1994 FIA Touring Car World Cup

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The 1994 FIA Touring Car World Cup was the second running of the FIA Touring Car World Cup. It was held on 16 October 1994 at Donington Park in the United Kingdom. Unlike the previous year's edition, the 1994 event was run over just a single race. Paul Radisich won the event for a second time, while Germany was the winning nation. The winning driver was also awarded the RAC Tourist Trophy, the first time the Trophy had been awarded since 1988.[1]

Entry list[edit]

Nation No Driver Entrant Car 1994 Championship
Belgium Belgium 1 Marc Duez BMW Motorsport BMW 318i Belgian Procar Championship
2 Thierry Tassin FINA Team Oreca BMW 318i
Switzerland Switzerland 3 Alain Menu Renault Dealer Racing Renault Laguna British Touring Car Championship
4 Bernard Thuner Wira Peugeot Peugeot 405 Swiss Touring Car Championship
Czech Republic Czech Republic 5 Vaclav Bervid Bervid Sport Styling BMW 318i Super Tourenwagen Cup
6 Milos Bychl Bychl-Euro Racing BMW 318i
Germany Germany 7 Michael Bartels Nissan Castrol Racing Nissan Primera
8 Frank Biela ROC Competition Audi 80 Quattro
9 Markus Oestreich Wolf Racing Ford Mondeo
10 Hans-Joachim Stuck ROC Competition Audi 80 Quattro
11 Joachim Winkelhock BMW Motorsport Team Schnitzer BMW 318i British Touring Car Championship
Spain Spain 12 Antonio Albacete Equipo Banco Central Hispano Opel Vectra Spanish Touring Car Championship
13 Adrián Campos Alfa Romeo Spain Alfa Romeo 155
14 Carlos Palau Ford España Ford Mondeo
15 Luis Pérez-Sala Old Spice Nissan Racing Nissan Primera
16 Luis Villamil Alfa Romeo Spain Alfa Romeo 155
France France 18 Philippe Gache Graff Racing Ford Mondeo French Supertouring Championship
19 Yvan Muller FINA Team Oreca BMW 318i
United Kingdom Great Britain 20 John Cleland Vauxhall Sport Vauxhall Cavalier British Touring Car Championship
21 Robb Gravett Ford Team Mondeo Ford Mondeo
22 Anthony Reid HKS Racing Vauxhall Cavalier Japanese Touring Car Championship
23 Steve Soper BMW Motorsport Team Schnitzer BMW 318i
24 Patrick Watts Peugeot Sport Peugeot 405 British Touring Car Championship
Italy Italy 25 Stefano Modena Alfa Corse Alfa Romeo 155 Italian Superturismo Championship
26 Emanuele Pirro Audi Sport Italia Audi 80 Quattro
27 Roberto Ravaglia CiBiEmme Engineering BMW 318i
28 Antonio Tamburini Alfa Corse Alfa Romeo 155
29 Gabriele Tarquini Alfa Corse Alfa Romeo 155 British Touring Car Championship
Netherlands Netherlands 30 Jan Lammers Volvo 850 Racing Volvo 850
New Zealand New Zealand 31 Paul Radisich Ford Team Mondeo Ford Mondeo
Sweden Sweden 32 Per-Gunnar Andersson Peggen Motorsport BMW 318i Nordic Touring Car Championship
33 Slim Borgudd Mazda Cars Mazda Xedos 6
Venezuela Venezuela 34 Johnny Cecotto BMW Motorsport Team Bigazzi BMW 318i Super Tourenwagen Cup
South Africa South Africa 35 Shaun van der Linde BMW South Africa BMW 318i South African Touring Car Championship
United Kingdom not nominated 40 Julian Bailey Toyota Castrol Team Toyota Carina British Touring Car Championship
41 Tim Harvey Renault Dealer Team Renault Laguna
42 Will Hoy Toyota Castrol Team Toyota Carina
43 David Leslie Renault Dealer Team Renault Laguna
44 Matt Neal Team Dynamics Mazda 323F
45 Kieth O'Dor Old Spice Nissan Racing Nissan Primera

Report[edit]

Initially, it was John Cleland that made the best getaway, vaulting from his grid position of fourth to take an early lead from front-row starters Paul Radisich and Steve Soper. Several drivers meanwhile, including Shaun van der Linde, Kieth O’Dor, Jan Lammers, David Leslie and Philippe Gache were eliminated from the race almost immediately after a multi-car collision in the middle of the pack. Later in the lap, Alain Menu clouted the rear of Frank Biela's Audi on the approach to the Melbourne Hairpin, resulting in the Swiss driver's retirement. It was at this point the red flags were shown to allow the numerous stranded cars to be moved.

At the restart, Cleland failed to replicate his excellent start, the top four rounding the first corner in grid order. Stefano Modena rammed the rear of Anthony Reid's Vauxhall at the Esses on the first lap, taking both men out of the race, whilst Gabriele Tarquini's late braking two corners later at Goddards resulted in the retirement of both Cleland and Emanuele Pirro, both of whom had passed Tarquini at the previous corner. Tarquini continued but lost several positions as he recovered from the grass.

This promoted Tim Harvey into third position behind Radisich and Soper, but his retirement due to head gasket failure ended a miserable day for the Renault team. Biela thus assumed third position from Joachim Winkelhock and Roberto Ravaglia, though the latter would soon lose fifth position after being pressured into out-braking himself at the Esses by a resurgent Tarquini and Yvan Muller. Whene it missed just 6 laps to the end Winkelhock decided to push out at the Esses his compatriot Biela as the pair battled for third position. This made loose Biela two positions behind Winkelhock and Tarquini, though the German would then beach his Audi in the gravel at Coppice the following lap as he attempted to catch them up .

Radisich was able to maintain his healthy advantage over Soper to secure his second consecutive World Cup, with Winkelhock holding off Tarquini to complete the podium. After Biela's retirement, Hans-Joachim Stuck finished in fifth after qualifying in a lowly 21st, with Johnny Cecotto, Muller and Markus Oestrich rounding out the top eight finishers. Soper and Winkelhock's podium finishes were sufficient for BMW to win the manufacturers title, whilst the efforts of Winkelhock, Stuck and Oestrich secured Germany the Nations Cup.

Race Results[edit]

Nations' standings[edit]

Pos Nation Points
1 Germany Germany 53
2 United Kingdom Great Britain 44
3 Italy Italy 31
4 Spain Spain 12

Manufacturers' Trophy[edit]

Pos Nation Points
1 Germany BMW 54
2 United States Ford 48
3 Italy Alfa Romeo 20
4 Germany Audi 16
5 Japan Toyota 16
6 France Peugeot 6
7 Japan Nissan 2
8 Germany Opel / Vauxhall 1

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Tourist Trophy Past Winners". Royal Automobile Club. Archived from the original on May 13, 2019. Retrieved 13 May 2019.