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1995 Italian Grand Prix
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Race details
Date	10 September 1995
Official name	Pioneer 66º Gran Premio d'Italia
Location	Autodromo Nazionale di Monza Monza, Lombardy, Italy
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course length	5.834 km (3.625 miles)
Distance	53 laps, 309.202 km (192.125 miles)
Weather	Sunny
Pole position
Driver	David Coulthard	Williams-Renault
Time	1:24.462
Fastest lap
Driver	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari
Time	1:26.419 on lap 24
Podium
First	Johnny Herbert	Benetton-Renault
Second	Mika Häkkinen	McLaren-Mercedes
Third	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Sauber-Ford
Lap leaders

The 1995 Italian Grand Prix (formally the Pioneer 66º Gran Premio d'Italia) was a Formula One motor race held on 10 September 1995 at the Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, Monza, Italy. It was the twelfth race of the 1995 Formula One World Championship.

The 53-lap race was won by British driver Johnny Herbert, driving a Benetton-Renault, after starting from eighth position. Finn Mika Häkkinen was second in a McLaren-Mercedes, with German Heinz-Harald Frentzen third in a Sauber-Ford, achieving both his and the Sauber team's first F1 podium finish.

Report

Pole-sitter David Coulthard spun off on the formation lap exiting the Ascari chicane, and retired in the pitlane as the grid formed for the start. However, the race was stopped after a first lap collision at the same spot (on dust he had dragged onto the corner when attempting to rejoin) involving Max Papis, Jean-Christophe Boullion, Roberto Moreno, and Andrea Montermini, resulting in a blocked track. Coulthard was able to take the restart from pole again (in a spare car set up for Damon Hill), whilst Moreno and Montermini failed to take the restart due to a lack of spare cars. Coulthard led until a wheel bearing failed, leaving Gerhard Berger in the lead. Behind, Hill and Michael Schumacher had their second major collision of the season; the previous one having happened at the British Grand Prix. As Hill attempted to lap Taki Inoue's Footwork, Hill crashed into the back of Schumacher when braking for the second chicane, causing both to retire. Schumacher ran over to the Williams to confront Hill whilst the British driver sat in his cockpit, but was immediately pulled away by marshals. Schumacher later apologised to Hill when Inoue admitted the incident was his fault, as he had slid in front of Hill while being passed by Schumacher, causing Hill to take evasive action and inadvertently run into the back of Schumacher's car. Hill was subsequently given a one race suspended ban for his part in the collision.

After the pitstops the Ferraris were running first and second. Berger suffered a bizarre retirement when a TV camera on Jean Alesi's rear wing flew off and destroyed Berger's suspension. Alesi looked set to win his second Grand Prix but subsequently retired with a wheel bearing failure with just 8 laps to go. Alesi had also retired from the lead the previous year. This succession of retirements handed a second victory to Johnny Herbert, and then best-ever results to Mika Häkkinen and Heinz-Harald Frentzen - the first podium finish for the Sauber team in F1. Papis was on course for his first points finish, until he was overtaken by Boullion on the final lap.

Classification

Qualifying

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Q1 Time	Q2 Time	Gap
1	6	David Coulthard	Williams-Renault	1:25.516	1:24.462
2	1	Michael Schumacher	Benetton-Renault	1:26.098	1:25.026	+0.564
3	28	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	1:25.904	1:25.353	+0.891
4	5	Damon Hill	Williams-Renault	1:25.912	1:25.699	+1.237
5	27	Jean Alesi	Ferrari	1:26.323	1:25.707	+1.245
6	14	Rubens Barrichello	Jordan-Peugeot	1:26.981	1:25.919	+1.457
7	8	Mika Häkkinen	McLaren-Mercedes	1:28.895	1:25.920	+1.458
8	2	Johnny Herbert	Benetton-Renault	1:26.631	1:26.433	+1.971
9	7	Mark Blundell	McLaren-Mercedes	1:27.308	1:26.472	+2.010
10	30	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Sauber-Ford	1:27.245	1:26.541	+2.079
11	25	Martin Brundle	Ligier-Mugen-Honda	1:29.200	1:27.067	+2.605
12	15	Eddie Irvine	Jordan-Peugeot	1:27.573	1:27.271	+2.809
13	26	Olivier Panis	Ligier-Mugen-Honda	1:28.418	1:27.384	+2.922
14	29	Jean-Christophe Boullion	Sauber-Ford	1:30.997	1:28.741	+4.279
15	9	Massimiliano Papis	Footwork-Hart	No time	1:28.870	+4.408
16	4	Mika Salo	Tyrrell-Yamaha	1:29.535	1:29.028	+4.566
17	3	Ukyo Katayama	Tyrrell-Yamaha	1:31.399	1:29.287	+4.825
18	24	Luca Badoer	Minardi-Ford	1:30.731	1:29.559	+5.097
19	23	Pedro Lamy	Minardi-Ford	1:29.936	1:31.402	+5.474
20	10	Taki Inoue	Footwork-Hart	1:30.632	1:30.515	+6.053
21	17	Andrea Montermini	Pacific-Ford	1:32.121	1:30.721	+6.259
22	22	Roberto Moreno	Forti-Ford	1:32.491	1:30.834	+6.372
23	21	Pedro Diniz	Forti-Ford	1:32.540	1:32.102	+7.640
24	16	Giovanni Lavaggi	Pacific-Ford	1:32.935	1:32.470	+8.008
Source:

Race

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	2	Johnny Herbert	Benetton-Renault	53	1:18:27.916	8	10
2	8	Mika Häkkinen	McLaren-Mercedes	53	+ 17.779	7	6
3	30	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Sauber-Ford	53	+ 24.321	10	4
4	7	Mark Blundell	McLaren-Mercedes	53	+ 28.223	9	3
5	4	Mika Salo	Tyrrell-Yamaha	52	+ 1 lap	16	2
6	29	Jean-Christophe Boullion	Sauber-Ford	52	+ 1 lap	14	1
7	9	Massimiliano Papis	Footwork-Hart	52	+ 1 lap	15
8	10	Taki Inoue	Footwork-Hart	52	+ 1 lap	20
9	21	Pedro Diniz	Forti-Ford	50	+ 3 laps	23
10	3	Ukyo Katayama	Tyrrell-Yamaha	47	+ 6 laps	17
Ret	27	Jean Alesi	Ferrari	45	Wheel bearing	5
Ret	14	Rubens Barrichello	Jordan-Peugeot	43	Clutch	6
Ret	15	Eddie Irvine	Jordan-Peugeot	40	Engine	12
Ret	28	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	32	Suspension	3
Ret	24	Luca Badoer	Minardi-Ford	26	Accident	18
Ret	1	Michael Schumacher	Benetton-Renault	23	Collision	2
Ret	5	Damon Hill	Williams-Renault	23	Collision	4
Ret	26	Olivier Panis	Ligier-Mugen-Honda	20	Spun off	13
Ret	6	David Coulthard	Williams-Renault	13	Wheel bearing	1
Ret	25	Martin Brundle	Ligier-Mugen-Honda	10	Puncture	11
Ret	16	Giovanni Lavaggi	Pacific-Ford	6	Spun off	24
Ret	23	Pedro Lamy	Minardi-Ford	0	Transmission	19
DNS	17	Andrea Montermini	Pacific-Ford	0	Collision	21
DNS	22	Roberto Moreno	Forti-Ford	0	Collision	22
Source:

Notes

• ^1 – Montermini and Moreno started the original race but were involved in the first lap collision that resulted in a red flag. They did not take the restart and are omitted in the official results indicating they are credited as "Did not start"

Championship standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Michael Schumacher 66 2 Damon Hill 51 3 Johnny Herbert 38 4 Jean Alesi 32 5 David Coulthard 29 Source:

Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 Benetton-Renault 94 2 Williams-Renault 74 3 Ferrari 57 4 McLaren-Mercedes 21 5 Sauber-Ford 17 Source:

• Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

References

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