Michael Schumacher won the first US Grand Prix in a decade at Indianapolis, surviving a spin four laps from the end to record his 42nd career victory. The red flags came out stopping the race and Katayama was extracted from his car unconscious. The race started with a first-lag collision as Ukyo Katayama cut across Luca Badoer's Minardi and was flipped, landing upside down before smashing into barriers on the outside of the track, while Badoer's Minardi was hurled at high speed into the pit wall. It was a timely victory as well, as a fortnight earlier Williams had signed Jacques Villeneuve to replace him for 1996. The victory lifted him to second in the World Championship but Emerson Fittipaldi had already secured the title.ĭamon Hill conceded the title was as good as Michael Schumacher's after he could only finish third as David Coulthard secured his maiden win, a result all the sweeter as he had retired while leading the previous two grands prix. Jackie Stewart romped to his second successive win at the Canadian Grand Prix, leading home Peter Revson, who had claimed his first pole the day before, by 50 seconds. He briefly threatened to retire before normal service was resumed. The ban was upheld by the FIA but despite Ferrari lodging an appeal, the authorities controversially decided the ban had to stand pending that and so Mansell missed the Spanish Grand Prix. Mansell argued he had not seen the flag in the heat of battle. Three times Mansell roared past the black flag as he battled to overtake Ayrton Senna, and then added to the confusion by colliding with Senna's McLaren taking them both out of the race. The stewards noticed and disqualified him. Leading by 20 seconds after 40 laps, Mansell pitted, overshot and reversed half a car length. The stewards dominated the headlines at the Portuguese Grand Prix after they fined Ferrari's Nigel Mansell $50,000 and banned him from the next race after he ignored a black flag.
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