1994 Pacific Grand Prix

The 1994 Pacific Grand Prix, otherwise known as the I Pacific Grand Prix, was the second Grand Prix of the FIA Formula One World Championship, staged on the 17 April 1994 at the TI Circuit Aïda in Okayama Prefecture, Japan.'Pacific GP, 1994', grandprix.com, (Inside F1 Inc., 2014), https://www.grandprix.com/gpe/rr550.html, (Accessed 01/08/2019) The race, which was the first Pacific Grand Prix to be staged, would see Michael Schumacher sweep to a second straight victory, effectively winning the race at the start.
The build-up to the race had seen humorously appeal Eddie Irvine's one race ban from the Brazilian Grand Prix for causing a serious collision, only to get the ban extended based on their own evidence. More seriously there would be some allegations of cheating, with particularly vocal that some of their rivals were still using banned electronic systems.
Regardless, it was Williams-Renault's lead driver Ayrton Senna who swept to pole position during qualifying, beating Schumacher's . Damon Hill was next in the sister Williams, while Mika Häkkinen got the unfancied up into fourth ahead of Gerhard Berger in the .
The start of the race saw Senna and Schumacher get away from the grid fairly evenly, although a twitch from Senna as he hit the brakes gifted Schumacher a chance to dive inside for the lead. Somewhat surprisingly, however, the German racer did not go for the lunge, instead opting to lift out of the throttle and hence cause chaos behind.
Indeed, Häkkinen was caught out by the two leaders' rather passive start, and hence slammed right into the back of Senna, sending the Brazilian spinning out of the race. Senna then went sliding into the side of Nicola Larini, who was replacing an injured Jean Alesi at Ferrari, while Mark Blundell was wiped out in the crush further back.
With Senna out and Häkkinen running with front-end damage in second, Schumacher was able to establish a fair lead on the opening tour, and continued to pull clear during the early stages. Häkkinen, meanwhile, would fend off the attentions of Hill, who spun himself back down to ninth after an ambitious lunge on lap four.
Unfortunately for Häkkinen his promising race was curtailed by a hydraulic issue, which caused him to stall in the pits during his stop. That left Schumacher with a thirty second lead over Berger mid-race, while Rubens Barrichello had emerged from the chaos ahead to run in a solid third for Jordan.
Hill became the centre of attention as the race entered its second half, battling his way up to fourth before his stop, and was the only man on Schumacher's pace. Indeed, the Brit would eventually get up into second, although a gearbox failure saw him retire moments after he had swept past Berger's out-classed Ferrari.
With that the race was effectively over, with Schumacher cruising home over a minute clear of Berger to claim a dominant victory. Martin Brundle, meanwhile, had looked set for third until he was robbed of a podium finish late on by an engine failure, meaning Barrichello, who had slipped behind the McLaren-Peugeot during the stops, claimed his, and Jordan's maiden podium finish.
==Background==
Following the first round of the championship in Brazil, the teams quickly returned to Europe to which they immediately began testing for the all new Pacific Grand Prix hosted at the TI Circuit in Aida, Japan.(1994). Who else but Schumacher?. Great Britain: Duke Video The TI Circuit was one of Japan's newest circuits to which of all the drivers, only Roland Ratzenberger had ever driven the track.
Ratzenberger had yet to start a race, however he still had an advantage as being the only one whom had previously raced on the TI Circuit. Ahead of the race when asked what to expect from the new circuit, Ratzenberger commented "Its a nice little facility. Its very clean and brand new basically." 
Following Brazil, the headed to the Circuito de Jerez in Spain in a bid to fix the handling problems that had seen Senna lose control in Brazil. Compared to their dominance of the previous years, Williams had a very difficult start to the new year. Neither Senna or Hill were able to drive the car at ease. Commenting on the problems in Aida, Patrick Head noted "We're certainly not happy with the way things are with the car right as they are at the moment. The handling isn't particularly good."
 were also testing in preparation for the Pacific Grand Prix. Jean Alesi was putting in some test mileage at the Mugello Circuit in Italy when he had a major testing accident that saw him injure his back. The Ferrari driver looked unlikely to participate in the upcoming race.
The FIA had given Eddie Irvine a one race suspension after having been deemed the cause of the major accident that also involved Jos Verstappen, Éric Bernard and Martin Brundle. The Jordan team immediately served notice of their intent to appeal the decision. However their appeal only succeeds in Irvine's punishment being increased from a one race ban to a three race ban. 
Changes in the driver line-up for the race would see local driver, Aguri Suzuki make a return to the cockpit in place of the suspended Irvine at . Nicola Larini, meanwhile would replace the injured Alesi at Ferrari.
With Williams struggling at the start of the season, the momentum was with Benetton to which Michael Schumacher had easily taken victory at Interlagos. However, Benetton team principal, Flavio Briatore, remained conservative on the team's chances. Briatore reminded the press that "Williams still have a very, very strong package" and remained unsure as to whether Benetton's advantage would remain throughout the season. 
===Brazilian Battles===
Michael Schumacher had left the opening race of the season at the head of the Championship hunt, holding a four point lead over Damon Hill. Jean Alesi was next up in third ahead of Rubens Barrichello, while Ukyo Katayama and Karl Wendlinger were the other early scorers.
Unsurprisingly it was an identical picture in the Constructors Championship, with the Brazilian Grand Prix winning squad leading the way. They left Brazil with a four point lead over , while sat in third on four points. Behind, , and were all on the board, meaning six of F1's nine engine suppliers had registered a points finish at the season opener.
===Entry list===
The full entry list for the is outlined below:
No. 	Driver 	Entrant 	Constructor 	Chassis 	Engine 	Model 	Tyre
0 	Damon Hill 	Rothmans Williams Renault 	 	FW16 	 	RS6 3.5 V10 	
2 	Ayrton Senna 	Rothmans Williams Renault 	 	FW16 	 	RS6 3.5 V10 	
3 	Ukyo Katayama 	Tyrrell Racing Organisation 	 	022 	 	OX10B 3.5 V10 	
4 	Mark Blundell 	Tyrrell Racing Organisation 	 	022 	 	OX10B 3.5 V10 	
5 	Michael Schumacher 	Mild Seven Benetton Ford 	 	B194 	 	ECA Zetec-R 3.5 V8 	
6 	Jos Verstappen 	Mild Seven Benetton Ford 	 	B194 	 	ECA Zetec-R 3.5 V8 	
7 	Mika Häkkinen 	Marlboro McLaren Peugeot 	 	MP4/9 	 	A6 3.5 V10 	
8 	Martin Brundle 	Marlboro McLaren Peugeot 	 	MP4/9 	 	A6 3.5 V10 	
9 	Christian Fittipaldi 	Footwork Ford 	 	FA15 	 	HBE7/8 3.5 V8 	
10 	Gianni Morbidelli 	Footwork Ford 	 	FA15 	 	HBE7/8 3.5 V8 	
11 	Pedro Lamy 	Team Lotus 	 	107C 	 	MF351HC 3.5 V10 	
12 	Johnny Herbert 	Team Lotus 	 	107C 	 	MF351HC 3.5 V10 	
14 	Rubens Barrichello 	Sasol Jordan 	 	194 	 	1035 3.5 V10 	
15 	Aguri Suzuki 	Sasol Jordan 	 	194 	 	1035 3.5 V10 	
19 	Olivier Beretta 	Tourtel Larrousse F1 	 	LH94 	 	HBF7/8 3.5 V8 	
20 	Érik Comas 	Tourtel Larrousse F1 	 	LH94 	 	HBF7/8 3.5 V8 	
23 	Pierluigi Martini 	Minardi Scuderia Italia 	 	M193B 	 	HBC7/8 3.5 V8 	
24 	Michele Alboreto 	Minardi Scuderia Italia 	 	M193B 	 	HBC7/8 3.5 V8 	
25 	Éric Bernard 	Ligier Gitanes Blondes 	 	JS39B 	 	RS6 3.5 V10 	
26 	Olivier Panis 	Ligier Gitanes Blondes 	 	JS39B 	 	RS6 3.5 V10 	
27 	Nicola Larini 	Scuderia Ferrari 	 	412T1 	 	043 3.5 V12 	
28 	Gerhard Berger 	Scuderia Ferrari 	 	412T1 	 	043 3.5 V12 	
29 	Karl Wendlinger 	Broker Sauber Mercedes 	 	C13 	 	2175B 3.5 V10 	
30 	Heinz-Harald Frentzen 	Broker Sauber Mercedes 	 	C13 	 	2175B 3.5 V10 	
31 	David Brabham 	MTV Simtek Ford 	 	S941 	 	HBD6 3.5 V8 	
32 	Roland Ratzenberger 	MTV Simtek Ford 	 	S941 	 	HBD6 3.5 V8 	
33 	Paul Belmondo 	Pacific Grand Prix 	 	PR01 	 	2175A 3.5 V10 	
34 	Bertrand Gachot 	Pacific Grand Prix 	 	PR01 	 	2175A 3.5 V10 	
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==Practice Overview==
==Qualifying==
The two Ferrari's struggled with a lack of rear end grip to which their drivers, Berger and Larini were wearing through the tyres in a single lap. With tyre wear severely compromising their qualifying, Berger could only manage fifth whilst the returning Larini was seventh.
Häkkinen put in a rough performance in qualifying to manhandle his McLaren into fourth position on the grid. Häkkinen having achieved this albeit having wrecked the undertray of his car after a trip through the gravel. His teammate, Brundle had been described as doing much the same thing to his car, however could only manage sixth on the grid.
 Senna went on to take his second pole position of the season. His teammate, Hill was in third whilst Schumacher failed to take the pole time and could only manage to split the Williams cars. The Williams were evidently quick, however the car still appeared trouble. Senna had taken pole, however he had notably spun the car whilst in the process of trying to achieve the position. 
===Qualifying Results===
The full qualifying results for the are outlined below:
Pos. 	No. 	Driver 	Constructor 	Time 	Time 	Gap
Pos. 	No. 	Driver 	Constructor 	Q1 	Q2 	Gap
1 	2 	Ayrton Senna 	 	1:10.218 	1:19.304 	—
2 	5 	Michael Schumacher 	 	1:10.440 	— 	+0.222s
3 	0 	Damon Hill 	 	1:10.771 	1:12.048 	+0.553s
4 	7 	Mika Häkkinen 	 	1:11.683 	— 	+1.465s
5 	28 	Gerhard Berger 	 	1:11.744 	1:12.184 	+1.526s
6 	8 	Martin Brundle 	 	1:12.351 	— 	+2.133s
7 	27 	Nicola Larini 	 	1:12.372 	5:32.428 	+2.154s
8 	14 	Rubens Barrichello 	 	1:12.409 	1:13.172 	+2.191s
9 	9 	Christian Fittipaldi 	 	1:13.169 	1:12.444 	+2.226s
10 	6 	Jos Verstappen 	 	1:12.554 	1:12.681 	+2.336s
11 	30 	Heinz-Harald Frentzen 	 	1:12.686 	1:12.797 	+2.468s
12 	4 	Mark Blundell 	 	1:13.013 	1:12.751 	+2.533s
13 	10 	Gianni Morbidelli 	 	1:12.866 	1:13.090 	+2.648s
14 	3 	Ukyo Katayama 	 	1:13.013 	1:13.411 	+2.795s
15 	24 	Michele Alboreto 	 	1:13.342 	1:13.016 	+2.798s
16 	20 	Érik Comas 	 	1:13.111 	1:13.550 	+2.893s
17 	23 	Pierluigi Martini 	 	1:13.529 	1:13.756 	+3.311s
18 	25 	Éric Bernard 	 	1:13.613 	1:14.204 	+3.395s
19 	29 	Karl Wendlinger 	 	1:13.855 	1:14.163 	+3.637s
20 	15 	Aguri Suzuki 	 	1:14.036 	1:13.932 	+3.714s
21 	19 	Olivier Beretta 	 	1:14.101 	1:14.271 	+3.883s
22 	26 	Olivier Panis 	 	1:14.106 	1:14.667 	+3.888s
23 	12 	Johnny Herbert 	 	1:14.538 	1:14.424 	+4.206s
24 	11 	Pedro Lamy 	 	1:14.657 	1:15.146 	+4.439s
25 	31 	David Brabham 	 	1:14.946 	1:14.748 	+4.530s
26 	32 	Roland Ratzenberger 	 	— 	1:16.536 	+6.318s
DNQ 	34 	Bertrand Gachot 	 	1:16.927 	1:18.571 	+6.709s
DNQ 	33 	Paul Belmondo 	 	1:18.671 	1:17.450 	+7.232s
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*T Indicates a driver used their test/spare car to set their best time in that session.
*Bold indicates a driver's best/qualifying time.
===Grid===
==Race==
On the grid, the pole sitter, Ayrton Senna shared a few words with Flavio Briatore, the boss of Benetton his championship rival team. Senna was described as "pensive" in his conversation with Briatore to which in contrast, the Benetton boss was visibly quite jovial.
Briatore clapped Senna on the back to which the Williams driver silently returned to his car in order to prepare for the race. Before getting in the car, Senna could be seen waving to the grandstands of his great array of Japanese admirers.
===Report===
At the start, Senna gets a lot of wheelspin and is bogged down whilst in contrast, Schumacher gets "an unbelievable getaway" to which the Benetton immediately shoots into the lead of the race. Häkkinen, likewise had a got a strong start to which he darts past Hill.
Senna had lost the lead, however he would enter the first corner in a clear second position. Behind him an over eager Häkkinen whom couldn't quite catch Schumacher and Senna into the first corner was too late on the brakes and hit the rear of Senna's car.
Senna was tipped into a spin to which he suddenly found his car facing the oncoming field. Larini was left with no pathway around and collided with Senna's Williams, pushing him into the gravel. Both drivers' were out of the race, to which Senna and Larini angrily discussed the stupidity of the accident as they walked back to the pits.
 Häkkinen whom had been responsible for taking Senna out of the race was now in second behind Schumacher's Benetton. The McLaren driver was now sporting a scarred nosecone after his incident with Senna and was coming under intense pressure from the remaining Williams of Hill.
Hill pushed too hard to get past the McLaren and ran wide into the gravel on lap four. Hill dropped to ninth, Berger in the Ferrari had now taken third position, albeit he was well distanced to Schumacher and Häkkinen ahead of him.
Hill had made a mistake, however he thereafter put in a rapid performance to overtake Verstappen on lap five, Frentzen on lap six, Fittipaldi on lap eight, Brundle on lap eleven and Barrichello on lap twelve. He had fought his way back into fourth position, however after failing to make a position in the top three he became the first leader to make a fuel and tyre stop on lap eighteen.
Hill rejoined the race in tenth place, his mechanics, however had produced the quickest pit stop of the race thus far. With his nearest competitors, Brundle and Barrichello, both making pit-stops and exiting behind him, Hill had climbed to fifth by lap twenty six and was challenging Berger's Ferrari. Berger, running in second had refused to make a pit-stop and was running the race on very old tyres to which Hill quickly caught and passed him.
Hill had rose to as high as second when transmission problems on the Williams ended his race on lap fifty three. The same lap, Verstappen's Benetton made his final stop of the race. He exited the pits, directly ahead of Frentzen, only to spin the car at the first corner and retire from the race.
Brundle whom had put his McLaren into third would be forced to pull out of the race on lap sixty nine with transmission failure. Barrichello, whom he had been battling with thereafter moved into third position with the Jordan. Barrichello would go on to finish the race in third behind Berger.
Schumacher, meanwhile had quietly dominated the entire race. He had controlled the race from the moment the race began. The Williams cars had been in trouble, Senna had retired whilst Hill had spun his car to which he thereafter took control of the race unchallenged.
===Results===
The full results for the are outlined below:
Pos. 	No. 	Driver 	Constructor 	Laps 	Time/Retired 	Grid 	Points
1 	5 	Michael Schumacher 	 	83 	1:46:01.693 	2 	10
2 	28 	Gerhard Berger 	 	83 	+ 1:15.300 	5 	6
3 	14 	Rubens Barrichello 	 	82 	+ 1 Lap 	8 	4
4 	9 	Christian Fittipaldi 	 	82 	+ 1 Lap 	9 	3
5 	30 	Heinz-Harald Frentzen 	 	82 	+ 1 Lap 	11 	2
6 	20 	Érik Comas 	 	80 	+ 3 Laps 	16 	1
7 	12 	Johnny Herbert 	 	80 	+ 3 Laps 	23 	
8 	11 	Pedro Lamy 	 	79 	+ 4 Laps 	24 	
9 	26 	Olivier Panis 	 	78 	+ 5 Laps 	22 	
10 	25 	Éric Bernard 	 	78 	+ 5 Laps 	18 	
11 	32 	Roland Ratzenberger 	 	78 	+ 5 Laps 	26 	
Ret 	10 	Gianni Morbidelli 	 	69 	Engine 	13 	
Ret 	29 	Karl Wendlinger 	 	69 	Collision 	19 	
Ret 	24 	Michele Alboreto 	 	69 	Collision 	15 	
Ret 	8 	Martin Brundle 	 	67 	Overheating 	6 	
Ret 	23 	Pierluigi Martini 	 	63 	Spun off 	17 	
Ret 	6 	Jos Verstappen 	 	54 	Spun off 	10 	
Ret 	0 	Damon Hill 	 	49 	Transmission 	3 	
Ret 	15 	Aguri Suzuki 	 	44 	Steering 	20 	
Ret 	3 	Ukyo Katayama 	 	42 	Engine 	14 	
Ret 	7 	Mika Häkkinen 	 	19 	Gearbox 	4 	
Ret 	19 	Olivier Beretta 	 	14 	Electrical 	21 	
Ret 	31 	David Brabham 	 	2 	Electrical 	25 	
Ret 	2 	Ayrton Senna 	 	0 	Collision 	1 	
Ret 	27 	Nicola Larini 	 	0 	Collision 	7 	
Ret 	4 	Mark Blundell 	 	0 	Collision 	12 	
DNQ 	34 	Bertrand Gachot 	 	 	 	 	
DNQ 	33 	Paul Belmondo 	 	 	 	 	
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*T Indicates a driver used their test/spare car.
===Post-Race===
It had been the second race in a row that the Williams cars had encountered problems to which Benetton and Michael Schumacher had ensured to perfect their performance at both Interlagos and Aida. However even Schumacher exclaimed surprise and relief of the fortune that had been dealt his way with the Williams troubles. Schumacher admitted after the race, "These two wins, I wouldn't believe at all if anybody would tell me this before the season."
However he wasn't the only driver jubilant at the chequered flag. Barrichello had scored the first ever podium for both himself and his team, Jordan. The entire team was ecstatic to which Barrichello danced with joy on the podium. The race had also fittingly came at Jordan's fiftieth grand prix in Formula One. A relieved Barrichello commented after the race, "I just had a problem on the last pit-stop because the engine died. I was running fourth and I said, 'I can't believe it is not today I am not going to the podium'. But suddenly I saw Brundle stopping and I'm just really pleased for me and the team because they have done a really good job."
==Milestones==
* First Pacific Grand Prix to be staged.'2. Pacific 1994', statsf1.com, (Stats F1, 2014), https://www.statsf1.com/en/1994/pacifique.aspx, (Accessed 01/08/2019)
** Also the first World Championship round to be held at the TI Circuit Aïda.
* 350th Grand Prix for as a constructor.
* made their 50th appearance at a Grand Prix as a constructor.
** Also the 100th entry for a Jordan chassis.
* 100th Grand Prix entry for a chassis.
* First and only start for Roland Ratzenberger.
* Érik Comas entered his 50th Grand Prix.'1994 Pacific GP', chicanef1.com, (Chicane F1, 2014), http://www.chicanef1.com/racetit.pl?year=1994&gp=Pacific%20GP&r=1, (Accessed 01/08/2019)
* Twentieth entry for a car using #0 as its race number.
* Ayrton Senna secured the 90th pole position for a engine.
* Fourth career victory for Michael Schumacher.
* claimed their ninth win as a constructor.
** registered their 168th win as an engine supplier.
** Also the 100th victory for Elf as a lubricant supplier.
* Maiden podium finish for Rubens Barrichello.
** This was also the first podium for Jordan as a constructor.
* Maiden points finish for Heinz-Harald Frentzen.
==Standings==
Michael Schumacher had tripled his Championship lead as a result of the Pacific Grand Prix, leaving Aïda with a maximum twenty points to his name. Rubens Barrichello was his closest challenger, the Brazilian having moved into second after his maiden podium finish. Damon Hill and Gerhard Berger were next, level on six points, while Jean Alesi slipped down to fifth.
In the Constructors Championship it was who unsurprisingly led the way, with double the points of second placed . Indeed, the British squad's tally of twenty meant that Ferrari had to win a race just to get back on terms with Benetton, while sat in a surprise third ahead of pace setters . Completing the top five were , with eight constructors on the board after two rounds.
World Championship for Drivers	World Championship for Drivers	World Championship for Drivers	World Championship for Drivers
Pos. 	Driver 	Pts. 	+/-
1 	Michael Schumacher 	20 	
2 	Rubens Barrichello 	7 	2
3 	Damon Hill 	6 	1
4 	Gerhard Berger 	6 	9
5 	Jean Alesi 	4 	2
6 	Christian Fittipaldi 	3 	7
7 	Ukyo Katayama 	2 	2
8 	Heinz-Harald Frentzen 	2 	5
9 	Érik Comas 	1 	
10 	Karl Wendlinger 	1 	4
World Championship for Constructors	World Championship for Constructors	World Championship for Constructors	World Championship for Constructors
Pos. 	Team 	Pts. 	+/-
1 	 	20 	
2 	 	10 	1
3 	 	7 	1
4 	 	6 	2
5 	 	3 	7
6 	 	3 	
7 	 	2 	1
8 	 	1 	1
Only point scoring drivers and constructors are shown.
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