AIDA, JAPAN - (Courtesy Marlboro Sports Data System) 
Morning report for Saturday, April 16, 1994, from the Pacific Grand
Prix, round two of the FIA Formula One World Championship series:

                            Free Practice #2 Results

       CAR                                      BEST LAP       AVERAGE
 POS.  NO. DRIVER             CAR DESCRIPTION     TIME    LAP   SPEED
 ----  --- ------             ---------------   --------- ---  -------
    1  5   SCHUMACHER         BEN/FO             1'11.852  17  185.531 km/h
    2  2   SENNA              WIL/REN            1'12.067  21  184.978
    3  30  FRENTZEN           SAU/MER            1'12.937  21  182.771
    4  27  LARINI             FER                1'13.021  22  182.561
    5  7   HAKKINEN           MCL/PEU            1'13.101  21  182.361
    6  6   VERSTAPPEN         BEN/FO             1'13.223  21  182.058
    7  14  BARRICHELLO        JOR/HA             1'13.613  21  181.093
    8  9   FITTIPALDI         FOO/FO             1'13.691  21  180.901
    9  8   BRUNDLE            MCL/PEU            1'13.716  20  180.840
   10  28  BERGER             FER                1'13.819  21  180.588
   11  24  ALBORETO           MIN/FO             1'14.017  21  180.105
   12  23  MARTINI            MIN/FO             1'14.116  21  179.864
   13  10  MORBIDELLI         FOO/FO             1'14.140  12  179.806
   14  29  WENDLINGER         SAU/MER            1'14.323  20  179.363
   15  0   HILL               WIL/REN            1'14.365   4  179.262
   16  15  SUZUKI             JOR/HA             1'14.526  21  178.874
   17  4   BLUNDELL           TYR/YAM            1'14.538  21  178.846
   18  20  COMAS              LAR/FO             1'14.714  21  178.424
   19  3   KATAYAMA           TYR/YAM            1'14.806  13  178.205
   20  19  BERETTA            LAR/FO             1'14.837  20  178.131
   21  12  HERBERT            LOT/MUG            1'14.962  21  177.834
   22  26  PANIS              LIG/REN            1'15.008  13  177.725
   23  25  BERNARD            LIG/REN            1'15.608  21  176.315
   24  11  LAMY               LOT/MUG            1'15.836  21  175.785
   25  31  BRABHAM            SIMT/FO            1'15.946  21  175.530
   26  32  RATZENBERGER       SIMT/FO            1'16.289  17  174.741
   27  33  BELMONDO           PAC/ILM            1'18.536   5  169.741
   28  34  GACHOT             PAC/ILM            1'18.586  11  169.633

                          Morning Marlboro News Service

Schumacher race favorite?

Most teams concentrated on finding the best race strategy this morning, tyre wear being a particular worry at this track, which could mean at least two pit stops for most drivers. Michael Schumacher was happy with his car this morning, the German fastest using worn tyres. Jos Verstappen improved his Benetton-Ford this morning, the Dutchman sixth fastest.

Can Senna keep the pole?

Ayrton Senna trailed his main rival Schumacher this morning, the Brazilian expecting a close fight with the Benetton team if his is to keep the provisional pole for Williams-Renault in the final qualifying. Damon Hill had a disappointing morning stopping after just four laps when he heard strange noise and felt vibration from his car's transmission which the team hope to trace and repair for the final qualifying session.

Frentzen fast for Sauber.

Heinz Harald Frentzen ran an impressive third fastest this morning , the German confident that he can improve still more in the final qualifying. His team-mate Karl Wendlinger tried the team's spare chassis, but has still not been able to find a good balance and did not better 14th time.

Marlboro-McLaren-Peugeot set fifth and ninth fastest.

Despite a minor clutch problem for Mika Hakkinen and a pad knock off problem for Brundle on one corner, both Marlboro-Mclarens had a trouble free session, Hakkinen fifth and Brundle ninth.

Engine trouble for Pacific.

The Pacific team were in more trouble today, Paul Belmondo blowing up an engine early , while Bertrand Gachot stopped with the same problem with his Pacific-Ilmor a short while later, the team's fourth engine failure of practice!

Fittipaldi happy.

Christian Fittipaldi was happy with his eighth fastest for the Arrows team this morning, his team-mate Gianni Morbidelli back in 13th place after a fuel pump problem and a broken battery saw him run only 12 laps.

In brief... Olivier Panis and Ukyo Katayama lost much of the session after they both spun off into the sand, Katayama blaming a back problem for his mistake, he will see a doctor later today.