The 1993 Brazilian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Interlagos on 28 March 1993. It was the second race of the 1993 Formula One World Championship.
| 1993 Brazilian Grand Prix | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Race 2 of 16 in the 1993 Formula One World Championship | |||
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| Race details | |||
| Date | 28 March 1993 | ||
| Location |
Autódromo José Carlos Pace São Paulo, Brazil | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
| Course length | 4.325 km (2.687 miles) | ||
| Distance | 71 laps, 307.075 km (190.808 miles) | ||
| Weather | Dry first then torrential rain for a short period; later drying and staying dry for the rest of the race | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Williams-Renault | ||
| Time | 1:15.866 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Driver |
 Michael Schumacher | Benetton-Ford | |
| Time | 1:20.024 on lap 61 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | McLaren-Ford | ||
| Second | Williams-Renault | ||
| Third | Benetton-Ford | ||
|
Lap leaders | |||
The 71-lap race was won by local hero Ayrton Senna, driving a McLaren-Ford, with Briton Damon Hill second in a Williams-Renault and German Michael Schumacher third in a Benetton-Ford.[1] Senna's victory marked McLaren's 100th race win in Formula One.[2] Senna was the last Brazilian driver to win his home race until Felipe Massa in 2006.
Report
editQualifying
editBrazil was Senna's home race but he was able to do nothing to prevent the Williamses being 1–2 in qualifying with Prost on pole ahead of Hill. Senna was third ahead of Schumacher, Andretti and Patrese.
Race
editAt the start, Senna got ahead of Hill but Andretti hit Berger with both crashing hard in the tyre barrier in turn 1. Both of them along with Brundle and Fabrizio Barbazza's Minardi were out. The order was: Prost, Senna, Hill, a fast starting Jean Alesi, Schumacher, and Lehto.
Schumacher passed Alesi on lap 2, but his teammate Patrese only lasted until the fourth lap when his suspension failed. While Prost built up a substantial lead, Senna was under pressure from Hill who took second on lap 11. On lap 25, Senna was issued a stop-go penalty for lapping a backmarker under yellow flags and dropped behind Schumacher. There was a heavy rain shower, and many drivers pitted for wet tyres, including Senna, Schumacher and Hill, while Prost stayed out on slick tyres. Several drivers spun, with both Ukyo Katayama and Aguri Suzuki crashing on the start–finish straight on lap 27, the Footwork partially blocking the circuit and bringing out the safety car – the second time this had been seen in Formula 1 following its trial at the 1973 Canadian Grand Prix. Fittipaldi spun at the first corner on lap 30 with his car stopped in the middle of the track. With the rain coming down harder, Prost lost control and, unable to avoid Fittipaldi's car, crashed into him, taking them both out of the race. As the wreckage was cleared, the new safety car controlled the field, Hill led Senna, Schumacher (who had lost time during his pit stop because his car fell off the jack), Alesi, Johnny Herbert, and Lehto. They were followed by Alessandro Zanardi, Philippe Alliot, Mark Blundell, Derek Warwick, rookie Luca Badoer, Karl Wendlinger, Andrea de Cesaris, Érik Comas, and Michele Alboreto.
The rain stopped and the safety car went in, and the order stayed as listed. The sun then came out, it began to dry rapidly and everyone stopped for dry tyres. Johnny Herbert had pitted for slicks right when the safety car pulled back into the pits, and he was to move up to third place due to this early change back to slicks.
Just after the tire stops Senna passed Hill for the lead and pulled away. Behind, Schumacher and Alesi had stop-go penalties for passing under yellow flags, Schumacher dropping to fifth and Alesi going down to ninth. Schumacher passed Blundell and then Herbert to take third. Senna won from Hill, Schumacher, Herbert, Blundell and Alessandro Zanardi.
Classification
editQualifying
edit| Pos | No | Driver | Constructor | Q1 | Q2 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 |  Alain Prost
|
Williams-Renault | 1:16.809 | 1:15.866 | |
| 2 | 0 |  Damon Hill
|
Williams-Renault | 1:17.856 | 1:15.929 | +0.063 |
| 3 | 8 |  Ayrton Senna
|
McLaren-Ford | 1:18.639 | 1:17.697 | +1.831 |
| 4 | 5 | Michael Schumacher
|
Benetton-Ford | 1:19.061 | 1:17.821 | +1.955 |
| 5 | 7 |  Michael Andretti
|
McLaren-Ford | 1:20.093 | 1:18.635 | +2.769 |
| 6 | 6 |  Riccardo Patrese
|
Benetton-Ford | 1:20.388 | 1:19.049 | +3.183 |
| 7 | 30 |  JJ Lehto
|
Sauber | 1:20.571 | 1:19.207 | +3.341 |
| 8 | 29 |  Karl Wendlinger
|
Sauber | 1:19.230 | 1:19.270 | +3.364 |
| 9 | 27 | Jean Alesi
|
Ferrari | 1:19.260 | 1:19.549 | +3.394 |
| 10 | 26 | Mark Blundell
|
Ligier-Renault | 1:20.281 | 1:19.296 | +3.430 |
| 11 | 19 | Philippe Alliot
|
Larrousse-Lamborghini | 1:20.057 | 1:19.340 | +3.474 |
| 12 | 12 | Johnny Herbert
|
Lotus-Ford | 1:19.830 | 1:19.435 | +3.569 |
| 13 | 28 | Gerhard Berger
|
Ferrari | 1:19.561 | 1:19.735 | +3.695 |
| 14 | 14 | Rubens Barrichello
|
Jordan-Hart | 1:20.999 | 1:19.593 | +3.727 |
| 15 | 11 | Alessandro Zanardi
|
Lotus-Ford | 1:20.891 | 1:19.804 | +3.938 |
| 16 | 25 | Martin Brundle
|
Ligier-Renault | 1:20.390 | 1:19.835 | +3.969 |
| 17 | 20 | Érik Comas
|
Larrousse-Lamborghini | 1:20.061 | 1:19.868 | +4.002 |
| 18 | 9 | Derek Warwick
|
Footwork-Mugen-Honda | 1:21.532 | 1:20.064 | +4.198 |
| 19 | 10 |  Aguri Suzuki
|
Footwork-Mugen-Honda | 1:22.297 | 1:20.232 | +4.366 |
| 20 | 23 | Christian Fittipaldi
|
Minardi-Ford | 1:21.547 | 1:20.716 | +4.850 |
| 21 | 22 | Luca Badoer
|
Lola-Ferrari | 1:22.938 | 1:20.908 | +5.042 |
| 22 | 3 | Ukyo Katayama
|
Tyrrell-Yamaha | 1:21.923 | 1:20.991 | +5.125 |
| 23 | 4 | Andrea de Cesaris
|
Tyrrell-Yamaha | 1:21.224 | 1:21.368 | +5.358 |
| 24 | 24 | Fabrizio Barbazza
|
Minardi-Ford | 1:22.112 | 1:21.228 | +5.362 |
| 25 | 21 | Michele Alboreto
|
Lola-Ferrari | 1:21.752 | 1:21.488 | +5.622 |
| DNQ | 15 | Ivan Capelli
|
Jordan-Hart | 1:23.674 | 1:21.789 | +5.923 |
| Sources:[3][4][5][6] | ||||||
Race
edit| Pos | No | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8 | Ayrton Senna
|
McLaren-Ford | 71 | 1:51:15.485 | 3 | 10 |
| 2 | 0 | Damon Hill
|
Williams-Renault | 71 | + 16.625 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | 5 | Michael Schumacher
|
Benetton-Ford | 71 | + 45.436 | 4 | 4 |
| 4 | 12 | Johnny Herbert
|
Lotus-Ford | 71 | + 46.557 | 12 | 3 |
| 5 | 26 | Mark Blundell
|
Ligier-Renault | 71 | + 52.127 | 10 | 2 |
| 6 | 11 | Alessandro Zanardi
|
Lotus-Ford | 70 | + 1 Lap | 15 | 1 |
| 7 | 19 | Philippe Alliot
|
Larrousse-Lamborghini | 70 | + 1 Lap | 11 | |
| 8 | 27 | Jean Alesi
|
Ferrari | 70 | + 1 Lap | 9 | |
| 9 | 9 | Derek Warwick
|
Footwork-Mugen-Honda | 69 | + 2 Laps | 18 | |
| 10 | 20 | Érik Comas
|
Larrousse-Lamborghini | 69 | + 2 Laps | 17 | |
| 11 | 21 | Michele Alboreto
|
Lola-Ferrari | 68 | + 3 Laps | 25 | |
| 12 | 22 | Luca Badoer
|
Lola-Ferrari | 68 | + 3 Laps | 21 | |
| Ret | 29 | Karl Wendlinger
|
Sauber | 61 | Engine | 8 | |
| Ret | 30 | JJ Lehto
|
Sauber | 52 | Electrical | 7 | |
| Ret | 4 | Andrea de Cesaris
|
Tyrrell-Yamaha | 48 | Fuel system | 23 | |
| Ret | 2 | Alain Prost
|
Williams-Renault | 29 | Collision/Spun off | 1 | |
| Ret | 23 | Christian Fittipaldi
|
Minardi-Ford | 28 | Collision/Spun off | 20 | |
| Ret | 10 | Aguri Suzuki
|
Footwork-Mugen-Honda | 27 | Accident | 19 | |
| Ret | 3 | Ukyo Katayama
|
Tyrrell-Yamaha | 26 | Accident | 22 | |
| Ret | 14 | Rubens Barrichello
|
Jordan-Hart | 13 | Gearbox | 14 | |
| Ret | 6 | Riccardo Patrese
|
Benetton-Ford | 3 | Suspension | 6 | |
| Ret | 7 | Michael Andretti
|
McLaren-Ford | 0 | Collision | 5 | |
| Ret | 28 | Gerhard Berger
|
Ferrari | 0 | Collision | 13 | |
| Ret | 25 | Martin Brundle
|
Ligier-Renault | 0 | Collision | 16 | |
| Ret | 24 | Fabrizio Barbazza
|
Minardi-Ford | 0 | Collision | 24 | |
Source:[7]
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Championship standings after the race
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- Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
References
edit- ^ "Slick Senna shows the way home". The Independent. London. 29 March 1993. Archived from the original on 2022-05-01.
- ^ Walsh, Fergal (19 June 2023). "Where F1 teams claimed their 100th grand prix win". Motorsport Week. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
- ^ "Brazilian Grand Prix – Qualifying 1". Formula1.com. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
- ^ "Brazilian Grand Prix – Qualifying 2". Formula1.com. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
- ^ "1993 Brazilian Grand Prix Classification Qualifying". Motorsport Stats. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
- ^ "Brazil 1993 – Qualifications". StatsF1. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
- ^ "1993 Brazilian Grand Prix". formula1.com. Archived from the original on 2 December 2014. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
- ^ a b "Brazil 1993 - Championship • STATS F1". www.statsf1.com. Retrieved 13 March 2019.
- Henry, Alan (1993). AUTOCOURSE 1993–94. Hazleton Publishing. ISBN 1-874557-15-2.