The 1995 Italian Grand Prix (formally the Pioneer 66º Gran Premio d'Italia) was a Formula One motor race held on 10 September 1995 at the Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, Monza, Italy. It was the twelfth race of the 1995 Formula One World Championship.
The 53-lap race was won by British driver Johnny Herbert, driving a Benetton-Renault, after starting from eighth position. Finn Mika Häkkinen was second in a McLaren-Mercedes, with German Heinz-Harald Frentzen third in a Sauber-Ford, achieving both his and the Sauber team's first F1 podium finish.
Report
Pole-sitter David Coulthard spun off on the formation lap exiting the Ascari chicane, and retired in the pitlane as the grid formed for the start. However, the race was stopped after a first lap collision at the same spot (on dust he had dragged onto the corner when attempting to rejoin) involving Max Papis, Jean-Christophe Boullion, Roberto Moreno, and Andrea Montermini, resulting in a blocked track. Coulthard was able to take the restart from pole again (in a spare car set up for Damon Hill), whilst Moreno and Montermini failed to take the restart due to a lack of spare cars. Coulthard led until a wheel bearing failed, leaving Gerhard Berger in the lead. Behind, Hill and Michael Schumacher had their second major collision of the season; the previous one having happened at the British Grand Prix. As Hill attempted to lap Taki Inoue's Footwork, Hill crashed into the back of Schumacher when braking for the second chicane, causing both to retire. Schumacher ran over to the Williams to confront Hill whilst the British driver sat in his cockpit, but was immediately pulled away by marshals. Schumacher later apologised to Hill when Inoue admitted the incident was his fault, as he had slid in front of Hill while being passed by Schumacher, causing Hill to take evasive action and inadvertently run into the back of Schumacher's car. Hill was subsequently given a one race suspended ban for his part in the collision.
After the pitstops the Ferraris were running first and second. Berger suffered a bizarre retirement when a TV camera on Jean Alesi's rear wing flew off and destroyed Berger's suspension. Alesi looked set to win his second Grand Prix but subsequently retired with a wheel bearing failure with just 8 laps to go. Alesi had also retired from the lead the previous year. This succession of retirements handed a second victory to Johnny Herbert, and then best-ever results to Mika Häkkinen and Heinz-Harald Frentzen - the first podium finish for the Sauber team in F1. Papis was on course for his first points finish, until he was overtaken by Boullion on the final lap.
Classification
Qualifying
Pos No Driver Constructor Q1 Time Q2 Time Gap 1 6 David Coulthard Williams-Renault 1:25.516 1:24.462 2 1 Michael Schumacher Benetton-Renault 1:26.098 1:25.026 +0.564 3 28 Gerhard Berger Ferrari 1:25.904 1:25.353 +0.891 4 5 Damon Hill Williams-Renault 1:25.912 1:25.699 +1.237 5 27 Jean Alesi Ferrari 1:26.323 1:25.707 +1.245 6 14 Rubens Barrichello Jordan-Peugeot 1:26.981 1:25.919 +1.457 7 8 Mika Häkkinen McLaren-Mercedes 1:28.895 1:25.920 +1.458 8 2 Johnny Herbert Benetton-Renault 1:26.631 1:26.433 +1.971 9 7 Mark Blundell McLaren-Mercedes 1:27.308 1:26.472 +2.010 10 30 Heinz-Harald Frentzen Sauber-Ford 1:27.245 1:26.541 +2.079 11 25 Martin Brundle Ligier-Mugen-Honda 1:29.200 1:27.067 +2.605 12 15 Eddie Irvine Jordan-Peugeot 1:27.573 1:27.271 +2.809 13 26 Olivier Panis Ligier-Mugen-Honda 1:28.418 1:27.384 +2.922 14 29 Jean-Christophe Boullion Sauber-Ford 1:30.997 1:28.741 +4.279 15 9 Massimiliano Papis Footwork-HartNo time 1:28.870 +4.408 16 4 Mika Salo Tyrrell-Yamaha 1:29.535 1:29.028 +4.566 17 3 Ukyo Katayama Tyrrell-Yamaha 1:31.399 1:29.287 +4.825 18 24 Luca Badoer Minardi-Ford 1:30.731 1:29.559 +5.097 19 23 Pedro Lamy Minardi-Ford 1:29.936 1:31.402 +5.474 20 10 Taki Inoue Footwork-Hart 1:30.632 1:30.515 +6.053 21 17 Andrea Montermini Pacific-Ford 1:32.121 1:30.721 +6.259 22 22 Roberto Moreno Forti-Ford 1:32.491 1:30.834 +6.372 23 21 Pedro Diniz Forti-Ford 1:32.540 1:32.102 +7.640 24 16 Giovanni Lavaggi Pacific-Ford 1:32.935 1:32.470 +8.008Source:
Race
Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 2 Johnny Herbert Benetton-Renault 53 1:18:27.916 8 10 2 8 Mika Häkkinen McLaren-Mercedes 53 + 17.779 7 6 3 30 Heinz-Harald Frentzen Sauber-Ford 53 + 24.321 10 4 4 7 Mark Blundell McLaren-Mercedes 53 + 28.223 9 3 5 4 Mika Salo Tyrrell-Yamaha 52 + 1 lap 16 2 6 29 Jean-Christophe Boullion Sauber-Ford 52 + 1 lap 14 1 7 9 Massimiliano Papis Footwork-Hart 52 + 1 lap 15 8 10 Taki Inoue Footwork-Hart 52 + 1 lap 20 9 21 Pedro Diniz Forti-Ford 50 + 3 laps 23 10 3 Ukyo Katayama Tyrrell-Yamaha 47 + 6 laps 17 27 Jean Alesi Ferrari 45 Wheel bearing 5 14 Rubens Barrichello Jordan-Peugeot 43 Clutch 6 15 Eddie Irvine Jordan-Peugeot 40 Engine 12 28 Gerhard Berger Ferrari 32 Suspension 3 24 Luca Badoer Minardi-Ford 26 Accident 18 1 Michael Schumacher Benetton-Renault 23 Collision 2 5 Damon Hill Williams-Renault 23 Collision 4 26 Olivier Panis Ligier-Mugen-Honda 20 Spun off 13 6 David Coulthard Williams-Renault 13 Wheel bearing 1 25 Martin Brundle Ligier-Mugen-Honda 10 Puncture 11 16 Giovanni Lavaggi Pacific-Ford 6 Spun off 24 23 Pedro Lamy Minardi-Ford 0 Transmission 19 17 Andrea Montermini Pacific-Ford 0 Collision 21 22 Roberto Moreno Forti-Ford 0 Collision 22
Notes – Montermini and Moreno started the original race but were involved in the first lap collision that resulted in a red flag. They did not take the restart and are omitted in the official results indicating they are credited as "Did not start"
Championship standings after the race
Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Michael Schumacher 66 2 Damon Hill 51 3 Johnny Herbert 38 4 Jean Alesi 32 5 David Coulthard 29Source:
Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 Benetton-Renault 94 2 Williams-Renault 74 3 Ferrari 57 4 McLaren-Mercedes 21 5 Sauber-Ford 17Source:
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