1994 жылғы Испания Гран-присі: Хиллдің жеңісі және трагедиялық оқиғалар

The 1994 Spanish Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on 29 May 1994 at the Circuit de Catalunya, Montmeló. It was the 36th Spanish Grand Prix and the fourth to be held at the Circuit de Catalunya, and the fifth race of the 1994 Formula One World Championship. The 65 lap race was won by Englishman Damon Hill, driving a Williams Renault. It was the first victory of the season for Hill and the Williams team, who were still recovering from the death of Ayrton Senna at Imola four weeks previously. Hill won by 24 seconds from German driver and championship leader Michael Schumacher, whose Benetton Ford was stuck in fifth gear for most of the race. Another Englishman, Mark Blundell, finished third in a Tyrrell Yamaha, which would turn out to be the final podium finish for him and the Tyrrell team. The Grand Prix was additionally notable for the season ending crash of debutant Italian driver Andrea Montermini in his Simtek S941 on the front straight. Montermini, elevated from test driver status after the death of Roland Ratzenberger at the San Marino Grand Prix crashed heavily into the pit wall. It also marked the Formula One debut of Scottish driver David Coulthard, replacing Senna for Williams. The new Lotus 109 made its debut this weekend replacing the two year old 107.

This was the first race for the newly formed Grand Prix Drivers Association (GPDA). Several top level names, including Michael Schumacher, Damon Hill, and Gerhard Berger, were instrumental in the setup and running of the GPDA, and they took the decision to install a temporary chicane before the Nissan corner. This was an attempt to improve safety, as well as limit speeds around the track, as the Nissan corner was generally taken at near flat out speeds. Sauber entered only one car for this race due to Karl Wendlinger's injury at the previous race.

Michael Schumacher took the second pole position in succession and the second of his career. Damon Hill also lined up on the front row, his time had been beaten by Schumacher's by over half a second, and he was only one thousandth of a second ahead of Mika Häkkinen. The pair's respective Williams and McLaren teammates lined up eighth and ninth, McLaren's Martin Brundle on the fourth row in front of a disappointed David Coulthard for Williams. Schumacher's Benetton teammate – JJ Lehto – had done a bit better for himself and lined up fourth. Rubens Barrichello's Jordan qualified in fifth, followed by the two Ferraris. Tyrrell driver Ukyo Katayama was the other driver in the top ten, while at the back Andrea Montermini crashed heavily in the Simtek previously driven by Roland Ratzenberger and broke his ankles. He thus did not set a timed lap in the second session, and failed to qualify, although he would have been unable to start the race anyway.

Olivier Beretta retired when his Larousse Ford's engine failed on the formation lap. Schumacher led from pole position at the start of the race whilst Barrichello and Berger collided at the first corner. Neither driver retired as a direct result of the collision, although both did eventually, but Berger was forced to run across the grass and lost places and would eventually retire on lap 28 with gearbox problems. Coulthard climbed up to fifth place from his ninth place starting spot, but his car stalled in the pits on lap 16. Despite retiring from twelfth place on lap 32 with electrical problems, he described his race as a "good debut overall". While Williams notched up their first victory of the season, and first after the death of Ayrton Senna, championship leader Michael Schumacher finished a strong second, despite being stuck in fifth gear for most of the race. Meanwhile Rubens Barrichello retired after he spun off near the pit entry on lap 40 and Schumacher was once again able to make a pitstop and not stall the car. After the pit stops, Mika Häkkinen was in third place for McLaren behind Hill and Schumacher, having temporarily been in front of Schumacher earlier in the race. Häkkinen's engine failed as did JJ Lehto's Benetton Ford engine 5 laps after Hakkinen on lap 54, though granting the place to Hakkinen's teammate Martin Brundle. Brundle then retired himself after a transmission explosion from the back of his car at the first corner by lap 60 and was classified 11th. Mark Blundell, for Tyrrell, completed the podium celebrations, scoring his 3rd and last podium of his career.

After the race, the Williams team were very emotional with Hill's win. I don't think I have known such a difficult month. Everyone at Williams has been through a terrible time. This victory must go to them and to all the fans of Ayrton Senna who I met in Brazil. They wanted Williams to be successful. It was important to do well in this race and to win it is better than I expected to do.

Pos No Driver Constructor Q1 Time Q2 Time Gap 1 5 Michael Schumacher Benetton Ford 1:23.426 1:21.908 2 0 Damon Hill Williams Renault 1:24.716 1:22.559 +0.651 3 7 Mika Häkkinen McLaren Peugeot 1:24.580 1:22.660 +0.752 4 6 JJ Lehto Benetton Ford 1:25.587 1:22.983 +1.075 5 14 Rubens Barrichello Jordan Hart 1:25.990 1:23.594 +1.686 6 27 Jean Alesi Ferrari 1:24.997 1:23.700 +1.792 7 28 Gerhard Berger Ferrari 1:26.121 1:23.715 +1.807 8 8 Martin Brundle McLaren Peugeot 1:26.614 1:23.763 +1.855 9 2 David Coulthard Williams Renault 1:27.428 1:23.782 +1.874 10 3 Ukyo Katayama Tyrrell Yamaha 1:27.017 1:23.969 +2.061 11 4 Mark Blundell Tyrrell Yamaha 1:25.863 1:23.981 +2.073 12 30 Heinz Harald Frentzen Sauber Mercedes 1:25.115 1:24.254 +2.346 13 15 Eddie Irvine Jordan Hart 1:26.368 1:24.930 +3.022 14 24 Michele Alboreto Minardi Ford 1:26.595 1:24.996 +3.088 15 10 Gianni Morbidelli Footwork Ford 1:27.459 1:25.018 +3.110 16 20 Érik Comas Larrousse Ford 1:26.097 1:25.050 +3.142 17 19 Olivier Beretta Larrousse Ford 1:28.011 1:25.161 +3.253 18 23 Pierluigi Martini Minardi Ford 1:25.502 1:25.247 +3.339 19 26 Olivier Panis Ligier Renault 1:27.872 1:25.577 +3.669 20 25 Éric Bernard Ligier Renault 1:28.289 1:25.766 +3.858 21 9 Christian Fittipaldi Footwork Ford 1:27.631 1:26.084 +4.176 22 12 Johnny Herbert Lotus Mugen Honda 28:05.683 1:26.397 +4.489 23 11 Alessandro Zanardi Lotus Mugen Honda 1:30.379 1:27.685 +5.777 24 31 David Brabham Simtek Ford 1:30.797 1:28.151 +6.243 25 34 Bertrand Gachot Pacific Ilmor 1:34.318 1:28.873 +6.965 26 33 Paul Belmondo Pacific Ilmor 1:31.750 1:30.657 +8.749 DNQ 32 Andrea Montermini Simtek Ford 1:31.111 No time +9.203 Sources:

Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 0 Damon Hill Williams Renault 65 1:36:14.374 2 10 2 5 Michael Schumacher Benetton Ford 65 + 24.166 1 6 3 4 Mark Blundell Tyrrell Yamaha 65 + 1:26.969 11 4 4 27 Jean Alesi Ferrari 64 + 1 lap 6 3 5 23 Pierluigi Martini Minardi Ford 64 + 1 lap 18 2 6 15 Eddie Irvine Jordan Hart 64 + 1 lap 13 1 7 26 Olivier Panis Ligier Renault 63 + 2 laps 19   8 25 Éric Bernard Ligier Renault 62 + 3 laps 20   9 11 Alessandro Zanardi Lotus Mugen Honda 62 + 3 laps 23   10 31 David Brabham Simtek Ford 61 + 4 laps 24   11 8 Martin Brundle McLaren Peugeot 59 Clutch 8   Ret 6 JJ Lehto Benetton Ford 53 Engine 4   Ret 7 Mika Häkkinen McLaren Peugeot 48 Engine 3   Ret 12 Johnny Herbert Lotus Mugen Honda 41 Spun off 22   Ret 14 Rubens Barrichello Jordan Hart 39 Spun off 5   Ret 9 Christian Fittipaldi Footwork Ford 35 Gearbox 21   Ret 2 David Coulthard Williams Renault 32 Electrical 9   Ret 34 Bertrand Gachot Pacific Ilmor 32 Broken wing 25   Ret 28 Gerhard Berger Ferrari 27 Gearbox 7   Ret 10 Gianni Morbidelli Footwork Ford 24 Fuel system 15   Ret 30 Heinz Harald Frentzen Sauber Mercedes 21 Gearbox 12   Ret 20 Érik Comas Larrousse Ford 19 Radiator 16   Ret 3 Ukyo Katayama Tyrrell Yamaha 16 Engine 10   Ret 24 Michele Alboreto Minardi Ford 4 Engine 14   Ret 33 Paul Belmondo Pacific Ilmor 2 Spun off 26   DNS 19 Olivier Beretta Larrousse Ford 0 Engine 17  Source: