1993 Japanese Grand Prix

F1 Japanese Japan 1947 Suzuka circuit map (1987-2002).svg XIX Fuji Television Japanese Grand Prix 24 October 1993 15 16 Suzuka CircuitSuzuka, Japan Permanent racing facility 3.641https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/database/races/1993-japanese-grand-prix/ 1993 Japanese Grand Prix | Motorsport Database 5.860 53 192.985 310.580 Dry/wet, warm, cloudy 350,000https://www.fia.com/sites/default/files/2022_japanesegp_mediakit_english.pdf Formula 1 Honda Japanese Grand Prix 2022 – Media Kit Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile 5 October 2022 5 October 2022 Alain Prost France Williams-Renault 1:37.154 Alain Prost France Williams-Renault 1:41.176 53 Ayrton Senna Brazil McLaren-Ford Alain Prost France Williams-Renault Mika Häkkinen Finland McLaren-Ford JPN The 1993 Japanese Grand Prix (formally the XIX Fuji Television Japanese Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race held at Suzuka on 24 October 1993. It was the fifteenth and penultimate race of the 1993 Formula One World Championship. The 53-lap race was won by Ayrton Senna, driving a McLaren-Ford, after he started from second position. Alain Prost finished second in a Williams-Renault, having started from pole position, while Senna's teammate Mika Häkkinen came third, achieving his first podium finish. Jordan drivers Rubens Barrichello and Eddie Irvine (the latter making his F1 debut) scored their first points by finishing fifth and sixth respectively. Irvine was subsequently punched by Senna for unlapping himself during the race.http://www.themagicofsenna.com/senna/suzuka.html Ayrton Senna Suzuka 1993 Themagicofsenna.com 2011-05-28 2011-07-17 https://web.archive.org/web/20110717011808/http://www.themagicofsenna.com/senna/suzuka.html dead Two other drivers made their F1 debuts at this race, Jean-Marc Gounon and Toshio Suzuki. Only 24 cars were entered, following the withdrawal of the BMS Scuderia Italia team from F1 in the run-up to the race. Report Qualifying Prost took the final pole of his career ahead of Senna, Häkkinen, Schumacher, Berger and Hill. Race At the start, Senna got ahead of Prost while Berger took Schumacher. Eddie Irvine, the fifth occupant of the second Jordan this year, then got by both Schumacher and Hill. Hill briefly passed Schumacher in the esses but Schumacher retook the position. The order was: Senna, Prost, Häkkinen, Berger, Irvine and Schumacher. Schumacher would pass Irvine on lap 2 with Hill getting ahead two laps later. Schumacher and Hill then closed in on Berger. At the end of lap 9, the three came out of the final chicane nose to tail and Hill passed Schumacher on the start/finish straight to take 5th place away. On lap 11, Hill got a run on Berger coming out of the 130R and Berger took the inside line going into the chicane. Hill tried to pass on the outside but was not able to complete the move. Schumacher, having stayed to the inside, couldn't stop fast enough as Hill turned in behind Berger and hit Hill's right rear wheel, damaging his left front suspension and putting himself out. Hill was able to keep going and inherited 4th on the next lap when Berger came in for tyres. Meanwhile, Prost inherited the lead when Senna pitted for tyres. Shortly after it began to rain, which was an advantage for Prost and other drivers who had not yet stopped for tyres since they would have to make one less stop. Senna began to catch Prost as the track got wetter and on lap 21, as the rain intensified, Senna passed Prost on the approach to the Spoon curve. At the end of the lap, Senna was two seconds in front and the two both pitted for wets. Senna pulled away rapidly in the wet conditions, building over a 30-second lead by lap 27. Prost then went off at the first corner but was able to rejoin without losing time to Senna, who was delayed by traffic. The rain then stopped and drivers began coming in for slick tyres as the track began to dry. Hill rejoined after his pit stop nearly a lap down to Senna, who was still on wets. Unable to lap Hill, Senna was re-passed by Irvine, who had been lapped but was chasing Hill for 4th position. Irvine, who was also still on wets, challenged Hill in the first corner but was not able to make the pass stick while Senna waited behind to lap the pair. Senna lost 15 seconds to Prost by the time he forced his way back past Irvine and Hill let him through. At the end of lap 42, after he and Prost had made their pit stops for slicks, Senna's lead was back up to 24 seconds. With only 12 laps remaining, Prost never challenged after that and settled for second. Häkkinen's 3rd place was his first podium finish. Behind, Barrichello had got Irvine during the stops for wets and then Berger's engine failed on lap 41. With 4 laps to go and battling with Derek Warwick for 6th, Irvine ran into the back of Warwick under braking on the approach to the chicane and knocked him out of the race. Irvine was able to continue and finish with a point in his first grand prix. Irvine's debut was slightly marred in a post-race altercation with Ayrton Senna who punched him when a discussion between the pair got heated. The incident led to rumours of Senna receiving a two-race ban, but ultimately, no penalty was issued. Senna won ahead of Prost, Häkkinen, Hill, Barrichello and Irvine. This was the only time Prost, Senna and Häkkinen shared the podium together. Fastest lap of the race was set by Prost, the last of his career. Classification Qualifying Pos No Driver Constructor Q1 Q2 Gap 1 2 France Alain Prost Williams-Renault 1:38.587 1:37.154 2 8 Brazil Ayrton Senna McLaren-Ford 1:38.942 1:37.284 +0.130 3 7 Finland Mika Häkkinen McLaren-Ford 1:38.813 1:37.326 +0.162 4 5 Germany Michael Schumacher Benetton-Ford 1:38.589 1:37.530 +0.376 5 28 Austria Gerhard Berger Ferrari 1:39.024 1:37.622 +0.468 6 0 UK Damon Hill Williams-Renault 1:38.979 1:38.352 +1.198 7 9 UK Derek Warwick Footwork-Mugen-Honda 1:41.086 1:38.780 +1.626 8 15 UK Eddie Irvine Jordan-Hart 1:41.018 1:38.966 +1.812 9 10 Japan 1947 Aguri Suzuki Footwork-Mugen-Honda 1:41.380 1:39.278 +2.124 10 6 Italy Riccardo Patrese Benetton-Ford 1:40.748 1:39.291 +2.137 11 30 Finland JJ Lehto Sauber 1:40.346 1:39.391 +2.237 12 14 Brazil Rubens Barrichello Jordan-Hart 1:41.624 1:39.426 +2.272 13 3 Japan 1947 Ukyo Katayama Tyrrell-Yamaha 1:40.963 1:39.511 +2.357 14 27 France Jean Alesi Ferrari 1:39.535 2:44.132 +2.381 15 25 UK Martin Brundle Ligier-Renault 1:41.543 1:39.951 +2.797 16 29 Austria Karl Wendlinger Sauber 1:41.367 1:40.153 +2.999 17 26 UK Mark Blundell Ligier-Renault 1:41.278 1:40.696 +3.542 18 4 Italy Andrea de Cesaris Tyrrell-Yamaha 1:41.480 1:40.696 +3.542 19 12 UK Johnny Herbert Lotus-Ford 1:41.488 3:41.040 +4.334 20 11 Portugal Pedro Lamy Lotus-Ford 1:43.165 1:41.600 +4.446 21 20 France Érik Comas Larrousse-Lamborghini 1:43.483 1:41.769 +4.615 22 24 Italy Pierluigi Martini Minardi-Ford 1:42.388 1:41.989 +4.835 23 19 Japan 1947 Toshio Suzuki Larrousse-Lamborghini 1:44.562 1:42.175 +5.021 24 23 France Jean-Marc Gounon Minardi-Ford 1:46.782 1:43.812 +6.658 Sources:Fuji Television Japanese Grand Prix – Qualifying 1 https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/1993/races/603/japan/qualifying-1.html Formula1.com 5 January 2024Fuji Television Japanese Grand Prix – Qualifying 2 https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/1993/races/603/japan/qualifying-2.html Formula1.com 5 January 20241993 Japanese Grand Prix Classification Qualifying https://www.motorsportstats.com/results/fia-formula-one-world-championship/1993/japanese-grand-prix/classification/qualifying Motorsport Stats 5 January 2024 Race Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 8 Brazil Ayrton Senna McLaren-Ford 53 1:40:27.912 2 10 2 2 France Alain Prost Williams-Renault 53 + 11.435 1 6 3 7 Finland Mika Häkkinen McLaren-Ford 53 + 26.129 3 4 4 0 UK Damon Hill Williams-Renault 53 + 1:23.538 6 3 5 14 Brazil Rubens Barrichello Jordan-Hart 53 + 1:35.101 12 2 6 15 UK Eddie Irvine Jordan-Hart 53 + 1:46.421 8 1 7 26 UK Mark Blundell Ligier-Renault 52 + 1 Lap 17   8 30 Finland JJ Lehto Sauber 52 + 1 Lap 11   9 25 UK Martin Brundle Ligier-Renault 51 + 2 Laps 15   10 24 Italy Pierluigi Martini Minardi-Ford 51 + 2 Laps 22   11 12 UK Johnny Herbert Lotus-Ford 51 + 2 Laps 19   12 19 Japan 1947 Toshio Suzuki Larrousse-Lamborghini 51 + 2 Laps 23   13 11 Portugal Pedro Lamy Lotus-Ford 49 Accident 20   14 9 UK Derek Warwick Footwork-Mugen-Honda 48 Collision 7   Ret Retired 6 Italy Riccardo Patrese Benetton-Ford 45 Accident 10   Ret Retired 28 Austria Gerhard Berger Ferrari 40 Engine 5   Ret Retired 10 Japan 1947 Aguri Suzuki Footwork-Mugen-Honda 28 Spun Off 9   Ret Retired 23 France Jean-Marc Gounon Minardi-Ford 26 Withdrew 24   Ret Retired 3 Japan 1947 Ukyo Katayama Tyrrell-Yamaha 26 Engine 13   Ret Retired 29 Austria Karl Wendlinger Sauber 25 Engine 16   Ret Retired 20 France Érik Comas Larrousse-Lamborghini 17 Engine 21   Ret Retired 5 Germany Michael Schumacher Benetton-Ford 10 Collision 4   Ret Retired 27 France Jean Alesi Ferrari 7 Engine 14   Ret Retired 4 Italy Andrea de Cesaris Tyrrell-Yamaha 0 Collision 18  Source:http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1993/98/ 1993 Japanese Grand Prix formula1.com 23 December 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20141202063859/http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1993/98/ 2 December 2014 Championship standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings PosDriverPoints 10px 1 FRA Alain Prost 93 10px 2 GBR Damon Hill 65 10px 3 BRA Ayrton Senna 63 10px 4 GER Michael Schumacher 52 10px 5 ITA Riccardo Patrese 20Source:https://www.statsf1.com/en/1993/japon/championnat.aspx Japan 1993 - Championship • STATS F1 www.statsf1.com 18 March 2019 Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 10px 1 GBR Williams-Renault 158 10px 1 2 GBR McLaren-Ford 74 10px 1 3 GBR Benetton-Ford 72 10px 4 ITA Ferrari 23 10px 5 FRA Ligier-Renault 22Source: Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. Bold text indicates the 1993 World Champions. References Henry Alan Alan Henry AUTOCOURSE 1993–94 Hazleton Publishing 1993 1-874557-15-2 Japanese Grand Prix 1993 1993 Portuguese Grand Prix 1993 Australian Grand Prix 1992 Japanese Grand Prix 1994 Japanese Grand Prix Japanese Grand Prix Category:Japanese Grand Prix Grand Prix Japanese Grand Prix