1993 Brazilian Grand Prix
Race 2 of 16 in the 1993 Formula One World Championship
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 Germany Michael Schumacher Benetton-Ford
Time 1:20.024 on lap 61
Podium
First
McLaren-Ford
Second
Williams-Renault
Third
Benetton-Ford
Lap leaders

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.

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 was the last Brazilian driver to win his home race until Felipe Massa in 2006.

Report

Qualifying

Brazil 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

At 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

Qualifying

PosNoDriverConstructorQ1Q2Gap
1 2 France Alain Prost Williams-Renault 1:16.809 1:15.866
2 0 United Kingdom Damon Hill Williams-Renault 1:17.856 1:15.929 +0.063
3 8 Brazil Ayrton Senna McLaren-Ford 1:18.639 1:17.697 +1.831
4 5 Germany Michael Schumacher Benetton-Ford 1:19.061 1:17.821 +1.955
5 7 United States Michael Andretti McLaren-Ford 1:20.093 1:18.635 +2.769
6 6 Italy Riccardo Patrese Benetton-Ford 1:20.388 1:19.049 +3.183
7 30 Finland JJ Lehto Sauber 1:20.571 1:19.207 +3.341
8 29 Austria Karl Wendlinger Sauber 1:19.230 1:19.270 +3.364
9 27 France Jean Alesi Ferrari 1:19.260 1:19.549 +3.394
10 26 United Kingdom Mark Blundell Ligier-Renault 1:20.281 1:19.296 +3.430
11 19 France Philippe Alliot Larrousse-Lamborghini 1:20.057 1:19.340 +3.474
12 12 United Kingdom Johnny Herbert Lotus-Ford 1:19.830 1:19.435 +3.569
13 28 Austria Gerhard Berger Ferrari 1:19.561 1:19.735 +3.695
14 14 Brazil Rubens Barrichello Jordan-Hart 1:20.999 1:19.593 +3.727
15 11 Italy Alessandro Zanardi Lotus-Ford 1:20.891 1:19.804 +3.938
16 25 United Kingdom Martin Brundle Ligier-Renault 1:20.390 1:19.835 +3.969
17 20 France Érik Comas Larrousse-Lamborghini 1:20.061 1:19.868 +4.002
18 9 United Kingdom Derek Warwick Footwork-Mugen-Honda 1:21.532 1:20.064 +4.198
19 10 Japan Aguri Suzuki Footwork-Mugen-Honda 1:22.297 1:20.232 +4.366
20 23 Brazil Christian Fittipaldi Minardi-Ford 1:21.547 1:20.716 +4.850
21 22 Italy Luca Badoer Lola-Ferrari 1:22.938 1:20.908 +5.042
22 3 Japan Ukyo Katayama Tyrrell-Yamaha 1:21.923 1:20.991 +5.125
23 4 Italy Andrea de Cesaris Tyrrell-Yamaha 1:21.224 1:21.368 +5.358
24 24 Italy Fabrizio Barbazza Minardi-Ford 1:22.112 1:21.228 +5.362
25 21 Italy Michele Alboreto Lola-Ferrari 1:21.752 1:21.488 +5.622
DNQ 15 Italy Ivan Capelli Jordan-Hart 1:23.674 1:21.789 +5.923
Sources:[2][3][4][5]

Race

PosNoDriverConstructorLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
1 8 Brazil Ayrton Senna McLaren-Ford 71 1:51:15.485 3 10
2 0 United Kingdom Damon Hill Williams-Renault 71 + 16.625 2 6
3 5 Germany Michael Schumacher Benetton-Ford 71 + 45.436 4 4
4 12 United Kingdom Johnny Herbert Lotus-Ford 71 + 46.557 12 3
5 26 United Kingdom Mark Blundell Ligier-Renault 71 + 52.127 10 2
6 11 Italy Alessandro Zanardi Lotus-Ford 70 + 1 Lap 15 1
7 19 France Philippe Alliot Larrousse-Lamborghini 70 + 1 Lap 11  
8 27 France Jean Alesi Ferrari 70 + 1 Lap 9  
9 9 United Kingdom Derek Warwick Footwork-Mugen-Honda 69 + 2 Laps 18  
10 20 France Érik Comas Larrousse-Lamborghini 69 + 2 Laps 17  
11 21 Italy Michele Alboreto Lola-Ferrari 68 + 3 Laps 25  
12 22 Italy Luca Badoer Lola-Ferrari 68 + 3 Laps 21  
Ret 29 Austria Karl Wendlinger Sauber 61 Engine 8  
Ret 30 Finland JJ Lehto Sauber 52 Electrical 7  
Ret 4 Italy Andrea de Cesaris Tyrrell-Yamaha 48 Fuel system 23  
Ret 2 France Alain Prost Williams-Renault 29 Collision/Spun off 1  
Ret 23 Brazil Christian Fittipaldi Minardi-Ford 28 Collision/Spun off 20  
Ret 10 Japan Aguri Suzuki Footwork-Mugen-Honda 27 Accident 19  
Ret 3 Japan Ukyo Katayama Tyrrell-Yamaha 26 Accident 22  
Ret 14 Brazil Rubens Barrichello Jordan-Hart 13 Gearbox 14  
Ret 6 Italy Riccardo Patrese Benetton-Ford 3 Suspension 6  
Ret 7 United States Michael Andretti McLaren-Ford 0 Collision 5  
Ret 28 Austria Gerhard Berger Ferrari 0 Collision 13  
Ret 25 United Kingdom Martin Brundle Ligier-Renault 0 Collision 16  
Ret 24 Italy Fabrizio Barbazza Minardi-Ford 0 Collision 24  
Source:[6]

Championship standings after the race

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

References

  1. ↑ "Slick Senna shows the way home". The Independent. London. 29 March 1993. Archived from the original on 2022-05-01.
  2. ↑ "Brazilian Grand Prix – Qualifying 1". Formula1.com. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
  3. ↑ "Brazilian Grand Prix – Qualifying 2". Formula1.com. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
  4. ↑ "1993 Brazilian Grand Prix Classification Qualifying". Motorsport Stats. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
  5. ↑ "Brazil 1993 – Qualifications". StatsF1. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
  6. ↑ "1993 Brazilian Grand Prix". formula1.com. Archived from the original on 2 December 2014. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
  7. 1 2 "Brazil 1993 - Championship • STATS F1". www.statsf1.com. Retrieved 13 March 2019.
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