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Japanese Grand Prix

1995 Fuji Television Japanese Grand Prix

Round 16 of 17Suzuka Circuit, SuzukaOct 29 199553 laps

Podium

HAKMcLaren

MSCBenetton

HERBenetton

Key facts

WinnerMSC1:36:52.930 from P1

PoleMSC1:38.023

Fastest lapMSC1:42.976 on lap 33

Pit stops41recorded stops

Finishers12 / 24classified

Race result

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	+/-	Laps	Time / gap	Pts	Fastest lap	Stops
1	MSCMichael Schumacher	Benetton	1	–	53	1:36:52.930	10	1:42.976	2
2	HAKMika Häkkinen	McLaren	3	▲1	53	+19.337s	6	1:43.369	2
3	HERJohnny Herbert	Benetton	9	▲6	53	+83.804s	4	1:43.404	3
4	IRVEddie Irvine	Jordan	7	▲3	53	+102.136s	3	1:43.477	3
5	PANOlivier Panis	Ligier	11	▲6	52	+1 lap	2	1:45.661	2
6	SALMika Salo	Tyrrell	12	▲6	52	+1 lap	1	1:45.625	2
7	BLUMark Blundell	McLaren	23	▲16	52	+1 lap		1:44.287	2
8	FREHeinz-Harald Frentzen	Sauber	8	–	52	+1 lap		1:44.211	3
9	BADLuca Badoer	Minardi	17	▲8	51	+2 laps		1:47.025	2
10	WENKarl Wendlinger	Sauber	15	▲5	51	+2 laps		1:45.824	3
11	LAMPedro Lamy	Minardi	16	▲5	51	+2 laps		1:46.954	2
12	INOTaki Inoue	Footwork	18	▲6	51	+2 laps		1:46.600	2
DNF	HILDamon Hill	Williams	4		40	Spun off		1:43.193	3
DNF	COUDavid Coulthard	Williams	6		39	Spun off		1:43.079	2
DNF	DINPedro Diniz	Forti	20		32	Spun off		1:50.261	2
DNF	ALEJean Alesi	Ferrari	2		24	Driveshaft		1:44.370	2
DNF	MONAndrea Montermini	Pacific	19		23	Spun off		1:49.985	1
DNF	BERGerhard Berger	Ferrari	5		16	Electrical		1:52.165	1
DNF	BARRubens Barrichello	Jordan	10		15	Spun off		1:51.343	1
DNF	KATUkyo Katayama	Tyrrell	13		12	Spun off		1:56.404	1
DNF	GACBertrand Gachot	Pacific	22		6	Halfshaft		2:06.927
DNF	RMORoberto Moreno	Forti	21		1	Gearbox		–
DNF	MORGianni Morbidelli	Footwork	14		0	Spun off		–
DNS	SUZAguri Suzuki	Ligier	–		0	Injury		–

Fastest pit stops

#	Driver	Lap	Pit lane
1	BER	6	22.8s
2	ALE	5	29.7s
3	HAK	11	32.2s
4	BLU	11	32.2s
5	HER	8	32.4s
6	MSC	10	32.5s
7	HER	40	32.6s
8	ALE	7	32.7s
9	BAR	8	32.9s
10	HER	26	33.0s
11	IRV	37	33.1s
12	COU	10	33.7s

Time from pit entry to pit exit. 41 stops in total.

Qualifying

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap to pole
1	MSCMichael Schumacher	Benetton	1:38.023
2	ALEJean Alesi	Ferrari	1:38.888	+0.865s
3	HAKMika Häkkinen	McLaren	1:38.954	+0.931s
4	HILDamon Hill	Williams	1:39.032	+1.009s
5	BERGerhard Berger	Ferrari	1:39.040	+1.017s
6	COUDavid Coulthard	Williams	1:39.155	+1.132s
7	IRVEddie Irvine	Jordan	1:39.621	+1.598s
8	FREHeinz-Harald Frentzen	Sauber	1:40.010	+1.987s
9	HERJohnny Herbert	Benetton	1:40.349	+2.326s
10	BARRubens Barrichello	Jordan	1:40.381	+2.358s
11	PANOlivier Panis	Ligier	1:40.838	+2.815s
12	SALMika Salo	Tyrrell	1:41.355	+3.332s
13	SUZAguri Suzuki	Ligier	1:41.592	+3.569s
14	KATUkyo Katayama	Tyrrell	1:41.977	+3.954s
15	MORGianni Morbidelli	Footwork	1:42.059	+4.036s
16	WENKarl Wendlinger	Sauber	1:42.912	+4.889s
17	LAMPedro Lamy	Minardi	1:43.102	+5.079s
18	BADLuca Badoer	Minardi	1:43.542	+5.519s
19	INOTaki Inoue	Footwork	1:44.074	+6.051s
20	MONAndrea Montermini	Pacific	1:46.097	+8.074s
21	DINPedro Diniz	Forti	1:46.654	+8.631s
22	RMORoberto Moreno	Forti	1:48.267	+10.244s
23	GACBertrand Gachot	Pacific	1:48.289	+10.266s
24	BLUMark Blundell	McLaren	16:42.640	+904.617s

Suzuka Circuit

Layout of the circuit as raced in 1995. Outline from F1DB.

Previous winners here

1994	Damon Hill	Williams
1993	Ayrton Senna	McLaren
1992	Riccardo Patrese	Williams
1991	Gerhard Berger	McLaren
1990	Nelson Piquet	Benetton
1989	Alessandro Nannini	Benetton
1988	Ayrton Senna	McLaren
1987	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari

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