| Race details | ||
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| Race 1 of 16 in the 1993 Formula One season | ||
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| Date | 14 March 1993 | |
| Location | Kyalami, South Africa | |
| Course | Permanent racing facility 4.261 km (2.658 mi) | |
| Distance | 72 laps, 306.792 km (191.386 mi) | |
| Weather | Warm, mostly dry, showers last few laps | |
| Pole position | ||
| Driver |  Alain Prost
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Williams-Renault |
| Time | 1:15.696 | |
| Fastest lap | ||
| Driver | Alain Prost
|
Williams-Renault |
| Time | 1:19.492 on lap 40 | |
| Podium | ||
| First | Alain Prost
|
Williams-Renault |
| Second |  Ayrton Senna
|
McLaren-Ford |
| Third |  Mark Blundell
|
Ligier-Renault |
The 1993 South African Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Kyalami on 14 March 1993. It was the first round of the 1993 Formula One season.
The season started off in Kyalami where Prost took pole ahead of Senna, Schumacher, Hill, Alesi and Lehto, impressing in Sauber's first Grand Prix. At the start, Prost was poor and Senna and Hill (who was already ahead of Schumacher) got ahead of him. Then, Hill spun in front of Prost and dropped well down the field, Prost being forced to back off and let Schumacher through to second. Senna led Schumacher, Prost, Lehto, Wendlinger and Alesi at the end of lap one.
Prost attacked Schumacher, took second on lap 13 and set off after Senna. Five laps later, he attacked into the first corner but Senna took the inside and defended. However, Senna could not do anything when Prost attacked on lap 25 with the inside line. He took the lead and motored off. Schumacher also passed Senna to take second soon after. Both of them pitted unlike Prost, but Senna was quicker and rejoined ahead.
Schumacher was in no mood to stay third and attacked Senna on lap 40. There was minor contact and Schumacher spun off into retirement. Patrese was third but he too spun off on lap 47 just as Christian Fittipaldi passed Lehto. Prost won from Senna, Blundell, Fittipaldi, Lehto and Berger (he was out but was classified sixth).
Classification[]
Qualifying[]
| Pos | No | Driver | Constructor | Q1 | Q2 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | Alain Prost
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Williams-Renault | 1:16.804 | 1:15.696 | — |
| 2 | 8 | Ayrton Senna
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McLaren-Ford | 1:17.152 | 1:15.784 | +0.088 |
| 3 | 5 |  Michael Schumacher
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Benetton-Ford | 1:17.507 | 1:17.261 | +1.565 |
| 4 | 0 | Damon Hill
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Williams-Renault | 1:17.732 | 1:17.592 | +1.896 |
| 5 | 27 | Jean Alesi
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Ferrari | 1:18.775 | 1:18.234 | +2.538 |
| 6 | 30 |  JJ Lehto
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Sauber | 1:19.120 | 1:18.664 | +2.968 |
| 7 | 6 |  Riccardo Patrese
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Benetton-Ford | 1:19.341 | 1:18.676 | +2.980 |
| 8 | 26 | Mark Blundell
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Ligier-Renault | 1:19.688 | 1:18.687 | +2.991 |
| 9 | 7 |  Michael Andretti
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McLaren-Ford | 1:18.903 | 1:18.786 | +3.090 |
| 10 | 29 |  Karl Wendlinger
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Sauber | 1:20.365 | 1:18.950 | +3.254 |
| 11 | 19 | Philippe Alliot
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Larrousse-Lamborghini | 1:19.350 | 1:19.034 | +3.338 |
| 12 | 25 | Martin Brundle
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Ligier-Renault | 1:19.138 | 1:19.457 | +3.442 |
| 13 | 23 | Christian Fittipaldi
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Minardi-Ford | 1:19.825 | 1:19.285 | +3.589 |
| 14 | 14 | Rubens Barrichello
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Jordan-Hart | 1:20.118 | 1:19.305 | +3.609 |
| 15 | 28 | Gerhard Berger
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Ferrari | 1:20.066 | 1:19.386 | +3.690 |
| 16 | 11 | Alessandro Zanardi
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Lotus-Ford | 1:20.150 | 1:19.396 | +3.700 |
| 17 | 12 | Johnny Herbert
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Lotus-Ford | 1:20.009 | 1:19.498 | +3.802 |
| 18 | 15 | Ivan Capelli
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Jordan-Hart | 1:20.841 | 1:19.759 | +4.063 |
| 19 | 20 | Érik Comas
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Larrousse-Lamborghini | 1:21.000 | 1:20.081 | +4.385 |
| 20 | 10 |  Aguri Suzuki
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Footwork-Mugen-Honda | 1:21.342 | 1:20.237 | +4.541 |
| 21 | 3 | Ukyo Katayama
|
Tyrrell-Yamaha | 1:20.401 | 1:20.479 | +4.705 |
| 22 | 9 | Derek Warwick
|
Footwork-Mugen-Honda | 1:20.821 | 1:20.402 | +4.706 |
| 23 | 4 | Andrea de Cesaris
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Tyrrell-Yamaha | 1:20.721 | 1:20.660 | +4.964 |
| 24 | 24 | Fabrizio Barbazza
|
Minardi-Ford | 1:20.994 | 1:21.195 | +5.298 |
| 25 | 21 | Michele Alboreto
|
Lola-Ferrari | 1:22.843 | 1:21.893 | +6.197 |
| 26 | 22 | Luca Badoer
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Lola-Ferrari | 1:24.737 | — | +9.041 |
Race[]
| Pos | No | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | Alain Prost
|
Williams-Renault | 72 | 1:38:45.082 | 1 | 10 |
| 2 | 8 | Ayrton Senna
|
McLaren-Ford | 72 | +1:19.824 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | 26 | Mark Blundell
|
Ligier-Renault | 71 | +1 Lap | 8 | 4 |
| 4 | 23 | Christian Fittipaldi
|
Minardi-Ford | 71 | +1 Lap | 13 | 3 |
| 5 | 30 | JJ Lehto
|
Sauber | 70 | +2 Laps | 6 | 2 |
| 6 | 28 | Gerhard Berger
|
Ferrari | 69 | Engine | 15 | 1 |
| 7 | 9 | Derek Warwick
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Footwork-Mugen-Honda | 69 | Spun off | 22 | |
| Ret | 25 | Martin Brundle
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Ligier-Renault | 57 | Spun off | 12 | |
| Ret | 21 | Michele Alboreto
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Lola-Ferrari | 55 | Overheating | 25 | |
| Ret | 20 | Érik Comas
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Larrousse-Lamborghini | 51 | Engine | 19 | |
| Ret | 6 | Riccardo Patrese
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Benetton-Ford | 46 | Spun off | 7 | |
| Ret | 5 | Michael Schumacher
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Benetton-Ford | 39 | Spun off | 3 | |
| Ret | 12 | Johnny Herbert
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Lotus-Ford | 38 | Fuel system | 17 | |
| Ret | 29 | Karl Wendlinger
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Sauber | 33 | Engine | 10 | |
| Ret | 14 | Rubens Barrichello
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Jordan-Hart | 31 | Gearbox | 14 | |
| Ret | 27 | Jean Alesi
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Ferrari | 30 | Suspension | 5 | |
| Ret | 19 | Philippe Alliot
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Larrousse-Lamborghini | 27 | Spun off | 11 | |
| Ret | 24 | Fabrizio Barbazza
|
Minardi-Ford | 21 | Collision | 24 | |
| Ret | 10 | Aguri Suzuki
|
Footwork-Mugen-Honda | 21 | Collision | 20 | |
| Ret | 22 | Luca Badoer
|
Lola-Ferrari | 20 | Gearbox | 26 | |
| Ret | 0 | Damon Hill
|
Williams-Renault | 16 | Collision | 4 | |
| Ret | 11 | Alessandro Zanardi
|
Lotus-Ford | 17 | Collision | 16 | |
| Ret | 7 | Michael Andretti
|
McLaren-Ford | 4 | Collision | 9 | |
| Ret | 15 | Ivan Capelli
|
Jordan-Hart | 2 | Spun off | 18 | |
| Ret | 3 | Ukyo Katayama
|
Tyrrell-Yamaha | 1 | Transmission | 21 | |
| Ret | 4 | Andrea de Cesaris
|
Tyrrell-Yamaha | 0 | Transmission | 23 |
Notes[]
- Weather: Very hot and humid, with torrential thunderstorms.
- Only five cars were running at the end of a race held in torrential conditions due to a thunderstorm that hit the circuit with only 2 laps of the race remaining, after it had been run in 33'C/90'F heat.
- JJ Lehto scored points for the Sauber team on their debut, Mark Blundell scored his first podium finish (also the Ligier team's first since 1986), and several drivers including Rubens Barrichello, Luca Badoer and Michael Andretti made their first Grand Prix starts.
- To date, this was the last running of the South African Grand Prix.
- This was the first race of that season where there was no current defending driver's champion in the field as the original defending champion Nigel Mansell moved to Indycar.
- Since there was no defending driver's champion in the field this season, defending constructors champion Williams could not use #1 on any of its cars. Therefore, this was the first race since 1973 that the number #0 was used.
Standings after the race[]
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- Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
References[]
from the original on 30 September 2007. http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1993/84/. Retrieved 2007-09-01.
- Henry, Alan (1993). AUTOCOURSE 1993-94. Hazleton Publishing.
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