The 1995 French Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Magny-Cours on 2 July 1995. It was the seventh race of the 1995 Formula One World Championship.
The 72-lap race was won by German Michael Schumacher, driving a Benetton-Renault, after he started from second position. Briton Damon Hill took pole position in his Williams-Renault and led until he was overtaken by Schumacher during the first round of pit stops. Schumacher's eventual winning margin over Hill was 31 seconds, with Hill's compatriot and teammate David Coulthard third.
Classification Qualifying
Pos No Driver Constructor Q1 Time Q2 Time Gap 1 5 Damon Hill Williams-Renault 1:18.556 1:17.225 2 1 Michael Schumacher Benetton-Renault 1:18.893 1:17.512 +0.287 3 6 David Coulthard Williams-Renault 1:18.585 1:17.925 +0.700 4 27 Jean Alesi Ferrari 1:19.254 1:18.761 +1.536 5 14 Rubens Barrichello Jordan-Peugeot 1:19.763 1:18.810 +1.585 6 26 Olivier Panis Ligier-Mugen-Honda 1:19.466 1:19.047 +1.822 7 28 Gerhard Berger Ferrari 1:19.051 1:19.295 +1.826 8 8 Mika Häkkinen McLaren-Mercedes 1:20.218 1:19.238 +2.013 9 25 Martin Brundle Ligier-Mugen-Honda 1:19.384 1:19.524 +2.159 10 2 Johnny Herbert Benetton-Renault 1:19.555 1:20.000 +2.330 11 15 Eddie Irvine Jordan-Peugeot 1:20.713 1:19.845 +2.620 12 30 Heinz-Harald Frentzen Sauber-Ford 1:21.111 1:20.309 +3.084 13 7 Mark Blundell McLaren-Mercedes 1:20.804 1:20.527 +3.302 14 4 Mika Salo Tyrrell-Yamaha 1:21.921 1:20.796 +3.571 15 29 Jean-Christophe Boullion Sauber-Ford 1:22.382 1:20.943 +3.718 16 9 Gianni Morbidelli Footwork-Hart 1:21.756 1:21.076 +3.851 17 24 Luca Badoer Minardi-Ford No time 1:21.323 +4.098 18 10 Taki Inoue Footwork-Hart 1:23.355 1:21.894 +4.669 19 3 Ukyo Katayama Tyrrell-Yamaha 1:22.959 1:21.930 +4.705 20 23 Pierluigi Martini Minardi-Ford No time 1:22.104 +4.879 21 17 Andrea Montermini Pacific-Ford 1:24.172 1:23.466 +6.241 22 16 Bertrand Gachot Pacific-Ford 1:24.509 1:23.647 +6.422 23 21 Pedro Diniz Forti-Ford 1:25.787 1:24.184 +6.959 24 22 Roberto Moreno Forti-Ford 1:26.445 1:24.865 +7.640 Sources:
Race Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 1 Michael Schumacher Benetton-Renault 72 1:38:28.429 2 10 2 5 Damon Hill Williams-Renault 72 + 31.309 1 6 3 6 David Coulthard Williams-Renault 72 + 1:02.826 3 4 4 25 Martin Brundle Ligier-Mugen-Honda 72 + 1:03.293 9 3 5 27 Jean Alesi Ferrari 72 + 1:17.869 4 2 6 14 Rubens Barrichello Jordan-Peugeot 71 + 1 lap 5 1 7 8 Mika Häkkinen McLaren-Mercedes 71 + 1 lap 8 8 26 Olivier Panis Ligier-Mugen-Honda 71 + 1 lap 6 9 15 Eddie Irvine Jordan-Peugeot 71 + 1 lap 11 10 30 Heinz-Harald Frentzen Sauber-Ford 71 + 1 lap 12 11 7 Mark Blundell McLaren-Mercedes 70 + 2 laps 13 12 28 Gerhard Berger Ferrari 70 + 2 laps 7 13 24 Luca Badoer Minardi-Ford 69 + 3 laps 17 14 9 Gianni Morbidelli Footwork-Hart 69 + 3 laps 16 15 4 Mika Salo Tyrrell-Yamaha 69 + 3 laps 14 16 22 Roberto Moreno Forti-Ford 66 + 6 laps 24 17 Andrea Montermini Pacific-Ford 62 + 10 laps 21 29 Jean-Christophe Boullion Sauber-Ford 48 Gearbox 15 16 Bertrand Gachot Pacific-Ford 24 Gearbox 22 23 Pierluigi Martini Minardi-Ford 23 Gearbox 20 2 Johnny Herbert Benetton-Renault 2 Collision 10 10 Taki Inoue Footwork-Hart 0 Collision 18 3 Ukyo Katayama Tyrrell-Yamaha 0 Collision 19 21 Pedro Diniz Forti-Ford 0 Spun off 23
Championship standings after the race
Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Michael Schumacher 46 2 Damon Hill 35 3 Jean Alesi 26 4 Gerhard Berger 17 5 David Coulthard 13Source:
Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 Benetton-Renault 48 2 Ferrari 43 3 Williams-Renault 42 4 Jordan-Peugeot 13 5 McLaren-Mercedes 8Source:
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