1993 Japanese Grand Prix

 1993 Japanese Grand Prix

Racing data
15th of 16 races in the 1993 Formula 1 World Championship
Surname:	XIX Fuji Television Japanese Grand Prix
Date:	October 24, 1993
Place:	Suzuka
Course:	Suzuka International Racing Course
Length:	310.792 km in 53 laps of 5.864 km
Weather:	changeable, warm
Spectator:	~ 150,000
Pole position
Driver:	Alain Prost	Williams-Renault
Time:	1: 37.154 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Alain Prost	Williams-Renault
Time:	1: 41.176 min (lap 53)
Podium
First:	Ayrton Senna	McLaren-Ford
Second:	Alain Prost	Williams-Renault
Third:	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren-Ford

The 1993 Japanese Grand Prix took place in Suzuka on October 25, 1993 and was the 15th race of the 1993 Formula 1 World Championship .

Reports

background

Once again, Jordan made a driver change: Emanuele Naspetti was replaced by the debutant Eddie Irvine . Two other drivers also made their debut: local driver Toshio Suzuki for Larrousse and Jean-Marc Gounon for Minardi .

After BMS Scuderia Italia had stopped racing, there were now only 24 vehicles left.

training

Alain Prost took pole position for the 13th time this season; it would be the last of his career. Behind him were the two McLaren of Ayrton Senna and Mika Häkkinen . It was followed by Michael Schumacher , Gerhard Berger and Damon Hill , who was thrown back by an accident. Irvine's performance, who qualified for eighth place on the grid in his first race, was also remarkable.

run

Senna started better than his arch-rival Prost and took the lead. Berger and Irvine also made up positions with good starts and both passed Schumacher. Both Schumacher and Hill behind him were able to overtake Irvine again after a short time. When the two of them were getting ready to overtake Berger, Hill took the opportunity and passed Schumacher; but an attempt to overtake Berger failed. A short time later, Hill and Schumacher collided, which threw Schumacher out of the race.

Senna made an early pit stop and Prost took the lead for the time being. When it started to rain, however, Senna showed his whole class and was able to overtake the Frenchman who had not yet made a pit stop. After both had switched to rain tires, he was even able to pull out a lead of around 30 seconds. When the track dried up again, Senna was stopped by the Irvine to be lapped, who even lapped himself back again. Although Senna lost more than 15 seconds on Prost, the latter could never jeopardize his victory. Meanwhile, Berger had retired with engine failure.

Ultimately, Senna won ahead of Prost and Häkkinen, who took the first podium in his career. The remaining points went to Hill and the two Jordan drivers Rubens Barrichello and Irvine, who had "shot down" Derek Warwick , who had been sixth up to that point, shortly before the end . For Barrichello it was the first point in his career. After the race, Senna was violent against Irvine, which almost led to a suspension for Senna.

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	Alain Prost	Williams-Renault	1: 38.587	1: 37.154	01
02	Ayrton Senna	McLaren-Ford	1: 38.942	1: 37.284	02
03	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren-Ford	1: 38.813	1: 37.326	03
04th	Michael sSchumacher	Benetton-Ford	1: 38.589	1: 37.530	04th
05	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	1: 39.204	1: 37.622	05
06th	Damon Hill	Williams-Renault	1: 38.979	1: 38.352	06th
07th	Derek Warwick	Footwork Mugen Honda	1: 41.086	1: 38.780	07th
08th	Eddie Irvine	Jordan-Hart	1: 41.078	1: 38.966	08th
9	Aguri Suzuki	Footwork Mugen Honda	1: 41.380	1: 39.278	9
10	Riccardo Patrese	Benetton-Ford	1: 40.748	1: 39.291	10
11	JJ Lehto	Clean	1: 40.348	1: 39.391	11
12	Rubens Barrichello	Jordan-Hart	1: 41.624	1: 39.426	12
13	Ukyo Katayama	Tyrrell Yamaha	1: 40.963	1: 39.511	13
14th	Jean Alesi	Ferrari	1: 39.535	2: 44.132	14th
15th	Martin Brundle	Ligier-Renault	1: 41.543	1: 39.951	15th
16	Karl Wendlinger	Clean	1: 41.367	1: 40.153	16
17th	Mark Blundell	Ligier-Renault	1: 41.278	1: 40.969	17th
18th	Andrea de Cesaris	Tyrrell Yamaha	1: 41.480	1: 40.969	18th
19th	Johnny Herbert	Lotus Ford	1: 41.488	3: 41.040	19th
20th	Pedro Lamy	Lotus Ford	1: 43.165	1: 41,600	20th
21st	Érik Comas	Larrousse-Lamborghini	1: 43.843	1: 41.769	21st
22nd	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi-Ford	1: 42.388	1: 41.989	22nd
23	Toshio Suzuki	Larrousse-Lamborghini	1: 44.562	1: 42.175	23
24	Jean-Marc Gounon	Minardi-Ford	1: 46.782	1: 43.812	24

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	time	begin	Fastest lap	Failure reason
01	Ayrton Senna	McLaren-Ford	53	1: 40: 27.912	02	1: 43.217
02	Alain Prost	Williams-Renault	53	+ 11.435	01	1: 41.176
03	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren-Ford	53	+ 26.129	03	1: 43.158
04th	Damon Hill	Williams-Renault	53	+1: 23.538	05	1: 44.507
05	Rubens Barrichello	Jordan-Hart	53	+1: 53.101	12	1: 45.578
06th	Eddie Irvine	Jordan-Hart	53	+ 1.46.121	8th	1: 44.293
07th	Mark Blundell	Ligier-Renault	52	+ 1 lap	17th	1: 43.610
08th	JJ Lehto	Clean	52	+ 1 lap	11	1: 44.802
09	Martin Brundle	Ligier-Renault	51	+ 2 rounds	15th	1: 42.119
10	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi-Ford	51	+ 2 rounds	22nd	1: 47.533
11	Johnny Herbert	Lotus Ford	51	+ 2 rounds	19th	1: 44.144
12	Toshio Suzuki	Larrousse-Lamborghini	51	+ 2 rounds	23	1: 46.819
13	Pedro Lamy	Lotus Ford	49	DNF	20th	1: 45.389	accident
14th	Derek Warwick	Footwork Mugen Honda	48	DNF	7th	1: 44.761	collision
-	Riccardo Patrese	Benetton-Ford	45	DNF	10	1: 47.373	Lathe operator
-	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	40	DNF	5	1: 45.648	engine
-	Aguri Suzuki	Footwork Mugen Honda	28	DNF	9	1: 46.819	Lathe operator
-	Ukyo Katayama	Tyrrell Yamaha	25th	DNF	13	1: 47.816	engine
-	Jean-Marc Gounon	Minardi-Ford	26th	DNF	024	1: 48.940	task
-	Karl Wendlinger	Clean	25th	DNF	016	1: 46.408	engine
-	Érik Comas	Larrousse-Lamborghini	17th	DNF	21st	1: 50.230	engine
-	Michael sSchumacher	Benetton-Ford	10	DNF	04th	1: 45.988	collision
-	Jean Alesi	Ferrari	7th	DNF	14th	1: 47.823	engine
-	Andrea de Cesaris	Tyrrell Yamaha	00	DNF	18th	---	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 93 02  Damon Hill Williams-Renault 65 03  Ayrton Senna McLaren-Ford 63 04th  Michael sSchumacher Benetton-Ford 52 05  Riccardo Patrese Benetton-Ford 20th 06th  Jean Alesi Ferrari 13 07th  Martin Brundle Ligier-Renault 11 08th  Johnny Herbert Lotus Ford 11 09  Gerhard Berger Ferrari 10 10  Mark Blundell Ligier-Renault 10 11  Karl Wendlinger Clean 7th

Item driver constructor Points 12  Michael Andretti 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 158 02  McLaren-Ford 74 03  Benetton-Ford 72 04th  Ferrari 23 05  Ligier-Renault 22nd 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

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