1994 Portuguese Grand Prix

Championship standings

With three-quarters of the season gone, Schumacher leads with 76 points; Hill is second on 65, 11 points behind. Berger is third on 33, Häkkinen fifth on 18, Alesi fourth on 19. In the Constructors’ Championship, Benetton lead with 85 points, Williams close behind on 73, Ferrari third on 58.

Previous race

At Monza, Hill won for Williams after Ferrari’s Alesi led from pole only to retire with a gearbox failure on lap 15. Berger finished second, Häkkinen third. Coulthard ran out of fuel on the final lap and was classified sixth. Eddie Irvine received a one-race suspended ban for his role in the first-corner collision at the first start.

Between-race developments

Schumacher serves the second race of his two-race ban; Benetton again field Lehto alongside Verstappen. Lotus went into receivership the day after the Italian Grand Prix but will continue to compete for the rest of the season; Philippe Adams returns to the team given its financial position. The Benetton and McLaren investigations at the FIA World Motorsport Council on 19 October loom over the paddock — though Portugal falls before that hearing.