Michael Schumacher had to fight desperately for his first World Driver's Championship, as his Benetton team found itself in frequent violations of FIA regulations and Schumacher was suspended for several races as a result.
Nenadna uvedba vseh teh novih pravil in predpisov, posebej tistih v sezoni 1994, je še povečala kaotično vzdušje v Formuli 1.