1993 Australian Grand Prix

December 2020 December 2011 F1 Australian Australia Adelaide (long route).svg 7 November 1993 16 16 Temporary street circuit Adelaide Street CircuitAdelaide, South Australia, Australia 2.362 3.780 79 186.598 298.620 81 191.322 306.180 Sunny Ayrton Senna McLaren-Ford BRA 1:13.371 Damon Hill GBR Williams-Renault 1:15.381 64 Ayrton Senna BRA McLaren-Ford Alain Prost Williams-Renault FRA Damon Hill Williams-Renault GBR AUS 1994 Brazilian Grand Prix 1993 Japanese Grand Prix The 1993 Australian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Adelaide on 7 November 1993. It was the sixteenth and final race of the 1993 Formula One World Championship. The 79-lap race was won by Brazilian Ayrton Senna, driving a McLaren-Ford. In his last race with McLaren before joining Williams for 1994, Senna took pole position and led from start to finish, except during the pit stops. Frenchman Alain Prost, in his final Grand Prix before retirement, finished second in his Williams-Renault, with his British teammate Damon Hill third. Riccardo Patrese and Derek Warwick also retired from F1 after this race, Patrese having competed in a then-record 256 Grands Prix. Senna's victory would turn out to be the 41st and last victory in his Formula One career, and the last time he would finish on the podium, score points, or even finish a race, since the following season he retired in Interlagos and Aida and died at Imola. It was also the last win for a Brazilian driver until Rubens Barrichello at the 2000 German Grand Prix. This race marked the last F1 Grand Prix to feature a car powered by a Lamborghini V12 engine (the Larrousse LH93). This event was also the last race without refuelling during races (until the 2010 Bahrain Grand Prix) as well as the last race for cars with active suspension and cars using electronic driver aids; the FIA banned their use for the next seven seasons, starting in 1994, until the use of three electronic driver aid systems (namely fully-automatic gearboxes, launch control, and traction control) was eventually reintroduced and permitted at the 2001 Spanish Grand Prix, due to the FIA being unable to police the ban, and whether or not teams were secretly cheating by using these systems illegally to gain a competitive advantage, which is what led to their eventual reintroduction until the next six seasons. By winning this race McLaren surpassed Ferrari as the most successful F1 constructor in number of wins (until the 1995 Canadian Grand Prix). McLaren achieved the final pole position and win for their car entered in the livery of Marlboro as their title sponsor, which also would be the last pole position and win for the team until the 1997 season. This race was also the last time the Williams team was sponsored by Canon and the Benetton team was sponsored by Camel before switching to sponsorship by Rothmans and Mild Seven respectively in the 1994 season. Report Qualifying Senna took his first pole position since the 1992 Canadian Grand Prix, in the process breaking a run of 24 straight poles for Williams and preventing that team from achieving a clean sweep for the season. Prost was alongside on the front row, with Damon Hill in the second Williams and Michael Schumacher in the Benetton on the second row, and Mika Häkkinen in the second McLaren and Gerhard Berger in the Ferrari on the third. Berger had his Saturday qualifying times removed after doing 18 laps, above the limit of 12. The top ten was completed by Jean Alesi in the second Ferrari, Martin Brundle in the Ligier, Patrese in the second Benetton, and Aguri Suzuki in the Footwork. Despite being the fastest qualifier in his Ford V8-powered McLaren, Senna was some 15 km/h mph 0 on slower on the 890m-long Brabham Straight than the Renault V10-powered Williams of Hill. Race It took three attempts to get the race underway. On the first attempt, Brundle's Ligier was left on the grid at the start of the formation lap, before Ukyo Katayama stalled his Tyrrell and the start was aborted. On the second attempt, Eddie Irvine missed his grid slot and stalled his Jordan. Again, the start was aborted. Katayama and Irvine were sent to the back of the grid for the third, successful, attempt. The top four retained their positions into the first corner, while Häkkinen made a bad start and fell behind Berger. While Senna pulled out a small lead, the two Williams cars and Schumacher stayed together. Schumacher pitted early on lap 15 and rejoined in fourth but his engine failed on lap 20. Senna pitted on lap 24, allowing Prost to lead until his own stop five laps later, while Häkkinen's race went from bad to worse as he had a slow stop, allowing Alesi and Brundle to get ahead of him, before his brakes failed on lap 29. Senna pitted for the second time on lap 55, by which time the Williamses had already made their second stops, and this enabled the Brazilian to retain a healthy lead. Meanwhile, Alesi got ahead of team-mate Berger while Patrese got ahead of Brundle. On lap 61, Hill tried to catch Prost by surprise for second place. Prost, however, moved over to block, causing Hill to back off and spin, losing time but no places. thumb|Alain Prost during the race in Adelaide on 7 November 1993. Senna duly won from Prost by nine seconds, with Hill a further 24 seconds back. Alesi and Berger were fourth and fifth, one lap down, while Patrese was set to finish sixth in his 256th and last race, only for his fuel pressure to drop on the last lap and thus hand Brundle the last point. Prost thus signed off on his F1 career with his fourth Drivers' Championship and 99 points. Senna's win enabled him to secure second place in the standings with 73 points, just ahead of Hill on 69. Schumacher was fourth with 52, with a big gap to team-mate Patrese in fifth with 20, followed by Alesi (16), Brundle (13), Berger (12), Johnny Herbert (11) and Mark Blundell (10). In the Constructors' Championship, Williams finished with 168 points - four more than their tally from 1992, and double the tally of McLaren (84). Benetton were a close third with 72, while Ferrari (28) edged out Ligier (23) for fourth. With Prost not defending his title, the Williams cars would once again bear the numbers 0 and 2 for 1994. Post-race During the podium celebrations, Senna invited Prost up to the top step, much to the surprise of the Frenchman. The move marked the first easing of tensions in the rivalry between the two men. Senna himself would later call the race 'the end of an era'. As was tradition in Adelaide, a rock concert was held inside the circuit following the race. The concert was performed by Tina Turner as part of her What's Love? Tour (the concert was free for anyone with a ticket to the race). At one point during the concert, Ayrton Senna appeared on the stage, much to Turner's surprise. As a tribute to the Brazilian driver (and although she had already performed the song), Turner sang again her hit "The Best".Ayrton Senna with Tina Turner, 1993 Classification Qualifying Pos No Driver Constructor Q1 Q2 Gap 1 8 BRA Ayrton Senna McLaren-Ford 1:13.371 1:14.779 — 2 2 FRA Alain Prost Williams-Renault 1:13.807 1:14.595 +0.436 3 0 GBR Damon Hill Williams-Renault 1:14.721 1:13.826 +0.455 4 5 GER Michael Schumacher Benetton-Ford 1:14.098 1:14.494 +0.727 5 7 FIN Mika Häkkinen McLaren-Ford 1:14.106 1:14.596 +0.735 6 28 AUT Gerhard Berger Ferrari 1:14.194 — +0.823 7 27 FRA Jean Alesi Ferrari 1:15.332 1:15.619 +1.961 8 25 GBR Martin Brundle Ligier-Renault 1:16.022 1:16.710 +2.651 9 6 ITA Riccardo Patrese Benetton-Ford 1:16.077 1:21.076 +2.706 10 10 JPN 1947 Aguri Suzuki Footwork-Mugen-Honda 1:16.079 1:16.567 +2.708 11 29 AUT Karl Wendlinger Sauber 1:16.106 1:17.132 +2.735 12 30 FIN JJ Lehto Sauber 1:16.286 1:17.118 +2.915 13 14 BRA Rubens Barrichello Jordan-Hart 1:16.459 1:16.723 +3.088 14 26 GBR Mark Blundell Ligier-Renault 1:16.862 1:16.469 +3.098 15 4 ITA Andrea de Cesaris Tyrrell-Yamaha 1:17.350 1:16.892 +3.521 16 24 ITA Pierluigi Martini Minardi-Ford 1:16.905 1:17.816 +3.534 17 9 GBR Derek Warwick Footwork-Mugen-Honda — 1:16.919 +3.548 18 3 JPN 1947 Ukyo Katayama Tyrrell-Yamaha 1:17.018 1:18.406 +3.647 19 15 GBR Eddie Irvine Jordan-Hart 1:19.733 1:17.341 +3.970 20 12 GBR Johnny Herbert Lotus-Ford 1:17.612 1:17.450 +4.079 21 20 FRA Érik Comas Larrousse-Lamborghini 1:17.750 1:17.815 +4.379 22 23 FRA Jean-Marc Gounon Minardi-Ford 1:17.754 1:18.035 +4.383 23 11 POR Pedro Lamy Lotus-Ford 1:19.628 1:19.369 +5.998 24 19 JPN 1947 Toshio Suzuki Larrousse-Lamborghini 1:21.793 1:23.167 +8.422 Sources:Foster's Australian Grand Prix – Qualifying 1 https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/1993/races/604/australia/qualifying-1.html Formula1.com 5 January 2024Foster's Australian Grand Prix – Qualifying 2 https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/1993/races/604/australia/qualifying-2.html Formula1.com 5 January 20241993 Australian Grand Prix Classification Qualifying https://www.motorsportstats.com/results/fia-formula-one-world-championship/1993/australian-grand-prix/classification/qualifying Motorsport Stats 5 January 2024 Race Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 8 BRA Ayrton Senna McLaren-Ford 79 1:43:27.476 1 10 2 2 FRA Alain Prost Williams-Renault 79 + 9.259 2 6 3 0 GBR Damon Hill Williams-Renault 79 + 33.902 3 4 4 27 FRA Jean Alesi Ferrari 78 + 1 Lap 7 3 5 28 AUT Gerhard Berger Ferrari 78 + 1 Lap 6 2 6 25 GBR Martin Brundle Ligier-Renault 78 + 1 Lap 8 1 7 10 JPN 1947 Aguri Suzuki Footwork-Mugen-Honda 78 + 1 Lap 10   8 6 ITA Riccardo Patrese Benetton-Ford 77 Fuel system 9   9 26 GBR Mark Blundell Ligier-Renault 77 + 2 Laps 14   10 9 GBR Derek Warwick Footwork-Mugen-Honda 77 + 2 Laps 17   11 14 BRA Rubens Barrichello Jordan-Hart 76 + 3 Laps 13   12 20 FRA Érik Comas Larrousse-Lamborghini 76 + 3 Laps 21   13 4 ITA Andrea de Cesaris Tyrrell-Yamaha 75 + 4 Laps 15   14 19 JPN 1947 Toshio Suzuki Larrousse-Lamborghini 74 + 5 Laps 24   15 29 AUT Karl Wendlinger Sauber 73 Brakes 11   Ret Retired 30 FIN JJ Lehto Sauber 56 Accident 12   Ret Retired 23 FRA Jean-Marc Gounon Minardi-Ford 34 Spun off 22   Ret Retired 7 FIN Mika Häkkinen McLaren-Ford 28 Brakes 5   Ret Retired 5 GER Michael Schumacher Benetton-Ford 19 Engine 4   Ret Retired 3 JPN 1947 Ukyo Katayama Tyrrell-Yamaha 11 Spun Off 18   Ret Retired 15 GBR Eddie Irvine Jordan-Hart 10 Accident 19   Ret Retired 12 GBR Johnny Herbert Lotus-Ford 9 Suspension 20   Ret Retired 24 ITA Pierluigi Martini Minardi-Ford 5 Gearbox 16   Ret Retired 11 POR Pedro Lamy Lotus-Ford 0 Accident 23  Source:http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1993/99/ 1993 Australian Grand Prix formula1.com 23 December 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20141202051457/http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1993/99/ 2 December 2014 Final championship standings Drivers' Championship standings PosDriverPoints 10px 1 FRA Alain Prost 99 10px 1 2 BRA Ayrton Senna 73 10px 1 3 GBR Damon Hill 69 10px 4 GER Michael Schumacher 52 10px 5 ITA Riccardo Patrese 20Source:https://www.statsf1.com/en/1993/australie/championnat.aspx Australia 1993 - Championship • STATS F1 statsf1.com 6 March 2019 Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 10px 1 GBR Williams-Renault 168 10px 2 GBR McLaren-Ford 84 10px 3 GBR Benetton-Ford 72 10px 4 ITA Ferrari 28 10px 5 FRA Ligier-Renault 23Source: Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. Bold text indicates the 1993 World Champions. References Australian Grand Prix 1993 1993 Japanese Grand Prix 1994 Brazilian Grand Prix 1992 Australian Grand Prix 1994 Australian Grand Prix Grand Prix Australian Grand Prix Category:Australian Grand Prix Category:Motorsport in Adelaide Category:Sports competitions in Adelaide Australian Grand Prix