1993 Grand Prix of South Africa
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1st of 16 races in the 1993 Formula 1 World Championship | ||
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Surname: | Panasonic South African Grand Prix | |
Date: | March 14, 1993 | |
Place: | Midrand | |
Course: | Kyalami Grand Prix Circuit | |
Length: | 306.792 km in 72 laps of 4.261 km
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Weather: | initially dry, later rain | |
Spectator: | ~ 70,000 | |
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Time: | 1: 15.696 min | |
Fastest lap | ||
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Time: | 1: 19.492 min (lap 40) | |
Podium | ||
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The 1993 South African Grand Prix took place on March 14th at the Kyalami Grand Prix Circuit and was the first race of the 1993 Formula 1 World Championship .
Reports
background
Both the reigning world champion Nigel Mansell and his teammate from the previous year, the reigning vice world champion Riccardo Patrese , left the Williams team. Mansell had already announced his exit from Formula 1 during the 1992 season and signed a contract with the Newman / Haas Racing team in the US Champ Car series. Patrese moved to Benetton and thus became Michael Schumacher's new teammate . During his break year, Alain Prost had negotiated a contract with Williams for the 1993 season, in which Ayrton Senna was explicitly excluded as a teammate. The team then hired Damon Hill , who had worked as a test driver for Williams in 1992, as the second driver alongside Prost. Since the starting number 1 traditionally belonged to the reigning world champion, but this was not represented in Formula 1 in 1993 due to Mansell's departure, Hill was assigned the number 0. Senna, who had also expressed interest in switching to Williams but could not do so due to the contract clause determined by Prost, stayed with McLaren reluctantly . He did not sign a one-year contract because he questioned the competitiveness of the team after Honda had left Formula 1 and switched to the engine supplier Ford-Cosworth . The debutant Michael Andretti was signed as a regular driver. The second cockpit was offered to Mika Häkkinen in the event that Ayrton Senna left the team . However, shortly before the start of the season, Senna signed a contract for his participation in the first race and wanted to decide for or against further assignments at short notice.
Gerhard Berger returned to Scuderia Ferrari and became a team mate of Jean Alesi . Martin Brundle and Mark Blundell formed the new driver pairing at Ligier . Mika Häkkinen's former place in Team Lotus at the side of Johnny Herbert has been filled with Alessandro Zanardi . Tyrrell extended the contract with Andrea de Cesaris , but replaced Olivier Grouillard by Ukyō Katayama . In addition, an engine contingent was taken over from Yamaha , which had become free through the move from Jordan to Hart . Ivan Capelli competed for Jordan alongside debutant Rubens Barrichello . Derek Warwick returned to Formula 1 and became Aguri Suzuki's new teammate at Footwork . Minardi continued to compete with Christian Fittipaldi , Fabrizio Barbazza was hired as the second driver.
The financially troubled March team signed drivers Jan Lammers and Jean-Marc Gounon , who both traveled to South Africa for the season opener. However, no engines were delivered due to outstanding payments. This meant the end of the traditional team that had been represented in the Formula 1 World Championship with a few interruptions since 1970 . The starting numbers 17 and 18 intended for the two vehicles were subsequently not awarded in the 1993 season. Michele Alboreto and the newcomer Luca Badoer started for BMS . The team, which did not build its own racing cars, switched from Dallara to Lola chassis. The Lola customer team from 1987 to 1991 , Larrousse , reported a further development of the Venturi chassis designed by Robin Herd under its own name and signed the pilots Érik Comas and Philippe Alliot .
With the support of Mercedes-Benz , Sauber was the only new team to enter Formula 1. The driver pairing was made up of JJ Lehto and Karl Wendlinger .
training
Alain Prost secured pole position in front of Ayrton Senna, Michael Schumacher, Damon Hill, Jean Alesi, JJ Lehto, Riccardo Patrese and Mark Blundell.
run
Senna initially took the lead thanks to Prost's bad start. Hill also passed Prost at the start, but spun in the first corner and fell back to twelfth place. Schumacher also overtook Prost, whereupon he needed 13 laps to get past the German again to second place. A further twelve laps later he took the lead from Senna and from then on gained a large lead.
Schumacher retired on lap 40 after a failed attempt to overtake Senna. Patrese, who came in third as a result, also spun six laps later. Despite a short, heavy rain shower towards the end of the race, there was no further position shift at the front, so that Alain Prost won ahead of Ayrton Senna and Mark Blundell. Christian Fittipaldi, JJ Lehto and Gerhard Berger reached places four to six.
Registration list
Classifications
Qualifying
Item | driver | constructor | 1. Qualification training | 2. Qualification training | begin | ||
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time | Ø speed | time | Ø speed | ||||
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1: 16.804 | 199.724 km / h | 1: 15.696 | 202.647 km / h | 1 |
2 |
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1: 17,152 | 198.823 km / h | 1: 15.784 | 202.412 km / h | 2 |
3 |
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1: 17.507 | 197.912 km / h | 1: 17.261 | 198.543 km / h | 3 |
4th |
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1: 17.732 | 197.340 km / h | 1: 17.592 | 197.696 km / h | 4th |
5 |
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1: 18.775 | 194.727 km / h | 1: 18.234 | 196.073 km / h | 5 |
6th |
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1: 19.120 | 193.878 km / h | 1: 18.664 | 195.002 km / h | 6th |
7th |
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1: 19.341 | 193.338 km / h | 1: 18.675 | 194.974 km / h | 7th |
8th |
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1: 19.688 | 192.496 km / h | 1: 18.687 | 194.945 km / h | 8th |
9 |
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1: 18.903 | 194.411 km / h | 1: 18.786 | 194.700 km / h | 9 |
10 |
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1: 20.365 | 190.874 km / h | 1: 18.950 | 194.295 km / h | 10 |
11 |
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1: 19.350 | 193.316 km / h | 1: 19.034 | 194.089 km / h | 11 |
12 |
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1: 19.138 | 193.834 km / h | 1: 19.457 | 193.055 km / h | 12 |
13 |
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1: 19.825 | 192.165 km / h | 1: 19.285 | 193.474 km / h | 13 |
14th |
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1: 20.118 | 191.463 km / h | 1: 19.305 | 193.425 km / h | 14th |
15th |
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1: 20.066 | 191.587 km / h | 1: 19.386 | 193.228 km / h | 15th |
16 |
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1: 20.150 | 191.386 km / h | 1: 19.396 | 193.204 km / h | 16 |
17th |
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1: 20.009 | 191.723 km / h | 1: 19.498 | 192.956 km / h | 17th |
18th |
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1: 20.841 | 189.750 km / h | 1: 19.759 | 192.324 km / h | 18th |
19th |
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1: 21,000 | 189.378 km / h | 1: 20.081 | 191.551 km / h | 19th |
20th |
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1: 21.342 | 188.582 km / h | 1: 20.237 | 191.179 km / h | 20th |
21st |
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1: 20.401 | 190.789 km / h | 1: 20.479 | 190.604 km / h | 21st |
22nd |
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1: 20.821 | 189.797 km / h | 1: 20.402 | 190.786 km / h | 22nd |
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1: 20.721 | 190.032 km / h | 1: 20.660 | 190.176 km / h | 23 |
24 |
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1: 20.994 | 189.392 km / h | 1: 21.195 | 188.923 km / h | 24 |
25th |
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1: 22.843 | 185.165 km / h | 1: 21.893 | 187.313 km / h | 25th |
26th |
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1: 24.737 | 181.026 km / h | - | - | 26th |
run
Item | driver | constructor | Round | Stops | time | begin | Fastest lap | Failure reason |
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72 | 1 | 1: 38: 45.082 | 1 | 1: 19.492 | |
2 |
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72 | 1 | +1: 19.824 | 2 | 1: 20.755 | |
3 |
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71 | 1 | + 1 lap | 8th | 1: 20.732 | |
4th |
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71 | 0 | + 1 lap | 13 | 1: 21.790 | |
5 |
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70 | 2 | + 2 rounds | 6th | 1: 20.113 | |
6th |
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69 | 1 | DNF | 15th | 1: 21.118 | Engine failure |
7th |
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69 | 0 | DNF | 22nd | 1: 22.742 | Lathe operator |
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57 | 1 | DNF | 12 | 1: 20.978 | accident |
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55 | 0 | DNF | 25th | 1: 23.496 | overheated engine |
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51 | 1 | DNF | 19th | 1: 20.897 | Engine failure |
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46 | 1 | DNF | 7th | 1: 20.591 | Lathe operator |
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39 | 1 | DNF | 3 | 1: 20.323 | Lathe operator |
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38 | 1 | DNF | 17th | 1: 21.936 | Engine misfire |
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33 | 2 | DNF | 10 | 1: 20.783 | defective engine electronics |
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31 | 0 | DNF | 14th | 1: 22.292 | Gearbox damage |
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30th | 0 | DNF | 5 | 1: 22.303 | Hydraulic damage |
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27 | 1 | DNF | 11 | 1: 22.108 | Lathe operator |
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21st | 0 | DNF | 24 | 1: 24.594 | collision |
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21st | 0 | DNF | 20th | 1: 24.474 | collision |
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20th | 2 | DNF | 26th | 1: 26.074 | Gearbox damage |
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16 | 0 | DNF | 4th | 1: 23.715 | collision |
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16 | 0 | DNF | 16 | 1: 23.314 | collision |
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4th | 0 | DNF | 9 | 1: 23.807 | collision |
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2 | 0 | DNF | 18th | 1: 27.277 | accident |
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1 | 0 | DNF | 21st | 1: 43.402 | Gearbox damage |
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0 | 0 | DNF | 23 | - | defective power transmission |
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
- ↑ "Background" (accessed on March 4, 2014)
- ^ "Training" ( Memento from March 5, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) (Motorsportarchiv.de; accessed on March 4, 2014)
- ↑ "Report" (accessed on March 4, 2014)
- ^ "World Cup stands" ( Memento from March 5, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) (Motorsportarchiv.de; accessed on March 4, 2014)