Ferrari F93A

**Ferrari F93A**
	Ferrari F93A
Constructor:	Ferrari
Designer:	John Barnard ; Jean-Claude Migeot
Predecessor:	Ferrari F92A
Successor:	Ferrari 412T1
Technical specifications
Engine:	Ferrari 041 V12
Length:	4380 mm
Width:	1995 mm
Height:	995 mm
Wheelbase:	2930 mm
Weight:	505 kg (empty)
Tires:	Goodyear
Petrol:	Agip
statistics
Driver:	27. Jean Alesi 27. Nicola Larini 28. Gerhard Berger ; ;
First start:	1993 Grand Prix of South Africa
Last start:	Great Britain Grand Prix 1993
World Cup points:	28
Podiums:	3
Leadership laps:	19 over 82,650 km
	Status: end of season

The Ferrari F93A was a Formula 1 racing car that Scuderia Ferrari used in the 1993 Formula 1 World Championship.

Technology and success

Ferrari twelve-cylinder Tipo 041

Ferrari F93A
Basic Technical Information

The F93A was designed by then Technical Director John Barnard and chief designer Jean-Claude Migeot; it turned out to be a bad design. The suspension and chassis were the weak point on the vehicle throughout the season. Although the suspension was continuously developed, little changed in the poor handling of the car. In the first test drives at Estoril , the F93A was slower than the fastest competitors by five seconds per lap. The two chassis technicians Ian Poccock and Luca Baldisserri had to completely overhaul the car before the start of the season.

The F93A made its racing debut at the South African Grand Prix with Gerhard Berger and Jean Alesi at the wheel. The season was marked by many defects and accidents, triggered by problems with the chassis. The best result of the F93A was Alesi's second place in the Italian Grand Prix behind Damon Hill in the Williams FW15C . Alesi was sixth in the final ranking of the drivers' championship, Gerhard Berger eighth. Scuderia finished fourth in the constructors' cup.

Painting and sponsorship

The F93A was mostly painted in the classic Rosso Corsa . A horizontal white stripe, atypical for Ferrari, “divided” the red. The largest sponsor was the tobacco company Philip Morris International , which advertised its Marlboro cigarette brand on the rear wing and on the side of the engine cover.
The tobacco advertising ban in F1, which began at that time, forced the teams to switch to some quite creative changes to the existing labels at some races in countries where the ban was already in effect.

Other major donors were consumer electronics maker Pioneer and petroleum company Agip .

driver

Jean Alesi was still a regular driver at Scuderia Ferrari. Gerhard Berger , who returned to Ferrari after three years in the service of McLaren , replaced the hapless Ivan Capelli . The Italian Nicola Larini was used as a test driver.

Results

driver	No.	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	Points	rank
1993 Formula 1 season																		28	4th
France J. Alesi	27	DNF	8th	DNF	DNF	DNF	3	DNF	DNF	9	7th	DNF	DNF	2	4th	DNF	4th
Austria G. Berger	28	6 *	DNF	DNF	DNF	6th	14 *	4th	14th	DNF	6th	3	10 *	DNF	DNF	DNF	5

Legend
colour	abbreviation	meaning
gold	-	victory
silver	-	2nd place
bronze	-	3rd place
green	-	Placement in the points
blue	-	Classified outside the point ranks
violet	DNF	Race not finished (did not finish)
violet	NC	not classified
red	DNQ	did not qualify
red	DNPQ	failed in pre-qualification (did not pre-qualify)
black	DSQ	disqualified
White	DNS	not at the start (did not start)
White	WD	withdrawn
Light Blue	PO	only participated in the training (practiced only)
Light Blue	TD	Friday test driver
without	DNP	did not participate in the training (did not practice)
	INJ	injured or sick
	EX	excluded
	DNA	did not arrive
	C.	Race canceled
		no participation in the World Cup
other	^P / bold	Pole position
	_SR / italic	Fastest race lap
	*	not at the finish, but counted due to the distance covered
	()	Streak results
	underlined	Leader in the overall standings

gallery

Jean Alesi. Qualifying during the 1993 British GP
Gerhard Berger at Silverstone 1993
Alesi F93A in the pits, during the 1993 British GP
Ferrari F93A exhibited in the Völklingen Ironworks Museum.

literature

David Hodges: Racing cars from A to Z after 1945. Motorbuch Verlag, Stuttgart 1994, ISBN 3-613-01477-7 .

Web links

Commons : Ferrari F93A - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

YouTube Ferrari F93A F1 ex Jean Alesi Test drives with the former F93A from Alesi in Spa Francorchamps
YouTube 1993 Rd04 Imola - Ferrari F93A - J. Alesi - 1: 25.516 onboard lap

Individual evidence

↑ Basile Davoine / Stefan Ehlen: How Formula 1 circumvented the tobacco advertising ban. motorsport.com, December 31, 2016, accessed February 6, 2020 .

[1] Basile Davoine / Stefan Ehlen: How Formula 1 circumvented the tobacco advertising ban. motorsport.com, December 31, 2016, accessed February 6, 2020 .