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1994 Australian Grand Prix

Date
Winner
Pole position
Fastest lap
CircuitAdelaide, 81 laps
Round16 of 16
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The 1994 Australian Grand Prix was the:

  • 564th World Championship race
  • 10th World Championship Australian Grand Prix
  • 10th World Championship race at Adelaide
  • 1994 Drivers’ title decider
  • 1994 Constructors’ title decider
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Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1 (GBR) Nigel MansellWilliams-Renault811hr 47m 51.480s10
2+9(AUT) Gerhard BergerFerrari81+2.511s6
3+6(GBR) Martin BrundleMcLaren-Peugeot81+52.487s4
4+1(BRA) Rubens BarrichelloJordan-Hart81+1m 10.530s3
5+7(FRA) Olivier PanisLigier-Renault80+1 lap2
6+2(FRA) Jean AlesiFerrari80+1 lap1
7+3(DEU) Heinz-Harald FrentzenSauber-Mercedes80+1 lap 
8+11(BRA) Christian FittipaldiFootwork-Ford Cosworth80+1 lap 
9+9(ITA) Pierluigi MartiniMinardi-Ford Cosworth79+2 laps 
10+7(FIN) JJ LehtoSauber-Mercedes79+2 laps 
11+9(FRA) Franck LagorceLigier-Renault79+2 laps 
12-8(FIN) Mika HakkinenMcLaren-Peugeot76DNF 
R (ITA) Michele AlboretoMinardi-Ford Cosworth69DNF 
R (GBR) Mark BlundellTyrrell-Yamaha66DNF 
R (CHE) Jean-Denis DeletrazLarrousse-Ford Cosworth56DNF 
R (FIN) Mika SaloLotus-Mugen-Honda49DNF 
R (AUS) David BrabhamSimtek-Ford Cosworth49DNF 
R (ITA) Alessandro ZanardiLotus-Mugen-Honda40DNF 
R (DEU) Michael SchumacherBenetton-Ford Cosworth35DNF 
R (GBR) Damon HillWilliams-Renault35DNF 
R (ITA) Domenico SchiattarellaSimtek-Ford Cosworth21DNF 
R (JPN) Ukyo KatayamaTyrrell-Yamaha19DNF 
R (JPN) Hideki NodaLarrousse-Ford Cosworth18DNF 
R (ITA) Gianni MorbidelliFootwork-Ford Cosworth17DNF 
R (GBR) Eddie IrvineJordan-Hart15DNF 
R (GBR) Johnny HerbertBenetton-Ford Cosworth13DNF 

Notes

  • Mika Hakkinen ended lap 76 in P4 before retiring on the following lap.
  • Michael Schumacher ended lap 35 as the race leader before retiring on the following lap.

Starting grid

PosDriverConstructor
1(GBR) Nigel MansellWilliams-Renault
2(DEU) Michael SchumacherBenetton-Ford Cosworth
3(GBR) Damon HillWilliams-Renault
4(FIN) Mika HakkinenMcLaren-Peugeot
5(BRA) Rubens BarrichelloJordan-Hart
6(GBR) Eddie IrvineJordan-Hart
7(GBR) Johnny HerbertBenetton-Ford Cosworth
8(FRA) Jean AlesiFerrari
9(GBR) Martin BrundleMcLaren-Peugeot
10(DEU) Heinz-Harald FrentzenSauber-Mercedes
11(AUT) Gerhard BergerFerrari
12(FRA) Olivier PanisLigier-Renault
13(GBR) Mark BlundellTyrrell-Yamaha
14(ITA) Alessandro ZanardiLotus-Mugen-Honda
15(JPN) Ukyo KatayamaTyrrell-Yamaha
16(ITA) Michele AlboretoMinardi-Ford Cosworth
17(FIN) JJ LehtoSauber-Mercedes
18(ITA) Pierluigi MartiniMinardi-Ford Cosworth
19(BRA) Christian FittipaldiFootwork-Ford Cosworth
20(FRA) Franck LagorceLigier-Renault
21(ITA) Gianni MorbidelliFootwork-Ford Cosworth
22(FIN) Mika SaloLotus-Mugen-Honda
23(JPN) Hideki NodaLarrousse-Ford Cosworth
24(AUS) David BrabhamSimtek-Ford Cosworth
25(CHE) Jean-Denis DeletrazLarrousse-Ford Cosworth
26(ITA) Domenico SchiattarellaSimtek-Ford Cosworth

Qualifying result

PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
1(GBR) Nigel MansellWilliams-Renault1:16.179 
2(DEU) Michael SchumacherBenetton-Ford Cosworth1:16.1970.018
3(GBR) Damon HillWilliams-Renault1:16.8300.651
4(FIN) Mika HakkinenMcLaren-Peugeot1:16.9920.813
5(BRA) Rubens BarrichelloJordan-Hart1:17.5371.358
6(GBR) Eddie IrvineJordan-Hart1:17.6671.488
7(GBR) Johnny HerbertBenetton-Ford Cosworth1:17.7271.548
8(FRA) Jean AlesiFerrari1:17.8011.622
9(GBR) Martin BrundleMcLaren-Peugeot1:17.9501.771
10(DEU) Heinz-Harald FrentzenSauber-Mercedes1:17.9621.783
11(AUT) Gerhard BergerFerrari1:18.0701.891
12(FRA) Olivier PanisLigier-Renault1:18.0721.893
13(GBR) Mark BlundellTyrrell-Yamaha1:18.2372.058
14(ITA) Alessandro ZanardiLotus-Mugen-Honda1:18.3312.152
15(JPN) Ukyo KatayamaTyrrell-Yamaha1:18.4112.232
16(ITA) Michele AlboretoMinardi-Ford Cosworth1:18.7552.576
17(FIN) JJ LehtoSauber-Mercedes1:18.8062.627
18(ITA) Pierluigi MartiniMinardi-Ford Cosworth1:18.9572.778
19(BRA) Christian FittipaldiFootwork-Ford Cosworth1:19.0612.882
20(FRA) Franck LagorceLigier-Renault1:19.1532.974
21(ITA) Gianni MorbidelliFootwork-Ford Cosworth1:19.6103.431
22(FIN) Mika SaloLotus-Mugen-Honda1:19.8443.665
23(JPN) Hideki NodaLarrousse-Ford Cosworth1:20.1453.966
24(AUS) David BrabhamSimtek-Ford Cosworth1:20.4424.263
25(CHE) Jean-Denis DeletrazLarrousse-Ford Cosworth1:22.4226.243
26(ITA) Domenico SchiattarellaSimtek-Ford Cosworth1:22.5296.350
Did not qualify
27(FRA) Paul BelmondoPacific-Ilmor1:24.0877.908
28(FRA) Bertrand GachotPacific-Ilmor7:40.3176:24.138

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(DEU) Michael Schumacher92
2(GBR) Damon Hill91
3(AUT) Gerhard Berger41
4(FIN) Mika Hakkinen26
5(FRA) Jean Alesi24
6(BRA) Rubens Barrichello19
7(GBR) Martin Brundle16
8(GBR) David Coulthard14
9(GBR) Nigel Mansell13
10(NLD) Jos Verstappen10
11(FRA) Olivier Panis9
12(GBR) Mark Blundell8
13(DEU) Heinz-Harald Frentzen7
14(ITA) Nicola Larini6
15(BRA) Christian Fittipaldi6
16(GBR) Eddie Irvine6
17(JPN) Ukyo Katayama5
18(FRA) Eric Bernard4
19(AUT) Karl Wendlinger4
=(ITA) Andrea de Cesaris4
21(ITA) Pierluigi Martini4
22(ITA) Gianni Morbidelli3
23(FRA) Erik Comas2
24(ITA) Michele Alboreto1
=(FIN) JJ Lehto1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Williams-Renault118
2Benetton-Ford Cosworth103
3Ferrari71
4McLaren-Peugeot42
5Jordan-Hart28
6Ligier-Renault13
7Tyrrell-Yamaha13
8Sauber-Mercedes12
9Footwork-Ford Cosworth9
10Minardi-Ford Cosworth5
11Larrousse-Ford Cosworth2

Statistics & milestones

Race debut
Jean-Denis Deletraz
Last start
Michele Alboreto
David Brabham (last Australian driver to start a race until 2002)
Christian Fittipaldi
Franck Lagorce
JJ Lehto
Hideki Noda
Larrousse
Lotus
Milestone race start
50th for Gianni Morbidelli (83rd driver to start 50 races, 15th Italian driver)
World Champion
1st title for Michael Schumacher (24th driver to win the World Championship, 1st German champion)
7th title for Williams (4th constructor to win seven championships)
Wins
31st and last for Nigel Mansell (first win since 1992)
78th for Williams
Podiums
59th and last for Nigel Mansell (first podium since 1992)
38th for Gerhard Berger
8th for Martin Brundle (last for McLaren)
367th for Ferrari
254th for McLaren
189th for Williams
Poles
32nd and last for Nigel Mansell (first since 1992)
73rd for Williams
Fastest laps
15th for Michael Schumacher
22nd for Benetton
Front row starts
56th and last for Nigel Mansell
14th for Michael Schumacher
Points finishes
82nd and last for Nigel Mansell
Pole & win
17th and last for Nigel Mansell (first since 1992)