Belgium 1994: Race analysis

At a glance

Results

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap
1	Barrichello	Jordan	2:21.163
2	Schumacher	Benetton	2:21.494	+0.331
3	Hill	Williams	2:21.681	+0.518
4	Irvine	Jordan	2:22.074	+0.911
5	Alesi	Ferrari	2:22.202	+1.039
6	Verstappen	Benetton	2:22.218	+1.055
7	Coulthard	Williams	2:22.359	+1.196
8	Häkkinen	McLaren	2:22.441	+1.278
9	Frentzen	Sauber	2:22.634	+1.471
10	Martini	Minardi	2:23.326	+2.163
11	Berger	Ferrari	2:23.895	+2.732
12	Blundell	Tyrrell	2:24.048	+2.885
13	Brundle	McLaren	2:24.117	+2.954
14	Morbidelli	Footwork	2:25.114	+3.951
15	De Cesaris	Sauber	2:25.695	+4.532
16	Bernard	Ligier	2:26.044	+4.881
17	Panis	Ligier	2:26.079	+4.916
18	Alboreto	Minardi	2:26.738	+5.575
19	Alliot	Larrousse	2:26.901	+5.738
20	Herbert	Lotus	2:27.155	+5.992
21	Brabham	Simtek	2:27.212	+6.049
22	Comas	Larrousse	2:28.156	+6.993
23	Katayama	Tyrrell	2:28.979	+7.816
24	Fittipaldi	Footwork	2:30.931	+9.768
25	Gounon	Simtek	2:31.755	+10.592
26	Adams	Lotus	2:33.885	+12.722
27	Gachot	Pacific	2:34.582	+13.419
28	Belmondo	Pacific	2:35.729	+14.566

Gap to the fastest time in the last session the driver took part in. Yellow: fastest time of the session.

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	Laps	Gap	Stops	Engine
1	Damon HillFastest lap	Williams	3	44	1:28:47.170	2	Renault
2	Mika Häkkinen	McLaren	8	44	+51.381	2	Peugeot
3	Jos Verstappen	Benetton	6	44	+1:10.453	2	Ford
4	David Coulthard	Williams	7	44	+1:45.787	3	Renault
5	Mark Blundell	Tyrrell	12	43	+1 lap	2	Yamaha
6	Gianni Morbidelli	Footwork	14	43	+1 lap	1	Ford
7	Olivier Panis	Ligier	17	43	+1 lap	2	Renault
8	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi	10	43	+1 lap	2	Ford
9	Michele Alboreto	Minardi	18	43	+1 lap	2	Ford
10	Éric Bernard	Ligier	16	42	+2 laps	2	Renault
11	Jean-Marc Gounon	Simtek	25	42	+2 laps	1	Ford
12	Johnny Herbert	Lotus	20	41	+3 laps	3	Mugen-Honda
13	Eddie Irvine	Jordan	4	40	Alternator	2	Hart
DNF	Christian Fittipaldi	Footwork	24	33	Engine	2	Ford
DNF	David Brabham	Simtek	21	29	Wheel	2	Ford
DNF	Andrea de Cesaris	Sauber	15	27	Throttle	1	Mercedes
DNF	Martin Brundle	McLaren	13	24	Spun off	1	Peugeot
DNF	Rubens Barrichello	Jordan	1	19	Spun off	1	Hart
DNF	Ukyo Katayama	Tyrrell	23	18	Engine	1	Yamaha
DNF	Philippe Adams	Lotus	26	15	Spun off	0	Mugen-Honda
DNF	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	11	11	Engine	0	Ferrari
DNF	Philippe Alliot	Larrousse	19	11	Engine	0	Ford
DNF	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Sauber	9	10	Halfshaft	0	Mercedes
DNF	Érik Comas	Larrousse	22	3	Engine	0	Ford
DNF	Jean Alesi	Ferrari	5	2	Engine	0	Ferrari
DSQ	Michael Schumacher	Benetton	2	44	Illegal skid block wear	2	Ford
DNQ	Bertrand Gachot	Pacific	-			0	Ilmor
DNQ	Paul Belmondo	Pacific	-			0	Ilmor

Race

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Places gained

Gounon25→11+14
Panis17→7+10
Alboreto18→9+9
Morbidelli14→6+8
Herbert20→12+8
Blundell12→5+7
Häkkinen8→2+6
Bernard16→10+6
Verstappen6→3+3
Coulthard7→4+3
Hill3→1+2
Martini10→8+2
Irvine4→13-9

PL: started from the pit lane. Retired drivers are listed below.

Fastest pit stops

1Bernard34.004R29
2Herbert34.067R15
3Schumacher34.381R28
4Herbert34.397R29
5Blundell34.487R11
6Hill34.558R28
7Martini34.592R28
8Coulthard34.633R29
9Blundell34.699R28
10Häkkinen34.784R11

Time in the pit lane from entry to exit, in seconds.

Stints of the top 10

Hill1216162 stops
Häkkinen1114192 stops
Verstappen1515142 stops
Coulthard1316873 stops
Blundell1117152 stops · +1 lap
Morbidelli20231 stop · +1 lap
Panis1714122 stops · +1 lap
Martini1414152 stops · +1 lap
Alboreto1516122 stops · +1 lap
Bernard1613132 stops · +2 laps

Stint length in laps, worked out from the pit stops. Which tyre compound was used per stint needs a licence for timing data, so it is not shown here. Lapped drivers covered fewer laps, so their bar ends earlier.

Retirements

IrvineAlternator, classified P13Jordan
FittipaldiEngineFootwork
BrabhamWheelSimtek
De CesarisThrottleSauber
BrundleSpun offMcLaren
BarrichelloSpun offJordan
KatayamaEngineTyrrell
AdamsSpun offLotus
BergerEngineFerrari
AlliotEngineLarrousse
FrentzenHalfshaftSauber
ComasEngineLarrousse
AlesiEngineFerrari
SchumacherIllegal skid block wearBenetton

This race in history

28 races here since 1950Won from pole: 10 of 28

Win from furthest back (P12): Jim Clark 1962

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Statistics: F1DB by Marcel Overdijk and contributors, licence CC BY 4.0, prepared by Hotlap Delta.

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