The 1995 Spanish Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on 14 May 1995 at the Circuit de Catalunya, Montmeló. It was the fourth race of the 1995 Formula One season. Both Damon Hill and Rubens Barrichello experienced gearbox problems on the final lap, Hill dropping from 2nd (which would have kept him in the lead of the championship) to 4th, and Barrichello from 6th to 7th. This race marked the second and last one-two of Benetton, with Michael Schumacher and Johnny Herbert (and the first since 1990 Japanese Grand Prix, with the Brazilian drivers Nelson Piquet and Roberto Moreno), and the last Grand Prix start of 1992 World Champion Nigel Mansell who would leave the McLaren team after experiencing two difficult races when driving for the team.
Summary The green light failed to illuminate at the start, leaving the start to be indicated only by the red lights being turned off. Michael Schumacher led from start to finish on a two stop strategy. His team mate Johnny Herbert left the pits with the rear jack attached to his car, while Bertrand Gachot suffered a small refuelling fire when pulling away from his second stop.
Mansell's poor spell with the McLaren team came to an end when he retired the MP4/10 in the pits when already well down the order, complaining of poor handling. On the last lap Hill, lying second, suffered a hydraulic problem which saw him crawl across the line in fourth. This allowed Herbert to finish second, his best finish to date and his first ever podium finish. Barrichello had a similar problem losing sixth to Panis – both incidents were unseen by the TV coverage.
Classification Qualifying Pos No Driver Constructor Q1 Q2 Gap 1 1 Michael Schumacher Benetton-Renault 1:23.535 1:21.452 — 2 27 Jean Alesi Ferrari 1:23.104 1:22.052 +0.600 3 28 Gerhard Berger Ferrari 1:23.458 1:22.071 +0.619 4 6 David Coulthard Williams-Renault 1:23.496 1:22.332 +0.880 5 5 Damon Hill Williams-Renault 1:24.356 1:22.349 +0.897 6 15 Eddie Irvine Jordan-Peugeot 1:24.891 1:23.352 +1.900 7 2 Johnny Herbert Benetton-Renault 1:24.461 1:23.536 +2.084 8 14 Rubens Barrichello Jordan-Peugeot 1:26.413 1:23.705 +2.253 9 8 Mika Häkkinen McLaren-Mercedes 1:24.427 1:23.833 +2.381 10 7 Nigel Mansell McLaren-Mercedes 1:26.246 1:23.927 +2.475 11 25 Martin Brundle Ligier-Mugen-Honda 1:26.747 1:24.727 +3.275 12 30 Heinz-Harald Frentzen Sauber-Ford 1:25.655 1:24.802 +3.350 13 4 Mika Salo Tyrrell-Yamaha 1:26.462 1:24.971 +3.519 14 9 Gianni Morbidelli Footwork-Hart 1:27.280 1:25.053 +3.601 15 26 Olivier Panis Ligier-Mugen-Honda 1:25.902 1:25.204 +3.752 16 12 Jos Verstappen Simtek-Ford 1:27.666 1:25.827 +4.375 17 3 Ukyo Katayama Tyrrell-Yamaha 1:26.033 1:25.946 +4.494 18 10 Taki Inoue Footwork-Hart 1:26.846 1:26.059 +4.607 19 23 Pierluigi Martini Minardi-Ford 1:28.008 1:26.619 +5.167 20 29 Karl Wendlinger Sauber-Ford 1:28.305 1:27.007 +5.555 21 24 Luca Badoer Minardi-Ford 1:28.563 1:27.345 +5.893 22 11 Domenico Schiattarella Simtek-Ford 1:28.312 1:27.575 +6.123 23 17 Andrea Montermini Pacific-Ford 1:29.942 1:28.094 +6.642 24 16 Bertrand Gachot Pacific-Ford 1:30.429 1:28.598 +7.146 25 22 Roberto Moreno Forti-Ford 1:31.063 1:28.963 +7.511 26 21 Pedro Diniz Forti-Ford 1:30.578 1:29.540 +8.088 Sources:
Race Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 1 Michael Schumacher Benetton-Renault 65 1:34:20.507 1 10 2 2 Johnny Herbert Benetton-Renault 65 +51.988 7 6 3 28 Gerhard Berger Ferrari 65 +1:05.237 3 4 4 5 Damon Hill Williams-Renault 65 +2:01.749 5 3 5 15 Eddie Irvine Jordan-Peugeot 64 +1 lap 6 2 6 26 Olivier Panis Ligier-Mugen-Honda 64 +1 lap 15 1 7 14 Rubens Barrichello Jordan-Peugeot 64 +1 lap 8 8 30 Heinz-Harald Frentzen Sauber-Ford 64 +1 lap 12 9 25 Martin Brundle Ligier-Mugen-Honda 64 +1 lap 11 10 4 Mika Salo Tyrrell-Yamaha 64 +1 lap 13 11 9 Gianni Morbidelli Footwork-Hart 63 +2 laps 14 12 12 Jos Verstappen Simtek-Ford 63 +2 laps 16 13 29 Karl Wendlinger Sauber-Ford 63 +2 laps 20 14 23 Pierluigi Martini Minardi-Ford 62 +3 laps 19 15 11 Domenico Schiattarella Simtek-Ford 61 +4 laps 22 3 Ukyo Katayama Tyrrell-Yamaha 56 Engine 17 6 David Coulthard Williams-Renault 54 Gearbox 4 8 Mika Häkkinen McLaren-Mercedes 53 Fuel system 9 10 Taki Inoue Footwork-Hart 43 Transmission 18 16 Bertrand Gachot Pacific-Ford 43 Fire 24 22 Roberto Moreno Forti-Ford 39 Overheating 25 27 Jean Alesi Ferrari 25 Engine 2 24 Luca Badoer Minardi-Ford 21 Gearbox 21 7 Nigel Mansell McLaren-Mercedes 18 Handling 10 21 Pedro Diniz Forti-Ford 17 Gearbox 26 17 Andrea Montermini Pacific-Ford 0 Non-starter 23
Championship standings after the race
Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Michael Schumacher 24 2 Damon Hill 23 3 Jean Alesi 14 4 Gerhard Berger 13 5 David Coulthard 9Source:
Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 Ferrari 27 2 Williams-Renault 26 3 Benetton-Renault 23 4 McLaren-Mercedes 6 5 Sauber-Ford 3Source:
Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
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