1994 Hungarian Grand Prix

Championship standings

Schumacher leads the Drivers’ Championship; the gap to Hill has narrowed after Germany.

Previous race

The German Grand Prix was a race of extreme attrition: eleven cars retired on the opening lap after a series of collisions at the first corner. Schumacher retired with an engine failure on lap 20. Berger won for Ferrari — the team’s first victory since the 1990 Spanish Grand Prix — and dedicated the win to his friend Senna. Both Ligiers of Olivier Panis and Éric Bernard made the podium. Jos Verstappen’s Benetton caught fire during a pit stop when fuel sprayed onto the hot bodywork; Verstappen escaped with burns around his eyes.

Between-race developments

Mika Häkkinen has been banned for one race following the multi-car collision he caused at the start in Germany. McLaren tester Philippe Alliot deputises for him at Hungary.

Both Benetton and McLaren have been summoned to appear before the FIA World Motorsport Council on 19 October. Benetton face questions over the removal of a filter from their refuelling rig — the FIA believes this contributed to Verstappen’s pit-lane fire. McLaren are under investigation for using a fully automatic upchange device.