1994 Australian FAI Indycar Grand Prix
Pos Name Team Car Time
1 Nigel Mansell Newman-Haas Racing Lola T94/00- Ford - Cosworth XB 1:34.877
2 Michael Andretti Chip Ganassi Racing Reynard 94I- Ford - Cosworth XB 1:35.568
3 Emerson Fittipaldi Team Penske Penske PC-23 -94- Ilmor /D 1:36.023
4 Adrián Fernández Galles Racing Reynard 94I- Ilmor /D 1:36.091
5 Al Unser , Jr Team Penske Penske PC-23 -94- Ilmor /D 1:36.394
6 Paul Tracy Team Penske Penske PC-23 -94- Ilmor /D 1:36.398
7 Maurício Gugelmin Chip Ganassi Racing Reynard 94I- Ford - Cosworth XB 1:36.405
8 Jacques Villeneuve ( R ) Forsythe / Green Racing Reynard 94I- Ford - Cosworth XB 1:36.480
9 Robby Gordon Walker Racing Lola T94/00- Ford - Cosworth XB 1:36.678
10 Jimmy Vasser Hayhoe Racing Reynard 94I- Ford - Cosworth XB 1:36.877
11 Teo Fabi Jim Hall Racing Reynard 94I- Ilmor /D 1:36.925
12 Stefan Johansson Bettenhausen Motorsports Penske PC-23 -93- Ilmor /D 1:37.328
13 Mark Smith Walker Racing Lola T94/00- Ford - Cosworth XB 1:37.476
14 Mike Groff Rahal/Hogan Racing Lola T93/07- Honda 1:37.633
15 Arie Luyendyk Indy Regency Racing Lola T94/00- Ilmor /D 1:37.739
16 Bobby Rahal Rahal/Hogan Racing Lola T93/00- Honda 1:37.783
17 Scott Goodyear Budweiser King Racing Lola T94/00- Ford - Cosworth XB 1:37.835
18 Scott Sharp ( R ) PacWest Racing Group Lola T94/00- Ford - Cosworth XB 1:37.940
19 Mario Andretti Newman-Haas Racing Lola T94/00- Ford - Cosworth XB 1:37.940
W Andrea Montermini Dale Coyne Racing Lola T93/06- Ford - Cosworth XB 1:37.959
Qualifying results
The 1994 Australian FAI Indycar Grand Prix was the opening round of the 1994 CART World Series season, held on 20 March 1994 on the Surfers Paradise Street Circuit, Australia. Nigel Mansell, the defending winner and CART series champion, won the pole position in Newman-Haas's new Lola T94/00. Alongside on the grid was Michael Andretti, who was beginning his comeback to the CART series with Chip Ganassi Racing after spending a year in Formula One. Starting in eighth position was future CART and Formula One champion Jacques Villeneuve, making his first start in the CART series. It was also the Indy car debut of the Reynard chassis and the Honda engine. The race start was delayed because of changing wet weather conditions and accidents during each of the first two attempts. The first incident occurred in Turn 12 (the final corner) and collected Raul Boesel, Willy T. Ribbs, Robbie Buhl, and Alessandro Zampedri. The second aborted start saw further carnage; this time in the second chicane involving Boesel and Zampedri again, along with Mario Andretti, Hiro Matsushita, and Davy Jones slowed the field. Bobby Rahal hit the tyre wall in the first chicane, apparently on his own, and Paul Tracy spun off in Turn 4 undamaged. The race finally started around 4 p.m., with Andretti overtaking Mansell on the first lap. Michael Andretti got by Mansell after the start (the third attempt), as did Robby Gordon. In Turn 5 he muscled his way past Mansell, who soon outbraked the Californian in the same place.