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French Grand Prix

Grand Prix de France 1994

Round 7 of 16Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours, NeversJul 3 199472 laps

Podium

HILWilliams

MSCBenetton

BERFerrari

Key facts

WinnerMSC1:38:35.704 from P3

PoleHIL1:16.282

Fastest lapHIL1:19.678 on lap 4

Pit stops37recorded stops

Finishers11 / 26classified

Race result

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	+/-	Laps	Time / gap	Pts	Fastest lap	Stops
1	MSCMichael Schumacher	Benetton	3	▲2	72	1:38:35.704	10	1:19.753	3
2	HILDamon Hill	Williams	1	▼1	72	+12.642s	6	1:19.678	2
3	BERGerhard Berger	Ferrari	5	▲2	72	+52.765s	4	1:20.659	2
4	FREHeinz-Harald Frentzen	Sauber	10	▲6	71	+1 lap	3	1:22.080	2
5	MARPierluigi Martini	Minardi	16	▲11	70	+2 laps	2	1:22.740	2
6	DECAndrea De Cesaris	Sauber	11	▲5	70	+2 laps	1	1:22.121	2
7	HERJohnny Herbert	Lotus	19	▲12	70	+2 laps		1:22.763	2
8	FITChristian Fittipaldi	Footwork	18	▲10	70	+2 laps		1:22.852	1
9	GOUJean-Marc Gounon	Simtek	26	▲17	68	+4 laps		1:24.351	2
10	BLUMark Blundell	Tyrrell	17	▲7	67	+5 laps		1:23.368	1
11	COMÉrik Comas	Larrousse	20	▲9	66	+6 laps		1:23.037	1
DNF	KATUkyo Katayama	Tyrrell	14		53	Spun off		1:22.493	2
DNF	HAKMika Häkkinen	McLaren	9		48	Engine		1:21.829	2
DNF	MANNigel Mansell	Williams	2		45	Gearbox		1:20.242	2
DNF	ALEJean Alesi	Ferrari	4		41	Collision		1:20.220	1
DNF	BARRubens Barrichello	Jordan	7		41	Collision		1:20.762	1
DNF	EBEÉric Bernard	Ligier	15		40	Gearbox		1:23.195	2
DNF	OBEOlivier Beretta	Larrousse	25		36	Engine		1:23.739	1
DNF	BRUMartin Brundle	McLaren	12		29	Engine		1:21.992	1
DNF	MORGianni Morbidelli	Footwork	22		28	Collision		1:23.299
DNF	PANOlivier Panis	Ligier	13		28	Collision		1:22.625	1
DNF	BRADavid Brabham	Simtek	24		28	Transmission		1:23.920	1
DNF	VERJos Verstappen	Benetton	8		25	Spun off		1:21.536	2
DNF	IRVEddie Irvine	Jordan	6		24	Gearbox		1:22.007
DNF	ALBMichele Alboreto	Minardi	21		21	Engine		1:23.676	1
DNF	ZANAlex Zanardi	Lotus	23		20	Engine		1:23.558

Fastest pit stops

#	Driver	Lap	Pit lane
1	MSC	55	22.9s
2	MSC	38	23.0s
3	MAN	30	23.7s
4	HIL	46	24.2s
5	VER	23	24.3s
6	MSC	21	24.9s
7	DEC	22	25.4s
8	BRU	21	25.5s
9	HAK	46	25.5s
10	ALE	20	25.7s
11	KAT	44	25.8s
12	MAN	19	26.2s

Time from pit entry to pit exit. 37 stops in total.

Qualifying

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap to pole
1	HILDamon Hill	Williams	1:16.282
2	MANNigel Mansell	Williams	1:16.359	+0.077s
3	MSCMichael Schumacher	Benetton	1:16.707	+0.425s
4	ALEJean Alesi	Ferrari	1:16.954	+0.672s
5	BERGerhard Berger	Ferrari	1:16.959	+0.677s
6	IRVEddie Irvine	Jordan	1:17.441	+1.159s
7	BARRubens Barrichello	Jordan	1:17.482	+1.200s
8	VERJos Verstappen	Benetton	1:17.645	+1.363s
9	HAKMika Häkkinen	McLaren	1:17.768	+1.486s
10	FREHeinz-Harald Frentzen	Sauber	1:17.830	+1.548s
11	DECAndrea De Cesaris	Sauber	1:17.866	+1.584s
12	BRUMartin Brundle	McLaren	1:18.031	+1.749s
13	PANOlivier Panis	Ligier	1:18.044	+1.762s
14	KATUkyo Katayama	Tyrrell	1:18.192	+1.910s
15	EBEÉric Bernard	Ligier	1:18.236	+1.954s
16	MARPierluigi Martini	Minardi	1:18.248	+1.966s
17	BLUMark Blundell	Tyrrell	1:18.381	+2.099s
18	FITChristian Fittipaldi	Footwork	1:18.568	+2.286s
19	HERJohnny Herbert	Lotus	1:18.715	+2.433s
20	COMÉrik Comas	Larrousse	1:18.811	+2.529s
21	ALBMichele Alboreto	Minardi	1:18.890	+2.608s
22	MORGianni Morbidelli	Footwork	1:18.936	+2.654s
23	ZANAlex Zanardi	Lotus	1:19.066	+2.784s
24	BRADavid Brabham	Simtek	1:19.771	+3.489s
25	OBEOlivier Beretta	Larrousse	1:19.863	+3.581s
26	GOUJean-Marc Gounon	Simtek	1:21.829	+5.547s
27	GACBertrand Gachot	Pacific	1:21.952	+5.670s
28	BELPaul Belmondo	Pacific	1:23.004	+6.722s

Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours

Layout of the circuit as raced in 1994. Outline from F1DB.

Previous winners here

1993	Alain Prost	Williams
1992	Nigel Mansell	Williams
1991	Nigel Mansell	Williams

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