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Home / Seasons / 1994 F1 World Championship Season / 1994 German Grand Prix

1994 German Grand Prix

DateSunday, 31 July 1994
Winner
  • Gerhard Berger
  • Ferrari
Pole position
  • Gerhard Berger
  • Ferrari
Fastest lap
  • David Coulthard
  • Williams-Renault
CircuitHockenheim, 45 laps
Round9 of 16
Race numbers

The 1994 German Grand Prix was the:

  • 557th World Championship race
  • 42nd World Championship German Grand Prix
  • 18th World Championship race at Hockenheim
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Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1 (AUT) Gerhard BergerFerrari451hr 22m 37.272s10
2+10(FRA) Olivier PanisLigier-Renault45+54.779s6
3+11(FRA) Eric BernardLigier-Renault45+1m 05.042s4
4+13(BRA) Christian FittipaldiFootwork-Ford Cosworth45+1m 21.609s3
5+11(ITA) Gianni MorbidelliFootwork-Ford Cosworth45+1m 30.544s2
6+16(FRA) Erik ComasLarrousse-Ford Cosworth45+1m 45.445s1
7+17(MCO) Olivier BerettaLarrousse-Ford Cosworth44+1 lap 
8-5(GBR) Damon HillWilliams-Renault44+1 lap 
R (FRA) Jean-Marc GounonSimtek-Ford Cosworth39DNF 
R (AUS) David BrabhamSimtek-Ford Cosworth37DNF 
R (DEU) Michael SchumacherBenetton-Ford Cosworth20DNF 
R (GBR) Martin BrundleMcLaren-Peugeot19DNF 
R (GBR) David CoulthardWilliams-Renault17DNF 
R (NLD) Jos VerstappenBenetton-Ford Cosworth15DNF 
R (JPN) Ukyo KatayamaTyrrell-Yamaha6DNF 
R (GBR) Mark BlundellTyrrell-Yamaha0DNF 
R (FIN) Mika HakkinenMcLaren-Peugeot0DNF 
R (ITA) Alessandro ZanardiLotus-Mugen-Honda0DNF 
R (GBR) Johnny HerbertLotus-Mugen-Honda0DNF 
R (BRA) Rubens BarrichelloJordan-Hart0DNF 
R (GBR) Eddie IrvineJordan-Hart0DNF 
R (ITA) Pierluigi MartiniMinardi-Ford Cosworth0DNF 
R (ITA) Michele AlboretoMinardi-Ford Cosworth0DNF 
R (FRA) Jean AlesiFerrari0DNF 
R (ITA) Andrea de CesarisSauber-Mercedes0DNF 
R (DEU) Heinz-Harald FrentzenSauber-Mercedes0DNF 

Starting grid

PosDriverConstructor
1(AUT) Gerhard BergerFerrari
2(FRA) Jean AlesiFerrari
3(GBR) Damon HillWilliams-Renault
4(DEU) Michael SchumacherBenetton-Ford Cosworth
5(JPN) Ukyo KatayamaTyrrell-Yamaha
6(GBR) David CoulthardWilliams-Renault
7(GBR) Mark BlundellTyrrell-Yamaha
8(FIN) Mika HakkinenMcLaren-Peugeot
9(DEU) Heinz-Harald FrentzenSauber-Mercedes
10(GBR) Eddie IrvineJordan-Hart
11(BRA) Rubens BarrichelloJordan-Hart
12(FRA) Olivier PanisLigier-Renault
13(GBR) Martin BrundleMcLaren-Peugeot
14(FRA) Eric BernardLigier-Renault
15(GBR) Johnny HerbertLotus-Mugen-Honda
16(ITA) Gianni MorbidelliFootwork-Ford Cosworth
17(BRA) Christian FittipaldiFootwork-Ford Cosworth
18(ITA) Andrea de CesarisSauber-Mercedes
19(NLD) Jos VerstappenBenetton-Ford Cosworth
20(ITA) Pierluigi MartiniMinardi-Ford Cosworth
21(ITA) Alessandro ZanardiLotus-Mugen-Honda
22(FRA) Erik ComasLarrousse-Ford Cosworth
23(ITA) Michele AlboretoMinardi-Ford Cosworth
24(MCO) Olivier BerettaLarrousse-Ford Cosworth
25(AUS) David BrabhamSimtek-Ford Cosworth
26(FRA) Jean-Marc GounonSimtek-Ford Cosworth

Qualifying result

PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
1(AUT) Gerhard BergerFerrari1:43.582 
2(FRA) Jean AlesiFerrari1:44.0120.430
3(GBR) Damon HillWilliams-Renault1:44.0260.444
4(DEU) Michael SchumacherBenetton-Ford Cosworth1:44.2680.686
5(JPN) Ukyo KatayamaTyrrell-Yamaha1:44.7181.136
6(GBR) David CoulthardWilliams-Renault1:45.1461.564
7(GBR) Mark BlundellTyrrell-Yamaha1:45.4741.892
8(FIN) Mika HakkinenMcLaren-Peugeot1:45.4871.905
9(DEU) Heinz-Harald FrentzenSauber-Mercedes1:45.8932.311
10(GBR) Eddie IrvineJordan-Hart1:45.9112.329
11(BRA) Rubens BarrichelloJordan-Hart1:45.9392.357
12(FRA) Olivier PanisLigier-Renault1:46.1652.583
13(GBR) Martin BrundleMcLaren-Peugeot1:46.2182.636
14(FRA) Eric BernardLigier-Renault1:46.2902.708
15(GBR) Johnny HerbertLotus-Mugen-Honda1:46.6303.048
16(ITA) Gianni MorbidelliFootwork-Ford Cosworth1:46.8173.235
17(BRA) Christian FittipaldiFootwork-Ford Cosworth1:47.1023.520
18(ITA) Andrea de CesarisSauber-Mercedes1:47.2353.653
19(NLD) Jos VerstappenBenetton-Ford Cosworth1:47.3163.734
20(ITA) Pierluigi MartiniMinardi-Ford Cosworth1:47.4023.820
21(ITA) Alessandro ZanardiLotus-Mugen-Honda1:47.4253.843
22(FRA) Erik ComasLarrousse-Ford Cosworth1:48.2294.647
23(ITA) Michele AlboretoMinardi-Ford Cosworth1:48.2954.713
24(MCO) Olivier BerettaLarrousse-Ford Cosworth1:48.6815.099
25(AUS) David BrabhamSimtek-Ford Cosworth1:48.8705.288
26(FRA) Jean-Marc GounonSimtek-Ford Cosworth1:49.2045.622
Did not qualify
27(FRA) Paul BelmondoPacific-Ilmor1:51.1227.540
28(FRA) Bertrand GachotPacific-Ilmor1:51.2927.710

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(DEU) Michael Schumacher66
2(GBR) Damon Hill39
3(AUT) Gerhard Berger27
4(FRA) Jean Alesi19
5(BRA) Rubens Barrichello10
6(FIN) Mika Hakkinen8
7(ITA) Nicola Larini6
=(GBR) Martin Brundle6
=(FRA) Olivier Panis6
10(BRA) Christian Fittipaldi6
11(DEU) Heinz-Harald Frentzen5
12(JPN) Ukyo Katayama5
13(GBR) Mark Blundell4
=(FRA) Eric Bernard4
15(AUT) Karl Wendlinger4
=(ITA) Andrea de Cesaris4
17(ITA) Pierluigi Martini4
=(GBR) David Coulthard4
19(ITA) Gianni Morbidelli2
20(FRA) Erik Comas2
21(ITA) Michele Alboreto1
=(GBR) Eddie Irvine1
=(FIN) JJ Lehto1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Benetton-Ford Cosworth67
2Ferrari52
3Williams-Renault43
4McLaren-Peugeot14
5Jordan-Hart14
6Ligier-Renault10
7Sauber-Mercedes10
8Tyrrell-Yamaha9
9Footwork-Ford Cosworth8
10Minardi-Ford Cosworth5
11Larrousse-Ford Cosworth2

Stats & milestones

Wins
9th for Gerhard Berger (first win since 1992 and last until 1997; last for Ferrari)
104th for Ferrari (first since 1990) EQUALLED RECORD (shared with McLaren)
Podiums
36th for Gerhard Berger
1st for Olivier Panis (167th different podium finisher, 19th French driver)
1st and only for Eric Bernard (168th different podium finisher, 20th French driver)
364th for Ferrari
46th & 47th for Ligier
Poles
9th for Gerhard Berger (first since 1991; first Austrian polesitter since 1991)
111th for Ferrari (first since 1990)
1-2 start
42nd for Ferrari
Fastest laps
1st for David Coulthard (94th different fastest lap setter, 19th British driver)
80th for Williams (2nd constructor to set 80 fastest laps)
Front row starts
26th for Gerhard Berger (first since 1991)
2nd for Jean Alesi
Points finishes
6th and last for Erik Comas
5th and last for Eric Bernard & Christian Fittipaldi
1st for Olivier Panis (265th different point scorer, 30th French driver)
Pole & win
4th for Gerhard Berger (first since 1991 and last until 1997; first Austrian driver to win from pole since 1991 and last until 1997; last for Ferrari)

See also

  • German Grand Prix
  • Hockenheim circuit
  • 1994 World Championship season

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