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On 1 May 1994, during the customary drivers ' briefing, the remaining drivers agreed to the reformation of the Grand Prix Drivers ' Association, with Senna, Gerhard Berger and Michael Schumacher as its first directors.
Schumacher could have lapped second placed Gerhard Berger in the last third of the race, but chose not to.
Gerhard Berger ( born 27 August 1959 ) is an Austrian former Formula One racing driver, who previously owned 50 % of the Scuderia Toro Rosso Formula One team until he sold his share back to energy drink owner Dietrich Mateschitz in November 2008.
Gerhard Berger was born in Wörgl, Austria.
Button was heavily hyped before his first race: former driver Gerhard Berger described him as a " phenomenon "; the head of his karting team, Paul Lemmens, compared him to Ayrton Senna ; and Williams ' technical director Patrick Head said he was " remarkably mature and definitely a star of the future ".
In 1994, barely a year after Jean Todt took up the challenge, Gerhard Berger won the German Grand Prix ( Ferrari ’ s first win in 4 years ).
Gerhard Berger won the last 2 races of the season followed by a lucky victory at the Italian Grand Prix in September 1988 in a season of total domination by McLaren, whose MP4 / 4 had been designed by Steve Nichols, his former colleague, and Gordon Murray.
For Frenchman Alain Prost was signed in an effective swap, sending Ferrari favourite Gerhard Berger to McLaren.
From his UK office Barnard began work on the 412T1B which ultimately returned Ferrari to the top of the podium at the hands of old team favourite Gerhard Berger.
Towards the end of his career Arnoux attracted some controversy ; he was frequently accused of blocking faster cars in qualifying and when being lapped, even taking off a number of cars as well, such as race leader Gerhard Berger at the 1988 Australian Grand Prix
He helped to save the lives of many drivers including Gerhard Berger, Martin Donnelly, Érik Comas, Mika Häkkinen, Rubens Barrichello and Karl Wendlinger.
Five years later with much improved organisation the race returned to Mexico City in 1986 where the raced played host to Gerhard Berger's first race win in his Benetton B186 in a race where an ill Berger outlasted his opposition as tyres problems struck most of the field.
At the start, Keke Rosberg and Ayrton Senna got to the Verriere Bends in their respective grid positions, followed by Nelson Piquet, who made an excellent start from 5th, Michele Alboreto, Elio de Angelis, Niki Lauda, Gerhard Berger and Alain Prost who made a poor start from 6th place.
Fabi suffered damage as did the Arrows A8 of Austria's " other " driver in the race Gerhard Berger.
A delayed Stefan Johansson finished fifth in his Ferrari ahead of Gerhard Berger in his Arrows ( Berger performed double duty during the weekend, also driving a BMW 635 CSi during the Group A touring car support races ).
Gerhard Berger meanwhile scored his and the Benetton team's first podium finish.
Austrian Gerhard Berger scored his first front row start and the first for the BMW powered Benetton after being fastest in Friday qualifying.
At the green light, Gerhard Berger took the lead, but on lap 8 lost positions to first Mansell, Piquet and an on-form Alboreto in the Ferrari.
It was the first win for Gerhard Berger and the first win for the Benetton team.
Prost won ahead of Piquet, his teammate Stefan Johansson, Gerhard Berger ( who battled for the whole race with handling problems of his Ferrari F1 / 87 ), Boutsen and Mansell, who caught the last point.
The second row was occupied by Teo Fabi in the Benetton B187 and Alain Prost's McLaren MP4 / 3 ; " home " team Ferrari took the whole third row with Michele Alboreto ahead of Gerhard Berger.

Gerhard and Senna's
At Suzuka the situation was reversed, Senna's pole time was 1. 8 seconds slower than Gerhard Berger's 1987 time.
The only other driver to complete full race distance was Senna's Austrian team mate Gerhard Berger.
He took a six second victory over Italian driver Alessandro Nannini driving a Benetton B190 who was just two second in front of Senna's Austrian team mate Gerhard Berger.
Senna's Austrian team mate Gerhard Berger finished third, while further back Maurício Gugelmin scored a rare point for the Leyton House team in his Leyton House CG901.
With Senna's Austrian team mate Gerhard Berger third, the podium was identical to that at the previous round.
The race was won by Ayrton Senna, with Nigel Mansell in second position, and Gerhard Berger's third place finish plus Senna's victory meant that the McLaren team clinched the Constructor's championship.
Three times world champion Ayrton Senna's first F1 win in 1985, Nigel Mansell's notorious black flag incident and subsequent collision with Senna in 1989, Jacques Villeneuve's overtaking Michael Schumacher around the outside of the final turn in 1996, and Riccardo Patrese's being launched airborne in a near-backward flip after colliding with Gerhard Berger on the main straight in 1992.
Senna's team mate Gerhard Berger narrowly won his second Australian Grand Prix, finishing only 0. 741 in front of Michael Schumacher's Benetton-Ford.

Gerhard and McLaren
The second row was occupied by Gerhard Berger's Ferrari and Alain Prost's McLaren.
With the McLarens suffering handling problems because of new bodywork more suitable for high speed circuits coming up later in the season ( the turbo snorkels on the sidepods were removed at an R & D cost estimated by McLaren to be at more than £ 150, 000 ), the Ferraris of Gerhard Berger and Michele Alboreto occupied the front row of the grid.
Soon after Gerhard Berger also passed the McLaren, leaving Senna exposed to the attacks of Nigel Mansell's Williams.
Gerhard Berger's pole-winning McLaren was the only car in the first two rows sporting Goodyears.
Prost's winning margin was 13 seconds over Austrian driver Gerhard Berger driving a McLaren MP4 / 5B.
On lap 8 Thierry Boutsen passed Gerhard Berger for second place, and Alain Prost took the Ferrari past the McLaren driver on lap 17.
Patrese took a five second victory over Austrian driver Gerhard Berger driving a McLaren MP4 / 5B.
The win allowed Senna to gain a twelve point lead in the drivers ' championship over his McLaren team mate Gerhard Berger.
Third was Austrian driver Gerhard Berger driving a McLaren MP4 / 5B.
At the start with both Ferraris on the front row ( Nigel Mansell on pole, Alain Prost second ), Mansell's start was so poor that he almost took his own teammate Prost out of the race, and it also allowed the McLarens of Ayrton Senna and Gerhard Berger to slip past Mansell and Prost to make it a McLaren 1 – 2 with Senna leading into the first corner.
After the collision, the race proceeded with Gerhard Berger's McLaren MP4 / 5B leading and Nigel Mansell's Ferrari 641 second.
At the end of the qualifying sessions it was a McLaren front row with Gerhard Berger ahead of Ayrton Senna.
Gerhard Berger's McLaren had an engine problem in the closing stages of the race and he just managed to finish fifth, right behind Schumacher's Benetton.
The last race of the season was in Adelaide and Senna prevented the Williams team from a clean sweep of the season's pole positions by taking pole ahead of Prost, Damon Hill ( Williams-Renault ), Michael Schumacher ( Benetton-Ford ), Mika Häkkinen ( McLaren ) and Gerhard Berger ( Ferrari ).
Ferrari retained Michael Schumacher and Eddie Irvine, Benetton kept Jean Alesi and Gerhard Berger and McLaren signed on Mika Häkkinen and David Coulthard.
Gerhard Berger of Scuderia Ferrari finished the season ranked third ( Pictured driving for McLaren ).
* Ferrari retained Jean Alesi, but Ivan Capelli and Nicola Larini had both disappointed in 1992 and so Gerhard Berger returned to the team after three years at McLaren.
* McLaren kept drivers Ayrton Senna and Gerhard Berger from the 1991 season
* McLaren retained their successful 1990 lineup of Senna and Gerhard Berger
McLaren retained Ayrton Senna, who had won the title in 1988, now partnered by Gerhard Berger.

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