1995 Pacific Grand Prix
| Race details | |||
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| Race 15 of 17 in the 1995 Formula One season | |||
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| Date | 22 October 1995 | ||
| Official name | II Pacific Grand Prix | ||
| Location | TI Circuit, Aida, Japan | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
| Course length | 3.704 km (2.314 mi) | ||
| Distance | 83 laps, 307.349 km (192.093 mi) | ||
| Weather | Cloudy, dry | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Williams-Renault | ||
| Time | 1:14.013 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Driver |
 Michael Schumacher
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Benetton-Renault | |
| Time | 1:16.374 on lap 40 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | Benetton-Renault | ||
| Second | Williams-Renault | ||
| Third | Williams-Renault | ||
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The 1995 Pacific Grand Prix (formally the II Pacific Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race held on 22 October 1995 at the TI Circuit, Aida, Japan. It was the fifteenth round of the 1995 Formula One season. The 83-lap race was won by Michael Schumacher for the Benetton team after starting from third position. David Coulthard, who started the Grand Prix from pole position, finished second in a Williams car, with Damon Hill third in the other Williams. Schumacher's win confirmed him as 1995 Drivers' Champion, as Hill could not pass Schumacher's points total with only two races remaining. This was also the last race for Jean-Christophe Boullion.
Hill started the race alongside Coulthard on the front row, amidst pressure from the British media for not being "forceful" enough in battles. Schumacher attempted to drive around the outside of Hill at the first corner, but Hill held Schumacher off as Jean Alesi, driving for Ferrari, got past both on the inside line to take second position. As a result, Hill dropped down to third and Schumacher dropped down to fifth behind Gerhard Berger. Schumacher managed to get past Alesi and Hill during the first of three pit stops. This allowed him, on a new set of slick tyres, to close on Coulthard who was on a two-stop strategy. Schumacher opened up a gap of 21 seconds by lapping two seconds faster per lap than Coulthard, so that when his third stop came, he still led the race.
The race, originally scheduled to be held as the third round of the season on 16 April 1995, was moved to October as the local infrastructure and communications were badly damaged from the Great Hanshin earthquake.
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