Race Rewind
As of April 1994

1994 Pacific Grand Prix

🇯🇵 Japan Okayama International Circuit, Okayama, Japan Round 2 of 16

Going Into This Race

WDC Leader
10 pts (+4 over P2)
WCC Leader
10 pts (+4 over P2)

Pre-Race Report

Championship standings

Michael Schumacher leads the Drivers’ Championship after winning the opening round in Brazil.

Previous race

At Brazil, Schumacher started second but overtook Senna in the pit stop sequence and won comfortably. A four-car pile-up on lap 35 eliminated Jos Verstappen, Eddie Irvine, Éric Bernard, and Martin Brundle. Irvine was issued a one-race ban for his part in the accident; Jordan appealed, and the FIA increased the ban to three races.

Between-race developments

Ferrari driver Jean Alesi injured his back in a testing crash at Mugello and misses this race; test driver Nicola Larini substitutes. Irvine’s appeal was rejected and his ban extended to three races — Aguri Suzuki replaces him at Jordan.

Entrants

The Pacific Grand Prix is the first Formula One race held at the TI Circuit in Aida, taking the calendar slot originally assigned to the European Grand Prix at Donington Park, which was cancelled.

Adapted by AI summarisation from “1994 Pacific Grand Prix” on Wikipedia . This adapted text is licensed under CC-BY-SA-4.0 . Modifications: summarised and spoiler-trimmed.

Drivers' Championship

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Constructors' Championship

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PosTeamPtsWins
1Benetton101
2Williams60
3Ferrari40
4Jordan30
5Tyrrell20