1993 Belgian Grand Prix

March 2019 F1 Belgium Belgian LI Grand Prix de Belgique Circuit Spa.png 29 August 1993 12 16 Circuit de Spa-FrancorchampsFrancorchamps, Wallonia, Belgium1993 Belgian GP https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/database/races/1993-belgian-grand-prix/ Motor Sport 30 May 2022 Permanent racing facility 4.312 6.940 44 189.730 305.341 Sunny and clear Alain Prost Williams-Renault 1:47.571 France Alain Prost Williams-Renault 1:51.095 41 France Damon Hill Williams-Renault United Kingdom Michael Schumacher Benetton-Ford Germany Alain Prost Williams-Renault France BEL The 1993 Belgian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Spa-Francorchamps on 29 August 1993. It was the twelfth race of the 1993 Formula One World Championship. The 44-lap race was won by Briton Damon Hill, driving a Williams-Renault. Hill's French teammate, Alain Prost, took pole position and led the first 30 laps, before he suffered a slow pit stop and dropped to third behind Hill and German Michael Schumacher in the Benetton-Ford. Hill went on to win by 3.6 seconds from Schumacher with Prost a further 11 seconds back; the 1–3 finish secured Williams their second consecutive Constructors' Championship. Lotus driver Alessandro Zanardi was withdrawn from the meeting following a huge crash in Friday practice, which ultimately ended his season.https://www.autosport.com/indycar/news/154963/top-10-f1-to-indycar-converts-ranked Top 10 F1 to Indycar converts ranked 9 February 2021 9 February 2021 Newbold James Autosport In the race itself, his team-mate Johnny Herbert scored the final points ever for Team Lotus with his 5th position. Local driver Thierry Boutsen retired from Formula One following the race (after his race ended on the first lap with a gearbox failure). Qualifying report Once again, Alain Prost took pole position in his Williams-Renault with teammate Damon Hill alongside him on the front row of the grid, the two separated on this occasion by nearly nine-tenths of a second. On the second row were Michael Schumacher in the Benetton and Jean Alesi in the Ferrari, and on the third row were Ayrton Senna in the McLaren and Aguri Suzuki in the Footwork. Completing the top ten were Derek Warwick in the second Footwork, Riccardo Patrese in the second Benetton, JJ Lehto in the Sauber and Johnny Herbert in the Lotus. Qualifying classification Pos No Driver Constructor Q1 Q2 Gap 1 2 France Alain Prost Williams-Renault 1:48.794 1:47.571 — 2 0 UK Damon Hill Williams-Renault 1:48.716 1:48.466 +0.895 3 5 Germany Michael Schumacher Benetton-Ford 1:50.305 1:49.075 +1.504 4 27 France Jean Alesi Ferrari 1:52.159 1:49.825 +2.254 5 8 Brazil Ayrton Senna McLaren-Ford 1:51.385 1:49.934 +2.363 6 10 Japan 1947 Aguri Suzuki Footwork-Mugen-Honda 1:51.904 1:50.329 +2.758 7 9 UK Derek Warwick Footwork-Mugen-Honda 1:52.730 1:50.628 +3.057 8 6 Italy Riccardo Patrese Benetton-Ford 1:51.925 1:51.017 +3.446 9 30 Finland JJ Lehto Sauber 1:52.210 1:51.048 +3.477 10 12 UK Johnny Herbert Lotus-Ford 1:52.369 1:51.139 +3.568 11 25 UK Martin Brundle Ligier-Renault 1:53.323 1:51.350 +3.779 12 29 Austria Karl Wendlinger Sauber 1:53.139 1:51.440 +3.869 13 14 Brazil Rubens Barrichello Jordan-Hart 1:53.235 1:51.711 +4.140 14 7 United States Michael Andretti McLaren-Ford 1:53.554 1:51.833 +4.262 15 26 UK Mark Blundell Ligier-Renault 1:53.030 1:51.916 +4.345 16 28 Austria Gerhard Berger Ferrari 1:52.689 1:52.080 +4.509 17 4 Italy Andrea de Cesaris Tyrrell-Yamaha 1:53.559 1:52.647 +5.076 18 19 France Philippe Alliot Larrousse-Lamborghini 1:56.822 1:52.907 +5.336 19 20 France Érik Comas Larrousse-Lamborghini 1:56.072 1:53.186 +5.615 20 15 Belgium Thierry Boutsen Jordan-Hart 1:55.382 1:53.465 +5.894 21 24 Italy Pierluigi Martini Minardi-Ford 1:54.968 1:53.526 +5.955 22 23 Brazil Christian Fittipaldi Minardi-Ford 1:56.947 1:53.942 +6.371 23 3 Japan 1947 Ukyo Katayama Tyrrell-Yamaha 1:55.271 1:54.551 +6.980 24 22 Italy Luca Badoer Lola-Ferrari 1:57.599 1:54.978 +7.407 25 21 Italy Michele Alboreto Lola-Ferrari 1:57.852 1:55.965 +8.394 NC Not classified 11 Italy Alessandro Zanardi Lotus-Ford — — — Sources:Belgian Grand Prix – Qualifying 1 https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/1993/races/600/belgium/qualifying-1.html Formula1.com 5 January 2024Belgian Grand Prix – Qualifying 2 https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/1993/races/600/belgium/qualifying-2.html Formula1.com 5 January 20241993 Belgian Grand Prix Classification Qualifying https://www.motorsportstats.com/results/fia-formula-one-world-championship/1993/belgian-grand-prix/classification/qualifying Motorsport Stats 5 January 2024 Race report At the start, Senna got ahead of both Schumacher and Alesi with Alesi also getting by Schumacher. The order at the end of lap 1 was: Prost, Senna, Hill, Alesi, Schumacher and Suzuki. Alesi retired then with suspension troubles on lap 4, releasing Schumacher. Schumacher then set off after Senna and overtook him on the grass during the first round of pitstops. The first stops did not change anything, with Prost leading from Hill, Schumacher and Senna. Suzuki was a distant fifth until his gearbox failed on lap 15. Prost had a slow second stop, which allowed Hill to take the lead. Schumacher then overtook Prost to claim second. Prost smashed the lap record on lap 41 in his chase of Schumacher, but he found out that he was just a tenth quicker and settled for third. Hill won, wrapping up the Constructors Championship for Williams with Schumacher and Prost close behind. Senna was a lonely fourth, while Herbert and Patrese, who spun after his pitstop, took the final points. Herbert's 2 points for 5th place would turn out to be the last points finish for a Team Lotus driver. Thus, with three-quarters of the season gone, Prost was a full 28 points ahead and could sense the championship, having 81 points to Senna's 53. Hill was third with 48, Schumacher was fourth with 42, Patrese was fifth with 18, Brundle was sixth with 11, Herbert was seventh with 11 and Blundell was eighth with 10. In the Constructors Championship, Williams were World Champions with 129 points ahead of Benetton who were second with 60, McLaren close behind in third with 56 and Ligier fourth with 21 – their best performance in some years. Race classification Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 0 UK Damon Hill Williams-Renault 44 1:24:32.124 2 10 2 5 Germany Michael Schumacher Benetton-Ford 44 + 3.668 3 6 3 2 France Alain Prost Williams-Renault 44 + 14.988 1 4 4 8 Brazil Ayrton Senna McLaren-Ford 44 + 1:39.763 5 3 5 12 UK Johnny Herbert Lotus-Ford 43 + 1 lap 10 2 6 6 Italy Riccardo Patrese Benetton-Ford 43 + 1 lap 8 1 7 25 UK Martin Brundle Ligier-Renault 43 + 1 lap 11   8 7 USA Michael Andretti McLaren-Ford 43 + 1 lap 14   9 30 Finland JJ Lehto Sauber 43 + 1 lap 9   10 28 Austria Gerhard Berger Ferrari 42 Collision 16   11 26 UK Mark Blundell Ligier-Renault 42 Collision 15   12 19 France Philippe Alliot Larrousse-Lamborghini 42 + 2 laps 18   13 22 Italy Luca Badoer Lola-Ferrari 42 + 2 laps 24   14 21 Italy Michele Alboreto Lola-Ferrari 41 + 3 laps 25   15 3 Japan 1947 Ukyo Katayama Tyrrell-Yamaha 40 + 4 laps 23   Ret Retired 20 France Érik Comas Larrousse-Lamborghini 37 Fuel pump 19   Ret Retired 9 UK Derek Warwick Footwork-Mugen-Honda 28 Engine 7   Ret Retired 29 Austria Karl Wendlinger Sauber 27 Engine 12   Ret Retired 4 Italy Andrea de Cesaris Tyrrell-Yamaha 24 Engine 17   Ret Retired 23 Brazil Christian Fittipaldi Minardi-Ford 15 Accident 22   Ret Retired 24 Italy Pierluigi Martini Minardi-Ford 15 Spun off 21   Ret Retired 10 Japan 1947 Aguri Suzuki Footwork-Mugen-Honda 14 Gearbox 6   Ret Retired 14 Brazil Rubens Barrichello Jordan-Hart 11 Wheel bearing 13   Ret Retired 27 France Jean Alesi Ferrari 4 Suspension 4   Ret Retired 15 Belgium Thierry Boutsen Jordan-Hart 0 Gearbox 20   DNQ Did not qualify 11 Italy Alessandro Zanardi Lotus-Ford  Source:1993 Belgian Grand Prix http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1993/95/ formula1.com https://web.archive.org/web/20141202034744/http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1993/95/ 2 December 2014 23 December 2015 Championship standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings PosDriverPoints 10px 1 FRA Alain Prost* 81 10px 2 BRA Ayrton Senna* 53 10px 3 GBR Damon Hill* 48 10px 4 GER Michael Schumacher* 42 10px 5 ITA Riccardo Patrese 18Source:https://www.statsf1.com/en/1993/belgique/championnat.aspx Belgium 1993 - Championship • STATS F1 www.statsf1.com 13 March 2019 Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 10px 1 GBR Williams-Renault 129 10px 1 2 GBR Benetton-Ford 60 10px 1 3 GBR McLaren-Ford 56 10px 4 FRA Ligier-Renault 21 10px 5 ITA Ferrari 14Source: Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. Bold text indicates the 1993 World Constructors' Champions. Competitors in bold and marked with an asterisk still had a mathematical chance of becoming World Champion. References Henry Alan Alan Henry AUTOCOURSE 1993–94 Hazleton Publishing 1993 1-874557-15-2 Belgian Grand Prix 1993 1993 Hungarian Grand Prix 1993 Italian Grand Prix 1992 Belgian Grand Prix 1994 Belgian Grand Prix Belgian Grand Prix Category:Belgian Grand Prix Grand Prix Belgian Grand Prix