The 1994 British Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on 10 July, 1994 at the Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone. It was the 8th race of the 1994 Formula One season. It marked the halfway stage of the season. Damon Hill won the race, while second-place finisher Michael Schumacher was disqualified due to failing to serve a stop-go penalty (for overtaking Hill on the warm-up lap) in time.

Report

Pre-Race

Following his appearance at the previous round in France, Nigel Mansell had returned to his CART commitments in America so David Coulthard returned in the second Williams to partner Damon Hill. Michael Schumacher led the World Drivers Championship by 37 points with 66 out of a possible 70, with Damon Hill in second position on 29 points.

Qualifying

Qualifying was extremely close with Hill, Schumacher and Ferrari driver Gerhard Berger in competition for pole position. Berger collided with the barrier at the end of the pitlane as he attempted to have another lap. Hill took pole position with a time of 1:24.960. Schumacher took second position on the grid, three thousandths of a second slower than Hill and Berger third, two hundredths of a second behind Hill.

Race

On the parade lap, Schumacher overtook Hill, before he was let back through in time for the start.

Several British drivers had a bad day. David Coulthard stalled on the grid at the original start, forcing him to start from the back of the grid - he fought back to finish 5th. Eddie Irvine's car broke down on the second warm-up lap. Martin Brundle didn't last much longer - his car disappeared under a cloud of smoke as the race started, due to a clutch failure.

Mika Häkkinen and Rubens Barrichello collided while battling for what was then 4th place at the final corner. Barrichello instinctively pulled his damaged car into the pits, without realising that he was on the final lap. This allowed Häkkinen to limp over the finish line before Barrichello reached it, despite his car being more severely damaged.

Behind them, Ukyo Katayama scored what proved to be his final point.

Post-Race

Michael Schumacher was disqualified from the race result for "failing to maintain position" and Benetton received a severe reprimand and a fine of $25,000. After appeal, Schumacher received a two race ban.

Classification

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	0	Damon Hill	Williams-Renault	60	1:30:04.3	1	10
2	27	Jean Alesi	Ferrari	60	+1:08.128	4	6
3	7	Mika Häkkinen	McLaren-Peugeot	60	+1:40.659	5	4
4	14	Rubens Barrichello	Jordan-Hart	60	+1:41.751	6	3
5	2	David Coulthard	Williams-Renault	59	+1 Lap	7	2
6	3	Ukyo Katayama	Tyrrell-Yamaha	59	+1 Lap	8	1
7	30	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Sauber-Mercedes	59	+1 Lap	13
8	6	Jos Verstappen	Benetton-Ford	59	+1 Lap	10
9	9	Christian Fittipaldi	Footwork-Ford	58	+2 Laps	20
10	23	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi-Ford	58	+2 Laps	14
11	12	Johnny Herbert	Lotus-Mugen-Honda	58	+2 Laps	21
12	26	Olivier Panis	Ligier-Renault	58	+2 Laps	15
13	25	Eric Bernard	Ligier-Renault	58	+2 Laps	23
14	19	Olivier Beretta	Larrousse-Ford	58	+2 Laps	24
15	31	David Brabham	Simtek-Ford	57	+3 Laps	25
16	32	Jean-Marc Gounon	Simtek-Ford	57	+3 Laps	26
DSQ	5	Michael Schumacher	Benetton-Ford	60	Disqualified	2
Ret	24	Michele Alboreto	Minardi-Ford	48	Engine	17
Ret	28	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	32	Engine	3
Ret	4	Mark Blundell	Tyrrell-Yamaha	20	Gearbox	11
Ret	20	Érik Comas	Larrousse-Ford	12	Engine	22
Ret	29	Andrea de Cesaris	Sauber-Mercedes	11	Engine	18
Ret	10	Gianni Morbidelli	Footwork-Ford	5	Engine	16
Ret	11	Alessandro Zanardi	Lotus-Mugen-Honda	4	Engine	19
Ret	8	Martin Brundle	McLaren-Peugeot	0	Engine	9
Ret	15	Eddie Irvine	Jordan-Hart	0	Engine	12
DNQ	34	Bertrand Gachot	Pacific-Ilmor
DNQ	33	Paul Belmondo	Pacific-Ilmor

Notes

• Fastest Lap: Damon Hill 1m 27.100s
• Last points: Ukyo Katayama

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