Berger quickly pulled ahead of Martini and moved over in front of him, but Alesi, whose F1 career had begun in his home country of France the previous summer, made an even quicker start, passed them both and outbraked Berger into the first corner.
Berger rápidamente adiantouse a Martini e moveuse diante del, pero Alesi, cuxa carreira de F1 comezara no seu país de orixe Francia o verán anterior, fixo un comezo aínda máis rápido, pasou a ambos e freou a Berger na primeira curva.