Japan 1995: Race analysis

At a glance

Results

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap
1	Schumacher	Benetton	1:38.023
2	Alesi	Ferrari	1:38.888	+0.865
3	Häkkinen	McLaren	1:38.954	+0.931
4	Hill	Williams	1:39.032	+1.009
5	Berger	Ferrari	1:39.040	+1.017
6	Coulthard	Williams	1:39.155	+1.132
7	Irvine	Jordan	1:39.621	+1.598
8	Frentzen	Sauber	1:40.010	+1.987
9	Herbert	Benetton	1:40.349	+2.326
10	Barrichello	Jordan	1:40.381	+2.358
11	Panis	Ligier	1:40.838	+2.815
12	Salo	Tyrrell	1:41.355	+3.332
13	Suzuki	Ligier	1:41.592	+3.569
14	Katayama	Tyrrell	1:41.977	+3.954
15	Morbidelli	Footwork	1:42.059	+4.036
16	Wendlinger	Sauber	1:42.912	+4.889
17	Lamy	Minardi	1:43.102	+5.079
18	Badoer	Minardi	1:43.542	+5.519
19	Inoue	Footwork	1:44.074	+6.051
20	Montermini	Pacific	1:46.097	+8.074
21	Diniz	Forti	1:46.654	+8.631
22	Moreno	Forti	1:48.267	+10.244
23	Gachot	Pacific	1:48.289	+10.266
24	Blundell	McLaren	16:42.640	+15:04.617

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	Michael SchumacherFastest lap	Benetton	1	53	1:36:52.930	2	Renault
2	Mika Häkkinen	McLaren	3	53	+19.337	2	Mercedes
3	Johnny Herbert	Benetton	9	53	+1:23.804	3	Renault
4	Eddie Irvine	Jordan	7	53	+1:42.136	3	Peugeot
5	Olivier Panis	Ligier	11	52	+1 lap	2	Mugen-Honda
6	Mika Salo	Tyrrell	12	52	+1 lap	2	Yamaha
7	Mark Blundell	McLaren	23	52	+1 lap	2	Mercedes
8	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Sauber	8	52	+1 lap	3	Ford
9	Luca Badoer	Minardi	17	51	+2 laps	2	Ford
10	Karl Wendlinger	Sauber	15	51	+2 laps	3	Ford
11	Pedro Lamy	Minardi	16	51	+2 laps	2	Ford
12	Taki Inoue	Footwork	18	51	+2 laps	2	Hart
DNF	Damon Hill	Williams	4	40	Spun off	3	Renault
DNF	David Coulthard	Williams	6	39	Spun off	2	Renault
DNF	Pedro Diniz	Forti	20	32	Spun off	2	Ford
DNF	Jean Alesi	Ferrari	2	24	Driveshaft	2	Ferrari
DNF	Andrea Montermini	Pacific	19	23	Spun off	1	Ford
DNF	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	5	16	Electrical	1	Ferrari
DNF	Rubens Barrichello	Jordan	10	15	Spun off	1	Peugeot
DNF	Ukyo Katayama	Tyrrell	13	12	Spun off	1	Yamaha
DNF	Bertrand Gachot	Pacific	22	6	Halfshaft	0	Ford
DNF	Roberto Moreno	Forti	21	1	Gearbox	0	Ford
DNF	Gianni Morbidelli	Footwork	14	0	Spun off	0	Hart
DNS	Aguri Suzuki	Ligier	-		Injury	0	Mugen-Honda

Race

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Places gained

Blundell23→7+16
Badoer17→9+8
Herbert9→3+6
Panis11→5+6
Salo12→6+6
Inoue18→12+6
Wendlinger15→10+5
Lamy16→11+5
Irvine7→4+3
Häkkinen3→2+1
Schumacher1→10
Frentzen8→80

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

Fastest pit stops

1Berger22.819R6
2Alesi29.669R5
3Häkkinen32.172R11
4Blundell32.193R11
5Herbert32.418R8
6Schumacher32.522R10
7Herbert32.594R40
8Alesi32.700R7
9Barrichello32.927R8
10Herbert32.988R26

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

Stints of the top 10

Schumacher1021222 stops
Häkkinen1117252 stops
Herbert81814133 stops
Irvine111511163 stops
Panis820242 stops · +1 lap
Salo922212 stops · +1 lap
Blundell1120212 stops · +1 lap
Frentzen91120123 stops · +1 lap
Badoer1221182 stops · +2 laps
Wendlinger11271123 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

This race in history

8 races here since 1987Won from pole: 3 of 8

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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