1993 San Marino Grand Prix

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	Alain Prost	Williams-Renault
Time	1:22.070
Fastest lap
Driver	Alain Prost	Williams-Renault
Time	1:26.128 on lap 42
Podium
First	Alain Prost	Williams-Renault
Second	Michael Schumacher	Benetton-Ford
Third	Martin Brundle	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

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

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	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
DNQ	21	Michele Alboreto	Lola-Ferrari	1:27.801	1:27.771	+5.701
Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4]

Race report

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

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

Championship standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Ayrton Senna 26 2 Alain Prost 24 3 Damon Hill 12 2 4 Michael Schumacher 10 1 5 Mark Blundell 6 Source: [6]

Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 Williams-Renault 36 2 McLaren-Ford 26 1 3 Benetton-Ford 12 1 4 Ligier-Renault 10 2 5 Lotus-Ford 7 Source: [6]

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

References

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. "San Marino 1993 - Championship • STATS F1". www.statsf1.com. Retrieved 20 March 2019.

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

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