1994 Monaco Grand Prix
| Race details | |||
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| Race 4 of 16 in the 1994 Formula One season | |||
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| Date | 15 May 1994 | ||
| Official name | LII Grand Prix Automobile de Monaco | ||
| Location | Circuit de Monaco, Monte Carlo | ||
| Course | Street circuit | ||
| Course length | 3.328 km (2.068 mi) | ||
| Distance | 78 laps, 259.584 km (161.298 mi) | ||
| Weather | Sunny | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Benetton-Ford | ||
| Time | 1:18.560 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Driver |
 Michael Schumacher
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Benetton-Ford | |
| Time | 1:21.076 on lap 35 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | Benetton-Ford | ||
| Second | McLaren-Peugeot | ||
| Third | Ferrari | ||
The 1994 Monaco Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on 15 May 1994 at the Circuit de Monaco, Monte Carlo. The race, which was the fourth round of the 1994 Formula One season, was won by Michael Schumacher and was the first race following the death of Ayrton Senna and Roland Ratzenberger at the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix.
After the deaths of Ayrton Senna and Roland Ratzenberger at the previous race of the season, sweeping changes were announced by the FIA to the rules and regulations of Formula One in a bid to improve safety. The majority were scheduled to come into force after the Monaco Grand Prix, but an 80 km/h pit-lane speed limit was brought into force in time for this race.
Both Williams and Simtek, the teams for whom Senna and Ratzenberger drove, ran only one car each during the race weekend.
Eddie Irvine was serving the third race of his three race ban issued to him for his part in the crash during the Brazilian Grand Prix. Andrea de Cesaris again took Irvine's place at Jordan, whilst Irvine acted as a pit-lane reporter for the ESPN television station.
During the First Free Practice session on Thursday morning Austrian driver Karl Wendlinger had a major accident in the Nouvelle Chicane, after hitting the wall at almost 280 km/h. Wendlinger was in a coma for several weeks and threatened his F1 career. The Sauber Mercedes team decided to withdraw from the race after this incident.
Michael Schumacher claimed the first pole position of his Grand Prix career. Mika Häkkinen qualified second, which was also the highest starting position thus far in his career.
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