DAMON Hill, who has rewritten the Williams-Renault world champion-

ship script by winning the last three grands prix and retaining a

theoretical chance of the driver's title admitted yesterday that he

might break team orders at the Portuguese race on Sunday.

Hill urged journalists to ''watch the race very care- fully'' to see

if he stays in line behind championship leader and team-mate Alain

Prost, adding that it was ''conceivable'' that he would improvise at

Estoril.

With 30 points available for three victories in the final races, Hill

has a statistical chance of beating Prost but the Frenchman only has to

finish ahead of the relative novice to clinch a fourth title in

Portugal.

Hill faces a career dilemma due to team founder Frank Williams'

statement that the final driver line-up for 1994 will remain undecided

until the championship is settled.

Meanwhile, Britain's only world rally champion Louise Aitken-Walker

and the legendary Mini Cooper are poised to make a joint motorsport

comeback early next year when the driver-car combination tackles the

Monte Carlo Rally.

Louise, who left the rallying arena towards the end of last year to

become a mother, has been approached by Rover, which plans to celebrate

the thirtieth anniversary of the Monte Mini victory by contesting the

southern French classic.

Her partner in the confined cockpit of Britain's enduring piece of

motoring history is likely to be Swede Tina Thorner, who guided her to

the 1990 world title in a more spacious Vauxhall Astra GTE.

Apart from sharing in the rebirth of official Mini Cooper motorsport

involve- ment, Louise will also be seeking a third Coupe de Dames in the

event, after having taken the plaudits in an Alfasud in 1983 and the

Vauxhall in 1990.

Nigel Mansell may have completed a unique double by adding the IndyCar

champion- ship to his grand prix world crown but when it comes to racing

touring cars at Donington next month our Nige appears to be getting the

cold shoulder.

According to paddock gossip several of the major contenders in the

British touring car championship have decided to walk away from the

second end of term ''shoot-out'' on the grounds that their cars and

drivers will be eclipsed by the inevitable Mansell-Ford media happening.

Mansell's involvement in the race is said to involve a #200,000

sweetener to ensure he drives a Ford Mondeo, currently the class of the

field, and ironically one of the defectors is Renault, whose grand prix

engines powered the Englishman's Williams to a record nine races last

season.