1993 Brazilian Grand Prix

F1 Brazil Brazilian 28 March 1993 Interlagos_1990.jpg 2 16 Autódromo José Carlos PaceSão Paulo, Brazil Permanent racing facility 2.687 4.325 71 190.808 307.075 Dry first then torrential rain for a short period; later drying and staying dry for the rest of the race Alain Prost Williams-Renault 1:15.866 France Michael Schumacher Benetton-Ford 1:20.024 61 Germany Ayrton Senna McLaren-Ford Brazil Damon Hill Williams-Renault United Kingdom Michael Schumacher Benetton-Ford Germany BRA 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.Slick Senna shows the way home https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/motor-racing-slick-senna-shows-the-way-home-brazilians-brilliance-in-hazardous-conditions-halts-hills-hunt-for-a-historic-victory-on-a-day-of-bright-british-performances-1500595.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/motor-racing-slick-senna-shows-the-way-home-brazilians-brilliance-in-hazardous-conditions-halts-hills-hunt-for-a-historic-victory-on-a-day-of-bright-british-performances-1500595.html 2022-05-01 live The Independent London 29 March 1993 Senna's victory marked McLaren's 100th race win in Formula One.https://www.motorsportweek.com/2023/06/19/where-f1-teams-claimed-their-100th-f1-grand-prix-win/ Where F1 teams claimed their 100th grand prix win Motorsport Week Walsh Fergal 19 June 2023 29 March 2024 Senna was the last Brazilian driver to win his home race until Felipe Massa in 2006. Report Qualifying With just 26 cars now in the running after the March team withdrew from the World Championship, FISA decided to reduce the grid to 24 to keep some element of competition in qualifying. However on unanimous appeal by the teams, this was increased to 25 so that every team would have at least one car in the race. Brazil was Senna's home race but he was able to do nothing to prevent the Williams being 1–2 in qualifying with Prost on pole ahead of Hill. Senna was third ahead of Schumacher, Andretti and Patrese. The sole non-qualifier was Ivan Capelli, who was nearly 6 seconds off pole. After failing to qualify for the race, he left the Jordan team by mutual consent. He did not race in Formula One again. 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 tyre 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. After the race, several Brazilian fans invaded the circuit in celebration of Senna’s victory (similar to the English fans at the British Grand Prix of the previous year with Nigel Mansell). Classification Qualifying Pos No Driver Constructor Q1 Q2 Gap 1 2 France Alain Prost Williams-Renault 1:16.809 1:15.866 2 0 UK Damon Hill Williams-Renault 1:17.856 1:16.859 +0.993 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 UK 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 UK 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 UK 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 UK Derek Warwick Footwork-Mugen-Honda 1:21.532 1:20.064 +4.198 19 10 Japan 1947 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 1947 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 +5.622DNQ Did not qualify 15 Italy Ivan Capelli Jordan-Hart 1:23.674 1:21.789 +5.923 Sources:Brazilian Grand Prix – Qualifying 1 https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/1993/races/591/brazil/qualifying-1.html Formula1.com 5 January 2024Brazilian Grand Prix – Qualifying 2 https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/1993/races/591/brazil/qualifying-2.html Formula1.com 5 January 20241993 Brazilian Grand Prix Classification Qualifying https://www.motorsportstats.com/results/fia-formula-one-world-championship/1993/brazilian-grand-prix/classification/qualifying Motorsport Stats 5 January 2024Brazil 1993 – Qualifications https://www.statsf1.com/en/1993/bresil/qualification.aspx StatsF1 5 January 2024Grande Prêmio do Brasil 1993 1° treino de classificação (1993 Brazilian Grand Prix 1st Qualifying) YouTube 30 December 2025 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h40Sn0odlHI Grande Prêmio do Brasil 1993 2° treino de classificação (1993 Brazilian Grand Prix 2nd Qualifying) YouTube 30 December 2025 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gdejXJOXmw Race Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 8 Brazil Ayrton Senna McLaren-Ford 71 1:51:15.485 3 10 2 0 UK Damon Hill Williams-Renault 71 + 16.625 2 6 3 5 Germany Michael Schumacher Benetton-Ford 71 + 45.436 4 4 4 12 UK Johnny Herbert Lotus-Ford 71 + 46.557 12 3 5 26 UK 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 UK 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 Retired 29 Austria Karl Wendlinger Sauber 61 Engine 8   Ret Retired 30 Finland JJ Lehto Sauber 52 Electrical 7   Ret Retired 4 Italy Andrea de Cesaris Tyrrell-Yamaha 48 Fuel system 23   Ret Retired 2 France Alain Prost Williams-Renault 29 Collision/Spun off 1   Ret Retired 23 Brazil Christian Fittipaldi Minardi-Ford 28 Collision/Spun off 20   Ret Retired 10 Japan 1947 Aguri Suzuki Footwork-Mugen-Honda 27 Accident 19   Ret Retired 3 Japan 1947 Ukyo Katayama Tyrrell-Yamaha 26 Accident 22   Ret Retired 14 Brazil Rubens Barrichello Jordan-Hart 13 Gearbox 14   Ret Retired 6 Italy Riccardo Patrese Benetton-Ford 3 Suspension 6   Ret Retired 7 USA Michael Andretti McLaren-Ford 0 Collision 5   Ret Retired 28 Austria Gerhard Berger Ferrari 0 Collision 13   Ret Retired 25 UK Martin Brundle Ligier-Renault 0 Collision 16   Ret Retired 24 Italy Fabrizio Barbazza Minardi-Ford 0 Collision 24  Source:http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1993/85/ 1993 Brazilian Grand Prix formula1.com 23 December 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20141202051857/http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1993/85/ 2 December 2014 Championship standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings PosDriverPoints 10px 1 1 BRA Ayrton Senna 16 10px 1 2 FRA Alain Prost 10 10px 18 3 GBR Damon Hill 6 10px 1 4 GBR Mark Blundell 6 10px 7 5 GER Michael Schumacher 4Source:https://www.statsf1.com/en/1993/bresil/championnat.aspx Brazil 1993 - Championship • STATS F1 www.statsf1.com 13 March 2019 Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 10px 1 GBR Williams-Renault 16 10px 2 GBR McLaren-Ford 16 10px 3 FRA Ligier-Renault 6 10px 6 4 GBR Benetton-Ford 4 10px 6 5 GBR Lotus-Ford 4Source: 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 Brazilian Grand Prix 1993 1993 South African Grand Prix 1993 European Grand Prix 1992 Brazilian Grand Prix 1994 Brazilian Grand Prix Brazilian Grand Prix Category:Brazilian Grand Prix Grand Prix Brazilian Grand Prix