1994 Portuguese Grand Prix

  1994 Portuguese Grand Prix

Race details
Race 13 of 16 in the 1994 Formula One season
Date	25 September 1994
Official name	XXIII Grande Premio de Portugal
Location	Autódromo do Estoril, Estoril, Portugal
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course length	4.360 km (2.725 mi)
Distance	71 laps, 309.560 km (193.475 mi)
Weather	Sunny
Pole position
Driver	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari
Time	1:20.608
Fastest lap
Driver	David Coulthard	Williams-Renault
Time	1:22.446 on lap 12
Podium
First	Damon Hill	Williams-Renault
Second	David Coulthard	Williams-Renault
Third	Mika Häkkinen	McLaren-Peugeot

The 1994 Portuguese Grand Prix (formally the XXIII Grande Premio de Portugal) was a Formula One motor race held on 25 September 1994 at the Autódromo do Estoril, Estoril. It was the thirteenth race of the 1994 Formula One season. The 71-lap race was won by Damon Hill driving for the Williams team. David Coulthard finished second in the other Williams, with Mika Häkkinen third in a McLaren car. Hill's win was his fifth of the season and his third consecutive win having won both the preceding Belgian and Italian Grand Prix.

As a consequence of the race, Hill reduced the gap to driver's championship leader Michael Schumacher to one point. In the Constructor's Championship, Williams took over the lead from Benetton.

Classification

Qualifying

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Q1 Time	Q2 Time	Gap
1	28	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	1:20.608	1:21.863
2	0	Damon Hill	Williams-Renault	1:20.803	1:20.766	+0.158
3	2	David Coulthard	Williams-Renault	1:21.120	1:21.033	+0.425
4	7	Mika Häkkinen	McLaren-Peugeot	1:21.251	1:21.700	+0.643
5	27	Jean Alesi	Ferrari	1:21.517	1:22.086	+0.909
6	3	Ukyo Katayama	Tyrrell-Yamaha	1:21.590	4:03.441	+0.982
7	8	Martin Brundle	McLaren-Peugeot	1:21.656	1:22.035	+1.048
8	14	Rubens Barrichello	Jordan-Hart	1:21.839	1:21.796	+1.188
9	30	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Sauber-Mercedes	1:22.795	1:21.921	+1.313
10	6	Jos Verstappen	Benetton-Ford	1:22.614	1:22.000	+1.392
11	9	Christian Fittipaldi	Footwork-Ford	1:22.636	1:22.132	+1.524
12	4	Mark Blundell	Tyrrell-Yamaha	1:22.288	1:22.971	+1.680
13	15	Eddie Irvine	Jordan-Hart	1:23.411	1:22.294	+1.686
14	5	JJ Lehto	Benetton-Ford	1:22.613	1:22.369	+1.761
15	26	Olivier Panis	Ligier-Renault	1:23.711	1:22.672	+2.064
16	10	Gianni Morbidelli	Footwork-Ford	1:22.974	1:22.756	+2.148
17	29	Andrea de Cesaris	Sauber-Mercedes	1:22.885	1:22.888	+2.277
18	23	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi-Ford	1:23.243	1:23.464	+2.635
19	24	Michele Alboreto	Minardi-Ford	1:23.364	1:24.186	+2.756
20	12	Johnny Herbert	Lotus-Mugen-Honda	no time	1:23.408	+2.800
21	25	Éric Bernard	Ligier-Renault	1:25.039	1:23.699	+3.091
22	20	Érik Comas	Larrousse-Ford	1:24.192	1:24.306	+3.584
23	19	Yannick Dalmas	Larrousse-Ford	1:24.438	1:24.920	+3.830
24	31	David Brabham	Simtek-Ford	1:24.527	1:24.514	+3.906
25	11	Philippe Adams	Lotus-Mugen-Honda	1:25.313	1:25.708	+4.705
26	32	Jean-Marc Gounon	Simtek-Ford	1:25.686	1:25.649	+5.041
DNQ	34	Bertrand Gachot	Pacific-Ilmor	1:27.960	1:27.385	+6.777
DNQ	33	Paul Belmondo	Pacific-Ilmor	1:32.706	1:29.000	+8.392

Race

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	0	Damon Hill	Williams-Renault	71	1:45:10.1	2	10
2	2	David Coulthard	Williams-Renault	71	+0.603	3	6
3	7	Mika Häkkinen	McLaren-Peugeot	71	+20.193	4	4
4	14	Rubens Barrichello	Jordan-Hart	71	+28.003	8	3
5	6	Jos Verstappen	Benetton-Ford	71	+29.385	10	2
6	8	Martin Brundle	McLaren-Peugeot	71	+52.702	7	1
7	15	Eddie Irvine	Jordan-Hart	70	+1 Lap	13
8	9	Christian Fittipaldi	Footwork-Ford	70	+1 Lap	11
9	10	Gianni Morbidelli	Footwork-Ford	70	+1 Lap	16
10	25	Éric Bernard	Ligier-Renault	70	+1 Lap	21
11	12	Johnny Herbert	Lotus-Mugen-Honda	70	+1 Lap	20
12	23	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi-Ford	69	+2 Laps	18
13	24	Michele Alboreto	Minardi-Ford	69	+2 Laps	19
14	19	Yannick Dalmas	Larrousse-Ford	69	+2 Laps	23
15	32	Jean-Marc Gounon	Simtek-Ford	67	+4 Laps	26
16	11	Philippe Adams	Lotus-Mugen-Honda	67	+4 Laps	25
DSQ	26	Olivier Panis	Ligier-Renault	70	Disqualified	15
Ret	4	Mark Blundell	Tyrrell-Yamaha	61	Engine	12
Ret	5	JJ Lehto	Benetton-Ford	60	Spun off	14
Ret	29	Andrea de Cesaris	Sauber-Mercedes	54	Spun off	17
Ret	27	Jean Alesi	Ferrari	38	Collision	5
Ret	31	David Brabham	Simtek-Ford	36	Collision	24
Ret	30	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Sauber-Mercedes	31	Differential	9
Ret	20	Érik Comas	Larrousse-Ford	27	Suspension	22
Ret	3	Ukyo Katayama	Tyrrell-Yamaha	26	Gearbox	6
Ret	28	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	7	Gearbox	1
DNQ	34	Bertrand Gachot	Pacific-Ilmor
DNQ	33	Paul Belmondo	Pacific-Ilmor
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Notes

• Fastest Lap: David Coulthard 1m 24.466s
• First podium: David Coulthard
• Last race: Philippe Adams, Yannick Dalmas, Jean-Marc Gounon
• First Race Led For: Rubens Barrichello
• Ukyo Katayama started this race from the pit lane.
• This was the last race for David Coulthard of 1994 before Nigel Mansell took his seat for the last 3 races.
• This race was proved to be the final race for Johnny Herbert with the Lotus team.
• Olivier Panis finished 9th but he was disqualified because of an illegal skidblock wear.
• On lap 28, David Coulthard was trapped behind by Érik Comas and ran wide onto the marbles. Damon Hill passed him to take the lead.
• This is the last race to date where there was no former world champion in the field. There were only three former race winners: Hill, Berger and Alboreto.

Championship standings after the race

• Bold text indicates who still has a theoretical chance of becoming World Champion.

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Michael Schumacher 76 2 Damon Hill 75 3 Gerhard Berger 33 4 Mika Häkkinen 22 5 Jean Alesi 19

Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 Williams-Renault 89 2 Benetton-Ford 87 3 Ferrari 58 4 McLaren-Peugeot 34 5 Jordan-Hart 20

References