1994 Pacific Grand Prix

1994 Pacific Grand Prix
Race 2 of 16 in the 1994 Formula One World Championship
Race details
Date 17 April 1994
Official name I Pacific Grand Prix
Location TI Circuit
Aida, Japan
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 3.703 km (2.314 miles)
Distance 83 laps, 307.349 km (192.093 miles)
Weather Sunny
Pole position
Driver Williams-Renault
Time 1:10.218
Fastest lap
Driver Germany Michael Schumacher Benetton-Ford
Time 1:14.023 on lap 10
Podium
First Benetton-Ford
Second Ferrari
Third Jordan-Hart
Lap leaders

The 1994 Pacific Grand Prix (formally the I Pacific Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race held on 17 April 1994 at the TI Circuit, Aida, Japan. It was the second race of the 1994 Formula One World Championship.

The 83-lap race was won by German driver Michael Schumacher, driving a Benetton-Ford, after he started from second position. Brazilian Ayrton Senna took pole position in his Williams-Renault but retired following a first-corner collision with the Ferrari of Italian Nicola Larini, leaving Schumacher to lead all 83 laps. Austrian Gerhard Berger was second in the other Ferrari with another Brazilian, Rubens Barrichello, third in a Jordan-Hart, his and the Jordan team's first podium finish.