GRAND PRIX BRITISH GRAND PRIX
CIRCUIT SILVERSTONE
DATE SUNDAY 10 JULY 1994
JOHNNY HERBERT 12TH
ALESSANDRO ZANARDI DNF
Friday 8 July - First 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 - Second 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."
Sunday 10 July - 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."