the inaugural championship race in 1994 saw michael schumacher take an easy victory after ayrton senna was involved in a first corner accident with mika häkkinen and nicola larini. schumacher overtook senna into the first corner and was never threatened for the lead from that point onward. schumacher could have lapped second placed gerhard berger in the last third of the race, but chose not to. the fastest lap was set on lap 3. the race was notable for the jordan team and rubens barrichello's first podium finishes in f1 with third place. the more recent pacific grand prix in 1995 was a more eventful affair, with some close racing throughout the field. the race culminated in a tactical victory for michael schumacher, securing his second world championship, and making him the youngest double world champion at the time. fernando alonso surpassed schumacher's record by winning his second world championship in 2006. alonso's record was in turn surpassed by sebastian vettel in 2011.