1994 Italian Grand Prix

1994 Italian Grand Prix
Race 12 of 16 in the 1994 Formula One World Championship
Race details
Date	11 September 1994
Official name	Pioneer 65º Gran Premio d'Italia
Location	Autodromo Nazionale di Monza Monza, Lombardy, Italy
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course length	5.834 km (3.625[1] miles)
Distance	53 laps, 309.202 km (192.125 miles)
Weather	Sunny
Pole position
Driver	Jean Alesi	Ferrari
Time	1:23.844
Fastest lap
Driver	Damon Hill	Williams-Renault
Time	1:25.930 on lap 24
Podium
First	Damon Hill	Williams-Renault
Second	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari
Third	Mika Häkkinen	McLaren-Peugeot
Lap leaders

The 1994 Italian Grand Prix (formally the Pioneer 65º Gran Premio d'Italia^[2]) was a Formula One motor race held on 11 September 1994 at the Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, Monza. It was the twelfth race of the 1994 Formula One World Championship.

The 53-lap race was won by British driver Damon Hill, driving a Williams-Renault, with Austria's Gerhard Berger second in a Ferrari and Finland's Mika Häkkinen third in a McLaren-Peugeot. Frenchman Jean Alesi took pole position in the other Ferrari and led before suffering a gearbox failure on lap 15.

The win enabled Hill to move to within 11 points of Michael Schumacher in the Drivers' Championship. Schumacher was banned for this race and the following race in Portugal for his actions at the British Grand Prix; his place at Benetton was taken by Finland's JJ Lehto, who had been his teammate earlier in the season.

The day after the race, Lotus went into receivership; however, they would compete in the remaining races of the 1994 season. Lotus had brought an upgraded Mugen engine to Monza, allowing Johnny Herbert to qualify in a season-best fourth place; hopes of a points finish were ended by a first-corner collision with Eddie Irvine's Jordan.