1993 British Grand Prix

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Race details
Race 9 of 16 in the 1993 Formula One season

Silverstone in 1993
Date 11 July 1993
Location Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone, Northamptonshire, Great Britain
Course Permanent race track
Course length 5.226 km (3.260 mi)
Distance 59 laps, 308.334 km (192.348 mi)
Weather Dry
Pole position
Driver Williams-Renault
Time 1:19.006
Fastest lap
Driver United Kingdom Damon Hill Williams-Renault
Time 1:22.515 on lap 41
Podium
First Williams-Renault
Second Benetton-Ford
Third Benetton-Ford

The 1993 British Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Silverstone on 11 July 1993. It was the ninth round of the 1993 Formula One season. The 59-lap race was won by Williams driver Alain Prost after he started from pole position. Michael Schumacher finished second for the Benetton team and his teammate Riccardo Patrese was third

Report

With home favourite Nigel Mansell now plying his trade in the US, British racing fans had taken Damon Hill to their hearts. The Williamses took 1-2 in qualifying with Prost on pole ahead of home hero Hill, Schumacher, Senna, Patrese and Brundle.

At the start, Hill took the lead from Prost who was also passed by Senna. While Hill pulled away at the front, Senna, who qualified 3 seconds off Prost's pace, held up both Prost and Schumacher. Finally Prost took the place on lap 7 but Hill was already 5 second up the road. On lap 13, Schumacher passed Senna for third and pulled away as the order settled down.

Gradually Prost closed up on Hill, narrowing the gap to 3 seconds after the mid-race stops. There were no changes behind them either. Then, Luca Badoer crashed, bringing out the Safety Car and reducing the 3 seconds gap between Hill and Prost to nothing. The Safety car then went out but two laps later, on lap 42, Hill's engine blew. Brundle's gearbox failed on lap 54 when he was fourth. Finally, on the last lap, Senna's car ran out of fuel. Prost took his 50th Grand Prix win ahead of Schumacher, Patrese, Herbert, Senna (who was classified fifth) and Warwick.

Complimenting the Lotus team on Johnny Herbert's fourth-place finish, Murray Walker closed his broadcast with the words "Lotus are back!". As it turned out, the team only scored points once more.

Classification

Ayrton Senna taking part in the 1993 British Grand Prix.

Qualifying

Pos No Driver Constructor Q1 Q2 Gap
1 2 France Alain Prost Williams-Renault 1:34.483 1:19.006
2 0 United Kingdom Damon Hill Williams-Renault 1:36.297 1:19.134 +0.128
3 5 Germany Michael Schumacher Benetton-Ford 1:37.264 1:20.401 +1.395
4 8 Brazil Ayrton Senna McLaren-Ford 1:37.050 1:21.986 +2.980
5 6 Italy Riccardo Patrese Benetton-Ford 1:38.371 1:22.364 +3.358
6 25 United Kingdom Martin Brundle Ligier-Renault 1:38.384 1:22.421 +3.415
7 12 United Kingdom Johnny Herbert Lotus-Ford 1:41.037 1:22.487 +3.481
8 9 United Kingdom Derek Warwick Footwork-Mugen-Honda 1:39.433 1:22.834 +3.828
9 26 United Kingdom Mark Blundell Ligier-Renault 9:32.793 1:22.885 +3.879
10 10 Japan Aguri Suzuki Footwork-Mugen-Honda 1:40.537 1:23.077 +4.071
11 7 United States Michael Andretti McLaren-Ford 1:38.283 1:23.114 +4.108
12 27 France Jean Alesi Ferrari 1:37.899 1:23.203 +4.197
13 28 Austria Gerhard Berger Ferrari 1:37.976 1:23.257 +4.251
14 11 Italy Alessandro Zanardi Lotus-Ford 1:41.908 1:23.533 +4.527
15 14 Brazil Rubens Barrichello Jordan-Hart 1:40.869 1:23.635 +4.629
16 30 Finland JJ Lehto Sauber 1:39.821 1:24.071 +5.065
17 20 France Érik Comas Larrousse-Lamborghini 1:41.926 1:24.139 +5.133
18 29 Austria Karl Wendlinger Sauber 1:41.940 1:24.525 +5.519
19 23 Brazil Christian Fittipaldi Minardi-Ford 1:41.726 1:24.664 +5.658
20 24 Italy Pierluigi Martini Minardi-Ford 1:40.851 1:24.718 +5.712
21 4 Italy Andrea de Cesaris Tyrrell-Yamaha 1:40.624 1:25.254 +6.248
22 3 Japan Ukyo Katayama Tyrrell-Yamaha 1:43.173 1:25.343 +6.337
23 15 Belgium Thierry Boutsen Jordan-Hart 1:42.957 1:25.363 +6.357
24 19 France Philippe Alliot Larrousse-Lamborghini 1:41.985 1:25.397 +6.391
25 22 Italy Luca Badoer Lola-Ferrari 1:41.838 1:26.239 +7.233
26 21 Italy Michele Alboreto Lola-Ferrari 1:42.844 1:26.520 +7.514

Race

Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 2 France Alain Prost Williams-Renault 59 1:25:38.189 1 10
2 5 Germany Michael Schumacher Benetton-Ford 59 +7.660 3 6
3 6 Italy Riccardo Patrese Benetton-Ford 59 +1:17.482 5 4
4 12 United Kingdom Johnny Herbert Lotus-Ford 59 +1:18.407 7 3
5 8 Brazil Ayrton Senna McLaren-Ford 58 Out of fuel 4 2
6 9 United Kingdom Derek Warwick Footwork-Mugen-Honda 58 +1 Lap 8 1
7 26 United Kingdom Mark Blundell Ligier-Renault 58 +1 Lap 9  
8 30 Finland JJ Lehto Sauber 58 +1 Lap 16  
9 27 France Jean Alesi Ferrari 58 +1 Lap 12  
10 14 Brazil Rubens Barrichello Jordan-Hart 58 +1 Lap 15  
11 19 France Philippe Alliot Larrousse-Lamborghini 57 +2 Laps 24  
12 23 Brazil Christian Fittipaldi Minardi-Ford 56 Gearbox 19  
13 3 Japan Ukyo Katayama Tyrrell-Yamaha 55 +4 Laps 22  
14 25 United Kingdom Martin Brundle Ligier-Renault 53 Gearbox 6  
NC 4 Italy Andrea de Cesaris Tyrrell-Yamaha 43 Not classified 21  
Ret 0 United Kingdom Damon Hill Williams-Renault 41 Engine 2  
Ret 11 Italy Alessandro Zanardi Lotus-Ford 41 Suspension 14  
Ret 15 Belgium Thierry Boutsen Jordan-Hart 41 Wheel bearing 23  
Ret 22 Italy Luca Badoer Lola-Ferrari 32 Electrical 25  
Ret 24 Italy Pierluigi Martini Minardi-Ford 31 Physical 20  
Ret 29 Austria Karl Wendlinger Sauber 24 Spun off 18  
Ret 28 Austria Gerhard Berger Ferrari 10 Suspension 13  
Ret 10 Japan Aguri Suzuki Footwork-Mugen-Honda 8 Spun off 10  
Ret 7 United States Michael Andretti McLaren-Ford 0 Spun off 11  
Ret 20 France Érik Comas Larrousse-Lamborghini 0 Halfshaft 17  
DNQ 21 Italy Michele Alboreto Lola-Ferrari  
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Championship standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings
Pos Driver Points
1 France Alain Prost 67
2 Brazil Ayrton Senna 47
3 Germany Michael Schumacher 30
4 United Kingdom Damon Hill 28
5 United Kingdom Martin Brundle 9

Constructors' Championship standings
Pos Constructor Points
1 United Kingdom Williams-Renault 95
2 United Kingdom McLaren-Ford 50
3 United Kingdom Benetton-Ford 39
4 France Ligier-Renault 15
5 United Kingdom Lotus-Ford 10

References

  1. "1993 British Grand Prix". formula1.com. Archived from the original on 2 December 2014. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
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