1993 Australian Grand Prix

 1993 Australian Grand Prix

Racing data
16th of 16 races in the 1993 Formula 1 World Championship
Surname:	LVIII Australian Grand Prix
Date:	November 7, 1993
Place:	Adelaide
Course:	Adelaide Street Circuit
Length:	298.62 km in 79 laps of 3.78 km
Planned:	306.18 km in 81 laps of 3.78 km
Weather:	warm, sunny
Pole position
Driver:	Ayrton Senna	McLaren-Ford
Time:	1: 13.371 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Damon Hill	Williams-Renault
Time:	1: 15.381 min (lap 64)
Podium
First:	Ayrton Senna	McLaren-Ford
Second:	Alain Prost	Williams-Renault
Third:	Damon Hill	Williams-Renault

The 1993 Australian Grand Prix took place on November 7th as the 16th and final race of the 1993 Formula 1 World Championship on the Adelaide Street Circuit . Ayrton Senna celebrated his last Grand Prix victory in his last race with McLaren ; With Alain Prost and Riccardo Patrese , two greats in the sport also drove their last Formula 1 race.

Reports

background

The starting field remained unchanged compared to the previous race, the Japanese Grand Prix .

The Grand Prix was the last race of Alain Prost , who was already world champion, as well as Riccardo Patrese , whose 256 starts were a record at the time, and Derek Warwick . Ayrton Senna also ended his hugely successful time with McLaren .

Qualifying

Ayrton Senna managed to achieve pole position for the first time since the 1992 Canadian Grand Prix , despite his poorly motorized McLaren Ford . This was the only time in the 1993 season that Williams was not in the first starting position. Instead, the Williams drivers Prost and Damon Hill classified themselves in second and third place. Michael Schumacher also put his Benetton on the second row of the grid; behind it Senna's new teammate qualified Mika Hakkinen and Ferrari pilots Gerhard Berger and Jean Alesi .

run

The race could only be started on the third attempt after first Ukyo Katayama and then Eddie Irvine stalled their engines. At the start the first positions remained the same, while Katayama collided with Pedro Lamy , who was eliminated as a result. Katayama and Irvine had to give up in quick succession after accidents a few laps later.

Senna drove a consistently controlled race from the front and only lost his lead after his first pit stop. Behind him, the Williams drivers drove consistently in second and third place, with Hills attacking his team-mate failing and ending in a spin for the Briton; however, he was able to keep the engine running and still finish third by a large margin. After Häkkinen and Schumacher had failed in a promising position with technical problems, Ferrari was also able to get both cars in the points one after the other; Alesi took third place ahead of Berger. Martin Brundle achieved the last point in the Ligier after Patrese retired in his last race two laps before the end with a problem with the fuel supply. JJ Lehto experienced a moment of shock on lap 56 , whose Sauber took off when driving over the steep curbs and failed.

With his 41st and final victory, Senna was able to push himself past Damon Hill into second place in the drivers' world championship. For McLaren, the victory, which was to remain the last until David Coulthard's victory at the Australian Grand Prix in 1997 , meant advancement to the designer with the most race wins of all time (104) past Ferrari.

At the awards ceremony, there was a remarkable scene when Senna brought his outgoing arch-rival to the first step of the podium and shook hands, ending the season with a slight reconciliation between the two brawlers.

Registration list

team	No.	driver	chassis	engine	tires
Canon Williams team	0	Damon Hill	Williams FW15C	Renault RS5 3.5 V10	G
	2	Alain Prost
Tyrrell Racing Organization	3	Ukyō Katayama	Tyrrell 021	Yamaha OX10A 3.5 V10	G
	4th	Andrea de Cesaris
Camel Benetton Ford	5	Michael sSchumacher	Benetton B193 B	Ford Cosworth HB 3.5 V8	G
	6th	Riccardo Patrese
Marlboro McLaren	7th	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren MP4 / 8		G
	8th	Ayrton Senna
Footwork Mugen Honda	9	Derek Warwick	Footwork FA14	Mugen-Honda MF-351HB 3.5 V10	G
	10	Aguri Suzuki
Team Lotus	11	Pedro Lamy	Lotus 107 B	Ford Cosworth HB 3.5 V8	G
	12	Johnny Herbert
Sasol Jordan	14th	Rubens Barrichello	Jordan 193	Hard 1035 3.5 V10	G
	15th	Eddie Irvine
Larrousse F1	19th	Toshio Suzuki	Larrousse LH93	Lamborghini 3512 3.5 V12	G
	20th	Érik Comas
Minardi team	23	Jean-Marc Gounon	Minardi M193	Ford Cosworth HB 3.5 V8	G
	24	Pierluigi Martini
Ligier Gitanes Blondes	25th	Martin Brundle	Ligier JS39	Renault RS5 3.5 V10	G
	26th	Mark Blundell
Scuderia Ferrari	27	Jean Alesi	Ferrari F93A	Ferrari 041 3.5 V12	G
	28	Gerhard Berger
Lighthouse clean	29	Karl Wendlinger	Clean C12	Clean 2175 3.5 V10	G
	30th	JJ Lehto

Classifications

Qualifying

Item	driver	constructor	1. Qualification training	2. Qualification training	begin
						01	Ayrton Senna	McLaren-Ford	1: 13,371	1: 14.779	01
02	Alain Prost	Williams-Renault	1: 13.807	1: 14.595	02
03	Damon Hill	Williams-Renault	1: 14.721	1: 13.826	03
04th	Michael sSchumacher	Benetton-Ford	1: 14,098	1: 14.494	04th
05	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren-Ford	1: 14.106	1: 14.596	05
06th	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	1: 14.194	-	06th
07th	Jean Alesi	Ferrari	1: 15.332	1: 15.619	07th
08th	Martin Brundle	Ligier-Renault	1: 16.022	1: 16.710	08th
9	Riccardo Patrese	Benetton-Ford	1: 16.077	1: 21.076	9
10	Aguri Suzuki	Footwork Mugen Honda	1: 16.079	1: 16.567	10
11	Karl Wendlinger	Clean	1: 16.106	1: 17.132	11
12	JJ Lehto	Clean	1: 16.286	1: 17.118	12
13	Rubens Barrichello	Jordan-Hart	1: 16.459	1: 16.723	13
14th	Mark Blundell	Ligier-Renault	1: 16,862	1: 16.469	14th
15th	Andrea de Cesaris	Tyrrell Yamaha	1: 17,350	1: 16.892	15th
16	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi-Ford	1: 16.905	1: 17.816	16
17th	Derek Warwick	Footwork Mugen Honda	-	1: 16.919	17th
18th	Ukyo Katayama	Tyrrell Yamaha	1: 17.018	1: 18.406	23
19th	Eddie Irvine	Jordan-Hart	1: 19.733	1: 17.341	24
20th	Johnny Herbert	Lotus Ford	1: 17.612	1: 17,450	18th
21st	Érik Comas	Larrousse-Lamborghini	1: 17.750	1: 17.815	19th
22nd	Jean-Marc Gounon	Minardi-Ford	1: 17.754	1: 18.035	20th
23	Pedro Lamy	Lotus Ford	1: 19.628	1: 19.369	21st
24	Toshio Suzuki	Larrousse-Lamborghini	1: 21.793	1: 23.167	22nd

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	time	begin	Fastest lap	Failure reason
01	Ayrton Senna	McLaren-Ford	79	1: 43: 27.476	10	1: 16.128
02	Alain Prost	Williams-Renault	79	+ 9,259	20	1: 15.434
03	Damon Hill	Williams-Renault	79	+ 33,902	3	1: 15.381
04th	Jean Alesi	Ferrari	78	+ 1 lap	7th	1: 17.786
05	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	78	+ 1 lap	6th	1: 16.686
06th	Martin Brundle	Ligier-Renault	78	+ 1 lap	8th	1: 17.565
07th	Aguri Suzuki	Footwork Mugen Honda	78	+ 1 lap	10	1: 18.316
08th	Riccardo Patrese	Benetton-Ford	77	DNF	9	1: 17,478	Fuel supply
09	Mark Blundell	Ligier-Renault	77	+ 2 rounds	14th	1: 18.314
10	Derek Warwick	Footwork Mugen Honda	77	+ 2 rounds	17th	1: 18.905
11	Rubens Barrichello	Jordan-Hart	76	+ 3 rounds	13	1: 18.558
12	Érik Comas	Larrousse-Lamborghini	76	+ 3 rounds	21st	1: 19.152
13	Andrea de Cesaris	Tyrrell Yamaha	75	+ 4 rounds	15th	1: 20.625
14th	Toshio Suzuki	Larrousse-Lamborghini	74	+ 5 rounds	24	1: 22.328
15th	Karl Wendlinger	Clean	73	DNF	11	1: 18.101	Brakes
-	JJ Lehto	Clean	56	DNF	12	1: 18.430	Lathe operator
-	Jean-Marc Gounon	Minardi-Ford	34	DNF	22nd	1: 21.678	Lathe operator
-	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren-Ford	28	DNF	5	1: 18.960	Brakes
-	Michael sSchumacher	Benetton-Ford	19th	DNF	4th	1: 17.069	engine
-	Ukyo Katayama	Tyrrell Yamaha	11	DNF	18th	1: 22.143	accident
-	Eddie Irvine	Jordan-Hart	10	DNF	19th	1: 21.742	accident
-	Johnny Herbert	Lotus Lamborghini	9	DNF	20th	1: 20.502	suspension
-	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi-Ford	5	DNF	16	1: 21.175	transmission
-	Pedro Lamy	Lotus Ford	0	DNF	23	---	collision

World Cup stands after the race

The first six of the race got 10, 6, 4, 3, 2 and 1 point (s) respectively.

Driver ranking

Item driver constructor Points 01  Alain Prost Williams-Renault 99 02  Ayrton Senna McLaren-Ford 73 03  Damon Hill Williams-Renault 69 04th  Michael sSchumacher Benetton-Ford 52 05  Riccardo Patrese Benetton-Ford 20th 06th  Jean Alesi Ferrari 16 07th  Martin Brundle Ligier-Renault 13 08th  Gerhard Berger Ferrari 12 09  Johnny Herbert Lotus Ford 11 10  Mark Blundell Ligier-Renault 10 11  Michael Andretti McLaren-Ford 7th

Item driver constructor Points 12  Karl Wendlinger McLaren-Ford 7th 13  Christian Fittipaldi Minardi-Ford 5 14th  JJ Lehto Clean 5 15th  Mika Hakkinen McLaren-Ford 4th 16  Derek Warwick Footwork Mugen Honda 4th 17th  Rubens Barrichello Jordan-Hart 2 17th  Philippe Alliot Larrousse-Lamborghini 2 19th  Fabrizio Barbazza Minardi-Ford 2 20th  Érik Comas Larrousse-Lamborghini 1 20th  Alessandro Zanardi Lotus Ford 1 20th  Eddie Irvine Jordan-Hart 1

Constructors' championship

Item constructor Points 01  Williams-Renault 168 02  McLaren-Ford 84 03  Benetton-Ford 72 04th  Ferrari 28 05  Ligier-Renault 23 06th  Clean 12

Item constructor Points 07th  Lotus Ford 12 08th  Minardi-Ford 7th 09  Footwork Mugen Honda 4th 10  Larrousse-Lamborghini 3 10  Jordan-Hart 3

Web links

Commons : 1993 Australian Grand Prix  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• https://www.motorsport-magazin.com/formel1/verbindungen/1993/session/australien-gp-startaufstellung-1857.html
• https://www.motorsport-magazin.com/formel1/verbindungen/1993/session/australien-gp-rennen-1858.html
• https://www.motorsport-magazin.com/formel1/result/1993/session/australien-gp-schnellste-runde-1859.html
• https://www.motorsport-magazin.com/formel1/fahrer-wm-1993.html
• https://www.motorsport-magazin.com/formel1/ Konstrukteurs-wm-1993.html