Heinz-Harald Frentzen won his first grand prix at Imola, holding off Michael Schumacher for victory on the Ferrari's home turf. The car spluttered its way to the win before juddering to a halt just metres beyond the line, giving Prost a crucial victory at the start of his championship-winning campaign.
Three corners from the line Prost started weaving wildly to try and slosh the last bit of petrol out of the tank and towards the engine. Keke Rosberg, Riccardo Patrese, Thierry Boutsen, Marc Surer and Piercarlo Ghinzani all pulled up before the chequered flag. Half points were awarded to the top six finishers, including female racing driver Lella Lombardi who picked up a half point.įive drivers ran out of petrol at the San Marino Grand Prix and even the master of fuel and tyre consumption, Alain Prost, got dangerously close to running out on his way to victory. Emerson Fittipaldi refused to race and went home, although the barriers were eventually fixed before the event. The circuit was one of the most exciting on the calendar but before the race the drivers had complained about the poor state of the crash barriers and had threatened to go on strike. In the space of just 25 laps, 18 cars crashed out of the race, four of them from the lead. In the chaos, the race organisers took four laps to bring the event to an end, in which time Jochen Mass overtook Jacky Ickx for the win. The Spanish Grand Prix at Montjuic Park came to a tragic end when Rolf Stommelen's rear wing failed on his Embassy Hill and he crashed over the barriers killing five people.
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