1994 F1 Management season

The 1994 F1 Management season is the first of Collieafc's F1 Management series.

Background

It is 1994 and it appears to be a new dawn for Formula 1. The big drivers who have dominated foe the last 10 years have left the sport. After Alain Prost announced his retirement in 1993, Ayrton Senna, finding that without the challenge of his arch nemesis made F1 lose meaning to him has decided to follow suit and call time on his career, while Nelson Piquet had already left at the end of 1991. Nigel Mansell decided to try out his hand at Indycars and in 1994 is about to embark on defending his crown.

As a result, F1 goes into the new season without any world champions on the grid. However, there is a raft of new contenders vying for the drivers title and this exciting new talent is sure to come to the fore over the course of the coming seasons. The traditional order of the teams at the top, although the same as last season, promises to be much tighter than before, due to the uncertainty of who are the new driver yardsticks.

At the back of the grid however, it is a different story. This season there has been a significant push to improve driver safety to compensate for the banning of driver aides. As a result, costs have skyrocketed and many teams finances are in a precarious state – many observers have noted that money is likely to win over talent when it comes to picking their drivers. It would not be a surprise if at least one team fails to make it to the end of the year. The one shining light is that there is an abundance of choice in the driver market. Whether all of them can cut it in F1 though is another matter.

Drivers and constructors

Entrant	Constructor	Chassis	Engine	No	Driver	Rounds	Test Driver
Rothmans Williams Renault	Williams-Renault	FW16	Renault RS6 3.5 V10	0	Damon Hill	1-	Alessandro Zanardi
				2	David Coulthard	1-
Tyrrell Racing Organisation	Tyrrell-Yamaha	022	Yamaha OX10B 3.5 V10	3	Ukyo Katayama	1-
				4	Jos Verstappen	1-
Mild Seven Benetton Ford	Benetton-Ford	B194	Ford ECA Zetec-R 3.5 V8	5	Gerhard Berger	1-	Michele Alboreto
				6	Olivier Panis	1-
Marlboro McLaren	McLaren-Ilmor	MP4/9	Ilmor 2175A 3.5 V10	7	Mika Hakkinen	1-
				8	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	1-
Footwork Hart	Footwork-Hart	FA15	Hart 1035 3.5 V10	9	Andrea de Cesaris	1-	Frank Lagorce
				10	Mark Blundell	1-
Team Lotus Mercedes	Lotus-Mercedes	109	Mercedes-Benz 2175B 3.5 V10	11	Mika Salo	1-
				12	Johnny Herbert	1-
Sasol Jordan	Jordan-Mugen Honda	194	Mugen Honda MF-351 HD 3.5 V10	14	Rubens Barrichello	1-	Erik Comas
				15	Karl Wendlinger	1-
Tourtel Larrousse F1	Larrousse-Renault	LH94	Renault RS6 3.5 V10	19	Taki Inoue	1-
				20	Jean-Denis Délétraz	1-
Minardi Scuderia Italia	Minardi-Ford	M194	Ford HBC7/8 3.5 V8	23	Christian Fittipaldi	1-	Phillipe Alliot
				24	Pedro Lamy	1-
Ligier Gitanes Blondes Peugeot	Ligier-Peugeot	JS39B	Peugeot A6 3.5 V10	25	Martin Brundle	1-	Andrea Montermini
				26	Eddie Irvine	1-
Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari	412T1	Ferrari 043 3.5 V12	27	Jean Alesi	1-	Gianni Morbidelli
				28	Pierluigi Martini	1-
Broker Sauber Ford	Sauber-Ford	C13	Ford HBC7/8 3.5 V8	29	Michael Schumacher	1-	Nicola Larini
				30	JJ Lehto	1-
MTV Simtek	Simtek-Ilmor	S941	Ilmor 2175A 3.5 V10	31	David Brabham	1-
				32	Jean-Marc Gounon	1-
Pacific Grand Prix	Pacific-Ford	PR01	Ford HBC7/8 3.5 V8	33	Éric Bernard	1-
				34	Hideki Noda	1-

Grands Prix

Round	Grand Prix	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Constructor
1	Brazilian Grand Prix	Jean Alesi	Jean Alesi	Jean Alesi	Ferrari
2	Pacific Grand Prix	Pierluigi Martini	Damon Hill	David Coulthard	Williams-Renault
3	San Marino Grand Prix	Pierluigi Martini	Pierluigi Martini	Michael Schumacher	Sauber-Ford
4	Monaco Grand Prix	Michael Schumacher	Jean Alesi	Mark Blundell	Footwork-Hart
5	Spannish Grand Prix	Pierluigi Martini
6	Canadian Grand Prix
7	French Grand Prix
8	British Grand Prix
9	German Grand Prix
10	Hungarian Grand Prix
11	Belgian Grand Prix
12	Italian Grand Prix
13	Portuguese Grand Prix
14	European Grand Prix
15	Japanese Grand Prix
16	Australian Grand Prix

Standings

Drivers' Championship

Pos	Driver	No.	BRA	PAC	SMR	MON	ESP	CAN	FRA	GBR	GER	HUN	BEL	ITA	POR	EUR	JPN	AUS	Pts
1	Mark Blundell	9	Ret	Ret	5	1													12
2	Damon Hill	0	2	Ret	Ret	2													12
3	Karl Wendlinger	15	4	2	4	Ret													12
4	Gerhard Berger	5	Ret	3	2	6													11
5	Jean Alesi	27	1	Ret	Ret	Ret													10
6	David Coulthard	2	Ret	1	Ret	Ret													10
7	Michael Schumacher	29	Ret	Ret	1	Ret													10
8	Rubens Barrichello	14	Ret	Ret	3	3													8
9	Martin Brundle	25	3	9†	Ret	4													7
10	Mika Hakkinen	7	Ret	4	Ret	8													3
11	Christian Fittipaldi	23	5	8	6	Ret													3
12	Ukyo Katayama	3	Ret	Ret	9	5													2
13	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	8	Ret	5	11	Ret													2
14	Jos Verstappen	4	8	6	Ret	9													1
15	Johnny Herbert	12	6	Ret	Ret	Ret													1
16	Olivier Panis	6	Ret	7	8	Ret													0
17	JJ Letho	30	7	Ret	Ret	Ret													0
18	Andrea de Cesaris	10	Ret	Ret	7	Ret													0
19	Eddie Irvine	26	Ret	Ret	Ret	7													0
20	Eric Bernard	33	9	Ret	12	Ret													0
21	Hideki Noda	34	10	Ret	Ret	10													0
22	Pierluigi Martini	28	11†	Ret	10†	Ret													0
23	David Brabham	31	Ret	Ret	Ret	11													0
24	Pedro Lamy	24	Ret	DNQ	DNQ	12													0
	Mika Salo	11	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret
	Taki Inoue	19	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret
	Jean-Marc Gounon	32	DNQ	Ret	Ret	DNQ
	Jean-Dennis Deletraz	20	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ