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There were two driver changes going into the event: McLaren driver Nigel Mansell was replaced by the team's test driver, Mark Blundell, and Sauber driver Karl Wendlinger was replaced by Williams test driver and reigning International Formula 3000 champion Jean Christophe Boullion. Mansell's departure was the main talking point prior to the beginning of the race meeting, as it brought the F1 season of 1992 World Champion's troubled relationship with McLaren to an end after just two races with the team. Mansell had made a part time return to Formula One in F1 season of 1994 as a replacement for the late Ayrton Senna at Williams, but was passed over in favour of Coulthard for 1995 and opted to sign for McLaren instead. When he tested the MP4 10 chassis for the first time, it became apparent that it had a major handling imbalance, and, more seriously, that he did not fit comfortably in the cockpit. Mansell was thus forced to miss the opening two races of the season whilst the team built a wider monocoque to accommodate him. He competed in the San Marino and Spanish Grands Prix in the wider MP4 10B, but struggled to match the pace of teammate Mika Häkkinen and retired his otherwise healthy car from the latter race with handling problems. Mansell and team principal Ron Dennis subsequently agreed a mutual termination of their contract, and Blundell was restored to the seat that he had already occupied in the first two races. Blundell was employed on a race by race basis. The split marked the end of Mansell's Formula One career. His presence was still strong at Monaco, however, as the official tickets and publicity material featured a prominent image of his McLaren. Wendlinger had crashed heavily in practice for the previous year's Monaco Grand Prix, sustaining a serious head injury from which it took the rest of the season for him to recover. Since rejoining Sauber at the beginning of the current season, he had struggled to match his pre accident form, lapping several seconds per lap slower than teammate Heinz Harald Frentzen in the first four Grands Prix. Sauber released a statement clarifying that Wendlinger had not been sacked, and that he would still test for the team with a view to improving his performance. Boullion, who made his Formula One début as a result, was loaned to Sauber by Frank Williams, who was keen to use the known quantity of his test driver to evaluate Frentzen's potential for a future race seat in his team. Frentzen was in his second season of Formula One, but this event also marked his first race start at Monaco, as Sauber had withdrawn him from the previous year's race after Wendlinger's accident. The state of the Simtek team's finances was also a major topic of interest. On the Thursday before the race weekend, team principal Nick Wirth held a press conference in which he admitted that the outfit faced imminent closure unless it received money that had been promised by various sponsors. Wirth admitted that Simtek faced a budget shortfall of several million dollars needed to complete the season, part of which was due to him being the victim of "a broken deal". He also pledged to arrange a meeting of all Simtek's financial backers over the race weekend in an attempt to raise additional capital, and that the team would not travel to the following Canadian Grand Prix, an expensive "fly away" race, unless a rescue package was negotiated successfully. The team was already reduced to three gearboxes for the Monaco race meeting. As was traditional at Monaco, Ferrari also brought an additional spare car, bringing the team's total number of chassis to four. The Sauber team introduced new front and rear wings and a revised diffuser, in addition to a slightly lightened C14 chassis design. Benetton, Footwork and Tyrrell also added additional flaps and wings to the rear bodywork of their cars, whilst the latter team also applied its "Hydrolink" suspension design to the rear of the 023 for the first time. Alesi set the pace in Thursday free practice, which took place in bright and sunny weather conditions, with a time of 1:25.457. Schumacher and Hill were second and third, separated from their teammates by the two improved McLarens, with Häkkinen ahead of the returning Blundell. Berger was over two seconds slower than Alesi with the ninth fastest lap time. Schumacher was unhappy with the handling of his car, and so the rear end of the B195 was stripped down for a precautionary check before qualifying. Boullion fared even worse, as he crashed at the Nouvelle Chicane in a manner reminiscent of Wendlinger's accident the year before, but he was unhurt. Simtek's shortage of gearboxes was also apparent: lead driver Jos Verstappen's unit only allowed him to complete five laps before developing problems, but teammate Domenico Schiattarella set an encouraging 14th fastest time. Blundell was back in eighth after crashing into the barriers in the closing minutes of the session. Verstappen then took over the car and crashed it, restricting the Simtek team to a total of nine laps between its two drivers. Behind Boullion, Andrea Montermini (Pacific) set the 22nd quickest time, ahead of Moreno, who had to share his car with Diniz after the latter's gearbox failed, restricting him to 25th place, over four seconds slower than his teammate. Inoue, who still sitting in the cockpit with his helmet on but his seatbelts unfastened, sustained two impacts to the head, the severity of which was shown by the fact that a chunk had been taken out of his helmet. He was taken to The Princess Grace Hospital Centre for a brain scan and, although he was found to have sustained only a slight concussion, was not permitted to take part in the afternoon qualifying session as a precaution. The Footwork team principal, Jackie Oliver, was infuriated by the incident, and wrote an official letter of complaint to the Automobile Club de Monaco, the body responsible for organising the event. He said that Inoue would have been killed had he not been wearing his helmet, and questioned the organisation of the ACM and Ragnotti's attitude: "Why was Ragnotti out there? It's just lack of discipline. I understand he had accomplished a couple of laps before at a million miles an hour with handbrake turns at the Loews hairpin. What was the purpose of him doing it? Was it to give officials a thrill?" Schumacher was unable to improve his time on his final run, and then Hill trimmed the pole time to 1:21.952 with his own last effort of the session. The team's problems allowed Coulthard to improve to third place with a time of 1:23.109, continuing his progress as he became more familiar with the circuit. Häkkinen was another driver to be caught out by Irvine's crash at the end of the session, restricting him to sixth place on the grid ahead of Herbert, who was satisfied to qualify only a second behind Schumacher. Meanwhile, the Sauber mechanics had built up a new spare car for Frentzen (who was now driving the team's original spare car after the damage to his race car was found to be irreparable) and also repaired Boullion's damaged machine. Their Jordan counterparts had performed similar work on Irvine's car, whilst Barrichello's car suffered a broken wheel rim. Inoue was cleared to race, and set the slowest time of the session in the spare Footwork. The race took place in warm, sunny conditions, with an ambient temperature of , and was watched by a total of approximately 48,000 spectators. As the drivers completed their reconnaissance laps from the pit lane to the starting grid, an oil leak was discovered on Frentzen's Sauber, so he switched to the newly built spare car in time for the start. Most of the pursuing drivers, led by Brundle, threaded their way through the stationary cars, but Irvine knocked off his front wing, Boullion sustained a broken diffuser, and Katayama, Salo, Morbidelli, Inoue and Schiattarella were all forced to come to a halt as they negotiated the obstacles. With the track now completely blocked, the race was halted and preparations were immediately made for a completely fresh start. By this stage there had already been two retirements: Häkkinen's Mercedes engine failed due to a fuel pump drive problem on the ninth lap of the race, and Moreno spun at Sainte Dévote when a brake fluid leak caused him to lose control of his Forti a lap later. All except Montermini came in promptly to serve their penalties – some even having to form a queue in the penalty area – but the Pacific driver failed to pit within the stipulated three laps of receiving it, whereupon he was disqualified from the race, having climbed to 17th place before belatedly serving his penalty. The penalised drivers dropped back through the field as a result of losing time, with the result that after 16 laps completed, the race order was: Hill, Schumacher, Coulthard, Alesi, Berger, Herbert, Irvine, Blundell, Badoer, Katayama, Brundle, Martini, Barrichello, Panis, Frentzen, Boullion, Salo, Montermini (yet to serve his penalty), Gachot, Inoue, Diniz and Morbidelli.

Pos No Driver Constructor Q1 Time Q2 Time Gap 1 5 Damon Hill Williams Renault 1:24.659 1:21.952 2 1 Michael Schumacher Benetton Renault 1:24.146 1:22.742 +0.790 3 6 David Coulthard Williams Renault 1:26.556 1:23.109 +1.157 4 28 Gerhard Berger Ferrari 1:24.509 1:23.220 +1.268 5 27 Jean Alesi Ferrari 1:23.754 1:24.023 +1.802 6 8 Mika Häkkinen McLaren Mercedes 1:24.831 1:23.857 +1.905 7 2 Johnny Herbert Benetton Renault 1:25.623 1:23.885 +1.933 8 25 Martin Brundle Ligier Mugen Honda 1:26.457 1:24.447 +2.495 9 15 Eddie Irvine Jordan Peugeot 1:26.447 1:24.857 +2.905 10 7 Mark Blundell McLaren Mercedes 1:26.017 1:24.933 +2.981 11 14 Rubens Barrichello Jordan Peugeot 1:26.787 1:25.081 +3.129 12 26 Olivier Panis Ligier Mugen Honda 1:26.579 1:25.125 +3.173 13 9 Gianni Morbidelli Footwork Hart 1:26.828 1:25.447 +3.495 14 30 Heinz Harald Frentzen Sauber Ford 1:25.661 no time +3.709 15 3 Ukyo Katayama Tyrrell Yamaha 1:28.439 1:25.808 +3.856 16 24 Luca Badoer Minardi Ford 1:27.615 1:25.969 +4.017 17 4 Mika Salo Tyrrell Yamaha 1:28.123 1:26.473 +4.521 18 23 Pierluigi Martini Minardi Ford 1:27.714 1:26.913 +4.961 19 29 Jean Christophe Boullion Sauber Ford 1:30.014 1:27.145 +5.193 20 11 Domenico Schiattarella Simtek Ford 1:29.439 1:28.337 +6.385 21 16 Bertrand Gachot Pacific Ford 13:33.570 1:29.039 +7.087 22 21 Pedro Diniz Forti Ford 1:34.963 1:29.244 +7.292 23 12 Jos Verstappen Simtek Ford 1:29.391 1:30.015 +7.439 24 22 Roberto Moreno Forti Ford 1:30.461 1:29.608 +7.656 25 17 Andrea Montermini Pacific Ford 1:30.149 no time +8.197 26 10 Taki Inoue Footwork Hart 1:31.542 no time +9.590Source:
Montermini was black flagged for failing to serve his stop and go penalty within the required three laps since its issue. Verstappen's result is often given as a retirement rather than a failure to start, even though he did not take the second start as his gearbox failed at the start of the second formation lap. Schiattarella did not take the restart as his undamaged car was not recovered from the first corner, and was later seriously damaged when it fell off a recovery vehicle.