Race · Round 15 of 16 · 6 November 1994

1994 Japanese Grand Prix

Damon Hill won for Williams from 2nd on the grid at Suzuka Circuit. 13 of the starters were not classified.

Circuit: Suzuka CircuitSuzuka, Japan
Winner: Damon HillWilliams
Pole: Michael Schumacher
Fastest lap: Damon Hill
Entries: 2813 classified

Classification

Classification
Pos	Driver	Constructor	Chassis	Grid	Laps	Out	Points	FL
1	Damon Hill	Williams	—	2	50	Finished	10	fastest lap
2	Michael Schumacher	Benetton	B194	1	50	Finished	6
3	Jean Alesi	Ferrari	—	7	50	Finished	4
4	Nigel Mansell	Williams	—	4	50	Finished	3
5	Eddie Irvine	Jordan	194	6	50	Finished	2
6	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Sauber	C13	3	50	Finished	1
7	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren	MP4/9	8	50	Finished	0
8	Christian Fittipaldi	Footwork	FA15	18	49	Finished	0
9	Érik Comas	Larrousse	LH94	22	49	Finished	0
10	Mika Salo	Team Lotus	—	25	49	Finished	0
11	Olivier Panis	Ligier	JS39B	19	49	Finished	0
12	David Brabham	Simtek	S941	24	48	Finished	0
13	Alex Zanardi	Team Lotus	—	17	48	Finished	0
DNF	Mark Blundell	Tyrrell	18	13	26	Engine	0
DNF	Rubens Barrichello	Jordan	194	10	16	Gearbox	0
DNF	Martin Brundle	McLaren	MP4/9	9	13	Spun off	0
DNF	Gianni Morbidelli	Footwork	FA15	12	13	Spun off	0
DNF	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	—	11	10	Battery	0
DNF	Franck Lagorce	Ligier	JS39B	20	10	Collision	0
DNF	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi	—	16	10	Collision	0
DNF	Michele Alboreto	Minardi	—	21	10	Spun off	0
DNF	Johnny Herbert	Benetton	B194	5	3	Spun off	0
DNF	Ukyo Katayama	Tyrrell	18	14	3	Spun off	0
DNF	Taki Inoue	Simtek	S941	26	3	Spun off	0
DNF	Hideki Noda	Larrousse	LH94	PL	0	Spun off	0
DNF	Jyrki Järvilehto	Sauber	C13	15	0	Engine	0
DNQ	Bertrand Gachot	Pacific	PR01	—	—	DNQ	0
DNQ	Paul Belmondo	Pacific	PR01	—	—	DNQ	0

A blank chassis is a season the team ran more than one design and no source says which car raced here.

F1DB layout suzuka-1 · 5.86 km · 18 turns, F1DB’s figures
F1DB, CC BY 4.0 · drawn by Jules Roy
The outline is F1DB’s, for every layout; the trace is OpenStreetMap’s, where it exists.

Grid to flag

Lines run from grid slot to result, ending at the last lap completed. A dashed line ending in a cross is a driver not classified. Nothing between is recorded, so a crossing is not an overtake at that lap.

Grid to flag
Driver	Grid	Result	Laps
Damon Hill	2	1	50
Michael Schumacher	1	2	50
Jean Alesi	7	3	50
Nigel Mansell	4	4	50
Eddie Irvine	6	5	50
Heinz-Harald Frentzen	3	6	50
Mika Hakkinen	8	7	50
Christian Fittipaldi	18	8	49
Érik Comas	22	9	49
Mika Salo	25	10	49
Olivier Panis	19	11	49
David Brabham	24	12	48
Alex Zanardi	17	13	48
Mark Blundell	13	DNF	26
Rubens Barrichello	10	DNF	16
Martin Brundle	9	DNF	13
Gianni Morbidelli	12	DNF	13
Gerhard Berger	11	DNF	10
Franck Lagorce	20	DNF	10
Pierluigi Martini	16	DNF	10
Michele Alboreto	21	DNF	10
Johnny Herbert	5	DNF	3
Ukyo Katayama	14	DNF	3
Taki Inoue	26	DNF	3
Hideki Noda	PL	DNF	0
Jyrki Järvilehto	15	DNF	0

Qualifying

Qualifying
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Time	Gap	Interval
1	Michael Schumacher	Benetton	5	1:37.209	—	—
2	Damon Hill	Williams	0	1:37.696	+0.487	+0.487
3	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Sauber	30	1:37.742	+0.533	+0.046
4	Nigel Mansell	Williams	2	1:37.768	+0.559	+0.026
5	Johnny Herbert	Benetton	6	1:37.828	+0.619	+0.060
6	Eddie Irvine	Jordan	15	1:37.880	+0.671	+0.052
7	Jean Alesi	Ferrari	27	1:37.907	+0.698	+0.027
8	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren	7	1:37.998	+0.789	+0.091
9	Martin Brundle	McLaren	8	1:38.076	+0.867	+0.078
10	Rubens Barrichello	Jordan	14	1:38.533	+1.324	+0.457
11	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	28	1:38.570	+1.361	+0.037
12	Gianni Morbidelli	Footwork	10	1:39.030	+1.821	+0.460
13	Mark Blundell	Tyrrell	4	1:39.266	+2.057	+0.236
14	Ukyo Katayama	Tyrrell	3	1:39.462	+2.253	+0.196
15	Jyrki Järvilehto	Sauber	29	1:39.483	+2.274	+0.021
16	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi	23	1:39.548	+2.339	+0.065
17	Alex Zanardi	Team Lotus	12	1:39.721	+2.512	+0.173
18	Christian Fittipaldi	Footwork	9	1:39.868	+2.659	+0.147
19	Olivier Panis	Ligier	26	1:40.042	+2.833	+0.174
20	Franck Lagorce	Ligier	25	1:40.577	+3.368	+0.535
21	Michele Alboreto	Minardi	24	1:40.652	+3.443	+0.075
22	Érik Comas	Larrousse	20	1:40.978	+3.769	+0.326
23	Hideki Noda	Larrousse	19	1:40.990	+3.781	+0.012
24	David Brabham	Simtek	31	1:41.659	+4.450	+0.669
25	Mika Salo	Team Lotus	11	1:41.805	+4.596	+0.146
26	Taki Inoue	Simtek	32	1:45.004	+7.795	+3.199
27	Bertrand Gachot	Pacific	34	1:46.374	+9.165	+1.370
28	Paul Belmondo	Pacific	33	1:46.629	+9.420	+0.255

Before knock-out qualifying arrived in 2006 there is one time per driver; from 2006, the best lap of each of the three sessions.

Pit stops

Bars run in finishing order, ticked on each lap a driver stopped. An unticked bar may hide a stop: F1DB’s record has gaps. A cross is a driver not classified. Only the lap is recorded: not a stop’s length, tyres or gain.

Pit stops
Driver	Result	Laps	Stops recorded	Stopped on lap
Damon Hill	1	50	1	12
Michael Schumacher	2	50	2	5, 27
Jean Alesi	3	50	1	16
Nigel Mansell	4	50	1	13
Eddie Irvine	5	50	1	20
Heinz-Harald Frentzen	6	50	1	7
Mika Hakkinen	7	50	1	14
Christian Fittipaldi	8	49	1	17
Érik Comas	9	49	1	22
Mika Salo	10	49	1	1
Olivier Panis	11	49	0	None recorded
David Brabham	12	48	2	1, 8
Alex Zanardi	13	48	0	None recorded
Mark Blundell	DNF	26	1	8
Rubens Barrichello	DNF	16	0	None recorded
Martin Brundle	DNF	13	0	None recorded
Gianni Morbidelli	DNF	13	0	None recorded
Gerhard Berger	DNF	10	0	None recorded
Franck Lagorce	DNF	10	0	None recorded
Pierluigi Martini	DNF	10	0	None recorded
Michele Alboreto	DNF	10	0	None recorded
Johnny Herbert	DNF	3	0	None recorded
Ukyo Katayama	DNF	3	0	None recorded
Taki Inoue	DNF	3	0	None recorded
Hideki Noda	DNF	0	0	None recorded
Jyrki Järvilehto	DNF	0	0	None recorded

Who stopped first, between neighbours

Who stopped first, between neighbours
Drivers, in grid order	Grid	Result	First recorded stop, lap	Stopped first	Grid to flag
Michael Schumacher · Damon Hill	1 · 2	2 · 1	5 · 12	Michael Schumacher	Swapped places
Damon Hill · Heinz-Harald Frentzen	2 · 3	1 · 6	12 · 7	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Kept their order
Michael Schumacher · Jean Alesi	1 · 7	2 · 3	5 · 16	Michael Schumacher	Kept their order
Nigel Mansell · Jean Alesi	4 · 7	4 · 3	13 · 16	Nigel Mansell	Swapped places
Eddie Irvine · Jean Alesi	6 · 7	5 · 3	20 · 16	Jean Alesi	Swapped places
Jean Alesi · Mika Hakkinen	7 · 8	3 · 7	16 · 14	Mika Hakkinen	Kept their order
Heinz-Harald Frentzen · Nigel Mansell	3 · 4	6 · 4	7 · 13	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Swapped places
Nigel Mansell · Eddie Irvine	4 · 6	4 · 5	13 · 20	Nigel Mansell	Kept their order
Heinz-Harald Frentzen · Eddie Irvine	3 · 6	6 · 5	7 · 20	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Swapped places
Heinz-Harald Frentzen · Mika Hakkinen	3 · 8	6 · 7	7 · 14	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Kept their order
Mika Hakkinen · Christian Fittipaldi	8 · 18	7 · 8	14 · 17	Mika Hakkinen	Kept their order
Christian Fittipaldi · Érik Comas	18 · 22	8 · 9	17 · 22	Christian Fittipaldi	Kept their order
Érik Comas · Mika Salo	22 · 25	9 · 10	22 · 1	Mika Salo	Kept their order
David Brabham · Mika Salo	24 · 25	12 · 10	1 · 1	Same lap	Swapped places

Pairs of classified drivers who started or finished next to each other, each with a stop recorded; the two names in a row are in grid order. Both are read from the stops F1DB records, which has gaps. It is the order things happened in and no more: with no stop duration and no lap times, the record cannot say whether stopping first won or lost a place.

Practice sessions Practice 1 · Practice 2 · Warm-up

Practice 1

Practice 1
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	Interval	Laps
1	Michael Schumacher	Benetton	5	1:37.951	—	—	23
2	Nigel Mansell	Williams	2	1:38.557	+0.606	+0.606	22
3	Damon Hill	Williams	0	1:38.694	+0.743	+0.137	22
4	Johnny Herbert	Benetton	6	1:39.351	+1.400	+0.657	22
5	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren	7	1:39.571	+1.620	+0.220	21
6	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	28	1:39.712	+1.761	+0.141	18
7	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Sauber	30	1:39.812	+1.861	+0.100	21
8	Jean Alesi	Ferrari	27	1:40.007	+2.056	+0.195	20
9	Rubens Barrichello	Jordan	14	1:40.091	+2.140	+0.084	14
10	Eddie Irvine	Jordan	15	1:40.146	+2.195	+0.055	12
11	Martin Brundle	McLaren	8	1:40.379	+2.428	+0.233	23
12	Ukyo Katayama	Tyrrell	3	1:40.705	+2.754	+0.326	18
13	Mark Blundell	Tyrrell	4	1:41.082	+3.131	+0.377	21
14	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi	23	1:41.422	+3.471	+0.340	22
15	Jyrki Järvilehto	Sauber	29	1:41.423	+3.472	+0.001	19
16	Christian Fittipaldi	Footwork	9	1:41.667	+3.716	+0.244	21
17	Gianni Morbidelli	Footwork	10	1:41.734	+3.783	+0.067	17
18	Alex Zanardi	Team Lotus	12	1:41.817	+3.866	+0.083	17
19	Olivier Panis	Ligier	26	1:42.168	+4.217	+0.351	20
20	Franck Lagorce	Ligier	25	1:42.416	+4.465	+0.248	23
21	Michele Alboreto	Minardi	24	1:42.463	+4.512	+0.047	23
22	Érik Comas	Larrousse	20	1:43.224	+5.273	+0.761	18
23	Hideki Noda	Larrousse	19	1:43.573	+5.622	+0.349	22
24	David Brabham	Simtek	31	1:43.742	+5.791	+0.169	22
25	Mika Salo	Team Lotus	11	1:44.913	+6.962	+1.171	13
26	Bertrand Gachot	Pacific	34	1:47.565	+9.614	+2.652	18
27	Taki Inoue	Simtek	32	1:47.731	+9.780	+0.166	21
28	Paul Belmondo	Pacific	33	1:47.812	+9.861	+0.081	18

Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.

Practice 2

Practice 2
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	Interval	Laps
1	Nigel Mansell	Williams	2	1:36.852	—	—	22
2	Michael Schumacher	Benetton	5	1:37.743	+0.891	+0.891	20
3	Damon Hill	Williams	0	1:37.907	+1.055	+0.164	23
4	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren	7	1:38.463	+1.611	+0.556	16
5	Eddie Irvine	Jordan	15	1:38.835	+1.983	+0.372	20
6	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Sauber	30	1:38.845	+1.993	+0.010	21
7	Martin Brundle	McLaren	8	1:38.970	+2.118	+0.125	22
8	Jean Alesi	Ferrari	27	1:39.062	+2.210	+0.092	21
9	Johnny Herbert	Benetton	6	1:39.063	+2.211	+0.001	23
10	Rubens Barrichello	Jordan	14	1:39.095	+2.243	+0.032	12
11	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	28	1:39.262	+2.410	+0.167	19
12	Ukyo Katayama	Tyrrell	3	1:39.341	+2.489	+0.079	21
13	Alex Zanardi	Team Lotus	12	1:39.378	+2.526	+0.037	20
14	Olivier Panis	Ligier	26	1:39.729	+2.877	+0.351	22
15	Jyrki Järvilehto	Sauber	29	1:39.920	+3.068	+0.191	19
16	Gianni Morbidelli	Footwork	10	1:40.350	+3.498	+0.430	18
17	Christian Fittipaldi	Footwork	9	1:40.432	+3.580	+0.082	19
18	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi	23	1:40.542	+3.690	+0.110	22
19	Michele Alboreto	Minardi	24	1:41.013	+4.161	+0.471	23
20	Hideki Noda	Larrousse	19	1:41.066	+4.214	+0.053	22
21	Mark Blundell	Tyrrell	4	1:41.265	+4.413	+0.199	12
22	Mika Salo	Team Lotus	11	1:41.495	+4.643	+0.230	14
23	Érik Comas	Larrousse	20	1:41.523	+4.671	+0.028	23
24	Franck Lagorce	Ligier	25	1:41.786	+4.934	+0.263	16
25	David Brabham	Simtek	31	1:42.599	+5.747	+0.813	19
26	Bertrand Gachot	Pacific	34	1:44.160	+7.308	+1.561	19
27	Taki Inoue	Simtek	32	1:45.151	+8.299	+0.991	16
28	Paul Belmondo	Pacific	33	1:47.771	+10.919	+2.620	21

Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.

Warm-up

Warm-up
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	Interval	Laps
1	Martin Brundle	McLaren	8	1:57.837	—	—	11
2	Nigel Mansell	Williams	2	1:57.904	+0.067	+0.067	10
3	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Sauber	30	1:58.279	+0.442	+0.375	12
4	Mark Blundell	Tyrrell	4	1:58.914	+1.077	+0.635	9
5	Damon Hill	Williams	0	1:59.297	+1.460	+0.383	12
6	Jean Alesi	Ferrari	27	1:59.347	+1.510	+0.050	10
7	Michael Schumacher	Benetton	5	1:59.431	+1.594	+0.084	10
8	Eddie Irvine	Jordan	15	1:59.503	+1.666	+0.072	8
9	Ukyo Katayama	Tyrrell	3	2:00.743	+2.906	+1.240	8
10	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	28	2:00.762	+2.925	+0.019	11
11	Érik Comas	Larrousse	20	2:00.787	+2.950	+0.025	13
12	Rubens Barrichello	Jordan	14	2:00.843	+3.006	+0.056	10
13	Jyrki Järvilehto	Sauber	29	2:01.231	+3.394	+0.388	9
14	Olivier Panis	Ligier	26	2:01.532	+3.695	+0.301	11
15	Gianni Morbidelli	Footwork	10	2:01.880	+4.043	+0.348	7
16	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi	23	2:02.119	+4.282	+0.239	10
17	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren	7	2:02.225	+4.388	+0.106	11
18	Johnny Herbert	Benetton	6	2:02.298	+4.461	+0.073	7
19	Michele Alboreto	Minardi	24	2:02.416	+4.579	+0.118	9
20	Mika Salo	Team Lotus	11	2:03.045	+5.208	+0.629	9
21	Alex Zanardi	Team Lotus	12	2:03.560	+5.723	+0.515	8
22	David Brabham	Simtek	31	2:04.373	+6.536	+0.813	9
23	Franck Lagorce	Ligier	25	2:04.374	+6.537	+0.001	10
24	Hideki Noda	Larrousse	19	2:06.814	+8.977	+2.440	7
25	Christian Fittipaldi	Footwork	9	2:07.128	+9.291	+0.314	6
26	Taki Inoue	Simtek	32	2:07.191	+9.354	+0.063	10

Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.

The cars in this race

The photograph each car's Wikipedia article leads with, from Wikimedia Commons: taken wherever and whenever that was, not necessarily at this race.

A photograph marked unchecked has a file name that does not name the car it is shown for. Most are still the right car, filed under the driver rather than the machine — but nobody has confirmed these one by one.

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Where this comes from

Round: 15 of 1994
Grand Prix: Japanese Grand Prix
Dates: 6 Nov 1994
Layout raced: —
Format: Standard weekend
Constructor: Williams
Entrant: Williams-Renault
Confidence: reference

No layout is recorded for this round: this register has no layout timeline for the circuit, and a blank here is better than a guess.