1994 Portuguese Grand Prix

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1994 Portuguese Grand Prix
Race 13 of 16 in the 1994 Formula One World Championship
Race details
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 miles)
Distance 71 laps, 309.560 km (193.475 miles)
Weather Sunny
Pole position
Driver Ferrari
Time 1:20.608
Fastest lap
Driver United Kingdom David Coulthard Williams-Renault
Time 1:22.446 on lap 12
Podium
First Williams-Renault
Second Williams-Renault
Third McLaren-Peugeot
Lap leaders

The 1994 Portuguese Grand Prix (formally the XXIII Grande Premio de Portugal) was a Formula One motor race held at Estoril on 25 September 1994. It was the thirteenth race of the 1994 Formula One World Championship.

The 71-lap race was won by Briton Damon Hill, driving a Williams-Renault. Teammate David Coulthard finished second, achieving his first podium finish, with Finn Mika Häkkinen third in a McLaren-Peugeot. The win, Hill's fifth of the season and third in succession, enabled him to move within one point of Drivers' Championship leader, German Michael Schumacher, while the 1-2 finish allowed Williams to take over the lead of the Constructors' Championship from Benetton.

Background[edit]

With Michael Schumacher still banned, the Benetton team continued to run JJ Lehto alongside Jos Verstappen, while the financially-troubled Lotus team brought back Philippe Adams to partner Johnny Herbert.

Qualifying report[edit]

During the Friday qualifying session, Eddie Irvine spun his Jordan and in the process collided with Damon Hill's Williams. Hill's car flipped upside down, but he escaped unhurt.[1]

Gerhard Berger took pole position, his second of the season and the third for Ferrari, by 0.158 seconds from Hill. On the second row of the grid were David Coulthard in the other Williams and Mika Häkkinen in the McLaren, and on the third row were Jean Alesi in the other Ferrari and Ukyo Katayama in the Tyrrell. The top ten was completed by Martin Brundle in the other McLaren, Rubens Barrichello in the other Jordan, Heinz-Harald Frentzen in the Sauber, and Verstappen. Once again, the Pacifics of Bertrand Gachot and Paul Belmondo were the two non-qualifiers.

Qualifying classification[edit]

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

Race report[edit]

Gerhard Berger led in the early stages for Ferrari, ahead of Coulthard who had got ahead of Hill on the start. Berger retired on lap 8 with his gearbox failed, and Katayama's gearbox also failed by lap 27, which promoted Rubens Barrichello into the points for Jordan. Coulthard ran wide whilst trying to lap a backmarker on lap 33 which allowed Hill to edge ahead of the Scotsman. By lap 39 the other Ferrari of Jean Alesi had retired after colliding with the Simtek of David Brabham while trying to lap him. Soon afterwards, Jos Verstappen was able to pass Martin Brundle's McLaren for 5th. Damon Hill went on to take his third consecutive race win, ahead of Coulthard. The 1-2 finish gave Williams the lead in the Constructors Championship. Mika Hakkinen finished third for McLaren, Barrichello 4th for Jordan, Verstappen 5th for Benetton and Martin Brundle 6th in the second McLaren. Olivier Panis originally finished 9th but was disqualified for having illegal skidblock wear.

Race classification[edit]

Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 0 United Kingdom Damon Hill Williams-Renault 71 1:45:10.146 2 10
2 2 United Kingdom David Coulthard Williams-Renault 71 + 0.603 3 6
3 7 Finland Mika Häkkinen McLaren-Peugeot 71 + 20.193 4 4
4 14 Brazil Rubens Barrichello Jordan-Hart 71 + 28.003 8 3
5 6 Netherlands Jos Verstappen Benetton-Ford 71 + 29.385 10 2
6 8 United Kingdom Martin Brundle McLaren-Peugeot 71 + 52.702 7 1
7 15 United Kingdom Eddie Irvine Jordan-Hart 70 + 1 lap 13  
8 9 Brazil Christian Fittipaldi Footwork-Ford 70 + 1 lap 11  
9 10 Italy Gianni Morbidelli Footwork-Ford 70 + 1 lap 16  
10 25 France Éric Bernard Ligier-Renault 70 + 1 lap 21  
11 12 United Kingdom Johnny Herbert Lotus-Mugen-Honda 70 + 1 lap 20  
12 23 Italy Pierluigi Martini Minardi-Ford 69 + 2 laps 18  
13 24 Italy Michele Alboreto Minardi-Ford 69 + 2 laps 19  
14 19 France Yannick Dalmas Larrousse-Ford 69 + 2 laps 23  
15 32 France Jean-Marc Gounon Simtek-Ford 67 + 4 laps 26  
16 11 Belgium Philippe Adams Lotus-Mugen-Honda 67 + 4 laps 25  
Ret 4 United Kingdom Mark Blundell Tyrrell-Yamaha 61 Engine 12  
Ret 5 Finland JJ Lehto Benetton-Ford 60 Spun off 14  
Ret 29 Italy Andrea de Cesaris Sauber-Mercedes 54 Spun off 17  
Ret 27 France Jean Alesi Ferrari 38 Collision 5  
Ret 31 Australia David Brabham Simtek-Ford 36 Collision 24  
Ret 30 Germany Heinz-Harald Frentzen Sauber-Mercedes 31 Differential 9  
Ret 20 France Érik Comas Larrousse-Ford 27 Suspension 22  
Ret 3 Japan Ukyo Katayama Tyrrell-Yamaha 26 Gearbox 6  
Ret 28 Austria Gerhard Berger Ferrari 7 Gearbox 1  
DSQ 26 France Olivier Panis Ligier-Renault 70 Illegal skid block 15  
Source:[5]

Championship standings after the race[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Collings, Timothy (24 September 1994). "Hill bounces back joking and takes second on grid". The Daily Telegraph. London. p. 26.
  2. ^ "Grande Premio de Portugal – Qualifying 1". Formula1.com. Retrieved 29 December 2023.
  3. ^ "Grande Premio de Portugal – Qualifying 2". Formula1.com. Retrieved 29 December 2023.
  4. ^ "1994 Portuguese GP – Qualifying". ChicaneF1. Retrieved 29 December 2023.
  5. ^ "1994 Portuguese Grand Prix - Race Result". Formula1.com. 2020-02-09. Retrieved 2020-02-09.
  6. ^ a b "Portugal 1994 - Championship • STATS F1". www.statsf1.com. Retrieved 20 March 2019.


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