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1995 Fuji Television Japanese Grand Prix · race

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THE HISTORICAL RECORD

Profile & context

Name: 1995 Fuji Television Japanese Grand Prix · race

PROVENANCE

Sources behind this page

F1DB

v2026.17.0 · session/580-race

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Historical source & scope

F1DB v2026.17.0 · CC BY 4.0. Normalisation, links and calculations by MotorPedia. Original source observations retained.

Source-reported facts are not independent historical confirmation. Missing times and points remain unknown; source-rounded points retain their published precision. Constructor, entrant and team identities are kept distinct.

Grand Prix context

1995 Fuji Television Japanese Grand Prix · Suzuka Circuit

Technical formula: Formula 1. World Championship membership is separate from technical regulations.

1995 Formula 1 World Championship · round 16

Race classification

Source participant rows: shared cars and nonstarters retained
Position	Driver	Constructor	Recorded details	Points
1	Michael Schumacher	Benetton	1:36:52.930 · 53 laps · renault	10
2	Mika Häkkinen	McLaren	1:37:12.267 · 53 laps · mercedes	6
3	Johnny Herbert	Benetton	1:38:16.734 · 53 laps · renault	4
4	Eddie Irvine	Jordan	1:38:35.066 · 53 laps · peugeot	3
5	Olivier Panis	Ligier	Time not recorded · 52 laps · mugen-honda	2
6	Mika Salo	Tyrrell	Time not recorded · 52 laps · yamaha	1
7	Mark Blundell	McLaren	Time not recorded · 52 laps · mercedes	Unknown / not applicable
8	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Sauber	Time not recorded · 52 laps · ford	Unknown / not applicable
9	Luca Badoer	Minardi	Time not recorded · 51 laps · ford	Unknown / not applicable
10	Karl Wendlinger	Sauber	Time not recorded · 51 laps · ford	Unknown / not applicable
11	Pedro Lamy	Minardi	Time not recorded · 51 laps · ford	Unknown / not applicable
12	Taki Inoue	Footwork	Time not recorded · 51 laps · hart	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Damon Hill	Williams	Spun off · Time not recorded · 40 laps · renault	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	David Coulthard	Williams	Spun off · Time not recorded · 39 laps · renault	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Pedro Diniz	Forti	Spun off · Time not recorded · 32 laps · ford	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Jean Alesi	Ferrari	Driveshaft · Time not recorded · 24 laps · ferrari	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Andrea Montermini	Pacific	Spun off · Time not recorded · 23 laps · ford	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	Electrical · Time not recorded · 16 laps · ferrari	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Rubens Barrichello	Jordan	Spun off · Time not recorded · 15 laps · peugeot	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Ukyo Katayama	Tyrrell	Spun off · Time not recorded · 12 laps · yamaha	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Bertrand Gachot	Pacific	Halfshaft · Time not recorded · 6 laps · ford	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Roberto Moreno	Forti	Gearbox · Time not recorded · 1 laps · ford	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Gianni Morbidelli	Footwork	Spun off · Time not recorded · 0 laps · hart	Unknown / not applicable
DNS	Aguri Suzuki	Ligier	Injury · Time not recorded · mugen-honda	Unknown / not applicable

Qualifying

Recorded qualifying order; Q1/Q2/Q3 and earlier formats remain distinct in original evidence
Position	Driver	Constructor	Recorded details
1	Michael Schumacher	Benetton	1:38.023 · 17 laps · renault
2	Jean Alesi	Ferrari	1:38.888 · 16 laps · ferrari
3	Mika Häkkinen	McLaren	1:38.954 · 16 laps · mercedes
4	Damon Hill	Williams	1:39.032 · 19 laps · renault
5	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	1:39.040 · 15 laps · ferrari
6	David Coulthard	Williams	1:39.155 · 21 laps · renault
7	Eddie Irvine	Jordan	1:39.621 · 15 laps · peugeot
8	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Sauber	1:40.010 · 17 laps · ford
9	Johnny Herbert	Benetton	1:40.349 · 15 laps · renault
10	Rubens Barrichello	Jordan	1:40.381 · 23 laps · peugeot
11	Olivier Panis	Ligier	1:40.838 · 19 laps · mugen-honda
12	Mika Salo	Tyrrell	1:41.355 · 21 laps · yamaha
13	Aguri Suzuki	Ligier	1:41.592 · 20 laps · mugen-honda
14	Ukyo Katayama	Tyrrell	1:41.977 · 19 laps · yamaha
15	Gianni Morbidelli	Footwork	1:42.059 · 16 laps · hart
16	Karl Wendlinger	Sauber	1:42.912 · 21 laps · ford
17	Pedro Lamy	Minardi	1:43.102 · 22 laps · ford
18	Luca Badoer	Minardi	1:43.542 · 20 laps · ford
19	Taki Inoue	Footwork	1:44.074 · 21 laps · hart
20	Andrea Montermini	Pacific	1:46.097 · 16 laps · ford
21	Pedro Diniz	Forti	1:46.654 · 15 laps · ford
22	Roberto Moreno	Forti	1:48.267 · 10 laps · ford
23	Bertrand Gachot	Pacific	1:48.289 · 15 laps · ford
24	Mark Blundell	McLaren	16:42.640 · 1 laps · mercedes

Starting grid

Recorded grid; pole awards are not inferred from starting position
Position	Driver	Constructor	Recorded details
1	Michael Schumacher	Benetton	1:38.023 · renault
2	Jean Alesi	Ferrari	1:38.888 · ferrari
3	Mika Häkkinen	McLaren	1:38.954 · mercedes
4	Damon Hill	Williams	1:39.032 · renault
5	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	1:39.040 · ferrari
6	David Coulthard	Williams	1:39.155 · renault
7	Eddie Irvine	Jordan	1:39.621 · peugeot
8	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Sauber	1:40.010 · ford
9	Johnny Herbert	Benetton	1:40.349 · renault
10	Rubens Barrichello	Jordan	1:40.381 · peugeot
11	Olivier Panis	Ligier	1:40.838 · mugen-honda
12	Mika Salo	Tyrrell	1:41.355 · yamaha
13	Ukyo Katayama	Tyrrell	1:41.977 · yamaha
14	Gianni Morbidelli	Footwork	1:42.059 · hart
15	Karl Wendlinger	Sauber	1:42.912 · ford
16	Pedro Lamy	Minardi	1:43.102 · ford
17	Luca Badoer	Minardi	1:43.542 · ford
18	Taki Inoue	Footwork	1:44.074 · hart
19	Andrea Montermini	Pacific	1:46.097 · ford
20	Pedro Diniz	Forti	1:46.654 · ford
21	Roberto Moreno	Forti	1:48.267 · ford
22	Bertrand Gachot	Pacific	1:48.289 · ford
23	Mark Blundell	McLaren	16:42.640 · mercedes

Championship progression

Driver standings after this championship round
Position	Driver	Constructor	Recorded details	Points
1	Michael Schumacher	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	102
2	Damon Hill	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	59
3	David Coulthard	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	49
4	Johnny Herbert	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	45
5	Jean Alesi	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	42
6	Gerhard Berger	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	31
7	Mika Häkkinen	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	17
8	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	15
9	Rubens Barrichello	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	11
10	Eddie Irvine	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	10
11	Olivier Panis	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	10
12	Mark Blundell	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	10
13	Martin Brundle	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	7
14	Jean-Christophe Boullion	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	3
14	Mika Salo	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	3
16	Gianni Morbidelli	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	1
16	Aguri Suzuki	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	1

Practice & warm-up observations

Original F1DB session observations; bounded to 120 rows. Missing times remain unknown. Not qualifying or race classifications.

Session	Driver	Position	Time
freePractice1Results	Michael Schumacher	1	1:40.410
freePractice1Results	Mika Häkkinen	2	1:40.694
freePractice1Results	Damon Hill	3	1:41.024
freePractice1Results	Jean Alesi	4	1:41.283
freePractice1Results	David Coulthard	5	1:41.492
freePractice1Results	Gerhard Berger	6	1:41.952
freePractice1Results	Rubens Barrichello	7	1:42.147
freePractice1Results	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	8	1:42.294
freePractice1Results	Johnny Herbert	9	1:42.381
freePractice1Results	Mark Blundell	10	1:42.910
freePractice1Results	Olivier Panis	11	1:43.045
freePractice1Results	Eddie Irvine	12	1:43.660
freePractice1Results	Mika Salo	13	1:44.414
freePractice1Results	Ukyo Katayama	14	1:44.443
freePractice1Results	Karl Wendlinger	15	1:44.810
freePractice1Results	Gianni Morbidelli	16	1:44.906
freePractice1Results	Aguri Suzuki	17	1:45.377
freePractice1Results	Taki Inoue	18	1:45.871
freePractice1Results	Pedro Lamy	19	1:45.901
freePractice1Results	Luca Badoer	20	1:47.371
freePractice1Results	Andrea Montermini	21	1:48.657
freePractice1Results	Pedro Diniz	22	1:48.877
freePractice1Results	Bertrand Gachot	23	1:49.655
freePractice1Results	Roberto Moreno	24	2:17.198
freePractice2Results	Mika Häkkinen	1	1:40.389
freePractice2Results	Eddie Irvine	2	1:40.674
freePractice2Results	Damon Hill	3	1:40.741
freePractice2Results	Michael Schumacher	4	1:40.765
freePractice2Results	Jean Alesi	5	1:40.899
freePractice2Results	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	6	1:41.116
freePractice2Results	David Coulthard	7	1:41.151
freePractice2Results	Gerhard Berger	8	1:41.699
freePractice2Results	Mark Blundell	9	1:41.789
freePractice2Results	Rubens Barrichello	10	1:41.924
freePractice2Results	Olivier Panis	11	1:42.017
freePractice2Results	Johnny Herbert	12	1:42.749
freePractice2Results	Aguri Suzuki	13	1:43.084
freePractice2Results	Ukyo Katayama	14	1:43.309
freePractice2Results	Mika Salo	15	1:43.324
freePractice2Results	Karl Wendlinger	16	1:44.177
freePractice2Results	Gianni Morbidelli	17	1:44.231
freePractice2Results	Taki Inoue	18	1:44.892
freePractice2Results	Pedro Lamy	19	1:45.010
freePractice2Results	Luca Badoer	20	1:45.956
freePractice2Results	Andrea Montermini	21	1:46.860
freePractice2Results	Roberto Moreno	22	1:48.048
freePractice2Results	Pedro Diniz	23	1:48.203
freePractice2Results	Bertrand Gachot	24	1:49.184
warmingUpResults	Damon Hill	1	2:00.025
warmingUpResults	Michael Schumacher	2	2:00.414
warmingUpResults	David Coulthard	3	2:00.659
warmingUpResults	Jean Alesi	4	2:00.850
warmingUpResults	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	5	2:01.069
warmingUpResults	Eddie Irvine	6	2:01.957
warmingUpResults	Gerhard Berger	7	2:02.231
warmingUpResults	Johnny Herbert	8	2:03.071
warmingUpResults	Mika Häkkinen	9	2:03.465
warmingUpResults	Ukyo Katayama	10	2:03.470
warmingUpResults	Mark Blundell	11	2:03.686
warmingUpResults	Olivier Panis	12	2:03.808
warmingUpResults	Pedro Lamy	13	2:04.050
warmingUpResults	Mika Salo	14	2:04.236
warmingUpResults	Rubens Barrichello	15	2:04.313
warmingUpResults	Luca Badoer	16	2:04.530
warmingUpResults	Karl Wendlinger	17	2:05.237
warmingUpResults	Gianni Morbidelli	18	2:06.223
warmingUpResults	Andrea Montermini	19	2:08.562
warmingUpResults	Taki Inoue	20	2:10.531
warmingUpResults	Bertrand Gachot	21	2:10.651
warmingUpResults	Pedro Diniz	22	2:14.072
warmingUpResults	Roberto Moreno	23	11:07.750

Recorded pit stops

F1DB source observations, bounded to 120 rows; coverage is not independently exhaustive.

Driver	Stop	Lap	Time
Jean Alesi	1	5	29.669
Gerhard Berger	1	6	22.819
Jean Alesi	2	7	32.700
Rubens Barrichello	1	8	32.927
Johnny Herbert	1	8	32.418
Olivier Panis	1	8	43.864
Damon Hill	1	9	34.168
Heinz-Harald Frentzen	1	9	34.495
Mika Salo	1	9	35.949
Michael Schumacher	1	10	32.522
David Coulthard	1	10	33.720
Ukyo Katayama	1	10	37.733
Mika Häkkinen	1	11	32.172
Eddie Irvine	1	11	33.734
Pedro Lamy	1	11	38.484
Mark Blundell	1	11	32.193
Karl Wendlinger	1	11	40.231
Pedro Diniz	1	11	42.032
Luca Badoer	1	12	36.800
Andrea Montermini	1	13	42.609
Taki Inoue	1	14	50.203
Heinz-Harald Frentzen	2	20	48.218
Eddie Irvine	2	26	48.478
Johnny Herbert	2	26	32.988
Pedro Diniz	2	26	45.722
Mika Häkkinen	2	28	38.818
Olivier Panis	2	28	39.145
Taki Inoue	2	27	42.473
Michael Schumacher	2	31	36.547
Mika Salo	2	31	36.702
Mark Blundell	2	31	36.407
David Coulthard	2	34	35.561
Luca Badoer	2	33	37.637
Damon Hill	2	35	34.638
Pedro Lamy	2	35	43.364
Damon Hill	3	37	57.219
Eddie Irvine	3	37	33.109
Karl Wendlinger	2	38	35.637
Johnny Herbert	3	40	32.594
Karl Wendlinger	3	39	48.847
Heinz-Harald Frentzen	3	40	1:13.530