The Brazilian Grand Prix 1995 was the 1st round of the 1995 F1 season, and took place at the Autódromo José Carlos Pace in São Paulo, Brazil, on March 26th.

Michael Schumacher won the race after starting in the 2nd position, followed by David Coulthard, and Gerhard Berger completing the podium.

Damon Hill started from the pole position, but didn't manage to cross the finish line, as he experienced issues with the gearbox, and had to retire on lap 30th.

Final results

1
1
MSC
Michael Schumacher
Benetton
1:38:34.154
Finished
2
1
COU
David Coulthard
Williams
+11.060
Finished
3
2
Gerhard Berger
Ferrari
+1 Lap
4
3
Mika Häkkinen
McLaren
+1 Lap
5
1
Jean Alesi
Ferrari
+1 Lap
6
3
Mark Blundell
McLaren
+1 Lap
7
5
Mika Salo
Tyrrell
+2 Laps
8
7
Aguri Suzuki
Ligier
+2 Laps
9
13
Andrea Montermini
Pacific
+6 Laps
10
15
Pedro Diniz
Forti
+7 Laps
11
2
Gianni Morbidelli
Footwork
Engine
12
9
Taki Inoue
Footwork
Engine
13
5
BAD
Luca Badoer
Minardi
Engine
14
9
Roberto Moreno
Forti
Spun off
15
4
Karl Wendlinger
Sauber
Electrical
16
15
Damon Hill
Williams
Gearbox
17
13
Johnny Herbert
Benetton
Collision
18
2
Bertrand Gachot
Pacific
Gearbox
19
3
BAR
Rubens Barrichello
Jordan
Gearbox
20
4
Jos Verstappen
Simtek
Gearbox
21
10
Ukyo Katayama
Tyrrell
Spun off
22
14
Eddie Irvine
Jordan
Clutch
23
3
Domenico Schiattarella
Simtek
Steering
24
10
Heinz-Harald Frentzen
Sauber
Electrical
25
15
Olivier Panis
Ligier
Collision
26
9
Pierluigi Martini
Minardi
Gearbox
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Race evolution

We do not have lap by lap information for this race, therefore we can't analyze the evolution of the reace.

Pit Stops

Unfortunately we do not have pit stops information for this race.

Strategy

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Incidents

The reace did not end without incidents... 18 drivers out of the original 26 who started did not managed to cross the finish line.

These included, Gianni Morbidelli, Taki Inoue, and Luca Badoer, all of whom suffered an engine malfunction, Roberto Moreno, and Ukyo Katayama, both lost control and spun off the track, Karl Wendlinger, and Heinz-Harald Frentzen, both suffered from electrical problems, Damon Hill, Bertrand Gachot, Rubens Barrichello, Jos Verstappen, and Pierluigi Martini, all of whom experienced issues with the gearbox, Johnny Herbert, and Olivier Panis, both retired dure to damage caused by a collision with other cars, Eddie Irvine, who had a problem with the clutch on lap 15, and Domenico Schiattarella, who had issues with the steering of the car on lap 12.

Engine

  • Gianni Morbidelli
    Lap 62
  • Taki Inoue
    Lap 48
  • Luca Badoer
    Lap 47

Spun off

  • Roberto Moreno
    Lap 47
  • Ukyo Katayama
    Lap 15

Electrical

  • Karl Wendlinger
    Lap 41
  • Heinz-Harald Frentzen
    Lap 10

Gearbox

  • Damon Hill
    Lap 30
  • Bertrand Gachot
    Lap 23
  • Rubens Barrichello
    Lap 16
  • Jos Verstappen
    Lap 16
  • Pierluigi Martini
    Lap 0

Collision

  • Johnny Herbert
    Lap 30
  • Olivier Panis
    Lap 0

Clutch

  • Eddie Irvine
    Lap 15

Steering

  • Domenico Schiattarella
    Lap 12

Qualifying

#1
#2
MSC
#3
COU
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8
#9
#10
#11
#12
#13
#14
#15
#16
BAR
#17
#18
BAD
#19
#20
#21
#22
#23
#24
#25
#26

From 1996 to 2002 the grid order was decided in a single qualifying session which would last 1 hour. During this time each driver had a maximun of 12 laps to set their best time.

This time around, Damon Hill managed to secure the pole position with a time of 1:20.081 seconds, 0.301 seconds faster than Michael Schumacher, who completed the first line of the grid.

Times table

  • Damon Hill
    1:20.081
  • Michael Schumacher
    1:20.382
    + 0.301
    + 0.301
  • David Coulthard
    1:20.422
    + 0.04
    + 0.341
  • Johnny Herbert
    1:20.888
    + 0.466
    + 0.807
  • Gerhard Berger
    1:20.906
    + 0.018
    + 0.825
  • Jean Alesi
    1:21.041
    + 0.135
    + 0.96
  • Mika Häkkinen
    1:21.399
    + 0.358
    + 1.318
  • Eddie Irvine
    1:21.749
    + 0.35
    + 1.668
  • Mark Blundell
    1:21.779
    + 0.03
    + 1.698
  • Olivier Panis
    1:21.914
    + 0.135
    + 1.833
  • Ukyo Katayama
    1:22.325
    + 0.411
    + 2.244
  • Mika Salo
    1:22.416
    + 0.091
    + 2.335
  • Gianni Morbidelli
    1:22.468
    + 0.052
    + 2.387
  • Heinz-Harald Frentzen
    1:22.872
    + 0.404
    + 2.791
  • Aguri Suzuki
    1:22.971
    + 0.099
    + 2.89
  • Rubens Barrichello
    1:22.975
    + 0.004
    + 2.894
  • Pierluigi Martini
    1:24.383
    + 1.408
    + 4.302
  • Luca Badoer
    1:24.443
    + 0.06
    + 4.362
  • Karl Wendlinger
    1:24.723
    + 0.28
    + 4.642
  • Bertrand Gachot
    1:25.127
    + 0.404
    + 5.046
  • Taki Inoue
    1:25.225
    + 0.098
    + 5.144
  • Andrea Montermini
    1:25.886
    + 0.661
    + 5.805
  • Roberto Moreno
    1:26.269
    + 0.383
    + 6.188
  • Jos Verstappen
    1:27.323
    + 1.054
    + 7.242
  • Pedro Diniz
    1:27.792
    + 0.469
    + 7.711
  • Domenico Schiattarella
    1:28.106
    + 0.314
    + 8.025