1994 European Grand Prix

1994 European Grand Prix
Race 14 of 16 in the 1994 Formula One World Championship
Race details
Date 16 October 1994
Official name XXXIX Gran Premio de Europa
Location Circuito Permanente de Jerez
Jerez, Spain
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 4.428 km (2.767 miles)
Distance 69 laps, 305.532 km (190.957 miles)
Weather Sunny
Pole position
Driver Benetton-Ford
Time 1:22.762
Fastest lap
Driver Germany Michael Schumacher Benetton-Ford
Time 1:25.040 on lap 17
Podium
First Benetton-Ford
Second Williams-Renault
Third McLaren-Peugeot
Lap leaders

The 1994 European Grand Prix (formally the XXXIX Gran Premio de Europa) was a Formula One motor race held on 16 October 1994 at the Circuito Permanente de Jerez, Jerez, Spain. It was the fourteenth race of the 1994 Formula One World Championship.

The 69-lap race was won from pole position by Michael Schumacher, driving a Benetton-Ford. Schumacher, returning from a two-race ban, took his eighth victory of the season by 24.6 seconds from Drivers' Championship rival Damon Hill in the Williams-Renault, with Mika Häkkinen third in a McLaren-Peugeot.

The win put Schumacher five points ahead of Hill with two races remaining, while Benetton regained the lead of the Constructors' Championship from Williams.


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