1993 Spanish Grand Prix

  1993 Spanish Grand Prix

Race details
Race 5 of 16 in the 1993 Formula One season
Date	9 May 1993
Location	Circuit de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course length	4.747 km (2.950 mi)
Distance	65 laps, 308.414 km (191.639 mi)
Attendance	35,000
Pole position
Driver	Alain Prost	Williams-Renault
Time	1:17.809
Fastest lap
Driver	Michael Schumacher	Benetton-Ford
Time	1:20.989 on lap 61
Podium
First	Alain Prost	Williams-Renault
Second	Ayrton Senna	McLaren-Ford
Third	Michael Schumacher	Benetton-Ford

The 1993 Spanish Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on 9 May 1993 at the Circuit de Catalunya. It was the fifth round of the 1993 Formula One season. The 65-lap race was won by Williams driver Alain Prost after he started from pole position. Ayrton Senna finished second for the McLaren team and Benetton driver Michael Schumacher came in third.

As usual, the Williamses took 1-2 in qualifying in Spain, with Prost ahead of Hill, Senna, Schumacher, Patrese and Wendlinger. At the start, Hill got ahead of Prost with no changes behind. Hill was leading Prost, Senna, Schumacher, Patrese and Wendlinger.

Hill and Prost pulled away from the rest with Prost taking the lead on lap 11. Later in the race Prost's car began to handle oddly and Hill closed up on him, attempting to re-overtake the Frenchman, only to retire when his engine failed on lap 41. Schumacher and Senna both pitted for tyres late in the race. Senna had a tardy stop, and he lost nearly all his advantage over Schumacher, who put in a string of fastest laps to close the gap. This challenge was ended when Schumacher went off the track at the final corner, after having to go off line to pass the smoking Lotus of Alessandro Zanardi. Prost won from Senna, Schumacher, Patrese, Andretti and Berger.

Classification

Qualifying

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Q1	Q2	Gap
1	2	Alain Prost	Williams-Renault	1:19.599	1:17.809	—
2	0	Damon Hill	Williams-Renault	1:20.400	1:18.346	+0.537
3	8	Ayrton Senna	McLaren-Ford	1:20.221	1:19.722	+1.913
4	5	Michael Schumacher	Benetton-Ford	1:21.148	1:20.520	+2.711
5	6	Riccardo Patrese	Benetton-Ford	1:21.880	1:20.600	+2.791
6	29	Karl Wendlinger	Sauber	1:23.696	1:21.203	+3.394
7	7	Michael Andretti	McLaren-Ford	1:22.286	1:21.360	+3.551
8	27	Jean Alesi	Ferrari	1:23.614	1:21.767	+3.958
9	30	JJ Lehto	Sauber	1:22.801	1:22.047	+4.238
10	12	Johnny Herbert	Lotus-Ford	1:23.541	1:22.470	+4.661
11	28	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	1:23.346	1:22.655	+4.846
12	26	Mark Blundell	Ligier-Renault	1:24.107	1:22.708	+4.899
13	19	Philippe Alliot	Larrousse-Lamborghini	1:26.698	1:22.887	+5.078
14	20	Érik Comas	Larrousse-Lamborghini	1:24.995	1:22.904	+5.095
15	11	Alessandro Zanardi	Lotus-Ford	1:23.579	1:23.026	+5.217
16	9	Derek Warwick	Footwork-Mugen-Honda	1:23.971	1:23.086	+5.277
17	14	Rubens Barrichello	Jordan-Hart	1:24.708	1:23.232	+5.423
18	25	Martin Brundle	Ligier-Renault	1:24.748	1:23.357	+5.548
19	10	Aguri Suzuki	Footwork-Mugen-Honda	1:24.158	1:23.432	+5.623
20	23	Christian Fittipaldi	Minardi-Ford	1:24.304	1:23.449	+5.640
21	15	Thierry Boutsen	Jordan-Hart	1:24.476	1:23.464	+5.655
22	22	Luca Badoer	Lola-Ferrari	1:26.851	1:24.268	+6.459
23	3	Ukyo Katayama	Tyrrell-Yamaha	1:25.607	1:24.291	+6.482
24	4	Andrea de Cesaris	Tyrrell-Yamaha	1:27.724	1:24.358	+6.549
25	24	Fabrizio Barbazza	Minardi-Ford	1:25.616	1:24.399	+6.590
26	21	Michele Alboreto	Lola-Ferrari	1:26.813	1:25.396	+7.587

Race

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	2	Alain Prost	Williams-Renault	65	1:32:27.685	1	10
2	8	Ayrton Senna	McLaren-Ford	65	+16.873	3	6
3	5	Michael Schumacher	Benetton-Ford	65	+27.125	4	4
4	6	Riccardo Patrese	Benetton-Ford	64	+1 Lap	5	3
5	7	Michael Andretti	McLaren-Ford	64	+1 Lap	7	2
6	28	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	63	+2 Laps	11	1
7	26	Mark Blundell	Ligier-Renault	63	+2 Laps	12
8	23	Christian Fittipaldi	Minardi-Ford	63	+2 Laps	20
9	20	Érik Comas	Larrousse-Lamborghini	63	+2 Laps	14
10	10	Aguri Suzuki	Footwork-Mugen-Honda	63	+2 Laps	19
11	15	Thierry Boutsen	Jordan-Hart	62	+3 Laps	21
12	14	Rubens Barrichello	Jordan-Hart	62	+3 Laps	17
13	9	Derek Warwick	Footwork-Mugen-Honda	62	+3 Laps	16
14	11	Alessandro Zanardi	Lotus-Ford	60	Engine	15
Ret	30	JJ Lehto	Sauber	53	Engine	9
Ret	22	Luca Badoer	Lola-Ferrari	43	Overheating	22
Ret	29	Karl Wendlinger	Sauber	42	Fuel system	6
DSQ	4	Andrea de Cesaris	Tyrrell-Yamaha	42	Disqualified	24
Ret	0	Damon Hill	Williams-Renault	41	Engine	2
Ret	27	Jean Alesi	Ferrari	40	Engine	8
Ret	24	Fabrizio Barbazza	Minardi-Ford	37	Spun off	25
Ret	19	Philippe Alliot	Larrousse-Lamborghini	26	Transmission	13
Ret	25	Martin Brundle	Ligier-Renault	11	Tyre blow out	18
Ret	3	Ukyo Katayama	Tyrrell-Yamaha	11	Spun off	23
Ret	12	Johnny Herbert	Lotus-Ford	2	Suspension	10
DNQ	21	Michele Alboreto	Lola-Ferrari
Source:[1]

Notes

• First points: Michael Andretti
• Andrea de Cesaris was disqualified for a push start.
• This is the podium with the highest number of drivers' world championship titles (past or future); adding up Prost's (1985 - 1986, 1989, 1993), Senna's (1988, 1990 - 1991) and Schumacher's (1994 - 1995, 2000 - 2004), totalling 14.
• First Live Transmission: Indian subcontinent
• Final time Senna and Schumacher shared a podium.

Championship standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Alain Prost 34 2 Ayrton Senna 32 3 Michael Schumacher 14 4 Damon Hill 12 5 Mark Blundell 6

Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 Williams-Renault 46 2 McLaren-Ford 34 3 Benetton-Ford 19 4 Ligier-Renault 10 5 Lotus-Ford 7

• Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

References

1. "1993 Spanish Grand Prix". formula1.com. Archived from the original on 2 December 2014. Retrieved 23 December 2015.

• Henry, Alan (1993). AUTOCOURSE 1993-94. Hazleton Publishing. ISBN 1-874557-15-2.