1995 Australian Grand Prix
1995 Australian Grand Prix | |||||
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Race 17 of 17 in the 1995 Formula One World Championship
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Race details | |||||
Date | 12 November 1995 | ||||
Official name | LX EDS Australian Grand Prix[1] | ||||
Location | Adelaide Street Circuit, Adelaide, Australia | ||||
Course | Temporary street circuit | ||||
Course length | 3.780 km (2.362 miles) | ||||
Distance | 81 laps, 306.180[2] km (191.362 miles) | ||||
Weather | Sunny[2] | ||||
Attendance | 520,000[3] | ||||
Pole position | |||||
Driver | Williams-Renault | ||||
Time | 1:15.505 | ||||
Fastest lap | |||||
Driver | Damon Hill | Williams-Renault | |||
Time | 1:17.943 on lap 16 | ||||
Podium | |||||
First | Williams-Renault | ||||
Second |
Mugen-Honda | ||||
Third | Footwork-Hart | ||||
Lap leaders |
The 1995 Australian Grand Prix (officially the LX
In a race of attrition, all the front-running cars retired except for the pole-sitting Williams-Renault of Damon Hill. Hill won by two clear laps, only the second time this had been achieved in Formula One history. Ligier-Mugen-Honda driver Olivier Panis was second, with Gianni Morbidelli achieving his best-ever F1 result with third in a Footwork-Hart.[4] Of the 23 drivers who started, only eight finished, the lowest number in the 1995 season. As of 2023[update], this is the last time the race winner lapped every other competitor. This was also the last race that used the traffic light system with coloured lights (red and green) at the start (system used since the 1975 British Grand Prix).[5]
The Grand Prix had a record attendance of 520,000 during the weekend, with 210,000 on race day, a Formula One record until 2000, when 250,000 people attended that year's United States Grand Prix at Indianapolis.[6]
Report
Pre-race
Heading into the final round of the
In the Friday afternoon qualifying session, Mika Häkkinen in his McLaren car suffered a puncture in his left rear tyre heading towards Brewery Bend. This caused him to lose control, become airborne and crash heavily into a tyre barrier at 120 mph. The impact caused his helmet to strike the steering wheel, fracturing his skull. Within seconds he was attended by two doctors who were stationed at the corner, who found Hakkinen unresponsive and with a blocked airway. Häkkinen later said that he was aware of what had happened immediately after the impact, but subsequently lost consciousness. Unable to establish an airway, the doctors performed an emergency tracheotomy before taking him to the nearby Royal Adelaide Hospital. Häkkinen would recover in time to race the following season.[11]
The Williams cars dominated qualifying, with
Race
The race took place in the afternoon from 14:00
After the first round of pitstops, Schumacher and Alesi collided, with both retiring.
The race marked the end of Pacific Racing, as the team went back to International Formula 3000 for 1996. In a last gasp effort, Pacific tried to have their test driver Oliver Gavin in the seat, but he was not granted an FIA Super License and shareholder Bertrand Gachot raced instead. It was only the second time in Formula One history that the winner won by two laps– the first time was at the 1969 Spanish Grand Prix when Jackie Stewart won.[6] Hill, who had been criticised for his performances in all of the three previous races, was praised by commentator Murray Walker for this performance, with Walker saying that, with Schumacher and Coulthard's imminent moves to Ferrari and McLaren respectively, Hill would be a strong favourite to win the title in 1996 if he could continue to perform in the way he had done so in this particular race. This would also be the last race for a V12 engine. Only Ferrari used this configuration, but would switch to a more fuel-efficient V10 engine for 1996.
Although he failed to finish, by competing in the race Gerhard Berger became the only driver to have driven in all 11 Formula One Grands Prix held in Adelaide. He had driven for
), winning the race for Ferrari in 1987 (as well as claiming pole position and fastest lap) and McLaren in 1992.The post-race concert was headlined by American rock band
Classification
Qualifying
Pos | No | Driver | Constructor | Q1 | Q2 | Gap |
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1 | 5 | Damon Hill | Williams-Renault | 1:15.505 | 1:15.988 | – |
2 | 6 | David Coulthard | Williams-Renault | 1:15.628 | 1:15.792 | +0.123 |
3 | 1 | Michael Schumacher | Benetton-Renault | 1:16.039 | 1:15.839 | +0.334 |
4 | 28 | Gerhard Berger | Ferrari | 1:15.932 | 1:16.994 | +0.427 |
5 | 27 | Jean Alesi | Ferrari | 15:52.653 | 1:16.305 | +0.800 |
6 | 30 | Heinz-Harald Frentzen | Sauber-Ford
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1:16.837 | 1:16.647 | +1.142 |
7 | 14 | Rubens Barrichello | Jordan-Peugeot | 1:16.725 | 1:16.971 | +1.220 |
8 | 2 | Johnny Herbert | Benetton-Renault | 1:17.289 | 1:16.950 | +1.445 |
9 | 15 | Eddie Irvine | Jordan-Peugeot | 1:17.197 | 1:17.116 | +1.611 |
10 | 7 | Mark Blundell | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:17.348 | 1:17.721 | +1.843 |
11 | 25 | Martin Brundle | Mugen-Honda
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1:17.788 | 1:17.624 | +2.119 |
12 | 26 | Olivier Panis | Mugen-Honda
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1:18.033 | 1:18.065 | +2.528 |
13 | 9 | Gianni Morbidelli | Footwork-Hart | 1:18.814 | 1:18.391 | +2.886 |
14 | 4 | Mika Salo | Tyrrell-Yamaha | 1:18.604 | 1:19.083 | +3.099 |
15 | 24 | Luca Badoer | Minardi-Ford | 1:19.285 | 1:18.810 | +3.305 |
16 | 3 | Ukyo Katayama | Tyrrell-Yamaha | 1:18.828 | 1:19.114 | +3.323 |
17 | 23 | Pedro Lamy | Minardi-Ford | 1:18.875 | 1:19.114 | +3.370 |
18 | 29 | Karl Wendlinger | Sauber-Ford
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1:19.561 | no time | +4.056 |
19 | 10 | Taki Inoue | Footwork-Hart | 1:19.764 | 1:19.677 | +4.172 |
20 | 22 | Roberto Moreno | Forti-Ford | 1:21.419 | 1:20.657 | +5.152 |
21 | 21 | Pedro Diniz | Forti-Ford | 1:22.154 | 1:20.878 | +5.373 |
22 | 17 | Andrea Montermini | Pacific-Ford | 1:21.659 | 1:21.870 | +6.154 |
23 | 16 | Bertrand Gachot | Pacific-Ford | 1:22.881 | 1:21.998 | +6.493 |
24 | 8 | Mika Häkkinen | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:37.998 | +22.483 | |
Sources:[13][14][15] |
Race
Pos | No | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time/Retired[4] | Grid | Points |
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1 | 5 | Damon Hill | Williams-Renault | 81 | 1:49:15.946 | 1 | 10 |
2 | 26 | Olivier Panis | Mugen-Honda
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79 | +2 Laps | 12 | 6 |
3 | 9 | Gianni Morbidelli | Footwork-Hart | 79 | +2 Laps | 13 | 4 |
4 | 7 | Mark Blundell | McLaren-Mercedes | 79 | +2 Laps | 10 | 3 |
5 | 4 | Mika Salo | Tyrrell-Yamaha | 78 | +3 Laps | 14 | 2 |
6 | 23 | Pedro Lamy | Minardi-Ford | 78 | +3 Laps | 17 | 1 |
7 | 21 | Pedro Diniz | Forti-Ford | 77 | +4 Laps | 21 | |
8 | 16 | Bertrand Gachot | Pacific-Ford | 76 | +5 Laps | 23 | |
Ret | 3 | Ukyo Katayama | Tyrrell-Yamaha | 70 | Engine | 16 | |
Ret | 2 | Johnny Herbert | Benetton-Renault | 69 | Driveshaft | 8 | |
Ret | 15 | Eddie Irvine | Jordan-Peugeot | 62 | Engine | 9 | |
Ret | 30 | Heinz-Harald Frentzen | Sauber-Ford
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39 | Gearbox | 6 | |
Ret | 28 | Gerhard Berger | Ferrari | 34 | Engine | 4 | |
Ret | 25 | Martin Brundle | Mugen-Honda
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29 | Spun off | 11 | |
Ret | 1 | Michael Schumacher | Benetton-Renault | 25 | Collision damage | 3 | |
Ret | 27 | Jean Alesi | Ferrari | 23 | Collision damage | 5 | |
Ret | 22 | Roberto Moreno | Forti-Ford | 21 | Spun off | 20 | |
Ret | 14 | Rubens Barrichello | Jordan-Peugeot | 20 | Spun off | 7 | |
Ret | 6 | David Coulthard | Williams-Renault | 19 | Accident | 2 | |
Ret | 10 | Taki Inoue | Footwork-Hart | 15 | Spun off | 19 | |
Ret | 29 | Karl Wendlinger | Sauber-Ford
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8 | Physical | 18 | |
Ret | 17 | Andrea Montermini | Pacific-Ford | 2 | Gearbox | 22 | |
DNS | 24 | Luca Badoer | Minardi-Ford | 0 | Electrical | 15 | |
DNS | 8 | Mika Häkkinen | McLaren-Mercedes | – | Withdrew | 24 | |
Source:[4]
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Championship standings after the race
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- Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
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