1993 Grand Prix of South Africa

 1993 Grand Prix of South Africa

Racing data
1st of 16 races in the 1993 Formula 1 World Championship
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
Weather:	initially dry, later rain
Spectator:	~ 70,000
Pole position
Driver:	Alain Prost	Williams-Renault
Time:	1: 15.696 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Alain Prost	Williams-Renault
Time:	1: 19.492 min (lap 40)
Podium
First:	Alain Prost	Williams-Renault
Second:	Ayrton Senna	McLaren-Ford
Third:	Mark Blundell	Ligier-Renault

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

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 020C	Yamaha OX10A 3.5 V10	G
	4th	Andrea de Cesaris
Camel Benetton Ford	5	Michael sSchumacher	Benetton B193	Ford Cosworth HB 3.5 V8	G
	6th	Riccardo Patrese
Marlboro McLaren	7th	Michael Andretti	McLaren MP4 / 8		G
	8th	Ayrton Senna
Footwork Mugen Honda	9	Derek Warwick	Footwork FA13B	Mugen-Honda MF-351HB 3.5 V10	G
	10	Aguri Suzuki
Team Lotus	11	Alessandro Zanardi	Lotus 107B	Ford Cosworth HB 3.5 V8	G
	12	Johnny Herbert
Sasol Jordan	14th	Rubens Barrichello	Jordan 193	Hard 1035 3.5 V10	G
	15th	Ivan Capelli
Larrousse F1	19th	Philippe Alliot	Larrousse LH93	Lamborghini 3512 3.5 V12	G
	20th	Érik Comas
Lola BMS Scuderia Italia	21st	Michele Alboreto	Lola T93 / 30	Ferrari 040 3.5 V12	G
	22nd	Luca Badoer
Minardi team	23	Christian Fittipaldi	Minardi M193	Ford Cosworth HB 3.5 V8	G
	24	Fabrizio Barbazza
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
			time	Ø speed	time	Ø speed
01	Alain Prost	Williams-Renault	1: 16.804	199.724 km / h	1: 15.696	202.647 km / h	01
02	Ayrton Senna	McLaren-Ford	1: 17,152	198.823 km / h	1: 15.784	202.412 km / h	02
03	Michael sSchumacher	Benetton-Ford	1: 17.507	197.912 km / h	1: 17.261	198.543 km / h	03
04th	Damon Hill	Williams-Renault	1: 17.732	197.340 km / h	1: 17.592	197.696 km / h	04th
05	Jean Alesi	Ferrari	1: 18.775	194.727 km / h	1: 18.234	196.073 km / h	05
06th	JJ Lehto	Clean	1: 19.120	193.878 km / h	1: 18.664	195.002 km / h	06th
07th	Riccardo Patrese	Benetton-Ford	1: 19.341	193.338 km / h	1: 18.675	194.974 km / h	07th
08th	Mark Blundell	Ligier-Renault	1: 19.688	192.496 km / h	1: 18.687	194.945 km / h	08th
09	Michael Andretti	McLaren-Ford	1: 18.903	194.411 km / h	1: 18.786	194.700 km / h	09
10	Karl Wendlinger	Clean	1: 20.365	190.874 km / h	1: 18.950	194.295 km / h	10
11	Philippe Alliot	Larrousse-Lamborghini	1: 19.350	193.316 km / h	1: 19.034	194.089 km / h	11
12	Martin Brundle	Ligier-Renault	1: 19.138	193.834 km / h	1: 19.457	193.055 km / h	12
13	Christian Fittipaldi	Minardi-Ford	1: 19.825	192.165 km / h	1: 19.285	193.474 km / h	13
14th	Rubens Barrichello	Jordan-Hart	1: 20.118	191.463 km / h	1: 19.305	193.425 km / h	14th
15th	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	1: 20.066	191.587 km / h	1: 19.386	193.228 km / h	15th
16	Alessandro Zanardi	Lotus Ford	1: 20.150	191.386 km / h	1: 19.396	193.204 km / h	16
17th	Johnny Herbert	Lotus Ford	1: 20.009	191.723 km / h	1: 19.498	192.956 km / h	17th
18th	Ivan Capelli	Jordan-Hart	1: 20.841	189.750 km / h	1: 19.759	192.324 km / h	18th
19th	Érik Comas	Larrousse-Lamborghini	1: 21,000	189.378 km / h	1: 20.081	191.551 km / h	19th
20th	Aguri Suzuki	Footwork Mugen Honda	1: 21.342	188.582 km / h	1: 20.237	191.179 km / h	20th
21st	Ukyō Katayama	Tyrrell Yamaha	1: 20.401	190.789 km / h	1: 20.479	190.604 km / h	21st
22nd	Derek Warwick	Footwork Mugen Honda	1: 20.821	189.797 km / h	1: 20.402	190.786 km / h	22nd
23	Andrea de Cesaris	Tyrrell Yamaha	1: 20.721	190.032 km / h	1: 20.660	190.176 km / h	23
24	Fabrizio Barbazza	Minardi-Ford	1: 20.994	189.392 km / h	1: 21.195	188.923 km / h	24
25th	Michele Alboreto	Lola Ferrari	1: 22.843	185.165 km / h	1: 21.893	187.313 km / h	25th
26th	Luca Badoer	Lola Ferrari	1: 24.737	181.026 km / h	-	-	26th

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	begin	Fastest lap	Failure reason
01	Alain Prost	Williams-Renault	72	1	1: 38: 45.082	01	1: 19.492
02	Ayrton Senna	McLaren-Ford	72	1	+1: 19.824	02	1: 20.755
03	Mark Blundell	Ligier-Renault	71	1	+ 1 lap	08th	1: 20.732
04th	Christian Fittipaldi	Minardi-Ford	71	0	+ 1 lap	13	1: 21.790
05	JJ Lehto	Clean	70	2	+ 2 rounds	06th	1: 20.113
06th	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	69	1	DNF	15th	1: 21.118	Engine failure
07th	Derek Warwick	Footwork Mugen Honda	69	0	DNF	22nd	1: 22.742	Lathe operator
-	Martin Brundle	Ligier-Renault	57	1	DNF	12	1: 20.978	accident
-	Michele Alboreto	Lola Ferrari	55	0	DNF	25th	1: 23.496	overheated engine
-	Érik Comas	Larrousse-Lamborghini	51	1	DNF	19th	1: 20.897	Engine failure
-	Riccardo Patrese	Benetton-Ford	46	1	DNF	07th	1: 20.591	Lathe operator
-	Michael sSchumacher	Benetton-Ford	39	1	DNF	03	1: 20.323	Lathe operator
-	Johnny Herbert	Lotus Ford	38	1	DNF	17th	1: 21.936	Engine misfire
-	Karl Wendlinger	Clean	33	2	DNF	10	1: 20.783	defective engine electronics
-	Rubens Barrichello	Jordan-Hart	31	0	DNF	14th	1: 22.292	Gearbox damage
-	Jean Alesi	Ferrari	30th	0	DNF	05	1: 22.303	Hydraulic damage
-	Philippe Alliot	Larrousse-Lamborghini	27	1	DNF	11	1: 22.108	Lathe operator
-	Fabrizio Barbazza	Minardi-Ford	21st	0	DNF	24	1: 24.594	collision
-	Aguri Suzuki	Footwork Mugen Honda	21st	0	DNF	20th	1: 24.474	collision
-	Luca Badoer	Lola Ferrari	20th	2	DNF	26th	1: 26.074	Gearbox damage
-	Damon Hill	Williams-Renault	16	0	DNF	04th	1: 23.715	collision
-	Alessandro Zanardi	Lotus Ford	16	0	DNF	16	1: 23.314	collision
-	Michael Andretti	McLaren-Ford	04th	0	DNF	09	1: 23.807	collision
-	Ivan Capelli	Jordan-Hart	02	0	DNF	18th	1: 27.277	accident
-	Ukyō Katayama	Tyrrell Yamaha	01	0	DNF	21st	1: 43.402	Gearbox damage
-	Andrea de Cesaris	Tyrrell Yamaha	00	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

Item driver constructor Points 01  Alain Prost Williams-Renault 10 02  Ayrton Senna McLaren-Ford 6th 03  Mark Blundell Ligier-Renault 4th

Item driver constructor Points 04th  Christian Fittipaldi Minardi-Ford 3 05  JJ Lehto Clean 2 06th  Gerhard Berger Ferrari 1

Constructors' championship

Item constructor Points 01  Williams-Renault 10 02  McLaren-Ford 6th 03  Ligier-Renault 4th

Item constructor Points 04th  Minardi-Ford 3 05  Clean 2 06th  Ferrari 1

Individual evidence

1. ↑ "Background" (accessed on March 4, 2014)
2. ^ "Training" ( Memento from March 5, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) (Motorsportarchiv.de; accessed on March 4, 2014)
3. ↑ "Report" (accessed on March 4, 2014)
4. ^ "World Cup stands" ( Memento from March 5, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) (Motorsportarchiv.de; accessed on March 4, 2014)

Web links

• Race result on the official Formula 1 website
• Race result on "Motorsportarchiv.de"