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.

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

• Rickard Rydell was unable to compete for Sweden due to a collapsed lung. He would have driven a Volvo 850.
• Alain Cudini appeared on the entry list for France driving an Opel Vectra, but did not participate.

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

Pos	Driver	Time/Gap	Grid	Points
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

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

Manufacturers' standings

Pos	Nation	Points
1	BMW	54
2	Ford	48
3	Alfa Romeo	20
4	Audi	16
5	Toyota	16
6	Peugeot	6

References

• http://forums.autosport.com/lofiversion/index.php/t97765.html
• http://www.supertouringregister.com/series/174/
• http://www.driverdb.com/standings/1190-1994/