The 1994 Canadian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on 12 June 1994 at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It was the sixth race of the 1994 Formula One World Championship and the 32nd Canadian Grand Prix.
The 69-lap race was won from pole position by Michael Schumacher, driving a Benetton-Ford, with Damon Hill second in a Williams-Renault and Jean Alesi third in a Ferrari. The win, Schumacher's fifth of the season, put him 33 points clear of Hill in the Drivers' Championship.
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Background A temporary chicane was inserted between the hairpin and the Casino corner on the back straight, so as to decrease top speed and increase safety in the wake of Ayrton Senna's fatal crash at Imola. Teams had also been ordered to cut holes in the airboxes on the back of the cars, so as to decrease the 'ram air' effect and thus decrease engine output. As the FIA did not standardize where the holes had to be cut, each team interpreted the rule in different ways. Teams were also running on 'pump fuel' as of this race, in a bid to further lower engine output and trap speeds.
Simtek entered only one car for Canada, following the injuries to Andrea Montermini at the previous race in Spain. Andrea de Cesaris replaced the injured Karl Wendlinger at Sauber, and would thus make his 200th Grand Prix start at Montreal.
Race Michael Schumacher took his fifth victory from six races in his Benetton, finishing nearly 40 seconds ahead of Damon Hill's Williams. Ferrari driver Jean Alesi finished third, just ahead of teammate Gerhard Berger, the last driver on the lead lap. Hill's teammate David Coulthard was fifth, scoring his first points in Formula One, while Christian Fittipaldi crossed the line sixth but was disqualified when his Footwork was found to be underweight. Schumacher's teammate JJ Lehto was therefore promoted to sixth, scoring his last career point in Formula One.
During the race, Érik Comas became the first Formula One driver to be penalised for speeding in the pit lane; he received a ten-second stop-go penalty.
Post-race
Classification
Qualifying
Pos No Driver Constructor Q1 Time Q2 Time Gap 1 5 Michael Schumacher Benetton-Ford 1:26.820 1:26.178 2 27 Jean Alesi Ferrari 1:26.277 1:26.319 +0.099 3 28 Gerhard Berger Ferrari 1:27.652 1:27.059 +0.881 4 0 Damon Hill Williams-Renault 1:28.011 1:27.094 +0.916 5 2 David Coulthard Williams-Renault 1:28.636 1:27.211 +1.033 6 14 Rubens Barrichello Jordan-Hart 1:28.612 1:27.554 +1.376 7 7 Mika Häkkinen McLaren-Peugeot 1:27.616 1:27.851 +1.438 8 15 Eddie Irvine Jordan-Hart 1:28.843 1:27.780 +1.602 9 3 Ukyo Katayama Tyrrell-Yamaha 1:27.827 1:27.953 +1.649 10 30 Heinz-Harald Frentzen Sauber-Mercedes 1:28.048 1:27.977 +1.799 11 10 Gianni Morbidelli Footwork-Ford 1:28.730 1:27.989 +1.811 12 8 Martin Brundle McLaren-Peugeot 1:28.451 1:28.197 +2.019 13 4 Mark Blundell Tyrrell-Yamaha 1:29.108 1:28.579 +2.401 14 29 Andrea de Cesaris Sauber-Mercedes 1:29.793 1:28.694 +2.516 15 23 Pierluigi Martini Minardi-Ford 1:29.691 1:28.847 +2.669 16 9 Christian Fittipaldi Footwork-Ford 1:29.493 1:28.882 +2.704 17 12 Johnny Herbert Lotus-Mugen-Honda 1:30.063 1:28.889 +2.711 18 24 Michele Alboreto Minardi-Ford 1:29.597 1:28.903 +2.725 19 26 Olivier Panis Ligier-Renault 1:29.530 1:28.950 +2.772 20 6 JJ Lehto Benetton-Ford 1:29.580 1:28.993 +2.815 21 20 Érik Comas Larrousse-Ford 1:29.653 1:29.039 +2.861 22 19 Olivier Beretta Larrousse-Ford 1:31.167 1:29.403 +3.225 23 11 Alessandro Zanardi Lotus-Mugen-Honda 1:31.698 1:30.160 +3.982 24 25 Éric Bernard Ligier-Renault 1:30.806 1:30.493 +4.315 25 31 David Brabham Simtek-Ford 1:32.376 1:31.632 +5.454 26 34 Bertrand Gachot Pacific-Ilmor 1:32.838 1:32.877 +6.660 33 Paul Belmondo Pacific-Ilmor 1:33.291 1:33.006 +6.828
Race Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 5 Michael Schumacher Benetton-Ford 69 1:44:31.887 1 10 2 0 Damon Hill Williams-Renault 69 + 39.660 4 6 3 27 Jean Alesi Ferrari 69 + 1:13.338 2 4 4 28 Gerhard Berger Ferrari 69 + 1:15.609 3 3 5 2 David Coulthard Williams-Renault 68 + 1 lap 5 2 6 6 JJ Lehto Benetton-Ford 68 + 1 lap 20 1 7 14 Rubens Barrichello Jordan-Hart 68 + 1 lap 6 8 12 Johnny Herbert Lotus-Mugen-Honda 68 + 1 lap 17 9 23 Pierluigi Martini Minardi-Ford 68 + 1 lap 15 10 4 Mark Blundell Tyrrell-Yamaha 67 Spun off 13 11 24 Michele Alboreto Minardi-Ford 67 + 2 laps 18 12 26 Olivier Panis Ligier-Renault 67 + 2 laps 19 13 25 Éric Bernard Ligier-Renault 66 + 3 laps 24 14 31 David Brabham Simtek-Ford 65 + 4 laps 25 15 11 Alessandro Zanardi Lotus-Mugen-Honda 62 + 7 laps 23 7 Mika Häkkinen McLaren-Peugeot 61 Engine 7 19 Olivier Beretta Larrousse-Ford 57 Engine 22 10 Gianni Morbidelli Footwork-Ford 50 Transmission 11 34 Bertrand Gachot Pacific-Ilmor 47 Oil pressure 26 20 Érik Comas Larrousse-Ford 45 Clutch 21 3 Ukyo Katayama Tyrrell-Yamaha 44 Accident 9 15 Eddie Irvine Jordan-Hart 40 Spun off 8 29 Andrea de Cesaris Sauber-Mercedes 24 Oil pressure 14 30 Heinz-Harald Frentzen Sauber-Mercedes 5 Spun off 10 8 Martin Brundle McLaren-Peugeot 3 Electrical 12 9 Christian Fittipaldi Footwork-Ford 68 Car underweight 16 Source:
Championship standings after the race
Drivers' Championship standings PosDriverPoints 1 Michael Schumacher 56 2 Damon Hill 23 3 Gerhard Berger 13 4 Jean Alesi 13 5 Rubens Barrichello 7Source:
Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 Benetton-Ford 57 2 Ferrari 32 3 Williams-Renault 25 4 Jordan-Hart 11 5 McLaren-Peugeot 10Source:
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