1995 Italian Grand Prix

  1995 Italian Grand Prix

Race details[1]
Race 12 of 17 in the 1995 Formula One season
Date	10 September 1995
Official name	LXVI Pioneer Gran Premio d'Italia
Location	Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza, Italy
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course length	5.770 km (3.585 mi)
Distance	53 laps, 305.810 km (190.022 mi)
Weather	Sunny
Pole position
Driver	David Coulthard	Williams-Renault
Time	1:24.462
Fastest lap
Driver	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari
Time	1:26.419 on lap 24
Podium
First	Johnny Herbert	Benetton-Renault
Second	Mika Häkkinen	McLaren-Mercedes
Third	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Sauber-Ford
Lap leaders

The 1995 Italian Grand Prix (formally the LXVI Pioneer Gran Premio d'Italia) was a Formula One motor race held on 10 September 1995 at the Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza, Italy. It was the twelfth race of the 1995 Formula One season.^[1] The 53 lap race was won by Johnny Herbert for the Benetton team after starting from eighth position. Mika Häkkinen was second in a McLaren, with Heinz-Harald Frentzen third for Sauber.^[2]

Pole-sitter David Coulthard spun off on the warm up lap, and initially retired from the race. However, when the race was stopped after a second lap collision (on dust he had dragged onto the corner when attempting to rejoin) he was able to start the race on pole again (in a spare car set up for Damon Hill).

Hill and Michael Schumacher had their second major collision of the season; the previous one having happened at the British Grand Prix. As Hill attempted to lap Taki Inoue's Footwork, Hill crashed into the back of Schumacher when braking for the second chicane, causing both to retire. Schumacher ran over to the Williams to confront Hill whilst the British driver sat in his cockpit, but was pulled away by stewards immediately. Schumacher later apologised to Hill when Inoue admitted the incident was his fault, as he had slid in front of Hill while being passed by Schumacher, causing Hill to take evasive action and inadvertently run into the back of Schumacher's car.

This briefly left the Ferraris running first and second. However, Gerhard Berger suffered a bizarre retirement when a TV camera on Jean Alesi's car flew off and destroyed Berger's suspension. Alesi led the race with just 7 laps to go but subsequently retired with wheel bearing trouble.

This succession of retirements handed a second victory to Johnny Herbert, and then best-ever results to Mika Häkkinen and Heinz-Harald Frentzen - first podium position for Sauber team in Formula 1. Massimiliano Papis was on course for his first points finish, until he was overtaken by Jean-Christophe Boullion on the final lap.^[3]

Classification

Qualifying

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Q1 Time	Q2 Time	Gap
1	6	David Coulthard	Williams-Renault	1:25.516	1:24.462
2	1	Michael Schumacher	Benetton-Renault	1:26.098	1:25.026	+0.564
3	28	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	1:25.904	1:25.353	+0.891
4	5	Damon Hill	Williams-Renault	1:25.912	1:25.699	+1.237
5	27	Jean Alesi	Ferrari	1:26.323	1:25.707	+1.245
6	14	Rubens Barrichello	Jordan-Peugeot	1:26.981	1:25.919	+1.457
7	8	Mika Häkkinen	McLaren-Mercedes	1:28.895	1:25.920	+1.458
8	2	Johnny Herbert	Benetton-Renault	1:26.631	1:26.433	+1.971
9	7	Mark Blundell	McLaren-Mercedes	1:27.308	1:26.472	+2.010
10	30	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Sauber-Ford	1:27.245	1:26.541	+2.079
11	25	Martin Brundle	Ligier-Mugen-Honda	1:29.200	1:27.067	+2.605
12	15	Eddie Irvine	Jordan-Peugeot	1:27.573	1:27.271	+2.809
13	26	Olivier Panis	Ligier-Mugen-Honda	1:28.418	1:27.384	+2.922
14	29	Jean-Christophe Boullion	Sauber-Ford	1:30.997	1:28.741	+4.279
15	9	Massimiliano Papis	Footwork-Hart	no time	1:28.870	+4.408
16	4	Mika Salo	Tyrrell-Yamaha	1:29.535	1:29.028	+4.566
17	3	Ukyo Katayama	Tyrrell-Yamaha	1:31.399	1:29.287	+4.825
18	24	Luca Badoer	Minardi-Ford	1:30.731	1:29.559	+5.097
19	23	Pedro Lamy	Minardi-Ford	1:29.936	1:31.402	+5.474
20	10	Taki Inoue	Footwork-Hart	1:30.632	1:30.515	+6.053
21	17	Andrea Montermini	Pacific-Ford	1:32.121	1:30.721	+6.259
22	22	Roberto Moreno	Forti-Ford	1:32.491	1:30.834	+6.372
23	21	Pedro Diniz	Forti-Ford	1:32.540	1:32.102	+7.640
24	16	Giovanni Lavaggi	Pacific-Ford	1:32.935	1:32.470	+8.008
Source:[1]

Race

Podium celebration after the race

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	2	Johnny Herbert	Benetton-Renault	53	1:18:27.916	8	10
2	8	Mika Häkkinen	McLaren-Mercedes	53	+17.779	7	6
3	30	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Sauber-Ford	53	+24.321	10	4
4	7	Mark Blundell	McLaren-Mercedes	53	+28.223	9	3
5	4	Mika Salo	Tyrrell-Yamaha	52	+1 Lap	16	2
6	29	Jean-Christophe Boullion	Sauber-Ford	52	+1 Lap	14	1
7	9	Massimiliano Papis	Footwork-Hart	52	+1 Lap	15
8	10	Taki Inoue	Footwork-Hart	52	+1 Lap	20
9	21	Pedro Diniz	Forti-Ford	50	+3 Laps	23
10	3	Ukyo Katayama	Tyrrell-Yamaha	47	+6 Laps	17
Ret	27	Jean Alesi	Ferrari	45	Wheel bearing	5
Ret	14	Rubens Barrichello	Jordan-Peugeot	43	Clutch	6
Ret	15	Eddie Irvine	Jordan-Peugeot	40	Engine	12
Ret	28	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	32	Suspension	3
Ret	24	Luca Badoer	Minardi-Ford	26	Accident	18
Ret	1	Michael Schumacher	Benetton-Renault	23	Collision	2
Ret	5	Damon Hill	Williams-Renault	23	Collision	4
Ret	26	Olivier Panis	Ligier-Mugen-Honda	20	Spun off	13
Ret	6	David Coulthard	Williams-Renault	13	Wheel bearing	1
Ret	25	Martin Brundle	Ligier-Mugen-Honda	10	Puncture	11
Ret	16	Giovanni Lavaggi	Pacific-Ford	6	Spun off	24
Ret	23	Pedro Lamy	Minardi-Ford	0	Transmission	19
Ret	17	Andrea Montermini	Pacific-Ford	0	Collision	21
Ret	22	Roberto Moreno	Forti-Ford	0	Collision	22
Source:[2]

Championship standings after the race

• Bold text indicates who still has a theoretical chance of becoming World Champion.

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Michael Schumacher 66 2 Damon Hill 51 3 Johnny Herbert 38 4 Jean Alesi 32 5 David Coulthard 29

Constructors' Championship standings[1] Pos Constructor Points 1 Benetton-Renault 94 2 Williams-Renault 74 3 Ferrari 57 4 McLaren-Mercedes 21 5 Sauber-Ford 17

• Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

References

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