1994 Australian Grand Prix

Race details
Race 16 of 16 in the 1994 Formula One season.
Date	November 13, 1994
Location	Adelaide Street Circuit Adelaide, Australia
Course	Permanent racing facility 2.35 mi / 3.78 km
Distance	81 laps, 190.35 mi / 306.18 km
Weather	Fine
Pole
Driver	Nigel Mansell	Williams
Time	1:16.179
Fastest Lap
Driver	Michael Schumacher	Benetton-Ford
Time	1:17.140 (on lap 29 of 81)
Podium
First	Nigel Mansell	Williams
Second	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari
Third	Martin Brundle	McLaren

The 1994 Australian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on November 13, 1994 at the Adelaide Street Circuit. It was the 16th and final race of the 1994 Formula One season. The race is remembered for an incident involving the two title contenders Damon Hill and Michael Schumacher which forced both to retire and resulted in Schumacher winning the World Drivers championship. Also notable was the last appearance in a Formula One Grand Prix of Team Lotus, previously seven-time Constructors' Champions.
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Title-deciding collision

Schumacher (right) and Hill (left) crash at the Flinders Street corner during 1994 Australian Grand Prix.

The race itself is principally remembered for the collision between Michael Schumacher and Damon Hill, who were separated by a single point in the Drivers' Championship. Schumacher had the angles of his front and rear wings were set to extremely low levels, giving a high straightline speed, but impaired cornering due to lack of downforce and therefore grip.^{[citation needed]} This was in order to achieve a top speed comparable with the more powerful Renault powered Williams cars. Despite taking pole position, Nigel Mansell was eventually left behind in third after a poor start, as the two title protagonists fought hard for the lead. Image File history File links Schumihill1994. ... Image File history File links Schumihill1994. ... Michael Schumacher (pronounced / /, born January 3, 1969, in Hürth Hermülheim, Germany)[1] is a former Formula One driver, and seven-time world champion. ... Damon Graham Devereux Hill OBE (born 17 September 1960 in London) is a retired English racing driver and the 1996 Formula One World Champion. ... Nigel Ernest James Mansell OBE (born August 8, 1953 in Upton-on-Severn, Worcestershire) is an English racing driver who won world championships in both Formula One (1992) and CART (1993). ...

Schumacher led the race from the beginning, with Hill closely following him. Schumacher's extreme aerodynamic package began to unravel late in the race. On lap 20, Schumacher went off the track as a result of taking a very early apex into the East Terrace corner; hitting a wall with his right side wheels.^[1] Hill was catching Schumacher when the German driver again ran off the track although he immediately began coming back onto the racing line. Prior to turning into the following corner, Schumacher was making constant corrections to the left in order to keep his Benetton in a straight line, suggesting that his car was damaged.^[2] He returned to the track at reduced speed but still leading the race. Hill had just come through the fifth corner of the track when he saw Schumacher running slowly ahead of him. At the next corner, Schumacher and Hill collided when Hill attempted a pass on the inside. Schumacher's car was tipped up onto two wheels and eliminated on the spot. Hill pitted immediately, but retired from the race with unrepairable damage to the car's front left suspension wishbone. As neither driver scored, Schumacher took the title. Schumacher was blamed for the incident by many Formula One insiders,^[3] however, the race stewards judged it a racing accident and took no action against either driver. The incident can be seen here from various camera angles, as well as comments from the drivers themselves. Schumacher, at age 25 was Germany's first Formula 1 World Drivers' Champion, but under highly controversial circumstances, although no action was ever taken against him. A double wishbone suspension is an automobile independent suspension design using two parallel wishbone-shaped arms to locate the wheel. ...

Schumacher has always maintained that the collision was a racing incident, and that had roles been reversed the outcome would have been the same. Although he did not at the time, Damon Hill has recently explicitly accused Schumacher of deliberately driving into him.^[4] BBC Formula One commentator Murray Walker, a great fan and friend of Damon, has often maintained that Schumacher did not cause the crash intentionally. Patrick Head of the Williams team feels differently: After Schumacher's punishment for blocking the circuit during qualifying for the 2006 Monaco Grand Prix, he told F1 Racing that in 1994 "Williams were already 100% certain that Michael was guilty of foul play", but didn't protest Schumacher's title because the team was still dealing with the death of Ayrton Senna.^[5] Schumacher has been blamed by the UK public for the incident - in 2003, the BBC conducted a search for "The Most Unsporting Moment" in which the Adelaide incident was nominated.^[6] Hill's 1994 season earned him the 1994 BBC Sports Personality of the Year.^[7] Murray Walker. ... Patrick Head (born June 5, 1945) in Farnborough, England, is co-founder and Engineering Director of the Williams Formula One team. ... The 2006 Monaco Grand Prix was the seventh race of the 2006 Formula One World Championship. ... The BBC Sports Personality of the Year (SPOTY) award is given to one sportsman or sportswoman, usually British, every year. ...

Results

Results from the 1994 Formula One Australian Grand Prix held at Adelaide on November 13, 1994. 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by United Nations. ... Formula One - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... Demonstration event held in Melbourne just before the start of the 2005 Grand Prix The Australian Grand Prix is a Formula One race held at the Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit in Albert Park as part of the annual Formula One championship season. ... The Adelaide Street Circuit ( ) is a temporary race track in the East Parklands adjacent to the central business district of the city of Adelaide in South Australia. ... November 13 is the 317th day of the year (318th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 48 days remaining. ... 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by United Nations. ...

Classification

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	2	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Renault	81	1:47:51.4	1	10
2	28	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	81	+2.511	11	6
3	8	Martin Brundle	McLaren-Peugeot	81	+52.487	9	4
4	14	Rubens Barrichello	Jordan-Hart	81	+1:10.530	5	3
5	26	Olivier Panis	Ligier-Renault	80	+1 Lap	12	2
6	27	Jean Alesi	Ferrari	80	+1 Lap	8	1
7	30	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Sauber-Mercedes	80	+1 Lap	10
8	9	Christian Fittipaldi	Footwork-Ford	80	+1 Lap	19
9	23	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi-Ford	79	+2 Laps	18
10	6	Jyrki Järvilehto	Sauber-Mercedes	79	+2 Laps	17
11	25	Franck Lagorce	Ligier-Renault	79	+2 Laps	20
12	7	Mika Häkkinen	McLaren-Peugeot	76	Spun off	4
Ret	24	Michele Alboreto	Minardi-Ford	69	Suspension	16
Ret	4	Mark Blundell	Tyrrell-Yamaha	66	Accident	13
Ret	20	Jean-Denis Deletraz	Larrousse-Ford	56	Gearbox	25
Ret	11	Mika Salo	Lotus-Mugen-Honda	49	Electrical	22
Ret	31	David Brabham	Simtek-Ford	49	Engine	24
Ret	12	Alessandro Zanardi	Lotus-Mugen-Honda	40	Throttle	14
Ret	0	Damon Hill	Williams-Renault	35	Accident	3
Ret	5	Michael Schumacher	Benetton-Ford	35	Accident	2
Ret	32	Domenico Schiattarella	Simtek-Ford	21	Gearbox	26
Ret	3	Ukyo Katayama	Tyrrell-Yamaha	19	Spun off	15
Ret	19	Hideki Noda	Larrousse-Ford	18	Oil leak	23
Ret	10	Gianni Morbidelli	Footwork-Ford	17	Oil leak	21
Ret	15	Eddie Irvine	Jordan-Hart	15	Spun off	6
Ret	12	Johnny Herbert	Benetton-Ford	13	Gearbox	7
DNQ	34	Bertrand Gachot	Pacific-Ilmor

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Notes

• Fastest Lap: Michael Schumacher 1m 17.140s
• Last Win: Nigel Mansell
• Last appearance: Team Lotus
• Michael Schumacher controversially collided with Damon Hill to take the title by one point.

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