1995 British Grand Prix

1995 British Grand Prix
Race 8 of 17 in the 1995 Formula One World Championship ← Previous race Next race →
Silverstone Circuit (as modified in 1994)
Race details[1]
Date	16 July 1995
Official name	XLVIII British Grand Prix
Location	Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone, Northamptonshire, England
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course length	5.057 km (3.160 miles)
Distance	61 laps, 308.477 km (191.678 miles)
Weather	Warm, cloudy, windy
Pole position
Driver	Damon Hill	Williams-Renault
Time	1:28.124
Fastest lap
Driver	Damon Hill	Williams-Renault
Time	1:29.752 on lap 37
Podium
First	Johnny Herbert	Benetton-Renault
Second	Jean Alesi	Ferrari
Third	David Coulthard	Williams-Renault
Lap leaders

The 1995 British Grand Prix (formally the XLVIII British Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race held on 16 July 1995 at Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone, Northamptonshire, England. It was the eighth round of the 1995 Formula One World Championship. Johnny Herbert for the Benetton team won the 61-lap race from fifth position. Jean Alesi finished second in a Ferrari, with David Coulthard third in a Williams car. The remaining points-scoring positions were filled by Olivier Panis (Ligier), Mark Blundell (McLaren) and Heinz-Harald Frentzen (Sauber). Herbert's victory was his first in Formula One, and the Benetton team's fifth of the season.

The race was dominated, however, by the fight between World Drivers' Championship protagonists, Michael Schumacher (Benetton) and Damon Hill (Williams). Hill, who started from a pole position achieved during qualifying sessions held in variable weather conditions, retained his lead during the opening stages of the race whilst Schumacher, who was alongside him on the starting grid, fell behind Alesi in the run to the first corner. Despite being held up behind the slower Ferrari until it made a pit stop, Schumacher used a more favourable one-stop strategy to move ahead of Hill, who made two pit stops for fuel and tyres, on lap 41. Four laps later, Hill attempted to pass Schumacher, but the two collided and were forced to retire from the race. This promoted Herbert and Coulthard, who were battling for third place, into the fight for the lead. Coulthard passed Herbert, but dropped to third, behind Alesi, after incurring a stop-go penalty for speeding in the pit lane.