Team Lotus Press Release - July 10, 1994


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FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP

        GRAND PRIX  BRITISH GRAND PRIX
           CIRCUIT  SILVERSTONE
              DATE  SUNDAY 10 JULY 1994
    JOHNNY HERBERT  12TH - FASTEST LAP 1:31.711
ALESSANDRO ZANARDI  DNF - FASTEST LAP 1:34.266

RACE RESULT
1st  Hill         Williams
2nd  Schumacher   Benetton
3rd  Alesi        Ferrari
4th  Hakkinen     McLaren
5th  Barrichello  Jordan
6th  Coulthard    Williams
7th  Katayama     Tyrrell
8th  Frentzen     Sauber
9th  Verstappen   Benetton
10th Fittipaldi   Footwork
11th Martini      Minardi
12th Herbert      Lotus

CONSTRUCTORS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
1st  Benetton     73 pts
2nd  Williams     42 pts
3rd  Ferrari      40 pts
4th  McLaren      13 pts
5th  Jordan       13 pts
6th  Sauber       10 pts
7th  Tyrrell       8 pts
8th  Minardi       5 pts
9th  Footwork      3 pts
10th Larrouse      1 pt

DRIVERS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
1st  Schumacher   72 pts
2nd  Hill         39 pts
3rd  Berger       17 pts
4th  Alesi        17 pts
5th  Barrichello   9 pts
6th  Hakkinen      7 pts
7th  Larini        6 pts
8th  Brundle       6 pts
9th  Frentzen      5 pts
10th Blundell      4 pts
11th De Cesaris    4 pts
12th Wendlinger    4 pts

Friday 8 July - Free Practice & Qualifying
Johnny Herbert: 18th - 1:29.268
  "I ran a little less wing than Alessandro, but the rear end of my car
   was quite snappy and I made some mistakes as it was difficult to
   judge the handling.  I didn't really get a good lap because of this.
   I was losing all my time at Bridge, where the car felt really nervous.
   As soon as I came off the power there I got into a massive twitch."
Alessandro Zanardi: 17th - 1:29.240
  "I am quite pleased with the handling of my car today.  I had a very
   good balance and it's definitely easier to drive.  We are continually
   changing lots of things  in all our testing, and brick by brick you
   build the house.  I still beleive that the 109 has a lot of potential;
   the engine is very strong and the chassis is very stiff."
Peter Collins:
  "We are continuing to make progress, which is an encouraging sign.  The
   good thing is that we have now been able to bring the 109 to the point
   where the drivers can push it much harder."

Saturday 10 July - Free Practice & Qualifying
Johnny Herbert:  21st  1:26.340
  "Whatever changes I made to my car, we just don't seem to be able to
   make it go any quicker.  We improved over yesterday because conditions
   were better but we seem to be lost,  We tried a lot of different set-ups,
   but it didn't seem to make any difference."
Alessandro Zanardi: 19th - 1:28.225
  "We are still looking for the mechanical grip we needed yesterday!  We
   did find a little though, and while the balance of the car isn't quite
   as good as it was then, I like the driveability more.  I think we did
   a good job today because we improved the car.  I'm sure there is still
   some potential in it, but all the time you get close to something, it
   just gets more and more difficult to improve!  You can feel that the
   potential is there, but then I suppose that all of the drivers here can
   say that..."
Peter Collins:
  "Again, we made progress today, but as I said yesterday, it is difficult
   for us to optimize our car with our current mechanical set-up, and
   that's what has hurt us a little here on a track where high-speed
   poise is all important."

The Race
Johnny Herbert:
  "Well, I think we made some progress today.  I could run with Martini
   all the time, but it's always very difficult to pass when you are
   evenly matched, and we were very even.  Unfortunately, the brake pedal
   travel started getting too long after my first stop, and then with
   15 laps to go the engine started misfiring, then losing power."
Alessandro Zanardi:
  "On the formation lap I could feel that something was wrong because it
   felt as if the engine was running on only nine cylinders - I think
   something had come loose and fallen into the throttle trumpet.  The
   mechanics worked hard to fix the problem on the grid but I started the
   race from the pit lane exit and was okay until the engine expired just
   before Bridge on my fifth lap.  This is a real shame because the car
   felt better than it has all year - a lot more responsive - and I'm
   sure that I could have had a reasonable finish."
Peter Collins:
  "It was a great pity after all Alex's testing efforts, which showed in
   our overall race performance.  We've certainly made some progress and
   have more to do in the same direction."

ROUND 9 - GERMAN GRAND PRIX, HOCKENHEIM - 31 JULY 1994

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