1994 Portuguese Grand Prix
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| Race details | ||
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| Race 13 of 16 in the 1994 Formula One season. | ||
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| Date | September 25, 1994 | |
| Official name | XXIII Grande Premio de Portugal | |
| Location | Autódromo do Estoril, Estoril, Portugal | |
| Course | Permanent racing facility 2.725 mi / 4.360 km |
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| Distance | 71 laps, 193.475 mi / 309.560 km | |
| Weather | Sunny | |
| Pole | ||
| Driver |  Gerhard Berger |
Ferrari |
| Time | 1:20.608 | |
| Fastest Lap | ||
| Driver |  David Coulthard |
Williams-Renault |
| Time | 1:22.446 (on lap 12 of 71) | |
| Podium | ||
| First | Damon Hill |
Williams-Renault |
| Second | David Coulthard |
Williams-Renault |
| Third |  Mika Häkkinen |
McLaren-Peugeot |
The 1994 Portuguese Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on September 25, 1994 at the Autódromo do Estoril, Estoril. It was the 13th race of the 1994 Formula One season.
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[edit] Report
[edit] Pre-Race
The field was as it had been in Italy fortnight earlier but Team Lotus was now in receivership and so pay-driver Philippe Adams was brought back to partner Johnny Herbert. Michael Schumacher was still banned and so Benetton ran JJ Lehto alongside Jos Verstappen. It was the chance for Damon Hill to win back points in the World Championship battle and he set out to do just that.
[edit] Qualifying
In qualifying Damon rolled his Williams after making contact with a spinning Eddie Irvine. Gerhard Berger thus took pole for Ferrari ahead of Hill and his team mate David Coulthard. Mika Häkkinen was fourth fastest in his McLaren-Peugeot with Jean Alesi's Ferrari fifth and Ukyo Katayama sixth in his Tyrrell-Yamaha. The top 10 was completed by Martin Brundle (McLaren-Peugeot), Rubens Barrichello (Jordan-Hart) and Heinz-Harald Frentzen (Sauber) and Verstappen.
[edit] Race
At the start of the race Berger took the lead ahead of the two Williams-Renaults but his Ferrari lasted only until the eighth lap when his transmission failed. Coulthard, who been running second, thus took the lead until the pit stops. This elevated Alesi to the number one spot for a few laps until he too pitted and so Barrichello had a handful of laps as race leader before he too stopped. Coulthard was then back in the lead until he went wide while lapping a backmarker and Hill moved ahead. One ahead Hill was away and the two Williams raced around in first and second places for the rest of the afternoon. Hakkinen was third with Barrichello fourth, the Brazilian holding of Verstappen in the closing laps. Brundle completed the points scorers.
The result meant that Hill had closed to within one point of Schumacher in the World Championship.
Olivier Panis was disqualified because of an illegal skidblock.
[edit] Classification
[edit] Notes
- Fastest Lap: David Coulthard 1m 24.466s
| Previous race: 1994 Italian Grand Prix |
FIA Formula One World Championship, 1994 season |
Next race: 1994 European Grand Prix |
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| Previous race: 1993 Portuguese Grand Prix |
Portuguese Grand Prix | Next race: 1995 Portuguese Grand Prix |
