1993 British Grand Prix

1993 British Grand Prix
1993 British Grand Prix
Race 9 of 16 in the 1993 Formula One World Championship
	Silverstone in 1993
Race details
Date	11 July 1993
Location	Silverstone Circuit; Silverstone, Northamptonshire, Great Britain
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course length	5.226 km (3.260 mi)
Distance	59 laps, 308.334 km (192.348 mi)
Weather	Dry
Pole position
Driver	Alain Prost;
Time	1:19.006
Fastest lap
Driver	Damon Hill
Time	1:22.515 on lap 41
Podium
First	Alain Prost;
Second	Michael Schumacher;
Third	Riccardo Patrese;
	Lap leaders ;

The 1993 British Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Silverstone on 11 July 1993. It was the ninth race of the 1993 Formula One World Championship.

The 59-lap race was won from pole position by Alain Prost, driving a Williams-Renault. It was Prost's sixth victory of the season and the 50th of his Formula One career. Michael Schumacher finished second in a Benetton-Ford, with teammate Riccardo Patrese third.

This was the second race of 1993 to be held in Britain, after the European Grand Prix at Donington Park three months earlier. The next time Britain would host two races in a single season would be in 2020, when Silverstone hosted both the British Grand Prix and the 70th Anniversary Grand Prix.^[1]

Report[]

With Nigel Mansell now racing Indycars in America, British racing fans had taken Damon Hill to their hearts. Williams took 1–2 in qualifying with Prost on pole ahead of Hill, Schumacher, Ayrton Senna, Patrese and Martin Brundle.

At the start, Hill took the lead from Prost, who was also passed by Senna, meanwhile Michael Andretti in the other McLaren spun off at Copse on the first lap, while Hill pulled away at the front, Senna held up both Prost and Schumacher. Prost finally passed Senna on lap 7 but Hill was already five seconds up the road. On lap 13, Schumacher passed Senna for third and pulled away as the order settled down.

Damon Hill was leading when his engine blew on lap 42.

Gradually Prost closed up on Hill, narrowing the gap to three seconds after the mid-race pit stops. Then, Luca Badoer crashed, bringing out the Safety Car and reducing the gap between Hill and Prost to nothing. The Safety Car came in on lap 40, before Hill's engine blew two laps later. 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, Johnny Herbert, Senna (who was classified fifth) and Derek Warwick.

Complimenting the Lotus team on 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 was classified fifth after running out of fuel on the last lap.

Qualifying[]

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

Race[]

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	2	Alain Prost	Williams-Renault	59	1:25:38.189	1	10
2	5	Michael Schumacher	Benetton-Ford	59	+ 7.660	3	6
3	6	Riccardo Patrese	Benetton-Ford	59	+ 1:17.482	5	4
4	12	Johnny Herbert	Lotus-Ford	59	+ 1:18.407	7	3
5	8	Ayrton Senna	McLaren-Ford	58	Out of fuel	4	2
6	9	Derek Warwick	Footwork-Mugen-Honda	58	+ 1 Lap	8	1
7	26	Mark Blundell	Ligier-Renault	58	+ 1 Lap	9
8	30	JJ Lehto	Sauber	58	+ 1 Lap	16
9	27	Jean Alesi	Ferrari	58	+ 1 Lap	12
10	14	Rubens Barrichello	Jordan-Hart	58	+ 1 Lap	15
11	19	Philippe Alliot	Larrousse-Lamborghini	57	+ 2 Laps	24
12	23	Christian Fittipaldi	Minardi-Ford	56	Gearbox	19
13	3	Ukyo Katayama	Tyrrell-Yamaha	55	+ 4 Laps	22
14	25	Martin Brundle	Ligier-Renault	53	Gearbox	6
NC	4	Andrea de Cesaris	Tyrrell-Yamaha	43	+ 16 Laps	21
Ret	0	Damon Hill	Williams-Renault	41	Engine	2
Ret	11	Alessandro Zanardi	Lotus-Ford	41	Suspension	14
Ret	15	Thierry Boutsen	Jordan-Hart	41	Wheel bearing	23
Ret	22	Luca Badoer	Lola-Ferrari	32	Electrical	25
Ret	24	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi-Ford	31	Physical	20
Ret	29	Karl Wendlinger	Sauber	24	Spun off	18
Ret	28	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	10	Suspension	13
Ret	10	Aguri Suzuki	Footwork-Mugen-Honda	8	Spun off	10
Ret	7	Michael Andretti	McLaren-Ford	0	Spun off	11
Ret	20	Érik Comas	Larrousse-Lamborghini	0	Halfshaft	17
Source:^[2]

Championship standings after the race[]

Drivers' Championship standings

Pos	Driver	Points
1	Alain Prost	67
2	Ayrton Senna	47
3	Michael Schumacher	30
4	Damon Hill	28
5	Martin Brundle	9
Source: ^[3]

Constructors' Championship standings

Pos	Constructor	Points
1	Williams-Renault	95
2	McLaren-Ford	50
3	Benetton-Ford	39
4	Ligier-Renault	15
5	Lotus-Ford	10
Source: ^[3]

Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

References[]

^ Hawkins, Billy (28 April 2020). "Formula 1: 2020 season could include TWO British Grands Prix with campaign to begin in Austria on first weekend in July". Talksport. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
^ "1993 British Grand Prix". formula1.com. Archived from the original on 2 December 2014. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
^ ^a ^b "Britain 1993 - Championship • STATS F1". www.statsf1.com. Retrieved 13 March 2019.

Henry, Alan (1993). AUTOCOURSE 1993–94. Hazleton Publishing. ISBN 1-874557-15-2.

Previous race: 1993 French Grand Prix	FIA Formula One World Championship 1993 season	Next race: 1993 German Grand Prix
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[1] Hawkins, Billy (28 April 2020). "Formula 1: 2020 season could include TWO British Grands Prix with campaign to begin in Austria on first weekend in July". Talksport. Retrieved 21 June 2020.

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

[champ-3] "Britain 1993 - Championship • STATS F1". www.statsf1.com. Retrieved 13 March 2019.

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