1994 FIA Touring Car World Cup

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[1]

1994 FIA Touring Car World Cup
Previous: 1993 Next: 1995

Entry list
Nation No Driver Entrant Car 1994 Championship
Belgium 1 Marc Duez BMW Motorsport BMW 318i Belgian Touring Car Series
2 Thierry Tassin FINA Team Oreca BMW 318i
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 5 Vaclav Bervid Bervid Sport Styling BMW 318i Super Tourenwagen Cup
6 Milos Bychl Bychl-Euro Racing BMW 318i
Germany 7 Michael Bartels Nissan Castrol Racing Nissan Primera
8 Frank Biela ROC Competition Audi 80
9 Markus Oestreich Wolf Racing Ford Mondeo
10 Hans-Joachim Stuck ROC Competition Audi 80
11 Joachim Winkelhock BMW Motorsport Team Schnitzer BMW 318i British Touring Car Championship
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 18 Phillipe Gache Graff Racing Ford Mondeo French Supertouring Championship
19 Yvan Muller FINA Team Oreca BMW 318i
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 25 Stefano Modena Alfa Corse Alfa Romeo 155 Italian Superturismo Championship
26 Emanuele Pirro ROC Competition Audi 80
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 30 Jan Lammers Volvo 850 Racing Volvo 850
New Zealand 31 Paul Radisich Ford Team Mondeo Ford Mondeo
Sweden 32 Per-Gunnar Andersson Peggen Motorsport BMW 318i Nordic Touring Car Championship
33 Slim Borgudd Mazda Cars Mazda Xedos 6
Venezuela 34 Johnny Cecotto BMW Motorsport Team Bigazzi BMW 318i Super Tourenwagen Cup
South Africa 35 Shaun van der Linde BMW South Africa BMW 318i South African Touring Car Championship
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

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 Phillipe 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. Winkelhock later made light contact with compatriot Biela as the pair battled for third position. This cost Biela two positions, though the German would then beach his Audi in the gravel at Coppice as he attempted to catch 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.

Results

Drivers' standings
PosDriverTime/GapGridPoints
1 Paul Radisich 25 Laps in 41'56.73s 1 40
2 Steve Soper +1.92s 2 30
3 Joachim Winkelhock +7.11s 12 24
4 Gabriele Tarquini +7.96s 3 20
5 Hans-Joachim Stuck +29.50s 21 16
6 Johnny Cecotto +31.22s 15 15
7 Yvan Muller +32.12s 11 14
8 Markus Oestreich +34.56s 16 13
9 Marc Duez +38.35s 14 12
10 Roberto Ravaglia +40.65s 13 11
11 Thierry Tassin +42.09s 20 10
12 Julian Bailey +46.02s 23 9
13 Robb Gravett +52.63s 18 8
14 Will Hoy +55.40s 29 7
15 Patrick Watts +60.74s 19 6
16 Carlos Palau +66.23s 26 5
17 Adrian Campos +77.87s 30 4
18 Luis Villamil +78.54s 33 3
19 Luis Pérez-Sala +78.88s 34 2
20 Antonio Albacete +81.32s 32 1
21 Slim Borgudd 1 Lap 39
22 Matt Neal 1 Lap 36
23 Per-Gunnar Andersson 1 Lap 37
24 Antonio Tamburini 1 Lap 31
Ret Frank Biela Accident 10
Ret Michael Bartels Disqualified 17
Ret Vaclav Bervid Engine 40
Ret Anthony Reid Accident 8
Ret Bernard Thuner Engine 35
Ret Tim Harvey Head Gasket 5
Ret Phillipe Gache Accident Damage 24
Ret John Cleland Accident 4
Ret Stefano Modena Accident 9
Ret Emanuele Pirro Accident 6
NS Alain Menu Accident (1st start) 7
NS Shaun van der Linde Accident (1st start) 22
NS Kieth O'Dor Accident (1st start) 25
NS Jan Lammers Accident (1st start) 27
NS David Leslie Accident (1st start) 28
NS Milos Bychl Accident (1st start) 38

Nations' standings
PosNationPoints
1 Germany 53
2 Great Britain 44
3 Italy 31
4 Spain 12

Manufacturers' Trophy
PosNationPoints
1 BMW 54
2 Ford 48
3 Alfa Romeo 20
4 Audi 16
5 Toyota 16
6 Peugeot 6
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References
  1. "Tourist Trophy Past Winners". Royal Automobile Club. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
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