1994 Portuguese Grand Prix

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.