1995 Japanese Grand Prix
The 1995 Japanese Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at the Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka on 29 October 1995. It was the sixteenth and penultimate race of the 1995 Formula One World Championship. Benetton driver Michael Schumacher won the Drivers’ Championship, with Mika Häkkinen second and Johnny Herbert third. The win was Schumachers ninth of the season, matching the record set in 1992 by Nigel Mansell.
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The 1995 Japanese Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at the Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka on 29 October 1995. It was the sixteenth and penultimate race of the 1995 Formula One World Championship. Benetton driver Michael Schumacher won the Drivers’ Championship, with Mika Häkkinen second and Johnny Herbert third. The win was Schumachers ninth of the season, matching the record set in 1992 by Nigel Mansell. The Constructors’ Championship was not decided as BenetTON could not pass their points total in the one remaining race. The final standings were as follows: Benetton: 123 points; Williams: 102; HäKkinen: 2nd; Hill: 59; Alesi: 8th; Coulthard: 5th; Frentzen: 10th; Berger: 11th; Irvine: 12th; Hill; Hölter: 13th; Huttard: 14th. The grid for the race was announced on Friday night, with the race taking place on Saturday morning. The first practice session was held on Friday morning and the second on Saturday afternoon. The qualifying session was split into two one-hour one-minute sessions; the first was held in the afternoon and the other in the evening. The fastest time from either qualifying session counted towards their final grid position. The race took place on a 53-lap course with the second session being held on Sunday afternoon. Schumatcher clinched his tenth career pole position with a time of 1:38.195, 0.23 seconds ahead of Alesi, who was eight-tenths of a second ahead of the Ferrari driver.
Alesi was forced to serve a 10-second stop-and-go penalty because his car moved forward before the start. The Ferrari driver climbed back up to second, before retiring on lap 25. Damon Hill started fourth amidst pressure from the British media after poor performances at previous races. The Williams and Ferrari cars occupied the remaining top six positions; Williams drivers Hill and David Coulthyard third and fifth respectively. The McLaren-Mercedes of Mika Häkkinsen finished second, with Eddie Irvine third and David Coulthard fourth. The last race was the last before the end of the Formula One season, with only two races remaining. The championship was decided by the final race in Australia, with Schumaker winning the title by a margin of 92 points over Damon Hill, who finished second with 59 points. There were two driver changes heading into the race. Jean-Christophe Boullion was released from the Sauber team and replaced by Karl Wendlinger. The Austrian was given another chance to prove himself after suffering an accident at the 1994 Monaco Grand Prix, which left him in a coma for weeks. The second driver change was Mika was return to McLaren after missing the Pacific Grand Prix because of appendicitis.
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