1994 Formula 1 Rejects Grand Prix 2 Championship season

The 1994 F1 Rejects Grand Prix 2 Championship season was the first season of the F1RGP2C. The season was modeled on the 1994 Formula One season.

Season Review

Jack Christopherson won the championship for Williams-Renault, taking five wins during the season. Williams also took home the Constructors' Championship. The season was highlighted by the battle between John Zimmer, Benetton's lead driver, and Christopherson. Christopherson was erratic during the early parts of the season but matured by the end. Zimmer was unable to match Christopherson's consistency as his car let him down too many times during the course of the season. Benetton was able to take second in the championship behind the efforts of Zimmer and Kazuhiko Takagi although Takagi was frequently outperformed by his teammate.

Ferrari came third in the Constructors' Championship and Padraig O'Connell was able to take third in the Drivers' Championship. O'Connell took advantage of retirements from the leading cars and won three races. His teammate Rory McAllister also took an emotional win at the Italian Grand Prix. Both drivers were able to beat Daniel Moreno, the second Williams driver. Moreno suffered from bad luck throughout the season; he took more poles than any other driver but only converted pole to a victory once, at his home race in Canada.

The season was also notable for the rise of Jordan. Led by Leonhard von Gottorp and Éadbhard Ó'Caoimhín, the team was able to finish in fourth place, beating the likes of McLaren and Tyrrell. Jordan took seven podiums and one victory, delivered by Éadbhard. However, their counterpoint was McLaren, who struggled throughout the second half of the year. Although Tom Douglas won the first race in F1RGP2C history at Brazil, McLaren collapsed after the halfway point and were passed by both Ferrari and Jordan in the Constructors' table.

Tyrrell, Sauber, and Ligier all took podiums during the year but were mostly mired in the midfield. They were joined by Footwork, who put in a solid effort to take seventh the the Constructors'. Tyrrell's Poppy Whitechapel impressed many by taking back-to-back podiums but she did not finish a race after that. Pablo da Silva and James Davies were above average for Sauber but also suffered many mechanical issues. Dennis Mignolet best moment came at the chaotic Japanese Grand Prix where he brought the Ligier home in second place but his teammate Sebastien Belo was almost completely useless, earning Belo Reject of the Year.

Lotus and Minardi both got away with points finishes during races with high attrition but were unable to much else. Andrew Spokes came in a stunning third at the British Grand Prix for Minardi and Masta Valsattis took a points finish in Japan. Lotus had to deal with financial difficulties during the latter half of the year, causing a sharp decline in performance. Damon Cannon and Samael Meerwick both performed well enough to secure deals for 1995. Larrousse was always just behind this group but only managed to score two points, courtesy of Gio van Dycke.

At the back of the pack, Pacific and Simtek battled for supremacy. However, it wasn't much of a battle as Simtek managed to qualify for every single race while Pacific only qualified once. Pippa Mann scored a point at the high-attrition Monaco Grand Prix, bringing them just behind Larrousse in the Constructors'. Ben Fleet qualified the Pacific at the Japanese Grand Prix and was drafted in one race later to sub for the injured Tom Douglas at McLaren where Fleet took a fifth place in Adelaide. Giovanni Roda did not qualify for a single race all season and failed to secure a drive for 1995.

Drivers and teams

Team	Constructor	Chassis	Engine	#	Race Drivers	Rounds
Rothmans Williams Renault	Williams	FW16	Renault RS6 V10	0	Jack Christopherson	All
				2	Daniel Moreno	All
Tyrrell Racing Organisation	Tyrrell	022	Yamaha OX10B V10	3	Poppy Whitechapel	All
				4	Pieter Kickert	All
Mild Seven Benetton Ford	Benetton	B194	Ford ECA Zetec-R V8	5	John Zimmer	All
				6	Kazuhiko Takagi	All
Marlboro McLaren-Peugeot	McLaren	MP4/9	Peugeot A6 V10	7	Douglas Mann	All
				8	Tom Douglas	1-15
				Ben Fleet	16
Footwork Ford	Footwork	FA15	Ford HBE 7/8 V8	9	Max von Hegel	All
				10	Kazuyoshi Hoshino	All
Team Lotus	Lotus	107C 109	Mugen-Honda MF-351 HC V10	11	Samael Meerwick	All
				12	Damon Cannon	All
Sasol Jordan	Jordan	194	Hart 1035 V10	14	Éadbhard Ó'Caoimhín	All
				15	Leonhard von Gottorp	All
Tourtel Larrousse F1	Larrousse	LH94	Ford HBF/7 V8	19	Miko Fäkkinen	All
				20	Gio van Dycke	All
Minardi Scuderia Italia	Minardi	M193B M194	Ford HBC7/8 V8	23	Andrew Spokes	All
				24	Masta Valsattis	All
Ligier Gitanes Blondes	Ligier	JS39B	Renault RS6 V10	25	Sebastien Belo	All
				26	Dennis Mignolet	All
Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari	412T1	Ferrari 043 V12	27	Padraig O'Connell	All
				28	Rory McAllister	All
Broker Sauber Mercedes	Sauber	C13	Mercedes-Benz 2175B V10	29	James Davies	All
				30	Pablo da Silva	All
MTV Simtek Ford	Simtek	S941	Ford HBD6 V8	31	George Tramontani	All
				32	Pippa Mann	All
Ursus Pacific Grand Prix	Pacific	PR01	Ilmor 2175A 3.5 V10	33	Ben Fleet	1-15
				Anton Kaliniczenko	16
				34	Giovanni Roda	All

Calendar

Round	Race	Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winner	Winning team	Reject of the Race
1	Brazilian Grand Prix	Autódromo José Carlos Pace	27 March	John Zimmer	Tom Douglas	Tom Douglas	McLaren-Peugeot	Peugeot
2	Pacific Grand Prix	TI Circuit	17 April	Jack Christopherson	Jack Christopherson	Padraig O'Connell	Ferrari	Samael Meerwick
3	San Marino Grand Prix	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari	1 May	Daniel Moreno	Jack Christopherson	Jack Christopherson	Williams-Renault	Benetton
4	Monaco Grand Prix	Circuit de Monaco	15 May	Jack Christopherson	Daniel Moreno	John Zimmer	Benetton-Ford	/ Tyrrell, Ferrari and McLaren
5	Spanish Grand Prix	Circuit de Catalunya	29 May	Daniel Moreno	Daniel Moreno	John Zimmer	Benetton-Ford	James Davies
6	Canadian Grand Prix	Circuit Gilles Villeneuve	12 June	Daniel Moreno	Daniel Moreno	Daniel Moreno	Williams-Renault	Tom Douglas
7	French Grand Prix	Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours	3 July	Daniel Moreno	Daniel Moreno	Jack Christopherson	Williams-Renault	Ford
8	British Grand Prix	Silverstone Circuit	10 July	Daniel Moreno	Daniel Moreno	Éadbhard Ó'Caoimhín	Jordan	Gio van Dycke
9	German Grand Prix	Hockenheimring	31 July	Jack Christopherson	Jack Christopherson	Padraig O'Connell	Ferrari	Poppy Whitechapel
10	Hungarian Grand Prix	Hungaroring	14 August	Daniel Moreno	John Zimmer	John Zimmer	Benetton-Ford	Ferrari
11	Belgian Grand Prix	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	28 August	Daniel Moreno	Jack Christopherson	Jack Christopherson	Williams-Renault	Miko Fäkkinen
12	Italian Grand Prix	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	11 September	John Zimmer	Rory McAllister	Rory McAllister	Ferrari	/ Belo and Valsattis
13	Portuguese Grand Prix	Autódromo do Estoril	25 September	Jack Christopherson	John Zimmer	Jack Christopherson	Williams-Renault	John Zimmer's suspension
14	European Grand Prix	Circuito Permanente de Jerez	16 October	Jack Christopherson	John Zimmer	John Zimmer	Benetton-Ford	Poppy Whitechapel
15	Japanese Grand Prix	Suzuka Circuit	6 November	John Zimmer	John Zimmer	Padraig O'Connell	Ferrari	Everyone except POC, DM, KH, BF and TD.
16	Australian Grand Prix	Adelaide Steet Circuit	13 November	John Zimmer	John Zimmer	Jack Christopherson	Williams	Andrew Spokes
NC	Nazareth 200	Nazareth Speedway	27 November	Daniel Moreno	N/A	Daniel Moreno	N/A	N/A

Standings

Drivers'

Pos	Driver	BRA	PAC	SMN	MON	ESP	CAN	FRA	BRI	GER	HUN	BEL	ITA	POR	EUR	JPN	AUS	Pts
1	Jack Christopherson	2	Ret	1	Ret	Ret	5	1	Ret	Ret	2	1	4	1	2	Ret	1	73
2	John Zimmer	Ret	Ret	3	1	1	Ret	Ret	Ret	2	1	5	2	Ret	1	Ret	8*	58
3	Padraig O'Connell	Ret	1	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	1	Ret	3	3	Ret	6	1	18*	39
4	Rory McAllister	Ret	Ret	4	Ret	Ret	Ret	6*	Ret	Ret	Ret	2	1	Ret	4	3	2	33
5	Daniel Moreno	4	2	Ret	Ret	Ret	1	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	4	5	4	Ret	Ret	3	31
6	Leonhard von Gottorp	Ret	10*	2	3	Ret	4	2	7*	3	Ret	Ret	Ret	5	7	12	14	25
7	Éadbhard Ó'Caoimhín	3	Ret	11*	Ret	3	Ret	Ret	1	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	3	12	5	Ret	24
8	Kazuhiko Takagi	Ret	Ret	Ret	2	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	4	3	9	Ret	2	3	Ret	Ret	23
9	Tom Douglas	1	Ret	5	Ret	2	7	Ret	Ret	Ret	5	8	10	7	5	Ret		22
10	Douglas Mann	6	3	7	Ret	Ret	2	Ret	Ret	Ret	4	Ret	6	Ret	Ret	13*	9	15
11	Dennis Mignolet	Ret	Ret	10	Ret	Ret	Ret	4	Ret	5	9	7	8	6	Ret	2	10	12
12	Poppy Whitechapel	Ret	6	16*	Ret	Ret	Ret	3	2	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	11
13	Max von Hegel	9	Ret	12	5	4	8	Ret	4	Ret	8	Ret	13	9	17*	Ret	12	8
14	James Davies	Ret	Ret	6	Ret	Ret	3	Ret	6	Ret	6	Ret	7	Ret	10	8*	Ret	7
15	Kazuyoshi Hoshino	Ret	4	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	14	Ret	11	4	Ret	6
16	Pablo da Silva	7	Ret	15*	4	Ret	9	Ret	5	Ret	7	13	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	6	6
17	Andrew Spokes	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	7*	Ret	Ret	3	Ret	Ret	16*	9	8	8	14*	Ret	4
18	Pieter Kickert	5	Ret	8	Ret	Ret	6	Ret	Ret	10*	Ret	6	Ret	Ret	9	Ret	14*	4
19	Samael Meerwick	11	8	Ret	7	6	Ret	5	Ret	7	Ret	14	17	Ret	Ret	9	Ret	3
20	Damon Cannon	Ret	5	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	6	11	10	16	Ret	Ret	11	11	3
21	Gio van Dycke	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	5	12*	Ret	Ret	9	Ret	Ret	11	Ret	Ret	Ret	17*	2
22	Ben Fleet	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	Ret	5	2
23	Pippa Mann	12	7	Ret	6	Ret	Ret	Ret	9	Ret	13	15	Ret	12	16	15	Ret	1
24	Masta Valsattis	10	Ret	13	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	10	12	18	11	14	6	13	1
25	Miko Fäkkinen	13*	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	11*	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	12	10	15	7	16	0
26	George Tramontani	Ret	Ret	14	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	8	8	Ret	Ret	19	Ret	Ret	DNQ	Ret	0
27	Sebastien Belo	8	Ret	9	Ret	Ret	10	Ret	Ret	Ret	12	11	15	Ret	13	10*	15	0
28	Giovanni Roda	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	0
29	Anton Kaliniczenko																DNQ	0

Constructors'

Pos	Constructor	Car no.	BRA	PAC	SMR	MON	ESP	CAN	FRA	GBR	GER	HUN	BEL	ITA	POR	EUR	JPN	AUS	Points
1	Williams-Renault	0	2	Ret	1	Ret	Ret	5	1	Ret	Ret	2	1	4	1	2	Ret	1	104
		2	4	2	Ret	Ret	Ret	1	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	4	5	4	Ret	Ret	3
2	Benetton-Ford	5	Ret	Ret	3	1	1	Ret	Ret	Ret	2	1	5	2	Ret	1	Ret	8*	81
		6	Ret	Ret	Ret	2	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	4	3	9	Ret	2	3	Ret	Ret
3	Scuderia Ferrari	27	Ret	1	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	1	Ret	3	3	Ret	6	1	18*	72
		28	Ret	Ret	4	Ret	Ret	Ret	6	Ret	Ret	Ret	2	1	Ret	4	3	2
4	Jordan-Hart	14	3	Ret	11*	Ret	3	Ret	Ret	1	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	3	12	5	Ret	49
		15	Ret	10*	2	3	Ret	4	2	7*	3	Ret	Ret	Ret	5	7	12	14
5	McLaren-Peugot	7	1	Ret	5	Ret	2	7	Ret	Ret	Ret	5	8	10	7	5	Ret	5	39
		8	6	3	7	Ret	Ret	2	Ret	Ret	Ret	4	Ret	6	Ret	Ret	13*	9
6	Tyrrell-Yamaha	3	Ret	6	16*	Ret	Ret	Ret	3	2	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	15
		4	5	Ret	8	Ret	Ret	6	Ret	Ret	10*	Ret	6	Ret	Ret	9	Ret	14*
7	Footwork-Ford	9	9	Ret	12	5	4	8	Ret	4	Ret	8	Ret	13	9	17*	Ret	12	14
		10	Ret	4	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	14	Ret	11	4	Ret
8	Sauber-Mercedes	29	Ret	Ret	6	Ret	Ret	3	Ret	6	Ret	6	Ret	7	Ret	10	8*	Ret	13
		30	7	Ret	15*	4	Ret	9	Ret	5	Ret	7	13	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	6
9	Ligier-Renault	25	Ret	Ret	10	Ret	Ret	Ret	4	Ret	5	9	7	8	6	Ret	2	10	12
		26	8	Ret	9	Ret	Ret	10	Ret	Ret	Ret	12	11	15	Ret	13	10	15
10	Lotus-Mugen-Honda	11	11	8	Ret	7	6	Ret	5	Ret	7	Ret	14	17	Ret	Ret	9	Ret	6
		12	Ret	5	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	6	11	10	16	Ret	Ret	11	11
11	Minardi-Ford	23	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	7*	Ret	Ret	3	Ret	Ret	16*	9	8	8	14*	Ret	5
		20	10	Ret	13	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	10	12	18	11	14	6	13
12	Larrousse-Ford	19	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	5	12*	Ret	Ret	9	Ret	Ret	11	Ret	Ret	Ret	17*	2
		20	13*	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	11*	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	12	10	15	7	16
13	Simtek-Ford	31	12	7	Ret	6	Ret	Ret	Ret	9	Ret	13	15	Ret	12	16	15	Ret	1
		32	Ret	Ret	14	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	8	8	Ret	Ret	19	Ret	Ret	DNQ	Ret
14	Pacific-Ford	33	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	Ret	DNQ	0
		34	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ

• * Driver didn't finish the race but completed over 90% of the full race distance