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1993 San Marino Grand Prix

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1993 San Marino Grand Prix
Race 4 of 16 in the 1993 Formula One World Championship
Race details
Date 25 April 1993
Official name XIII Gran Premio di San Marino
Location Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari
Imola, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 5.040 km (3.144 miles)
Distance 61 laps, 307.440 km (191.790 miles)
Weather Wet at start, dry later
Pole position
Driver Williams-Renault
Time 1:22.070
Fastest lap
Driver France Alain Prost Williams-Renault
Time 1:26.128 on lap 42
Podium
First Williams-Renault
Second Benetton-Ford
Third Ligier-Renault
Lap leaders

The 1993 San Marino Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Imola on 25 April 1993. It was the fourth race of the 1993 Formula One World Championship.

The 61-lap race was won by Frenchman Alain Prost, driving a Williams-Renault, after he started from pole position. Prost's British teammate, Damon Hill, led the early stages of the race before suffering a brake failure. German Michael Schumacher finished second in a Benetton-Ford, with another Briton, Martin Brundle, third in a Ligier-Renault.

Qualifying report

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Alain Prost maintained his record of taking pole position for every race in 1993, beating Williams teammate Damon Hill by just under a tenth of a second. Michael Schumacher was third in his Benetton, albeit 1.8 seconds behind Prost, with Ayrton Senna fourth in his McLaren. Less than two-tenths of a second separated the drivers from fifth to eleventh: Karl Wendlinger in the Sauber, Michael Andretti in the second McLaren, Mark Blundell in the Ligier, the two Ferraris of Gerhard Berger and Jean Alesi, Martin Brundle in the second Ligier, and Riccardo Patrese in the second Benetton. The non-qualifier was Michele Alboreto in the Lola.

Qualifying classification

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Pos No Driver Constructor Q1 Q2 Gap
1 2 France Alain Prost Williams-Renault 1:22.788 1:22.070
2 0 United Kingdom Damon Hill Williams-Renault 1:22.540 1:22.168 +0.098
3 5 Germany Michael Schumacher Benetton-Ford 1:23.988 1:23.919 +1.849
4 8 Brazil Ayrton Senna McLaren-Ford 1:24.042 1:24.007 +1.937
5 29 Austria Karl Wendlinger Sauber 1:25.789 1:24.720 +2.650
6 7 United States Michael Andretti McLaren-Ford 1:24.793 +2.723
7 26 United Kingdom Mark Blundell Ligier-Renault 1:25.405 1:24.804 +2.734
8 28 Austria Gerhard Berger Ferrari 1:24.822 1:25.161 +2.752
9 27 France Jean Alesi Ferrari 1:24.906 1:24.829 +2.759
10 25 United Kingdom Martin Brundle Ligier-Renault 1:26.181 1:24.893 +2.823
11 6 Italy Riccardo Patrese Benetton-Ford 1:24.916 1:24.896 +2.826
12 12 United Kingdom Johnny Herbert Lotus-Ford 1:25.742 1:25.115 +3.045
13 14 Brazil Rubens Barrichello Jordan-Hart 1:26.142 1:25.169 +3.099
14 19 France Philippe Alliot Larrousse-Lamborghini 1:25.482 1:25.629 +3.412
15 9 United Kingdom Derek Warwick Footwork-Mugen-Honda 1:25.971 1:25.901 +3.831
16 30 Finland JJ Lehto Sauber 1:25.941 1:26.358 +3.871
17 20 France Érik Comas Larrousse-Lamborghini 1:26.947 1:26.279 +4.209
18 4 Italy Andrea de Cesaris Tyrrell-Yamaha 1:27.312 1:26.429 +4.359
19 15 Belgium Thierry Boutsen Jordan-Hart 1:26.810 1:26.436 +4.366
20 11 Italy Alessandro Zanardi Lotus-Ford 1:26.465 1:35.748 +4.395
21 10 Japan Aguri Suzuki Footwork-Mugen-Honda 1:26.707 1:26.657 +4.587
22 3 Japan Ukyo Katayama Tyrrell-Yamaha 1:27.569 1:26.900 +4.830
23 23 Brazil Christian Fittipaldi Minardi-Ford 1:27.753 1:27.277 +5.207
24 22 Italy Luca Badoer Lola-Ferrari 1:27.371 1:27.388 +5.301
25 24 Italy Fabrizio Barbazza Minardi-Ford 1:28.032 1:27.602 +5.532
DNQ 21 Italy Michele Alboreto Lola-Ferrari 1:27.801 1:27.771 +5.701
Sources:[1][2][3][4]

Race report

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At the start, Prost was passed by Hill and Senna (who had already got ahead of Schumacher). Hill led Senna, Prost, Schumacher, Wendlinger and Andretti at the end of lap 1.

Hill pulled away quickly while Senna held up Prost. Prost passed Senna on lap 8 and set off after Hill. It was time for the stops and Senna got ahead of Prost in these stops. On lap 17, Prost audaciously overtook both Hill and Senna at Tosa in the presence of backmarkers. At the same time, Senna got ahead of Hill. Hill didn't last long, retiring with brake failure on lap 21. Both McLarens soon went out, Andretti from fifth on lap 33 by spinning off and Senna from second on lap 43 with a hydraulic failure. In between, Alesi, who took fifth after Andretti's spin retired with clutch failure. After being held up by Suzuki's Footwork, a large battle took place between Lehto and the two Lotuses of Herbert and Zanardi. Zanardi locked his front brakes into the final chicane, overshooting and ripping an oil line. Rejoining the circuit with the rear of the car on fire, he shortly retired on the approach to Tamburello.

Schumacher was now second and Wendlinger was third but Wendlinger retired with engine failure on lap 49, giving third to Brundle. Prost won from Schumacher, Brundle, Lehto, Philippe Alliot and Barbazza.

Race classification

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Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 2 France Alain Prost Williams-Renault 61 1:33:20.413 1 10
2 5 Germany Michael Schumacher Benetton-Ford 61 + 32.410 3 6
3 25 United Kingdom Martin Brundle Ligier-Renault 60 + 1 lap 10 4
4 30 Finland JJ Lehto Sauber 59 Engine 16 3
5 19 France Philippe Alliot Larrousse-Lamborghini 59 + 2 laps 14 2
6 24 Italy Fabrizio Barbazza Minardi-Ford 59 + 2 laps 25 1
7 22 Italy Luca Badoer Lola-Ferrari 58 + 3 laps 24  
8 12 United Kingdom Johnny Herbert Lotus-Ford 57 Engine 12  
9 10 Japan Aguri Suzuki Footwork-Mugen-Honda 54 + 7 laps 21  
Ret 11 Italy Alessandro Zanardi Lotus-Ford 53 Spun off/fire 20  
Ret 29 Austria Karl Wendlinger Sauber 48 Engine 5  
Ret 8 Brazil Ayrton Senna McLaren-Ford 42 Hydraulics 4  
Ret 27 France Jean Alesi Ferrari 40 Clutch 9  
Ret 23 Brazil Christian Fittipaldi Minardi-Ford 36 Steering 23  
Ret 7 United States Michael Andretti McLaren-Ford 32 Spun off 6  
Ret 9 United Kingdom Derek Warwick Footwork-Mugen-Honda 29 Spun off 15  
Ret 3 Japan Ukyo Katayama Tyrrell-Yamaha 22 Engine 22  
Ret 0 United Kingdom Damon Hill Williams-Renault 20 Brakes 2  
Ret 20 France Érik Comas Larrousse-Lamborghini 18 Engine 17  
Ret 4 Italy Andrea de Cesaris Tyrrell-Yamaha 18 Gearbox 18  
Ret 14 Brazil Rubens Barrichello Jordan-Hart 17 Spun off 13  
Ret 28 Austria Gerhard Berger Ferrari 8 Gearbox 8  
Ret 15 Belgium Thierry Boutsen Jordan-Hart 1 Gearbox 19  
Ret 26 United Kingdom Mark Blundell Ligier-Renault 0 Accident 7  
Ret 6 Italy Riccardo Patrese Benetton-Ford 0 Spun off 11  
Source:[5]

Championship standings after the race

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

References

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  1. ^ "San Marino Grand Prix – Qualifying 1". Formula1.com. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
  2. ^ "San Marino Grand Prix – Qualifying 2". Formula1.com. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
  3. ^ "1993 San Marino Grand Prix Classification Qualifying". Motorsport Stats. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
  4. ^ "San Marino 1993 – Qualifications". StatsF1. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
  5. ^ "1993 San Marino Grand Prix". formula1.com. Archived from the original on 2 December 2014. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
  6. ^ a b "San Marino 1993 - Championship • STATS F1". www.statsf1.com. Retrieved 20 March 2019.


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