Sixteenth round of the 1994 Formula One World Championship
1994 Australian Grand Prix
Race 16 of 16 in the 1994 Formula One World Championship
Race details
Date
13 November 1994
Official name
LIX Adelaide Australian Grand Prix
Location
Adelaide Street Circuit Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Course
Temporary street circuit
Course length
3.780 km (2.362 miles)
Distance
81 laps, 306.180 km (191.362 miles)
Weather
Sunny with clouds
Attendance
132,000[1]
Pole position
Driver
Nigel Mansell
Williams-Renault
Time
1:16.179
Fastest lap
Driver
Michael Schumacher
Benetton-Ford
Time
1:17.140 on lap 29
Podium
First
Nigel Mansell
Williams-Renault
Second
Gerhard Berger
Ferrari
Third
Martin Brundle
McLaren-Peugeot
Lap leaders
Motor car race
The 1994 Australian Grand Prix (formally the LIX Adelaide Australian Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race held on 13 November 1994 at the Adelaide Street Circuit. It was the sixteenth and final race of the 1994 Formula One World Championship. The 81-lap race was won by Nigel Mansell driving for the Williams team after starting from pole position. As of 2024[update], this is the last time a Formula One driver won a race over the age of 40. Gerhard Berger finished second in a Ferrari car with Martin Brundle third for the McLaren team.
The race is remembered, besides being the closing of one of the most tragic seasons in the history of the category, also for an incident involving the two title contenders Damon Hill and Michael Schumacher which forced both to retire and resulted in Schumacher winning the World Drivers' Championship. Also notable was the last appearance in a Formula One Grand Prix of the first incarnation of Team Lotus, previously seven-time Constructors' Champions. It was also the 31st and last Grand Prix victory of Nigel Mansell's Formula One career, as well as his last podium finish in his last race for Williams. As of 2024[update], this was the last Formula One race where the number of entrants exceeded the number of places on the starting grid. This would also prove to be the last Grand Prix for Christian Fittipaldi, Franck Lagorce, Michele Alboreto, Hideki Noda, David Brabham, JJ Lehto, Paul Belmondo and the Larrousse team.
^"Grand Prix fever in Adelaide". GrandPrix.com. Inside F1, Inc. 6 November 1995. Archived from the original on 29 September 2015.
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