Japan 1994: Race analysis

At a glance

Results

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap
1	Schumacher	Benetton	1:37.209
2	Hill	Williams	1:37.696	+0.487
3	Frentzen	Sauber	1:37.742	+0.533
4	Mansell	Williams	1:37.768	+0.559
5	Herbert	Benetton	1:37.828	+0.619
6	Irvine	Jordan	1:37.880	+0.671
7	Alesi	Ferrari	1:37.907	+0.698
8	Häkkinen	McLaren	1:37.998	+0.789
9	Brundle	McLaren	1:38.076	+0.867
10	Barrichello	Jordan	1:38.533	+1.324
11	Berger	Ferrari	1:38.570	+1.361
12	Morbidelli	Footwork	1:39.030	+1.821
13	Blundell	Tyrrell	1:39.266	+2.057
14	Katayama	Tyrrell	1:39.462	+2.253
15	Lehto	Sauber	1:39.483	+2.274
16	Martini	Minardi	1:39.548	+2.339
17	Zanardi	Lotus	1:39.721	+2.512
18	Fittipaldi	Footwork	1:39.868	+2.659
19	Panis	Ligier	1:40.042	+2.833
20	Lagorce	Ligier	1:40.577	+3.368
21	Alboreto	Minardi	1:40.652	+3.443
22	Comas	Larrousse	1:40.978	+3.769
23	Noda	Larrousse	1:40.990	+3.781
24	Brabham	Simtek	1:41.659	+4.450
25	Salo	Lotus	1:41.805	+4.596
26	Inoue	Simtek	1:45.004	+7.795
27	Gachot	Pacific	1:46.374	+9.165
28	Belmondo	Pacific	1:46.629	+9.420

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	2	50	1:55:53.532	1	Renault
2	Michael Schumacher	Benetton	1	50	+3.365	2	Ford
3	Jean Alesi	Ferrari	7	50	+52.045	1	Ferrari
4	Nigel Mansell	Williams	4	50	+56.074	1	Renault
5	Eddie Irvine	Jordan	6	50	+1:42.107	1	Hart
6	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Sauber	3	50	+1:59.863	1	Mercedes
7	Mika Häkkinen	McLaren	8	50	+2:02.985	1	Peugeot
8	Christian Fittipaldi	Footwork	18	49	+1 lap	1	Ford
9	Érik Comas	Larrousse	22	49	+1 lap	1	Ford
10	Mika Salo	Lotus	25	49	+1 lap	1	Mugen-Honda
11	Olivier Panis	Ligier	19	49	+1 lap	0	Renault
12	David Brabham	Simtek	24	48	+2 laps	2	Ford
13	Alex Zanardi	Lotus	17	48	+2 laps	0	Mugen-Honda
DNF	Mark Blundell	Tyrrell	13	26	Engine	1	Yamaha
DNF	Rubens Barrichello	Jordan	10	16	Gearbox	0	Hart
DNF	Martin Brundle	McLaren	9	13	Spun off	0	Peugeot
DNF	Gianni Morbidelli	Footwork	12	13	Spun off	0	Ford
DNF	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	11	10	Battery	0	Ferrari
DNF	Franck Lagorce	Ligier	20	10	Collision	0	Renault
DNF	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi	16	10	Collision	0	Ford
DNF	Michele Alboreto	Minardi	21	10	Spun off	0	Ford
DNF	Johnny Herbert	Benetton	5	3	Spun off	0	Ford
DNF	Ukyo Katayama	Tyrrell	14	3	Spun off	0	Yamaha
DNF	Taki Inoue	Simtek	26	3	Spun off	0	Ford
DNF	Hideki Noda	Larrousse	PL	0	Spun off	0	Ford
DNF	JJ Lehto	Sauber	15	0	Engine	0	Mercedes
DNQ	Bertrand Gachot	Pacific	-			0	Ilmor
DNQ	Paul Belmondo	Pacific	-			0	Ilmor

Race

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Places gained

Salo25→10+15
Comas22→9+13
Brabham24→12+12
Fittipaldi18→8+10
Panis19→11+8
Alesi7→3+4
Zanardi17→13+4
Hill2→1+1
Irvine6→5+1
Häkkinen8→7+1
Mansell4→40
Schumacher1→2-1
Frentzen3→6-3

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

Fastest pit stops

1Schumacher32.831R27
2Häkkinen33.630R14
3Schumacher34.569R5
4Hill35.113R12
5Mansell35.665R13
6Alesi35.690R16
7Irvine35.977R20
8Blundell36.414R8
9Comas36.863R22
10Fittipaldi37.541R17

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

Stints of the top 10

Hill12381 stop
Schumacher522232 stops
Alesi16341 stop
Mansell13371 stop
Irvine20301 stop
Frentzen7431 stop
Häkkinen14361 stop
Fittipaldi17321 stop · +1 lap
Comas22271 stop · +1 lap
Salo1481 stop · +1 lap

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

This race in history

7 races here since 1987Won from pole: 3 of 7

Win from furthest back (P6): Alessandro Nannini 1989

Most wins here

2 Ayrton Senna
2 Gerhard Berger

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

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