1994 Pacific Grand Prix | |||
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Race 2 of 16 in the 1994 Formula One World Championship | |||
Race details | |||
Date | 17 April 1994 | ||
Official name | I Pacific Grand Prix | ||
Location |
TI Circuit Aida, Japan | ||
Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
Course length | 3.703 km (2.314 miles) | ||
Distance | 83 laps, 307.349 km (192.093 miles) | ||
Weather | Sunny | ||
Pole position | |||
Driver | Williams-Renault | ||
Time | 1:10.218 | ||
Fastest lap | |||
Driver | Michael Schumacher | Benetton-Ford | |
Time | 1:14.023 on lap 10 | ||
Podium | |||
First | Benetton-Ford | ||
Second | Ferrari | ||
Third | Jordan-Hart | ||
Lap leaders |
The 1994 Pacific Grand Prix (formally the I Pacific Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race held on 17 April 1994 at the TI Circuit, Aida, Japan. It was the second race of the 1994 Formula One World Championship.
The 83-lap race was won by German driver Michael Schumacher, driving a Benetton-Ford, after he started from second position. Brazilian Ayrton Senna took pole position in his Williams-Renault but retired following a first-corner collision with the Ferrari of Italian Nicola Larini, leaving Schumacher to lead all 83 laps. Austrian Gerhard Berger was second in the other Ferrari with another Brazilian, Rubens Barrichello, third in a Jordan-Hart, his and the Jordan team's first podium finish.