberto MorenoForti221:48.267+10.244612 m+1.613
23Bertrand GachotPacific161:48.289+10.266614 m+0.022
24Mark BlundellMcLaren716:42.640+15:04.61754,080 m+14:54.351
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 6)1Michael SchumacherLap 10: pit lane 32.5 sLap 31: pit lane 36.5 s2Mika HakkinenLap 11: pit lane 32.2 sLap 28: pit lane 38.8 s3Johnny HerbertLap 8: pit lane 32.4 sLap 26: pit lane 33.0 sLap 40: pit lane 32.6 s4Eddie IrvineLap 11: pit lane 33.7 sLap 26: pit lane 48.5 sLap 37: pit lane 33.1 s5Olivier PanisLap 8: pit lane 43.9 sLap 28: pit lane 39.1 s6Mika SaloLap 9: pit lane 35.9 sLap 31: pit lane 36.7 s7Mark BlundellLap 11: pit lane 32.2 sLap 31: pit lane 36.4 s8Heinz-Harald FrentzenLap 9: pit lane 34.5 sLap 20: pit lane 48.2 sLap 40: pit lane 73.5 s9Luca BadoerLap 12: pit lane 36.8 sLap 33: pit lane 37.6 s10Karl WendlingerLap 11: pit lane 40.2 sLap 38: pit lane 35.6 sLap 39: pit lane 48.8 s11Pedro LamyLap 11: pit lane 38.5 sLap 35: pit lane 43.4 s12Taki InoueLap 14: pit lane 50.2 sLap 27: pit lane 42.5 sDNFDamon HillLap 9: pit lane 34.2 sLap 35: pit lane 34.6 sLap 37: pit lane 57.2 sDNFDavid CoulthardLap 10: pit lane 33.7 sLap 34: pit lane 35.6 sDNFPedro DinizLap 11: pit lane 42.0 sLap 26: pit lane 45.7 sDNFJean AlesiLap 5: pit lane 29.7 sLap 7: pit lane 32.7 sDNFAndrea MonterminiLap 13: pit lane 42.6 sDNFGerhard BergerLap 6: pit lane 22.8 sDNFRubens BarrichelloLap 8: pit lane 32.9 sDNFUkyo KatayamaLap 10: pit lane 37.7 sDNFBertrand GachotDNFRoberto MorenoDNFGianni Morbidelli

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 Schumacher153210, 3132.5, 36.5
Mika Hakkinen253211, 2832.2, 38.8
Johnny Herbert35338, 26, 4032.4, 33.0, 32.6
Eddie Irvine453311, 26, 3733.7, 48.5, 33.1
Olivier Panis55228, 2843.9, 39.1
Mika Salo65229, 3135.9, 36.7
Mark Blundell752211, 3132.2, 36.4
Heinz-Harald Frentzen85239, 20, 4034.5, 48.2, 73.5
Luca Badoer951212, 3336.8, 37.6
Karl Wendlinger1051311, 38, 3940.2, 35.6, 48.8
Pedro Lamy1151211, 3538.5, 43.4
Taki Inoue1251214, 2750.2, 42.5
Damon HillDNF4039, 35, 3734.2, 34.6, 57.2
David CoulthardDNF39210, 3433.7, 35.6
Pedro DinizDNF32211, 2642.0, 45.7
Jean AlesiDNF2425, 729.7, 32.7
Andrea MonterminiDNF2311342.6
Gerhard BergerDNF161622.8
Rubens BarrichelloDNF151832.9
Ukyo KatayamaDNF1211037.7
Bertrand GachotDNF60None recorded—
Roberto MorenoDNF10None recorded—
Gianni MorbidelliDNF00None 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 · Mika Hakkinen1 · 31 · 210 · 11Michael SchumacherKept their order
Mika Hakkinen · Johnny Herbert3 · 92 · 311 · 8Johnny HerbertKept their order
Eddie Irvine · Johnny Herbert7 · 94 · 311 · 8Johnny HerbertSwapped places
Heinz-Harald Frentzen · Johnny Herbert8 · 98 · 39 · 8Johnny HerbertSwapped places
Eddie Irvine · Olivier Panis7 · 114 · 511 · 8Olivier PanisKept their order
Eddie Irvine · Heinz-Harald Frentzen7 · 84 · 811 · 9Heinz-Harald FrentzenKept their order
Olivier Panis · Mika Salo11 · 125 · 68 · 9Olivier PanisKept their order
Mika Salo · Mark Blundell12 · 236 · 79 · 11Mika SaloKept their order
Heinz-Harald Frentzen · Mark Blundell8 · 238 · 79 · 11Heinz-Harald FrentzenSwapped places
Heinz-Harald Frentzen · Luca Badoer8 · 178 · 99 · 12Heinz-Harald FrentzenKept their order
Karl Wendlinger · Luca Badoer15 · 1710 · 911 · 12Karl WendlingerSwapped places
Pedro Lamy · Luca Badoer16 · 1711 · 911 · 12Pedro LamySwapped places
Luca Badoer · Taki Inoue17 · 189 · 1212 · 14Luca BadoerKept their order
Karl Wendlinger · Pedro Lamy15 · 1610 · 1111 · 11Same lapKept their order
Pedro Lamy · Taki Inoue16 · 1811 · 1211 · 14Pedro LamyKept 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 SchumacherBenetton11:40.410—0 m—19
2Mika HakkinenMcLaren81:40.694+0.28417 m+0.28419
3Damon HillWilliams51:41.024+0.61436 m+0.33022
4Jean AlesiFerrari271:41.283+0.87351 m+0.25914
5David CoulthardWilliams61:41.492+1.08263 m+0.20923
6Gerhard BergerFerrari281:41.952+1.54290 m+0.46015
7Rubens BarrichelloJordan141:42.147+1.737101 m+0.19517
8Heinz-Harald FrentzenSauber301:42.294+1.884110 m+0.14712
9Johnny HerbertBenetton21:42.381+1.971115 m+0.08721
10Mark BlundellMcLaren71:42.910+2.500146 m+0.52921
11Olivier PanisLigier261:43.045+2.635154 m+0.13523
12Eddie IrvineJordan151:43.660+3.250190 m+0.61516
13Mika SaloTyrrell41:44.414+4.004234 m+0.75421
14Ukyo KatayamaTyrrell31:44.443+4.033235 m+0.02921
15Karl WendlingerSauber291:44.810+4.400257 m+0.36723
16Gianni MorbidelliFootwork91:44.906+4.496262 m+0.0969
17Aguri SuzukiLigier251:45.377+4.967290 m+0.47120
18Taki InoueFootwork101:45.871+5.461319 m+0.49421
19Pedro LamyMinardi231:45.901+5.491320 m+0.03022
20Luca BadoerMinardi241:47.371+6.961406 m+1.47016
21Andrea MonterminiPacific171:48.657+8.247481 m+1.2869
22Pedro DinizForti211:48.877+8.467494 m+0.22023
23Bertrand GachotPacific161:49.655+9.245540 m+0.77817
24Roberto MorenoForti222:17.198+36.7882,147 m+27.5432
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
1Mika HakkinenMcLaren81:40.389—0 m—12
2Eddie IrvineJordan151:40.674+0.28517 m+0.28514
3Damon HillWilliams51:40.741+0.35221 m+0.06715
4Michael SchumacherBenetton11:40.765+0.37622 m+0.02420
5Jean AlesiFerrari271:40.899+0.51030 m+0.13417
6Heinz-Harald FrentzenSauber301:41.116+0.72742 m+0.2178
7David CoulthardWilliams61:41.151+0.76244 m+0.03521
8Gerhard BergerFerrari281:41.699+1.31076 m+0.54822
9Mark BlundellMcLaren71:41.789+1.40082 m+0.09020
10Rubens BarrichelloJordan141:41.924+1.53590 m+0.13521
11Olivier PanisLigier261:42.017+1.62895 m+0.09323
12Johnny HerbertBenetton21:42.749+2.360138 m+0.73222
13Aguri SuzukiLigier251:43.084+2.695157 m+0.33520
14Ukyo KatayamaTyrrell31:43.309+2.920170 m+0.22522
15Mika SaloTyrrell41:43.324+2.935171 m+0.01522
16Karl WendlingerSauber291:44.177+3.788221 m+0.85323
17Gianni MorbidelliFootwork91:44.231+3.842224 m+0.05416
18Taki InoueFootwork101:44.892+4.503263 m+0.66121
19Pedro LamyMinardi231:45.010+4.621270 m+0.11823
20Luca BadoerMinardi241:45.956+5.567325 m+0.94620
21Andrea MonterminiPacific171:46.860+6.471378 m+0.90410
22Roberto MorenoForti221:48.048+7.659447 m+1.18813
23Pedro DinizForti211:48.203+7.814456 m+0.15521
24Bertrand GachotPacific161:49.184+8.795513 m+0.98117
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
1Damon HillWilliams52:00.025—0 m—11
2Michael SchumacherBenetton12:00.414+0.38919 m+0.3899
3David CoulthardWilliams62:00.659+0.63431 m+0.2459
4Jean AlesiFerrari272:00.850+0.82540 m+0.1919
5Heinz-Harald FrentzenSauber302:01.069+1.04451 m+0.2198
6Eddie IrvineJordan152:01.957+1.93294 m+0.8888
7Gerhard BergerFerrari282:02.231+2.206108 m+0.2749
8Johnny HerbertBenetton22:03.071+3.046149 m+0.8408
9Mika HakkinenMcLaren82:03.465+3.440168 m+0.39410
10Ukyo KatayamaTyrrell32:03.470+3.445168 m+0.00511
11Mark BlundellMcLaren72:03.686+3.661179 m+0.21612
12Olivier PanisLigier262:03.808+3.783185 m+0.12212
13Pedro LamyMinardi232:04.050+4.025197 m+0.24210
14Mika SaloTyrrell42:04.236+4.211206 m+0.1869
15Rubens BarrichelloJordan142:04.313+4.288209 m+0.07710
16Luca BadoerMinardi242:04.530+4.505220 m+0.21711
17Karl WendlingerSauber292:05.237+5.212254 m+0.70710
18Gianni MorbidelliFootwork92:06.223+6.198303 m+0.98611
19Andrea MonterminiPacific172:08.562+8.537417 m+2.3398
20Taki InoueFootwork102:10.531+10.506513 m+1.9699
21Bertrand GachotPacific162:10.651+10.626519 m+0.1206
22Pedro DinizForti212:14.072+14.047686 m+3.4218
23Roberto MorenoForti2211:07.750+9:07.72526,742 m+8:53.6781
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 B195
Benetton B195
Benetton B195 left 2019 Michael Schumacher Private Collection · Morio · CC BY-SA 4.0
Jordan 195
Jordan 195
Rubens Barrichello 1995 Britain · Fox 1 from Beta Quadrant, England · CC BY-SA 2.0 · unchecked
Ligier JS41
Ligier JS41
Martin Brundle - Ligier JS41 at Silverstone, British GP 1995 (49684947437) · Martin Lee from London, UK · CC BY-SA 2.0
Tyrrell 023
Tyrrell 023
Ukyo Katayama - Tyrrell 023 leaves the pit lane at the 1995 British GP, Silverstone (49713564301) · Martin Lee from London, UK · CC BY-SA 2.0
Sauber C14
Sauber C14
Jean-Christophe Boullion 1995 Britain · Fox 1 from Beta Quadrant, England · CC BY-SA 2.0 · unchecked
Minardi M195
Minardi M195
Pierluigi Martini 1995 Britain · Fox 1 from Beta Quadrant, England · 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.

4 more photographs
Footwork FA16
Footwork FA16
Taki Inoue 1995 Britain · Fox 1 from Beta Quadrant, England · CC BY-SA 2.0 · unchecked
Ferrari 412 T2
Ferrari 412 T2
Jean Alesi 1995 Britain · Fox 1 from Beta Quadrant, England · CC BY-SA 2.0 · unchecked
Forti FG01
Forti FG01
Roberto Moreno Forti 1995 Britain (crop) · Dave from Leeds, England · CC BY-SA 2.0 · unchecked
Pacific PR02
Pacific PR02
Bertrand Gachot 1995 Britain 2 · Martin Lee · CC BY-SA 2.0 · unchecked

Where this comes from

Round
16 of 1995
Grand Prix
Japanese Grand Prix
Dates
Layout raced
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Format
Standard weekend
Constructor
Benetton
Entrant
Benetton-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.