1994 жылғы Бразилия Гран-присі

The 1994 Brazilian Grand Prix (formally the XXIII Grande Prêmio do Brasil) was a Formula One motor race held on 27 March 1994 at the Autódromo José Carlos Pace, São Paulo. It was the first race of the 1994 Formula One World Championship. The 71 lap race was won by German driver Michael Schumacher, driving a Benetton Ford, after starting from second position. Local hero Ayrton Senna took pole position in his Williams Renault and led before being overtaken by Schumacher at the first round of pit stops, after which he spun off. Senna's British teammate Damon Hill finished second, with Frenchman Jean Alesi third in a Ferrari.

The first race of the 1994 season saw five drivers made their F1 debuts: Heinz Harald Frentzen, Olivier Panis, Jos Verstappen, Olivier Beretta and Roland Ratzenberger. There were also two new teams: Simtek, who had previously been involved in F1 as the designers of the Andrea Moda S921 in 1992, and Pacific Racing, who had enjoyed much success in lower formulae.

In his first race for Williams, Ayrton Senna took pole position by 0.3 of a second from Michael Schumacher's Benetton. Jean Alesi was third in his Ferrari, over a second behind Schumacher, with Damon Hill fourth in the other Williams. Frentzen impressed by taking fifth in his Sauber, with Gianni Morbidelli – back in F1 after contesting the 1993 Italian Superturismo Championship – taking sixth in his Footwork. The top ten was completed by Karl Wendlinger in the second Sauber, Mika Häkkinen in the McLaren, Verstappen in the second Benetton and Ukyo Katayama in the Tyrrell. Of the two new teams, Bertrand Gachot qualified 25th in his Pacific and David Brabham 26th in his Simtek, with their respective teammates Paul Belmondo and Ratzenberger failing to qualify.

Pos No Driver Constructor Q1 Q2 Gap 1 2 Ayrton Senna Williams Renault 1:16.386 1:15.962 — 2 5 Michael Schumacher Benetton Ford 1:16.575 1:16.290 +0.328 3 27 Jean Alesi Ferrari 1:17.772 1:17.385 +1.423 4 0 Damon Hill Williams Renault 1:18.270 1:17.554 +1.592 5 30 Heinz Harald Frentzen Sauber Mercedes 1:18.144 1:17.806 +1.844 6 10 Gianni Morbidelli Footwork Ford 1:18.970 1:17.866 +1.904 7 29 Karl Wendlinger Sauber Mercedes 1:17.982 1:17.927 +1.965 8 7 Mika Häkkinen McLaren Peugeot 1:18.122 1:19.576 +2.160 9 6 Jos Verstappen Benetton Ford 1:18.787 1:18.183 +2.221 10 3 Ukyo Katayama Tyrrell Yamaha 1:19.519 1:18.194 +2.232 11 9 Christian Fittipaldi Footwork Ford 1:18.730 1:18.204 +2.242 12 4 Mark Blundell Tyrrell Yamaha 1:19.045 1:18.246 +2.284 13 20 Érik Comas Larrousse Ford 1:18.990 1:18.321 +2.359 14 14 Rubens Barrichello Jordan Hart 1:18.759 1:18.414 +2.452 15 23 Pierluigi Martini Minardi Ford 1:18.659 no time +2.697 16 15 Eddie Irvine Jordan Hart 1:19.269 1:18.751 +2.789 17 28 Gerhard Berger Ferrari 1:18.931 1:18.855 +2.893 18 8 Martin Brundle McLaren Peugeot 1:18.864 13:18.601 +2.902 19 26 Olivier Panis Ligier Renault 1:19.304 1:19.533 +3.342 20 25 Éric Bernard Ligier Renault 1:19.396 1:19.633 +3.434 21 12 Johnny Herbert Lotus Mugen Honda 1:19.798 1:19.483 +3.521 22 24 Michele Alboreto Minardi Ford 1:19.517 no time +3.555 23 19 Olivier Beretta Larrousse Ford 1:19.922 1:19.524 +3.562 24 11 Pedro Lamy Lotus Mugen Honda 1:21.029 1:19.975 +4.013 25 34 Bertrand Gachot Pacific Ilmor 1:22.495 1:20.729 +4.767 26 31 David Brabham Simtek Ford 1:22.266 1:21.186 +5.224DNQ 32 Roland Ratzenberger Simtek Ford 1:22.707 1:23.109 +6.745DNQ 33 Paul Belmondo Pacific Ilmor no time no time — Sources:

At the start Senna led from pole position, while Alesi overtook Schumacher. Schumacher retook second place on lap 2 and started chasing after Senna, who had pulled a four second lead in the opening laps. Before the pit stops Schumacher had reduced the gap to just over a second, and on lap 21 the leading pair entered the pit lane together. Despite both teams running the same fuel strategy, Schumacher's stop was faster than Senna's, and thus he took the lead. On lap 35, there was a four car pile up as Eddie Irvine and Verstappen came up to lap the Ligier of Éric Bernard. All three were rapidly closing up on Martin Brundle's McLaren which had suffered an engine failure. Faced with the prospect of colliding with the McLaren, Irvine jinked left as Verstappen attempted an overtake on that side thus forcing Verstappen on to the grass; Verstappen then lost control of his car and somersaulted over the McLaren whilst Bernard took avoiding action to the right. Brundle's helmet was impacted by the airborne Benetton although he escaped serious injury. Irvine was subsequently sanctioned by the FIA with a one race ban, which was increased to three after the appeal of Jordan failed; Irvine was already under investigation due to an incident with Senna in Suzuka the year before. Schumacher increased his lead to 10 seconds after the second round of pit stops, after which Senna started to close. By lap 55 the pair had lapped third place runner Hill and the gap was down to 5 seconds, but then Senna lost control of his Williams and retired. After Senna's retirement Schumacher won comfortably, a lap ahead of Hill in second place and Alesi finishing third. Rubens Barrichello, Katayama and Wendlinger completed the top six, Katayama scoring his first points.

Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 5 Michael Schumacher Benetton Ford 71 1:35:38.759 2 10 2 0 Damon Hill Williams Renault 70 + 1 lap 4 6 3 27 Jean Alesi Ferrari 70 + 1 lap 3 4 4 14 Rubens Barrichello Jordan Hart 70 + 1 lap 14 3 5 3 Ukyo Katayama Tyrrell Yamaha 69 + 2 laps 10 2 6 29 Karl Wendlinger Sauber Mercedes 69 + 2 laps 7 1 7 12 Johnny Herbert Lotus Mugen Honda 69 + 2 laps 21   8 23 Pierluigi Martini Minardi Ford 69 + 2 laps 15   9 20 Érik Comas Larrousse Ford 68 + 3 laps 13   10 11 Pedro Lamy Lotus Mugen Honda 68 + 3 laps 24   11 26 Olivier Panis Ligier Renault 68 + 3 laps 19   12 31 David Brabham Simtek Ford 67 + 4 laps 26   Ret 2 Ayrton Senna Williams Renault 55 Spun off 1   Ret 8 Martin Brundle McLaren Peugeot 34 Collision 18   Ret 15 Eddie Irvine Jordan Hart 34 Collision 16   Ret 6 Jos Verstappen Benetton Ford 34 Collision 9   Ret 25 Éric Bernard Ligier Renault 33 Collision 20   Ret 4 Mark Blundell Tyrrell Yamaha 21 Spun off 12   Ret 9 Christian Fittipaldi Footwork Ford 21 Gearbox 11   Ret 30 Heinz Harald Frentzen Sauber Mercedes 15 Spun off 5   Ret 7 Mika Häkkinen McLaren Peugeot 13 Engine 8   Ret 24 Michele Alboreto Minardi Ford 7 Engine 22   Ret 10 Gianni Morbidelli Footwork Ford 5 Gearbox 6   Ret 28 Gerhard Berger Ferrari 5 Engine 17   Ret 19 Olivier Beretta Larrousse Ford 2 Collision 23   Ret 34 Bertrand Gachot Pacific Ilmor 1 Collision 25  Source: