1993 South African Grand Prix

March 2019 February 2021 June 2012 F1 South Africa 1982 South African 14 March 1993 Kyalami 1992 Layout.png Panasonic South African Grand PrixMotor Racing Programme Covers: 1993 http://www.progcovers.com/motor/kyalami93.jpg The Programme Covers Project 26 October 2017 1 16 KyalamiMidrand, Transvaal Province, South Africa Permanent racing facility 2.648 4.261 72 190.632 306.792 Very hot and humid, with torrential thunderstorms. Air temp: 33 °C °F Alain Prost Williams-Renault 1:15.696 France Alain Prost Williams-Renault 1:19.492 40 France Alain Prost Williams-Renault France Ayrton Senna McLaren-Ford Brazil Mark Blundell Ligier-Renault United Kingdom RSA The 1993 South African Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Kyalami on 14 March 1993. It was the first race of the 1993 Formula One World Championship. The 72-lap race was won by Frenchman Alain Prost, driving a Williams-Renault. Prost, returning to Formula One after taking the 1992 season off, took pole position and led the last 49 laps, winning by over a minute from Brazilian Ayrton Senna in a McLaren-Ford. Briton Mark Blundell finished third in a Ligier-Renault. This was the 33rd South African Grand Prix and, as of , the most recent Formula One race held on the continent of Africa. The race also marked the debut of the Swiss Sauber team, who scored their first points courtesy of Finn JJ Lehto's fifth-place finish. This was the first time since 1974 that the first race of a season did not feature the defending Drivers' Champion in the field (in 1974, Jackie Stewart was missing as he had retired following the death of his teammate and close friend François Cevert in 1973). Defending 1992 champion Nigel Mansell had moved to race in CART for the season. Since there was no defending Drivers' Champion in the field this season, defending Constructors' Champion Williams could not use No. 1 on either of its cars. Therefore, this was the first race since the 1973 United States Grand Prix that number 0 was used. Report The season started off in Kyalami where Prost, in his first race with Williams, took pole ahead of Senna, Schumacher, Hill, Alesi and Lehto, impressing in Sauber's first Grand Prix. At the start, Prost was poor and Senna and Hill (who was already ahead of Schumacher) got ahead of him. Then, Hill spun in front of Prost and dropped well down the field, Prost being forced to back off and let Schumacher through to second. Senna led Schumacher, Prost, Lehto, Wendlinger and Alesi at the end of lap one. Prost attacked Schumacher, took second on lap 13 and set off after Senna. Five laps later, he attacked into the first corner but Senna took the inside and defended. However, Senna could not do anything when Prost attacked on lap 25 with the inside line. He took the lead and motored off. Schumacher also passed Senna to take second soon after. Both of them pitted unlike Prost, but Senna was quicker and rejoined ahead. Schumacher was in no mood to stay third and attacked Senna on lap 40. There was minor contact and Schumacher spun off into retirement. Patrese was third but he too spun off on lap 47, leaving Blundell's Ligier third and Fittipaldi's impressive Minardi in fourth. Prost won from Senna, Blundell, Fittipaldi, Lehto (who was lapped twice in early stages of the race) and Berger (he was out but was classified sixth). Classification Qualifying Pos No Driver Constructor Q1 Q2 Gap 1 2 France Alain Prost Williams-Renault 1:16.804 1:15.696 2 8 Brazil Ayrton Senna McLaren-Ford 1:17.152 1:15.784 +0.088 3 5 Germany Michael Schumacher Benetton-Ford 1:17.507 1:17.261 +1.565 4 0 UK Damon Hill Williams-Renault 1:17.732 1:17.592 +1.896 5 27 France Jean Alesi Ferrari 1:18.775 1:18.234 +2.538 6 30 Finland JJ Lehto Sauber 1:19.120 1:18.664 +2.968 7 6 Italy Riccardo Patrese Benetton-Ford 1:19.341 1:18.676 +2.980 8 26 UK Mark Blundell Ligier-Renault 1:19.688 1:18.687 +2.991 9 7 United States Michael Andretti McLaren-Ford 1:18.903 1:18.786 +3.090 10 29 Austria Karl Wendlinger Sauber 1:20.365 1:18.950 +3.254 11 19 France Philippe Alliot Larrousse-Lamborghini 1:19.350 1:19.034 +3.338 12 25 UK Martin Brundle Ligier-Renault 1:19.138 1:19.457 +3.442 13 23 Brazil Christian Fittipaldi Minardi-Ford 1:19.825 1:19.285 +3.589 14 14 Brazil Rubens Barrichello Jordan-Hart 1:20.118 1:19.305 +3.609 15 28 Austria Gerhard Berger Ferrari 1:20.066 1:19.386 +3.690 16 11 Italy Alessandro Zanardi Lotus-Ford 1:20.150 1:19.396 +3.700 17 12 UK Johnny Herbert Lotus-Ford 1:20.009 1:19.498 +3.802 18 15 Italy Ivan Capelli Jordan-Hart 1:20.841 1:19.759 +4.063 19 20 France Érik Comas Larrousse-Lamborghini 1:21.000 1:20.081 +4.385 20 10 Japan 1947 Aguri Suzuki Footwork-Mugen-Honda 1:21.342 1:20.237 +4.541 21 3 Japan 1947 Ukyo Katayama Tyrrell-Yamaha 1:20.401 1:20.479 +4.705 22 9 UK Derek Warwick Footwork-Mugen-Honda 1:20.821 1:20.402 +4.706 23 4 Italy Andrea de Cesaris Tyrrell-Yamaha 1:20.721 1:20.660 +4.964 24 24 Italy Fabrizio Barbazza Minardi-Ford 1:20.994 1:21.195 +5.298 25 21 Italy Michele Alboreto Lola-Ferrari 1:22.843 1:21.893 +6.197 26 22 Italy Luca Badoer Lola-Ferrari 1:24.737 — +9.041 Sources:Panasonic South African Grand Prix – Qualifying 1 https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/1993/races/590/south-africa/qualifying-1.html Formula1.com 5 January 2024Panasonic South African Grand Prix – Qualifying 2 https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/1993/races/590/south-africa/qualifying-2.html Formula1.com 5 January 20241993 South African Grand Prix Classification Qualifying https://www.motorsportstats.com/results/fia-formula-one-world-championship/1993/south-african-grand-prix/classification/qualifying Motorsport Stats 5 January 2024 Race Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 2 France Alain Prost Williams-Renault 72 1:38:45.082 1 10 2 8 Brazil Ayrton Senna McLaren-Ford 72 + 1:19.824 2 6 3 26 UK Mark Blundell Ligier-Renault 71 + 1 lap 8 4 4 23 Brazil Christian Fittipaldi Minardi-Ford 71 + 1 lap 13 3 5 30 Finland JJ Lehto Sauber 70 + 2 laps 6 2 6 28 Austria Gerhard Berger Ferrari 69 Engine 15 1 7 9 UK Derek Warwick Footwork-Mugen-Honda 69 Spun off 22   Ret Retired 25 UK Martin Brundle Ligier-Renault 57 Spun off 12   Ret Retired 21 Italy Michele Alboreto Lola-Ferrari 55 Overheating 25   Ret Retired 20 France Érik Comas Larrousse-Lamborghini 51 Engine 19   Ret Retired 6 Italy Riccardo Patrese Benetton-Ford 46 Spun off 7   Ret Retired 5 Germany Michael Schumacher Benetton-Ford 39 Spun off 3   Ret Retired 12 UK Johnny Herbert Lotus-Ford 38 Fuel system 17   Ret Retired 29 Austria Karl Wendlinger Sauber 33 Engine 10   Ret Retired 14 Brazil Rubens Barrichello Jordan-Hart 31 Gearbox 14   Ret Retired 27 France Jean Alesi Ferrari 30 Suspension 5   Ret Retired 19 France Philippe Alliot Larrousse-Lamborghini 27 Spun off 11   Ret Retired 24 Italy Fabrizio Barbazza Minardi-Ford 21 Collision 24   Ret Retired 10 Japan 1947 Aguri Suzuki Footwork-Mugen-Honda 21 Collision 20   Ret Retired 22 Italy Luca Badoer Lola-Ferrari 20 Gearbox 26   Ret Retired 0 UK Damon Hill Williams-Renault 16 Collision 4   Ret Retired 11 Italy Alessandro Zanardi Lotus-Ford 16 Collision 16   Ret Retired 7 USA Michael Andretti McLaren-Ford 4 Collision 9   Ret Retired 15 Italy Ivan Capelli Jordan-Hart 2 Spun off 18   Ret Retired 3 Japan 1947 Ukyo Katayama Tyrrell-Yamaha 1 Transmission 21   Ret Retired 4 Italy Andrea de Cesaris Tyrrell-Yamaha 0 Transmission 23  Source:1993 South African Grand Prix http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1993/84/ formula1.com https://web.archive.org/web/20141202064308/http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1993/84/ 2 December 2014 23 December 2015 Championship standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings PosDriverPoints 1 FRA Alain Prost 10 2 BRA Ayrton Senna 6 3 GBR Mark Blundell 4 4 BRA Christian Fittipaldi 3 5 FIN JJ Lehto 2Source:https://www.statsf1.com/en/1993/afrique-du-sud/championnat.aspx South Africa 1993 - Championship • STATS F1 statsf1.com 20 March 2019 Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 GBR Williams-Renault 10 2 GBR McLaren-Ford 6 3 FRA Ligier-Renault 4 4 ITA Minardi-Ford 3 5 SUI Sauber 2Source: Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. References Henry Alan Alan Henry AUTOCOURSE 1993–94 Hazleton Publishing 1993 1-874557-15-2 South African Grand Prix 1993 1992 Australian Grand Prix 1993 Brazilian Grand Prix 1992 South African Grand Prix N/A South African Grand Prix Category:South African Grand Prix Grand Prix South African Grand Prix