1993 San Marino Grand Prix
| Race details | |||
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| Race 4 of 16 in the 1993 Formula One season | |||
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| 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 mi) | ||
| Distance | 61 laps, 307.440 km (191.790 mi) | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Williams-Renault | ||
| Time | 1:22.070 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Driver |
 Alain Prost | Williams-Renault | |
| Time | 1:26.128 on lap 42 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | Williams-Renault | ||
| Second | Benetton-Ford | ||
| Third | Ligier-Renault | ||
The 1993 San Marino Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Imola on 25 April 1993. The 61-lap race was the fourth round of the 1993 Formula One season and was won by Alain Prost driving a Williams-Renault.
Report
Qualifying
The Williamses were 1–2 in qualifying with Prost on pole ahead of Hill, Schumacher, Senna, Wendlinger and Andretti. Both McLaren drivers collided with the barrier after experiencing active suspension problems.
Race
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.
Classification
Qualifying
| Pos | No | Driver | Constructor | Q1 | Q2 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | Alain Prost |
Williams-Renault | 1:22.788 | 1:22.070 | — |
| 2 | 0 |  Damon Hill |
Williams-Renault | 1:22.540 | 1:22.168 | +0.098 |
| 3 | 5 |  Michael Schumacher |
Benetton-Ford | 1:23.988 | 1:23.919 | +1.849 |
| 4 | 8 |  Ayrton Senna |
McLaren-Ford | 1:24.042 | 1:24.007 | +1.937 |
| 5 | 29 |  Karl Wendlinger |
Sauber | 1:25.789 | 1:24.720 | +2.650 |
| 6 | 7 |  Michael Andretti |
McLaren-Ford | — | 1:24.793 | +2.723 |
| 7 | 26 | Mark Blundell |
Ligier-Renault | 1:25.405 | 1:24.804 | +2.734 |
| 8 | 28 | Gerhard Berger |
Ferrari | 1:24.822 | 1:25.161 | +2.752 |
| 9 | 27 | Jean Alesi |
Ferrari | 1:24.906 | 1:24.829 | +2.759 |
| 10 | 25 | Martin Brundle |
Ligier-Renault | 1:26.181 | 1:24.893 | +2.823 |
| 11 | 6 |  Riccardo Patrese |
Benetton-Ford | 1:24.916 | 1:24.896 | +2.826 |
| 12 | 12 | Johnny Herbert |
Lotus-Ford | 1:25.742 | 1:25.115 | +3.045 |
| 13 | 14 | Rubens Barrichello |
Jordan-Hart | 1:26.142 | 1:25.169 | +3.099 |
| 14 | 19 | Philippe Alliot |
Larrousse-Lamborghini | 1:25.482 | 1:25.629 | +3.412 |
| 15 | 9 | Derek Warwick |
Footwork-Mugen-Honda | 1:25.971 | 1:25.901 | +3.831 |
| 16 | 30 |  JJ Lehto |
Sauber | 1:25.941 | 1:26.358 | +3.871 |
| 17 | 20 | Érik Comas |
Larrousse-Lamborghini | 1:26.947 | 1:26.279 | +4.209 |
| 18 | 4 | Andrea de Cesaris |
Tyrrell-Yamaha | 1:27.312 | 1:26.429 | +4.359 |
| 19 | 15 | .svg.png){kind=small} Thierry Boutsen |
Jordan-Hart | 1:26.810 | 1:26.436 | +4.366 |
| 20 | 11 | Alessandro Zanardi |
Lotus-Ford | 1:26.465 | 1:35.748 | +4.395 |
| 21 | 10 |  Aguri Suzuki |
Footwork-Mugen-Honda | 1:26.707 | 1:26.657 | +4.587 |
| 22 | 3 | Ukyo Katayama |
Tyrrell-Yamaha | 1:27.569 | 1:26.900 | +4.830 |
| 23 | 23 | Christian Fittipaldi |
Minardi-Ford | 1:27.753 | 1:27.277 | +5.207 |
| 24 | 22 | Luca Badoer |
Lola-Ferrari | 1:27.371 | 1:27.388 | +5.301 |
| 25 | 24 | Fabrizio Barbazza |
Minardi-Ford | 1:28.032 | 1:27.602 | +5.532 |
| 26 | 21 | Michele Alboreto |
Lola-Ferrari | 1:27.801 | 1:27.771 | +5.701 |
Race
Notes
- JJ Lehto's engine failure did not cost him a place, as no other driver was on the same lap as him when the car failed.
- Philippe Alliot achieved his best-ever finish, and his last points finish.
- This was the first time that Minardi scored points in consecutive races. Fabrizio Barbazza's 6th place followed an identical result in the previous race.
Championship standings after the race
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- Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
References
- ↑ "1993 San Marino 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.
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