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1995 Fuji Television Japanese Grand Prix
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THE HISTORICAL RECORD
Profile & context
Event date: 29 Oct 1995
- Name
- 1995 Fuji Television Japanese Grand Prix
PROVENANCE
Sources behind this page
F1DB
v2026.17.0 · races/580
Original reference ↗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.
Recorded qualifying format: TWO_SESSION
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
| 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
| Position | Driver | Constructor | Recorded details | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
| Position | Driver | Constructor | Recorded details | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
| 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 |