1993 European Grand Prix
Racing data | ||
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3rd of 16 races in the 1993 Formula 1 World Championship | ||
Surname: | XXXVIII Sega European Grand Prix | |
Date: | April 11, 1993 | |
Place: | Castle Donington | |
Course: | Donington Park | |
Length: | 305.748 km in 76 laps of 4.023 km
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Weather: | cloudy, occasional rain | |
Spectator: | ~ 50,000 | |
Pole position | ||
Driver: | Alain Prost | Williams-Renault |
Time: | 1: 10.458 min | |
Fastest lap | ||
Driver: | Ayrton Senna | McLaren-Ford |
Time: | 1: 18.029 min (lap 57) | |
Podium | ||
First: | Ayrton Senna | McLaren-Ford |
Second: | Damon Hill | Williams-Renault |
Third: | Alain Prost | Williams-Renault |
The 1993 European Grand Prix took place on April 11th at Donington Park in Castle Donington ( United Kingdom ) and was the third race of the 1993 Formula 1 World Championship .
Reports
background
After the Brazilian Grand Prix , Ayrton Senna led the drivers' standings with 6 points ahead of Alain Prost and 10 points ahead of Damon Hill . Williams-Renault was tied in the constructors' championship with McLaren-Ford and 10 points ahead of Ligier-Renault .
At Jordan-Hart , Ivan Capelli was replaced by Thierry Boutsen .
With Prost (once), a former winner entered this Grand Prix, which was held again for the first time since 1985 .
training
In free practice on Thursday, Prost achieved the fastest lap ahead of his teammates Hill and Gerhard Berger . In the second free practice session on Friday, Senna took the top position ahead of Michael Schumacher and Prost. During free practice on Saturday, the Williams drivers again led the way with Prost ahead of Hill. Senna was third.
Qualifying
In qualifying on Friday, which took place on a wet track, Senna set the fastest lap ahead of Hill and Prost. In qualifying on Saturday, the fastest times in qualifying were driven due to dry conditions. Prost secured pole position in front of Hill and Schumacher.
Warm up
In the warm up, Hill set the fastest lap ahead of JJ Lehto and Senna.
run
The 1993 European Grand Prix started with a turbulent first lap on a wet track. While the Williams kept their positions at the start, Schumacher and Senna hindered each other so that Karl Wendlinger could take third position. However, Senna was able to counter and overtook Schumacher and then Wendlinger. While Schumacher also passed Wendlinger, Michael Andretti and Wendlinger collided . Meanwhile, Senna overtook Hill and took the lead from Prost before the end of the first lap. Senna's compatriot Rubens Barrichello also started well and improved from twelfth to fourth position within the first lap.
After Martin Brundle was eliminated after a spin and Ukyō Katayama had to give up with a clutch damage, the track dried out and most of the pilots switched to dry tires. JJ Lehto retired in fifth place with handling problems. Berger, who had taken over the position, had to give up a little later with a damaged suspension. As Mark Blundell spun off the track, it started raining again. With the exception of Schumacher, the pilots at the front pitted. For a short time he took over the lead, but he turned and retired. While Philippe Alliot had to retire after an accident, Aguri Suzuki and Andrea de Cesaris retired with a gearbox problem and Jean Alesi with a damage to the hydraulic pump.
After it got drier again, the pilots came back to the pits to change. With Senna losing 20 seconds due to a problem, Prost took the lead ahead of Senna, Hill, Barrichello, Derek Warwick and Johnny Herbert . A short time later it started raining again. This time Senna decided not to stop and took the lead as both Williams pits. It was the right decision for the McLaren driver as the track soon dried up again. The Williams drivers had to switch back to dry tires. In the process, Prost's engine died in the pits and he came back on track in fourth place. He was lapped by Senna. Barrichello was initially in second place ahead of Hill, but after it started raining again and the drivers had to change their tires, he fell back to third place behind Hill and was also lapped.
After Boutsen retired with a jammed accelerator cable and Warwick with a gearbox failure, Barrichello also retired six laps before the end with a loss of fuel pressure and thus missed his first podium in his third Formula 1 race.
Senna won the race in a dominant way. Only Hill in second place, who was more than a minute behind the McLaren driver, was unable to lap it. Prost was third, one lap behind. Herbert was also only one lap behind, who, in contrast to all the other drivers who were placed in front, only pitted once and finally finished fourth. The remaining points went to Riccardo Patrese and Fabrizio Barbazza , who scored his first point on his first finish in Formula 1.
Senna set the fastest lap on lap 57 by driving through the pit lane and not stopping to change tires. This was possible because there was no speed limit in the pit lane in 1993 and the Donington pit lane is a shortcut to the route.
Senna increased his lead in the drivers' world championship. His team, McLaren-Ford, took the lead in the Williams-Renault constructors' championship.
At the 1993 European Grand Prix, a new record of pit stops was set with 64 pit stops. This number was only exceeded at the Chinese Grand Prix 2010 in Shanghai with 67 pit stops.
Registration list
Classifications
Qualifying
Item | driver | constructor | 1. Qualification training | 2. Qualification training | begin | ||
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time | Ø speed | time | Ø speed | ||||
1 | Alain Prost | Williams-Renault | 1: 24.467 | 171.461 km / h | 1: 10.458 | 205.552 km / h | 1 |
2 | Damon Hill | Williams-Renault | 1: 24.014 | 172.386 km / h | 1: 10.762 | 204.669 km / h | 2 |
3 | Michael sSchumacher | Benetton-Ford | 1: 26.264 | 167.889 km / h | 1: 12.008 | 201.128 km / h | 3 |
4th | Ayrton Senna | McLaren-Ford | 1: 23.976 | 172.464 km / h | 1: 12.107 | 200.852 km / h | 4th |
5 | Karl Wendlinger | Clean | 1: 26.805 | 166.843 km / h | 1: 12.738 | 199.109 km / h | 5 |
6th | Michael Andretti | McLaren-Ford | 1: 26.859 | 166.739 km / h | 1: 12.739 | 199.106 km / h | 6th |
7th | JJ Lehto | Clean | 1: 25.469 | 169.451 km / h | 1: 12.763 | 199.041 km / h | 7th |
8th | Gerhard Berger | Ferrari | 1: 25.971 | 168.461 km / h | 1: 12.862 | 198.770 km / h | 8th |
9 | Jean Alesi | Ferrari | 1: 25.699 | 168.996 km / h | 1: 12.980 | 198.449 km / h | 9 |
10 | Riccardo Patrese | Benetton-Ford | 1: 27.273 | 165.948 km / h | 1: 12.982 | 198.443 km / h | 10 |
11 | Johnny Herbert | Lotus Ford | 1: 27.173 | 166.139 km / h | 1: 13.328 | 197.507 km / h | 11 |
12 | Rubens Barrichello | Jordan-Hart | 1: 26.557 | 167.321 km / h | 1: 13.514 | 197.007 km / h | 12 |
13 | Alessandro Zanardi | Lotus Ford | 1: 28.782 | 163.128 km / h | 1: 13.560 | 196.884 km / h | 13 |
14th | Derek Warwick | Footwork Mugen Honda | 1: 28.096 | 164.398 km / h | 1: 13.664 | 196.606 km / h | 14th |
15th | Philippe Alliot | Larrousse-Lamborghini | 1: 28.648 | 163.374 km / h | 1: 13.665 | 196.604 km / h | 15th |
16 | Christian Fittipaldi | Minardi-Ford | 1: 28.065 | 164.456 km / h | 1: 13.666 | 196.601 km / h | 16 |
17th | Érik Comas | Larrousse-Lamborghini | 1: 29.310 | 162.163 km / h | 1: 13.970 | 195.793 km / h | 17th |
18th | Ukyō Katayama | Tyrrell Yamaha | 1: 29.851 | 161.187 km / h | 1: 14.121 | 195.394 km / h | 18th |
19th | Thierry Boutsen | Jordan-Hart | 1: 28.701 | 163.277 km / h | 1: 14.246 | 195.065 km / h | 19th |
20th | Fabrizio Barbazza | Minardi-Ford | 1: 27.275 | 165.944 km / h | 1: 14.274 | 194.992 km / h | 20th |
21st | Mark Blundell | Ligier-Renault | 1: 27.302 | 165.893 km / h | 1: 14.301 | 194.921 km / h | 21st |
22nd | Martin Brundle | Ligier-Renault | 1: 26.788 | 166.876 km / h | 1: 14.306 | 194.908 km / h | 22nd |
23 | Aguri Suzuki | Footwork Mugen Honda | 1: 30.107 | 160.729 km / h | 1: 14.927 | 193.292 km / h | 23 |
24 | Michele Alboreto | Lola Ferrari | 1: 30.049 | 160.832 km / h | 1: 15.322 | 192.278 km / h | 24 |
25th | Andrea de Cesaris | Tyrrell Yamaha | 1: 29.177 | 162.405 km / h | 1: 15.417 | 192.036 km / h | 25th |
DNQ | Luca Badoer | Lola Ferrari | 1: 31.178 | 158.841 km / h | 1: 15.641 | 191.468 km / h | - |
- The maximum lap time, 107 percent of the fastest lap in qualifying, was 1: 30.380 min in the first and 1: 15.390 min in the second qualifying session. Luca Badoer did not qualify because he drove slower times in both sections.
run
Item | driver | constructor | Round | Stops | time | begin | Fastest lap |
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1 | Ayrton Senna | McLaren-Ford | 76 | 5 | 1: 50: 46.570 | 4th | 1: 18.029 (57.) |
2 | Damon Hill | Williams-Renault | 76 | 6th | +1: 13.199 | 2 | 1: 19.379 (55th) |
3 | Alain Prost | Williams-Renault | 75 | 7th | + 1 lap | 1 | 1: 19.756 (55th) |
4th | Johnny Herbert | Lotus Ford | 75 | 1 | + 1 lap | 11 | 1: 22,150 (55th) |
5 | Riccardo Patrese | Benetton-Ford | 74 | 4th | + 2 rounds | 10 | 1: 22.279 (54.) |
6th | Fabrizio Barbazza | Minardi-Ford | 74 | 2 | + 2 rounds | 20th | 1: 24.703 (21.) |
7th | Christian Fittipaldi | Minardi-Ford | 73 | 4th | + 3 rounds | 16 | 1: 21.022 (52nd) |
8th | Alessandro Zanardi | Lotus Ford | 72 | 4th | + 4 rounds | 13 | 1: 20.801 (51st) |
9 | Érik Comas | Larrousse-Lamborghini | 72 | 4th | + 4 rounds | 17th | 1: 22,200 (52nd) |
10 | Rubens Barrichello | Jordan-Hart | 70 | 6th | DNF | 12 | 1: 22.307 (55.) |
11 | Michele Alboreto | Lola Ferrari | 70 | 1 | + 6 rounds | 24 | 1: 28.023 (19.) |
- | Derek Warwick | Footwork mugen | 66 | 1 | DNF | 14th | 1: 22.061 (54th) |
- | Thierry Boutsen | Jordan-Hart | 61 | 3 | DNF | 19th | 1: 25.532 (19.) |
- | Andrea de Cesaris | Tyrrell Yamaha | 55 | 6th | DNF | 25th | 1: 26,419 (51st) |
- | Jean Alesi | Ferrari | 36 | 3 | DNF | 9 | 1: 22,550 (21.) |
- | Aguri Suzuki | Footwork mugen | 29 | 1 | DNF | 23 | 1: 28.929 (20.) |
- | Philippe Alliot | Larrousse-Lamborghini | 27 | 1 | DNF | 15th | 1: 25.078 (19.) |
- | Michael sSchumacher | Benetton-Ford | 22nd | 1 | DNF | 3 | 1: 22,549 (21.) |
- | Mark Blundell | Ligier-Renault | 20th | 1 | DNF | 21st | 1: 24.093 (20.) |
- | Gerhard Berger | Ferrari | 19th | 1 | DNF | 8th | 1: 26.078 (17.) |
- | JJ Lehto | Clean-Ilmor | 13 | 0 | DNF | 7th | 1: 37.749 ( | 2.)
- | Ukyō Katayama | Tyrrell Yamaha | 11 | 1 | DNF | 18th | 1: 33.528 ( | 5.)
- | Martin Brundle | Ligier-Renault | 7th | 1 | DNF | 22nd | 1: 33.123 ( | 5.)
- | Karl Wendlinger | Clean-Ilmor | 0 | 0 | DNF | 5 | - |
- | Michael Andretti | McLaren-Ford | 0 | 0 | DNF | 6th | - |
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
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Constructors' championship
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Individual evidence
- ↑ "Free Training - Thursday, April 8, 1993" ( Memento of the original from March 24, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (motorsportarchiv.de; accessed on October 3, 2010)
- ↑ "Free Training - Friday, April 9, 1993" ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (motorsportarchiv.de; accessed on October 3, 2010)
- ↑ "Free Training - Saturday, April 10, 1993" ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (motorsportarchiv.de; accessed on October 3, 2010)
- ^ "Qualification training - Friday, April 9, 1993" ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (motorsportarchiv.de; accessed on October 3, 2010)
- ↑ "Qualification Training - Saturday, April 10, 1993" ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (motorsportarchiv.de; accessed on October 3, 2010)
- ^ "Warm up - Sunday, April 11, 1993" ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (motorsportarchiv.de; accessed on October 3, 2010)